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Twitch streamer and Call of Duty legend OpTic Scump welcomes first child with wife Isabelle

Gaming star OpTic Scump, real name Seth Abner, and his wife Isabelle joyfully welcomed their first child, baby boy Jack Jordan Abner, on January 29, 2026. The couple, married since 2023, shared their excitement with fans, who have flooded social media with congratulations. This marks a significant new chapter for…

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Sorry Virtual Boy, I wasn't familiar with your game: just 10 minutes with Switch 2's relaunch of the failed Nintendo console made me realize I've been underestimating it this whole time

Hands-on | Or should that be eyes-on? I'm here bright red cap in hand to let you know this forgotten console does actually deserve to be remembered

GamesRadar

Xbox Game Pass announces February's first batch of games — Kingdom Come Deliverance, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and more are added for 2026

Microsoft has announced via Xbox Wire that February 2026's first batch of games coming to Xbox Game Pass have been revealed, and we have the details on what those lucky additions are.

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Oops, Genshin Impact challenger Arknights: Endfield accidentally charged 1,800 players $80,000 in Paypal disaster before the devs could stop it

One person got charged over $5,000

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Stardew Valley 2 was in the works at one point, says Eric Barone, and he'd still love to make it happen: "It would just be fun to work on a whole new set of characters, a whole new world"

While he once approached work on a sequel, "for various reasons, I moved over to Haunted Chocolatier instead"

GamesRadar

Dune: Awakening Chapter 3 is the survival MMO's biggest yet: a rebuilt Landsraad, new areas to explore, a specialization system – and did I mention, no more taxes?

Now we're talking

GamesRadar

Suda51 explains his creative chaos: "We make our games through a lot of ad-libbing"

Grasshopper Manufacture still refuses to make games ‘properly’, and it's why Romeo is a Deadman looks so original.

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'Xbox Play Anywhere' capabilities arrive for one of this year's most anticipated games — as others leave Xbox PC in the dust

One step forward, a few steps backwards. Microsoft's occasional wins with Xbox PC often come with caveats, highlighting the work still required.

Windows Central

Even Epic says Epic Games Store free games boost Steam versions, with concurrent Steam players rising 40% on average during free promos: "It's a good thing"

"I don't have any goals of hoarding all the positive outcomes"

GamesRadar

Super Mario Bros. Wonder Switch 2 Edition adds some major Mario Party vibes, and after 30 minutes it feels like a worthy expansion to one of the best games on the platform

Hands-on | Meetup in Bellabel Park had me shouting at the screen in the best way possible

GamesRadar

"My goal on PC isn't to topple Steam": Epic Games Store boss says beating Valve isn't the plan – just getting "enough market share on PC that you have to be here no matter what"

"Our competition in the space has pushed PC gaming to pretty impressive growth"

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Epic says only 16 to 18% of people claiming free games on the Epic Games Store buy games there afterwards, but "for cost per new user, it's hard to beat"

"Our budget kind of hovers around the $20 million mark"

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Nintendo Switch overtakes the DS as Nintendo's best-selling console of all time, and with its sales figures still growing, it's closing the gap with the PS2

The console has now surpassed 155.37 million units sold

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"Malicious" mod that deletes files spreading through Steam Workshop just like John Carpenter's The Thing, says dev of sandbox hit with 300,000 reviews: "It replaces them with itself. This is how it spreads"

Killing it with fire isn't an option, sadly

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Major Helldivers 2 patch increases "intensity" of the highest difficulties, buffs all melee weapons, makes enemies better at aiming, and so much more

Difficulty levels nine and 10 just got more stressful

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With over 17 million units sold and counting, it took Nintendo Switch 2 under 7 months to overtake the woefully underrated Wii U's lifetime sales

At least there's always the win over the Virtual Boy

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This new Logitech G325 headset features an invisible beamforming microphone, and I'm not sure how to feel about that

Logitech has launched the new G325 Lightspeed headset, which packs in an invisible beamforming mic and premium features despite its low price.

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Skyrim lead thinks it's "wiser" for Bethesda to use its Creation Engine for new games like Elder Scrolls 6, with Fallout 76 an example of why it's "extremely difficult" to swap

"That's an enormous thing"

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Nintendo sees surge in profits thanks to success of revamped Switch 2 console

Around 129 million gamers are currently estimated to be playing a Switch 2 console

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What is 'friendslop' and why is it taking over gaming in 2026?

Like it or loathe it, the genre is here to stay.

GamesRadar

"WE DID IT!": Highguard 5v5 is "here to stay," and players are psyched that the studio is doing what it should've done in the first place

"5v5 absolutely rocks"

GamesRadar

All of the Fallout games are heavily discounted on Steam right now, and maybe if you play each one 50 times over, Fallout 5 will be waiting for you when you're done

OK, maybe 100 times each

GamesRadar

I need every developer currently making a Soulslike to stop what they're doing and add this time-saving feature from Nioh 3: one-click level-up top-offs

I've tasted better Soulslike UX, and I can't go back

GamesRadar

Ubisoft fires 13-year Assassin's Creed veteran just days after suspending him for speaking out against the company's return-to-office mandate: "This was not my decision"

"Today, I was terminated by Ubisoft"

Windows Central

Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity dev argues against ex-Bethesda Skyrim lead, says a Morrowind remaster would succeed — "it would sell like f***ing hot cakes"

Oblivion Remastered has many hoping for Morrowind Remastered, too, but an ex-Bethesda dev says it wouldn't do well. A dev at BG3 studio Larian disagrees.

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