Sony’s latest PS5 price hike reaches Southeast Asia

Sony has updated its PlayStation Blog post with new recommended retail prices for Southeast Asia. The new prices take effect on May 1, 2026, and cover PS5, PS5 Digital Edition, PS5 Pro and PlayStation Portal in selected markets.

The company already raised PS5, PS5 Pro and PlayStation Portal prices in the U.S., U.K., Europe and Japan from April 2. We covered that earlier increase last

MSI says its patented PinSafe design flattens rear solder points and reduces exposed metal on high-end motherboards.

MSI has detailed PinSafe, a patented motherboard design now used on its higher-end boards. The company says the change targets one of the less pleasant parts of DIY PC assembly, the sharp solder points on the back of the PCB. Technology that you asked for many times after cutting your fingers during motherboards installations. PinSafe changes the solder joint structure to a flatter surface, reducing the amount of exposed sharp metal on

MSI lists budget MAG 275CQDF X24 dual-mode gaming monitor

MSI has listed the MAG 275CQDF X24 , a new 27-inch curved gaming monitor in the company’s MAG series. The display uses a Rapid VA panel with a 2560×1440 resolution and a 1500R curve.

The monitor supports two operating modes. The standard mode runs at WQHD resolution with up to 240 Hz refresh rat e. The

The Witcher 3 runs on exotic Irtysh CPU

I know what you are asking: what on earth is an Irtysh CPU? Honestly, I had no clue this thing even existed. But the team at PRO Hi-Tech sent us a tip about their new video, which explains the chip in detail and includes an interesting demo. It shows a new CPU running modern games at playable frame rates, although some will have a different definition of “playable.” Interestingly, it’s not X86, not even

Despite mixed reviews, AMD’s most expensive AM5 desktop CPU briefly appeared among Amazon’s top 10 best-selling CPUs

AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 has entered Amazon US’ top 10 CPU best-seller list, despite a review response that focused mostly on price and limited gains over cheaper X3D models. Reviews did not question the technical design, but most did question the value.

Steam Machine closer, claims Insider Gaming

Valve has not announced pricing for its new Steam hardware, but one figure may have slipped early. Yesterday an early review of the new Steam Controller listed the device at $99.99 . Valve has not confirmed the price.

Insider Gaming’s Mike Straw also reports that Valve is getting closer to confirming other 2026 hardware details. The company has reportedly been discussing Steam Machine pricing internally, including whether it would accept a short-term loss on hardware costs

Intel confirms our leak: Arc G3 series coming to gaming handhelds

Intel has not announced Arc G3 as a product line, but the name has now been said on camera by one of the company’s public technical figures.

PC Games Hardware has published its full 45-minute interview with Robert Hallock, Intel’s VP and General Manager of the Enthusiast Channel Segment. PCGH already released several segments from the interview, but the full version includes a dedicated section on handhelds and custom Panther Lake chips.

Hallock

MOREFINE lists compact RTX 5060 Ti 16GB eGPU for $1,099

MOREFINE has listed the G2, a compact external GPU based on NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB desktop graphics card.

The G2 is now available for pre-order through MOREFINE’s own store. The listing shows a price of $1,099 and an estimated shipping date of May 20. Buyers can select US, EU, UK or AU power

Supported by how: Lenovo Legion Go gets April GPU driver using AMD Adrenalin 26.1.1 branch

Lenovo has released a new AMD graphics driver for the original Legion Go handheld based on the Ryzen Z1 Extreme APU. The package is listed as AMD Graphics Driver for Windows 11 64-bit. According to Lenovo’s listing, the driver version is 32.0.23017.1001. That version is not a new AMD public branch. AMD’