The leader of the Fantastic Four is one of Marvel’s most powerful and important heroes, and he could be just as important as a Duelist in Marvel Rivals. The same incident that gave birth to Invisible Woman, The Human Torch, and The Thing, also gave the world’s smartest man the ability to stretch himself like rubber, giving Reed Richards his new moniker, Mister Fantastic. View the full article
Kai Cenat was playing the new Squid Game Roblox game when he received a five-minute ban from the voice chat. What did he say that could have granted the suspension? Nothing, and that led to a furious outbreak while on stream. Roblox has a strict policy regarding what words and subjects you can’t say or talk about while using the voice chat. The majority of players on the platforms are children and most games are free for all ages, so you can’t use any violent language, and cursing is out of the question while playing any Roblox game, but Kai knew that and even warned his friend before he got the suspension. View the full article
Farming the Ascension and Trace materials for The Herta in Honkai: Star Rail is a necessary step to fully upgrade the character and take advantage of her perks as a main DPS in team comps. The Herta is a 5-star Ice character on the Path of the Erudition. The character is the first premium unit being introduced in the game’s third year of content, starring in the Phase 1 banners for Honkai: Star Rail 3.0, just before the debut of Aglaea as a playable character. Contrary to Aglaea, The Herta is not from Amphoreus, but important to the story. View the full article
Just months after launching its first handheld gaming PC, Acer is back at CES launching the Nitro Blaze 8 and Blaze 11. While the Blaze 8 appears to be a fairly routine update akin to the Steam Deck, the Blaze 11 is packing some far more interesting hardware choices. Companies are in a rat race to build the next best gaming handheld PC, as Valve still dominates with the Steam Deck. Acer's latest attempt includes the Nitro 11 that comes with an enormous 10.95-inch screen and removable, Switch-like controllers. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This 27-inch 180Hz Acer gaming monitor has a surprisingly low price right now Acer leaks Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 VRAM ahead of CES 2025 launch Save $380 on this amazing Acer Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 gaming laptop View the full article
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A Steam store page for Sting's RPG / board game hybrid is now live indicating a global release with English and Japanese support. View the full article
I go back to Counter-Strike, the early days of 1.6, and, for me personally, I think it set the ground rules for what a good online FPS ought to be. In Counter-Strike - and this is still true with CS2 - it's all about risk and consequence. You get one life per round, and you're incredibly vulnerable. It's not like Call of Duty or even Battlefield, where the default game modes give you armor and perks. It's raw. I've always preferred shooters in that tradition. So too, it would seem, have a lot of other PC players. One of the toughest, most brutal, and knife-edge FPS games available, after almost four years, the peerless Hell Let Loose just set a new Steam record. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Vicious, realistic WW2 shooter Hell Let Loose is totally free, if you're quick Hardcore WW2 shooter Hell Let Loose teases a brand new desert map Now is the ideal time to try Hell Let Loose, one of the best WW2 games View the full article
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Nvidia has unveiled the latest iteration of its DLSS suite, with the newest addition now claiming to increase your game's frame rate by as much as 8x without losing graphical fidelity, thanks to upscaling and frame generation. DLSS 4 improves upon DLSS 3 in several ways but the biggest new feature is a new frame generation mode called DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation, which allows for not just one but as many as three frames to be created entirely by AI. The innovation was unveiled as part of Nvidia's CES keynote where it also revealed the RTX 5000 series of GPUs - including claiming the RTX 5070 is as fast as the RTX 4090 - and discussed a new type of graphics processing technique called neural rendering. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Acer's newest Steam Deck rival is enormous with Nintendo Switch like controllers Project Arielle is a new Razer gaming chair that can heat or cool you Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 to match RTX 4090 speed for just $549, claims GPU giant View the full article
There’s a new Lenovo Legion Go on the way, and while it’s ditching the signature detachable controllers, it’s still got something unusual to stick on its CV. The Lenovo Legion Go S is a smaller, cheaper take on Lenovo’s portable gaming PC, and it’s on track to become the first officially licensed SteamOS handheld outside of Valve’s own Steam Deck range. Read more View the full article
Fortnite has a wide variety of musical icons you can play as or jam out to. Additional artists are added pretty frequently, and the highly popular Vocaloid legend Hatsune Miku seems to be the next one joining the lineup with a backpack teaser for her appearing on the island. Hatsune Miku’s backpack is quite small, making it difficult to find if you don’t know where to look. It’s a pretty cool Easter egg worth hunting down if you’re a fan of the Vocaloid singer though, so here’s where to find Hatsune Miku’s backpack in Fortnite. View the full article
