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Steam was down — 'Hollow Knight: Silksong' launch caused major headaches

Steam experienced a major outage earlier today and slow load times as Hollow Knight fans took to the PC gaming platform in droves to play the highly anticipated sequel.

Tom’s Guide

Hollow Knight: Silksong player count smashes past 110,000 players in its first 30 minutes on Steam despite mass store page crashes and incredible demand

Hollow Knight: Silksong has already broken 100,000 players on Steam, less than one hour after launching.

TechRadar

I’ve been thinking about Silksong’s Steam launch numbers and honestly, we might be in for a shock

It has potential to be one of Steam's biggest releases of all time.

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Why is REMATCH struggling to retain its players? One of my favorite online games is still missing the most crucial feature of all

Are cosmetic microtransactions sidelining the potential of this fun multiplayer football title? REMATCH is losing its players, and crucial features are still absent.

Windows Central

As the Battlefield 6 Open Beta Wraps Up, Players Scatter to Other Games — So I'm Asking: What's Everyone Playing Instead?

As the highly anticipated Battlefield 6 Open Beta gained over 40,000 players, a resurgence of excitement for modern warfare has led to players flocking to other titles.

Windows Central

Take-Two boss says Civilization 7 projections 'are very consistent with our initial expectations' despite its rough start: 'The key thing is that Civ has always been a slow burn'

Civ games traditionally have a long time and Strauss Zelnick believes Civ 7 will too.

PC Gamer

Battlefield 6 open beta is already Steam's most popular Battlefield game with a peak of 330,000+ concurrent players, doubling the record of the 2042 beta and tripling 2042 itself in just hours

And this is just the start

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Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there

Everyone hated that.

PC Gamer

Steam takes down tons of porn games, cracks down on "certain kinds of adult-only content" — here's why, and its new policy (UPDATE: Valve responds)

Porn games have been on Steam for years now, but many just got taken down from the platform after a recent policy change. Here's Valve's new rule.

Windows Central

Steam's got a new rule that puts the kibosh on 'certain kinds of adult only content' that make Visa and Mastercard sad

The new rule seemingly coincided with a large number of adult games being delisted from the platform.

PC Gamer

'Cyberpunk 2077' Player Count Rises: Could It Be Due to Netflix's 'Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2?'

Cyberpunk 2077 is seeing a peak in player count at the moment, and it may be because of the upcoming Netflix series.

Player One

'Stardew Valley' Smashes Record Player Count Again Thanks to Steam Summer Sale 2025

ConcernedApe's Stardew Valley sees another spike in its player count amidst this year's Steam Summer Sale.

Player One

Hollow Knight: Silksong fans are less OK than ever after Team Cherry confirmed a 2025 launch, with fresh Steam updates pre-Summer Game Fest provoking doubters and believers: "We've come full circle"

Are you ready to believe?

GamesRadar

You could cut the tension with a needle—7 SteamDB changes in the past week have Silksong hopefuls wondering if the final hour is upon us

Do not ask for who the Skong tolls, it tolls for Skong.

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Is Splitgate 2 down? How to check server status

Here's how to check the server status for Splitgate 2.

Windows Central

"We want to get the gang back together." Star Wars Battlefront 2 devs say they'd come back as player counts skyrocket, fans clamor for Battlefront 3 after Andor

As Star Wars Battlefront 2 player counts soar and fans push for Battlefront 3 thanks to May the 4th and Andor, a former dev says he and his ex-colleagues would return to Battlefront if there was an opportunity.

PC Gamer

Oblivion Remastered hit 4 million players in less than a week, with a big chunk of them buying the game on Steam

That overall figure includes PC, PS5, and Xbox sales, as well as Game Pass players.

PC Gamer

Oblivion Remastered sails past 120,000 concurrent players on Steam just a few hours after launch

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Netflix's 'Devil May Cry' Series Pushes More Fans to Try the Games Since Show's Premiere

The iconic games from Capcom are getting a surge as Netflix's Devil May Cry adaptation is helping bring back its popularity.

PC Gamer

The remaster of D&D classic Neverwinter Nights 2 still hasn't been announced, but it's already Steam Deck verified

I'm vibrating out of my seat.

PC Gamer

Hollow Knight: Silksong returns as the #1 wishlisted game on Steam after Inzoi's release—but is it just keeping the seat warm after 6 years of slowly-gathered hype?

Top bug.

PC Gamer

A 60 year old videogame just hit its highest player count ever on Steam and I'm pretty sure it's because people are pirating Schedule 1

Are 100,000 people playing something called Spacewar? Probably not.

PC Gamer

The good, the bad, and the fugly: April Fool's day in gaming

Roll on April 2nd!

Player One

'Hollow Knight Silksong' Update: New SteamDB Changes Hint at 2025 Release, But Fans Are Growing Hopeless

"Silksong" fans should rejoice because SteamDB changes suggest a 2025 release date. However, this could mean another disappointment if it doesn't happen again.

PC Gamer

As Civilization 7 struggles to keep up with Civ 5 player counts, a new patch is coming tomorrow with still more UI changes and gameplay tweaks

Firaxis is still banging away at it.

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