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Xbox Project Helix: What Features Would Win Over Players
As Microsoft's next-gen console remains in development, the gaming community weighs in on what would make Project Helix a must-buy system.
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Gaming Industry and Business
3D Character Artist Shares Workflow for Princess of a Lost Planet Design
Seori Nam, a South Korean 3D character artist, has detailed the production process behind Princess of a Lost Planet, a personal project combining medieval fantasy, post-apocalyptic, and sci-fi elements. The character showcases blended materials including
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Gaming Hardware and Technology
Gaming laptop prices hit 38% higher ahead of Black Friday 2026
Component shortages push gaming laptop costs to record levels this year. Retailers are offering early discounts, but Black Friday 2026 deals won't match last year's lows as RAM and SSD prices remain elevated.
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Gaming Hardware and Technology
FunnyPlaying's FPGB Mini handheld plays original Game Boy cartridges for $69.99
FunnyPlaying has announced the FPGB Mini, a compact handheld that plays original Game Boy and Game Boy Color cartridges using FPGA technology. Priced at $69.99 during its initial limited run, it undercuts the Analogue Pocket by more than $170.
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PC Gaming
Gears of War: E-Day requires ray tracing GPU and 115 GB SSD space
The Coalition has published system requirements for Gears of War: E-Day ahead of its October 6 launch, mandating a ray tracing-capable graphics card to play and 115 GB of free SSD storage.
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Gaming Hardware and Technology
Over 35,000 Sign Up for Steam Frame as First Batch Results Show Slim Odds
Valve has completed its raffle for the first batch of Steam Frame units, leaving over half of survey respondents on the waitlist.
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PC Gaming
Control Resonant PC Performance Analysis Highlights Strong Scalability Across Lower Graphics Presets
Remedy's Control Resonant offers robust performance and visual fidelity across lower graphics presets on PC, reducing the need to push hardware to its absolute maximum.
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Gaming Hardware and Technology
Control Resonant struggles on Steam Deck but runs better on ROG Ally despite handheld gaming PC's rough year
Remedy's action RPG launches with Steam Deck support but needs patches to be playable on Valve's device. ROG Ally handles it better, though memory constraints still cause freezing.
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Gaming Hardware and Technology
Flying Wild Hog Animator Releases KeyFlow, Suite of 25+ Free Maya Animation Tools
Sebastian Jaksan, cutscene animator at Flying Wild Hog, has released KeyFlow, a free production toolkit combining video reference management with over 25 Maya animation utilities designed to streamline everyday tasks.
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Gaming Industry and Business
Finland allocates €14m to creative industries R&D as gaming leads funding applications
Business Finland received 71 applications totalling over €14 million in its second creative industries funding round, with gaming companies and AI projects among the priorities.
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Gaming Hardware and Technology
PS2 Security Chip MechaCon Cracked After 26 Years of Fortification
Canadian modder DiscoStarslayer has successfully reverse-engineered the PlayStation 2's notoriously secure CXP102064 chip, known as MechaCon, after four years of effort. The breakthrough could advance PS2 emulation and hardware preservation.
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Gaming Hardware and Technology
AMD Research Shows Frame-by-Frame Neural Lighting Technique for Real-Time Games
AMD's researchers have published a paper demonstrating how diffusion models can generate global illumination in real time, potentially laying groundwork for neural rendering features in future graphics cards and consoles.
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