Deal | The Saboteur sends players to occupied Paris in the 1940s, featuring an open world, sabotage missions, car chases and shootouts. The third-person shooter is 80% off on Steam until May 7, bringing the price down to a new all-time low of just under $2.

New set photos from HBO’s Harry Potter adaptation are once again fueling speculation among fans. The most interesting detail: the images appear to show train station scenes, but they are being filmed at Waterloo instead of King’s Cross. A photo showing the actors playing Vernon Dursley and Molly Weasley also suggests that filming may be nearing completion, while an unidentified man could potentially be Hermione’s father.

Deal | Cold Shell is reminiscent of Hotline Miami, but moves the action into a dystopian cyberpunk universe and does away with firearms entirely. The sci-fi brawler is 90% off on Steam until May 15, bringing the price down to under $1.

Tesla is being forced to walk back its major Full Self-Driving (FSD) promise: Older models with Hardware 3 apparently cannot achieve fully autonomous driving through software updates alone. Tesla customers feel misled and have clear demands: a free retrofit or a refund.

LEGO is bringing back another retro console: the SEGA Mega Drive launches on June 1 and, at $39.99, is relatively affordable for a set in this category. With 479 pieces, however, it is also much smaller than the NES or Atari sets.

Deal | Europa Universalis IV is currently cheaper than ever on Steam: the historical strategy sandbox costs around $5 instead of $50. In return, players get enormous depth, hundreds of playable nations and almost 400 years of history – but also a fairly steep learning curve.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has confirmed that GTA 6 will not include real-world product placements. Instead of Coca-Cola or Nike, fictional brands such as Burger Shot and Pißwasser will remain the consumer goods of Rockstar’s satirical game world – much to the relief of many fans.

With the iX3 Flow Edition, BMW is showcasing a hood that can display animated patterns using E-Ink technology. According to the German automaker, the technology is production-ready. However, pricing and a potential market launch have not yet been announced.

Game Quest: The Backlog Battler makes your unused Steam library fight back. In the arena, you face the neglected “corpses” of your own backlog. The less you’ve played a game and the more you paid for it, the stronger it becomes. A demo is already available on Steam.

Deal | Airborne Kingdom takes city-building into the skies: instead of constructing a traditional city on the ground, players build a flying metropolis. The unusual city builder is 80% off on Steam until May 1 and costs less than $5.

Deal | Dungeon Keeper 2 is an absolute strategy classic, best known for shifting the perspective to the side of evil. The game is currently available on Steam for $0.99 instead of $4.99, marking the first time it has dropped below $1.

OpenAI is reportedly working on its own smartphone that would rely far more on AI agents than on traditional apps. According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the device could enter mass production in 2028. However, none of this has been officially confirmed.

Windrose has had a strong Early Access launch, but players will still have to wait a while for its first major content update. Developer Kraken Express has announced that the next biome, the Ashlands, will arrive in six months at the earliest. Until then, the focus will be on bug fixes, performance improvements and a new feedback platform.

A free browser demo shows how 3D Gaussian Splatting could bring real-world locations into games with near-photorealistic results. The experience still stutters and feels shaky in places, but as a technical preview, the shooter is impressive.

Fans are hoping that HBO’s Harry Potter series will not only retell familiar scenes but also bring overlooked supporting characters into the spotlight, giving the show more room for interesting subplots. Several names are already being discussed on Reddit.

Deal | Darksiders Warmastered Edition is the remaster of the dark 2010 action-adventure classic and is currently cheaper on Steam than it has been in years. Until May 10, an 85% discount brings the price down to just under $3.

Deal | Lizards Must Die is a trashy hack-and-slash game in which players fight as Slavic heroes against lizards and aliens. The game thrives on meme humor and has been very well received by players. It is currently 80% off and available for just $0.79.

Almost two years after its mobile launch, the popular autobattler RPG AFK Journey has now arrived on Steam as well. The game currently holds 87% positive user reviews and can be downloaded for free.

The new Steam Controller costs $99, but it is closely tied to Steam Input. This could cause problems with Game Pass titles in particular. Possible solutions are already being discussed on Reddit.

Hyper-realistic bodycam shooters could become the next big FPS trend. With Better Than Dead, a new entry in the genre launches on Steam on May 12, sending players on a revenge campaign through Hong Kong with no HUD, a shaky camera and brutal firefights.

Deal | Torchlight II offers a relaxed but highly motivating gameplay loop built around beating up enemies, collecting loot and improving your character. If you are looking for a fun game to play in short bursts, you can currently get the title on Steam with an 80% discount at its lowest price to date of $3.99.

After a long period of silence surrounding the Steam Machine, fans are once again hopeful: two recent clues suggest that Valve’s living-room PC may still be planned for 2026.

Early hands-on tests suggest that Valve’s new controller can, in some cases, serve as a viable alternative to traditional PC controls. It performs particularly well in strategy and building games thanks to its touchpads and gyro sensor. However, in fast-paced combat scenarios, classic mouse-and-keyboard setups still come out on top.

