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Blizzard Entertainment confirmed LE SSERAFIM will close out BlizzCon 2026 on September 13 at the Anaheim Convention Center, marking their second BlizzCon headlining slot after their acclaimed 2023 performance.

Steam Next Fest brought a fresh wave of DLSS-supported games: the Mortal Shell II Open Beta, The Sinking City 2 demo ahead of its August 18 launch, Empulse in Early Access on June 24, and Subnautica 2 upgrading to native DLSS 4.5 Super Resolution for all RTX players.

ASUS ROG's 2026 Zephyrus lineup is now in the Philippines, led by the Zephyrus Duo, the world's first 16-inch dual-screen gaming laptop. The G16 and G14 bring the same Intel and RTX 50-series power in slimmer, cheaper packages.

Kingston Technology rounds up four portable storage products for summer travel: the XS2000 portable SSD at 2,000MB/s with IP55 protection, the cable-free Dual Portable SSD with built-in USB-A and USB-C, the XS1000 and the Canvas Go! Plus SD for 4K shooters.

Diablo IV's Season 14 "Season of Death Awakening" launches July 1 AEST with Pandemonium Ruptures, a Mythic Uniques system overhaul, Solo Self Found mode with exclusive leaderboards, and a free Warlock trial for new players through July 7.

Crunchyroll's Summer 2026 anime lineup is here: Mushoku Tensei Season 3, Black Torch, Skeleton Knight Season 2, ONE PIECE Elbaph Arc Part 2, and a full slate of new exclusives starting June 24.

Com2uS has announced a Summoners War collaboration with Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, launching June 29 PDT. The Frieren manga has surpassed 35 million copies and its anime's third season is confirmed for 2027.

Cadence and Intel Foundry have signed a multi-year DTCO agreement for Intel 14A, combining AI-driven EDA tools with Intel's process expertise to deliver production-ready PDKs for HPC and mobile chip designs.

MINIX's N304-AI mini PC runs Intel's Wildcat Lake platform with 24 TOPS of total AI performance, 16GB LPDDR5X, dual Gigabit Ethernet, and Windows 11 Pro. It's aimed at homes, businesses, and edge computing environments that want local AI at an accessible price.

Com2uS Holdings launches ColorSweeper globally on July 2, 2026. The mobile puzzle game by studio ARRKKA blends Minesweeper and Nonogram with a no-guessing guarantee, designed so every stage is solvable through logic alone, across iOS and Android in 12 languages.

AMD has expanded FSR 4.1 machine learning upscaling to Radeon RX 7000 Series graphics cards with the Adrenalin Edition 26.6.2 driver. More than 300 titles are supported on RDNA 3, with day-one access for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced and DOOM: The Dark Ages Revelations.

AMD found that HandBrake was leaving high-core-count Threadripper CPUs underused during transcoding, sometimes losing up to 60% performance instead of scaling. Its fix, now merged into HandBrake 1.11.0 and later, delivers gains of up to 181% on Threadripper PRO 9995WX and 215% on Threadripper 7980X systems, with no workflow changes required from users.