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Valve's "Steam Machine" gaming PC will be in trouble if this RAM pricing crisis worsens — should we expect gamers to foot another unwanted bill from AI-obsessed megacorps?

AI advancements are driving up the price of RAM, and it's giving gamers an awful reminder of how cryptocurrency did the same to GPUs. Can Valve navigate this crisis for its Steam Machine PC?

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Seagate’s Astro Bot Limited Edition HDD combines reliable storage with playful design — here’s how it stacks up in our review

Seagate's Astro Bot-themed game drive is a limited edition HDD that works for PC, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4. But is it worth buying for PC? Our review.

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OPINION: The Xbox Ally X handheld is too rough for me right now, but I see the vision — and I'm still extremely excited for Xbox's next-gen

The Xbox Ally X offers powerful handheld gaming, yet early setup issues, software problems, and what I call "jank" show it needs serious refinement before it can shine.

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DOOM developer id Software has officially unionized under Microsoft — marking a major shift in the gaming industry’s labor landscape

id Software, the Texas-based developer behind DOOM and Quake, has unionized, with Microsoft voluntarily recognizing the union.

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Preview: Death Howl brings tense tactical horror to Xbox and PC, where survival meets the pain of grief

From the publishers behind emotional narratives like This War of Mine and Indika, Death Howl offers a gut-wrenching story about a mother who travels to the spirit realm in search of her lost son only to face restless spirits in tactical combat.

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Windows 11 lets you shrink taskbar icons for a cleaner, more compact look — here’s how to enable smaller icons easily

On Windows 11, you can make the app icons small in the Taskbar right from the Settings app, and in this guide, I'll show you the easy steps to complete this configuration.

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7 games from The Game Awards 2025 I'm looking forward to most — Wishlist now or check them out ahead of launch

We got a look at several upcoming games during The Game Awards 2025, but seven, in particular, stood out to me the most. These are the games I personally cannot wait to play.

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The Best Games of 2025 — The Windows Central team ranks our favorite titles across Xbox and Windows PC

The Windows Central team has come together to vote and rank on our favorite games of 2025 launching on Xbox and PC, with a few honorable mentions on top!

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Microsoft’s AI chief Mustafa Suleyman has warned that the odds of existential doom are “nearly absolute” — the company could walk away from AI if risks escalate

Even as Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman advocates for humanist superintelligence, the executive recently indicated that the company will pull the plug on the technology if it becomes a threat to humanity.

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WhatsApp is logging out native app users — and forcing them onto a slower, resource-heavy web wrapper, sparking outrage

WhatsApp is pushing Windows users toward a new wrapped web app that uses significantly more RAM, raising concerns about performance on lower-end PCs.

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My top 17 Windows 11 features introduced in 2025 — personal picks from cleaner UI experiences to major PC gaming upgrades

As 2025 comes to an end, explore the top Windows 11 features released in 2025, including Start menu changes, Quick Machine Recovery, Xbox FSE, Battery Percentage in Taskbar, Administrator Protection, widgets, and more.

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Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic director Casey Hudson promises release date before 2030 — “I’m not getting any younger!”

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic director Casey Hudson of KOTOR and Mass Effect fame says the game will come out before 2030.

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Expedition 33 absolutely robbed this The Game Awards nominee of a win — it didn’t deserve this award

To nobody's surprise, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year at The Game Awards. But it also won Best RPG — and it shouldn't have, against Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

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"We have officially been robbed" — Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 devs react to Expedition 33 beating the huge medieval RPG at The Game Awards

The developers of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 have reacted to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 beating the RPG in three categories at The Game Awards.

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I finally looked up translations for Expedition 33's main songs — I had no idea how much they gave away the plot this whole time

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won 9 awards, including Game of the Year, during The Game Awards 2025. I finally decided to look up the translation to its hauntingly beautiful music, and I'm happy I only did so after beating it.

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Xbox leadership gets a shake-up in 2026 — current CFO Tim Stuart transitions to COO of ZeniMax Media

Microsoft Gaming CFO Tim Stuart is transitioning to ZeniMax Media COO in 2026, while Xavier Pokorzynski takes over his old role.

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Blizzard announces new Diablo IV merch in celebration of Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred's reveal at The Game Awards — here's what they're selling

Hot off the heels of Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred's cinematic reveal at the 2025 Game Awards, Blizzard has revealed a line-up of new merchandise to commemorate it, from apparel to figures.

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The latest victim of AI-driven RAM price hikes — the cost of building your own laptop

Framework’s DIY laptops now cost more due to a 50% jump in DDR5 prices, showing how AI datacenters continue to squeeze consumer RAM supply.

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RAM costs are completely bonkers, making it tough to upgrade your PC — Here's how you can work around the price gouging so it doesn't spoil your holiday shopping

RAM prices are completely out of control, making it tough to upgrade a PC. Whether you're hoping to buy for yourself or for your favorite PC gamer, I have some advice to help you avoid overpaying.

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Gemini 3 launch had less of an impact on ChatGPT than CEO Sam Altman feared — OpenAI eyes January exit from "code red"

OpenAI finally launched its GPT-5.2 model after CEO Sam Altman declared code red following Google's successful Gemini 3 launch. The model ships with advanced capabilities across coding, text, image, and video.

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AYANEO's latest gaming handheld is a spiritual successor to one of my favorite smartphones of all time

AYANEO makes some pretty wild portable gaming devices, and in 2026 it's going to be making its first phone. 15 years on, we're finally getting a spiritual successor to the Sony Xperia Play.

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Disney's $1 billion investment in OpenAI brings Mickey Mouse to Sora AI's doorstep — will it redefine Hollywood's future?

The Walt Disney Company announced that it is investing $1 billion in OpenAI in a new three-year licensing agreement, which will allow Sora to create user-prompted social videos from its copyrighted content.

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Total War: Warhammer 40K announced at the Game Awards 2025 — and it's coming to Xbox and PS5 alongside PC

Creative Assembly showed up to the Game Awards 2025 to reveal Total War: Warhammer 40K.

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Hogwarts Legacy is totally free on the Epic Games Store for a limited time, but you may have trouble getting it

During The Game Awards 2025, it was confirmed that Hogwarts Legacy is the newest free game on the Epic Games Store, at least for a limited time (so go redeem).

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Crystal Dynamics announces two Tomb Raider games at the Game Awards 2025 — and the first one is coming in 2026

Crystal Dynamics appeared at the Game Awards 2025 to announce two different Tomb Raider games.

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