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Steam achievements for both upcoming and unannounced games may have been leaked by Valve and spotted on the third-party site Exophase.

Software updates for apps, operating systems and services primarily serve two benefits — they deliver new features and fix known issues. Hardware driver updates largely fall into the latter category, so don’t offer as much excitement, but keeping them up-to-date is a good way to ensure your computer’s internals perform optimally. 

With the soaring costs of components, it’s actually become more viable to buy a pre-built gaming PC in recent months as a way to pay less for a modern rig. And when builders like iBuyPower are running sales with up to $350 off machines for Labor Day, it becomes an even better way to buy…

As you’ve no doubt seen, modders have been having a field day messing about with Nvidia’s DLSS 5, and the latest experiments include a trick to boost performance in a big way, and a method of easily running the tech in a lot more games.

Following the leak of the tech and a raft of unofficial mods, this week saw Nvidia’s official launch of DLSS 5, with the company showing it off in NBA 2K27 at Gamescom 2026 and providing some further illuminating details.

So while NBA 2K27 is officially the first game to launch with Nvidia’s newly launched DLSS 5, you’ve probably already seen it pop up in hundreds of more games than that. And I’ll say it again just like I said it before — in photorealistic games, it’s fantastic. But If you venture out of that…

The Steam Deck was the king of gaming handhelds when it arrived. But with more competition (and a higher price), is it still worth the cost?

Upcoming grand strategy game Afterworldis all about building your own society in a post-apocalyptic North America, and, like other games by developer Paradox Interactive, it offers an incredible level of freedom to run things the way you want.

Acer’s most interesting announcements this week were its repairable laptop and the DualPlay Mini concept. They were two very different reveals for IFA: one a more sustainable approach to the laptop upgrade cycle, the other a dreamy/mad hybrid of a handheld gaming PC and mini-laptop, using the same eight-inch display.

Nexus Mods said the community-led site will operate as it always has, while becoming stronger and better resourced.