New Launch Will See Apple’s Market Share Soar to 5-Year High A paywalled report published by DigiTimes talks about the launch of the new models while also mentioning that Apple’s market share may reach a new level. Compared to the MacBook Pro range that features the M1 Pro and M1 Max, there are not expected to be massive external changes. Apple’s previous redesign came in 2016 when it unveiled a series of ‘Pro’ portable Macs sporting the Touch Bar....

The new firmware update should be available for your console right now and is quite substantial compared to previous system updates. Aside from 1440p HDMI output, the new update packs changes to the Game Base, adds an option to create custom game lists, reorganizes the 3D audio settings, adds new features to the game hubs, and more. We’ve included some screenshots of the changes included with this new firmware version down below....

The updated banner was spotted yesterday by eagle-eyed Resetera user ‘Toumari’. As said, the updated image for Sony’s first-party studios now includes Samuel “Sam” Porter Bridges from Death Stranding on the left instead of Ash from PixelOpus’ Concrete Genie. Please note that the total banner might not be visible to everyone due to the resolution of your display (zoom out in your browser to view the entire banner). In addition, the new banner features an updated image from MLB: The Show, an updated design for Aloy, and an updated Gran Turismo design....

Like previous Nintendo “Mini” Directs, tomorrow’s showcase will focus on third-party titles and will be roughly 25 minutes long. The showcase will air on June 28 at 6 am PT via Nintendo’s official YouTube channel. Subscribe & turn on notifications here: https://t.co/SZA1P3RSHS pic.twitter.com/8hmCJ1p5EX — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 27, 2022 Additional details about the Mini showcase weren’t shared, and as expected the community is already guessing which games will be part of the showcase tomorrow....

No Man’s Sky: Leviathan has an announcement trailer which you can see below: The new expedition places players inside of a time loop curse. As expected of this sort of gameplay model, the difficulty is tuned to survival-mode settings, and every death means a reset of the loop. Players are tasked with assisting Specialist Polo as they research the loop, increasing the quality of rewards and upgrades for each new iteration....

Year-over-year revenue growth in PC gaming hardware and accessory categories was led by desktop computers, notebook computers, and PC microphones, increasing 38%, 29%, and 25%, respectively. PC microphones, monitors, and notebook computers experienced the highest unit volume growth, increasing 27%, 17%, and 16%, respectively. According to NPD’s Future of Technology forecast, 2022 PC gaming hardware and accessory revenue will see a 4% decline, a result of tremendously high volumes for the previous two years....

After it reported a major revenue shortfall yesterday, chip designer NVIDIA Corporation’s chief executive officer Mr. Jensen Huang has allegedly assured employees that they should not worry about their jobs. Mr. Huang’s comments were made in an email scooped by Business Insider, in which the executive shared his take on the company’s current operating environment and assured the recipients that NVIDIA remains one of the strongest chip companies in the industry courtesy of its prowess with designing and selling chips that are capable of artificial intelligence and other advanced computations....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 & RTX 4070 Updated To Lower TBP Specs, Now Rumored at 320W & 285W The latest rumor comes from Kopite7kimi who has reported that NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4080 & RTX 4070 graphics cards will now feature a lower TBP (Total Board Power) figure versus what the green team had planned previously. It is stated that the GeForce RTX 4080 would feature a TBP of 320W & the RTX 4070 would feature a TBP of 285W however one should always remember that these specs aren’t set in stone and while they are based on actual internal changes, the final retail specs could always change....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Graphics Card Now Available For $1199 US, Available In Various Custom Flavors Yesterday, we posted our review of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card which offers a big improvement over its predecessor in terms of performance and efficiency. While the gains are big, the price is also big, in fact, our main issue with the card is its price which is the single largest price bump for a graphics card we have seen to date....

Users are purchasing components for their computer systems and laptops, increasing sales of those parts by as much as four times over the last nine months. The purchased components are CPUs, GPUs, memory kits, SSDs, HDDs, cases, and motherboards. Consumers use more localized online retailers, such as Wildberries, Ozon, and M.Video-Eldorado, to purchase their needed computer components. NVIDIA, Dell, HP, and ASUS are four companies that have halted all shipments to the country....

