Gaming 5 February 2026 - 14 April 2026

Sohu Gains as Traders Watch Cash and Buybacks; China Gaming Cools
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Sohu Gains as Traders Watch Cash and Buybacks; China Gaming Cools

Sohu.com Limited’s U.S. shares edged higher Tuesday afternoon, gaining 0.8% to $13.93 on light volume. The move came as investors focused on the company’s most recent earnings rather than new headlines. Shares traded in a range from $13.55 to $13.99, with volume a little above 33,000. Sohu, a smaller Chinese internet and gaming stock on Nasdaq, is moving mostly on its last update, not fresh news. Timing is key here. Nasdaq trades from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern, and June 2 shows up as a regular trading day for 2026.
June 2, 2026
Anbernic RG Rotate revealed with swiveling screen, no price or launch date yet
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Anbernic RG Rotate revealed with swiveling screen, no price or launch date yet

Anbernic has introduced the RG Rotate, their latest Android handheld built for retro gaming fans—a device that stands out with its swiveling square display, as seen in a blog post and promotional video. The company hasn’t disclosed pricing, full specs, or a concrete release date yet. This is relevant now, as makers of dedicated handhelds look to carve out a distinct space in a market filled with everything from retro emulation devices to high-end Android and PC portables. The devices run emulators—software that recreates classic consoles. Omdia senior analyst James McWhirter noted in a 2024 report that handhelds have lost their status as a “solitary segment within the gaming market.”
April 14, 2026
Lenovo Revives Legion Y70 Gaming Phone for May China Launch as RedMagic Rival Takes Shape
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Lenovo Revives Legion Y70 Gaming Phone for May China Launch as RedMagic Rival Takes Shape

Lenovo announced on Weibo it’s gearing up to release a new Legion Y70 gaming phone in China this May, marking the return of its Legion series after the Y70 model debuted in 2022. On April 14, separate leaks surfaced—a hands-on image of the handset appeared online before Lenovo’s official launch. Lenovo is sliding back into the shrinking gaming phone segment—a space carved out for devices that tout high performance, big cooling systems, fast refresh rates and extra controls. Among the holdouts: RedMagic’s 11 Pro, priced from $699 and equipped with liquid cooling plus shoulder triggers, is still sold worldwide; Asus keeps pitching its ROG Phone 9, while Xiaomi is targeting April 21 for the China debut of its gamer-centric Redmi
April 14, 2026
Microsoft May Lower Xbox Game Pass Price After CEO Says Service Is Too Expensive
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Microsoft May Lower Xbox Game Pass Price After CEO Says Service Is Too Expensive

Redmond, Washington, April 14, 2026, 05:08 Microsoft is weighing adjustments to Xbox Game Pass pricing, following a leaked memo where gaming chief Asha Sharma told employees the subscription’s price was getting out of reach for users. The Verge reported Monday that possible changes could include near-term tweaks and a more substantial overhaul of the service’s sales model.
April 14, 2026
Lenovo Legion Go 2 Price Hits $2,849.99 as Memory Crunch Hits Gaming Handhelds
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Lenovo Legion Go 2 Price Hits $2,849.99 as Memory Crunch Hits Gaming Handhelds

Lenovo’s U.S. site has jacked up the price of its Legion Go 2 handheld with 2TB storage to $2,849.99—a steep climb from the $1,479.99 launch tag seen last September. Over at B&H Photo, the same 2TB Ryzen Z2 Extreme model is still marked $1,849.99, creating a $1,000 gulf between Lenovo’s own web store and a key retailer. This hits just as PC hardware makers are grappling with a new round of component price hikes. Analysts are flagging sharp contract-price jumps for DRAM—the main memory in PCs—and NAND flash, the storage chips in SSDs, this quarter, with AI servers soaking up supply.
April 13, 2026
GTA 6 Studio Rockstar Games Hack Escalates as ShinyHunters Says Stolen Data Will Be Published
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GTA 6 Studio Rockstar Games Hack Escalates as ShinyHunters Says Stolen Data Will Be Published

The group responsible for hacking Rockstar Games intends to release the pilfered data online, according to VGC, which referenced the hackers’ remarks to the BBC on Monday. Rockstar, for its part, maintains the hack disclosed only limited, non-material information, adding that players and operations were unaffected. This headache comes at an awkward time for Take-Two Interactive, headquartered in New York. Rockstar’s website still pins Nov. 19, 2026, as the launch date for Grand Theft Auto VI, a release Reuters said in February could generate billions for the company out of the gate.
April 13, 2026
PS5, PS4 Players Can Claim Graveyard Keeper Free on PlayStation Store After Sequel Reveal
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PS5, PS4 Players Can Claim Graveyard Keeper Free on PlayStation Store After Sequel Reveal

