In what is a testament to the nearly unbounded ambitions of China's manufacturing sector, YMTC has just become the world's third-largest manufacturer of NAND, entering this august territory from a virtual obscurity in record time.

Counterpoint Research has now published its Memory and Storage Tracker report for Q2 2026, noting the following:

1. Enterprise SSDs made up 48 percent of the total bits shipped in Q2.
2. Samsung maintained its lead with a 25 percent shipment share, followed by SK hynix at

Amazon Game Studios is stepping away from direct operation of two of its biggest MMO investments in the West: Throne and Liberty will return to developer NC and its subsidiary FirstSpark Games in the fourth quarter of 2026, while Lost Ark will transition from Amazon to its original developer, Smilegate, in early 2027.

The two announcements mark a significant retreat for Amazon’s MMO publishing strategy. Rather than continuing to operate the games itself, Amazon is handing responsibility back to the companies that created them,

NVIDIA's flagship Blackwell GPU, the RTX PRO 6000 , is now listed at $16,000 US, the highest price since its launch.

Memory shortages and the resultant price increases are giving no relief to PC segments, whether on the gaming or professional side of the spectrum. Just two months ago, the RTX PRO 6000 was selling for over $13,000 US , and now, it has reached a new high of $16,

Although FromSoftware has created some of the best action RPGs of all time, never ceding to the pressure to create more marketable titles , the Japanese studio is not exactly known for pushing the technical boundaries of games. In Elden Ring , the studio led by Hidetaka Miyazaki did try its hand at ray tracing with ray-traced ambient occlusion and shadows, but what it has achieved pales in comparison to the modded path tracing that is coming soon to Dark Souls 3 .

The third entry in the series is getting remastered lighting thanks to

Following a long development time, Crimson Desert launched earlier this year on PC , PlayStation 5 , and Xbox Series X|S , becoming a smashing success despite its by-the-books open-world formula that incorporates elements from other open-world games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild . The free updates released since March are only part of Pearl Abyss' expansion plans, which include the first DLC coming later this year, a Nintendo Switch 2 port, and possibly more

The RTX 5090 overshadowing the RTX 4090 doesn’t diminish the latter’s graphics and AI capabilities, and whoever is running the GPU in their systems should consider themselves extraordinarily lucky during the ongoing DRAM shortage. However, one user who owns NVIDIA’s previous-generation graphics card has likely triggered a firestorm on purpose as he attempts to rage-bait his fellow PC enthusiasts by claiming that the RX 9070 XT is better than the RTX 4090 in path tracing

Out of the blue, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma tweeted that she'd just seen live gameplay of The Elder Scrolls VI (TES VI) at the Bethesda head office in Rockville, Maryland, and she (predictably) lavished praise upon it:

Live playthrough of The Elder Scrolls VI: ******** this morning. The scale and grandeur are incredible. The story is even greater.

The Bethesda Game Studios X account replied in kind :

It was great being able to show you ***

AMD has officially raised the MSRP/SEP prices of its Radeon RX 9000 GPUs in Q3 2026, with the RX 9070 XT now costing more than $1000 on average.

Retailers and Distributors in China had warned us of an imminent price hike , & when we initially reported the increases, the harshest price increases were seen for NVIDIA GPUs. AMD Radeon graphics cards also saw a price bump, but it wasn't as significant as their competitor. Now

As promised , Chinese developer S-GAME has opened pre-orders for Phantom Blade Zero while also sharing a new 11-minute trailer that mixes high-octane combat action with new characters and dialogues. The studio also wished to thank their high-profile consultant, Donnie Yen (John Wick 4):

Donnie Yen has served as Creative Consultant on Phantom Blade Zero since 2023, bringing his martial arts and action filmmaking expertise to the game’s combat design. He also takes on the role of