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Article header image for Dawn of War 4 Locks In September 17 Launch Date
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Dawn of War 4 Locks In September 17 Launch Date

Warhammer Skulls brought the concrete date fans have been waiting for, plus a Commander Edition with early access and a post-launch roadmap that includes Crusade Mode, a mission editor, and a mystery faction.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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888 Peak Players, 8 Years of Dev, 95 Jobs Lost

Quantic Dream's first multiplayer game never broke 888 concurrent players on Steam. Now 95 jobs are on the line, and a French labor union is calling for management to resign.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Hasbro Bet $1B on Games. Zero Are Live Service.

Hasbro has poured nearly $1 billion into game development since 2018 and deliberately avoided live service. The same week, Quantic Dream's MOBA died after three months.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Six Years of PlayStation PC Ports, Now Over

Hermen Hulst told PlayStation staff in a town hall that narrative single-player games will now stay exclusive to PlayStation consoles. Multiplayer titles like Marathon and Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls will still ship on PC.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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PlayStation Locks Single-Player Games to PS5, Kills PC Ports

PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst confirmed in a staff town hall that first-party narrative single-player games will no longer come to PC. Multiplayer titles like Helldivers 2 remain multiplatform.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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Pac-Man Meets Suika Game in Namco Legendary Mountains

BeXide and Bandai Namco are turning classic arcade characters into voxels you toss, stack, and merge in a 3D twist on the Suika Game formula. It's launching this summer on Switch 2, Switch, and PC.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Horror VN Axed by Steam Despite 24,000 Wishlists

Japanese indie horror visual novel This Game Is Not Real has been pulled from Steam after Valve ruled it didn't meet platform criteria, despite 24,000 wishlists and months of community anticipation.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Lego 2K Drive Vanishes on Its Third Birthday

2K is quietly pulling Lego 2K Drive from every digital storefront on May 19, the exact third anniversary of its launch. Multiplayer servers follow in 2027.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Steam Deck's AI Upscaling Upgrade Confirmed for 2027

AMD has confirmed that its AI-powered FSR 4.1 upscaling technology will arrive on RDNA 2 hardware, including the Steam Deck, in early 2027. RDNA 3 desktop cards get it first in July.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Article header image for Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Launches June 18, Skips Early Access
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Hell Let Loose: Vietnam Launches June 18, Skips Early Access

Expression Games is shipping Hell Let Loose: Vietnam straight to 1.0 on June 18, a sharp contrast to the original's two-year early access stint. A free open beta weekend runs May 29 to June 1.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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Warhammer Skulls Drops a Full Game on May 21

Most showcases tease trailers and drop vague release windows. This year's Warhammer Skulls is shipping an entire game alongside its reveals.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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The Steam Controller Screams When You Drop It

Valve's new Steam Controller plays the iconic Wilhelm scream when you drop it, and the internet has been gleefully testing it ever since.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Article header image for 5/10 to 9.5/10: Directive 8020 Divides Critics Hard
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5/10 to 9.5/10: Directive 8020 Divides Critics Hard

Supermassive's sci-fi horror game is pulling review scores from 5/10 all the way up to 9.5/10, with critics split on whether its new stealth mechanics and ambitious storytelling elevate or undermine the Dark Pictures formula.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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NBA The Run Drops June 9 With a Beta This Weekend

A new arcade basketball game hits PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam on June 9 for $29.99, with a closed beta this Saturday giving players a three-hour window to try it out.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Article header image for Pirates Beat Forza Horizon 6's $100 Early Access by 5 Days
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Pirates Beat Forza Horizon 6's $100 Early Access by 5 Days

A developer apparently forgot to encrypt Forza Horizon 6's files when uploading them to Steam, and pirates had the game running before anyone who paid $100 for early access could touch it.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Article header image for Arrowhead Promises Helldivers 2 Overhaul, Fans Rip It Apart
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Arrowhead Promises Helldivers 2 Overhaul, Fans Rip It Apart

Arrowhead's latest "Transmission from Super Earth Command" promised multi-week campaigns, better rewards, and improved communication. The community told them to stop talking and start fixing.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Path of Exile 2 Wants You to Quit Before You Burn Out

