PCWorld reports Acer's Nitro Blaze Link is a streaming-only handheld that connects to gaming PCs via Wi-Fi 6, similar to PlayStation Portal's approach. The lightweight 464-gram device features a 7-inch 1920 1200 touchscreen, targeting gamers who want PC gaming without expensive local processing hardware. Success depends on competitive pricing and software capabilities, though crucial details like supported streaming services and cost remain undisclosed. Yesterday Acer announced the Predator Atlas 8, one of the very first handheld gaming PCs with Intel's new Arc G3 chip at its heart . At the time I noted that the previous Acer handhelds were released under the Nitro sub-brand but budget handhelds aren't really a thing in 2026. There is, in fact, a new Nitro handheld coming.

What to Know About Sony's $7.85 Million PlayStation Settlement Are you eligible for a payout? Probably, but it might take a while and will likely be pretty small. Sony, owner of the PlayStation brand, has been accused of antitrust practices. The lawsuit was originally settled in 2024 but was rejected twice during the approval process. Last week, a judge approved a preliminary reopening of the settlement.

Valve's £85 Steam Controller divides gamers ahead of May launch Valve has announced its new Steam Controller will be available to order from 4 May, and will cost £85 in the UK and $99 in the US - prices that have raised eyebrows among some gamers. The second generation of the gamepad, it will be compatible with PCs and Valve's handheld console, the Steam Deck. It is also designed to work with the company's own upcoming gaming PC, the Steam Machine. The Steam Controller may be more expensive than the standard controllers from Nintendo, Xbox and PlayStation, but we do live in a time where companies including Sony and Microsoft are selling premium controllers for £150-£200, said Chris Scullion deputy editor of Video Games Chronicle. There has been a negative reaction from some gamers on social media though.

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. What else can AI do? 7 uses beyond chatbots and image generation You can do a lot with local AI, especially on a gaming PC with a powerful graphics card. While cloud-based AI solutions are all the rage, local AI tools are more powerful than ever. Your gaming PC can do a lot more with AI than just run large language models in LM Studio and generate images with Stable Diffusion and unlike with cloud-based AI tools, you maintain full control over your data and have complete privacy. Here's a taste of the cool AI stuff you can do on a desktop PC right now.

Gear Computers Laptops Amazon just unleashed its Cyber Monday laptop deals and it's dropping prices on MacBooks, gaming PCs, and more Whether you need a basic everyday driver or a full-featured gaming PC, Amazon's Cyber Monday laptop can save you cash. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. A laptop is a big investment. Not only do they typically cost a lot of money, but you're committing a machine you'll stare at while you shop, do homework, remote work, game, and pretty much everything else in your online life. Amazon just dropped its Cyber Monday deals on laptops and these are some of the lowest prices we have seen all year.

At a time when nuclear threats feel more alarming than ever, Netflix's doomsday film falls frustratingly flat. A 1964 masterpiece tells a much better cautionary tale. Somewhere over the Arctic reaches of North America, a nuclear bomber flies in a squadron, awaiting its orders. When a secret code appears on a machine in the cockpit, the crew looks at each other, stunned. The code is instructing them to attack.

AI is driving new capabilities across creative apps, productivity tools and gaming. Many of these features can now directly run on a laptop or desktop without the need for subscriptions or cloud access. PCs equipped with a GeForce RTX 50 Series GPU accelerate AI performance and unlock the best experience. Alongside DLSS 4 upscaling and multi frame generation, which boost performance and image quality in supported game titles, GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs give you access to NVIDIA's suite of RTX AI features that can enhance your creative endeavors, give you free access to a capable (and private) chatbot, and help you enjoy streamed movie and TV at higher quality than ever before. NVIDIA has been at the forefront of AI innovation--from building AI factories to advancing the latest gaming and creative technologies on laptops and desktops. Tensor Cores, the dedicated hardware that accelerates AI processing, first launched with the GeForce RTX 20 Series in 2018 and have advanced every generation since then.

Still running Windows 10 on your gaming PC? You're not just behind, you're soon to be unsupported. Microsoft is officially ending security updates for Windows 10 on Oct. 14, 2025, which means now's the time to upgrade your operating system. If you're gaming, working, or doing anything important on that machine, Windows 11 Pro offers the security, performance, and features you actually need in 2025. Right now, you can get a Windows 11 Pro license for just 14.97 through June 1 at 11:59 PM, no subscription required. Windows 11 Pro brings a major performance boost, especially for gamers.

"Panos Panay" may not be an anagram for "passion," but at Microsoft, it was pretty darn close. Panos Panay, the chief product officer for Microsoft, unexpectedly stepped down on Tuesday, after serving nearly twenty years at the company. Panay rose to the ranks of chief product officer, overseeing the development of Windows and its complementary Surface PC line. Interestingly, Panay gave no specific reason for leaving, and at press time had only posted a single message announcing his departure on Twitter/X. Even more interestingly, Panay had originally said he would oversee the launch of Microsoft's next Surface devices at an event this week, on Sept. 21.

Next week I am going to build a gaming PC. I've done it once before and wrote an article about what a nightmare the process was – although the issue turned out to be with the USB stick I used to install the motherboard update patch and … well, don't get me started. The thing is, I figured it out because when you have played PC games for as long as I have, you know that figuring technical stuff out is a key part of the experience. While games consoles have always been pure plug-and-play experiences, PC games have definitely not. When I started playing in the early 1990s, they came on multiple floppy discs – The Secret of Monkey Island was on eight – and you had to keep swapping them in and out of the drive, like feeding a voracious robot.