The overwhelming demand for the Steam Controller led Valve earlier this year to set up a reservation systemby which buyers could sign up and get priority access when the new gaming peripheral was available to purchase. Reservations opened on May 8, and while it promised availability the week following the announcement, Valve didn't provide an estimated date for following batches of the Steam Controller.

Now, the gaming giant has updated its reservation system based on current demand and production capabilities, giving players an estimate for when the Steam Controller will be

An MSI online store listing recently revealedthe pricing on the new Intel Arc G3 Extreme-powered Claw 8 EX AI+, which will apparently retail at a whopping $1,799.99, but, in a recent interviewwith FRVR, MSI product marketing lead, Andy Chu, explained that things are likely to get worse as the ongoing AI-driven DRAM and component shortage worsens. Chu, who said that even he, as an insider, is "unsure of where the market will go

There have already been severalstrong reactions from developersto generative AI in video games and their development—and many large studios advocatingfor the new tech—and Pocketpair, the developer behind Palworld, has once again clarified its stance on generative AI in a new interview with GamesRadar+ after the studio had to previously defend Palworld against accusations of AI.

In the interview, John Buckley, Pocketpair's publishing and communications head, once again reiterated that the studio behind the ever-expanding Palworld universe does not use generative AI and

AMD has fixed a couple of threading bottlenecks in HandBrake that were holding back transcoding performance on high-core-count systems, and the fixes have been included in HandBrake 1.11.0. AMD found that the issues came down to two things. HandBrake wasn't built to efficiently manage systems with more than 64 logical processors, so on chips like Threadripper, available compute was sitting idle instead of being put to work. Separately, some workloads were chopped into jobs that were too small, creating scheduling

Following Epic Games's recent announcement of a slew of new generative AI features coming to Unreal Engine 5.8and the upcoming Unreal Engine 6, as well as its video demonstrating how it uses AI in daily game developmentand asset creation, the developer of Vampire Survivors, Poncle, announced in a comment on Redditthat it was reviewing its Fortnite x Vampire Survivors collaboration. Details about the collaboration had not been revealed, but Epic Games mentioned Vampire Survivorsas a headline collaboration in its Unreal Fest on June 17.

Witchfire, the single-player, dark fantasy RPG shooter from The Astronauts, has released Revelations, a major update introducing a wealth of new content, localization for 15 languages, and a dialogue system. Players can now engage in multithreaded conversations with Fallen Preyers, making pivotal choices that impact both gameplay and story. This system establishes the narrative baseline for the game's upcoming 1.0 release, providing fleshed-out storylines that unveil the tragic history of the Preyers.

Revelations introduces the Marshland, a hostile wetland

Despite the Valve Steam Machine being right around the corner, there has been a lot of interest from gamers who want to run SteamOS on custom gaming desktops or DIY Steam Machine console builds, while others may be looking to extract as much of the Steam Deck experience out of something like a used Lenovo Legion Go after the recent Steam Deck price increases. Fortunately, the latest SteamOS release, version 3.8, has officially landed in the stable release channel with a host of compatibility, performance, and usability upgrades. First

GMKtec today announces that early access registration for the upcoming EVO-X3 will officially open on June 22, giving users the first opportunity to secure early access benefits ahead of global launch. EVO-X3 is a next-generation compact AI workstation designed for local AI computing, professional content creation, and enterprise edge workloads.

As AI computing continues to shift from cloud-based processing to local deployment, EVO-X3 represents a new category of desktop AI workstation built to deliver high-performance computing in a

Zyxel Networks, a leader in delivering secure and AI-powered cloud networking solutions, has unveiled three new additions to its range of ruggedized, outdoor wireless access points, to help managed service provider (MSP) partners meet the growing demand for fast, reliable bandwidth in challenging environments.

The trio of devices is designed for use in large, industrial or semi-industrial locations, smaller businesses and homes, and where wireless connectivity needs to reach places a significant distance away from the main coverage area. All three can be managed