Game director Jonathan Rogers says a huge percentage of negative Steam reviews come from players who grind 200+ hours with no clear stopping point. The Return of the Ancients update is designed to fix that.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Article header image for RUSE Returns to Steam 11 Years After Ubisoft Killed It
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RUSE Returns to Steam 11 Years After Ubisoft Killed It

Eugen Systems has brought its beloved WW2 RTS back from the dead, bundling all DLC and Steam Deck support into a $29.99 Definitive Edition after Ubisoft delisted the game in 2015.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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$99 Steam Controller Now $400 on eBay

Valve's Steam Controller sold out in roughly 30 minutes on May 4, and eBay scalpers wasted no time listing units for up to four times the retail price.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Article header image for Valve Flags Indie Dev for Infringing Their Own IP
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Valve Flags Indie Dev for Infringing Their Own IP

Japanese solo developer Daikichi has been blocked from releasing a demo on Steam because Valve flagged a board game asset as third-party IP. The board game is also made by Daikichi.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Article header image for 160GB on PC? Forza Horizon 6 Preloads Are Huge
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160GB on PC? Forza Horizon 6 Preloads Are Huge

Forza Horizon 6 has gone gold two weeks before launch and preloads are live now, but the PC version demands 160GB and an SSD. Console players aren't getting off easy either.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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May's Release Calendar Is Falling Like Dominoes

Subnautica 2's gravitational pull has now forced three games to shift their launches, and a post-layoff MechWarrior 5 expansion just slipped two weeks. May 2026 is reshuffling itself in real time.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Article header image for HoMM: Olden Era Paid for Itself in a Single Day
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HoMM: Olden Era Paid for Itself in a Single Day

Unfrozen's Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era broke even on its entire development budget within 16 hours of launching into early access, then crossed 500,000 sales in under three days.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Article header image for $3.84M Fine Can't Kill Dark and Darker
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$3.84M Fine Can't Kill Dark and Darker

South Korea's Supreme Court rejected Nexon's copyright infringement claims and refused to take Dark and Darker offline, though Ironmace still owes $3.84 million for trade secret violations.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Article header image for Far Far West Sells 250K in 48 Hours, Trips DDoS Shields
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Far Far West Sells 250K in 48 Hours, Trips DDoS Shields

Evil Raptor's robot cowboy co-op shooter sold a quarter-million copies in two days, hit so hard it triggered its own network provider's anti-DDoS shields, and currently sits at Overwhelmingly Positive on Steam.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Article header image for Not Even Imagine Dragons Could Save Their Own Game
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Not Even Imagine Dragons Could Save Their Own Game

Last Flag, the capture-the-flag shooter co-founded by Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds, never cracked 600 concurrent players and is ending post-launch development less than three weeks after release.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Article header image for Outer Worlds Finally Adds Grenades, 7 Years Late
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Outer Worlds Finally Adds Grenades, 7 Years Late

Obsidian is adding grenades to The Outer Worlds via a May 27 patch, nearly seven years after the RPG first launched. The update also brings a free Spacer's Choice Edition upgrade and a $20 price cut.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Article header image for Witcher 3 Director's Vampire RPG Launches Sept 3
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Witcher 3 Director's Vampire RPG Launches Sept 3

Rebel Wolves confirmed The Blood of Dawnwalker releases September 3, backed by a story trailer and a third gameplay overview that leans hard into its Witcher 3 DNA.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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$2,500 GPU Required to Run Dawnwalker at 4K

Rebel Wolves' vampire RPG lists an RTX 5090 as the requirement for native 4K at 60fps, putting the GPU cost alone north of $2,500. The rest of the spec sheet is more reasonable, but that top tier is eye-watering.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Article header image for AI Slop Tanks Garry's Mod Sequel's Steam Reviews
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AI Slop Tanks Garry's Mod Sequel's Steam Reviews

