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The Epic Games Store launched in late 2018 as an alternative to Valve's Steam, and Epic Games has been steadily adding features to its storefront and game launcher to lure buyers away from Valve. The latest feature to come to the Epic Games Store is gifting, specifically in preparation for the 2025 holiday season, it seems. The announcement by Epic Games explains that you simply need to select "Buy as a Gift" and then select someone from your friends list to gift the game to. Currently, gifting on Epic Games is limited to web browsers and the Epic Games Store Launcher on PC, and paid games, special editions, add-ons, and bundles can all be gifted. You cannot gift free games, pre-purchase offers, subscriptions, and in-game items or currency.

For those of you looking for an alternative to Steam to gift games to friends or family in a different country or currency—something Steam does not allow—Epic Games isn't your savior, either, at least not yet. Unfortunately, at launch, if you attempt to gift a game to a friend in another country, you will be met with an error. According to Epic Games, though, cross-region gifting is planned for the future, although when exactly it will land is unclear. The basic restrictions on gifting on Epic Games include that you can only send gifts after having been friends with the recipient for at least two days. Recipients can also reject gifts, and rejected gifts and gifts that have not been accepted within 14 days will be refunded. Gifts will also be refunded if the recipient already has the intended gift in their library.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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While AMD's shiny new FSR 4 is ostensibly exclusive to Radeon RX 9000 series, there have been a number of [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] on older AMD Radeon GPUs after a rather sizeable mistake on AMD's part led to the FSR 4 libraries leaking online. Now, however, a Linux developer working for Valve has implemented a fix to get FSR 4 running on older GPUs right into the Proton translation layer responsible for running Direct3D 12 via the Vulkan API on Linux. Support for FSR 4 is only one of a bunch of updates to D3VK-Proton shipping in the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].

As of version 3.0 of VKD3D-Proton, the translation layer responsible FSR 4 is present for RX 9000 series Radeon GPUs using the official method, but the Valve developer behind the project, Hans-Kristian Arntzen, has also implemented a "hacky emulation path" that allows FSR 4 to work on older Radeon GPUs. The developer notes that this implementation uses int8 and float16 cooperative matrix support, and that it may come at "significant performance cost." It is, as such, not officially supported by the default build of VKD3D-Proton, and the current official implementation is also mostly a first step in the process of getting FSR 4 implemented "in a more proper way" into Valve's Proton itself. Support for FSR 4 may not be relevant to devices like the Steam Deck, due to the increased performance hit, but it may become more important around the release of the [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], which still relies on RDNA 3 GPU cores but is expected to provide around the same performance as an [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...].
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We're excited to reveal that the next Xbox Partner Preview - our broadcast that shines a light on upcoming games from our talented third-party partners - is coming this Thursday, November 20. This show will include news on upcoming games from partners including IO Interactive, Eclipse Glow Games and THQ Nordic, plus some brand-new reveals and Game Pass announcements.

During Xbox Partner Preview, we'll show you an exciting first look at content coming to 007 First Light, an electrifying extended gameplay trailer for the upcoming dark fantasy epic Tides of Annihilation, and a fresh look at Reanimal, the new horror adventure from the creator of Little Nightmares, among other great games heading to Xbox consoles, Xbox on PC, and Xbox Game Pass.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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More than 800 games and applications feature RTX technologies, and each week new games integrating NVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, and advanced ray-traced effects are released or announced, delivering the definitive PC experience for GeForce RTX players. Last week, Assetto Corsa Rally and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 launched with day-one DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation support, while Chip 'n Clawz vs. The Brainioids launched with DLSS Frame Generation, and Anno 117: Pax Romana arrived with DLSS Super Resolution. This week, we're highlighting AION2, Pizza Bandit, and DAVY x JONES, three new DLSS games. And you can grab a free Borderlands 4 ECHO-4 skin from NVIDIA app with GeForce Rewards.

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Tis' the GeForce Season of RTX and we're celebrating every Season of Play with new reveals, exclusive rewards, custom GPU giveaways and epic deals. Follow GeForce social channels to be the first to know. Get free in-game content and other great rewards in popular PC games just for being a GeForce gamer, with GeForce Rewards. Our latest reward is a free Borderlands 4 ECHO-4 skin! Starting November 20 9AM PT, this reward will be available to NVIDIA app users with a GeForce GTX 10 Series or newer GPU.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Antec Inc., a global leader in high-performance computer components and accessories, announces the FLUX Rear, a mid-tower case designed to deliver enhanced multi-directional airflow and superior GPU cooling through the F-LUX Platform. The chassis integrates a front-mounted PSU shroud structure, enabling an unobstructed bottom airflow path that directs cool air beneath the graphics card for improved thermal performance.

