LG’s insanely fast UltraGear 25G590B finally has a price and a US release date. The 24.5-inch esports monitor is now available to preorder exclusively from LG for $999.99, with free expedited shipping scheduled to begin on September 1.
The headline feature is a native 1,000Hz refresh rate at 1920 x 1080, making it the first Full HD gaming monitor to reach that speed without dropping to a lower resolution. The screen can update up to 1,000 times per second, or once every millisecond. LG also lets users overclock it to 1,100Hz.
This is a highly specialized display for competitive FPS players who value motion clarity and responsiveness above resolution. LG chose a 24.5-inch panel because the size is common in esports and keeps more of the action within a player’s natural field of view.
Reaching 1,000Hz requires more than plugging it into any gaming PC. LG specifies Windows 11, DisplayPort 2.1, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series card or an AMD Radeon RX 9070, RX 9060, or RX 7900-series GPU or newer. DisplayPort 2.1 supports UHBR20 bandwidth, allowing the monitor to maintain Full HD resolution at its maximum refresh rate. Motion Blur Reduction Pro can make moving targets appear sharper, although enabling it disables FreeSync Premium and G-Sync compatibility.
The Acer Nitro XV273U F5 undercuts LG by $300 and may be the better all-round monitor. Its 27-inch panel runs at 2560 x 1440 and 540Hz, giving buyers more screen space and a sharper image for games outside competitive shooters.
However, if you are chasing the four-digit refresh rate, the equation changes. Acer drops to 720p at 1,000Hz, while LG keeps the image at 1080p and pushes as high as 1,100Hz when overclocked. LG’s $1000 price is difficult to ignore, but if you are in the market for a fast panel for e-sports titles, the UltraGear 25G590B is likely one of the best options currently available.
The Call of Duty franchise has held a special place in my heart ever since I played my first Black Ops game back in 2010. That game's campaign was something else, with twists and turns that culminated in a mind-blowing finale. We can all admit that compared to those older campaigns, the recent CODs have been lackluster at best, and a complete and utter disappointment at worst. The reboot of Modern Warfare did give me some hope, as the first two installments were actually quite good, but the third game left such a bad taste in my mouth that I wasn’t exactly expecting much from Modern Warfare 4.
After recently finishing the campaign, I can say that this installment is nothing like the recent releases and instead feels closer to the franchise’s roots. For the first time in a long while, the campaign comes across as well-crafted rather than rushed to hit a release date. It arrives three years after MW3, and you can see exactly where all that time went. It seems the studio finally made listening to player feedback a priority.
Epic Games has just announced the 2026 Epic AI MegaJam, which is looking to see how much game development can be squeezed into a very short window. This is running from November 12 through November 15.
Participants can work alone or in teams of up to five people, build in Unreal Engine or Unreal Editor for Fortnite, and bring along “as many AI agents as you want.” Epic explicitly encourages coding agents, AI-generated assets, audio tools, writing tools, and other AI systems. The official event page literally says "Vibe your way to $50k.”
It’s turning into a pretty good time to be a Monster Hunter fan who plays on a phone. Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Outlanders will launch on Android and iOS on October 29, giving the series a new mobile-first game just as Monster Hunter Rise is also preparing to make the jump to smartphones through Netflix.
Outlanders is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi Studio Group under license and supervision from Capcom. Unlike Rise, which appears to be the full console and PC game adapted for mobile, Outlanders is a free-to-play survival hunting game made specifically for phones.