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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.
16GB VRAM GPUs now outnumber 8GB cards on Steam for the first time
The midrange GPU install base just crossed a VRAM threshold that changes buying advice
Steam's July 2026 survey shows 16GB VRAM cards have overtaken 8GB models in the install base — a shift driven by midrange RTX 50-series and RX 9000 adoption.
GPU prices keep climbing through 2026 as VRAM costs and weak competition bite
VRAM fab costs and weak competition keep current-gen cards expensive through 2026
Current-gen GPU prices stay high with minimal discounts. Rising VRAM costs and lack of competition keep both NVIDIA and AMD cards expensive.
16GB GPUs and 8-core CPUs now most common on Steam
The Steam majority has moved to 16GB VRAM and 8-core CPUs — budget builds need to catch up
Steam's latest hardware survey shows 16GB VRAM and 8-core CPUs have overtaken older configs as the most popular among PC gamers.
AMD Zen 6 CPUs targeting 1% lows and stutter reduction
AMD's next architecture targets the frame drops that aggregate CPU usage percentages miss
AMD's next-gen Zen 6 architecture will focus on software-level improvements to minimize frame drops and stuttering in games, according to HYDRA OC creator 1usmus.
RTX 5080 prices blow past 5090 MSRP at major retailers
Partner 5080 models now cost more than the 5090's original MSRP
Best Buy and Amazon have hiked RTX 5080 and 5090 prices well above launch MSRP, with some 5080 models now costing more than the 5090's original $1,999 sticker.