Bungie's new extraction shooter, Marathon , is still trying to find its footing as the latest triple-A multiplayer shooter on the market. While it's been critically praised by many ( myself included ), it seemingly hasn't reached the level of commercial success that Bungie or PlayStation Studios hoped it would reach. Despite that, Bungie isn't letting on that it has any concerns about Marathon, and in a recent interview has just re-emphasized how it has long-term plans for the game
Mobile DRAM Prices Expected To Increase By ~100% Quarter-Over-Quarter, As Long-Term Agreements Now Getting Signed At Prices As High As $21/GB
The mobile DRAM market is showing no sign of retrenchment as the wider industry stares at a ~100 percent quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) price increase in Q2 2026, building upon the 58 percent - 63 percent QoQ price growth for LPDDR5X in Q1.
SemiAnalysis reported just a few days back that LPDDR5 contract prices were recently hovering at around $10/GB after undergoing a 3x increase since Q1 2025. What's
Bank of America Wants GTA 6 Priced at $80 to Rescue a Struggling Industry — With Gamers Footing the Bill
GTA 6 is poised to set the market on fire when it launches this November. While its price has n't been determined, there's no doubt the sixth entry in the series by Rockstar Games will be a smashing success, but Bank of America believes the game should be priced at $80 . A high price point that would not only be in Take-Two's self-interest, but that could also save the entire gaming industry, which is perceived as struggling.
In an investor note
Intel Appoints Qualcomm’s Alex Katouzian to Lead Client Computing and Physical AI as Lip-Bu Tan Reshapes Top Ranks
Intel has made : the appointment of Alex Katouzian from Qualcomm in the Client Computing & AI segment, along with Purskar Randae as CTO.
Press Release: Intel Corporation today announced two key leadership appointments to strengthen its core product business and advance the company’s innovation agenda.
Alex Katouzian will join Intel as executive vice president and general manager of the Client Computing and Physical AI Group. In this role, Katouzian will align Intel’s client computing business with emerging physical AI systems that span robotics, autonomous machines, and other
Fallout Co-Creator Tim Cain Says Gamers No Longer Form Opinions, They’re “Handed” Them by Influencers They Like
Veteran game developer and Fallout co-creator Tim Cain has only just recently returned to game development full-time, but he's also kept up his , as he promised he would when he re-joined Obsidian Entertainment in December 2025. That's where his latest comments on the state of the industry that are catching several eyes come from, as he shares how the rise of social media influencers and " how the internet changed game design ."
Cain discusses how he's seen the video
AMD’s Server CPU Revenue Set To Surge 80% This Year, With An Estimated 1.9M AI GPUs Shipping By 2027
AMD's immense success for its CPUs and GPUs in the AI segments will be a key driver for the company in the current year & the years ahead.
Intel, gaining momentum this quarter, thanks to Agentic AI's reliance on CPUs, has given us a teaser of what to expect from AMD's upcoming earnings. As per UBS, AMD isn't as constrained as Intel in the CPU segment and is anticipated to grow its Server CPU revenue by 80% this year.
AMD already maintains a
DDR6 Memory Development Kicks off As Samsung, SK Hynix & Micron Race Towards Commercialization By 2028-2029
DDR6 memory development is in full swing with major DRAM makers including Samsung, SK Hynix & Micron all racing towards completion to meet growing AI demands.
As AI continues to demand speedier and higher-capacity memory, DRAM makers are now initiating the development plan for next-gen standards.
Last year, JEDEC announced the LPDDR6 standard , bringing improved performance and efficiency versus LPDDR5. LPDDR memory has already become the favorite of the AI industry, offering faster speeds, high-capacities, while operating efficiently. LPDDR'
Exynos 2700 Can Turn Around Samsung’s Non-Memory & Semiconductor Business, But It All Depends On The SoC’s Adoption And Performance
Samsung continues to improve its 2nm GAA process with its second iteration, which will be utilized for the Exynos 2700, enabling the company to introduce the direct successor to the Exynos 2600 . While the upcoming chipset’s release will serve to reduce the Korean giant’s dependency on Qualcomm and lower its expenditure on outsourced silicon, it can also help restore its non-memory and semiconductor businesses, which are currently facing a 1 trillion won deficit ($679.21 million
ASUS Starves the RTX 5070 Ti as Memory Shortages Force a Pivot Toward the More Profitable RTX 5080
ASUS is planning to limit the production of its RTX 5070 Ti GPUs and prioritize the higher-end RTX 5080 models in its place.
While NVIDIA has confirmed that production across all RTX 50 GPUs remains stable, AIBs are doing things differently on their end.
As per industry sources quoted by Channel Gate, it looks like ASUS is making some significant changes to its GPU allocation, where it will prioritize higher-end 16 GB graphics cards while limiting the supply of RTX 507
Reggie Fils-Aimé Defends Nintendo’s Full-Price Forever Policy, Pointing to Kyoto Roots Most Gamers Never Consider
Long-time gamers know all too well that Nintendo has a rather unique policy when it comes to discounts for its exclusive games: they rarely, if ever, exist. Most of the time, you'll see Nintendo titles keeping their full price even years after their release, whereas every other platform, be it other consoles from Sony and Microsoft or PC itself, applies regular discounts for even the biggest games some time after their original launch.
Former Nintendo of America president and CEO Reggie Fils-Aimé provided his
