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As discs fade out, Microsoft reportedly testing Xbox feature to save your collection
12+ hour, 43+ min ago (394+ words) Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Neowin @Lone Wolf SL " Jul 1, 2026 17: 04 EDT with 0 comments Earlier today, Sony announced a massive change to how players will be purchasing Play Station games in the future, with physical discs going away entirely. As major games, like Grand…...
Play Station ditching disc games entirely, calling it a "natural direction" for Sony
21+ hour, 2+ min ago (361+ words) By Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Neowin @Lone Wolf SL " Jul 1, 2026 08: 46 EDT View full version When purchasing a new video game, consumers currently have options of getting it digitally or from a physical store if they want a disc to go along with…...
Microsoft removes 3 D Viewer from the store, ending new installs
21+ hour, 48+ min ago (267+ words) By Usama Jawad Neowin @Usama Jawad96 " Jul 1, 2026 08: 00 EDT View full version Back in February 2026, Microsoft announced the deprecation of its first-party 3 D Viewer app. The company noted that while the app will continue to function for the time being, no new…...
Microsoft is "taking a fresh look" at Xbox investments as major cuts loom
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (370+ words) Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Neowin @Lone Wolf SL " Jun 30, 2026 17: 50 EDT with 2 comments For a couple of weeks now, reports have been coming from all over the games industry about Microsoft preparing to lay off a massive number of employees from its Xbox…...
Dbrand thought they could get away with this Steam Machine case, Valve disagreed
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (279+ words) David Uzondu Neowin " Jun 29, 2026 18: 50 EDT with 3 comments Dbrand has cancelled its highly anticipated Companion Cube enclosure for the Valve Steam Machine, which it teased back in November of last year with a concept render and sign-up page, because it did…...
Meta is reusing old DDR4 RAM in its servers instead of buying new hardware
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (372+ words) Ivan Jenic Neowin @ivan_jenic " Jun 29, 2026 13: 16 EDT with 4 comments The global hardware shortage isn't exactly news, as the entire world has been struggling with rising component prices for quite some time now. And while big companies certainly aren't as affected as the…...
Bypassed Windows 11 shows surprising stability on ancient, completely unsupported hardware
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (458+ words) Sayan Sen Neowin @ssc_combater007 " Jun 29, 2026 13: 30 EDT with 3 comments As such, Windows 11 technically runs on 4 GB of memory, and there is no imposed restriction on the generation of memory it supports. Speaking of memory, prices are extremely high nowadays for hardware, especially…...
Samsung, Amazon extend 990 PRO 2 TB NVMe SSD deal beyond Prime Day 2026
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (238+ words) By Sayan Sen Neowin @ssc_combater007 " Jun 29, 2026 12: 42 EDT View full version Recently, we had Amazon"s Prime Day 2026 sales wherein there were several great deals including on SSDs. One of those discounted components was the Samsung 990 PRO SSD as the 2 TB variant…...
Weekend PC Game Deals: Steam Summer Sale 2026 Edition
5+ day, 18+ min ago (450+ words) Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Neowin @Lone Wolf SL " Jun 27, 2026 05: 30 EDT with 1 comment Weekend PC Game Deals is where the hottest gaming deals from all over the internet are gathered into one place every week for your consumption. So kick back, relax, and…...
Payday 2 engine upgrade adds 64-bit and DX11 support, drastically shrinks install size
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (325+ words) Pulasthi Ariyasinghe Neowin @Lone Wolf SL " Jun 26, 2026 12: 22 EDT with 2 comments The development team today revealed that the long-awaited upgrade to the 64-bit architecture is happening with this Diesel 3. 0 engine update. By letting the game use more ram than 4 GB, it…...