‘Flying Is A Very Large Part’ of Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3, But The Status of Chocobo Breeding And Underwater Exploration Is Unclear

Flying on the Highwind airship will be a big part of Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3, according to what game director Naoki Hamaguchi told in a new interview. Likely to be one of the highlights of the experience still being built in Unreal Engine 4 , the Highwind's role suggests a massive shift in how players will interact with the game world , although the status of other iconic late-game mechanics from the original remains a mystery.

The Highwind "gameplay experience" has been expanded for the third and final entry


The Wi-Fi-Only Versions Of Apple’s Newest 11-inch & 13-inch M4 iPad Air Models Can Be Had For Up To $100 Off As Part Of Amazon’s Pre-Order Promotions

Apple’s newest 11-inch and 13-inch M4 iPad Air have not even gone on sale, and Amazon has already made these premium slates ooze significantly better value thanks to slashing up to $100 off for the Wi-Fi-only models as part of its pre-order offer. While it would have been the icing on the cake if the online retailer had discounted the cellular variants, we can’t always have what we want.

With the new price cuts, the


Apple Silicon

Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Is Insanely Fast As A Standalone Chip, But Compared With The M5 Pro & M5 Max, It Might As Well Be A Whole Generation Behind

Qualcomm introduced its third-generation Oryon cores to its Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme , bumping up the specifications to an impressive 18-core CPU, resulting in significantly increased single-core and multi-core performance. Unfortunately, these upgrades might give Windows laptops some bragging rights when compared as individual products, but as soon as you put the M5 Pro and M5 Max into the mix, the story changes immediately. In the latest single-core and multi-core benchmark comparison, the Snapdragon X2 Elite


‘Xbox At Its Best Lifts The Entire Company’: Xbox and Microsoft CEOs Confirm They Are ‘Long on Gaming’

Microsoft remains fully committed to its gaming division, with CEO Satya Nadella and Xbox CEO Asha Sharma affirming that the company is "long on gaming" during a recent internal Q&A. The session provided reassurance to employees, coming at a time when the brand is undergoing yet another significant change with the upcoming Project Helix , which will bring PC and console gaming together in a single system for the first time.

During the discussion, as reported by , Nadella highlighted how gaming is not just a side business for Microsoft but


Intel

MSI MAG B850M Gaming Pro Goes MAX, Entry-Level AM5 Motherboard With OC Engine

MSI has a brand new entry-level motherboard, the , which comes with an OC Engine for Ryzen overclocking.

MSI Adds An OC Engine On Its Entry-Level MAG B850M Gaming PRO Motherboard

MSI's new MAX series refreshed motherboards come with an external BCLK generator or an OC Engine, as MSI likes to call it. This OC Engine provides independent BCLK control for better overclocking potential & it's always great to see entry-level options with such capabilities, as they allow AMD Ryzen owners


Apple Silicon

OLED M6 MacBook Pro Launch Won’t Force The Discontinuation Of M5 Pro & M5 Max Models, As Apple Is Planning An Even Higher Price Bracket Later This Year

A design overhaul of the M6 MacBook Pro is expected either in late 2026 or early 2027, with Apple introducing a display transition from mini-LED to OLED for the first time in the portable Mac’s history. Typically, when the technology giant introduces a newer lineup, it ends up discontinuing the older-generation models, like it has done with the M4, M4 Pro, and M4 Max versions now that the M5 Pro and M5 Max family is


Skytech’s Absolute Juggernaut Of A Gaming PC Pairs The Ryzen 7 9850X3D, RX 9070 XT & More, For $1,999.99 On Amazon

The Ryzen 7 9850X3D and Radeon RX 9070 XT are one of the most powerful pairings that you can stumble upon to make a gaming PC, as both can handle the most demanding of resolutions and still deliver incredibly high framerates to provide that visual ‘eye candy.’ Unfortunately, this configuration can be pricey for the majority of buyers, with some readers outright self-discouraging a purchase because of the ongoing DRAM crisis. Fortunately, Skytech’s monster of a gaming PC,


This AI Startup Demands AMD to Build a 96 GB RDNA 5 GPU for a Wild Venture, and Is Already Seeking Investors

The demand for compute power has gone wild out there, and in the midst of it, the AI startup TinyCorp has a rather interesting demand for AMD, involving a 'chonky' RDNA 5 GPU.

Every AI startup whose world revolves around 'tokenomics' is hungry for compute power and ready to go to any lengths to get it. One of the primary reasons consumer GPUs saw massive availability constraints was that, for small- and medium-scale AI enterprises, they were a viable option for getting decent training/inference


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M5 MacBook Air’s SSD Speeds Beat M4 Pro Models, Obtains An Impressive 229.96% Performance Increase Over M4 MacBook Air Lineup

In addition to a chipset upgrade, the M5 MacBook Air has received a major boost in SSD performance, mimicking the gains obtained by the M5 MacBook Pro that launched last year. In fact, what’s remarkable about the latest comparison is that Apple’s latest portable Mac is faster than some premium M4 Pro models, not to mention that the machine runs circles around its immediate predecessors, the 13-inch and 15-inch M4 MacBook Air. Let us take a look at these


NVIDIA’s Answer to the GPU Shortage Has Samsung Resurrecting the RTX 3060, and It Might Just Pay Off for Gamers

NVIDIA now plans to bring older GPUs back to life, and according to a new report, Samsung Foundry is preparing to restart production lines for the GeForce RTX 3060.

The consumer GPU industry has seen significant changes over the past few months, amid DRAM shortages. Not only have we witnessed changes in product launch cycles , but the retail availability of popular SKUs has worsened since then. Given that NVIDIA is having a difficult time managing both the AI/consumer businesses, the company does have a few options on