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This sweet new PC indie game is a Steam top seller, and a blast from the past — it's a wonderful '90s nostalgia trip, and on sale for launch too

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Do you miss the '90s-era video stores you'd visit to rent DVDs and get snacks for movie nights? This new indie game on Steam will be right up your alley.

An official screenshot of Retro Rewind.

An official screenshot of Retro Rewind that shows what you can potentially make your video rental store look like.

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Bethesda's Todd Howard says NVIDIA DLSS 5 in Xbox's Starfield is "amazing" — everyone else is calling it uncanny AI slop

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
The internet is laying into NVIDIA's DLSS 5 tech for making NPCs look like AI slop, but Bethesda's Todd Howard thinks it's "amazing" in Xbox's Starfield.

An example of what NVIDIA DLSS 5 looks like in a scene from Xbox and Bethesda's 2023 RPG Starfield.

One of the opening scenes in Xbox's Starfield with DLSS 5 on. Do you think the faces of the NPCs look uncanny? The internet definitely does.

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Steam's Valve responds to lawsuit from New York Attorney General against its loot boxes, says they're like baseball cards — it's ready to fight

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Par : [email protected] (Brendan Lowry)
Valve, maker of Steam and games like Counter-Strike 2, Dota 2, and TF2, has responded to a New York lawsuit filed against the loot boxes in its games.

Team Fortress 2

<p>A recent item server outage cut players off from their unlocks for nearly two days.</p>

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"It's hard to make sense of such a huge number" — Valve delivered 100 exabytes of data through Steam in 2025, and it's not showing any signs of slowing down

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Valve's Year in Review breakdown for Steam shows off some mind-boggling numbers to do with data delivery. Can any other PC gaming platform ever hope to be as popular?

BELLEVUE, UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 26: Portrait of American video game developer Gabe Newell, photographed at Valve Corporations offices in Bellevue, Washington, on February 26, 2020. (Photo by Olly Curtis/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Valve founder and CEO Gabe Newell sitting down at Valve's Washington headquarters.

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3 remarkable PC concepts and pioneers that still influence today's hardware — including Lenovo's wacky new Legion Go Fold gaming handheld

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
Lenovo's unique new Legion Go Fold concept gaming handheld, revealed earlier this week, led me down a rabbit hole of concepts and pioneers in the PC and PC gaming space that directly influenced the device.

Lenovo's Legion Go Fold edited to show concept devices on its screen

Lenovo's Legion Go Fold, pictured here being held in one hand, with some concept devices on its display.

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My gaming PC has suffered enough — I'm locking down updates until NVIDIA's drivers and Microsoft's Windows releases gain back my trust

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Par : [email protected] (Cale Hunt)
The combination of NVIDIA's faulty drivers and Microsoft's buggy Windows releases for my gaming PC is driving me nuts, and trust has eroded to the point that I'm stopping automatic updates. Are you with me?

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

A look at a GeForce RTX Founders Edition GPU inside a PC case.

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Xbox Ally X pricing is up AGAIN — is your region affected?

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Par : [email protected] (Sean Endicott)
The ROG Xbox Ally X just received another regional price hike, now in Australia. The increase raises questions about rising handheld costs and hardware pricing.

Xbox Ally X handheld

The Xbox Ally X is already one of the more expensive gaming handheld, and its price is going up in some regions.

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I played Microsoft Flight Simulator with this revolutionary joystick disguised as a controller — and I'm in love with it

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Par : [email protected] (Ben Wilson)
Honeycomb's excellent Echo is a mashup of traditional flight sim hardware and casual joypads, built for convenient PC gaming.

Honeycomb Aeornautical Echo Aviation Controller held in two hands with a magenta cardstock background

Honeycomb's Echo is a mashup of traditional flight sim hardware and casual joypads.

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I’ve spent 100+ hours with this Hall Effect controller that’s now just $30 — but the discount ends at midnight

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I've spent hundreds of hours with the GameSir Super Nova. At $29.99, this Hall Effect controller is a steal you shouldn't pass up before tonight's deal deadline.

GameSir Super Nova graphic

GameSir Super Nova graphic

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I want consoles to disappear — not out of spite, but because gaming deserves a future that isn’t chained to aging hardware every seven years

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Par : [email protected] (Daniel Rubino)
The problem isn’t consoles. It’s the pointless divide that holds everyone back.

Mockups showing a divide between PC and gaming console dissolving around a chip.

Mockups showing a divide between PC and gaming console dissolving around a chip.

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World of Warcraft leads pledge more player customization — housing, race updates, custom animations, and glyphs to merge with transmog?

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
We spoke to Maria Hamilton, Design Director and Jay Hwang, Principal Artist on World of Warcraft's bigger emphasis on player housing, customization, and what we could see next from the game.

World of Warcraft Player Housing

Nayelea's house is awesome!

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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

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Par : [email protected] (Ben Wilson)
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.

Valve Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame depicted as cartoons walking through a firey cave.

Valve's Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame are still waiting for a release date.

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

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Par : [email protected] (Jez Corden)
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.

Xbox Ally mockup with Xbox logo and Epic Store logos

Xbox Ally mockup with Xbox logo and Epic Store logos

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Turkey moves to regulate digital game platforms — Steam and Epic could face access throttling under the new framework

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Turkey is reviewing draft legislation that could impose strict requirements on digital game platforms like Steam and Epic Games Store, including local offices, age ratings, and potential bandwidth throttling.

Slow download progress with Turkish flag in background

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'World of Warcraft' expansion roadmap detailed, goes free until Feb 1st — Midnight includes mega solo dungeon Labyrinths, mini raids, and more

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At the World of Warcraft "State of Azeroth" event, Blizzard detailed the future of the Midnight expansion, touted as the dark middle act of the Worldsoul saga.

Trailer screenshot of The March on Quel'Danas Raid in World of Warcraft: Midnight

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