The FLUX Rear features five pre-installed high-performance PWM fans. This includes three 140 mm PWM ARGB fans and two 120 mm PWM reverse fans, providing strong intake from multiple directions. Large ventilation openings on the bottom, PSU shroud, and side panels work with the mesh front panel and top exhaust vents to create a highly efficient airflow system that enhances overall cooling stability.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Keychron has just expanded its line-up of analog gaming keyboards, launching three new all-aluminium Q HE series gaming keyboards with 8K polling and new TMR sensors. The new Q HE 8K series keyboards will kick off with the launch of the Keychron Q6 HE 8K, a full-size all aluminium gaming keyboard, and the Q3 HE 8K, which adopts a TKL layout, instead. The Q3 HE 8K ($229.99) and Q6 HE 8K ($239.99) will both be available on Keychron's site starting November 18, 2025, while the Keychron Q1 HE 8K, with a 75% layout, will be available from December 11. All of the new TMR keyboards are available in black and white with purple accent keys on the enter and escape keys. As the name suggests, the new Keychron Q HE 8K keyboards feature 8 kHz polling rate, but that comes at the cost of wireless connectivity. The new Q HE 8K keyboards use USB Type-C connections exclusively, although the connection mode switch typically found on Keychron keyboards has been replaced by a hardware profile selection switch.

The Keychron Q HE 8K keyboards have similar designs to previous Keychron Q HE keyboards, with the same aluminium switch plate and double-shot PBT keycaps in OSA profile. However, Keychron has swapped out the Gateron Double-Rail Magnetic switches found in its previous Hall effect and TMR keyboards with the Keychron Ultra-Fast Magnetic Lime switches, which are a lightweight (26-40 gf) linear switches with a standard orientation, making the Q HE 8K keyboards compatible with most other magnetic switches currently available. The new Q HE 8K series keyboards are powered by QMK firmware and are configurable and customizable through Keychron Launcher, a web app that is very similar to something like VIA but with a few additional features, like easy firmware updates.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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ASUS has officially listed its GeForce RTX 5090 ROG MATRIX 30th anniversary limited-edition GPU for $3,999 on its U.S. store. Limited to 1,000 units, this is ASUS's most powerful and expensive card for the RTX 50-series "Blackwell" generation. The build quality justifies the price, as ASUS uses 3 oz copper PCB layers to enhance heat dissipation and minimize voltage drop across components, resulting in improved overall performance and potentially higher overclocking capabilities. The GPU features four large fans, similar to ASUS's RTX 5090 Astral GPU, with three fans in the front and one in the back, utilizing a push-pull air cooling design. The GPU shroud has a prominent ROG red design with a distinct ring on one fan, featuring an acrylic plate with the ROG MATRIX logo.

ASUS also offers an option for BTF-supplied power delivery, along with a 16-pin 12V-2x6 connector, allowing for a total power setting of up to 800 watts, which significantly exceeds the regular 575 watts of the Founders Edition GPU. ASUS claims this supplies a 10% performance boost on its own, and the boost clock frequency is confirmed at 2,730 MHz regular, and 2,760 MHz in OC BIOS mode. Embedded within the GPU is a miniature Bosch Sensortec BMI323 inertial measurement unit (IMU), which combines an accelerometer and gyroscope in a single component. ASUS integrates this sensor into the PCB to continuously monitor whether the graphics card remains level with the motherboard, triggering an immediate alert if the card shifts even slightly downward. More features are listed on ASUS website.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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AMD's General Manager and Senior Vice President, Jack Huynh, released a video on X hinting at the upcoming launch of the company's newest advanced graphics technology, named "Redstone." The latest teaser suggests that more details will be revealed on December 10. AMD's latest FRS "Redstone" platform builds on the AI and machine learning super resolution introduced with FSR 4 and introduces three key innovations: neural radiance caching, AI and ML-based Ray Regeneration, and AI and ML-based Frame Generation. Neural Radiance Caching utilizes a machine learning model that continuously learns how light interacts within a scene to predict and store indirect lighting, reducing the performance cost of ray tracing.

