"Memories in Orbit" Game Studio Closes Down After Lackluster Launch
Memories in Orbit (MIO) launched in January 2026to a relatively positive critical reception, but it seems as though its commercial success has not met expectations. According to a recent report by French news outlet, Le Figaro, Douze Dixièmes will be closing down following a buyout deal by Douze Dixièmes co-founders that would allow them to regain control of the company from Focus Entertainment and close things out on their terms.
While Memories in Orbit received high praise at launch, at its height
While Memories in Orbit received high praise at launch, at its height

Steam Machine Sells Out in Japan Despite Woeful Pricing
As was the case with the Steam Deck, Valve is selling the Steam Machine via Komodo Station, an Asian reseller that serves much of South-East Asia, and as a result, it skips the reservation and lottery system that is currently in place on Valve's own Steam Store. While this doesn't combat issues like scalping and shortages as well as Steam's in-house system, it provides a much more realistic indication of current stock levels. According to Komodo Store, however, all versions of

(PR) Qualcomm Unveils Data Center Roadmap with New Dragonfly Portfolio
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM) today announced at its Investor Day, new data center solutions, including the Qualcomm Dragonfly C1000 CPU, Qualcomm High Bandwidth Compute (HBC), Qualcomm Dragonfly AI300 inference accelerator, and connectivity products, together with custom silicon solutions, all engineered to maximize performance per watt and token throughput at lower total cost of ownership. The new platforms highlight Qualcomm Technologies' growing role in building full‑stack data center infrastructure optimized for AI, spanning agentic

Intel Arc Pro B65 Now Available in US for $910
Following the official announcement of the Intel Arc Pro B65alongside the B70, earlier this year, the ASRock Intel Arc Pro B65 has silently launched in US retail markets, giving us an indication of pricing for Intel's workstation-grade Arc Battlemage GPUs. The ASRock Intel Arc Pro B65is available on Neweggfor a price of $909.99, making it just $100 cheaper than Intel's reference design Arc Pro B70and only

OpenAI Unveils Jalapeno LLM Inferencing Accelerator Built in Collaboration with Broadcom
OpenAI today unveiled Japaneo, its in-house, purpose-built LLM inference accelerator chip, developed in collaboration with Broadcom. The chip has fixed-function and programmable compute hardware to accelerate inferencing of OpenAI LLM stack that powers ChatGPT, Codex, the OpenAI API, and the company's future agentic AI products. It is conceptually similar to Google's TPU, except designed for the OpenAI stack; and while TPU is used for both training and inferencing, Jalapeno appears to be limited to inferencing. The training is

(PR) Rockstar Games Announces Pre-Orders for Grand Theft Auto VI
Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is excited to announce that pre-orders for Grand Theft Auto VI will begin on June 25, 2026, at midnight local time.
Launching November 19, 2026, for the PlayStation 5 computer entertainment systems and Xbox Series X|S games and entertainment systems for $79.99, Grand Theft Auto VI features a single-player experience set in the biggest
Launching November 19, 2026, for the PlayStation 5 computer entertainment systems and Xbox Series X|S games and entertainment systems for $79.99, Grand Theft Auto VI features a single-player experience set in the biggest

(PR) Transcend Launches New 218-Layer 3D NAND Storage Solutions for AI Computing and Edge Applications
Global leader in storage and embedded solutions, Transcend Information, Inc. (Transcend), today announced its new generation of industrial SSD and memory card solutions powered by advanced 218-layer 3D NAND flash technology. Featuring optimized architecture and increased storage density, the new product lineup unlocks the full potential of next-generation flash memory performance to address the growing demands of AIoT edge computing and smart manufacturing. Designed for data-intensive environments, these solutions empower a wide range of applications across industrial automation, data centers

ASUS Expects Milder PC Price Increases in Q3 This Year
In late Q1, ASUS implementeda 30% price increase for PCs in Taiwan, with the rest of the world following closely. ASUS Joint Technology Systems Division General Manager Yi-Hsiang Liao announced this planned 30% price hike across the company's entire product line, explaining that the extremely high costs of DRAM and SSD storage, combined with a shortage of CPUs, were driving this increase. However, today we are facing another increase, but a much milder one. According to Money UDN, ASUS

Halo: Campaign Evolved PC Minimum and Recommended System Requirements Surface
Halo Studios put out the system requirements lists for the upcoming AAA FPS RPG, Halo: Campaign Evolved. The game is releasing on July 28, 2026, with pre-orders open now. There are four system requirements lists put out by the studio, "Low (minimum)", "Medium," "High (recommended)," and "Ultra." The minimum experience is 1080p @ 60 FPS. This requires either an AMD Ryzen 5 360

Thermalright Intros Assassin Classic-6 SE Black CPU Cooler
Thermalright today introduced the Assassin Classic-6 SE Black, a premium aluminium fin-stack air CPU cooler. The cooler is characterized by a very traditional design, with the aluminium fins lacking any black powder coating, instead being topped by a die-cast metal top-plate. The cooler features a heatpipe direct-touch base from which six 6 mm-thick, nickel-plated copper heatpipes pass through, conveying heat to the fin-stack, which is ventilated by a 120 mm fan.
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