Death Stranding needs RTX 4080 or RX 9070 XT for very high preset

But minimum requirements look good.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach lands on PC on March 19, with Nixxes publishing full system requirements and a preset stack that scales from 1080p 30 FPS to 4K 60 FPS. The studio also confirmed a Portable preset aimed at handheld PCs, plus support for ultrawide aspect ratios and multiple upscaling options.

The requirements look modest for a 202

More Geralts is better than one

Witcher Online, a community-made multiplayer mod for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on PC, has received a new client update. Nexus Mods now lists the project at version 1.11, with the updated client uploaded on February 6, 2026.

The mod’s design focus is on letting players see each other in the world and travel together. It supports shared sessions where players can move, fight, and explore at the same time, but it does

Ashes of the Singularity II will have a GPU benchmark

Ashes of the Singularity II has a free demo on Steam as part of Steam Next Fest. The demo is available through March 2, 2026, and Steam Next Fest itself runs from February 23 to March 2, 2026.

Stardock and Oxide Games say the demo is built around large-scale RTS battles where decision-making matters more than high actions-per-minute play. It is described as an RTS for players who “

Core i3-N305 and a 360-degree hinge in a pocket PC

Sky Corporation’s TENKU brand has published an official product page for the TENKU Pocket 8, positioning it as an 8-inch ultra-mobile PC with a 360-degree rotating display hinge.

On the platform side, TENKU lists Intel Core i3-N305 with 8 cores and 8 threads, up to 3.80 GHz turbo, paired with Intel UHD Graphics that it says

Xiaomi debuts six displays in Japan

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Xiaomi Japan announced six LCD monitors on February 24, 2026, and said sales start immediately through Xiaomi Store locations and online channels. The lineup splits into three gaming models and three standard models, with early-bird pricing on select SKUs through March 9, 2026.

The top gaming model is the Xiaomi Mini LED Gaming Monitor G Pro 27Qi 2026, a 27-inch WQHD panel with Mini LED backlighting and 1

Xbox outlook turns cloudy after leadership swap

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Microsoft’s Xbox leadership went through a major reshuffle just a few days. Phil Spencer is retiring from his role leading Microsoft Gaming, and Microsoft named Asha Sharma as EVP and CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Sarah Bond, the Xbox President and COO, is also leaving, while Matt Booty was promoted to EVP and Chief Content Officer, reporting to Sharma.

The change is not being framed as firings, but it is still a top-level reshuffle, with Spencer staying on

Cast-iron radiator becomes water-cooled PC chassis with 18-liter loop

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We have an update on Billet Labs cast iron build . They have just posted a finished gaming PC built, listing the system at 99 kg. The parts list in the post cites a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, a GeForce RTX 5080, and 32 GB of memory, with the radiator acting as the main heat exchanger for a full water-cooling loop.

Modder said

NVIDIA returns to consumer PCs, Dell and Lenovo laptops expected this year

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The Wall Street Journal reports that NVIDIA is returning to the consumer PC market with laptop processors expected to appear in systems from Dell and Lenovo in 2026. The report says the chips are set to hit the market this year, marking a renewed push beyond discrete GPUs and into the core silicon inside Windows laptops.

According to the WSJ, one of NVIDIA’s PC efforts is a collaboration with MediaTek on an Arm-based design

Apple confims Houston Mac mini manufacturing

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Apple says it will begin manufacturing the Mac mini in the United States later this year. The comment came from Apple chief operating officer Sabih Khan during a video interview with The Wall Street Journal filmed at a Foxconn facility in Houston, Texas.

Khan said Apple makes “thousands every week” and described the Texas output as something Apple wants to scale over time for customers “in this area.” According to Reuters the move shifts part of Mac mini production from Asia to the Houston