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January 10
- Xbox grabs 15 nominations at the 28th D.I.C.E. Awards, with Indiana Jones up for Game of the Year
- The new Outlook will be forced onto Windows 10 PCs next month, and there is no way to block it
- Rumors say Final Fantasy 7 Remake is coming to Xbox in 2025 — as more Xbox games head to PS5 and Nintendo
- Is Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 on Xbox Game Pass?
- Windows Central's Best of CES 2025 awards: The hottest hardware unveiled in Las Vegas
- Worst of CES 2025: Disappointments, no-shows, and head-scratchers
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 already has me hooked on its medieval tale, and I haven't even gotten past the RPG's opening hours
- The game I'm most excited for in 2025 is already discounted before launch
- Microsoft leak exposes how management identifies "critical AI talent" among indispensable staffers for retention bonuses
- Microsoft, Google, and Meta work together once again, this time to help browser development
- Microsoft says 'rStar-Math' demonstrates how small language models (SLMs) can rival or even surpass the math reasoning capability of OpenAI o1 by +4.5%
- Elon Musk really wants you to think he's a pro gamer but the Path of Exile 2 community has receipts
- Square Enix confirms that Windows PC will be the best place to play 'Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth,' with enhanced graphics, improved framerates, and other exclusive features
January 9
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 gets better as Treyarch reverts this controversial Zombies change
- Microsoft joins Meta, Google and other tech giants in donating $1 million to President Trump's record-breaking inauguration fund
- Assassin's Creed Shadows is being delayed again, now launching in March 2025
- 20 Essential commands every user should know on Command Prompt for Windows 11
- Microsoft backtracks DALL-E 3 AI's 'PR16' upgrade after backlash as Grok gets an Unhinged Mode: "Bing has become useless"
- Microsoft to make performance-based job cuts across departments, including security, impacting "less than 1%" of the workforce
- Warm butt or cool butt? Razer’s latest gaming chair concept lets you choose
- Microsoft slams the brakes on $3.3 billion data center — reportedly set to foster development of OpenAI's supercomputer
- Xbox's first Developer_Direct show of 2025 revealed — and it's set for action on January 23 (Update)
- Windows 10 for PCs is not the only version of Windows to reach end of support this year
- Razer has announced its own AI to help you get good at games
January 8
- I can't believe I just paid to bring this Windows 10 feature to Windows 11
- Microsoft confirms Surface announcement for later this month — teases 'major' news for business portfolio
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 PC system requirements and specs — Can you run this grand medieval RPG?
- Valorant's newest agent Tejo arrives — and he's free for Xbox Game Pass subscribers
- Razer's Iskur V2 X gaming chair costs less than half the price of its premium sibling
- If you upgrade the SSD in your ROG Ally, adding a heatsink to it should be your next job
- Monster Hunter Wilds is getting a second Open Best Test in February 2025 along with the return of an old-school monster
- Ubisoft breaks down the fundamentals of parkour for Assassin's Creed Shadows
- Forget Microsoft's stringent 4GB Windows 11 requirement — A daring developer runs the OS on just 184MB of RAM, "possibly a record," but its usability remains anyone's guess
- Godfather of AI and Elon Musk seemingly join forces to curb OpenAI's evolution into a for-profit entity — potentially leaving the ChatGPT maker susceptible to outsider interference and hostile takeovers
- Xbox pledges to double down on Windows improvements for gamers, as Valve's Steam OS turns up the heat — now faced with real competition, it's time for Windows to change
January 7
- Marvel Rivals Season 1 is bringing the Fantastic Four — here's the Invisible Woman in action
- This is the first product from CES I'm going to buy. Spoiler alert: it's not a laptop, PC, or a gaming handheld.
- STALKER 2 kicks off special giveaway to fundraise for generators for Ukrainian schools — here's what you can win
- Lenovo's latest answer to XREAL AR glasses arrives sooner than you think
- Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X chip finds a home in refreshed Vivobook Copilot+ PCs from ASUS
- Sony is making a Helldivers 2 movie even though it's basically just Starship Troopers (and the company owns that, too)
- Are foldable laptops dead? Lenovo and ASUS focus on dual-screen PCs, with no sign of their pricier counterparts.
