The first HDMI 2.2 devices with up to 96 Gbps bandwidth are now expected in 2027, according to comments from HDMI Licensing Administrator at Computex 2026. Speaking to ARMdevices, HDMI LA CEO and President Rob Tobias said chip manufacturers are expected to start sampling FRL2 silicon this year. This should lead to the first HDMI 2.2 products with 96 Gbps, or up to 96 Gbps,
Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 5.8, a new engine update focused on open-world creation, rendering, MetaHuman workflows and editor tools. The company says this is the last planned major Unreal Engine 5 release on its roadmap as work shifts toward UE6.
The main worldbuilding update is Mesh Terrain, an experimental 3D mesh-based terrain system. Unlike the existing Landscape tool and other 2.5
Officially licensed Optimus GX PRO 850P tops out at 8TB.
Sandisk has launched the Optimus GX PRO 850P NVMe SSD for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro consoles. The drive is an officially licensed PCIe SSD model with a heatsink designed for the PS5 M.2 slot.
The new series comes in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB capacities. The 2TB and 4TB models are
ROG 20th anniversary full bundle includes GPU, motherboard, PSU and monitor.
ASUS China has announced pricing for its ROG 20th anniversary limited-edition products, including a full “ROG 20th Anniversary Collection Edition” bundle priced at ¥112,026. Based on current exchange rates, this is around $16,580 or €14,280.
The bundle will be sold
MSI enables 1×32-bit DDR5 HUDIMM support on Intel boards.
The company says its Intel 800, 700 and 600 Series motherboards are receiving BIOS support for HUDIMM, also called Single Sub-Channel DDR5. MSI defines these modules as 1×32-bit DDR5 memory, compared to regular desktop DDR5 UDIMMs with two 32-bit sub-channels.
NVIDIA has announced the ACE Game Agent SDK beta at Unreal Fest, giving developers a new framework for building local AI characters in games. The SDK arrives alongside a new suite of NVIDIA ACE plugins for Unreal Engine 5.
The SDK is a lightweight C/C++ agentic framework designed for native in-game integration. NVIDIA says it is open source, fully customizable and optimized for small models running on RTX hardware.
Developers interact with the SDK through three
NVIDIA ACE is now available in PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS through Ally Duo Mode, a new Arcade beta that adds an AI teammate to the player’s squad.
The mode is available now on Steam and will remain live for two weeks, ending June 30. KRAFTON will use the beta to collect player feedback for future AI agents in games.
PUBG Ally is a context-aware AI teammate developed by KRAFTON and NVIDIA. It can loot
Gloway and KingBank have introduced new DDR5 UDIMM kits based on 24Gb, or 3GB, DRAM chips produced in China, according to a Chinese media report. The modules use an eight-die layout to reach 24GB per stick, resulting in 48GB kits with two modules. Glowy memory is rated for DDR5-6000 with CL36-38-38-
Epic Games is hiring a Senior Game Security Engineer for its Anti-Cheat team, and the listing directly mentions Linux. The role is part of Epic Online Services in Cary, North Carolina, and covers Epic’s own titles as well as third-party games. In case you didn’t know, Epic Games owns Easy Anti-Cheat, which was acquired in 2018.
The listing says the engineer will “champion Linux anti-cheat capabilities for Epic.” Epic
MSI Afterburner 4.6.7 Beta 3 is now available with several changes for the voltage/frequency curve editor. This part of the app is mainly used for GPU undervolting and manual curve tuning. The beta does not add a new overclocking mode. Instead, it exposes more of the tools that were already hidden behind keyboard shortcuts. The editor now has a dedicated Help button next to OC Scanner, which lists the supported shortcuts directly