Steam hits $11.1B in H1 2026, Sony ends physical discs by 2028, and the gaming industry faces its biggest transformation yet. Full analysis on ruocco.it.
Nvidia Shatters Records With $96.2B Quarterly Revenue — AI Infrastructure Spending Reaches Unprecedented Heights August 28, 2026 — By Vito Ruocco Introduction: The Age of AI Infrastructure Has Arrived There was a time not so long ago when a $10 billion quarter was considered a milestone for a semiconductor company. Then came the AI boom, … Read more
Rockstar addresses heartbreaking GTA 6 leaks, Ananta hits 17M pre-registrations, Path of Exile 2 gets a 1.0 date, and the biggest reveals from Gamescom 2026.
NVIDIA reports $96.2B quarterly revenue, AWS commits 2M more GPUs, and the AI infrastructure boom reshapes the tech landscape.
Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026: The Biggest Announcements That Rocked Cologne Published: August 26, 2026 — by Vito Ruocco It’s that time of year again. The gaming world descended on Cologne, Germany, for Gamescom 2026, and Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live showcase delivered a spectacle that will be remembered for years. With over two hours … Read more
OpenAI’s Jalapeño Chip Shocks the Industry: Custom Silicon Outperforms Nvidia Blackwell in AI Inference OpenAI’s Jalapeño Chip Shocks the Industry: Custom Silicon Outperforms Nvidia Blackwell in AI Inference Published: August 26, 2026 | By Vito Ruocco The AI landscape just shifted. OpenAI’s first-ever custom inference chip, co-developed with Broadcom, has posted benchmark numbers that beat … Read more
Gaming’s Wildest Week: GTA 6 Leaks Go Explicit, Twitch Faces Class-Action Lawsuit, and the Console Exclusivity War Reignites August 25, 2026 — The gaming industry woke up to a Tuesday that feels more like a season finale than a regular news day. From the chaotic GTA 6 leak saga taking an unsettling turn to a … Read more
Xiaomi’s Xring O3 Shocks the Mobile World: A Chinese CPU That Matches Apple’s Best Published on August 25, 2026 by Vito Ruocco The smartphone processor landscape just shifted under our feet. Xiaomi, long known as the Chinese giant that competes with iPhone on volume and value, has done something nobody outside its labs expected: it … Read more
The Week Gaming Shook Back: PSBlackout, Twitch Lawsuit, Double Fine’s Freedom, and More By Vito Ruocco — August 24, 2026 If you blinked this past week, you might have missed one of the most chaotic, consequential, and emotionally charged stretches the gaming industry has seen in months. From a full-blown PlayStation boycott over the death … Read more
Nvidia’s Pricing Power: AI Chips Get 15%+ More Expensive as $500 Billion Wall Street Financing Reshapes the Industry August 24, 2026 — by Vito Ruocco The era of cheap AI compute is over. In a week that saw Nvidia notify its largest customers of price hikes exceeding 15%, the company also unveiled a staggering $500 … Read more