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Oct 9Fri
  3. PC Gamer28

    Norwegian student's Master's thesis on Counter-Strike 2 cheater detection earns grade A

    Christopher B. Didriksen, a student at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, based his Master's thesis on a biometric system that identifies Counter-Strike 2 players by their mouse and keyboard movements. In a dataset of more than 1,000 players, keyboard use identified the right player 98% of the time, and the method found unreported smurfs. He proposes the system could work alongside Valve Anti-Cheat and Trust Factor, and his thesis received an A.

  8. 机核42

    S.O.N.A.R. Free Demo Lands on Steam

    Abylight Studios has released a free playable demo for S.O.N.A.R. on Steam, available since September 30. The demo includes a single-player tutorial and two selected missions focused on crew cooperation and submarine management. The full game launches on October 29.

  19. HLTV23

    Sashi sign chelleos

    Sashi have announced the signing of Michael "chelleos" Hawkins from Rooster, replacing Frederik "acoR" Gyldstrand. The move continues Sashi's pivot toward an Asia VRS roster after Valve changed its rules to stop short-term region swapping, with Valve telling HLTV that teams which swapped regions ahead of the Singapore Major are disqualified unless they reach out and find a solution. chelleos spent the last four years at Rooster, averaging a 1.15 rating.

  27. @pcgamer40

    Pimax unveils wireless VR headset to rival Valve

    Pimax wants to eat Valve's lunch with its new wireless VR headset and long steam machine https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/vr-hardware/pimax-says-ill-have-what-valves-having-as-it-announces-new-wireless-vr-headset-foveated-streaming-updated-controllers-and-long-steam-machine/

  28. PC Gamer42

    Pimax announces Crystal Pro wireless VR headset, 60G AirLink streaming kit, ringless controllers, and Pimax Spation PC

    Pimax has announced the Crystal Pro, a fully wireless VR headset priced at $1,399, or $1,899 with the optional 60G AirLink wireless streaming kit, which costs $599 on its own. The headset uses twin QLEDs at 2880 x 2880 per eye and up to 120 Hz, and supports Native Foveated Streaming alongside SLAM 2.0 inside-out tracking and new ringless controllers. Pimax also revealed the Pimax Spation gaming PC, which resembles a long Steam Machine, and none of the products have on-sale dates yet.

  29. PC Gamer36

    Pimax announces Spation, a SteamOS-ready mini PC with RX 9070 XT or RTX 5070 Ti

    Pimax has announced the Spation, a mini PC that supports both SteamOS and Windows and can be configured with either an RX 9070 XT or RTX 5070 Ti GPU alongside a Ryzen 7 9800X3D. It packs 32 GB of DDR5, a 1 TB SSD, a 1000 W SFX PSU, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, and multiple DisplayPort, HDMI, USB4, and USB ports. Pimax has not yet announced a price or launch date, and plans a barebones kit that requires users to install their own GPU, storage, and memory.

Oct 8Thu
  1. Game Developer62

    Denuvo seeks subpoenas to force Discord, Valve, and Reddit to identify hacker

    Denuvo has asked a California federal court for permission to subpoena Discord, Valve, and Reddit for information on the username voices38, the person it believes is behind multiple cracks. In September, Denuvo filed a DMCA anti-circumvention lawsuit accusing voices38 of bypassing its technology on 26 games in a way that undermines how Denuvo works. Denuvo's lawyers admit they do not know whether voices38 is an individual or a group, and a judge must now decide whether the subpoenas can proceed.

  6. Rock Paper Shotgun36

    AMD confirms FSR 4 is coming to handheld PCs this year, Steam Deck support could take until 2027

    AMD has confirmed plans to bring FSR 4 upscaling to the Radeon APUs used in handheld PCs, via both new APUs with native FSR 4 support and a lightweight version for older integrated graphics, both targeted for the end of 2026. RDNA 3-based handheld chips were already intended to get FSR 4 this year, but AMD has previously said RDNA 2-based Steam Deck and Steam Deck OLED support will take until 2027. FSR 4 offers sharper visuals than FSR 3.1 at the cost of a smaller performance boost.

  7. HLTV50

    All top-14 teams accept invites to PGL Bucharest 2027

    PGL has announced that all 14 highest-ranked teams per October's invitational ranking have accepted invites to PGL Bucharest 2027, running January 17-24 at PGL's studio with a $1 million prize pool plus $400,000 in VRS bonuses. An eight-team closed qualifier on October 16-20 will decide the final two spots. The stacked field means elite teams prioritized this event over BLAST Bounty, whose second week overlaps with PGL Bucharest.