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Phanteks has several new products to show off at CES this week, including new Evolv and XT View Matrix PC cases, and upgrade kits for those looking to add an LED Matrix display to their current Phanteks chassis. Here, we break it all down, along with pricing and launch dates. 

Valve has revealed the winners of the 2025 Steam Awards. Unlike the heavily produced ceremonies that rely on a mix of critics and developers, the Steam Awards remain entirely community-driven, with millions voting to decide which titles best represent each category. This year’s crowning achievement belongs to Hollow Knight: Silksong, …

Asus has officially launched its CES 2026 campaign with a trio of ROG gaming monitors that address a major issue with OLED technology: text clarity. By adopting the latest sub-pixel architectures from both LG Display and Samsung Display, the new ROG Swift and Strix models promise to deliver a native …

Following some teasers via a new website last week, Bloober Team appear to have now registered a trademark for ‘Onyx: The Dark Grip’.

Console sales in the UK saw a notable decline in 2025, with PS5 sales dropping by 12% and Xbox by a substantial 39% year-over-year.

Following the release of Bright Memory Infinite in 2021, FYQD Studio have teased their next game – a 3rd person action shooter set in the Republic of China.

The death of the mechanical laptop fan may be closer than expected. YPlasma, a deep-tech startup based in Newark and Spain, has announced it will unveil a revolutionary solid-state cooling solution at CES 2026. Replacing traditional rotary fans with “Dielectric Barrier Discharge” (DBD) plasma actuators, the company claims to have …

The RDNA 4 architecture has finally broken its silence on the Steam Hardware Survey, nearly a year after the Radeon RX 9000 series was released. While Nvidia's Blackwell architecture began appearing in the charts shortly after its early 2025 debut, AMD's latest generation had been curiously absent, leading to significant …

Lionsgate is finally pulling the trigger on full-scale interactive expansions for its two most valuable franchises. During the studio's Q2 2026 earnings call, Adam Fogelson, Chairman of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, confirmed that high-budget AAA video game adaptations of John Wick and Saw are in active development, with formal …

Nvidia is entering 2026 by expanding the GeForce Now library and pushing its cloud infrastructure further into the current generation of hardware. This month’s update brings a diverse range of titles to the service, while also marking the point at which previously announced usage restrictions begin to affect the broader …

It's a new 360Hz QD-OLED ultrawide packing loads of improvements over previous-gen panels

CES 2026 will see the launch of a next-generation gaming monitor from MSI, built around Samsung Display’s latest fifth generation QD-OLED panel technology. Well ahead of the public announcement, KitGuru was invited to MSI’s headquarters in Taipei as part of the EHA Tech Tour - to receive an early briefing on the new display platform, including a technical deep dive. 

Samsung Display has officially announced the mass production of its next-generation 34-inch QD-OLED panel. Aimed directly at the long-standing complaints regarding text fringing, the new panel introduces a “V-Stripe” pixel structure that abandons the traditional triangular sub-pixel arrangement of previous generations. By aligning the red, green, and blue sub-pixels vertically, …

The new year brought about some unfortunate news for Sony's security team. The BootRom key for PS5 consoles has leaked, enabling a new wave of jailbreaking, along with the ability to allow homebrew software to run. 

A little over a month from its last major milestone, the indie hit Dispatch has now officially sold over 3 million copies.

Silent Hill 2's Bloober Team have published a new website teasing one of their upcoming mysterious projects – set to be officially announced next month.

ASRock is set to showcase a wide range of new hardware at CES 2026, expanding its portfolio across cooling, motherboards, monitors, graphics cards, power supplies, and compact systems.

Epic is concluding its free end-of-year promotions with two titles to claim: Total War: Three Kingdoms and the PvPvE shooter Wildgate.

ATLUS has started to tease its 30th anniversary Persona plans, with the first wave of information set to drop next week on the 8th of January.

Sony has announced its PlayStation Plus Essential line-up for January 2026, including the underrated Need For Speed Unbound and Disney’s Epic Mickey Remake.

Thermalright continues its relentless pace of launches with the unveiling of the Levita Vision AIO series, a liquid cooling lineup that seemingly wants to turn your CPU socket into a tablet. Looking at the new Levita Vision AIO series, what stands out the most is undoubtedly the massive 6.67-inch curved …

Sony has begun rolling out a new hardware revision for the PlayStation 5 Pro, moving from the launch-day CFI-7000 series to the new CFI-7100B01 chassis. While the external aesthetics remain identical to the original Pro model, there are some internal changes to improve power efficiency, thermal management, and acoustic profile. …

Thermaltake is updating its mainstream TH series with the new redesigned V3 family. The most immediate change is a departure from the circular “porthole” aesthetic of the previous generation in favour of a cleaner, more industrial square pump head. The series continues the trend of offering two distinct versions: one …

Following recent leaks, dataminers have discovered further evidence suggesting that Capcom is working on a Nintendo Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds.

Despite a slow start, insiders have claimed that Nintendo Switch 2's dev kits shortage situation has now “largely been resolved.”

Following its PC launch a couple months ago, Riot Games have prematurely confirmed the console release date for their new fighting game 2XKO.

With the year coming to an end, Valve has revealed its highest-grossing games of 2025, including the indie hit Schedule 1.

Across consoles and PC, 2026 is shaping up to deliver a wave of high‑profile releases that span genres, budgets, and audiences. Established franchises are returning with new entries, while several studios are preparing to debut original projects that have been in development for years. It’s a year that promises both scale and variety, making it one of the most closely watched release calendars in recent memory.

A new report outlining the projected timeline for CD Projekt's future releases has been published with some surprises. The most unexpected claim in the analysis is the upcoming launch of a third, paid expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which the analyst believes will launch in May 2026 to …

The ongoing rise in RAM prices appears to have led console manufacturers to delay their next-gen plans, according to insiders.