MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ review: Unmatched performance and a jaw-dropping price tag
MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ review: Unmatched performance and a jaw-dropping price tag

It has the performance muscle that is unmatched in this class, but the Claw 8 EX AI+’s $1,799 price tag and lack of OLED leave us scratching our heads.

Valve working on SteamOS for general release — company collaborating with Nvidia to ensure compatibility, hints at dual-boot capabilities in the future

Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais says that the company is working on expanding SteamOS compatibility with Nvidia and other hardware platforms. This should make it easier for users to install the gaming operating system on non-Valve hardware, although it still requires a complete system wipe to replace the existing OS.

Valve engineers talk Steam Machine, pricing, and the benefits of massive heatsinks — explain why Valve hardware needs to be a ‘self-sustained program’
Valve engineers talk Steam Machine, pricing, and the benefits of massive heatsinks — explain why Valve hardware needs to be a ‘self-sustained program’

We talked to Valve engineers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Yazan Aldehayyat ahead of the Steam Machine’s launch to learn more about its pricing, engineering, and how the company is handling availability.

Valve opens Steam Machine reservations — details $1,049 starting price, randomized queue to stop scalpers, and limited inventory

In a blog post, Valve explained its new randomized reservation systems, new tactics to stop scalpers, and why it has limited inventory.

Valve Steam Machine review: Couch gaming unboxed, but not always at 4K
Valve Steam Machine review: Couch gaming unboxed, but not always at 4K

Valve’s Steam Machine is nice box to play PC games on your TV, and is well-designed. But you’re not getting the latest hardware, despite a starting price above $1,000.

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.

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.

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.