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Valve has started emailing Steam Frame reservation holders with the option to buy the headset, and its announcement says the first batch of those emails began going out on September 18. What Valve has not published is any date for when the headsets themselves start leaving its warehouses. The Steam Frame Ergonomic Accessories Kit box, a $59 add-on sold only at checkout. Image: Valve
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Humble says the seven games in its 30th Anniversary Bundle normally cost "as much as $214," and that figure holds up. Steam's own current list prices for those exact seven titles add up to $214.93, a gap of 93 cents. Subnautica is one of four Steam Deck Verified games in the bundle. Image: Unknown Worlds Entertainment The bundle's Steam Deck claims survive a check
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Rockstar Games has published a set of mod guidelines on its own community resources page, spelling out which fan projects it will tolerate and which it will not. The headline rule is that multiplayer modding is now limited to the studio's officially licensed Creator Platform, or to arrangements licensed directly by Rockstar. Rockstar Newswire artwork announcing nopixel V, its officially backed GTA Online roleplay
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Acer has priced its first Googlebook, the 14-inch GP714-91N, from $899 in North America. That is the lowest confirmed starting price of the five Googlebook launch models, and Acer's machine is the only one of them with a convertible hinge. The Acer Googlebook 14 in laptop mode at a table, alongside a phone. Image: Acer Acer undercuts Dell's confirmed $999 by $100, HP's $1,199.99
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Epic has confirmed that the Epic Games Launcher is behind the stray notification sounds some Windows users keep hearing. The official Fortnite Status account says the launcher's "party chimes are triggering more often than we intended". The header artwork used across Epic's own launcher support pages. Image: Epic Games In that reply, posted on Saturday, September 19, 2026, Epic said it is "updating the
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Corsair has launched the Warthog, a new high airflow PC case that combines military inspired styling with support for large cooling setups and modern high end components. The chassis is available in black and olive drab, with pricing starting at $179. A more expensive $199 version includes three preinstalled fans. Its design draws heavily from Corsair's older Vengeance C70 case while also using visual
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Sony has filed a patent describing a cloud based AI system that could continuously monitor consumer electronics, detect software problems, diagnose their cause and generate targeted fixes automatically. The concept could apply to PlayStation consoles as well as other Sony devices such as televisions, cameras, audio products and smartphones. If implemented, the system would aim to solve software issues before they become serious enough
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Best Buy has opened preorders for the first wave of Googlebook laptops and is including a free pair of Pixel Buds 2a with qualifying purchases. The promotion applies across Googlebook models from Acer, Dell, Lenovo, ASUS and HP. Buyers do not need to add a separate coupon, as the earbuds are automatically included when an eligible laptop is placed in the cart. The free
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Motorola has announced a multi year partnership with Bang and Olufsen that will bring the Danish audio company's tuning expertise to future flagship smartphones. The collaboration will debut with the upcoming Motorola Signature 27 and is intended to improve built in speaker quality through closer cooperation between both companies' engineering teams. Rather than limiting the deal to branding, Motorola says Bang and Olufsen engineers
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Durabook has introduced the Z14I DX3, a rugged mobile workstation built around three 14 inch displays and hardware aimed at field professionals who need a large amount of screen space away from a desk. The system is designed for defense teams, emergency responders, engineers and other workers who may need to monitor several data sources at once. Its biggest tradeoff is weight. The Z14I