
Valve Stockpiled Tons of Steam Frames Before Price Hike
Qualcomm is raising chip prices in September, but Valve apparently saw it coming. The company reportedly has a massive stockpile of Steam Frame headsets already in the US.
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Qualcomm is raising chip prices in September, but Valve apparently saw it coming. The company reportedly has a massive stockpile of Steam Frame headsets already in the US.

A major Xbox outage is preventing players from signing in, viewing their game libraries, and launching downloaded titles they already own.

Sony Santa Monica confirmed God of War Laufey's release date at San Diego Comic-Con. The PS5 exclusive launches February 16, 2027, and it's never coming to PC.

Cyan Worlds has revealed Project Anglerfish, a cancelled prototype for a new game in the Myst universe that spent just four months in development before being shelved.

Beat every mission on Legendary and Sgt. Johnson rewards you with a fourth-wall break, a pair of orange shades, and what looks like a direct confirmation that Halo 2's remake is next.

Former Dragon Age producer Mark Darrah says EA's internal politics mean no one can realistically pitch a new entry, even if they wanted to.

Microsoft's first wave of original Xbox games on PC via backwards compatibility skips the classics everyone actually wants in favour of Blinx, Fuzion Frenzy, and Crimson Skies.

IO Interactive's first major patch for 007 First Light fixes over 200 issues and adds new content, but PS5 players are staring down a 23.84GB download while Xbox owners breeze through at 1.39GB.

A fan-made Portal remake built with Valve's own source code is 100% complete and free. The only problem: Valve won't answer the phone.

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls launched its open beta on July 24th, and PSN promptly went down. PS5 players were locked out for hours while PC players got to enjoy the fighter uninterrupted.

Marvel's SDCC Hall H panel dropped a stacked lineup of announcements, but Ryan Gosling walking out as the MCU's Ghost Rider stole the entire show.

A premature Roll20 listing has revealed what appears to be a D&D 5th edition sourcebook set in World of Warcraft's Azeroth, just days before Gen Con kicks off.

A $70 early access launch for a single-player remake, and players can't even get past the login screen. Those who do are finding AI voice acting and unfinished features waiting on the other side.

Dan Houser thinks companies should sell discs if people want them. Thirty-seven million US sales in half a year suggest people still do.

Konami has confirmed Castlevania: Belmont's Curse will run at 30fps on Nintendo Switch, half the 60fps target on PS5, Xbox, and PC. No Switch 2 version is currently planned.

Microsoft's ad-supported cloud streaming test is live for Xbox Insiders, and the most interesting angle isn't the ads themselves. It's that Xbox One owners can now stream Series X games without buying new hardware.

Sega's president told Famitsu the company values physical media and won't abandon it. Fans are pointing out that almost every Sega game on Switch 2 ships as a key card, not a cartridge.

Xbox has started testing ad-supported cloud streaming with Insiders, offering one-hour sessions in exchange for pre-roll ads. The specific math behind the deal tells you whether this is a fair bargain or a slippery slope.

Amazon's gaming chief Jeffrey Gattis buried an one-year delay for Tomb Raider Catalyst inside a sprawling interview about cloud gaming. No press release, no announcement, just a passing mention.

A trademark filed with the EU's intellectual property office reveals the next Kingdom Come game's name and includes repeated references to online functionality, a first for the single-player series.

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot is the first major publisher boss to weigh in on Sony's disc discontinuation, and he's firmly in Sony's corner.

OneBGS claims Bethesda Montreal workers received termination emails offering the legal minimum in severance on July 17, the same day the studio celebrated its Fallout and Elder Scrolls roadmap. The union has filed a legal complaint.

Microsoft's answer to its own $800 console price tag? Watch an ad and stream for an hour. The irony writes itself.

Cold Iron Studios' co-op shooter sequel bumps the squad count to four, adds cross-platform play, and launches next month at $49.99.