Area-51 was one of the first gaming PCs I coveted in the late 90s, and it's making a return with the latest performance hardware from Intel and NVIDIA. But a couple of design choices leave me scratching my head.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/alienware-area-51-ces-announcement
At CES 2025, Razer announced the latest Blade 16. Completely redesigned, the new Blade 16 is the thinnest gaming laptop Razer has ever made — and it's powered by AMD.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/razer/razer-blade-16-announcement-ces-2025
During CES 2025, HP announced five new OMEN gaming monitors, including an update to one of my top-rated monitors and a smart gaming display for cloud streaming.
https://www.windowscentral.com/accessories/monitors/hp-omen-monitor-announcements-ces-2025
Everything that's happening at the Consumer Electronics Show for the NVIDIA CEO Keynote in Las Vegas.
https://www.windowscentral.com/live/news/nvidia-ces-2025-keynote
LG TVs get Xbox Cloud Gaming support later this year thanks to a new team-up between LG and Xbox.
The New Year is a great time to play a new game, and my first of 2025 is Half Sword — an amazing medieval combat sim that's completely free-to-play right now.
Qualcomm has entered the affordable $600 laptop market with its new 8-core Snapdragon X processor, which should shake up the budget-class Windows laptop space.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-ces2025
Oyster shells are great for composting, and apparently also great for building eco-friendly laptops. Check out Acer's Aspire Vero 16, a carbon-neutral AI PC.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/acer-aspire-vero-oyster-announcement
In a striking move, Dell has decided to rebrand its entire line of PCs and laptops for the era of AI PCs. Here's what that looks like.
https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/dell-rebrands-pcs-2025-announcement
Hyperkin has announced that it is making a brand new 'Competitor' Xbox controller. It will feature a button layout similar to PS5 DualSense gamepad, Hall Effect joysticks and triggers, and more.
https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/hyperkin-competitor-controller-xbox-pc-ces-2025