(PR) Steam Launches News Hub to Highlight the Latest News & Updates
Whether you're at work, on the bus, or playing at home, you can now browse your personalized Steam News Hub to easily find updates, announcements, and events for the games you play, wish list, and follow. The News Hub is designed to be flexible and personalized around your games and preferences, with many customization options built in. By default, the News Hub shows posts from the games you play, wish list, follow, or are recommended. Or, if you want to take full

(PR) Sonnet Announces Two High-Power Thunderbolt 3 to eGPU Card Expansion Systems
Sonnet Technologies today announced the launch of the eGPU Breakaway Box 750 and eGPU Breakaway Box 750ex, the newest and most powerful members of the company's award-winning family of Thunderbolt 3 to PCIe graphics processing (GPU) card expansion systems. Both systems support full-length, full-height, double-width GPU cards, and utilize large temperature-controlled fans that provide efficient and ultra-quiet cooling for the installed card. Sonnet designed these new expansion systems with the goal of offering

Comino's Liquid-Cooled Hardware Powers the Rendering of "Dystopia: Contest of Heroes"
Comino is an established brand with liquid-cooled gaming PCs, servers, and workstations; with clientele spanning not just gamers and PC enthusiasts, but also professional engineering firms, government agencies, and the scientific community at large. The company is based out of the UK, but is planning a major crowd-funded expansion to North America, bringing their ground-breaking gaming PCs, workstations, and servers, which leverage the company's expertise in liquid cooling.
Beetroot Lab, developers of the renowned strategy game "Dystopia

(PR) Team Group Successfully Develops Consumer-Grade DDR5 Memory, Begins Validation
Team Group, a global leader in computer memory, has rapidly responded to market demand changes during the crucial transition period of next-generation DRAM technology. By integrating the newest technologies to promote its development of DDR5 memory, it has outpaced competitions and developed the first engineering sample of consumer-grade DDR5 memory. With this success, it will welcome the new DDR5 generation with consumers worldwide.
Presently, Team Group is working hard at producing its first batch of DDR5 memory with the tentative specifications of 16

ASUS Intros ROG Strix White Variants of its GeForce RTX 30-series Graphics Cards
ASUS today introduced White variants of its Republic of Gamers (ROG) Strix custom-design GeForce RTX 30-series graphics cards. These card have essentially the same board design as the original ROG Strix RTX 30-series, but with streaks of matte-white and brushed-metal making up the cooler shrouds, back-plates, and impellers of the three Axial-Tech fans. The PCB underneath is still black. The RGB LED embellishments are identical to those on the original ROG Strix cards. The cards

(PR) FinalWire Releases AIDA64 v6.32 with AMD Zen 3 and RX 6000 Support
FinalWire Ltd. today announced the immediate availability of AIDA64 Extreme 6.32 software, a streamlined diagnostic and benchmarking tool for home users; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Engineer 6.32 software, a professional diagnostic and benchmarking solution for corporate IT technicians and engineers; the immediate availability of AIDA64 Business 6.32 software, an essential network management solution for small and medium scale enterprises; and the immediate availability of AIDA64 Network Audit 6.32 software, a dedicated

NVIDIA RTX 30-series GA102 IR Photographs Appear, Expose Silicon Inner Workings
IR photographs are one of the best ways to take a look at the inner silicon etchings inside the world's most powerful accelerators. Of course, one could always just "shove off the top", but that would be a crime unto itself. Fritchens Fritz has pointed an IR gun at the heart of NVIDIA's GA102, the crown jewel of the RTX 30-series, and the results are an intimate look at some of the world's most powerful hardware. The 64

CD Projekt Red Removes Critic Score Requirements for Developer Bonuses, and an Editor's Thoughts
CD Projekt Red has announced that all of its developers will receive appropriate bonuses for their hard work in Cyberpunk 2077. These developer bonuses are usually dangled in front of developers with several caveats added, such as sales targets, critical reception based on Metacritic (of all things), and other factors. However, the company has decided to forgo these requirements in light of the hard eight years of toiling, and the prolonged periods of crunch with six workdays, that it put its team through. This is a

Update: EA Joins Foray into Codemasters Takeover, Handily Outbids Take Two
Electronic Arts has reportedly expressed interest in taking over UK-based game developer Codemasters, the studio behind the official Formula One-licensed F1 series; DiRT series, and other hit motorsports franchises. EA comes from the legacy of Need for Speed, and is possibly eyeing the prestige of the F1 license that comes with Codemasters, besides the studios innovations and expertise with race simulation. In doing so, EA has gatecrashed the £725 million take-over bid by Take-Two Interactive, announced in November

(PR) SteelSeries Acquires Controller Accessory Leader KontrolFreek
SteelSeries, the leader in gaming peripherals, today announces its acquisition of KontrolFreek, the industry leader in high-performance controller accessories. This acquisition bolsters SteelSeries' already strong presence in the console gaming market, and further equips it for success in the next generation of consoles. This is SteelSeries' second major acquisition this year, after purchasing A-Volute, creators of Nahimic and the leading independent developer of 3D sound solutions for gaming, in April.
For nearly two decades, SteelSeries has been a frontrunner in the gaming
