Steam Week in Review: Steam is flooded with liminal spaces games and I approve, but I think I've found the best to start with All the interesting Steam facts for the week ending May 24. PC Gamer · May 25
Forza Horizon 6 speeds into Steam's top 5 most played games with over 300k concurrent players Drive it like it's stolen, even if it was in fact $70 (or $120 for the premium edition). PC Gamer · May 24
Steam Machine appears in Vulkan’s conformant product database — upcoming Valve console is certified compliant with the graphics API The Khronos Group, which created the Vulkan API standard and continues to develop and maintain it, added the Steam Machine to its list of conformant products. This does not indicate how far or soon a product will come to the market, but it's a step in the right direction showing… Tom’s Hardware · May 24
A 23-year-old D&D CRPG just got patched to add achievements and fix a bug that stopped you from earning XP Time to go back to The Temple of Elemental Evil. PC Gamer · May 24
Destiny 2 and Marathon fans are waging a review war following end-of-development announcement Folks aren't happy with Bungie. Destructoid · May 23
I bought Valve's new Steam Controller with my own money for a solid week of PC gaming — and you only need to know about one genuine downside Valve takes another shot at a PC gaming controller that tempts players away from their consoles, and it convinced me to buy. So, was it worth the asking price? Windows Central · May 23
Steam Controller puck charger nearly catches fire after contact with Pixel Watch 3 — sparks fly after the metal wristband magnetizes to the puck's pogo pins A Steam Controller charging puck nearly causes a fire after the wristband on a Pixel Watch 3 magnetically attaches to the charger, causing the exposed pogo pins to arc electricity. Tom’s Hardware · May 23
Forza Horizon 6 sells 4.9 million copies despite Xbox Game Pass "cannibalizing" revenue, says analyst Impressive… for an XBOX GamesRadar · May 22
Here are the biggest announcements from Warhammer Skulls 2026, including how to claim a free 40,000 Steam game The biggest announcements from Warhammer Skulls 2026. TechRadar · May 22
'Off the wishlist it comes': 007 First Light fans are requesting refunds after learning about Denuvo DRM addition ahead of launch Denuvo is the talk of the town again among Steam users, as IO Interactive adds the controversial DRM to 007 First Light, days before its launch. TechRadar · May 22
Marathon Steam reviews take a hit as Destiny 2 fans react to news of the MMO ending updates after nearly 9 years: "Destiny died for this" This is obviously going to help matters GamesRadar · May 22
Paralives release countdown: Exact start time and date It's almost time to begin a new life. Destructoid · May 22
One of the hundreds of Warhammer games is currently free to keep forever on Steam The series' sole 4X outing is worth investigation. PC Gamer · May 22
Forza Horizon 6 hits a massive milestone across Xbox, PC, and Game Pass after its explosive release — it just set a new Steam peak player count, too Xbox's Forza Horizon 6 got off to an explosive start at launch, and it's only picking up speed with a new milestone and Steam player count record. Windows Central · May 21
Windows Central · May 21 Here are all the major Warhammer Skulls 2026 announcements — and nearly every reveal and news update has me giddy with joy as a Warhammer fan Warhammer Skulls 2026 has just concluded, and it has brought forth a tidal wave of major news announcements for several upcoming Warhammer videogames, as well as revealing brand new ones.
Windows Central · May 21 How Microsoft’s new Gaming Chief Strategy Officer Matthew Ball could save Microsoft's Xbox business XBOX has a new chief strategy officer as part of another leadership shakeup from CEO Asha Sharma. How might Matthew Ball handle XBOX's future? We can infer a bit from his own analysis.
PC Gamer · May 21 Bad news for Krafton: Subnautica 2 broke 4 million copies sold in less than a week The undersea survival sim continues its blistering pace.
Destructoid · May 21 Plantation Simulator has been on Steam for 10 days before people realized it’s the most vile thing ever This needs to go.
TechRadar · May 21 Redditor warns they 'almost started a fire' when metallic watch strap made contact with Steam Controller's charging puck Valve does warn about this in the Steam Controller's manual — but how many people actually read documentation?
GamesRadar · May 21 Subnautica 2 sells over 4 million copies in under 1 week, and Unknown Worlds "incredibly grateful" for the survival game's success The overall player-count is believed to be even higher, too
GamesRadar · May 21 "Entire nations will hate you": Steam expert warns devs to use good regional pricing and localization if they don't want Silksong-style review bombs Bad localization may see players "hate you in a language you don't understand," Tom Kaczmarczyk says
MarketBeat · May 21 NetEase Q1 Earnings Call Highlights NetEase (NASDAQ:NTES) reported higher first-quarter revenue for 2026, driven by continued growth in its games business and stronger gross margins, while management highlighted momentum across major titles including Where Winds Meet, Marvel Rivals and the Fantasy Westward Journey franchise. Total ne
GamesRadar · May 21 Deep Rock Galactic roguelike spin-off launches to "Mostly Positive" Steam reviews that can't decide if they love or hate its timer and shared progression tool Rock and stone and incremental upgrades
PC Gamer · May 20 Nearly a decade after its last update, Darksiders Warmastered Edition gets a photo mode and motion controls in a surprise new patch Darksiders launched for the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S this week, and that's good news for us too.
PC Gamer · May 20 Splitgate studio reveals its new game, looks a lot like its old game Empulse is set to launch into early access later this year.