Asus brags that its pricey ROG Ally is selling like hot chips
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High-end handhelds vanish

Asus has joined the parade of companies waving quarterly numbers at investors, and its chief financial officer, Nick Wu, used the Q3 2025 call to gush about the latest ROG Ally machines, which were launched last month, with Microsoft’s Xbox crew lurking in the background.

Valve announces new Steam Machine
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With semi-custom AMD Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU

Valve has finally announced its new Steam Hardware, including the Steam Machine, a cool-looking box-like mini PC, based on AMD's semi-custom Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU, that will sit under your TV.

Sony flogs cheaper Japan-only PS5 to fight inflation
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Cuts price to keep up with Nintendo’s Switch 2 juggernaut

Sony has decided to flog a cut-price version of its PlayStation 5 only in Japan, trying to spark sales at home as inflation bites and Nintendo keeps eating its lunch.

Take-Two delays GTA VI again
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Nukes $4bn in value

Take-Two Interactive has once again kicked the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI down the road, this time to 19 November 2026.

Xbox queen says next console will be ‘very premium’ and ‘very high-end’
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Bond confirms model will be shaken not stirred

Software King of the World Microsoft's Xbox president and chief executive Sarah Bond has confirmed Vole is working on its next-generation console and wants everyone to know it will not be cheap and cheerful.