PlayStation 6 vs Xbox Project Helix Hype Collides With Reality as Developer Warns $1000+ Consoles Won’t Make Games Better

The PlayStation 6 and Xbox Project Helix generation is seemingly right around the corner, but it has become difficult to get excited about the future of gaming amid the soaring prices of gaming hardware caused by the AI craze and multiple waves of layoffs and studio closures . According to former Naughty Dog and Rocksteady artist and art director Del Walker , the new console generation from Sony and Microsoft will only make matters worse for all, so much so that they wish the new consoles wouldn't release in this decade.

"The next generation


Micron CEO Takes Another Jab At Apple In Latest Interview, Saying “Certain Customers Drove Pricing Significantly Down,” Impacting Its Investment Capability

In the years before the AI boom, Micron was viewed as nothing more than a commodity memory manufacturer, but times have witnessed a monumental change, and the company has now joined the trillion-dollar valuation club. The reason for this dramatic shift in Micron’s position is highlighted by CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, who takes a subtle jab at Apple, claiming that “certain customers” brought pricing down, which destroyed the memory maker’s ability to make new investments, not to mention its gross margins nosediving.

Sitting with


Baldur’s Gate 3 Raised The Bar So Much Veteran Developers Are Declining a Sequel, As Developing One Would Be “Insanity”

By all accounts, Baldur's Gate 3 is an excellent game and one of the best role-playing games ever released on PC and consoles, its quality so high that the game developed by Larian Studios became 2023's Game of the Year. However, it has raised the bar so much for IP owner Hasbro that even series' veteran James Ohlen declined developing a sequel, believing it would be insanity to compete against its predecessor.

"The day [Chris Cox, Hasbro CEO] knew they


Cinder City’s Steam Page Is Out, and This May Be the First Game to Recommend a Staggering 64GB of RAM

A few hours ago, publisher NC and developer Big Fire Games shared a new developer preview of Cinder City , an upcoming cinematic sci-fi third-person shooter game that we first previewed at Gamescom 2025. It's set in a near-future, dystopian Seoul that differs from our timeline because of a single event that fundamentally alters the history of the 21st century .

Within this altered world, Seoul has been devastated by mutants and uncontrollable criminal organizations, leaving the super soldiers known as the

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090D Becomes The First Blackwell GPU To Hit 4 GHz Overclock In A Spectacular Showcase By Team OGS Using GALAX HOC OC Lab Variant

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5090D from GALAX (HOF OC LAB) has become the first Blackwell GPU to hit an overclock of 4 GHz.

It was going to happen sooner or later, but a year and a half after launch, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090D has been able to set the fastest clock speed ever recorded on a Blackwell GPU.

Team OGS from Greece was able to post the spectacular overclock record at HWBOT . The session featured a GALAX GeForce RTX 5090

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Musk’s Terafab Scores 18 Year Intel Veteran As Foundry Manager For $55 Billion Chip Manufacturing Project

Tesla's Terafab project, through which Elon Musk aims to support his space AI and robotic chip needs, has managed to bring an Intel veteran on board. Intel is Tesla's partner for the Terafab project and has partnered with the firm through its 14A chip manufacturing technology. The project should cost around $20 billion, according to Musk, and production is slated to occur in California and Texas.

According to the details, Tesla's first major hire for the Terafab project is Gary Jiang.


Qualcomm’s Shadow Still Casts On Apple, As iPhone 18 Pro To Feature Both Snapdragon & C2 5G Modems, Hinting At Latter’s Lack Of mmWave Support

A major change expected with the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max was that it was incessantly reported to be Apple’s first flagship series to ship without any Snapdragon 5G modem, exclusively sporting the company’s new C2 baseband chip. Unfortunately, valuable information taken from the Tata leak reveals that Apple will be relying on Qualcomm for another year.

Based on the details we’ve received in an email, we believe that the C2 versions of the iPhone 18 Pro are destined for


HBM Shortages Push AMD To Roll Out Its First Memory On-Package SoC, Meet Versal Gen 2 With 60% Less Board Footprint, 10x Compute & PCIe6 Support

AMD is releasing its first-ever SoCs with an on-package memory solution, the Versal Gen 2 , which offers 10x compute uplift.

[Editor's Note] The release of Versal Gen 2 marks the first SoC from AMD to feature an on-package memory solution. Compared to Versal Gen 1, the move to LPDDR5X memory comes at a time when the entire tech industry is facing DRAM shortages, and with the prices of HBM products spiraling out of control, AMD is offering LPDDR5

An AMD Versal Premium Gen 2 MoP chip with exposed circuitry and components.
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AI Helped A Verizon Customer Steer Clear From The Carrier’s Simplicity Plan, With Visible Offering A Better Deal For Most People

The $30 Simplicity plan from Verizon might stand out from the pack as an enticing offer, but that’s because the carrier has hidden the details inside its fine print. In fact, since AI is all the rage these days, one customer actually decided to make use of the technology and concluded that Visible is the better option, as Simplicity is Verizon’s “too good to be true” carrier trap.

A Visible customer on Reddit with the username “vege_spears” says that he’s


The CWA and Unionized Xbox Devs Have Been Fighting for Layoff Protections for Months, as Microsoft Drags its Feet on Negotiations: “The Uncertainty is Maddening”

Yesterday, with reports of mass layoffs at Xbox looming and set to happen late this week, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) hosted a press conference , where current employees at studios under Microsoft's gaming portfolio spoke out to make it clear they will be fighting these layoffs as much as possible. Though a report today from Kotaku , which spoke to CWA members who attended the conference and presented their own statements reveals yet again how Microsoft has been dragging its feet on negotiating with the unions, leaving developers in a

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