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If you’ve ever looked at a Path of Exile beginner guide and sighed at the words “use Rolling Magma until Act 6,” rejoice — Grinding Gear Games is finally putting… Read more: Path of Exile Just Killed Its Most Infamous Beginner Trap — And 150 Skills Got Rewritten Along the Way

Remember when Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition’s Baltic Powers expansion got cancelled back in January 2025? Yeah, about that. It turns out the devs at Forgotten Empires and World’s… Read more: Age of Empires 3 Finally Resurrects Its Cancelled Baltic Powers DLC — And You Can Play It Right Now

Valve just confirmed that both the Steam Frame and Steam Machine are shipping this summer. The catch? The company buried the announcement inside a Steam Verified/VR verification post rather than… Read more: Valve Quietly Confirms Steam Frame Is Shipping This Summer — But Good Luck Affording It

Look, I’ve played a lot of vampire games. I’ve drained the blood of entire kingdoms, turned into bats, sparkled in Italian sunlight. But never once has a game said: “Hey,… Read more: Vampire RPG Lets You Trade Murdered People’s Teeth to Slow Down Time and I Am Unreasonably Excited

Valve just launched the new Steam Controller, and it’s available right now for $99. The controller went on sale at 10 AM Pacific today (July 25, 2026) through the Steam… Read more: The New Steam Controller Just Dropped for $99 — And It Works on Everything

There is a particular kind of patience that survival games demand of us. Not the frantic, resource-scrounging kind — the other kind. The kind where you check a Steam forum… Read more: After 13 Years of Crawling Through Early Access, Project Zomboid Finally Has Something New to Say

Valve had a chance to play the exclusivity game with the Steam Machine. They looked at it, thought about it, and said “nah.” And honestly, it’s the most Valve thing… Read more: Valve Just Called the Entire PC Library Their Steam Machine “Exclusive” and Honestly? Respect

There is a particular kind of honesty that arrives when a company has nothing left to lose and everything left to prove. Bethesda Game Studios, fresh from the third round… Read more: Bethesda Draws Its Roadmap in Pencil — And the Fallout 5 Sketch Is Starting to Emerge

There are people who download free games from Steam because they want something fun to play. Then there are people who download free games from Steam and somehow end up… Read more: Some Florida Student Thought He Could Rob Steam Users With Fake Games. The FBI Disagreed.

Red Hook Studios has announced The Fire’s Edge, the first piece of downloadable content for the original Darkest Dungeon since 2020. The expansion arrives August 18th, just shy of the… Read more: Darkest Dungeon Gets Its First New Content in Six Years, and It’s Borrowing From the Sequel

Well folks, it happened. The European Commission looked at a $55 billion leveraged buyout that will hand Electronic Arts over to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake, and Jared… Read more: EA Sold for $55 Billion and the EU Says That’s Totally Fine

Look, we all have that one friend who claims they’ll “get around to it” while their Steam wishlist reads like the Library of Alexandria. Thousands of titles, zero organization, pure… Read more: Steam Finally Lets You Organize That Graveyard of 2,000 Wishlisted Games

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has always had a complicated relationship with its successor. When Counter-Strike 2 launched, it wasn’t just an upgrade — it was a replacement. CS:GO vanished from the… Read more: CS:GO Is Back on Steam — And the Player Count Says We Were Never Done With It

There’s a particular kind of satisfaction in watching a medieval village come to life — not through cinematic cutscenes or scripted events, but through the quiet accumulation of decisions you… Read more: Manor Lords Wants You to Slow Down and Build Something Worth Looking At

You guys. YOU GUYS. After five and a half years of waiting, Agent 64: Spies Never Die finally has a locked release date and I am absolutely losing it right… Read more: GoldenEye Fans, THIS Is Not a Drill — Agent 64 Spies Finally Has a Release Date and Big Heads Mode

YOU GUYS. You guys. I need everyone to stop what they are doing right now because Project Zomboid just dropped the news we have been absolutely losing our minds waiting… Read more: After 19 Months of Pain, Project Zomboid Is Finally Dropping Build 42 on Stable and It’s MASSIVE

There is a quiet rebellion happening in the early access space, and it starts with some genuinely terrible-looking MS Paint scribbles. Mega Crit Games, the studio behind the genre-defining deckbuilder… Read more: Mega Crit Draws the Line: Why Slay the Spire 2 Chose Ugly Placeholder Art Over AI

