NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang confirmed that the Rubin platform, including CPUs, GPUs, an NVLink switch, and a silicon photonics processor, has entered trial production at TSMC in October 2025, with a commercial debut expected between 2026 and 2027.

Elsa Japan has launched the Veluga-D A70S G6, the world's first PC featuring AMD's Radeon AI Pro R9700 GPU, delivering 96 TFLOPS of compute performance with 32GB of GDDR6 memory, priced at 498,000 yen ($3,360).

Kioxia has developed a 5TB high-bandwidth flash memory module with a bandwidth of 64 GB/s, designed for AI GPUs, offering 8-16x the capacity of DRAM-based HBM with under 40W power consumption.

DFI's latest roadmaps reveal Intel's plans for upcoming CPU families in embedded computing, including Panther Lake for late 2025, Nova Lake for the second half of 2026, and Bartlett Lake S series by the end of 2025.

Overwatch 2 console players will be able to use a keyboard and mouse (KBM) starting with Season 18 on August 26, with matchmaking split into a Mouse and Keyboard Pool and a Controller Pool.

Around 40 games are set to launch in October 2025, including titles like Battlefield 6 and Pokémon Legends: Z-A, partly due to Rockstar delaying GTA 6 to May 2026.

IGN previewed the biggest game releases for September 2025, revealed around Gamescom 2025, including games across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2, such as Borderlands 4 and Silent Hill F.

IGN interviewed the producer of Dragon Quest 1+2 HD 2D Remake at Gamescom 2025, discussing game length, combat, and the return of Tombola; the game is coming to PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC on October 30, 2025.

IGN released the official playstyles spotlight trailer for Godbreakers, a third-person co-op hack-and-slash action game developed by To The Sky, scheduled to launch in 2025 for PlayStation 5 and PC.

The official trailer for PVKK (Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant), a planetary defense game, was released at Gamescom 2025, slated for release in Q3 2026 for PC and Mac, offering an immersive experience with a real-life cannon cockpit.

PCGamesN is offering dozens of free Steam keys for the gothic horror co-op game Eyes of Hellfire, launching on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, allowing 2-5 players to experience a haunted lodge based on Irish legends.

Playtonic is releasing Yooka-Replaylee, an enhanced version of Yooka-Laylee, with new challenges, secrets, mechanics, and accessibility options, with a teaser trailer released at Gamescom 2025.

The launch trailer for My Money Grows On Trees, a farming adventure simulation game developed by Tbjbu2, has been released, and the game is now available for PC on Steam.

Wildekin, a multiplayer survival game developed by Cute Newt and Chucklefish, was revealed at Gamescom 2025 and is set to release in 2026 on Xbox Series X/S, PC, Xbox Cloud, and Steam, allowing up to four players to build, gather resources, and fight enemies.

The Into the Infinite Showcase 2025 took place on August 20, featuring gameplay reveals, exclusive trailers, and developer conversations, with attendees at gamescom 2025 able to visit Hall 6 for hands-on demos.

The Asus ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming console might feature a simplified Windows 11 UI optimized for gaming, powered by the AMD Z2 Extreme chip, and is set to be released with a starting price of $599.

Kingston suggests upgrading RAM to at least 16 GB and replacing HDDs with SSDs like the NV3 PCIe 4.0 NVMe to significantly improve PC performance for the back-to-school season in 2025.

MSI is releasing the Claw A8 BZ2EM handheld gaming PC in Japan on August 28, featuring an 8-inch display, AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme processor, 24GB LPDDR5X memory, and a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, priced at ¥159,800.

Nvidia launched the Jetson AGX Thor Developer Kit on August 24, 2025, featuring the Jetson T5000 system-on-module based on the Blackwell architecture, delivering up to 2070 TFLOPS performance and targeting robotics and edge AI, priced at $3,499.

The ADATA XPG Mars 980 Blade is a PCI Express 5.0 internal SSD with sequential read and write speeds of 14000 MBps and 13000 MBps, respectively, but with uneven performance in PCMark 10 and 3DMark Storage testing.

Both PCMag and Mashable published lists of the best gaming monitors in August 2025, with recommendations including the Acer Predator X34, MSI MPG 272URX, and Alienware AW3225QF.

On August 24, 2025, the 32-inch Samsung Odyssey G70B gaming monitor is available at Woot for $399, a $400 discount from its $799 MSRP, featuring a 4K UHD resolution, 144 Hz refresh rate, and 1ms response time.

A guide suggests three configurations for building gaming PCs in the $500-$1000 price range for 60+ FPS at 1080p/1440p ultra settings, including builds with AMD Ryzen 5 8600G and PowerColor RX 9060 XT 8 GB.

On August 23, 2025, AMD's unreleased Ryzen 5 5500X3D was reportedly 12% faster in multi-core performance in Geekbench than the standard 5500 CPU, featuring 6 cores, 12 threads, and a 96MB L3 cache, priced at $185 and exclusive to the Latin American market.

Engadget published a guide on August 20, 2025, detailing the best portable monitors for 2025, including top picks such as the Espresso 17 Pro and ASUS ROG Strix XG17AHP.

Gamescom 2025 in Cologne attracted 357,000 visitors, including 34,000 trade visitors, marking an increase of 20,000 from the previous year. The event featured 1,568 exhibitors from 72 countries and expanded to 233,000 square meters, showcasing trends like handheld gaming.

On August 24, 2025, IGN's Next-Gen Console Watch discussed news from Gamescom, including PlayStation's announcements and the release date for the Xbox ROG Ally X handheld, noting developers' need to create games more quickly.

SlashGear reviewed the best gaming laptops for 2025 on August 23, 2025, based on performance, design, display quality, and value, including models like MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Norse Myth and HP Omen Max 16.

PCGamesN's review of Echoes of the End, released on August 23, 2025, criticizes its unrelenting battles that spoil the action-adventure experience, giving the game a score of 5/10 due to combat mechanics and bugs.

A comparison between Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge found that Edge is the better choice due to its advanced AI tools, gaming features, reading mode, and a free, limited VPN with a data limit of 5GB per month.

The author tested Bazzite, a Linux distro meant for gaming, on the Framework Desktop, achieving a Steam Machine-like experience with 4K/60fps gaming on a TV in under an hour.

A new VPN service provider, VP.net (Verified Privacy), has launched, promising hardware-guaranteed privacy using Intel SGX attestation, but concerns arise due to past security issues and the founders' history.