Blizzard Entertainment is dropping the “2” from Overwatch 2 and rebranding the live game back to Overwatch. The change was disclosed during the latest Spotlight-style presentation, alongside a broader reset meant to frame the shooter as a single, ongoing platform instead of a numbered sequel.
The original Overwatch launched on May 24, 2016. Overwatch 2 then launched its PvP side on October 4, 2022 as a free-to-play live experience, which is
ASUS has published the full product page for the ROG Strix XG27UCG Gen2, also labeled as XG27UCGR, which puts the monitor closer to retail. The headline feature stays the same as the first model: dual mode for frequency and resolution, with one button to switch between two config.
This monitor first showed up in ASUS’ CES 2
This does not happen often in the hardware space, especially for products that have already shipped. Apparently, Tenstorrent, the AI company behind Blackhole PCIe AI accelerators, is announcing a downgrade for existing and newly shipped cards. The company was established a few years ago, and it is now led by Jim Keller, the SoC architect known for various projects at AMD, Intel, Apple and Tesla.
Tenstorrent has downgraded the published specs for its
SEAVIV has announced the AidaONE R27, an all-in-one PC built around the Ryzen AI Max+ 395 platform and a 27-inch display. The chassis uses a unibody-style build for the screen and rear cover, with a glass front and an anodized aluminum rear and stand. The stand is actually where the entire system is hidden, not behindteh monitor like on most
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Intel’s Panther Lake iGPU matches Xbox Series S in Alan Wake 2, based on one test from Digital Foundry. Richard Leadbetter ran Alan Wake 2 on a Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 laptop with an Intel Core Ultra X9 388H and Arc B390, and compared it to Xbox Series S. In that specific scene, the laptop averaged 29.54 fps at a 3
Today WD announced two things: High Bandwidth Drives and Dual Pivot technology. The latter is explained as a set of second independently controlled actuators on a separate pivot inside a 3.5-inch drive. WD says this can deliver up to 2x sequential I/O versus a conventional HDD. WD also says the design avoids the usual downsides tied to older dual actuator approaches, including lost capacity and
Take-Two used its latest quarterly update to keep the messaging simple around Grand Theft Auto VI. The company is lining up its next public beats, and Take-Two says marketing for the game starts this summer.
One of the recent rumors claimed that Take-Two may not launch the game on physical discs, supposedly to curb possible leaks. CEO Strauss Zelnick addressed those rumors. In a Variety interview,
Are you one of those gamers who only open Epic Games when a free game shows up? I am. Two-factor authentication can feel like the slowest part, so for me a weekly claim sometimes turns into a skip. At the same time my PC has Steam running, but never Epic Games Launcher in the background.
Apparently gamers are not the only people complaining about the launcher. Epic is now using the same blunt language
During AMD’s Q4 2025 earnings call, CEO Lisa Su pointed to two semi-custom projects. Su said Valve is on track to ship an AMD-powered Steam Machine early this year. Su didn’t go into detail about when exactly.
More importantly, Su also said development of Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox SoC is “progressing well to support a launch in 2027.” That line frames a
At this point, we would have expected a new RDNA4 model, but today we got a nice surprise from Newegg. Apparently we finally get to see RDNA3-based blower-style RX 7900 XT listing that has appeared online for the first time, and it comes with the first clear render we have seen for this specific OEM “Brown Box” model. The part number on the page is 1132