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Unusually modest official specs: a GTX 1660 for 1080p30 and an RTX 3060 Ti for 1440p60. But both assume upscaling, and there's no 4K tier or storage size yet.
Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 5 min
The official specs have a hard floor: no hardware ray tracing, no game. Which cards clear it, why GTX 10 and 16 series don't, and what each tier actually asks for.
Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 6 min
I checked PlayStation Direct, Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and GameStop. There's no GTA 6 console bundle yet, so here's the DIY price a real one would have to beat, and a promise to update when one lands.
Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 5 min
It's a confirmed launch platform, and the boxed copy is a code, so the disc-free Series S is fine. Beyond that, Rockstar and Microsoft haven't said a word about Series S performance. Here's what to watch for.
Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 5 min
Only what Rockstar, Sony and Microsoft have actually said, plus prices checked today. The cheapest route is $542.99, you don't need a disc drive, and the PS5 Pro's GTA 6 enhancements aren't announced yet.
Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 7 min
GTA 6 is "PS5 Pro Enhanced", but Rockstar hasn't said what that means. Sony's own definition, the $300–$756 price gap as of today, and who should actually buy the Pro.
Aliteq Team · Sep 25 · 6 min
AMD Ryzen power, NVIDIA RTX graphics and a fast 300Hz screen at a saner price than the halo laptops. What the ROG Strix G15 is, how its configs differ, who it's for, and how to pick the right one.
Aliteq Team · Sep 22 · 8 min
VGChartz's July 2026 estimates hand PlayStation a rare global win over Switch 2, but Nintendo is still winning the region that matters most to it.
Aliteq Team · Aug 27 · 6 min
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered launches September 29 with a free upgrade and two free expansions, while a paid one is already queued for 2027.
Aliteq Team · Aug 27 · 6 min
SEGA confirmed Persona 6 gets a PS5 disc release. Fans did the math and landed on 2027 — but there's a much simpler explanation for the footnote.
Aliteq Team · Aug 26 · 6 min
Hidetaka Miyazaki says FromSoftware's back-to-back multiplayer games were never the plan — and single-player is still the heart of the studio.
Aliteq Team · Aug 25 · 6 min
The fighting game launched in January to real critical love. Riot says it still isn't making enough money to justify building it.
Aliteq Team · Aug 23 · 6 min
Circana's 2026 numbers put Xbox at just over 4% of new physical game sales in the US, miles behind Nintendo's 63% and PlayStation's 32%.
Aliteq Team · Aug 22 · 6 min
Order of the Sinking Star drops October 8. The designers whose puzzles are baked into it are still publicly furious with the man whose name is on the box.
Aliteq Team · Aug 22 · 6 min
PlayStation 5 unit sales fell 58% and Xbox hit its worst month ever after price hikes tied to the AI memory shortage — while Switch 2 grew 38% by holding its price. That's about to change.
Aliteq Team · Aug 21 · 7 min
August 27, 3pm ET, only on Netflix — then everyone else waits until 9pm. Here's why Rockstar just rewrote how game trailers drop.
Aliteq Team · Aug 18 · 6 min
Nearly 30 VR games got announced in one hour on August 13, and the biggest story wasn't a new game at all — it's who's making the old ones playable in VR.
Aliteq Team · Aug 17 · 5 min
Tarnished Edition launches August 28 at $79.99. A year ago the first public build ran under 20fps — here's what actually changed.
Aliteq Team · Aug 15 · 6 min