Facepunch's long-awaited Garry's Mod successor s&box launched to mixed Steam reviews, with players overwhelmingly pointing to AI-generated slop flooding the platform's game library.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Article header image for Wuchang's €30M Franchise Sold for Just €4M
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Wuchang's €30M Franchise Sold for Just €4M

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers earned over €30 million in revenue, but its IP just changed hands for a fraction of that after the original development team was dissolved.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Article header image for 50% Faster Isn't Enough? Valve's Wild Bar for Deck 2
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50% Faster Isn't Enough? Valve's Wild Bar for Deck 2

Valve's Pierre-Loup Griffais confirms the company is 'hard at work' on Steam Deck 2, but won't settle for anything less than a generational performance leap over the original.

Nathan Lees5 min read
Article header image for 15 Players at Peak. Atari Still Won't Give Up on Samsara
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15 Players at Peak. Atari Still Won't Give Up on Samsara

Adventure of Samsara peaked at 15 concurrent Steam players after launching the same day as Hollow Knight: Silksong. Atari just shipped a major 2.0 update to give it a second life.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Article header image for Yunyun Syndrome Turned 'I Don't Need It' Into a Uterus Joke
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Yunyun Syndrome Turned 'I Don't Need It' Into a Uterus Joke

The Japanese line いらない means "I don't need it." The English localization of Yunyun Syndrome turned it into "i'd cut my uterus out if i cld." Over 60 lines like this have now been corrected.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Article header image for Dark Souls 2 Remaster Shadow-Drops on Steam
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Dark Souls 2 Remaster Shadow-Drops on Steam

No trailer cycle, no countdown timer, no months of teasing. FromSoftware and Bandai Namco just dropped a Dark Souls 2 remaster onto Steam without warning.

Nathan Lees4 min read
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New Steam Controller Leaked at $99 via Pulled Review

A YouTube channel broke embargo on Valve's new Steam Controller, revealing a $99 price tag before the video was pulled. The internet, predictably, saved the receipts.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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300 Hand-Drawn Pages Over 6 Years Built This Gamebook RPG

Veteran illustrator Yoshio Nishimura spent more than six years hand-drawing over 300 illustrations for Veritas Tales: Witch of the Dark Castle, a digital gamebook RPG launching on Steam this July.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Steam Blows Star Wars: Galactic Racer's Release Date

Someone at Steam or Fuse Games jumped the gun, briefly posting an October 6 release date and deluxe edition details for Star Wars: Galactic Racer before pulling them down.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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$300M Games Can't Survive Without PC, Yoshida Says

With Spider-Man 2's leaked budget hitting $300 million, former PlayStation exec Shuhei Yoshida says cutting PC releases would make funding future blockbusters extremely difficult.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Article header image for Valve Hands Devs FPS Data to Fix Shoddy Deck Games
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Valve Hands Devs FPS Data to Fix Shoddy Deck Games

Valve is giving developers real framerate charts and player disagreement surveys so they can see exactly when a patch tanks their Steam Deck performance.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Article header image for Larian Framed the Article About BG3 Breaking Steam
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Larian Framed the Article About BG3 Breaking Steam

Larian's publishing director shared a photo of a framed news article about BG3 shaking Steam's servers, then said he hopes Divinity will "absolutely demolish it next time."

Nathan Lees4 min read
Article header image for Finally, a Worthy Mass Effect Successor? Previews Say Yes
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Finally, a Worthy Mass Effect Successor? Previews Say Yes

Owlcat Games' The Expanse: Osiris Reborn just entered closed beta, and hands-on previews are drawing strong Mass Effect comparisons across the board. After years of failed spiritual successors, this one might actually stick.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Fallout 76 Update Notes (21st April 2026)

Fallout 76's April patch overhauls how armor condition damage works and fixes a long list of C.A.M.P. and event bugs.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Article header image for 18 Years Later, Aion's Sequel Finally Goes Global
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18 Years Later, Aion's Sequel Finally Goes Global

Aion 2, the sequel to the 2008 MMO that once boasted over 7 million monthly subscribers, is finally heading west with a PC-native global release on Steam later this year.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Article header image for Windrose Nails the Pirate Fantasy Ubisoft Couldn't
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Windrose Nails the Pirate Fantasy Ubisoft Couldn't

A small studio just shipped the Black Flag spiritual successor that Skull & Bones was supposed to be, and it's a Steam hit weeks before Ubisoft's own remake arrives.

