Razer has announced the Raion, an arcade fightpad for PS4 and PC, with top tier tournament features giving players the control and accuracy of a fullsize fightstick in the palm of their hands.

AMD is paving on that processor road hard. The recent Ryzen 3000 series processors have seen a pretty bump in nice instructions per clock (IPC) improvement wise that is, and that is about to happen again with Zen3 (Milan).

Intel has been reserving 3 billion dollars aside to offer 'discounts' to its customers, and there actually is a photo to back that claim. The recent official unveiling of Cascade Lake X might already the result of that program as the CPUs are selling twice as low per core compared to the chips from Intel's previous generation.

An interesting spot from our Dutch HWI colleagues, if you plan to go with AX wifi long term as an investment, the TP-Link  Archer AX10 might be a nice alternative for you as it has dropped under a 100 EUR.

Intel shared new information about their next-generation Xe GPUs which can be expected for desktop and mobility platforms as early as 2020. Xe GPU architecture is being referred to as Gen 12, and would at least for the mobile parts at the very least double up on performance compared to gen 11.

Nvidia is assembling game studio team to work on classic PC games by adding real-time ray tracing. It is not clear which games are involved, but previously Nvidia Quake II already gave a modern variant with raytracing.

MSI announced Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint game bundle started from October 04, 2019, and continues till November 10, 2019. Users who purchase selected MSI gaming monitors can get a digital standard edition of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint for free. For more details, please visit: https://www.msi.com/Promotion/tom-clancys-ghost-recon-breakpoint
 

Yesterday we reported that Intel issued a product notification with the entire Kaby Lake generation going EOL, meaning the will not fabricate the processors anymore. Today we're advancing on that with a bit of a warning if you own X299 with a Core i5-7640X, i7-7740X you probably want to double-check compatibility on your future firmware updates.

For years things in the processor market have been a bit, may I say dull? with intel on the consumer desktop processor front. AMD certainly changed that. The latest news is now that Core i3 processors seem to get hyper-threading, historically that has been a big no for Intel aside from some dual-core parts. 

Earlier on a passive heatsink for the M.2 version of the Intel Optane 905P NVMe SSD was released. The passive heatsink ensures lower operating temperatures which expands the lifespan and improves the sustained performance of the drive. 

It was cooperation that couldn't last long, as ever since its release, a lot of AMD Radeon staff quickly moved to Intel. We're talking about Kaby Lake-G, you know the hybrid Intel processor with a Radeon GPU. 

Silently AMD expanded their Ryzen 3000 line-up this week, exclusively in Chinafor the time being. Ryzen 5 3500X has been benchmarked. The non SMT Ryzen 5 is compared with Intel's Core i5 9400F - who is in the lead in the price range up to 150 Euro?

Corsair announced a new kit of its Vengeance LPX DDR4 Memory, becoming the first commercially available high-frequency DRAM to break the 5,000MHz barrier. This Micron-based memory is available now in a 2x 8GB kit, reaching its full potential in select MSI X570 motherboards running 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors.

Cherry introduces the new STREAM keyboard, the perfect workhorse for professional work environments. With the many satisfied users of the original STREAM in mind, Cherry has upgraded the keyboard with extended functionality, a modern look, and

Rooted in its success in the previous AIO liquid coolers, today Deepcool launches Castle 360EX in white version -- CASTLE 360EX WHITE. CASTLE 360EX WHITE is equipped with Deepcool's exclusive Anti-leak Technology.

The Farm 51 has released a new video for Chernobylite. This video compares the real locations with their virtual counterparts. The video shows how precisely Pripyat’s and Chernobyl’s signature places have been digitized into the game objects. The team was able to pull it off thanks to photogrammetry and other advanced 3D-scanning techniques.

Epic Games Store has put on offer Surviving Mars to claim for free this week, taking the place of Minit. Surviving Mars, developed by Haemimont Games and published by Paradox, is a city-building simulation game giving players the task of building a habitable base on the Martian surface. It involves managing resources, constructing habitable domes and buildings within those domes, and looking after the needs of residents living in these confined domes. Haemimont Games originally released the game in 2018 and has previously worked on several city-building titles, including Tropico 3, 4, and 5. If you wish to claim Surviving Mars, here’s its store page. It will be free to claim until October 17, which is when Epic will put on offer '>Observer_' and Alan Wake: American Nightmare for its next giveaway.

Corsair, a world leader in PC gaming peripherals and enthusiast components, today announced the new VOID ELITE and HS PRO series of gaming headsets, updating the celebrated VOID and HS Series with improved audio, microphones, and comfort.