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The Verge’s gaming section brings the latest video game news, reviews of the most exciting releases, and interviews with the industry’s biggest names. We cover everything from PlayStation and Xbox blockbusters, to quirky Nintendo games, to the cool indie gems on PC and Android that you might otherwise miss.

Hitman 3 players on Google Stadia will be able to share custom scenarios with just a URL

Humble Store winter sale discounts Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Dirt 5, and more

US consumers spent record amounts on video games in 2020, NPD reports

A brief chat with Storymodebae

Here’s how the streamer and host got her start

Intel updates its NUC lineup, including a follow-up to its Hades Canyon gaming mini-PC

The NUC 11 has a somewhat awkward RTX 2060

QHD screens might be the best thing to happen to gaming laptops in 2021

Your games will look magnificent

The Overwatch League’s 2021 season will start in April

After years of following pro sports, League of Legends esports leagues are ‘finally free to be ourselves’

DisplayPort 2.0 monitors are delayed until later this year due to the pandemic

New Pokémon Snap is coming to the Nintendo Switch on April 30th

Super Nintendo World opening delayed due to Osaka state of emergency

Cyberpunk 2077’s first major update coming in the next 10 days

Valve’s Steam Year in Review shows PC gaming on the rise — and VR, too

Streamer CriticalBard talks being the temporary face of PogChamp

Omega "CriticalBard" Jones weathered a tide of racist harassment

But wait, Asus has even more gaming monitors equipped with HDMI 2.1 ports

LG’s new batch of gaming monitors includes 4K / 144Hz panel with HDMI 2.1

Hogwarts Legacy is delayed until 2022

Pokémon is celebrating its 25th anniversary with Katy Perry

Does Pikachu approve?

MSI’s 2021 gaming laptops get Nvidia’s RTX 3000 series mobile graphics cards and Wi-Fi 6E support

MSI’s new GE76 Raider Dragon Edition Tiamat is a tribute to an ancient goddess

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is still one of the best licensed games around

Ubisoft is making an open-world Star Wars game

Headset maker Turtle Beach acquires Neat Microphones to expand beyond gaming

CES 2021 Day 2: here come the gaming laptops

The best tech of CES 2020: Where are they now?

Which tech made it to our homes, and which will stay only in our hearts

Sure enough, EVGA and Zotac have raised prices on the Nvidia RTX 3080 and beyond

Nvidia and AMD address the great GPU shortage

Origin updates EVO15-S and EVO17-S with new RTX 3000 series GPUs

Dell updates its Alienware m15 and m17 laptops with Nvidia’s new RTX 3000 GPUs

We gave this laptop a 7, then a Swedish metal band turned it up to 11

Asus’ ROG Claymore II mechanical keyboard has a handy detachable number pad

Some more CES announcements

Asus has a 32-inch 4K gaming monitor with HDMI 2.1 shipping later this year

Asus ROG’s 2021 lineup includes its first convertible gaming laptop (ish)

The Call of Duty League’s second season will kick off in February

AMD says RDNA 2 GPU-powered laptops will arrive in the first half of 2021

Razer’s 2021 Blade laptops are getting QHD screens and Nvidia’s RTX 3000-series graphics

Acer’s latest Nitro 5 gaming laptop seems more powerful than ever

Acer’s new Predator Triton 300 SE is an ultrapowerful, ultralight gaming laptop

Nvidia is bringing its RTX 3080 to laptops on January 26th