San Mateo, California, April 9, 2026, 14:05 PDT Sony’s PlayStation Store on Thursday showed tinyBuild’s Graveyard Keeper available at no charge for PS4, giving both PS4 users and PS5 players a chance to grab the 2019 title for free. The U.S. product page displayed “Free” next to the base edition, along with the familiar “Add to Library” option.
April 9, 2026
PS5 UI Update Starts Reaching Players as Sony Tests Cleaner, PS4-Style Home Menu
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PS5 UI Update Starts Reaching Players as Sony Tests Cleaner, PS4-Style Home Menu

San Mateo, California, April 9, 2026, 13:10 PDT Sony is starting to push out a new-look PlayStation 5 home interface to select users, swapping the original Games/Media toggle for individual tabs. Now, PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Store, Games, Library, and Media each get their own spot, along with Sony’s subscription and digital storefront. Clips and screenshots circulating in the gaming press show users flicking through these tabs with the L1 and R1 buttons on the controller.
April 9, 2026
Nvidia N1 Laptop Chip Leak Reveals 128GB Board, Setting Up a New Windows PC Fight
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Nvidia N1 Laptop Chip Leak Reveals 128GB Board, Setting Up a New Windows PC Fight

Photos claiming to show an Nvidia N1 laptop motherboard popped up Thursday, giving a rare look at a chip that might mark Nvidia’s shift from just graphics in notebooks to supplying the main processor. Tom’s Hardware reported the board showed up on China’s Goofish resale platform; both Gizmodo and Wccftech also picked up on the same listing. This isn’t just about a single leak. If the hardware is authentic, Nvidia’s making a real move toward Windows-on-Arm laptops, right as it ramps up its CPU ambitions. Back in January 2025, Reuters reported Nvidia and MediaTek were developing PC chips to go after Intel, AMD and Qualcomm. CEO Jensen Huang added in February, “We love CPUs as well as GPUs.”
April 9, 2026
Xbox Achievements Update Finally Lets Players Hide Games and Show 100% Completions
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Xbox Achievements Update Finally Lets Players Hide Games and Show 100% Completions

REDMOND, Washington, April 9, 2026, 12:06 PM Xbox users will soon be able to hide games from the Achievement history on their profiles, Microsoft said, with the feature rolling out to everyone later this month. A handful of Xbox Insiders have been testing it since April 8. Achievement pop-ups are also getting a new look, and Microsoft is introducing a more obvious indicator for games that players have finished completely.
April 9, 2026
Pokémon Champions Launch Stumbles as HOME Error 9007, Missing Modes Spark Backlash
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Pokémon Champions Launch Stumbles as HOME Error 9007, Missing Modes Spark Backlash

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company dropped Pokémon Champions on Wednesday. Not long after, reports started piling up about a transfer glitch with Pokémon HOME. Competitive players weren’t thrilled either—complaints rolled in about missing formats, a limited selection of playable Pokémon, and other restrictions right out of the gate. The shaky debut is significant: Champions isn’t just a secondary effort. According to The Pokémon Company, this is the software that will anchor official Video Game Championships, or VGC. The plan is to kick off with the Indianapolis Regional Championships, which run from May 29-31, before scaling up to the World Championships scheduled for Aug. 28-30.
April 9, 2026
Nvidia DLSS 5 Faces Fresh Resistance After Dev Warning, Gamer Poll and YouTube Copyright Claim
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Nvidia DLSS 5 Faces Fresh Resistance After Dev Warning, Gamer Poll and YouTube Copyright Claim

Nvidia’s DLSS 5 launch is facing new pushback. Liquid Swords tech director Fredrik Lönn called the tool unfit for production, citing the need for tighter integration and much wider hardware compatibility before developers could trust it. His team skipped DLSS 5 entirely for “Samson.” Nvidia’s been hyping DLSS 5 as a major leap for game visuals, due out this fall. But the run-up hasn’t been smooth: a developer flagged concerns, readers in a poll pushed back with heavy doubt, and a copyright dispute—unrelated to Nvidia—temporarily pulled the official trailer in Italy.
April 9, 2026
Borderlands 4’s $30 Mad Ellie DLC Faces Backlash as Steam Reviews Turn Mostly Negative (Borderlands)
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Borderlands 4’s $30 Mad Ellie DLC Faces Backlash as Steam Reviews Turn Mostly Negative (Borderlands)

