MSI’s new Claw 8 EX AI+ handheld with an Intel Arc G3 Extreme and 32GB of RAM costs $1,799 — company says it’ll be ‘a tough year’ with chances of ‘another price hike’

MSI’s new Arc G3 Extreme-based handheld costs nearly $2,000 but the company is rather apologetic about it, even if it’s warning that the price may rise in the future.
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Hardcore SpongeBob speedrunners smudged Xbox optical disks with sweat and grease to exploit ‘lag clip’ trick — filthy smeared disks cut gameplay times in ultimate pursuit of speed

A grease smear-induced optical disc reading quirk can save speedrunners lots of time in SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom on Xbox.
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Xbox will pay five times more for memory and storage in 2027 than it did two years ago — CEO Asha Sharma admits there’s an unsustainable hardware gap that ‘cannot continue’

The next-gen Xbox Helix is looking in trouble due to surging memory and storage costs that are forcing even a giant like Microsoft to bend down.
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Overenthusiastic GTA 6 fan claims to be monitoring oxygen levels, acoustic noise from the bushes at Rockstar North HQ — promises trailer 3 launch is imminent based on heightened activity

Either a dedicated jokester or a deranged fan has been posting advanced surveillance on Reddit in an attempt to predict the next GTA 6 trailer.
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Developer gets Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95 — proves 2007 phones can just about match 1998 PCs

Argentine developer Dante Leoncini has gotten the original Half-Life running at 30 FPS on a Nokia N95, the Symbian slider phone that launched in 2007.
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Nintendo Switch 2 with user-replaceable batteries coming to the EU — console maker confirms it will comply with regulations set to take effect from 2027

The European Union’s new directives for easily user-replaceable batteries will force Nintendo to update its Switch 2 console with a revised model. The law goes into effect from February 18, 2027, which means an updated Swi…

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ brings Intel Arc G3 Extreme to handhelds — 8-inch, 120 Hz display and new ergonomic grips

The MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ brought comfort and performance to Computex with massive prongs and Intel Arc G3 Extreme.