Additionally, AMD FSR "Redstone" Ray Regeneration works similarly to NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 Ray Reconstruction by using a neural network to regenerate pixels that couldn't be accurately path-traced, particularly improving reflection quality when super resolution is applied. The new AI and machine learning-based Frame Generation model marks a significant evolution from the interpolation technology AMD introduced with FSR 3. This approach uses machine learning with integrated temporal and spatial awareness to generate interleaving frames with greater accuracy and enhanced image quality. While this method doesn't achieve the 2x frame-rate doubling of NVIDIA's RTX 40-series "Ada" architecture, it intentionally prioritizes superior visual fidelity.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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MiTAC Computing Technology, a global leader in high-performance and energy-efficient server solutions, is proud to announce its participation at the Supercomputing (SC) 2025 (November 18-20, St. Louis, Missouri), booth 3916. Under the theme "AI Cluster Power - Cool Fast. Scale Faster.", MiTAC Computing will showcase its modular, highly scalable rack infrastructure designed for demanding AI and HPC workloads. The exhibition will demonstrate the company's full spectrum of capabilities, ranging from single AI servers to complete cluster-level integration, with a focus on cutting-edge liquid cooling and energy-efficient designs to maximize performance and sustainability.

Collaborating with key industry players such as AMD, Broadcom, CoolIT, Intel, KIOXIA, Micron, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Solidigm, MiTAC Computing is dedicated to accelerating the development of advanced computing and high-efficiency data centers.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Keychron has silently expanded its range of lightweight gaming mice with the new M2 Mini 8K. The new M2 Mini 8K features many of the same features as the M2 8K but in a more compact design ideal for users with smaller hands looking for a somewhat more affordable gaming mouse with top-tier hardware and a moderately asymmetrical ergonomic design. The Keychron M2 Mini 8K is available for [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]. The updated version of the Keychron M2 Mini 8K updates the polling rate from 1 kHz to 8 kHz and upgrades the sensor of the existing M2 Mini from the PixArt PAW 3395 to the PAW 3950 for reduce input latency and improved tracking features.

The sensor upgrade also means that the Keychron M2 Mini 8K is capable of up to 30,000 DPI sensitivity and tracking at up to 750 IPS and 50 G acceleration, even on glass, as long as it's thicker than 4 mm. The Keychron M2 Mini 8K has the same tri-mode wireless connectivity—Bluetooth 5.3, 2.4 GHz, and wired, with 8 kHz polling available over 2.4 GHz and USB-C connections—powered by a 600 mAh battery that Keychron estimates will deliver 140 hours of use when connected via Bluetooth. The Keychron M2 Mini 8K weighs in at just 50 g and has PTFE feet. The main click switches are Keychron's typical Huano Transparent Blue Shell Pink Dot switches, which are rated for 80 million clicks. The M2 Mini 8K measures in at just 177 × 64 mm and 38 mm tall, compared to the regular M2's 121.5 × 66.7 × 40.60 mm. The regular M2 8K also weighs 55 g, so the weight difference is almost negligible.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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Today Microsoft, NVIDIA and Anthropic announced new strategic partnerships. Anthropic is scaling its rapidly-growing Claude AI model on Microsoft Azure, powered by NVIDIA, which will broaden access to Claude and provide Azure enterprise customers with expanded model choice and new capabilities. Anthropic has committed to purchase $30 billion of Azure compute capacity and to contract additional compute capacity up to one gigawatt.

For the first time, NVIDIA and Anthropic are establishing a deep technology partnership to support Anthropic's future growth. Anthropic and NVIDIA will collaborate on design and engineering, with the goal of optimizing Anthropic models for the best possible performance, efficiency, and TCO, and optimizing future NVIDIA architectures for Anthropic workloads. Anthropic's compute commitment will initially be up to one gigawatt of compute capacity with NVIDIA Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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The Connectivity Standards Alliance announced today the release of Zigbee 4.0 and Suzi, the new brand for Zigbee's Sub-GHz feature, two major milestones in advancing the foundation of secure, interoperable, and scalable IoT connectivity with a range of optional features, enabling product manufacturers to choose the specific set that best fits their product's use case and needs. Together, these innovations mark the next evolution of Zigbee technology, building on decades of proven performance to deliver greater range, reliability, and security across global networks.

Strengthening Security, Range, and Interoperability
Zigbee 4.0 lays the groundwork for harmonizing traditional Zigbee and Smart Energy devices, delivering greater interoperability across universal networks. This release simplifies certification processes and supports enhanced information exchange, creating a more complete smart home solution. Comprehensive and proactive security updates aligned with evolving international security standards implement cryptographic agility and additional mechanisms to protect the network. Extending its capabilities beyond the 2.4 GHz band, Zigbee 4.0 introduces support for the European 800 MHz and North American 900 MHz PHY, providing increased signal strength, range, and coverage. Fully backward compatible with Zigbee 3.0 and Smart Energy, it ensures continuity with more than a billion Zigbee devices already deployed worldwide while introducing improvements to network stability, user experience, and device commissioning in dense networks.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Intel's "Panther Lake" is set to debut in early 2026, with Intel and its partners unveiling the first laptop designs. The overall performance of the Panther Lake family appears to offer a modest improvement over the previous-generation Core Ultra 200 series "Arrow Lake-H" mobile chips. Recent PassMark scores indicate that the Core Ultra X7 358H SKU—which features 4 P-Cores, 8 E-Cores, 4 LPE-Cores, and 12 Xe3 Cores—shows a slight enhancement over the comparable "Arrow Lake" SKU, the Core Ultra 7 255H, which includes 6 P-Cores, 8 E-Cores, and 2 LPE-Cores. In PassMark testing, the Panther Lake design exhibited a -1.4% performance in single-core score and nearly a 4% increase in multicore score. The regression in the single-core score is likely due to the use of an engineering sample in this benchmark.

