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The fastest gaming CPU now has a very, very, very, very, very, very, very slightly faster replacement

In what has become CPU tradition, AMD have announced a new fastest-ever gaming processor to replace their last fastest-ever gaming processor. The newcomer, detailed at CES 2026, is the Ryzen 7 9850X3D, which actually shares the same architecture, socket, core and thread counts, and power usage rating as the erstwhile ...
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Pokémon Pokopia Pre-Orders Come With A Free Gift From Pokémon Center

Plushies for all.If you're keen to bag a physical copy of Pokémon Pokopia (despite its Game-Key Card status), then you might want to head to the official Pokémon Center site.All pre-orders via Pokémon Center will come with a Ditto Sitting Cuties Plush which, as indicated on a separate store page, ...
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Where Winds Meet Version 1.2 Update Out Later This Week, Includes ‘Most Formidable Challenge Yet’

NetEase and developer Everstone Studio have outlined its January roadmap for the open-world action-RPG, Where Winds Meet, which includes new modes, campaign missions, quests, puzzles, and bosses.The developer is set to push out the newly-announced Version 1.2 update on January 9. We can expect updates every week of the month, ...
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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined gets a demo this week, and your progress’ll carry right over into the full game

Grab your dragons and don't forget those quests, as a Dragon Quest VII Reimagined demo is set to pop up on Steam this week. It'll offer a taster of the revamped RPG ahead of full release next month, and any progress you make in the demo'll transfer right over, so ...
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Nvidia reveals DLSS 4.5 with anti-aliasing upgrades and a dynamic, if slightly mad, 6x frame gen mode

CES 2026 is underway in Las Vegas, and while Nvidia have passed on the opportunity to announce any new RTX 50 Super graphics cards – perhaps in the knowledge that they’d be hurled directly into the raging vortex of an ongoing component pricing snafu – the tech show has yielded ...
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Nintendo Renews Trademarks For 3DS And Wii U Games

Back to business.Nintendo is regularly renewing its video game trademarks, and with this in mind, some trademarks have apparently been spotted for The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash.Read the full article on nintendolife.com ...
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One Of 2025’s Standout Switch Releases Could Get A Switch 2 Edition Upgrade

Hundred Line team says it will "consider" it.One Switch release we didn't think enough people spoke about in 2025 was The Hundred Line - Last Defense Academy. Fortunately, there might be a chance of it returning to the spotlight in the future.In a recent interview with RPGSite, the title's co-director ...
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Lego Is Launching An Evolutionary 2×4 Smart Brick Featuring A Tiny Computer

Rumours suggest it could power the new Pokémon sets.Lego has officially announced a new 2x4 "smart brick" at CES 2026 this week. It's apparently the "most significant evolution" in the Lego system since the release of the Minifigure in 1978 and is part of the company's "smart play" initiatives.This brick, ...
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Through modding wizardry, a seemingly cut Ashley opening level has been found in Resident Evil 4 Remake

The funny thing about games is that while making them, if you put something in them, it's quite hard to take that thing back out again. Who knows what that might break! Which can of course lead to people finding things that were never meant to be seen, like cut ...
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Gloomwood rings in the new year with a very vertical update filled with piggish cops and a useful new gun

Gloomwood opened the year not with a whimper, but with a town - a Hightown! Right on January 1st, a fresh update and new area (The Hightown District) arrived in the early access stealth game. This new district is very vaguely described as the game's "most vertical open area" yet, ...
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