- The Surface Pro tablet for gamers is coming back with AMD's most powerful AI processor, and it looks cool as hell
- ASUS just made the lightest Copilot+ Snapdragon PC, but it’s the $899 price and ground-breaking ‘Ceraluminum’ that sold me
- DOOM: The Dark Ages supports path tracing and DLSS 4 on Windows PC
- Lenovo Legion Go 2 vs Legion Go S: Which is better?
- Lenovo's most intriguing rollable screen laptop concept finally has a price tag — Introducing the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6
- Lenovo has unveiled the first true Steam Deck alternative with SteamOS... And even an early next-gen Legion Go prototype
- Lenovo Legion Go S (SteamOS) vs Steam Deck: Which is the better Steam gaming handheld?
- Snapdragon X is finally coming to mini PCs — Lenovo unveils new IdeaCentre and ThinkCentre PCs to compete with Mac Mini
- MAINGEAR's new APEX desktops push the limits of pre-built gaming PCs with custom cooling loops and hidden cables
- Lenovo Legion Go S vs Legion Go: What's the difference?
- Lenovo redesigned its flagship gaming laptop to handle RTX 5000 GPUs, losing one of my favorite features in the process
- Lenovo just announced the shiniest laptop I've seen in a hot minute, and it's also the first with an under-display camera
- Is your docking station colorful enough for gaming? This one is.
- Xbox Game Pass gets Blizzard's original Diablo on PC, another EA Sports title, and more
- Sam Altman says OpenAI can confidently build AGI as the ChatGPT maker shifts focus to superintelligence: "I kinda miss doing AI research back when we didn't know how"
- This mesh office chair is like a mullet — business in the front, party in the back
- Razer brings AAA PC games to the palm of your hand through PC Remote Play
- The Razer Chroma ecosystem is expanding with new smart lights, new accessories, and new features
- NVIDIA fully embraces the Steam Deck with a native GeForce Now app promised for 2025
- Samsung's new Galaxy Book5 Pro laptops are "AI PCs," snubbing Microsoft's "Copilot+ PC" branding
- The WWE reveals WWE 2K25 during Monday Night RAW's Netflix debut for Xbox, PlayStation, and PC
- Microsoft wants you to use Bing so badly that it's using "deceptive tactics" to transform the search engine into an imitation of Google — Google responds
- Everything that happened at The Game Awards 2024: Winners, Game of the Year, and every new trailer
- Your wait is over — NVIDIA is finally bringing GeForce Now to India later this year
- The Area-51 returns as Alienware's flagship gaming PC — why does it only have two RAM slots?
- HyperX wants you to 3D print custom shells for an all-new wireless gaming mouse — expanding its Pulsefire range at CES 2025
- Say goodbye to dust — HP's latest gaming laptop boasts self-cleaning fans
- HP is updating one of my favorite gaming monitors, dropping a new 4K smart gaming display, and more
- Razer's brand-new, redesigned Blade 16 gaming laptop may have finally achieved perfection
- NVIDIA unveils RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 GPUs — here's what they cost
- Cherry announced two new wireless mechanical gaming keyboards that can reach up to 8000 Hz
January 6
- NVIDIA Keynote at CES 2025 — CEO Jensen Huang unveiled RTX 5000 GPUs LIVE
- Xbox and LG team up, LG TVs will also be Xbox later this year
- HP just announced the world’s first Copilot+ All-in-One PC with a 32-inch 4K display — THIS is my next computer
- Acer drops "women and casual gamers" gimmick for RTX 4050 gaming laptop with new 14, 15, 16, and 17-inch Nitro variants
- AMD says its Ryzen AI Max CPU is faster than an RTX 4090 — is this the best AI mobile processor ever?
- Dell's latest laptop uses the same tech that earned the iPad 2024 a perfect score, but you won't recognize its name
- Specs and prices for Acer's new AI PC gaming handhelds have been revealed — They're a lot heftier than I expected
- Acer's Revo Box AI mini PC already looks more cutting-edge than the new Mac mini as it brings Copilot+ to your desktop
- Acer's new laptop is made from ... oyster shells? A first look at the carbon-neutral AI PC.
