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The Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network, a partnership of European supervisory authorities that enforces EU consumer protection laws, is set to investigate 10 gaming companies.

If you’ve been wanting to upgrade your computer, you’ve probably been holding off on buying a graphics card because component prices are currently insane. It’s no secret that the more powerful a graphics card is, the higher its monetary cost, but prices have been increasing exponentially as of late and show no sign of stopping, especially…

Play time limits added to cloud gaming services such as Xbox Cloud Gaming and Nvidia’s GeForce Now are raising concerns that these services may buckle under increased data center costs. Nvidia/Screenshot by CNET

The gaming industry has been beset by price hikes all year long.Credit: Fototocam /

Valve has officially confirmed the launch of its new wireless VR headset, the Steam Frame. The first units are shipping later this week, but getting your hands on one will require a serious amount of cash.

Amid increasing expenses for hardware components and advancements in artificial intelligence, Xbox is emphasizing “efficiency and affordability alongside performance” for its upcoming console generation.

Ten months after Microsoft and ASUS put the Xbox brand on a handheld gaming PC for the first time, the ROG Xbox Ally is selling for less than $500. Best Buy has been listing the base model at $497.99 to $499.99 through late July and into August 2026, a roughly 17 percent discount off the…

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Videogames have long been considered a premium form of entertainment, but in recent years, they have become a very expensive hobby for many of us. The ongoing memory shortage caused by surging demand from the artificial intelligence sector has driven the prices of consoles, PC components, and related products to unprecedented highs.

AMD’s newest handheld chip just shipped inside a $999.99 device, and it is only 12% faster in real gaming benchmarks than the chip it replaces. That is the uncomfortable headline buried inside the launch of the ROG Xbox Ally X, the $200-pricier successor to the ROG Ally X that ASUS and Microsoft put on shelves…