Nintendo Switch 2 New Dock Leaked Photo Shows New Information; System Will Ship With a 60W Charger

Another day, another Nintendo Switch 2 leak. Today, a new partial picture of the system's dock started making the rounds online, providing new information on the yet-to-be-revealed consoles. The new picture of the dock, which was shared online today by Laura Kate Dale, features visible input and output voltage information with other information having been oscured, likely to protect the identity of the trusted source that provided the picture. Additionally, the system will reportedly ship with a 60W charger for

Steam Deck 2 Powered by AMD Ryzen Z2 Is Not in the Works, Valve Confirms

A Steam Deck 2 powered by the newly announced AMD Ryzen Z2 is not in the works, a Valve employee confirmed. Following the rumors that started circulating online after the announcement of the next-gen AMD APUs for future iterations of portable gaming systems which suggested that a Steam Deck 2 was in the works, Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais confirmed on Bluesky that there is and there won't be a Z2 Steam Deck, specifying how the slide that accompanied the APUs' announcement was just meant to highlight

NVIDIA ACE to Power Dynamic AI Characters, Companions, and Bosses in PUBG, NARAKA: Bladepoint, inZoi, and MIR5

A number of big NVIDIA ACE announcements were shared during the company's CES 2025 keynote. NVIDIA has expanded its ACE (Avatar Cloud Engine) technology, originally announced at Computex 2023, in various ways. The improved tech will provide AI-powered allies and foes in multiple big PC games. KRAFTON, for example, has gone all-in on NVIDIA ACE. Its leading product, PUBG, will add 'co-playable characters' through the so-called PUBG Ally feature.

Acer Launches Nitro Blaze 11 & Nitro Blaze 8 Gaming Handhelds, $899 & $1099 With Bigger Screens Powered By Ryzen 8840HS

Acer unveiled its Nitro Blaze 11 & 8 gaming handhelds, leveraging the AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS and Radeon 780M integrated graphics. Acer Intros Nitro Blaze 11 and 8 handhelds with Higher Resolution, Battery Life, and Connectivity Acer has unveiled its latest lineup of gaming handhelds, delivering bigger screens than the Acer Nitro Blaze 7. The new handhelds, Nitro Blaze 11 and Nitro Blaze 8 keep the same Ryzen 7 8840HS processor as their predecessors but boast some changes to

NVIDIA Reflex 2 Will Reduce Latency in Games by Up to 75%; Coming Soon to The Finals and Valorant

NVIDIA Reflex 2, the next evolution of the innovative tech used today in over 100 games to reduce latency, promises to further reduce latency by up to 75%. As announced during CES 2025, NVIDIA Reflex 2 will combine Reflex Low Latency mode with a new Frame Warp technology that will further reduce latency by updating the rendered game frame based on the latest mouse input before it is sent to the display. This new technology was developed based on a study conducted by NVIDIA's esports research

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HP ZBook Ultra G1a Laptop & Z2 Mini G1a Workstation Desktop PCs Feature AMD’s Strix Halo “Ryzen AI Max” APUs

HP introduced two new workstation PCs packed with AMD's Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" APUs, the ZBook Ultra G1a & the Z2 Mini G1a. Meet the HP Z2 Mini G1a, a Compact Solution That Easily Fits Anywhere, and the ZBook Ultra G1a Laptop for High-Performance Computing with Great Portability: AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo" With 128 GB Memory & Loads of Graphics Horsepower HP has announced its newest PC products for enthusiasts who want

Dell Alienware Unveils New Range of Gaming Desktops At CES 2025, Featuring Aurora & Area-51 With Intel’s “Core Ultra 200S” CPUs & Much More

Dell's Alienware has announced its newest range of gaming desktops at CES 2025, the Area-51 and the Aurora desktop builds, coming in with cutting-edge components and features. Alienware's Newest Desktop Pre-Built PCs Now Come With More Capabilities Than Ever, Offering Cutting-Edge Performance Alienware's product releases are something to definitely look at in every year's CES, and this time, the firm has packed out a bunch of releases for the market. In terms of

Dell Alienware Unleashes Cutting-Edge “Area 51” 16-Inch & 18-Inch Gaming Laptops At CES 2025; Intel’s “Arrow Lake-HX” CPUs & High-End Performance

Dell's Alienware has unveiled their newest "enthusiast-level" gaming laptops at CES 2025, coming in the iconic "Area-51" series in 18-inch and 16-inch counterparts. Alienware's Newest "Area-51" Gaming Laptops Now Offer Peak Performance & Elegant Aesthetics For those unaware, Alienware has decided to revive a lineup of the past, revealing new products around it to capture market attention. Apart from pre-built PCs, the manufacturer has also

GeForce NOW to Add Avowed and DOOM: The Dark Ages; Support for Steam Deck, Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro Coming Soon

NVIDIA did not forget about its GeForce NOW cloud platform during the big CES 2025 keynote. First, it was confirmed that two highly anticipated PC games, the action RPG Avowed from Obsidian and the first-person shooter DOOM: The Dark Ages from id Software, will be available to play on GeForce NOW. Avowed is coming in a little over a month. Set for release on February 18 for PC and Xbox Series S|X, the game will provide fans of the Eora setting (previously seen

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Qualcomm Is Gunning For The Ultra-Affordable $600 Laptop Segment With Its 8-Core Snapdragon X; New SoC Sports Same Capable NPU As Faster Chipsets

The Snapdragon X Elite and the Snapdragon X Plus are found in notebooks sporting a higher price bracket, which limits Qualcomm’s options when tapping into the ARM-based market. Thankfully, the San Diego firm was well aware of the competition, which is why, at the CES 2025 trade show, the company has unveiled a new chipset called the Snapdragon X, and it will be found in machines stamped with a $600 price tag. Last year, we reported that Qualcomm had clear intentions