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• ASUS and XREAL teamed up at CES to make gaming smartglasses with two important upgrades

  At CES 2026, ASUS and XREAL teamed up to make a pair of gaming-focused smartglasses with two important features: a 240Hz refresh and a dedicated dock for connecting PCs and consoles.

• Ubisoft is shutting down a studio 16 days after it unionized

  Union-buster's Creed

• Roblox now requires age verification to use in-game chat

  Roblox now requires age verification for in-game chat.

• This game controller has a force feedback steering wheel lodged in the middle

  It features a compact steering wheel at the center of an otherwise typical controller design. It’s also got force feedback, tech usually found in (full-sized) steering wheel controllers.

• Lenovo updates its Legion and LOQ gaming laptops for CES

  Lenovo has refreshed its gaming laptops for CES.

• Lenovo reveals a SteamOS variant of the Legion Go 2 at CES

  But you'll have to wait until June to get one.

• Quake is now Steam Deck Verified

  Bethesda announced on X today that Quake is now a Steam Deck Verified title.

• CES 2026: Hyperkin and Gamesir made a modular game controller for your smartphone, tablet and even your Switch

  The X5 Alteron may be the world's first fully modular mobile games controller, with swap-out button arrays and sticks.

• Intel's Core Ultra Series 3 let me play 'Battlefield 6' at 190 fps on a Lenovo ultraportable

  Intel's Arc graphics has come far enough to let me playing Battlefield 6 at insanely high fps rates.

• Amazon Luna's January lineup includes Madden NFL 26 for free

  Amazon Luna's new January games include Madden NFL 26, The Jackbox Party Pack 3 and the return of Death Stranding Director's Cut.

• Riot Games' 2XKO will hit consoles on January 20

  Riot Games has a pretty long legacy as a PC gaming studio, but the company is spreading out into consoles with its newest title.

• The PC version of 007 First Light requires lots of expensive RAM and VRAM to run at recommended settings

  IO Interactive just announced PC requirements for the upcoming James Bond game 007 First Light. It'll support NVIDIA DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation.

• PNY is releasing slim-sized NVIDIA RTX GPUs just as PC building becomes prohibitively expensive

  All three variants, covering the 5070, 5070 Ti and 5080, are two slot cards with just a pair of 120mm fans for cooling.

• Resident Evil Village and Star Wars Outlaws join January's Game Pass additions

  Little Nightmares Enhanced Edition is available today.

• Corsair made a keyboard with a built-in Stream Deck

  Corsair just introduced a gaming keyboard with an integrated Elgato Stream Deck. It even has a five-inch screen for keeping track of things.

• LG's UltraGear GX7 is its fastest and brightest OLED gaming monitor to date

  LG is stepping up its OLED monitor game with its fastest and brightest model yet, the UltraGear GX7.

• NVIDIA's G-Sync Pulsar tech can minimize motion blur for gamers

  NVIDIA has unveiled the G-Sync Pulsar, which it calls the “latest evolution of [its] pioneering VRR technology,,” at CES 2026.

• Razer's Project Motoko is a concept gaming headset that doubles as an AI wearable

  We see plenty of far-out ideas on the CES show floor, and this year Razer brought in a concept piece called Project Motoko.

• Razer's Project Madison concept chair has reactive lighting, immersive audio and multi-zone haptics

  Razer announced the Project Madison concept at CES 2026 along with a new, cooler version of its Iskur V2 gaming chair.

• NVIDIA announces DLSS 4.5 at CES 2026

  Just like last year, NVIDIA has used some of its time on the CES stage to introduce an upgraded version of its real-time image-upscaling technology.