- AMD's flagship Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU thrashes Intel's best, and one exclusive feature makes all the difference
- Dell's confusing rebrand is highlighted by these otherwise lovely looking laptops
- Dell is getting rid of its Precision PCs. Here's what will replace them.
- I'm becoming a big fan of HP's enterprise laptops after going hands-on with one powered by Intel's best
- Goodbye, XPS: Dell joins HP in rebranding its entire laptop range for the AI PC era
- Hyperkin reveals a new, PlayStation 5-inspired, 'Competitor' controller for Xbox and PC platforms at CES 2025
- The first new PC game I played in 2025 is the medieval combat sim I've always wanted, and it's free on Steam
- Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon X shakes up the $600 Windows laptop market, brings AI to everyone — Here's why Intel should be worried
- Microsoft debuts new 'Rewards with Xbox' program, boosting the ways you can earn Microsoft Rewards points via gaming
- Overclockable AI CPUs? Intel's new flagship mobile chips offer a massive boost over previous generations.
- Microsoft doubles down on Windows 11 — calls for major Copilot+ PC upgrade cycle in 2025
- AMD Ryzen Z2 Series specs leak, alongside the Steam Deck 2? ASUS ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion Go, and apparently Valve itself are on board. (UPDATE)
- Samsung and LG TVs are set to get Microsoft Copilot AI, but it's going to just be a link to the website again
- Vitalik Buterin proposes a "global soft pause button" to cut AI computing power by 90-99% for 1-2 years — giving ample time to prepare for potential existential doom
- Microsoft doubles down on its AI efforts with a massive $80 billion investment in data centers — amid insider concerns most Copilot AI tools are seemingly "gimmicky"
January 5
- PlayStation says Windows PC is not a "major risk," probably because blanket 'day and date' PlayStation game launches on PC are coming sooner than you think
January 4
- This controller may look like I found it in a Fallout vault— but the TMR sticks are even better than Hall Effect
January 3
- A leaked document suggests OpenAI will hit AGI when it builds an AI system that can generate up to $100 billion in profit — but the ChatGPT maker could endure a massive $44 billion loss before seeing profit in 2029 partly due to Microsoft tie-up
- Many Microsoft Rewards accounts may have been unfairly suspended, but a fix is coming
- I'm a gaming free agent with money to burn. Help me pick between PC, Xbox, and PS5.
- Is ChatGPT getting a "grown up mode" with fewer guardrails? CEO Sam Altman hints AGI, AI agents, and deep research as part of OpenAI's roadmap for 2025
- Microsoft Edge started 2024 with a 'new' name. The browser starts 2025 asking for beta testers.
- Secret Level asked Microsoft about an awesome Halo and Doom crossover — "Crafting this impassioned letter of my childhood," but Microsoft said: "Nah."
- Google CEO wants to re-embrace "scrappy" tactics as ChatGPT becomes synonymous with AI, just as Google did with Search
January 2
- Black Myth: Wukong developers say optimizing for the Xbox Series S "would take years," begging the question if the blockbuster action game will ever come to Xbox
- This essential plugin for the Steam Deck does a better job telling you how your games will play than Valve can manage itself
- DOOM asks, "Are you human?" after years of us asking "Will it play DOOM?"
- [UPDATED] Valve has quietly removed Palworld's Steam Deck 'playable' status
- This brand-new ergonomic desktop keyboard was designed by Microsoft — but you'll be paying a premium for it
- Microsoft designer shares first look at 'dynamic wallpaper' plans for Windows 11 — but have they already been scrapped?
- Google AI Studio boss says AGI will "look a lot like a product release" after Sam Altman claimed the benchmark would pass with surprisingly little societal impact
- Windows 11 wrapped up 2024 with a massive spike in Steam users
- This is the best way to play your Epic Games library on the Steam Deck, because it doesn't require a launcher
- Studio behind Hi-Fi Rush rebrands — its first post since being closed down by Xbox
January 1
- This gorgeous gym bag can help you keep your New Year's resolution while storing all your tech
- I've been testing this AI PC laptop for the last two weeks — It has a unique feature I've never seen before but disappoints in one key area
- When and how to play the Squid Game event in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Half-Life's 'G-Man' actor Mike Shapiro drops a cryptic post that's begging to be Half-Life 3