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Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite reviews are in, but these second-gen Windows-on-Arm chips still aren’t grabbing me as a PC gamer

There’s been a decent level of buzz around Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite chip for a while now. That’s for good reason. It popped up on Geekbench last month, beating its x86 laptop competition by over 30% in single-core performance, and early tests beat out AMD, Intel, and Apple in power. Now we’ve finally seen it…

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Intel’s new Nova Lake CPU claimed to have superior IPC performance to AMD’s next-gen Zen 6 as rumour mill goes into overdrive with talk of higher core counts and an APU with a massive iGPU

Rumours around Intel’s next-gen Nova Lake CPUs have multiplied rapidly in recent days. Highlights include an IPC performance advantage over AMD’s upcoming Zen 6 chips, a core count upgrade for some models, and a massive APU variant to take on AMD’s Strix Halo or its successor. First up, those IPC claims. IPC refers to instructions…

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SteelSeries Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2 review

SteelSeries has updated its longstanding Aerox 3 Wireless Gen 2 rodent for 2026 as it seeks to bring a veteran of the ultralight rodent world up to date. The changes are mostly inside, with a shiny new sensor, higher wireless polling and major improvements to battery life. The £100/$100 price tag is enticing, although we’ve…

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The multiplayer shooter with radioactive attack bears and moose-drawn artillery is closing after less than a year in early access

Remember Striden, the game with the radioactive attack bears and moose artillery? It charmed both PC Gamer editor Tyler Wilde and myself when we saw it in 2024 with its amusingly odd mash-up of Rust, Stalker, and extremely dangerous wildlife. But it wasn’t able to draw in a critical mass of players, and less than…

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Avalanche’s cancelled AionGuard ‘would have been Crimson Desert’ but the publisher ‘broke up with us on a text message’

Just Cause developer Avalanche was dealt a blow last year when Xbox cancelled Contraband, a co-op smuggling game set in ’70s Southeast Asia. But it’s not the first project in the Swedish studio’s long history to be canned after years of investment and high hopes. Avalanche co-founder and former chief creative officer Christofer Sundberg has…

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