Frisco, Texas, March 28, 2026, 13:13 CDT Borderlands 4’s debut paid story DLC dropped March 26, but right out of the gate, players aren’t happy with what they’re getting for the price. By this weekend, Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned was sitting at a Mostly Negative on Steam, just 32% of its 231 user reviews coming in positive.
March 28, 2026
Sony PS5 Price Hike: New PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro and Portal Costs Take Effect April 2
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Sony PS5 Price Hike: New PlayStation 5, PS5 Pro and Portal Costs Take Effect April 2

Sony is set to hike prices for its PlayStation 5 consoles starting April 2, bumping the U.S. standard model up to $649.99, with the Digital Edition at $599.99 and the PS5 Pro hitting $899.99. Over in accessories, the PlayStation Portal remote player gets a new tag of $249.99. Sony is bumping up PS5 prices for the second time in under a year, just as the sector is banking on a stronger 2026 powered by heavy-hitting titles and subscriptions. The company reported a 16% drop in PS5 unit sales for the October-December stretch. Over at Epic Games, sluggish console demand was among the factors driving more than 1,000 layoffs this week. Circana projects a 3% uptick in U.S. video-game spending this
March 28, 2026
ASUS ROG Brings 20th-Anniversary Push to DreamHack Birmingham With AMD Gear
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ASUS ROG Brings 20th-Anniversary Push to DreamHack Birmingham With AMD Gear

BIRMINGHAM, March 27, 2026, 16:10 GMT. ASUS Republic of Gamers kicked off its DreamHack Birmingham presence Friday, rolling out AMD-powered demos and the ROG XREAL R1 gaming glasses, giving the public their first chance to try them out. Gamers also had access to a free-play zone and a slate of competitions, with giveaways tied in. The booth expands the company’s 20th-anniversary festivities across the entire three-day festival at Birmingham’s NEC.
March 27, 2026
Meta to End Horizon Worlds on Quest VR by June 15 in Major Mobile-First Pivot
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Meta to End Horizon Worlds on Quest VR by June 15 in Major Mobile-First Pivot

Menlo Park, California, March 19, 2026, 02:20 PDT Meta Platforms is set to yank Horizon Worlds from the Quest store come March 31, with the app disappearing entirely from Quest devices on June 15. That’s the end of VR access for one of the company’s flagship metaverse offerings. Horizon Worlds will stick around on the Meta Horizon mobile app, but the company is phasing out related creator tools and subscription benefits.
March 19, 2026
AppLovin stock surges after exec flags “potential upside” in core gaming-ads growth
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AppLovin stock surges after exec flags “potential upside” in core gaming-ads growth

AppLovin stock surged Wednesday following comments from the company’s finance chief, who suggested growth in the core gaming-ads business might outpace its earlier targets—news that fueled the stock’s ongoing rebound. The remarks hit just as ad-tech stocks face some nerves. Investors are picking through which ad spend looks sticky and which is just AI hype, with AppLovin seen by many as a stand-in for the question: can “AI-powered” ad platforms keep delivering as budgets get squeezed?
March 6, 2026
Fortnite’s back: Alphabet’s Google loosens Play Store billing and cuts Android fees
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Fortnite’s back: Alphabet’s Google loosens Play Store billing and cuts Android fees

Alphabet’s Google on Wednesday announced it will allow Android app developers to offer their own billing options next to Google Play, trimming developer fees as well. The move paves the way for Epic Games’ Fortnite to make a global comeback on the Play Store after five years of dispute. Alphabet Class C shares edged down 0.1% in late trading, closing at $303.45. This shift cuts right to the heart of the app-store fight: control over payments and distribution on mobile devices, and the gatekeeper’s cut. Google said in a U.S. policy update that it’s now reached a fresh settlement with Epic, asking a federal judge to swap in what it called a “Modified Injunction” to replace the current court order
March 5, 2026
Sony lifts forecast after record profit as PS5 sales slide and sensors surge
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Sony lifts forecast after record profit as PS5 sales slide and sensors surge

Sony posted a record quarterly operating profit on Thursday, driven by gains in its image sensor and music units, despite a drop in PlayStation 5 hardware sales. Operating profit climbed 22% to 515 billion yen, beating the average analyst forecast by roughly 9%, according to LSEG data. The company also raised its full-year operating profit forecast by 8%, now expecting 1.54 trillion yen. These figures are crucial as Sony pushes to prove it’s not reliant on just one business sector. Over the years, the company has expanded its entertainment reach, yet its stock price has dipped lately amid doubts about what will fuel future growth.
February 5, 2026
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