Marvel Rivals players are gearing up for a pretty big week as they’re catapulted into Season One, with a fantastic slew of new characters providing plenty of reasons for excitement—and there’s one in particular who has caught the eye. Mister Fantastic is one of the first two characters due to launch at the start of Season One alongside the Invisible Woman, and a showcase video for Reed Richards’ abilities in Marvel Rivals has attracted plenty of player intrigue. The stretchy super-genius is a Duelist in Marvel Rivals, but has an arsenal that seems to make him a hybrid-Vanguard at times, providing the sort of… flexibility, shall we say, in a team composition that is the perfect fit for the character, and there’s one ability that has really got fans in a spin. View the full article
Baldur's Gate 3 has lots of unique quests and storylines with many different outcomes. It's almost impossible for any two players to have exactly the same experience, with every playthrough being entirely unique. Choices players make can completely change the fates of certain characters, or put players at a tactical advantage or disadvantage. View the full article
Hyperkin says the Hyper Strummer features a similar design to older hardware but uses improved internal components. | Image: Hyperkin Hyperkin opened preorders for a new guitar-shaped controller on New Year’s Day, but it isn’t compatible with Harmonix’s Fortnite Festival music game that debuted on the Switch in late 2023. In fact, the Hyper Strummer isn’t compatible with the Switch at all. It only works with the 18-year-old Nintendo Wii, and the older Guitar Hero and Rock Band rhythm game titles released for that console. The $76.99 Hyper Strummer could have potentially been a cheaper alternative to Fortnite Festival-compatible guitar controllers like PDP’s $129.99 Riffmaster. But it only works with a Wiimote slotted into the back, and is not compatible with modern gaming hardware like the Xbox Series X / S or the PlayStation 5. Its design also appears identical to the Guitar Hero controller Hyperkin released in 2009 during the Wii era, which led to accusations on X that the company was repackaging and selling old stock as a new product. We wanted to address the following concerns on the recently announced Hyper Strummer. [Hidden Content] — Hyperkin (@Hyperkin) January 2, 2025 Hyperkin responded to the accusations with a statement shared on X explaining why the Hyper Strummer looks so similar to older hardware. “While it is correct that this is the same shell mold of a previous Hyperkin release from 2009, that is all it is. We used the mold to make brand new shells, fitted with new 2024 internal components. This is not old stock, nor is it old guitars that have been sitting in a warehouse.” The company says the modernized Hyper Strummer was “developed to meet the demand for an accessible and budget-friendly solution, perfect for retro gamers who want to enter the guitar scene in 2025 at an affordable price.” Instead of risking buying used hardware online that potentially turns out to be non-functional, devoted Guitar Hero fans who have refused to upgrade their Nintendo Wiis now have another option. View the full article
The Keychron Q6 HE (pictured) now supports Hall effect switches. | Image: Keychron Mechanical keyboard specialist Keychron is adding fancy analog Hall effect switches to more of its lineup. Two of the models announced at CES today are launching immediately: the $169 Lemokey P1 HE QMK, and the $229 Keychron Q6 HE QMK, with three additional keyboards set to be released later this year. Hall effect switches are notable for providing more customization features and a faster press than traditional mechanical switches, making them a popular choice for gamers. They use magnetic induction sensing on the PCB that detects how far down a key has been pushed — allowing you to decide the exact actuation point or even set different functions that activate depending on how hard you press. The Lemokey P1 HE QMK is a 75 percent layout keyboard with 2.4GHz Bluetooth and a 1,000Hz polling rate. It can be used wired or wirelessly and is compatible exclusively with Gateron Double-Rail magnetic switches. The Keychron Q6 HE also launching today is a full-sized mechanical keyboard with similar features and switch restrictions. Both models are available in either ****** or white and feature PBT double-shot keycaps. Image: Keychron Here’s a look at the updated Lemokey P1 HE QMK. Keychron released its first Hall effect keyboard last year, and rival keyboard makers like Corsair and SteelSeries have also adopted the feature after Wooting popularized the use of Hall effect switches. Meanwhile, other brands like Epomaker and Ducky are trending toward induction-based switches that provide similar analog features and use less power. Other Keychron models like the K4, K8, and Lomokey L5 will also be available with Hall effect switches sometime in Q1 2025. View the full article
Developer Krafton is introducing the first “co-playable character” AI partner for PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, designed to “perceive, plan, and act like human players.” This new PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds AI partner utilizes Nvidia ACE technology, which allows companions to act and talk like real players. View the full article
If you're quick about it, you could grab this incredible 34-inch QD-OLED curved ultrawide gaming monitor for a very competitive price. This Alienware AW3423DWF curved gaming monitor offers great value for money considering its specs and that it currently has a huge $250 saving on its normal asking price. That's a saving of 28%. Alienware produces some top tier tech, so it's no surprise to see the AW3423DWF in our best curved gaming monitors guide as one of the best you can buy. It packs in plenty of goodies for gamers, from a lightning-fast 165Hz refresh rate and 0.1ms response time to its stunning ultrawide WQHD 1440p resolution. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Alienware debuts stunning new 27-inch, QD-OLED, 4K gaming monitor Alienware AW2725QF review: 360Hz and 4K in one sub-$500 27-inch gaming monitor Save a huge $400 on this superb Alienware Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 gaming laptop View the full article