Nathan Lees5 min read
Article header image for 29 Games Gone: Disney's Steam Purge Claims Dark Forces
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29 Games Gone: Disney's Steam Purge Claims Dark Forces

A second wave of Disney delistings hit Steam this week, pulling 15 more games including the original Star Wars: Dark Forces and Outlaws. That brings the 2026 total to 29 titles quietly erased from the storefront.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Article header image for Outbound Pushed Back Three Weeks Over Mystery Bug
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Outbound Pushed Back Three Weeks Over Mystery Bug

Square Glade Games has pushed Outbound's launch back three weeks to May 14, citing a vague late-stage issue that "could negatively impact your enjoyment." The studio won't say what the bug actually is.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Article header image for Not Even 3 Years Old, Star Trek: Resurgence Axed
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Not Even 3 Years Old, Star Trek: Resurgence Axed

Star Trek: Resurgence has been yanked from digital storefronts after its distribution license expired, barely giving the game time to reach all its platforms before disappearing.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Article header image for TerraTech Legion Storms Game Pass on April 30
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TerraTech Legion Storms Game Pass on April 30

Payload Studios' block-based bullet heaven builder arrives on Game Pass day one, and for a niche genre mash-up like this, that's exactly the lifeline it needs.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Article header image for Hades II Finally Lands on Xbox With a Massive Update
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Hades II Finally Lands on Xbox With a Massive Update

Supergiant's roguelike sequel has finally made the jump to Xbox, and it didn't show up empty-handed. A massive April 2026 update drops new content across every platform.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Article header image for Expired License Kills Star Trek: Resurgence Overnight
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Expired License Kills Star Trek: Resurgence Overnight

Dramatic Labs' well-reviewed Star Trek narrative game has been yanked from multiple storefronts overnight after its distribution license expired, with barely a sentence of explanation.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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No Loadouts Allowed in Marathon's Next Experiment

Bungie's next Marathon experiment drops tomorrow and forces every player into free sponsored kits, levelling the playing field entirely. No purple shields, no upgraded guns, just whatever you can scavenge.

Nathan Lees3 min read
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Subnautica 2's Own Parent Company Yanked as Publisher

Krafton, the company that owns Unknown Worlds Entertainment, is no longer listed as Subnautica 2's publisher on Steam or the Epic Games Store. The change happened on April 7 and hasn't been reversed.

Nathan Lees2 min read
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27 Vintage Warhammer Games Flood Steam Today

Games Workshop and publisher SNEG have dropped 27 classic Warhammer games onto Steam under a new Warhammer Classics label, with seven titles hitting the platform for the first time.

Nathan Lees2 min read
Offend an NPC in The Pines and They Hunt You Forever
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Offend an NPC in The Pines and They Hunt You Forever

The Pines is a psychological horror RPG where saying the wrong thing to the wrong person doesn't just hurt your reputation. It makes them hunt you through the woods.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Rust 2 Steam Page Appears, Facepunch Says 'Nope'
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Rust 2 Steam Page Appears, Facepunch Says 'Nope'

A legitimate-looking Steam page for Rust 2 appeared out of nowhere, a Facepunch developer said 'you saw nothing', and then the studio's founder flatly denied the whole thing. It's been a morning.

Nathan Lees3 min read
DayZ Stable Update 1.29 Patch Notes (8th April 2026)
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DayZ Stable Update 1.29 Patch Notes (8th April 2026)

DayZ Stable Update 1.29 is live today with a hefty list of fixes, new clothing, reworked gunshot audio, and a new underground bunker section for Frostline players.

Nathan Lees10 min read
The Division 2: Rise Up Patch Notes (2nd April 2026)
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The Division 2: Rise Up Patch Notes (2nd April 2026)

The Division 2's Rise Up season update dropped today, bringing an escalating Black Tusk offensive across Washington D.C. and a slate of new challenges aimed squarely at veteran agents.

