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Dev Will Delete Steam Game “Hardest” Over AI Assets — What Indies and Players Need to Know

Dev Will Delete Steam Game “Hardest” Over AI Assets — What Indies and Players Need to Know

Solo dev removes AI-heavy Steam game citing ethics and environmental harm — a wake-up call for indie studios, platform policy, and player trust in 2026.

Top 15 Games That Fueled Steam’s New 42M Concurrent-Player Record

Top 15 Games That Fueled Steam’s New 42M Concurrent-Player Record

Steam hit a 42M concurrent-user peak on Jan 11, 2026 — powered by CS2, Dota 2, BR hits and surprising viral entries. What drove it and what comes next.

Hytale Early Access Launch Guide — How to Download, Install, and Play on Day One

Hytale Early Access Launch Guide — How to Download, Install, and Play on Day One

Hytale launches Early Access Jan 13 on the Hytale Launcher (PC only). Here’s a concise, practical day-one guide to download, join servers, and avoid…

Animal Crossing: New Horizons arrives on Nintendo Switch 2

Animal Crossing: New Horizons arrives on Nintendo Switch 2

Nintendo brings New Horizons to Switch 2 with a $65 physical release, a $5 upgrade path for original owners, performance boosts, new islands and…

Awesome Games Done Quick 2026: 15 Speedruns Worth Rewatching and Practicing Now

Awesome Games Done Quick 2026: 15 Speedruns Worth Rewatching and Practicing Now

AGDQ 2026 raised $2.44M and delivered glitch-forward, relay-heavy runs — here are the 15 highlights speedrunners should rewatch, why they matter, and how…

Ninja Gaiden 4 Physical Deals — PS5 & Xbox Standard Copies $39.99, Should You Buy?

Ninja Gaiden 4 Physical Deals — PS5 & Xbox Standard Copies $39.99, Should You Buy?

Best Buy cuts Ninja Gaiden 4 physical PS5/Xbox copies to $39.99. Here’s why collectors and players should consider grabbing a sealed copy now — value,…

Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Switch 2 Edition Is Nintendo’s Cheapest Paid Upgrade Yet

Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Switch 2 Edition Is Nintendo’s Cheapest Paid Upgrade Yet

Nintendo releases Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Switch 2 Edition Jan 15 with a $4.99 upgrade pack for owners, 4K/mouse support, 12-player online, and a…

The Sims Project Rene Has Shifted: Mobile-First Multiplayer, Not The Sims 5

The Sims Project Rene Has Shifted: Mobile-First Multiplayer, Not The Sims 5

EA/Maxis reposition Project Rene as a mobile-first social multiplayer Sims companion to The Sims 4—expanding reach while promising a separate next-gen…

Counter-Strike 1.6 Goes Full VR: Team Beef’s CSVR Brings Classic CS to Quest & Pico

Counter-Strike 1.6 Goes Full VR: Team Beef’s CSVR Brings Classic CS to Quest & Pico

Team Beef’s CSVR ports Counter-Strike 1.6 to Meta Quest and Pico headsets via SideQuest — full 6DoF, headset-hosted servers, PvP, team chat and bHaptics…

Masters of Albion — Peter Molyneux’s new god‑game blends daytime city‑building with nighttime

Masters of Albion — Peter Molyneux’s new god‑game blends daytime city‑building with nighttime

Peter Molyneux’s 22cans returns to god‑game territory with Masters of Albion: a day/night mix of town politics, hero combat, possession mechanics, out Apr…

LEGO x Pokémon: Kanto Icons Arrive Feb 27, 2026 — Preorder Guide and What Actually Matters

LEGO x Pokémon: Kanto Icons Arrive Feb 27, 2026 — Preorder Guide and What Actually Matters

LEGO’s first official Pokémon collector sets (Eevee, Pikachu & Poké Ball, Venusaur/Charizard/Blastoise) hit Feb 27. Preorders open — my take on value,…

Hytale’s pre-sales covered two years of development and Hypixel expects 1M players at launch

Hytale’s pre-sales covered two years of development and Hypixel expects 1M players at launch

Hytale’s pre-orders have funded two years of development and Hypixel expects 1M players at early access — promising stability and a community-first…

