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Corsair dropped the Void V2 Max wireless headset at $149 but you can grab it for $120 during sales which makes the upgrade over the regular V2 model kind of worth checking out. The physical build stays identical at 303 grams with the same mesh cups but the Max packs better foam padding for...

The guy behind Lies of P basically promised fans they are gonna love what comes next after scooping up the award for best expansion at the Golden Joystick Awards. Director Choi Ji-won told GamesRadar that Round8 and Neowiz are grinding away on something that will deliver maximum fun without...

Embracer Group just dumped Cryptic Studios and Arc Games to some fresh outfit called Project Golden Arc that got bankrolled by XD Inc. The whole operation gets run by the Arc Games leadership squad who basically bought their own company back. Cryptic made a bunch of MMOs like Star Trek Online...

Tachyum rolled out specs for its open source TDIMM memory standard that supposedly cranks bandwidth up by 5.5 times compared to regular DDR5 RDIMMs. The new modules jump from 51 GB/s to 281 GB/s while offering capacities ranging from 256 GB in standard height all the way to 1 TB in extra tall...

SHIFT UP locked down a publishing agreement with Tencent subsidiary Level Infinite for their next title, called Project Spirits, that runs on Unreal Engine 5. The game hits PC plus consoles and mobile with Yongxing Interactive helping out on development duties. This marks the second time these...

Chinese gaming PC maker Thunderobot dropped its first systems running Hygon C86 processors at some esports event instead of going with AMD or Intel chips. The 16-core CPUs have 32 threads with 32 MB cache and work with DDR5 memory plus PCIe 5.0 slots using a dual chiplet setup where each die...

Two leakers are saying Bungie started cooking up Destiny 3 after years of fans begging for it. The first hint dropped when Bungie_Leaks reposted protected info from another account mentioning early development plus some kind of Destiny 2 classic mode getting approved. Colony Deaks backed it up...

The ESRB just dropped a rating for the PC port of Death Stranding 2 which basically means it's coming out soon. People are expecting Kojima Productions to announce it at The Game Awards since that show is where companies usually reveal their stuff alongside the actual awards. Sony Interactive...

Qualcomm just rolled out the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 as a cheaper alternative to their flagship 8 Elite Gen 5 chip that still packs solid specs. The new processor uses the same 3nm manufacturing process and CPU setup but runs at lower clock speeds with performance cores hitting 3.80GHz and efficiency...

Minisforum dropped their G1 Pro gaming PC that packs an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX processor with a desktop RTX 5060 GPU pushing 245W combined output. The thing runs a 350W power supply with 300W cooling that keeps it quiet while handling games and creative software. The white vertical case with RGB...

Kenya's ruling UDA party fired back at opposition groups who claim the electoral commission is setting up voter fraud for the by-elections. The party accused their opponents of trying to trash IEBC's credibility because they're scared of losing at the polls and preparing excuses ahead of time...

Kenyan drivers are about to get cooked with massive traffic jams on the Rironi-Nakuru-Mau Summit highway when President William Ruto shows up to launch the big road project. KeNHA basically told people to either stay home or take wildly different routes because the whole corridor is getting...

Kenyan police are looking into what happened to journalist Amos Maina who dropped dead at his usual bar spot in Roysambu. The 32-year-old apparently got sick right after drinking something and his wife Regina Wanjiru showed up to find him basically lifeless in a chair with one shoe off. The...

Kenya's electoral commission wrapped up getting everything ready for the by-elections happening across 22 areas. IEBC Chairperson Erastus Ethekon told poll workers at Agoro Sare High School to stick to their training and let voters pick whoever they want without drama. Ballot materials and...

Military officers just grabbed power in Guinea-Bissau after armed groups snatched up President Umaro Sissoco Embaló near his palace. General Denis N'Canha went on state TV to announce that the High Military Command for the Restoration of Order was taking charge and shut down the borders while...

Three Zimbabwean influencers got caught pushing scam ads and had to publicly eat crow. Madam Boss, Royal Mint and Mabrijo all ran promos for Diamond Migration, a company that turned out to be totally fake and not even registered to handle immigration services. The whole thing blew up when people...

Car break-ins are hitting Harare hard, with thieves snatching laptops and bags from parked vehicles across the city. Police got five theft reports in a single day from businesspeople who stepped away for a few minutes. The losses ranged from Lovemore Chitsva losing his Lenovo laptop and gear...

Church leaders in Harare are getting warned about worshippers hitting energy drinks and drugs to power through all-night prayer sessions. Father Thulani Makuwa from the Anglican Charismatic Church says praise team members are showing up high and acting weird during services. The problem has...

DJ Mzoe has been spinning tracks across Bulawayo for 23 years and just scored another nomination at the Bulawayo Arts Awards for Outstanding Club DJ. The guy already won back in 2021 and says the recognition keeps him motivated to level up his craft. During the pandemic, when everything shut...

Zimbabwe and Zambia kicked off their big energy summit in Livingstone, where government officials and private companies are trying to figure out how to get more power projects moving in the region. The whole thing is about getting mines and energy infrastructure actually built instead of just...