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Whether Meta ends up as the Atari of VR is TBD, but the 2026 parallels to 1983 are becoming clearer for one big reason

Games like Dimensional Double Shift are reporting record numbers of players, but there's no telling what VR gaming is going to look like a few years from now.

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Holding the throne of "biggest survival game on Steam," Rust unveils massive naval update with player-made boats, floating cities, more islands, and an AI overhaul

Holding the throne of "biggest survival game on Steam," Rust unveils massive naval update with player-made boats, floating cities, more islands, and an AI overhaul

The Rust naval update is taking us out to sea

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection has a free demo out now for Xbox and PC — carry progress to the full game

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection has a free demo out now for Xbox and PC — carry progress to the full game

Capcom has released a free playable demo of Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, the next and biggest entry in Monster Hunter's JRPG spin-off series for platforms. Here's what you can expect from the demo.

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Dune Awakening devs don't expect to "keep launch player numbers" after Steam player count hit 189,000 then ran off a cliff, but they're trying: "We do hope to get players returning"

Funcom is sending out an S.O.S.

Captain Tsubasa 2: World Fighters Announced, Set To Feature More Than 100 Playable Characters

2026 is now trully a world cup year.

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‘If we try to be too serious, we lose:’ FragPunk chooses fun over balance, rebuilds as ‘Shooter Playground’ in 2026

The studio sees it as a soft relaunch.

Valve Hits the Brakes on Steam Machine, Steam Frame Due to Component Shortages

The component shortage strikes again.

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Intel clawed back CPU market share from AMD in the Steam Hardware survey for the first time in months — PC component crisis could be pushing builders to value-for-money builds

Intel clawed back CPU market share from AMD in the Steam Hardware survey for the first time in months — PC component crisis could be pushing builders to value-for-money builds

After months of consistent decline, Intel’s consumer CPUs have enjoyed a small but significant spell of market share growth, at least according to the latest Steam Hardware Survey.

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Despite its pricing delay, Valve's Steam Frame could still turn out to be the VR market's Steam Deck moment

Despite its pricing delay, Valve's Steam Frame could still turn out to be the VR market's Steam Deck moment

Valve has said "rain check" on the pricing and release date of its new headset, but I still think the Steam Frame could be the remedy the VR market needs.

Here's what we think the Steam Machine will cost now that Valve's admitted 'limited availability and growing prices' have forced it to change plans

Here's what we think the Steam Machine will cost now that Valve's admitted 'limited availability and growing prices' have forced it to change plans

Let's revise our optimistic guesses from last year now the memory crisis is in full swing.

Epic knows its launcher 'sucks' and is fully rebuilding it — faster, more stable client is on the way with player profiles and extended social features

Epic knows its launcher 'sucks' and is fully rebuilding it — faster, more stable client is on the way with player profiles and extended social features

The upgraded launcher will be released as a mid-year update, featuring upgrades such as private DMs, player avatars and profiles, and even independent live chat. Beyond the social features, EGS will be made lighter and quicker, less reliant on Epic's backend to do everything, which should result in a better…

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Valve's Steam Machine delayed by AI-driven component shortages — pricing and launch dates for its VR and controller remain a mystery while RAM and storage prices soar

Valve's Steam Machine delayed by AI-driven component shortages — pricing and launch dates for its VR and controller remain a mystery while RAM and storage prices soar

Valve's gaming PC, controller, and VR headset are tentatively scheduled for the first half of 2026, but exact pricing and release plans are in limbo.

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Steam Machine delayed, as Valve will ‘revisit’ the cost because of the RAM price crisis

Steam Machine delayed, as Valve will ‘revisit’ the cost because of the RAM price crisis

The Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Controller have all been delayed because of "memory and storage shortages."

Valve delays concrete pricing and release dates for Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame

Valve delays concrete pricing and release dates for Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame

Seems like we have to wait for these Steam devices a little longer.

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Starsand Island release date countdown

Get ready for a cozy getaway.

Just under two weeks from its release date, devil's bargain deckbuilder The Killing Stone announces it will be launching into early access instead

It takes longer than you think to thoroughly shuffle a deck.

Steam Machine will play the majority of Steam titles 'at 4K 60 fps with FSR', but some will require more upscaling than others, Valve says

'We are approaching this from multiple angles'.

Valve is revisiting Steam Machine pricing and release timing due to "rapidly" increasing memory and storage shortages

"Our goal of shipping all three products in the first half of the year has not changed. But we have work to do to land on concrete pricing and launch dates"

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Steam is giving some players refunds for Ashes of Creation, which had the biggest MMO Kickstarter campaign ever, after leadership resignation and mass layoffs

"Steven taketh, Lord Gaben giveth"

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Forza Horizon 6 is getting full cross-save across PC and console for the first time — even on PS5

Playground Games confirms that Forza Horizon 6 will support cross-platform play, including cross-saves, between PC, Xbox, and PlayStation consoles.

Turkish government proposes legislation that would throttle Steam and other gaming platforms into unusability if they don't comply with demands for company data and content removal

Companies that fail to deliver their information within five days would face escalating fines and up to 90% bandwidth restriction.

7 years after it was pulled from Steam, Poker Night at the Inventory is coming back in March, and yes, so are the free Team Fortress 2 unlockables

The surprise remaster is being made by Skunkape, the team behind the updated versions of Telltale's Sam and Max games.

Mike Morhaime's Dreamhaven continues to look for a hit, this time with a 'run-based' spin-off of Sunderfolk without the phone controls

Shadowstone is set to launch into early access later this year.

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Epic wants its store on the next‑gen Xbox — and Microsoft might actually let it happen

We recently caught up with Epic Games Store VP and GM Steve Allison to learn about how the platform is going in a world increasingly dominated by Steam.

MindsEye was one of the most catastrophic game launches of 2025 but the studio refuses to quit: Its 'most significant post-launch update' is now live and an expansion is coming later this year

None of this makes sense to me, but it's sure interesting to watch.

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