HBO’s Harry Potter series is expected to make up for many book moments that were cut from the films. On Reddit, fans are currently discussing emotional scenes that absolutely need to be included, among them moments with Molly Weasley and Neville Longbottom.

Pokémon HOME is distributing Shiny Volcanion for the first time, an extremely rare Fire/Water-type Mythical Pokémon. For many fans, however, the excitement has quickly turned into frustration, as the gift is out of reach without a lot of grinding and the Mega Dimension expansion.

Deal | Dave the Diver was one of Steam’s biggest surprise hits of 2023. The quirky mix of diving adventure and sushi restaurant management is currently 45% off again, bringing it back to its lowest price of around $11.

Deal | Valfaris: Mecha Therion is currently cheaper than ever. For $3.99 instead of $19.99, Steam players get brutal mech action backed by a fitting heavy metal soundtrack. The title currently has 92% positive reviews on Steam.

The Unitree R1 is set to launch internationally via AliExpress soon and costs the equivalent of around $4,000 in China. While the humanoid robot is hardly suited to household chores or everyday assistance, it could be an interesting option for robotics fans and developers.

A new leak for Pokémon Winds & Waves suggests a Komodo dragon Pokémon with the rare Dragon/Poison type combination could play an important role in the story. Fans are already speculating whether it could be a Gym Leader’s signature Pokémon or even a pseudo-legendary Pokémon.

YouTuber Lecctron tested how much gaming performance can be squeezed out of a tiny $15 PC. The Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W handles Minecraft and many PS1 classics surprisingly well, but clearly reaches its limits with N64 and PSP games.

HardwareDealz wanted to find out how much gaming performance is possible with used components for €500 (around $535). The result of the experiment is a build with a Ryzen 5 5600X, RTX 3070 Ti and 32 GB of RAM. However, the low price target was only possible thanks to a good bundle deal. Buying used hardware also remains a risk.

HBO’s Harry Potter series is set to retell the books, but many Reddit users are asking whether that is even necessary. The community sees the remake as commercially logical, but questions its creative value. The deciding factor could be whether HBO makes meaningful use of scenes from the books that were left out of the films.

Deal | Fight Knight is an unusual first-person dungeon crawler focused on hand-to-hand combat and packed with indie charm. Its original story also helped the RPG earn very strong reviews. Thanks to the current 95% discount, it has now dropped below $1 for the first time.

Deal | Kingdom: New Lands blends base-building, survival and strategy from a side-scrolling perspective. Its defining twist: the game explains almost nothing. Those willing to take on the challenge can currently pick it up on Steam for around $1.50, once again matching its lowest price to date.

Nocturnal is a 2D action-adventure that stands out thanks to its atmospheric world and original fire mechanics. The game has 91% positive user reviews and is available completely free on Steam until April 26.

Deal | Drova – Forsaken Kin is an action RPG clearly inspired by Gothic and has been very well received on Steam, with 94% positive user reviews. The game is 34% off until April 30, bringing it down to a new all-time low of $16.49.

Toei Company is building a new foothold in the video game industry with Toei Games. Instead of immediately drawing on well-known brands such as Dragon Ball, One Piece, Kamen Rider or Super Sentai, the Japanese entertainment group is initially focusing on entirely new original IPs.

Sony’s AI division has developed a table tennis robot called Ace that can beat elite players. In a Nature study, the system is described as a milestone for physical AI. However, comparisons with human players are not entirely without controversy, as Ace is not a humanoid robot.

SK Hynix is making billions from the AI-driven memory boom. While RAM and SSDs could become more expensive for consumers, employees could receive extremely high bonuses through a profit-sharing model.

Xpeng plans to start series production of a two-part “flying car” system from 2027, consisting of a carrier vehicle and an eVTOL. According to the company, more than 7,000 orders have already been placed. Whether this ambitious timeline can be met, however, will depend largely on approval from China’s aviation authorities.

Deal | I Am Your Beast is a first-person shooter for record chasers. The goal is to eliminate enemies as quickly as possible, complete levels in the shortest possible time, and keep setting new records. Steam users have given the game a 98% positive rating. It is currently available at 40% off for $11.99 – its lowest price to date.

In the US, Amazon is facing a class action lawsuit over older Fire TV sticks. The allegation is that the end of software support was not disclosed clearly enough, causing apps and features to stop working properly and leaving some devices barely usable.

After nearly 15 years, Tim Cook is handing over the reins at Apple to John Ternus – and Ternus is already outlining major AI plans, saying the company is about to “change the world again.” Smart glasses, AirPods with cameras, and new connected gadgets could bring AI more deeply into everyday life in the future.

With the Smart Fish Tank 2S Ultra, Dangbei is introducing an AI-powered aquarium designed to take over much of the work involved in fish care. Using AI-based image recognition, it is intended to identify the species, number and size of the fish in order to adjust feeding, lighting and water quality accordingly.

Five leaked images from the London set of the Elden Ring film are fueling speculation. Fans believe they may show not only Leyndell, but also a young Marika, an Omen child and even a reference to the Dung Eater.