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Valve's New Steam Controller Goes on Sale May 4 for $99
Valve's new Steam Controller launches May 4 with Linux, Windows, and macOS support, designed to work across the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame ecosystem.
Lenovo Legion Y960 Gaming Headset Teased With Physical 7.1-Channel Audio
Lenovo's Legion Y960 gaming headset uses a triple-driver setup per ear for physical 7.1-channel surround, launching 2026-05-19 in China.
Samsung Odyssey G80HF Brings 5K Dual-Mode Gaming to a 27-Inch Panel
Samsung's 27-inch Odyssey G80HF delivers 5K at 180Hz or QHD at 360Hz via dual-mode switching, with DisplayPort 2.1 UHBR20 and full adaptive sync support.
Samsung Odyssey G80HS Debuts as the World's First 6K Gaming Monitor
Samsung's Odyssey G80HS packs a 6K resolution at 165Hz with a dual-mode trick that drops to 3K and doubles the refresh rate to 330Hz.
Honor Win H9 Gaming Laptop Brings Six-Fan Cooling and RTX 5070 Ti to the Table
Honor's Win H9 gaming laptop uses a unique six-fan cooling system to handle 270W of combined CPU and GPU power, paired with a 300 Hz 16:10 display.
MSI's 360 Hz Tandem QD-OLED Ultrawide Hits Shelves at $899
MSI's MPG 341CQR X36 pairs a 5th Gen Tandem QD-OLED panel with 360 Hz, 1,300-nit HDR peak brightness, and DisplayPort 2.1a at $900.
MSI Launches Two 32-Inch 4K QD-OLED Gaming Monitors With 240 Hz and 1,000 Nits HDR
MSI's new 32-inch 4K 240 Hz monitors are among the first to use Samsung's 4th Gen QD-OLED Tandem panels, hitting 1,000 nits HDR peak brightness.
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Box64 0.4.2 Brings x86_64 Emulation to IBM POWER Hardware, Adds Proton 11.0 Support
Box64 0.4.2 adds an initial PPC64LE back-end for IBM POWER hardware alongside Steam Runtime 3 and Proton 11.0 support, expanding x86_64 emulation across four architectures.
AOC AGON Pro AGP277QKDC Brings 540Hz Tandem WOLED and DisplayPort 2.1 to Europe
AOC's 27-inch tandem WOLED monitor hits 540Hz at 1440p with DisplayPort 2.1 and 1500 nits peak brightness, arriving in Europe this June.
Philips Evnia 5K Dual-Mode Monitor Switches Between 165Hz and 330Hz
Philips' new dual-mode monitor runs at 5K/165Hz for sharp productivity work and switches to 1440p/330Hz for competitive gaming, all on one 27-inch Fast IPS panel.
AOC Packs Samsung's Latest Penta Tandem QD-OLED Into a 4K 240Hz Gaming Monitor for Under €1,000
AOC's new 32-inch 4K 240Hz gaming monitor uses Samsung's 5-layer Penta Tandem QD-OLED panel with 1000-nit peak brightness and DisplayPort 2.1 UHBR20.
Honor WIN H9 Gaming Laptop Packs Six Fans and a 300Hz Anti-Motion-Sickness Display
Honor's WIN H9 gaming laptop debuts a world-first six-fan cooling system for its 270W RTX 5070 Ti setup, plus a 300Hz display with built-in anti-motion-sickness tech.
Sony INZONE M10S II Pushes WOLED to 540Hz With Fnatic-Tuned Gaming Modes
Sony's INZONE M10S II delivers 540Hz WOLED at 1440p (or 720Hz at 720p) with Fnatic-tuned competitive features and LG Display's latest Tandem WOLED panel.
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Proton 11.0 Beta Arrives With Wine 11.0 Rebase and a Wave of Newly Playable Games
Proton 11.0 Beta 1 rebases on Wine 11.0 with updated DXVK and VKD3D, making Gothic 1 Classic, X-Plane 12, and several classic Capcom titles playable on Linux for the first time.
MSI Rolls Out Over a Dozen Gaming Laptops With Intel Arrow Lake-HX Plus and RTX 50 Series GPUs
MSI launches its 2026 gaming laptop refresh with over a dozen models, including the first laptop confirmed with Nvidia's unreleased 12 GB RTX 5070 GPU.
MSI Leak Confirms Nvidia RTX 5070 Laptop GPU With 12 GB VRAM Is on the Way
MSI accidentally confirmed a 12 GB GDDR7 version of Nvidia's RTX 5070 laptop GPU through a new Crosshair 16 Max listing, doubling VRAM over the current 8 GB model.
MSI Accidentally Confirms Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU With 12 GB VRAM
MSI's new Crosshair 16 Max listing references an unannounced 12 GB variant of Nvidia's RTX 5070 laptop GPU, up from the current 8 GB configuration.
ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini Packs a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and Detachable Controllers Into an 8.8-Inch Handheld
One Netbook's upcoming ONEXPLAYER X2 Mini pairs a Ryzen AI Max+ 395 with an 8.8-inch OLED, detachable controllers, and a magnetic keyboard for a versatile handheld gaming PC.
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Mesa RADV Merges Descriptor Heap Extension That Could Smooth Out Steam Play Performance
RADV lands VK_EXT_descriptor_heap in Mesa 26.1, a Vulkan extension designed to improve descriptor management for DXVK and VKD3D-Proton translation layers used by Steam Play.
Xiaomi's Redmi G Pro 32U 2026 Packs a Smart OS and 1,152 Mini LED Zones Into a 4K Gaming Monitor
Xiaomi's 32-inch Mini LED gaming monitor runs HyperOS 3 on its own SoC, hits 1,600 nits peak brightness, and switches between 4K/160Hz and 1080p/320Hz modes.