Acer’s 1000Hz-capable Nitro gaming monitor has now appeared at Amazon US.
The Nitro XV273U F5 is listed for $699.99, which puts it among the cheapest 1000Hz-capable gaming monitors announced for the US market so far. The listing is live, but the monitor is currently marked as temporarily out
The first affected countries are Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua. Sony says additional Latin American and Middle Eastern countries will follow in late 2026. In all other countries, PlayStation Store on PS3 and PS Vita will close in July 2027.
Once the store closes on these devices, users will no longer be able to make new content purchases directly from PS3 or PS Vita. Sony says users will
Sony Interactive Entertainment has confirmed that physical game disc production for new PlayStation releases will end in January 2028.
Starting from that date, new games released on PlayStation consoles will be available through PlayStation Store and retailers in digital formats only. Sony says the change follows consumer preference and the broader shift from physical discs to digital purchases.
This is not limited to PlayStation Store. Sony specifically says retailers will continue to sell new PlayStation games,
Cinder City now has a Steam page, giving PC users the first official system requirements for NC and BigFire Games’ open-world MMO tactical shooter. The game is set in a fallen near-future Seoul and is currently listed as “Coming soon” on Steam.
The listing puts the minimum memory requirement at 32GB. The recommended requirement is 64GB , which is still rare for a PC
Valve’s new Steam Machine ships with a single 16GB DDR5 SO-DIMM. Valve had first suggested that units could ship with either one 16GB module or two 8GB modules, depending on suppl, but right now it only ships with one memory module, a very new module produced in 2026, one should add.
GamersNexus has now tested the Steam Machine with its stock single-stick configuration
GPD is preparing another Strix Halo handheld, this time under the WIN Max series. Early specifications for the GPD WIN Max 3 have appeared through GPD Store and DROIX, although final pricing, launch date and configurations are still not confirmed.
The device is listed with AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 and Ryzen AI Max+ 388 processor options. Both are Strix Halo APUs with Radeon 8060S graphics, while the
Intel has released Arc Graphics Driver 32.0.101.8860 WHQL, the latest public Windows driver for Arc GPUs and Core Ultra processors with integrated Arc graphics. The driver page now lists Intel Arc G3 Extreme Processor a s a supported product, but it does not list the regular Arc G3 handheld processor by name.
The release notes are broader. Intel lists Core Ultra Series 3 with built-in Arc
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Some Workshop anime wallpapers had an extra feature no one wanted.
The developers of Wallpaper Engine are removing the legacy “Application” wallpaper type from the public Steam Workshop. The change is part of Wallpaper Engine 2.8.42 and follows recent reports about malware distributed through this wallpaper type.
According to the developers, Application wallpapers account for 0.5% of all wallpapers, with actual user numbers said to be lower. The format was hidden
The PS5 Linux project has received another compatibility update. The loader now supports PlayStation 5 firmware 7.61, which also brings support for PlayStation 5 Slim consoles.
Andy Nguyen, also known as TheOfficialFloW, said the update uses another patched vulnerability. He also confirmed that users on firmware versions between the previous supported range and 7.61 need to update specifically to 7.61.