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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced sells 2 million copies in 1 day and achieves the 'highest concurrent player count ever recorded for an Assassin's Creed title' on Steam

The kids love Kenway.

PC Gamer · Jul 10

Black Flag Resynced is Assassin’s Creed biggest Steam launch as the remake clocks in 50 percent more players than Shadows

Deserved.

Destructoid · Jul 10

Ubisoft is spam-replying to negative Steam reviews on Black Flag Resynced, saying day-one DLCs are ‘optional extras’

The company is engaging in direct communication with community reviewers.

Destructoid · Jul 10

Steam sales reportedly topped $11 billion during H1 2026 due to shifting trends — staggering growth driven by influx of Chinese players and booming legacy catalogues

Steam made an estimated $11.1 billion in revenue in the first six months of 2026, according to estimates from research firm Alinea Analytics. That's more than it did in the entire pandemic-ridden year of 2020. In fact, even last year's holiday season made 8% less money than H1 2026, making…

Tom’s Hardware · Jul 10

Palworld pops off with massive spike in player count following gargantuan 1.0 update

A genuine smash-hit early access success.

Destructoid · Jul 10

E-Ink faceplates for the Steam Machine are coming, but not from Valve

I am going to put the filthiest fanfiction on this thing.

PC Gamer · Jul 10

"This is not how I imagined it would end": Ubisoft to lay off Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced devs at its Barcelona studio, with one calling the remake's release "bittersweet"

Resynced is the fourth highest rated game in the series and had the biggest Steam launch in the series

GamesRadar · Jul 10

Indie developer says Steam did them a solid by fixing their unbootable game to beat the Next Fest deadline

"Steam Support went way above and beyond."

PC Gamer · Jul 10

Valve's Steam Frame launch looks imminent, with new 'Great on Frame' category spotted

Though there are only four games as of right now.

PC Gamer · Jul 10

Palworld 1.0 sees the survival game's biggest Steam player spike since its record-breaking early access launch and 96% positive reviews: "Better than even Pokemon"

Pocketpair's monster-collector is officially out of early access

GamesRadar · Jul 10