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. PC Gamer · Feb 5
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'. PC Gamer · Feb 5
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" GamesRadar · Feb 5
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" GamesRadar · Feb 5
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. Windows Central · Feb 4
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. PC Gamer · Feb 4
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. PC Gamer · Feb 4
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. PC Gamer · Feb 4
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. Windows Central · Feb 4
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. PC Gamer · Feb 4
Arc Raiders squeezes cheaters a little harder, blocking Steam Family Sharing workarounds "to prevent abuse of shared licenses" and stop players evading bans The banhammer now has a wider radius GamesRadar · Feb 4
Here's the Nioh 3 release time for your region Hop into Sengoku period Japan and fight some yokai. PC Gamer · Feb 4
Epic Games Store to test forums for 'top games,' walking back previous plans, and a technical overhaul is coming: 'We're ripping out the guts' Epic also plans to introduce player profiles, avatars, and private messaging. PC Gamer · Feb 3
PC gamers and Steam customers are "a really bright spot" as the games industry struggles with pricing and sustainability, analyst says: "We can look at an audience that's excited to try new things" PC gaming "has a lot of positives" that are extra positive right now GamesRadar · Feb 3
GamesRadar · Feb 3 I was going to play the Nioh 3 demo for 30 minutes and then I played 5 hours – this open-world Soulslike is blowing me away at 120 FPS Nioh 3 feels fantastic
Windows Central · Feb 3 Good lord, ARC Raiders just hit two colossal milestones — the best-selling shooter is still dominating Steam and all of gaming, and it's not slowing down As ARC Raiders continues to be a best seller on Steam, Xbox, and PS5, the game has hit two massive performance milestones.
Operation Sports · Feb 3 Epic Games Store Reports Strong Sales Growth Even as Player Hours Decline Epic sales are looking up, even if players aren't sticking around long.
PC Gamer · Feb 3 The Epic Games Store had a record-breaking 2025, with gamers throwing $1.16 billion at the 6,000-plus games it now offers You also sent more than 100,000 gifts on the Epic store, which seems pretty good for a service that only rolled out in mid-November.
GamesRadar · Feb 3 "Goodbye for now": Still in Steam Early Access, action RPG from ex Ubisoft, Capcom, and Riot devs with $17 million investment hangs it up after "mixed initial reviews and a declining player base" No magical girls could save the studio
GamesRadar · Feb 3 "We do not police how developers make their games": Epic Games Store boss says "we let players decide" on games that use gen AI The future is in your hands
Windows Central · Feb 3 '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.
GamesRadar · Feb 3 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 · Feb 3 "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"
Tom’s Hardware · Feb 3 AMD Radeon RX 9000 GPUs begin to appear in the Steam Hardware Survey at last — RX 9070 arrives with paltry 0.16% market share, less than the GeForce GT 730 The latest Steam Hardware Survey is out, and a single AMD RDNA4 architecture GPU has charted in the PC Video Card Usage tables.
GamesRadar · Feb 3 "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