Steam Machines: Ten Years Later
Ten years after their first attempt, Valve are again trying to make Steam Machines work.
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Two AAA titles just got caught out with generative AI content. Not because they tried to hide it, but because it was so sloppy.
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The Winners And Losers of Midnight: Melee DPS
Blizzard are revamping every spec in the game for 'approachability', so you won't need your addons. We haven't had change like this since Legion.
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Steam Has A Major Problem. 72% Of Devs* Agree!
That problem? They think Steam is a monopoly, but there's not really much they expect can be done about it! But what if we told you that Steam was, in fact, an Oligopoly. And that distinction? It makes everything far tougher to resolve... *across major studios In The US & UK
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They didn't add much new to the debate, but British MPs were very excited to talk about games in Parliament.
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Embark Threaded The Needle, Arc Raiders Exfilled With Riches
"Extraction shooters are dead"; "Tarkov's Steam launch will kill it"; "You can't launch between Battlefield & Call of Duty". We could go on... the point is, Embark defied all expectations and won with their record-setting latest release, ARC Raiders.
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Loading Screen: Valve's Monopoly Problem
Valve has a monopoly problem. 72% of their developers think that's what they are.
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The Pokémon Company's Patent Tomfoolery Is Striking Out
Each time we've covered the back-and-forths between Nintendo's patent lawyers and Palworld devs, Pocketpair, the foregone conclusion has been that the Big N's legal eagles would come out on top overall... Not so this time, with pressure mounting on both sides of the Pacific!
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Let's Talk About Hearthsteel, WoW's New Premium Currency
Blizzard are monetising the housing store using a premium currency. That's... something.
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Arc Raiders' staggering success seems to have opened up the extraction genre for more players... by changing what the genre means.
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Right Now, Runescape's Future Is In Its Players' Hands
Runescape kept making headlines for its corporate movements and egregious MTX practices. Now, Jagex have offered something to their players that most other studios wouldn't even consider... The chance to decide whether those MTX should still exist at all! Over 100,000 players have spoken.
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Capcom's Behemoth Really Did Peak Early
Its launch propelled it towards being one of 2025's biggest successes, but then came the reviews, the bugs, the backlash. Now? Capcom's latest is its least successful major title of the past six months. We try to make it make sense!