If you want to release a video game that a million-odd people will download overnight, then a Fortnite-style free-to-play battle royale game seems like the way to go. Apex Legends, from Respawn and EA, has become an instant hit, thanks to its freemium business model and availability across PCs, Xbox and PlayStation. For PC players, …

In the biggest update to mobile gaming graphics since 2016, versions of Nvidia’s new RTX 20-series GPUs are launching in laptops today. Originally announced at CES 2019, this represents a generational leap over the previous GTX models. Sarah Tew/CNET The first RTX laptop tested at the CNET Labs is the Asus Zephyrus GX701, the latest in that thin-and-light Asus series. …

Every major PC maker has a division that makes PC gaming desktops and laptops, from Dell’s Alienware brand to HP’s Omen line. But at an event like CES 2019, it’s a bad idea to sleep on the smaller boutique PC makers who often bring new and interesting prototypes to the show. Origin PC’s sweet sixteen Origin PC has been building …

This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. Laptops were big business at CES 2019, not a surprise to anyone who has followed the show over the past several years. It’s usually a very popular category with dozens of new products, but I’ve rarely seen a year so packed …

The new Alienware Area-51m laptop has arrived, and it’s a monster. A big reveal from Dell’s in-house gaming brand at CES 2019 had been rumored for months, and this huge 17-inch gaming system more than lives up to the hype: Dell calls it “the world’s most powerful gaming laptop,” and it’s the product of several years of design and engineering …

The XPS 13 from Dell has been one of our favorite laptops for a few years. It launched the current war on bezels, shaving down its screen borders before almost everyone else, and that’s a look being copied far and wide now. But, even the most recent generation of the XPS 13 — which made big strides all its own …

Alienware, Dell’s in-house gaming brand, is pushing for thinner but larger gaming laptops with the new Alienware m17. An upscaled version of the recent m15, this new model adds a 17-inch screen (obviously) and Nvidia’s latest mobile GPU, which is likely going to be called the GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q (but that’s not finalized yet). The company says this is …

You can expect security to be a big topic at CES 2019, with many products designed to protect networks and data. But at the individual user level, you should also be thinking about one very basic way information can be misappropriated — your computer screen. The low-tech hack of simply looking over someone’s shoulder at an airport, coffee shop or …

Acer’s ambitious Swift 7 laptop was one of my favorite laptops of 2018. Its main selling point was an amazingly thin body housing a 14-inch screen. But the world’s-thinnest-laptop Swift 7 was more than a one-trick pony: It was actually a very usable everyday laptop, with an excellent touchscreen, good touchpad, 180-degree hinge and fanless cooling. Exactly one year later, …

Razer is kicking off 2019 with the Razer Blade 15 Advanced, a new edition of its 15-inch Blade laptop. And while it’s not as eye-popping as some of Razer’s past prototypes, but a new concept design for a high-end gaming display gives us a peek at what future products the innovative gaming hardware company is working on.  The Blade is already …