128GB Google Pixel 7 Smartphone in Obsidian Black Available for Just $474 this Cyber Monday 2022 As mentioned above, the phone is completely unlocked and will work on 5G carriers without any issues. Just make sure you place your order on time if you want to enjoy Google’s latest and greatest flagship powered by the Tensor chip. Buy Google Pixel 7-5G Android Phone - Unlocked Smartphone - Was $599, now just $474 Powered by the Google Tensor G2 chip, this year’s flagship is faster than ever and thanks to the improved image processing, photos and videos come out great as well....

Speaking to Video Games Chronicle, Platinum CEO Atsushi Inaba admits they’re open to acquisition talks, provided they get to retain their creative freedom… Inaba doesn’t come right out and say it, but his answer certainly seems to hint they see Microsoft as their most likely buyer. Platinum auteur Hideki Kamiya recently made comments about wanting to finish the canceled Xbox One exclusive Scalebound with Microsoft, so Inaba isn’t the only one dropping hints in that direction....

In a new video shared on YouTube, eXtas1s, who proved to be quite reliable regarding Microsoft rumors in the past few months, revealed that the Japanese studio has approached Microsoft to publish and fund their next game. Sources did not say if Microsoft has agreed to the proposal, so we do not know if the two companies will collaborate again following the cancellation of Scalebound. PlatinumGames and Microsoft working together don’t sound too far-fetched, despite the already mentioned Scalebound fiasco....

The PlayStation 3 4.89 and PlayStation Vita 3.74 firmware updates, according to online reports, actually remove features from the two systems, as they disable account creation, remove some account management settings and require two-factor authentication to sign in. Accounts created on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, as well as via the PlayStation Network official website, can be used without any limitation on the classic Sony systems. While disappointing, the changes introduced to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita systems via the latest firmware updates aren’t exactly surprising....

The new faceplates will join an array of similarly-colored DualSense controllers, which actually offer some minor mechanical improvements over the original version of Sony’s gamepad. You can check out a quick trailer for the multicolored Dualsense controllers, below. Here’s a bit more detail about the upcoming PS5 console covers… What do you think? Are you interested in adding a little color to your PS5? Or is the basic white shell good enough for you?...

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Is Tailor-Made for Samsung’s 200MP HP3 Sensor, Suggesting That It Is Optimized for the Upcoming Galaxy S23 Series Not all of the information came through, but Yogesh Brar has provided some key differences between the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and its predecessor. For instance, the SoC’s CPU is 40 percent faster than the CPU configuration running in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, along with a 25 percent faster GPU....

Rocksmith+ will be a subscription service with various packages separated by time brackets. If you want to pay for the service every month, you’ll have to spend $12.99. Three months will cost about $34.99, and a full year will set you back about $84.99. There’s an additional incentive for players returning from the closed betas or Rocksmith 2014. If you’ve purchased a three-month or twelve-month subscription and have played either the Rocksmith+ beta or Rocksmith 2014, you’ll receive an additional month (for the three-month plan) or an additional three months (for the twelve-month plan) completely free of charge....

Samsung officially confirms PAM3 signaling for GDDR7 Memory, showing a more significant improvement over NRZ and PAM4 by 25% Last year, Intel executive Gregory M. Bryant traveled to the Intel Israeli Research and Development facilities and posted images of his trip to Twitter. During the visit, Bryant accidentally leaked an image that displayed information about Thunderbolt 5 technology which had yet to be released. Once the executive realized his mistake, the picture was deleted from the post but had described some pertinent developments, namely PAM3 signaling (GDDR7)....

We first covered it in July 2016, when Scorn was added to the now-defunct Steam Greenlight platform. A little over a year later, Ebb Software launched a Kickstarter campaign where they received €192.487 in pledges. Even so, the developers went silent for a long while until 2020, when a new Scorn trailer appeared on an Inside Xbox episode where we also learned of the console exclusivity deal with Microsoft. With the game now only a couple of months away, Ebb Software has taken to Steam to discuss certain aspects of Scorn with the community....

Seasonic & Silverstone Ready With Next-Gen ATX 3.0 & Gen 5 PSU’s, Fulfilling High-Power Needs of Upcoming GPUs The ATX 3.0 and Gen 5.0 (12VHPWR) standard is designed to fully support net-generation CPU & GPU platforms and tackle the 3x power spikes that the new hardware would create. As such, the PSU industry is gearing up for the launch of their next-gen products that will fulfill your PC’s power needs for years to come....