007 First Light Cost $200 Million to Make — IO Interactive Needs Around 2 Million More Sales to Break Even

The website of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) revealed that Copenhagen-based game developer IO Interactive took over seven years and more than 1.3 billion kroner ( $200 million ) to make 007 First Light .

The timeline is probably not that surprising to those who have followed the game since its announcement, which took place in November 2020 as " Project 007 " . The game was likely in development for at least a year and a half before the announcement.

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Steam Machine May Be Only A Few Weeks Away From Release, As Welcome Tour Gets Added To The Steam Backend

Following its delay from the early 2026 release window, the Steam Machine is inching closer to release, with the hardware added to the official list of Vulkan 1.4-conformant products and a queue system to prevent scalpers from scooping up every launch unit. Although all this doesn't narrow down the release window in any capacity, another recent development suggests Valve's new hardware could be only a few weeks away .

Over the weekend, known leaker Brad Lynch revealed on X that a Steam Machine welcome


Dell Prepares New Alienware Gaming Monitors, Featuring 39″ 5K OLED, 34″ 280Hz OLED, And Two Curved 32-34″ 240Hz Gaming Monitors

Alienware has received multiple new gaming monitors in the high-end and mid-range segment, offering modern features and connectivity options

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ASRock’s New Radeon RX 9070 GRE Steel Legend Dark Ditches The White Theme, Pushes Boost Clock To 2920 MHz

The all-new RX 9070 GRE is here, and one of the first to launch a custom edition is ASRock, which unveiled its latest Steel Legend design.

After AMD announced the launch of the new RDNA 4 GPU, ASRock also unveiled its own design based on the same cut-down NAVI 48 die. The Radeon RX 9070 GRE made its debut earlier today , featuring the NAVI 48 die, boasting 48 Compute Units, 48 Ray Tracing cores, 96 AIs

ASRock AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE Steel Legend graphics card with a box displaying 'Steel Legend Graphics Card' and 'AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12GB OC Edition'.
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MSI Officially Launches Claw 8 EX AI+ Powered By Intel Arc G3 Extreme, Featuring An 8-inch 120Hz Display

One of the first Intel Arc G3 Extreme-based handhelds have been launched officially, and here's everything we know about it.

The new Void Purple handheld is finally out. MSI has been working on it for a while now, and we have been reporting on the first-ever Arc G3-based handheld from MSI for several weeks . After Intel unveiled its Arc G3 lineup a few days ago , handheld makers were ready to unveil their first Arc G3-based handhelds, including Acer ,

The MSI handheld gaming console displays a vibrant neon dragon logo on its screen.
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CAPCOM May Have Uphill Battle With Onimusha: Way of the Sword, Targeting September Against Marvel’s Wolverine, And 2 Heavy Hitters

With Grand Theft Auto 6 confirmed for a November 19 release , most major publishers are doing everything they can to launch their games before Rockstar Games releases what is expected to be a record-breaking game. As a result, September 2026 is looking to be the most packed month in years , but some games may have an uphill battle nonetheless, such as CAPCOM's Onimusha: Way of the Sword , the first new entry in the series in a very long time.

Over the weekend, X


NVIDIA Doubles Down on DLSS 4.5 With Smarter Ray Reconstruction at Computex, But DLSS 5 Is a No-Show

At Computex 2026, NVIDIA unveiled DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction , a second-generation transformer model that promises to improve ray traced and path traced image quality across supported PC games.

DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction will be available in August with several improvements over the first-generation that launched in August 2023:

  • Efficient Denoiser: The new model delivers 35% more compute capability and processes 20% more parameters while maintaining similar performance to the previous model.
  • Enhanced Super Resolution: Building
A presentation slide by NVIDIA titled 'Announcing DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction' details features including '2nd Gen Transformer', 'Efficient AI Denoiser' for faster reconstruction, and 'Enhanced Super Resolution' for improved lighting accuracy.
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Samsung Drops World’s First 4K 360Hz Penta Tandem OLED at Computex, Headlining a 16-Monitor Stack From 8.8 to 49 Inches

The new lineup includes 16 products in the stack, including budget and high-end displays, starting at 8.8-inch, all the way to 49-inch displays.

Samsung Display has officially introduced the RGB Penta Tandem technology in one of its newest flagship monitors. The company today announced a wide range of display products at Computex, Taipei. As many as 16 products have been announced in the new stack, but the highlights were the first 4K 360Hz Penta Tandem monitor and

A Samsung Display booth showcases a variety of laptops featuring 'Ultra Slim Gaming Display' technology, highlighted by a leaderboard titled 'Reaction Speed Challenge' and a sign for 'Samsung OLED Gaming.'
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RAGNAROK Goes Single-Player for the First Time in 25 Years as Gravity Targets PS5, Xbox, and Switch 2 in 2027

This morning, South Korean developer Gravity announced the RAGNAROK Console Project, a new single player roleplaying game based on the popular RAGNAROK ONLINE franchise.

As suggested by its title, it will be the first installment to launch on consoles (Sony's PlayStation 5, Microsoft's Xbox Series S and X, and the Nintendo Switch 2), though it's also already listed for PC via Steam simply as RAGNAROK PROJECT . The game is targeting a debut in the first half of 2027 ; development is

A game scene shows a character casting a spell labeled 'Character Skill - Wizard,' with damage numbers appearing above enemies in a desert setting.
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RTX Spark To Jumpstart New Lineup As NVIDIA Will Expand With Vera Rubin Spark & Rosa Feynman Spark Architectures With LPDDR6 RAM Support, Arriving 2027 Onwards

The introduction of NVIDIA’s first ARM-based SoC has materialized a new lineup, starting with the RTX Spark , with the company planning to have multiple releases year after year, starting with its Vera CPU. This new design will eventually be succeeded by Rosa. NVIDIA also mentions in its roadmap that each new release will be tailor-made for laptops and desktops, targeting a whole new segment.

In 2027, the Vera CPU architecture will succeed Grace, but there’s no mention of whether NVIDIA