Palworld has officially graduated from early access, and honestly, nobody could have predicted how this saga would play out when Pocketpair quietly dropped the game into Steamu2019s early access program… Read more: Palworld Officially Leaves Early Access After Selling 40 Million Copies and Surviving Nintendo’s Legal Siege

Stardew Valley has always been a charming 2D pixel-art farming sim — and that’s a big part of its appeal. But one determined modder has decided that Pelican Town deserves… Read more: Someone Built a 3D Version of Stardew Valley and It Even Has VR Support

Here is a sentence I never expected to write in 2026: Obsidian Entertainment is officially making a new Fallout game. Josh Sawyer, the director behind the beloved New Vegas, is… Read more: Obsidian Gets the Fallout Call Again, But Nobody’s Celebrating

The gaming world is reeling after reports surfaced that Microsoft has laid off roughly half of id Software’s team — a staggering blow to the studio behind DOOM, Quake, and… Read more: John Romero Calls Out Microsoft as id Software Loses Half Its Workforce

Well, the other shoe has finally dropped. After weeks of rumors and hand-wringing, Microsoft has confirmed the scope of its Xbox overhaul — and it is substantial. The company is… Read more: Microsoft Sheds Five Major Studios in Massive Xbox Restructuring

After spending over ten years in early access, Scrap Mechanic is officially hitting version 1.0 on July 24th. The survival sandbox from Axolot Games has been a beloved playground for… Read more: Scrap Mechanic Finally Leaves Early Access After a Decade of Building Chaos

Mega Crit just dropped a massive update for Slay the Spire 2’s co-op mode, and if you’ve been playing with friends, you’re going to want to sit down for this… Read more: Slay the Spire 2 Drops 15 New Multiplayer Cards and They’re Absolutely Wild

With Grand Theft Auto 6 months away from its highly anticipated console debut, uncomfortable questions are surfacing about conditions inside Rockstar North. Current employees at the Edinburgh-based studio have come… Read more: Rockstar Staff Allege Crunch Is Built Into Their Employment Contracts Ahead of GTA 6 Launch

Valve has quietly reduced the price of the Steam Deck OLED by $50 across all regions, bringing the base 512GB model down to $499. The move, which went live on… Read more: Steam Deck OLED Gets a Quiet Price Drop Ahead of Summer Sale

The Godot Foundation just made a bold move: they’re cracking down on AI-generated contributions to one of indie gaming’s most popular open-source engines. And honestly? It’s about time. For those… Read more: Godot Engine Draws the Line on AI-Generated Code — Here’s What It Means for Indie Devs

The ongoing turmoil at Quantic Dream has taken a dramatic turn, with developers on Star Wars Eclipse reportedly warning that the game simply cannot be completed if the studio goes… Read more: Star Wars Eclipse Devs Sound the Alarm: Quantic Dream’s Ambitious Project Could Be Dead on Arrival

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has achieved something remarkable — the roguelike classic has hit a new all-time peak player count on Steam, a full 12 years after its original… Read more: The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth Hits Record Steam Player Count 12 Years After Launch

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 has finally been officially revealed, with Netflix dropping the first full trailer during a special event. The anime, produced by Studio Trigger, is set to continue… Read more: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 Gets Its First Trailer on Netflix

Steam Machine reservations are being resold on eBay for as much as $235 above retail price, as demand for Valve’s new hardware continues to outstrip supply. The scalping trend highlights… Read more: Steam Machine Reservations Being Resold on eBay With Massive Markups

Suika Game, the wildly popular fruit-merging puzzle game, is officially coming to PC via Steam. The announcement is welcome news for players who’ve been watching the game’s explosive success on… Read more: Suika Game Is Finally Coming to PC and Steam

Bob is coming to Tekken 8, Bandai Namco has officially confirmed. The fast-moving heavyweight fighter is the latest addition to the game’s growing roster, and fans of the character are… Read more: Tekken 8 Adds Fan-Favorite Bob to the Roster

Valve has quietly removed its “4K at 60FPS” performance claim from Steam Machine marketing materials, a move that hasn’t gone unnoticed by eagle-eyed gamers. The change comes just days after… Read more: Valve Quietly Removes “4K at 60FPS” Claim From Steam Machine Marketing