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Razer’s new Opus headphones take on Bose and Sony

When you hear Razer — best known for its gaming laptops and accessories — is releasing a new noise-canceling headphone, the first thing you probably ask yourself is whether it’s a gaming headphone. Surprisingly, when it comes to the new $200 Opus, the answer is no. It’s an everyday noise-canceling headphone that Razer hopes its …

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Apple Arcade’s new Winding Worlds game seeks to ease pandemic stress for all ages

This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks we got at some of the service’s high-profile new games. Winding Worlds, a new game from Montreal indie development studio KO_OP, became the latest to join Apple Arcade‘s growing catalog of over 110 games on Friday. In the colorful puzzle game, you play as Willow, a bunny-like creature who’s hired …

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Apple Arcade: Butter Royale and three other games get updates

This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks we got at some of the service’s high-profile new games. Apple Arcade on Friday updated four games with new features, just in time for the weekend. Arcade, the tech giant’s $4.99 (£4.99, AU$7.99)-a-month gaming service, updates games almost weekly as well as releasing new and exclusive titles for …

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Alienware adds Nvidia RTX Super, Radeon RX graphics to Area

The latest Alienware Area-51m R2 is essentially a small gaming desktop with a screen and keyboard attached. The monster gaming laptop is getting its first refresh since the first Area-51m arrived last year when it posted some of the best gaming performance we’d seen in the category. It goes on sale on June 9 starting at $3,050. International prices aren’t …

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Newegg sale: Get these gaming PCs and laptops for less than at Amazon

Saying Amazon is difficult to beat on price is like saying Michael Jordan was difficult to beat on the basketball court. It rarely happens, or happened. Newegg, however, wants to be the Bad Boy Pistons of computer retail: It has a handful of deals on gaming systems that are better than what is currently offered on Amazon. Namely, two MSI …

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Google Play’s Change the Game design challenge is now taking applications

Google Play’s Change the Game, an initiative that empowers women as gamers and creators, started accepting applicants for its 2020 design challenge on Monday. To enter, designers 13 to 18 years old can submit their idea for an original mobile game with a statement on why they’re passionate about gaming or what change they’d like to see in the gaming …

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Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 768G processor gives 5G boost to midrange phones

Qualcomm has a new processor that should provide a performance boost for some nonflagship phones. On Monday the chipmaker introduced its latest chip, the Snapdragon 768G, which should deliver better performance on midrange phones.  The company says that the new chip, which has a 2.8GHz clock speed compared to the 2.4GHz speed found on last year’s Snapdragon 765G, will offer …

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Apple Arcade updated four games for you to play this weekend

Apple Arcade rolled out updates for four games on Friday, which are all now available to play. Apple’s $4.99-a-month gaming subscription service also added new title The Otherside to its collection of more than 110 games on the platform, which debuted in September. The service is available on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac and Apple TV. Here are the games that were updated this week, and …

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Apple Arcade’s new action survival game makes all the best parts of board games digital

This story is part of CNET’s coverage of Apple Arcade, including exclusive first looks we got at some of the service’s high-profile new games. The Otherside, a digital board game from indie studio Barbacube, joins Apple Arcade‘s growing catalog of over 110 games on Friday. The action survival game was created by Mark Rubin, a former executive producer of Call of Duty at Infinity …

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HyperX, Ducky partner on One 2 Mini limited edition mechanical gaming keyboard

Gaming accessory and hardware maker HyperX announced today a new collaboration with keyboard manufacturer DuckyChannel International and its first product, a limited-edition Ducky One 2 Mini mechanical keyboard. The ultracompact two-tone keyboard uses HyperX’s red linear switches combined with Ducky’s custom double-shot PBT keycaps. It’s got a 60% design, meaning it’s 60% of the size of a standard full-size keyboard. …

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