For some gamers, a normal keyboard simply doesn’t have enough buttons. For those wonderfully committed individuals, Razer has a new toy: the Razer Tartarus V2 Pro, a one-handed gaming keypad with 31 programmable controls, analog optical switches, a proper thumbstick and enough customization to make a regular keyboard look positively underemployed. It is available now for $199.99 in the US.
The biggest change is Razer’s Analog Optical Switches Gen-2, which allow the actuation point to be adjusted between 0.1mm and 4.0mm. There is also Rapid Trigger, which can reset a key with as little as 0.1mm of upward movement. In practical terms, that means players can tune the keypad to react to feather-light inputs or require a deeper press, depending on the game and preference. Razer rates the switches for 100 million keystrokes.
Then there is the rather important full-sized TMR thumbstick. Instead of the directional thumbpad found on older Tartarus models, the V2 Pro offers analog movement, with three dedicated buttons around it. That makes it particularly interesting for MMOs, where a pile of abilities and shortcuts can quickly turn a keyboard into alphabet soup, while also giving FPS players another way to handle movement and secondary controls.
Razer has also thrown its 8,000Hz HyperPolling technology into the mix. That’s eight times the conventional 1,000Hz polling rate, while the keypad gets Razer’s Snap Tap, Snap Flex, Dynamic Keystroke, and Dual-Keypress Priority features. The real-world benefit will depend heavily on the game and setup, but competitive players now have considerably more control over how inputs are registered.
The Tartarus V2 Pro can save up to 24 keymaps across three onboard profiles, so players can build different setups for different games. Actuation and Rapid Trigger settings can be tweaked directly on the keypad, while doubleshot PBT keycaps, foam-dampened switches and a redesigned wrist rest that slides, rotates and tilts add some welcome comfort.
At $199.99, this is definitely specialist gear, but Razer isn’t just throwing buttons at a problem. With analog optical switches, a TMR thumbstick and 8,000Hz polling, the Tartarus V2 Pro sits somewhere between a keyboard and a controller. It’s niche, pricey, and a little gloriously over-the-top, but for gamers who want their entire arsenal under one hand, that’s exactly the appeal.
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.