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Apple's M6 (2nm) and M5 Ultra (quad-die, 80-core GPU) arrive Sept 22 in Mac mini and Mac Studio. New benchmarks show M5 Ultra competitive with RTX 4080. This is a serious bet on local AI development for Mac.
Games
all Games →Blizzard Kills StarCraft Strategy to Birth a Boots-on-Ground Shooter
BlizzCon 2026: Blizzard abandons real-time strategy for an open-world shooter directed by Far Cry's Dan Hay—a gamble on IP recognition over genre tradition.
Remedy Blows Up Its Own Blueprint: Everything About Control Resonant Is Different
Control Resonant launches September 24 with a new protagonist, a new city, and a new combat system. Remedy has swapped Jesse Faden for her brother Dylan, traded the Oldest House for a warped Manhattan, and replaced gunplay with melee. Here's what the discourse looks like heading into launch.
Gaming's Global Week: TGS Turns 30, SEGA Does Tokyo Right, and Esports Holds Its Biggest Month Ever
Tokyo Game Show 2026 opens its biggest-ever run while SEGA unveils Crazy Taxi: World Tour's Japan map, Rocket League Worlds wraps in Fort Worth, Valorant Champions heads to Shanghai, and esports debuts as a medal sport at the Asian Games.
Hardware
all Hardware →Apple Ships M6 and M5 Ultra: Local AI Compute Goes Desktop
Apple's M6 (2nm) and M5 Ultra (quad-die, 80-core GPU) arrive Sept 22 in Mac mini and Mac Studio. New benchmarks show M5 Ultra competitive with RTX 4080. This is a serious bet on local AI development for Mac.
Nvidia Locked DLSS 5 to RTX 50 Cards. Modders Unlocked It Before the Week Was Out.
DLSS 5 officially launched in NBA 2K27 as an RTX 50-series exclusive — then a modder patched the hardware gate open within days. Here's what the benchmarks, the community reaction, and Nvidia's reversal actually tell us.
Nintendo Built Two Versions of the Same Console — Brussels Made Them Do It
Nintendo's EU-only Switch 2 revision with a user-replaceable battery is a genuine right-to-repair win — and a case study in what regulatory fragmentation actually costs consumers.
AI & Compute
all AI & Compute →Elden Ring Tarnished Edition Comes to Switch 2 on August 28 — Redemption Arc Included
Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition lands on Nintendo Switch 2 on August 28 with Shadow of the Erdtree bundled in. Here's what happened between the Gamescom disaster and launch day.
Google's Flash Tier Is Now a Price Weapon
Gemini 3.6 Flash launched with improved token efficiency and aggressive pricing — while Gemini 3.5 Pro sits delayed for the third time. The inference cost race is the real story.
Fewer Tokens, Lower Price, Ships Now: Google's New Inference Playbook
Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash launched with a 17% output token reduction and a price cut on outputs. It signals that the real AI model competition has moved from headline benchmarks to cost per task.