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Skyward Voyage is one of the side quests available in the Rinascita region of Wuthering Waves that takes you along for the ride in Captain Davide’s last adventure. You must use a feature almost everyone forgot about during the quest, so here’s a complete guide to the Skyward Voyage quest in Wuthering Waves. View the full article
One of comic book culture’s most popular heroines, along with her fantastic family, is joining Marvel Rivals this week—and her abilities make her sound exciting to play. According to leaker @X0X_LEAK, who has become quite a problem for NetEase Games’ ability to keep things secret in the hero shooter, descriptions of Invisible Woman, aka Susan Storm’s abilities make her sound like an interesting and well-needed addition to the Strategist role. View the full article
New footage has dropped for Doom: The Dark Ages as part of Nvidia's latest hardware and software showcase. Doom: The Dark Ages is one of many highly anticipated releases of 2025, with Nvidia confirming the newest entry in the decades-old FPS franchise will be DLSS 4 enhanced. As part of this news, new footage of the game has been released, giving fans a better look at the world of the upcoming title. View the full article
Blizzard has announced that the cost of World of Warcraft subscriptions, Tokens, cosmetics, and change and transfer features is increasing - but not for everyone. Players in both Australia and New Zealand will soon be spending more money than before on various WoW features, after another increase in costs from back in 2020. There is a small, temporary saving grace though, as recurring subscriptions from before the price increase comes into effect will not go up until later in the year. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The best WoW addons January 2025 Free World of Warcraft helm takes just 15 minutes to get, but it's region-locked Over 20 years after launch, World of Warcraft will finally get player housing View the full article
Marvel Rivals recently posted a clip showing off a new skin for Mister Fantastic called The Maker, which will launch alongside the new hero. As Season 0 reaches its final days, fans have been eager to experience the game's impending update. Fortunately, they won't have to wait long, as players will be able to jump into Marvel Rivals Season 1: Eternal Night Falls when it launches on January 10 at 1 AM PST. View the full article
One of gaming's most popular metal tracks has soared past the 100 million stream mark on Spotify, cementing it as a true classic in the world of video game OSTs. Read more View the full article
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Image: Sony You can finally make your PS5 gaming set up all ****** everything. Sony has announced that it will soon release the rest of the PS5 suite of accessories in the midnight ****** colorway. Sony’s offering the Dual Sense Edge Controller, the Pulse wireless headphones and earbuds, and the PlayStation Portal in sleek and sexy midnight ****** to match the PS5 cover and Dual Sense controller it released back in 2021. Though the announcement wasn’t specifically apart of the CES celebrations, it did neatly coincide with the news that Sony’s giving Helldivers the Sonic and Mario treatment. The company also announced that its Horizon Zero Dawn adaptation is no longer a TV show produced by Netflix but a full-fledged movie that’ll cover Aloy’s exploits in the first game, and that the second season of The Last of Us is coming to HBO in April. PlayStation’s website has the details on pricing for the electronics with pre-orders starting on January 16th. If you’d rather wait, the accessories will hit retailers on February 20th. View the full article
Image: Razer It’s becoming a tradition for Razer to show off some pretty wild prototypes at CES, but the concept gaming chair with integrated heating and cooling it just unveiled actually sounds downright practical. Project Arielle is a mesh gaming chair that features a bladeless fan system that’s designed to keep you at a comfortable temperature regardless of what environment you’re in. We briefly tried it here at CES 2025 and it’s cool! Or warm, depending on the mode you set it to. When my colleague Sean Hollister tried it, he found it didn’t just warm or cool his butt, but gently and quietly blew a substantial amount of climate-controlled air onto his upper back from small holes along the chair’s top edge. Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge A more comfortable way to freeze your butt off. Building on the $1,049 Razer Fujin Pro mesh gaming chair that you can currently buy, Project Arielle has three adjustable fan speeds that can reduce the perceived temperature by 2 to 5 degrees Celsius (around 3.6 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit) in “dry environments,” according to Razer. That sounds pretty useful if you live in a hot climate or if your gaming PC kicks out enough heat to turn your room into a sweatbox. Image: Razer Here’s a rendering that shows how the hot or cool air is dispersed from the chair. For chillier environments, the chair has a built-in PTC heating system (the same kind found in most vehicles and heated car seats) that can ***** out warm air at 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit). The fans and that temperatures are adjusted using touch panel controls located next to the seat pad. And given this is a Razer product, there’s obviously RGB lighting throughout the chair. By default, it’s set to Razer’s trademark green when it’s off, and we saw the edge glow red when warm, blue when cool, and purple or orange when cooling or warming. Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Icons on the touch-controlled panel and the built-in RGB lighting indicate whether the chair is set to blast warm or cold air. One downside: you can’t spin 360 degrees in this chair without wrapping a cord around yourself, as it does need to be plugged in. But even the prototype already has a cable that’ll safely disconnect if you accidentally give it a yank. Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge The breakaway cable will disconnect if it’s pulled, kinda like the early Xbox controllers. Given Project Arielle is only a concept chair, this unfortunately isn’t something you can actually buy just yet. Razer has showcased a lot of quirky gaming gadget concepts at CES over the years, including chair cushions that shake your **** with haptic feedback. While some do eventually get released as fully realized products — such as the Razer Edge gaming tablet born from “Project Fiona” and the Zephyr RGB face mask that got the company into trouble with the Federal Trade Commission over N95 compliance claims — others, like the Project Sophia modular desk computer and Project Valerie triple-screen laptop, have never been rolled out. View the full article
Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Razer has announced some new handheld gaming goodies, including remote PC streaming capabilities for the Kishi Ultra mobile controller and a folding multiplatform RGB dock for the Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and more. Razer says its Handheld Dock Chroma is a “6-in-1” docking station that transforms phones, tablets, or handheld gaming devices “into powerful gaming consoles” with 100W power passthrough support for charging. It’s priced at $79.99 and will be available on January 30th, with preorders starting on January 7th. The Handheld Dock Chroma is a similar concept to the official docking stations provided by Valve or Nintendo, allowing users to hook handheld devices up to external displays with expanded connections to complement big-screen gaming setups. The Handheld Dock Chroma uses a USB-C cable to connect supported devices, including Android phones and tablets, iPads and iPhones with USB-C ports, Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and Razer’s own Edge Android gaming handheld. Image: Razer Here are the port options in the rear, plus the USB-C cable to connect to your device. Devices like the Nintendo Switch, with the port on the base, will have to go upside down. Image: Razer When folded closed, the Handheld Dock Chroma just looks like a funky streaming box. The cable is located on the rear of the docking station, alongside a USB-C power port, an HDMI output to connect to a TV or gaming monitor, a gigabit ethernet port, and three USB-A ports to connect things like controllers or keyboards. Given the cable placement, certain handhelds like the Switch that have their ports on the underside will need to be positioned upside down in the dock. The dock itself is constructed from aluminum and folds down into a box shape to make it easier to transport without damaging it. And given this is a Razer product, there’s naturally a Chroma-enabled RGB bar located at the front, which users can customize with various lighting effects. Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge There’s plenty of ports to hook up things like mice, keyboards, and controllers — providing they use a USB-A connection. Razer is also introducing a PC Remote Play feature for the Kishi Ultra mobile controller, among other controllers, allowing users to stream games directly from PCs to smartphones and tablets. The feature also makes use of the Kishi Ultra’s Sensa HD support, which converts audio output into haptic feedback on supported Android devices (but sadly isn’t available for iOS). PC Remote Play allows games to be streamed at full resolution without compromising “visual quality or game speed,” according to Razer, and can be accessed via the Razer Nexus app on iOS or Android. Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Razer’s new PC Remote Play feature provides PC-to-Phone streaming capabilities similar to the Steam Link mobile app. Razer tells us the PC Remote Play feature is built on top of the popular Moonlight streaming client, and is particularly proud of how it can automatically run your game at your phone’s native resolution and refresh rate. View the full article
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Just months after launching its first handheld gaming PC, Acer is back at CES launching the Nitro Blaze 8 and Blaze 11. While the Blaze 8 appears to be a fairly routine update akin to the Steam Deck, the Blaze 11 is packing some far more interesting hardware choices. Companies are in a rat race to build the next best gaming handheld PC, as Valve still dominates with the Steam Deck. Acer's latest attempt includes the Nitro 11 that comes with an enormous 10.95-inch screen and removable, Switch-like controllers. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This 27-inch 180Hz Acer gaming monitor has a surprisingly low price right now Acer leaks Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and 5080 VRAM ahead of CES 2025 launch Save $380 on this amazing Acer Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 gaming laptop View the full article For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]