The Division 2’s hardcore Realism Mode arrives for the franchise’s 10th anniversary

The Division 2’s hardcore Realism Mode arrives for the franchise’s 10th anniversary

Ubisoft’s anniversary season adds a limited Realism Mode to The Division 2 with reduced HUD, no regen, scarce ammo, no XP—plus Tom Clancy crossovers and…

Forza Horizon 5 Hits $300M on PS5 — Why Microsoft’s Port Strategy Just Paid Off for Racing Fans

Forza Horizon 5 Hits $300M on PS5 — Why Microsoft’s Port Strategy Just Paid Off for Racing Fans

Forza Horizon 5 has sold 5M+ copies on PS5, earning $300M+. Here’s why the port matters for Xbox’s business and what it means for players and Forza…

Palworld Official Card Game: Survival Crafting Meets Competitive TCG on July 30, 2026

Palworld Official Card Game: Survival Crafting Meets Competitive TCG on July 30, 2026

Bushiroad and Pocketpair bring Palworld’s survival loop to tabletop: base-building, resource ramps, and creature synergies — here’s how to prepare and…

Download the Hytale Launcher Now — How to Beat the Queues for Jan 13 Early Access

Download the Hytale Launcher Now — How to Beat the Queues for Jan 13 Early Access

Hytale early access arrives Jan 13 (7am PST). Download the PC launcher now, create your account, enable 2FA and pre-purchase to avoid long queues and…

Diablo IV Brings Back Leaderboards — The Tower Beta and Two-Week Resets Shake Up Competitive Play

Diablo IV Brings Back Leaderboards — The Tower Beta and Two-Week Resets Shake Up Competitive Play

Diablo IV revives class-separated leaderboards tied to The Tower (beta), with two-week resets, major Tower tweaks, pylons changes, QoL fixes, and balance…

Nintendo Is Ending the Switch Game Voucher — Last Chance to Lock In Discounts Before Jan 30, 2026

Nintendo Is Ending the Switch Game Voucher — Last Chance to Lock In Discounts Before Jan 30, 2026

Nintendo will stop selling Switch Game Vouchers on Jan 30, 2026. Existing vouchers last 12 months — decide now which Switch titles to lock in before the…

Why the Palworld TCG Is a Smart, Deliberate Move — Not a Panic Pivot

Why the Palworld TCG Is a Smart, Deliberate Move — Not a Panic Pivot

Pocketpair’s Palworld TCG (July 30, 2026) extends the game’s survival DNA into a physical card format, leveraging Bushiroad expertise and a clear…

New Age of Empires reportedly in development — World’s Edge rebuilding the series on Unreal Engine

New Age of Empires reportedly in development — World’s Edge rebuilding the series on Unreal Engine

Insider Jez Corden says a new Age of Empires is in the works with World’s Edge building the “bones” on Unreal Engine — a move that could delay release but…

Icarus Sales Surge: Nearly 1M Copies Sold in Steam Winter Sale — What That Means for Survival Fans

Icarus Sales Surge: Nearly 1M Copies Sold in Steam Winter Sale — What That Means for Survival Fans

Icarus sold ~984k base copies and 243k DLC during the Steam Winter Sale, driving a 44k player peak and reviving a five‑year‑old PvE survival game’s…

Code Vein 2 ditches generative AI — leans hard into drama and bigger combat

Code Vein 2 ditches generative AI — leans hard into drama and bigger combat

Bandai Namco’s Code Vein 2 resets its story, expands combat and world scale, and refuses generative AI to protect artistic cohesion — here’s what that…

Rising Front exits early access with tanks, cavalry and 1,000-unit battles — but can it run?

Rising Front exits early access with tanks, cavalry and 1,000-unit battles — but can it run?

Rising Front hits 1.0 with player-controlled tanks, cavalry, Steam Deck support and Workshop mods. It’s ambitious, cheap, and community-driven—performance…

Valve quietly adds ntsync to SteamOS — could this fix stuttery Call of Duty on Decks?

Valve quietly adds ntsync to SteamOS — could this fix stuttery Call of Duty on Decks?

SteamOS’s January beta adds kernel-level ntsync support. Early Proton‑GE tests show modest framerate and stutter fixes for older Call of Duty on Steam…