Best PC Game Pass games in 2022Call of Duty: Vanguard reviewBest gaming deals in 2022 Xbox Game Pass now has more than 25 million subscribers, and that figure is due in no small part to Halo Infinite — a long-time Xbox exclusive. Call of Duty, however, is a different beast. Not only has it been a multi-platform franchise since it first graced consoles back in 2004 with Call of Duty: Finest Hour, but it has been heavily associated with the other head honcho on the block: Sony’s PlayStation....

Yakuza has been a cult hit for years now, but it wasn’t until Yakuza 0 that the series started to resonate in the west. Because of its blossoming popularity, much of the Western audience has a vastly different perspective on the franchise. New fans love Kiryu and Yakuza because, well, they’re excellent games. However, many don’t have the years of history with the franchise as longtime fans do. As a result, Yakuza 6 ran the risk of alienating one of the two crowds especially since those who started the series with Yakuza 0 likely haven’t had the time to play through each game yet....

But how does it compare to its top Windows rival, the Dell XPS 15? For its part, the XPS 15 goes toe-to-toe with the MacBook Pro for performance and can be configured with an optional 4K OLED display. Dell’s laptop also has a compact chassis and is made of premium materials. That’s why it’s one of the best laptops around. We pitted these two flagship laptops against each other to see which portable powerhouse you should buy....

Design Acer deserves credit for not going down the MacBook-clone path like so many others have done. Instead of being yet another silver slab, the Aspire S 13 stands out with its obsidian-black color and textured nano-imprint cover, which gives the notebook a slick, pinstripe aesthetic. (You can also get this system in white, which is even more striking.) The area around the keyboard and wrist rest is made of aluminum, while the bottom has rubber paint with a nice soft-touch feel....

The Nitro 5 gaming laptop and Swift 3 ultrabook will come with the latest second-gen AMD Ryzen CPUs and Radeon graphics. Acer didn’t provide pricing or availability for either model, but we expect to hear more details soon. The announcement comes just days before Computex, an annual computer expo held in Taiwan where major laptop makers will be showing off new products. We’ll go hands-on with the new Swift 3 and Nitro 5 at the expo next week....

The company has really outdone itself this time with the Aorus X9 gaming laptop. Set to debut sometime this year, the X9 (starting at $3,649, or $3,799 for a Newegg exclusive) is an intriguing exercise in extremes. Say Hello to Big Sexy Say Hello to Big Sexy I first saw the X9 back at last year’s CES when the laptop was only a concept, but I was enthralled even then. It was sporting a sleek black-matte soft-touch lid with angles that simultaneously conjured visions of hitting a straightaway in a sexy Lamborghini or going on a top-secret mission in a stealth fighter....

Still, this MacBook Pro offers all-day battery life, pumps out tons of volume, and features a bright, colorful and sharp display. Yes, the pros (pun intended, sorry) outweigh the cons, including Apple’s aging design language. And when it comes to performance, this MacBook Pro is one of the best laptops around and one of the best business laptops for those who need to run demanding programs. 15-inch MacBook Pro 2019 cost and configuration options?...