Nathan Lees17 min read
CS2 Animgraph 2 Beta Patch Notes (1st April 2026)
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CS2 Animgraph 2 Beta Patch Notes (1st April 2026)

Valve has pushed a beta build for CS2 that migrates the game's animation system to Animgraph 2, promising reduced CPU and networking costs alongside fully re-authored third-person animations.

Nathan Lees2 min read
PEAK 1.60.c Patch Notes (1st April 2026)
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PEAK 1.60.c Patch Notes (1st April 2026)

PEAK's latest patch is a small but focused fix drop, addressing some annoying multiplayer and UI bugs that have been catching players out.

Nathan Lees2 min read
ARC Raiders Patch 1.21.0 Notes (24th March 2026)
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ARC Raiders Patch 1.21.0 Notes (24th March 2026)

ARC Raiders patch 1.21.0 is live today, adding a new Raider Tool and Backpack set alongside a batch of bug fixes including a wall-walk exploit that's now been closed off.

Nathan Lees2 min read
skate. Update 0.30.2 Patch Notes (23rd March 2026)
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skate. Update 0.30.2 Patch Notes (23rd March 2026)

skate. Update 0.30.2 targets several grind mechanics that broke at Season 3 launch, with most of the issues now fixed and double grinds coming back in the next update.

Nathan Lees4 min read
ARC Raiders Patch Notes 1.20.0 (17th March 2026)
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ARC Raiders Patch Notes 1.20.0 (17th March 2026)

ARC Raiders update 1.20.0 is live today, headlined by a long-requested Il Toro rebalance that touches DPS, range, and how the weapon scales with upgrades.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Steam Doubled Its $100K Earners in Just Five Years
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Steam Doubled Its $100K Earners in Just Five Years

Valve's GDC numbers quietly dismantle the indie saturation panic: nearly 6,000 games cleared $100K on Steam last year, double the count from five years ago.

Nathan Lees4 min read
Lawsuit Claims Steam Loot Boxes Are Slot Machines
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Lawsuit Claims Steam Loot Boxes Are Slot Machines

A class-action lawsuit filed in Washington state doesn't just argue that Steam loot boxes are gambling, it argues Valve engineered them to work like slot machines, down to the spinning animations and near-miss effects.

Nathan Lees4 min read
PS5 Slim Runs GTA 5 at 60fps But Overheats Doing It
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PS5 Slim Runs GTA 5 at 60fps But Overheats Doing It

Modder Andy Nguyen got Linux running on a PS5 Slim, booted GTA 5 Enhanced with ray tracing at 60fps, and immediately hit the thermal wall that explains why Sony has never flipped this switch officially.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Hunter: The Reckoning Leaked Through RoboCop on Steam
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Hunter: The Reckoning Leaked Through RoboCop on Steam

Someone at Teyon pushed the wrong build to Steam today, and for about half an hour, RoboCop: Rogue City became an unannounced Hunter: The Reckoning game. The files are gone, but the screenshots aren't.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Valve Erased 'We Hope' From Its Steam Machine Post
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Valve Erased 'We Hope' From Its Steam Machine Post

Valve published a Year in Review blog post with uncertain language about the Steam Machine's 2026 launch, then quietly rewrote it the same day. The edit tells you everything about where things actually stand.

Nathan Lees3 min read
Sony Axes PC Ports for Ghost of Yotei and Saros
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Sony Axes PC Ports for Ghost of Yotei and Saros

Sony has quietly killed the PC versions of Ghost of Yotei and Saros, according to a Bloomberg report by Jason Schreier. If you were waiting to play either on Steam, you're now waiting forever.

Nathan Lees4 min read
CS:GO Is Back on Steam With No Servers and No Explanation
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CS:GO Is Back on Steam With No Servers and No Explanation

CS:GO has quietly reappeared on Steam as a standalone listing, three years after Valve folded it into Counter-Strike 2. The servers are still offline, the page is hidden from search, and Valve hasn't explained any of it.

Nathan Lees3 min read