EA Sports FC 26 and Call of Duty: Vanguard Lead the Back-Half of June 2026’s Xbox Game Pass Games

Xbox has announced the second batch of Xbox Game Pass games that'll be joining its subscription service for the rest of June 2026 . This second batch is meaningfully smaller than the first, though it still has a couple of big-name franchises attached. Like EA Sports FC 26, which heads to the service fresh off its extra stint on PS Plus Essential , to keep the world's biggest football game in front of as many players during football's biggest event, the FIFA World Cup

Games like 'Call of Duty: Vanguard,' 'EA Sports FC 24,' 'Abyssus,' 'RV There Yet?,' 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4,' and 'Winds of Arcana: Ruination' are shown under the text 'Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass' on a green background.
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Remedy Plans Its Biggest Marketing Campaign Yet to Help Control Resonant Deal with the Brutal September Release Schedule

Throughout the Summer Game Fest 2026 week, the September 2026 game release schedule filled up with a lot of triple-A titles , including Remedy's Control Resonant , which launches on the same day (September 24) as Konami's Silent Hill: Townfall and one day before CAPCOM's Onimusha: Way of the Sword.

Remedy is, of course, a highly respected developer, but its games have often struggled to sell as much as the company wanted. Alan Wake 2

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Clive Barker’s Hellraiser: Revival Arrives October 2026 on PC and Consoles, just in time for Halloween

Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival may not have been what players expected Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games to reveal last July , but considering Saber's eclectic portfolio, it's hard to expect anything from it, really. Regardless, less than a year from the first-person horror game's reveal, we have a release date to look forward, perfectly timed for Halloween with an October 8, 2026 due date.

The news came with a brand new trailer, which capped off the

The promotional image for Clive Barker's Hellraiser Revival shows the Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition alongside rewards like the 'Martyr Sawblade Skin' and 'Labyrinth Pistol Skin,' with an release date of 'October 8th, 2026.'
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New Kirin SoC In The Mate 90 Said To Match TSMC’s 3nm Node, Huawei Targeting iPhone 18 Launch Timeline As Its Competitive Confidence Grows

The U.S. trade sanctions on Huawei pretty much mean the latter is fighting an uphill battle with other chipmakers as it lacks access to the latest and greatest in EUV equipment. Fortunately, a new report states that later this year, when the Mate 90 series materializes, the former Chinese giant will finally show to the world that its use of DUV machinery is sufficient to mass produce competitive chipsets, with the upcoming Kirin SoC said to match TSMC’s 3nm process.

Both SMIC and Huawei have been mum


NVIDIA’s RTX Remix 1.5 Shrinks Half-Life 2 RTX From 80GB to 50GB, as RTX IO Compression Slashes Game Sizes 37.5%

NVIDIA is releasing RTX Remix 1.5 today, which brings with it a range of new features, including support for new RTX IO compression.

This year, NVIDIA's RTX Remix suite is getting some major updates. We've already seen the addition of RTX Remix Logic with Dynamic FX and new Particle VFX . Today, NVIDIA releases RTX Remix 1.5, which is going to take things a step further.

With RTX Remix 1.5, NVIDIA will introduce a new packaging workflow along with more accessibility

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Ubisoft Ends Assassin’s Creed Shadows Support With Black Tides, the True Finale Hunting Naoe and Yasuke at Last

Today, Ubisoft is releasing the final content drop update for Assassin's Creed Shadows . Patch 1.1.11 , which varies in size from the 9GB of the Mac version to the 26.1GB of the Xbox version, introduces new story content, a major endgame feature, live crossover events, and a wide range of bug fixes.

First, there's a new quest called Black Tides , which serves as the true concluding chapter for protagonists Naoe and Yasuke . Two elite Templars known

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Gloway And KingBank Ditch Samsung, Micron, And SK Hynix, Building 48 GB DDR5 Kits From China-Made 24 Gb Chips

Memory makers are now adopting domestically produced larger size DDR5 memory chips for their DDR5 modules.

Instead of depending on the three memory giants, such as Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix, some memory vendors in China are now adopting domestically produced DDR5 chips. As per IT Home, two vendors known as Gloway and KingBank have introduced their latest DDR5 memory modules, using the 24 Gb memory chips made in China.

The brand Gloway has introduced what it calls the Longwuyi Yi

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Noctua Enters Liquid Cooling After Years Of Air Dominance, NL-LC1 AIOs Start At $219

Noctua's first-ever AIO coolers have hit the shelves, including the 240mm, 360mm, and 420mm AIO editions.

At the Computex 2026 event, Noctua showcased its first-ever AIO lineup called NL-LC1, which delivers the company's first liquid coolers. These coolers are available in various sizes, including a 240mm, 360mm, and 420mm enthusiast-grade edition. It has been a

Noctua NL-LC1-36 360mm Quiet All-in-One (AIO) Water Cooler for AMD AM5 and Intel LGA1851/LGA1700 CPUs is shown with three fans and specifications listed including a 4-Pin power connector and dimensions of 15.75 x 4.72 x 2.32.
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Apple’s Siri AI To Worsen DRAM Crisis As Samsung And SK hynix Will Be Reaping The Rewards At The Industry’s Expense

The memory requirements of experiencing the entire Siri AI features suite will eventually force Apple to introduce a minimum of 12GB LPDDR5X RAM for its iPhone 18 lineup, but more importantly, is how increased demand for these devices will contribute to the existing memory crisis while making a handful of suppliers wealthy in the process.

Despite Apple slowly losing its negotiating prowess to hyperscalers for DRAM orders, it still commands the lion’s share of annual smartphone shipments, meaning that memory makers like Samsung, SK hynix, and


GTA 6 May Shatter All Sales Records with 45+ Million Units Sold on Launch Day, According to Piper Sandler

The gaming industry has made a wide space for GTA 6 (save for one brave developer ), electing to release games either well before or after the November 19 launch date chosen by developer Rockstar Games and parent company Take-Two Interactive .

With the release date now seemingly rock-solid, speculation is shifting to the launch sales levels the long-awaited game can achieve. Popular core gamer board ResetEra recently started a poll on this very topic , and out of 1,283 voters, the majority (

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