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Daily coverage of game patches, driver releases, GPU launches, and esports rule changes — every story framed through one consistent lens: how it affects your framerate.
AMD's RX 9070 GRE drops to $499, the only current-gen GPU under MSRP
The only current-gen card selling below launch price
AMD's Radeon RX 9070 GRE is back at $499, making it the lone current-gen card selling below its launch price while NVIDIA and the rest of the market hold firm.
RTX 5090 bundled with eight motherboards as retailers repeat crypto-era tactics
Retailer locks 5090 behind eight-motherboard bundle, crypto-boom tactics return
A Chinese retailer is selling the RTX 5090 only in a bundle with eight separate motherboards, echoing forced-bundle tactics from the crypto mining boom.
Ryzen 7 9800X3D back in stock at major retailers
AMD's fastest gaming CPU available after long stock drought
AMD's top gaming CPU is available again after months of sell-outs. Current deal bundles show pricing near MSRP.
NVIDIA's neural texture compression hits RTX Spark, cuts VRAM use by 7x
AI compression could let 8GB cards handle textures meant for 16GB setups
NVIDIA brings RTX Neural Texture Compression to Windows-on-Arm, shrinking VRAM usage from 6.5GB to under 1GB in demos — a potential fix for VRAM-starved cards.
Flying to QuakeCon for a RTX 5090 is cheaper than buying one online
MSRP at a convention booth beats every online retailer by $600+
NVIDIA's selling RTX 5090s at MSRP ($2,000) at QuakeCon 2026 — roundtrip flights from the UK are cheaper than scalper markups.
Halo Studios hit with layoffs despite Campaign Evolved's launch success
Strong launch numbers didn't protect Halo devs from Microsoft's post-ship cuts
Xbox laid off staff at Halo Studios weeks after Campaign Evolved's strong debut, continuing Microsoft's pattern of post-launch cuts.
EA goes private in $55 billion Saudi-backed buyout
Largest gaming buyout since Activision — what it means for Battlefield and Apex players
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners closed a $55 billion acquisition of EA, taking the Battlefield and Apex publisher private.
Battlefield 6 Season 4 patch fixes RTX 50-series crashes on water maps
Game-side fix means RTX 50-series owners can play water maps without waiting on drivers
EA rolled out Battlefield 6 update 1.4.1.5 today, fixing crashes on RTX 50-series GPUs when playing water-heavy maps or swapping attachments on the SOR-300SC. No driver update needed.
AMD gaming revenue drops 31% year-over-year as GPU prices crater demand
High GPU prices tank AMD's gaming revenue 31% while data center doubles
AMD's gaming division took a 31% hit in Q2 2026 despite data center doubling. CEO Lisa Su blames high GPU prices for the slump.
Alienware RTX 5090 prebuilt drops to $4,780 — cheaper than buying the GPU alone
Prebuilt actually cheaper than DIY for once, thanks to scalped GPU prices
Dell's Aurora R16 with an RTX 5090 is now $4,780, undercutting scalped GPU prices by $200-700. A rare case where the prebuilt beats DIY on price.
RTX 50-series prices jump 30% in South Korea as GDDR7 costs bite
GDDR7 shortages push RTX 50-series well past MSRP in South Korea
NVIDIA's RTX 5090 now costs over $5,000 in South Korea. GDDR7 memory shortages are driving the entire Blackwell lineup higher.
RTX 5070 hits third place on Steam's GPU chart in two months
Mid-range Blackwell adoption is outpacing Ada Lovelace's launch curve
NVIDIA's mid-range Blackwell card is climbing fast on Steam's hardware survey, outpacing the RTX 4070 and RTX 3060 Ti adoption curves.