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Nintendo Switch 2 Finally Gets Docked VRR Support, Early Tests Show It Beats PS5
Sixteen months after launch, Nintendo has added variable refresh rate support in TV mode via a new firmware update, with early testing suggesting the Switch 2 matches Xbox Series X|S and outperforms PlayStation 5 in this area.
1 outletHardwareIFA 2026: Colorful Budget Laptops, Home AI Hardware, and Concept PCs Dominate Berlin
Europe's biggest tech show turned out to be a surprisingly big moment for PCs, with affordable MacBook Neo rivals, Nvidia and AMD pushing AI computing into the home, ultralight laptop concepts, and a wave of new monitors headlining IFA 2026.
3 outletsGamesMario Kart 8 Deluxe Gets Surprise Switch 2 Update With 8-Player Split-Screen
Nintendo has released a free Switch 2 update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, adding eight-player split-screen, sharper visuals, faster load times, and other tweaks — while Mario Kart World remains comparatively quiet.
4 outletsHardwareValve Pushes SteamOS Forward with 3.8.26 Bug-Fix Beta and 3.9.0 Preview Featuring KDE 6.7.3 and Linux Kernel 7.2
Valve has released two notable SteamOS updates in quick succession: a beta patch focused entirely on squashing bugs across desktop and gaming mode, followed by a preview build that upgrades KDE and the Linux kernel while adding several under-the-hood improvements.
1 outletHardwareGamescom 2026 Recap: New Hardware, Hands-On Games and Cloud Gaming Updates from Cologne
Gamescom 2026 drew more than 350,000 attendees to Cologne, Germany, where outlets got hands-on with new gaming hardware, played early builds of upcoming titles like Alien: Isolation 2 and Silent Hill: Townfall, and covered fresh cloud-gaming and monitor announcements.
2 outletsHardwareXbox CEO Calls Next-Gen "Project Helix" a "Family of Devices," Still Won't Confirm Elder Scrolls 6 Exclusivity
At Gamescom 2026, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma described the company's next-generation hardware plans, codenamed Project Helix, as a "family of devices," while remaining vague on whether The Elder Scrolls 6 will be an Xbox exclusive.
3 outletsHardwareAsus Opens Pre-Orders for ROG Xbox Ally X20 at $1,299.99, With AR Glasses Bundle at $2,499.99
Asus has released pricing and pre-order details for the ROG Xbox Ally X20, an OLED-equipped, 20th-anniversary version of its Xbox Ally X handheld, arriving October 15 as a standalone unit or bundled with Xreal AR glasses.
2 outletsHardwareAMD's Zen 6: A Third 'Low-Power' Core Design Emerges, While Server Chips Hint at Big Ryzen Gains
Leaked Linux kernel patches reveal AMD is building a new Zen 6 Low-Power core that blends elements from multiple past Zen architectures, while AMD's newly unveiled Zen 6-based Epyc 'Venice-X' server chips suggest major gains in cores, cache, clocks, and efficiency for future Ryzen CPUs.
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