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Within hours of its launch, Hollow Knight: Silksong managed to become one of the most played games on Steam – with over half a million concurrent players.

Escape from Tarkov is finally hitting V1.0 this year, with plans for a worldwide release on November 15th. Part of this launch is going to include a particularly big change, with Escape from Tarkov joining Steam for the first time.  Since release, Escape from Tarkov players have had to download …

With Silksong set to arrive in just over a week, the original Hollow Knight is blowing up on Steam, having more than doubled its peak CCU.

Bethesda has been quiet on Starfield all year, with no new DLCs announced, along with a lack of headline-grabbing updates. As it turns out, Bethesda may be saving up for 2026, with plans to re-launch Starfield as a multiplatform game.  Starfield first launched in 2023 and while the game was …

After the success of the Steam Deck, fans began anticipating a potential return to living-room gaming for Valve. A decade on from the failed ‘Steam Machine' concept, leakers found evidence of a device codenamed ‘Fremont', a dedicated TV box for Steam gaming.  Brad Lynch, a Valve-focused enthusiast with a history …

Back in June, Squanch Games announced High on Life 2, a sequel to one of the best surprise games of 2022. Now a few months later, we have an official release date. This week , Squanch Games confirmed that High on Life 2 will release on February 13th 2026. The …

Despite being a massive Kickstarter success, the return of Shenmue wasn't the grand event many backers had hoped for. Shenmue 3 ultimately ended up disappointing both older fans of the original games, and newcomers. Now, creator Yu Suzuki is hoping for a do-over with Shenmue 3 Enhanced Edition.  This week, …

Valve is bringing further improvements to Steam, with each game’s store pages and descriptions seeing a welcome visual refresh.

The ‘Point Blank’ Humble Bundle offers a variety of unique first-person shooters, including High on Life; Postal: Brain Damage; SUPERHOT and more.

Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown' Greene, the creative mind who kickstarted the entire battle royale genre with the Arma 3 mod PlayerUnknown's Battle Royale, followed by PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, is back with a very different kind of challenge. His new studio, PlayerUnknown Productions, has surprise-launched an open beta for its upcoming hardcore survival game, …

Hell is Us has been shaping up to be one of the most interesting games of the year. With the planned launch just weeks away, a final demo has now been made available on PC, giving everyone a chance to try it out ahead of time.  The Hell is Us …

Back in November 2022, Valve launched Steam for a new platform – ChromeOS. Steam for ChromeOS has been in beta for four years at this point but now, Valve is pulling the plug.  As spotted by 9to5Google, Valve quietly announced this month that it would be ending Steam support for …

It seems the hype for Battlefield's return is very real. The Battlefield 6 Open Beta has been a success on PC this weekend, hitting a peak of over half a million concurrent players on Steam and, in the process, breaking the long-standing record held by its biggest rival, Call of …

Humble has announced a massive Warner Bros. themed bundle, offering 16 games in total for just over a tenner - including Batman, MK and much more.

Despite shadow-dropping with little-to-no heads-up, the early access launch of Titan Quest 2 is already a hit, having sold over 300,000 copies in 3 days.

One of the biggest issues with PC gaming is the ability for a publisher to create its own bespoke game launcher. While in and of itself not a problem, many of these launchers are required even when using the likes of Steam or Epic Games. One of the biggest culprits in this regard is EA. Thankfully, the publisher has confirmed that Battlefield 6 on Steam will not require the use of the EA app.

Following its Early Access launch a couple days ago, Grounded 2 has managed to far exceed the first game’s peak concurrent player count on Steam.

The indie first-person infection inspection management sim 'Quarantine Zone: The Last Check' has surpassed 1 million Steam wishlists.

Over the past couple of years, Valve has put a particular amount of focus on improving Steam across the board – from library sharing revamps to visual tweaks and much more. In alignment with this, those on Steam’s beta channel can now check out the brand new ‘Store Menu’.

The latest Humble Bundle includes (almost) the full collection of Sniper Elite games from Rebellion Developments for just over a tenner.

The launch of The Edge of Fate was supposed to mark a big return for Destiny 2. Unfortunately, early player numbers aren’t looking too hot.

We first learned of the upcoming Souls-like, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, when MSI began offering up free copies of the game with components. Now, just in time for the game's release next week, we have the official PC system requirements for the game.  Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is a new game published …

The Subnautica 2 drama continued over the weekend. Last month, two of the founders of Unkown Worlds, along with the CEO of the game studio, left the project behind, citing disagreements with the executives at Krafton, the publisher for Subnautica 2. The three former developers claimed that Krafton was intentionally …

Almost exactly a year after its release, Capcom has now removed Denuvo’s anti-tamper DRM from Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess,

Stardew Valley is easily one of the biggest indie success stories ever, with the 2016 farming sim currently sitting as one of the best-selling games of all time at over 41 million copies sold. Despite being almost a decade old, the game has continued to receive major updates on a regular basis – helping it to now become the highest rated Steam game of all time.

Deep Rock Galactic Survivor has been one of my most played games on Steam Deck over the past year, even in its early access state. Now, the extremely fun spin-off is nearing its full release. Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is heading towards V1.0, which will also mark the end of …

More than a decade on and Rust is doing better than ever, having now officially sold over 20 million copies on Steam alone.

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50 series has begun to register significant adoption in Steam's 2025 Hardware Survey. Despite only debuting in early 2025, with the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 launching on January 30th and mid-range options like the RTX 5070 and RTX 5060 following in February and May, respectively, these …

Last week, the next major content update for Monster Hunter Wilds was announced, but the response wasn't quite what Capcom was hoping for. Rather than excitement for the new hunts, Capcom was faced with renewed backlash from fans over the game's optimisation issues. As it turns out though, Capcom did …

Despite new games policies by Valve, the recently-released 'The Alters' has been found to be using GenAI throughout the game without any disclosures.