"Panther Lake" also replaces "Lunar Lake," and here, performance improvements are much more substantial, while reportedly delivering similar or improved power efficiency, a particularly strong point of "Lunar Lake." Here, the Core Ultra X7 358H delivers a similar single-core performance, and more than 37% multicore score increase. Until the official launch, it is assumed that Intel hasn't shipped mass-production chips to vendors and OEMs. Additionally, the Core Ultra X7 358H SKU has a reported single-core boost of up to 4.8 GHz, compared to 5.1 GHz for the Core Ultra 7 255H and Core Ultra 9 288V SKUs. While there are IPC improvements in Panther Lake, the clock speed differences seem to be the primary factor in the performance variation. Furthermore, the software may not yet be optimized for the newest platform. To draw definitive conclusions, we will need to wait for the official launch and third-party performance benchmarks. Additionally, there is a comparison with the first-generation Core Ultra series "Meteor Lake," which you can check out below.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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A series of reports from Korean and Taiwanese outlets suggests growing pressure across the PC hardware industry as DRAM, NAND, and even NOR Flash prices continue to climb. Korea Economic Daily says NVIDIA, AMD, and other GPU makers are considering dropping some mid-to-high-end gaming cards where memory now makes up an unusually large share of total cost. Taiwanese PC brands, including [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], are also said to be looking at ways to reduce memory configurations in upcoming products. TrendForce warns that manufacturers may shift more production toward lower-margin models or raise prices across the board to cope with higher component costs. With most modern PCs, laptops, consoles, tablets, and phones now shipping with at least 16 GB of RAM, any [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] or supply shortages could force major brands to cut orders and increase retail pricing. Commercial Times reports that memory alone could add nearly NT$3,000 (about US $96) to basic office PCs next year.

According to Commercial Times, due to rising memory prices some motherboard makers and notebook ODMs vendors have paused new motherboard development or mass production. DRAM, NAND, and NOR Flash supply is tightening at the same time. DDR4 is becoming especially scarce as suppliers accelerate phase-outs and move mature-node capacity toward HBM and DDR5. WJ Capital Perspective estimates a DDR4 shortfall of around 70,000 wafers by the end of 2025, with 2026 unlikely to recover fully. NOR Flash demand is rising as well, driven by AI servers. Commercial Times says NVIDIA's GB200 NVL72 system already uses more than US $600 of NOR per rack, possibly reaching $900 within two years. This comes right after earlier reports that [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] and Samsung is raising memory prices by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] due to tight supply.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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Philips Monitors is delighted to announce the launch of the new Philips Evnia 27M2N6501L, a 27-inch (26.5" / 67.3 cm) QD-OLED monitor packed with cutting-edge features for endless enjoyment in gaming, entertainment, content creation, and much more. Designed for everyone who wants incredible performance and exceptional value, this monitor brings together the best of both worlds, offering some of today's most exciting and in-demand technologies at a widely accessible price.

"With the new Philips Evnia 27M2N6501L, we wanted to create a monitor that feels like a true upgrade—not just in specs, but in experience," says César Reyes Acosta, Lead Product Manager, Consumer Monitors at MMD. "QD-OLED brings extraordinary clarity and contrast to every frame, while the 240 Hz refresh rate keeps gameplay seamless and fluid. Combined with its elegant, distinctive design, it's a monitor that captures the Evnia spirit—premium technology made inspiring and accessible to all."[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ: GFS) (GF) today announced the acquisition of Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF), a silicon photonics foundry based in Singapore, marking a pivotal step in GF's strategy to advance innovation and its leadership in silicon photonics. This acquisition will expand GF's silicon photonics technology portfolio, production capacity and research and development in Singapore, complementing its existing technology capabilities in the U.S. and unlocking new market opportunities with a broader set of datacenter and communication technologies.

