Battlefield 6 will refuse to load if you have Valorant installed on your computer because its anti-cheat software, Riot Vanguard, conflicts with Battlefield's own. The issue boils down to kernel-level anti-cheat software looking for control over the computer to prevent exploits on the deepest possible level, maybe a little too deep.

PC enthusiast channel Level1Techs has shown off a new AMD Threadripper system running 400 copies of Doom simultaneously,

A China-based computing enthusiast and modder has created a gaming handheld that pushes the envelope for the form factor.

Natalie built the schematics and circuit herself, but ordered the clear PCB from a third-party supplier.

If success could be measured by numbers, Battlefield 6 would invent new math. The game, which is in its open beta right now, has just crossed the 500,000 player count on Steam, beating not only every other Battlefield before it, but also every COD title ever.

Battlefield 6 has been receiving critical and fan acclaim over the past few days, and Mike Ybarro, Blizzard's former president, has shared a similar sentiment. He says Call of Duty has "gone downhill" and that Battlefield 6 will "boot stomp" COD this year for several reasons.

Activision will require 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' players to use TPM 2.0 and enable Windows Secure Boot as part of its anti-cheat initiative.

YouTuber Better Gaming tested a MicroSD Express adapter to see if they could expand the Switch 2's storage with a 1TB NVMe SSD. The test failed, but further development of the adapter suggests this method of storage expansion will work in the future.

Battlefield 6 reportedly has impressive performance on both PC and console. The studio is targetting 60 FPS on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S by default while PC gets to enjoy an uncapped frame rate. New reports even suggest 300+ FPS at 1440p, on a 9800X3D paired with an RTX 5080, without upscaling.

Peri Fractic has confirmed that a community-led acquisition of Commodore Corp has been signed, sealed, and paid for.

The console needs more cooling.

A call for a community benchmark for Cyberpunk 2077 running on macOS revealed a wide range of results.

Chinese creators have gotten their hands on GPD's latest handhelds and showcased their capabilities.

Battlefield 6 is taking advantage of EA's Javelin anti-cheat system, which enforced Secure Boot and is classified as a kernel-level AC, potentially killing Linux and Steam Deck support before the game launches.

SignalRGB is giving away a toaster PC that houses a full-blown Mini-ITX gaming PC. You could win the toaster PC, along with a Thunderbolt 4 dock.

Nintendo said that it needs to increase the prices of the original Switch 1 consoles due to "market conditions."

You can run BF6 on an eight-year-old CPU and six-year-old GPU but Steam Deck is left out of the fight

The Future Games Show has picked video game actors David Hayter and Maggie Robertson to host its showcase at Gamescom on August 20.

Ayaneo has announced that its upcoming Next 2 handheld gaming PC will be powered by AMD's flagship Ryzen AI Max+ 395 APU, sporting an integrated Radeon 8060S GPU with dedicated GPU-levels of performance.

Stock Alert: You can grab the latest Nintendo Switch 2 game console at MSRP at Best Buy

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers' latest patch boosts FPS but behind a veil, players aren’t getting true native resolution anymore. Testing by Daniel Owen reveals the game clamps internal resolution to below native, faking performance gains while misleading players about 100% resolution scaling.

This is the first handheld gaming PC to utilize the renowned AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 3950X and can be configured with up to 128GB of memory.

If you act quickly, you can grab the latest Nintendo Switch 2 game console at MSRP, while stocks last.

GPD has teased an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395-powered handheld.

With AMD’s latest mobile chip and a new OLED panel, Lenovo’s next-gen handheld looks powerful, but competition is heating up fast.

Play your favorite games anywhere, with $150 off the list price of the Asus ROG Ally Z1 Extreme handheld.

A Steam Chat user who “burned through a month of mobile data in 5 minutes” blames Valve's animated stickers.

The discarded Nintendo SD cards contained a boot image that Nintendo used for the factory setup of its Wii U consoles.

GTA 5 was released worldwide in 2013. Now, almost 12 years later, gamers in Saudi Arabia and the UAE can finally enjoy the game legally, as it launches in the region under a new 21+ age rating.

Donkey Kong Bananza is among the list of Nintendo Switch 2 games that do not have DLSS support, one of the most exciting features in the new handheld.

Italian content creator Francesco Salicini is currently under investigation by Italian authorities for reviewing Anbernic consoles.

Analogue will delay shipments of its long-awaited reimagining of the Nintendo 64, again.

New research indicates that there are now over 7,800 Steam titles that disclose the use of generative AI on the platform, a huge increase from 2024.

Intel has just released its new Computer Graphics Video Quality Metric on GitHub, a new measure designed to capture the complex artifacts found in modern rendering techniques in computer graphics.

A Reddit user claims to have used a Mig-Flash on their online Switch 2 console extensively and not gotten banned.

A Switch 2 owner has had their Nintendo console 'restricted' after installing a Switch game they bought on the used market.

Nintendo Switch 2 developers are already feeling the constraints of the new console’s hardware and are aware of performance drops in the new Donkey Kong Bananza.

Alleged European prices place the Xbox Ally consoles in the same range as current ROG models.

Japan’s Mizuki Co. is crowdfunding a monitor to match its attractive X68000 Z Super and X68000 Z XVI miniature retro reprint PCs.

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This seizure will definitely make it harder to find pirated ROMs for the average user, but one can expect a few more to appear in the coming days.

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