Steam breaks its concurrent-user record again, passing 43.5 million on October 11
Steam peaked at 43,505,724 simultaneous users on October 11, per SteamDB, its third record of 2026, with a record 14.46 million of them actually in a…
09:20Epic says its new launcher beats Steam by 46%. It timed the Steam Valve replaced the day before
Epic's Preview launcher is quicker to its store page, but its headline figure was measured against a Steam client that Valve's October 13 update had already…
Ubisoft proposes closing Trials studio RedLynx, cuts 70 in Singapore and opens German exit talks
Up to 52 roles at RedLynx, 70 at Ubisoft Singapore and about 100 across Düsseldorf, Berlin and Mainz are affected as Ubisoft's restructure reaches its support…
Funcom cuts staff to focus only on Dune: Awakening and Conan Exiles, and CEO Rui Casais steps down
The Tencent-owned studio is moving to live operations for its two survival games, with chief product officer Scott Junior taking over as CEO at the end…
11:40House House won’t release Big Walk on Xbox while Microsoft is a BDS boycott target
The Untitled Goose Game studio says its co-op hit stays off Xbox "until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets".
Legacy Games is closing its “yours to keep forever” store, and downloads end February 28, 2027
The casual game store stops selling on December 31. After its servers close, purchased games can't be downloaded again.
Nvidia’s Q2 Earnings Blame Memory Prices for Slower PC Sales, and Gaming Isn’t Broken Out Anymore
Nvidia's fiscal second-quarter results, released Wednesday, put a company-confirmed number behind the memory crunch already hitting PC hardware: consumer PC sales were tempered by elevated memory…
08:38Take-Two Subpoenas Discord and Microsoft Over GTA 6 Leaks, Seeking Data on Thousands of Server Members
Take-Two has asked a federal court to order Discord and Microsoft to hand over account IDs, IP addresses, phone numbers and device identifiers for anyone who…
07:37Nvidia’s GeForce 616.56 Driver Adds Day-One Support for STAR WARS Zero Company
Nvidia's new Game Ready driver enables DLSS 4.5 Multi Frame Generation for STAR WARS Zero Company at launch and fixes a VSYNC bug in DOOM: The…
07:10Windows 11’s August Security Patch Is Crashing ARC Raiders, THE FINALS, and Marvel Tōkon
KB5121003 broke compatibility with a widely-installed RGB peripheral driver, and Microsoft still lists no known issues despite developers confirming the cause.
07:10Six Weeks Later, Xbox Still Hasn’t Named Buyers for Ninja Theory or Undead Labs
Double Fine and Compulsion Games have already spun out as independent studios, but the two Xbox teams behind Senua and State of Decay 3 remain unsold…
Asus Prices the ROG Xbox Ally X20 at $1,299, $300 More Than Last Year’s Flagship
Asus opened preorders for its OLED-equipped ROG Xbox Ally X20 at Gamescom 2026, making it the most expensive handheld in the Ally lineup to date ahead…
11:41GPU, RAM, and SSD Prices Are Spiking Again as AI Eats the World’s Memory Supply
Nvidia's RTX 5090 has crept toward $5,000 and DDR5 kits have gotten dramatically pricier this year, as AI data centers soak up the memory supply PC…
09:50DLSS 4.5’s Ray Reconstruction Headlines Nvidia’s Gamescom 2026 Showcase
No new GPU silicon this time — Nvidia used its Aug. 25 GeForce On Gamescom update to push a software upgrade instead, alongside a fresh lineup…