GF's acquisition of AMF brings together AMF's manufacturing assets, extensive intellectual property and skilled talent to significantly expand GF's silicon photonics technology and establish the company as the largest silicon photonics pure-play foundry by revenue. Leveraging over 15 years of AMF's manufacturing expertise, GF will address demands in long-haul optical communications, computing, LiDAR and sensing on AMF's 200 mm platform in Singapore with plans to scale to 300 mm as market needs grow, ensuring reliable global supply for AI datacenters, communications and next-generation applications.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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PUBG developer PUBG Studios, is working on a new PvPvE extraction shooter set in the PUBG universe, and Krafton, the publisher and parent company of PUBG Studios, has just announced a closed alpha test between December 12 and 14 and December 19 and 21. The goal of the play test is to test early-game systems, combat pacing, extraction balance, and player progression. You can apply to be part of the playtest on the game's [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], but you'll need at least an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 or an equivalent AMD GPU with at least 8 GB of VRAM. The playtest is also limited to North America, Europe, and Asia.

Black Budget is a first-person perspective extraction shooter with an emphasis on tactics and survival. Players will play as a Contractor, a mercenary hired for a classified mission on a mysterious island trapped in a time loop. Players will be tasked with investigating a covert operation across different runs. Game sessions will supposedly last up to 30 minutes, and take place on an open-world map with "varied biomes, points of interest, and underground facilities." The Anomaly responsible for the island's time loop also results in a shrinking playable area, but it's unclear what form that will take. The gameplay videos on the game's Steam page show players running through purple fog in the jungle and in what looks to be an industrial building, so it's safe to assume that this is the mechanic that will shrink the playable area.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Tuxedo Computers, the brand known for making high-performance Linux laptops powered by its own TuxedoOS, has [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that it has stopped work on a planned [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] laptop, citing development difficulties as the reason for stopping the project. Some of the issues Tuxedo ran into were caused by incompatibility and a lack of driver support, while others were seemingly just platform limitations and a lack of platform maturity. One of the main complications Tuxedo cites is a lack of support for BIOS updates under Linux, but this lack of support also extends to virtualization, fan control, and high-speed USB4 ports, at least given the prospective launch timeline. Tuxedo also explains that the long battery life—the main draw of Arm-powered laptops—simply wasn't panning out on Linux.

Supposedly, Tuxedo would require "several more months" of development to be able to deliver a retail unit, which would mean anyone buying the Snapdragon Tuxedo laptop would immediately have very outdated hardware. Instead, Tuxedo has left the door open to being able to resume development on the system if and when it makes sense to do so. Tuxedo has, in the meantime, committed to contributing the device tree and any progress it has made during the unrealized laptop's development to the mainline Linux kernel so that the community can benefit from the work the company did manage to complete. There's also a non-zero chance that the development will be picked up by enterprising community members, eventually resulting in the maturation of Snapdragon support on Linux.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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Ubisoft first announced that it would be remaking Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time back in 2020, but the game has faced a troubled development cycle, with multiple delays since the reveal trailer and announcement—this includes when Ubisoft transferred the game from its studios in India to Ubisoft Montreal. Now, thanks to a recent Ubisoft earnings call, it seems as though the remake will launch as soon as Q4 2026. This timeline checks out, since four to five years in development makes sense for a AAA game franchise from a big studio.

The remake's supposed launch date was revealed by Ubisoft shortly [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that the remake of Assassin's Creed Black Flag would launch around March 2026. Obviously, an official product roadmap from an investor briefing is far more trustworthy than a supposed leak, but it's important to also remember that Ubisoft originally planned to launch the Prince of Persia remake as soon as 2021, so it's anyone's guess whether it will actually materialize next year, even if the development timeline does make sense. Ubisoft also tipped an "unannounced title" that will also launch alongside the Sands of Time reboot.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]
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It's not news that Assassin's Creed Black Flag—one of the most beloved entries into the Assassin's Creed franchise—is getting a remake. Now, however, it seems as though we have a release date. According to reporting by [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...], the Assassin's Creed remake may launch as soon as March 31, 2026. This is in spite of Ubisoft's potentially rocky future, with a delayed earnings call earlier resulting in speculation that the game studio had been bought out, but had also started fully committing to a future with generative AI in games.

Ubisoft has not commented on the existence of the remake, but prior rumors suggested that it would be a remake in the more traditional sense, going so far as to [Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...] that the new game would rework game mechanics and transform the game by introducing more RPG gameplay elements. One of the things that made Black Flag such a rousing success was the way it handled sailing and exploration and the sheer wealth of content on offer. Meanwhile, many Assassin's Creed games that have launched since then have received criticism for their pacing and for feeling bloated.[Only registered and activated users can see links. Click Here To Register...]

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