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Eyeing a curved monitor? Here are the pros and cons to consider

  • Curved monitors excel at immersive gaming and wide-aspect-ratio titles.
  • Ultrawide curved screens can rival dual-monitor productivity setups.
  • Downsides include higher cost, more desk space, and poor shared viewing.

Curved monitors have evolved from novelty to mainstream, with even 52-inch 6K ultrawide models now on the market, but they remain a better fit for some uses than others. Their biggest strength is gaming, offering immersive fields of view and support for wide aspect ratios such as 21:9…

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Voicemod’s new pocket-friendly device brings real-time voice changing to your phone

  • Voicemod launches Key Pocket, a mobile real-time voice-changing device
  • Costs $99.90, or $129.90 with a Pro licence bundle
  • Works via USB-C bridge with phones, consoles and Meta Quest

Voicemod has launched the Key Pocket, a small hardware device that brings its real-time voice-changing technology to mobile phones for the first time, expanding on the original Voicemod Key dongle released for consoles in late 2024. Unlike the earlier device, which only used a phone as an interface…

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Microsoft issues emergency Windows 11 update to fix its record-breaking patch

  • Microsoft rushes out fix for bugs in huge September patch
  • Update fixes Hyper-V, Remote Desktop and USB audio issues
  • Emergency patches have become far more frequent in 2026

Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band update to fix bugs introduced by its record-breaking September Patch Tuesday release, which had patched nearly 1,000 vulnerabilities in the company's largest update to date. The fixes address issues affecting businesses, developers and gamers, underlining how increasingly frequent these emergency patches have…

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Valve is still figuring out ‘how and when’ to do Steam Deck 2

  • Valve confirms Steam Deck 2 is still in development, no timeline given
  • Design depends on finding the right efficient, powerful chip
  • RAM shortage hasn't changed Valve's approach, unlike other hardware

Valve has confirmed that a successor to the Steam Deck is still in the works, but the company remains undecided on the specifics of "how and when" it will arrive, according to designer Pierre-Loup Griffais in an interview with IGN. Valve has long maintained that a Steam Deck…

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Blizzard Explains How Diablo 5 Avoids Diablo 4’s Open-World Problem

  • Diablo 5 returns to procedural overworld generation, unlike Diablo 4's static map.
  • Caravan replaces towns; world built from procedurally generated "tiles".
  • Overlay map included from day one, unlike Diablo 4 at launch.

Blizzard has explained how Diablo 5 aims to avoid the criticism levelled at Diablo 4's largely static open world, revealing that the game will return to the procedurally generated overworlds used in Diablo 2 and 3. Speaking at a BlizzCon 2026 group Q&A attended by Polygon, executive producer…

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New Steam Game Is Like Balatro Meets Newgrounds-Era Flash Games

  • New $7 Steam roguelike Kaz combines Balatro-style perks with Flash-game speed
  • Players defeat grid enemies within 15-second time limits per level
  • Curse meter and unlockable themed characters add depth and variety

Kaz, a new $7 roguelike from developer Kalinarm, has launched on Steam and is drawing attention for blending the deckbuilding perk system of Balatro with the stripped-down, reflex-driven feel of early Flash browser games. According to a Polygon impressions piece, the game challenges players to defeat enemies appearing…

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The 10 Best Marvel Video Games Of All Time

  • Polygon ranks the ten best Marvel video games ever made
  • List includes Midnight Suns, Marvel Snap and Guardians of the Galaxy
  • Titles span tactics, action, mobile and family-friendly Lego genres

Polygon has published a ranked list of the ten best Marvel video games available to play today, spanning decades of adaptations across consoles, PC and mobile devices. The feature notes that while Marvel has had video game tie-ins since Spider-Man's 1982 Atari 2600 debut, quality has varied wildly,…

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Forgotten PlayStation Gem Is Officially Free

  • Luftrausers is free on PC via Epic Games Store until 17 September 2026
  • The acclaimed arcade shooter originally launched on PS3 and PS Vita in 2014
  • It was never a true PlayStation exclusive and skipped PS4 entirely

Luftrausers, an arcade shooter with roots in the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita era, is currently available for free on PC via the Epic Games Store. Although widely remembered as part of PlayStation's back catalogue, the game was never a true console exclusive, having launched simultaneously on PC…

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Wireless mice now deliver latency performance equivalent to wired alternatives

  • Wireless and wired gaming mice now perform almost identically in latency and precision
  • All ten top e-sports mice in a 2025 survey were wireless
  • Wireless mice mainly cost more and need charging, not slower performance

Choosing between a wired and wireless gaming mouse used to involve a meaningful performance trade-off, particularly around latency, but that gap has narrowed considerably in recent years. This matters for gamers deciding where to invest, as most mice now recommended for 2026, including those favoured by e-sports professionals,…

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Magic: The Gathering Officially Reveals Jace’s New Planeswalker Replacement

  • Jace Beleren becomes the villain in Magic's new Reality Fracture set.
  • His fractured psyche created antagonist "the Theorist" and Echoverse.
  • Tam, made from Jace's essence, is positioned as his heroic replacement.

Wizards of the Coast has revealed that Jace Beleren, a founding Planeswalker of Magic: The Gathering, will be replaced as a central hero by a new character named Tam, following storyline events in the upcoming Reality Fracture set. The reveal marks a major shift for the card game's…

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