Welcome to episode 21 of the Ocmodcast, everyone! Before we dive into today’s insane lineup of news, we have to start with a massive thank you to all of you. We officially hit ONE MILLION VIEWS! Whether you’ve been here since day one or you just subscribed this week, thank you so much for being a part of this journey. We couldn’t have done it without you!
To celebrate, we are packing today’s episode with some of the biggest news and rumors dropping across the gaming world right now:
• Next-Gen Rumors & Leaks: We are breaking down everything we know so far about the PlayStation 6 and what’s brewing with Project Helix.
• Cross-Platform Madness: PS5 emulation running on Xbox? We’re taking a look at how this is even possible and what it means for the future of hardware.
Steam Frame Controller Breakdown: Plus, an in-depth analysis of the new Steam Frame Controller—and full disclosure, mine is officially on the way, so expect hands-on impressions very soon!
News
PHONE NEWS
- This App Turns an iPhone Duo Into a Retro Walkman Cassette Player | PCMag
- Your iPhone’s Vibration Tech Cost Apple $5.7B in Damages After Patent Lawsuit | PCMag
- Snapdragon Demo: I Watched AI Create a Sound Bubble Around a Phone | PCMag
- Some iPhone 18 Pro Users Hit With Face ID Reboot Glitch | PCMag
- New Qualcomm Sound Chip Turns Gadgets Into AI Devices That Don’t Need a Phone | PCMag
- Qualcomm Splits Its First 2nm Snapdragon Flagship Chip Into Two | PCMag
- Apple’s $250 Million Siri AI Settlement Website Is Live. How to Claim Your Share | PCMag
- Did You Download iOS 27? Do These 6 Things First | PCMag
- The iPhone 18 Pro Has a Secret Weapon That Busts Fake AI Photos | PCMag
Graphics cards
- EGPUs do work, but they come with some notable limitations
- What does anti-aliasing actually do to your PC games?
- Nvidia’s RTX Mega Geometry 2.0 streams ray-tracing geometry into VRAM on demand
- 5 common problems with AMD graphics cards
- 5 ways to stop your GPU from degrading
- Emulation already solved the problem DLSS 5 is selling, and it did it for free years ago
- Classic GTA game gets major graphics upgrade
- Why NVIDIA’s most powerful GPU is so rarely sold to consumers
- What does ‘Ti’ actually mean on an Nvidia graphics card?
- DLSS 5 is the new ray tracing, and it’s going to be inescapable soon
- You can get 4x multi frame generation without an RTX 50-series card
- Micro Center requires photo ID and signed no-export pledge to buy RTX 5090 gaming GPU
Xbox
- The chips for the PS6 and Xbox Helix are rumored to have been finalized — here’s what to expect
- The real budget for Hideo Kojima’s Physint remains a mystery
- Xbox & PlayStation are headed in opposite directions (again) – Next-gen console watch | Watch
- PS6, Xbox Helix console specs leak online—here’s what to expect from next-gen gaming machines
- Xbox officially launches new era for physical gaming as Sony phases out discs
- The Xbox Series X can now play PlayStation 5 games – here’s how
- GTA 6 PC version gets official release update from Rockstar Games
- Is your Xbox Series X or PS5 as good as a Blu-ray player?
Valve
- Steam drops new free 100-hour open-world RPG, no strings attached
- ‘Valve Corporation v. Users of Valve’s Video Game Platform, Steam’ is a real court case. | The Verge
- Valve engineers discuss the duality of the Steam Frame and pricing — Valve’s newest VR headset pivots SteamOS to Arm | Tom’s Hardware
- Valve reveals Steam store changes coming in 2027
Sony
- PlayStation might make a PS6 controller that can take your bank details
- 6 forgotten PS2 features that are pure nostalgia
- Sony rolls out PS5 update enabling automatic graphics enhancement for PS5 Pro
- Base PS5 life extended as pro-exclusive AI upscaling arrives
- Sony leaves it late to announce October’s free PS Plus games, but it was worth the wait
- Your past gaming hours are now a ticket to buying the new PS5 Pro
Nintendo
Other tech news
- I just wore Meta’s new VR glasses — clunky headsets are officially dead
- I spent 4 years with a liquid-cooled GPU, and now I appreciate air cooling more than ever
- 6 subscriptions you can replace with a $45 Raspberry Pi
- These 4 ancient CPUs refuse to become obsolete, even in 2026
- 5 disadvantages of AMD X3D processors you should know about
- 4 surprising uses for your motherboard’s second ethernet port
- 6 complicated Raspberry Pi project kits that any LEGO adult can pull off
- I gave up on Windows and Linux for an OS that gives me the best of both worlds
- These 4 ancient CPUs refuse to become obsolete, even in 2026
- Soon, high-quality Blu-ray ripping might be impossible
- 6 subscriptions you can replace with a $45 Raspberry Pi
- 5 unusual storage devices that are faster than any SSD (and why we don’t use them for PC storage)
- My home server’s CPU had a free iGPU that I disregarded for months, and it handles all my Jellyfin transcoding now
- 5 disadvantages of AMD X3D processors you should know about
- Gigabyte AORUS Ari brings PCIe 5.0 to DDR4 builders fleeing $650 DDR5 kits
- PSA: It’s time to update the BIOS on some older Asus motherboards
- Your old optical drives still have one storage trick SSDs can’t quite replace
- Undervolting my CPU was one of the best system upgrades I’ve ever made
- AMD’s 256-core monster EPYC CPU is its most expensive processor ever launched
Microsoft
- Windows has been quietly compressing your memory in the background for years, and here’s why it matters
- I installed a Windows mod tool and it fixes almost everything wrong with Windows 11
- I moved my Windows user folder to another SSD, and it made a surprising difference
- Windows 11 version 27H2 could be the next major platform upgrade
- 4 Windows utilities that feel too good to be free (and why I can’t live without them)
- Windows 11 gets better every time I turn one of these Microsoft features off
- Windows has 100+ services running right now, and this built-in tool lets you safely disable many of them