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AMD is considering a Ryzen 5 9600X3D 'later this year' but its value for gaming could suffer against its own stiff competition

Sometimes the best things at Computex are the things that aren't at Computex; namely, talk of upcoming tech. Case in point here is AMD's Ryzen and Radeon VP and GM David McAfee telling Tom's Hardware that a Zen 5 replacement for the Ryzen 5 7600X3Dβ€”meaning surely a Ryzen 5 9600X3Dβ€”β€œmay be something that we look at doin...

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LEGO Pokemon Smart Play Hands-On Preview: What Smart Play Was Made For

Introduced during the Consumer Electronics Show at the beginning of the year, the LEGO Smart Brick is a high-tech 2x4 LEGO block that contains a tiny chip that's no bigger than a single LEGO stud. This little chip interacts with LEGO Smart Tags; 1x1 tile pieces that cause the Smart Brick to produce lights and sounds ba...

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Subnautica 2 Hotfix 3 Calms Down Aggressive Wildlife

Subnautica 2 has been out for a little while now, meaning a lot of the game's problems are well known to both fans and developer Unknown Worlds. That is exactly what the early access period is for though, and one of the more frequent bits of feedback that has been received from loads of fans is how aggressive the game'...

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Maingear MG-1 Mk.II (2026) review

US-based Maingear has been offering custom and prebuilt desktop PCs, laptops, and workstations for around 24 years, and most recently, it has launched an updated version of its gaming-focused MG-1. What makes this particular model stand out is that, amongst the raft of hardware configurations you can choose from, there...

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Super Yooka-Laylee Kart leaks ahead of Summer Game Fest as developer Playtonic Games teases "there may be faster ways to go"

Summer Game Fest 2026 is happening this week, and while that usually means we can ready ourselves for plenty of surprise video game reveals, invariably not everything will manage to stay a secret until its big day. And it looks like developer Playtonic's Yooka-Laylee series is the latest to get leaky, with a Yooka-Layl...

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Kids might not be able to talk on Fortnite or Roblox anymore, as UK government moves to stop chatting in games

Hearing squeaky little voices in your online games may be a thing of the past, at least in the United Kingdom. As the British government continues to take steps to combat the effects of the internet on young people, one possible inclusion in the Online Safety Act would ban children from using voice chat in online games...

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Marathon season 2 kicks off with a "PvP-lite" mode that sounds more like a sidestep for those after PvE

Marathon season 2 kicks off today, acting as a fresh start for every single person who's played so far with its complete wipe of all gear. For this first week of the season, it's also going to be free-to-play for anyone, clearly a big plea for those that haven't yet tried it out to give it a fair shake. To do that, Bun...

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'People talk about AI reducing jobs, complete nonsense': Nvidia's Jensen Huang criticises economic doomerism on GTC stage

Nvidia's second GTC of the year took place in Taipei, Taiwan this week, with CEO Jensen Huang repeatedly assuring that "useful AI" (read: AI that makes a return on investment) has arrived. As for AI's wider-ranging effects on the economy, Huang expressed some scepticism on stage."People talk about AI reducing jobsβ€”comp...

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Subnautica 2 gets first hotfix to tweak the behaviour of certain creatures

Subnautica 2 has rolled out a new hotfix, the third since it launched into early access a little over two weeks ago. This particular update is special, however, as it's the first to arrive following the debate among players about whether or not you should be able to defend yourself from fish attacks, rather than avoid...

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New Tomb Raider Games Were Impacted By Amazon Cuts

Embracer's CEO says its not all bad news for the upcoming Tomb Raider remake and sequel

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One Piece: Roronoa Zoro's Best Armament Haki Feats, Ranked

Roronoa Zoro is one of the strongest individuals in One Piece and certainly an incredible master of Haki. Having learned the skill during the 2-year timeskip under the tutelage of Dracule Mihawk, Zoro has gone on to impress with his Haki on multiple occasions. Of course, we know that Zoro is a user of all three types o...

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'Tell me that's not R2D2. Tell me that's not robotics': Jensen Huang thinks the future of personal computing is letting AI agents run your PC

If you are aware of AI, you are likely also aware of the word 'agentic'. Effectively, as AI gets more powerful, it is supposed to run your tasks autonomously with less oversight, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang thinks that is the future of personal computing. In a Q&A at Computex 2026 attended by PC Gamer, Huang was asked...

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