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After months of positive feedback from multiple playtests and its public demo, Tears of Metal officially entered Steam Early Access on July 23. It marks not only an important milestone for Paper Cult, but also the moment when players can finally see whether the excitement built throughout its testing period truly lives up to expectations....

If Dragon Ball has taught fans anything over the years, it's that there's always another transformation waiting around the corner. Just when Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO seemed to have exhausted its supply of power-ups, Bandai Namco has announced Super Limit-Breaking NEO, a huge new DLC arriving on July 30 that expands the game's roster, introduces a brand-new single-player experience, and shakes up battles with fresh mechanics. Many new fighters and more! Rather than simply dropping a handful of new fighters into the...

Microsoft is reviving one of Xbox's most beloved initiatives, but this time the focus has shifted away from consoles. After years of helping preserve classic Xbox and Xbox 360 titles on newer Xbox hardware, the Xbox Backward Compatibility program is making its way to Windows PCs, giving players another way to revisit older games without digging out aging consoles. The original backward compatibility initiative debuted in 2015 and quickly became a fan favorite by bringing Xbox 360 games to Xbox One....

When Star Wars Zero Company was first revealed, plenty of strategy fans immediately drew comparisons to XCOM. That's hardly surprising, considering the game is being developed by Bit Reactor, a studio packed with former Firaxis veterans. But as more details emerge, it's becoming increasingly clear that this isn't trying to be XCOM 3 with lightsabers. Instead, Star Wars Zero Company is carving out for itself an identity that's far more focused on telling a single, carefully crafted Star Wars story. Linear...

If you are tired of saving the world in every action title and want to unleash absolute chaos instead, then Aberrant Labs and publisher Slug Disco have just dropped the perfect game for you. Pathogenic is an intense 2D twin-stick roguelike shooter where you play as a ruthless parasite fighting to completely overtake a human host. Forget fighting dragons or alien fleets (like in Nova Drift, for example). In Pathogenic, your enemies are aggressive white blood cells, lethal T-cells, giant...

If you have ever paid attention to the VR gaming space, chances are high you have heard of Moss and Moss: Book II. These beloved titles set the standard for immersive storytelling, introducing players to one of the most charming protagonists in modern gaming. What if Polyarc and Blackbird Interactive dropped a massive update for flat-screen gamers? No VR headset? No problem. Moss: The Forgotten Relic has officially landed, translating the entire VR classic into a complete, non-VR PC...

If you've been waiting for a next-gen strategy title that doesn't feel like a total snooze-fest, your patience just paid off. ZeroSpace, the massive new hybrid sci-fi RTS and RPG from Starlance Studios and Ironward, has officially landed in Steam Early Access. If you miss the legendary golden era of StarCraft II or always wished Mass Effect let you deploy nuclear strikes from orbit, this is absolute hype. So, what’s the big deal? ZeroSpace breaks the standard real-time strategy...

Fogpiercer arrives in a genre packed with card-slinging heroes, mysterious relics and increasingly ridiculous enemy combinations, but it has one seriously clever trick up its sleeve: your train is your deck. Every locomotive, carriage and weapon you attach changes the cards available during battle, turning ordinary train construction into the heart of the entire roguelite experience. Developed by Mad Cookies Studio and published by Hooded Horse, Fogpiercer sends players across a dangerous sci-fi wasteland where hostile vehicles, bandits and other threats...

Just when you thought your sanity was fully restored, your favorite heroes had successfully retired, and your therapist had finally cleared you of affliction checks, Red Hook Studios is handing everyone a fresh torch and pushing us right back into the pitch-black abyss. In celebration of the original gothic roguelike's 10th anniversary, Red Hook Studios has officially announced Darkest Dungeon: The Fire’s Edge, the game's first major expansion since 2020’s The Butcher’s Circus. Set to launch on August 18, 2026,...

It turns out gamers' appetite for sea shanties and cutlass-swinging chaos hasn't aged a single day. Vantage Studios and Ubisoft have officially confirmed that Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced plundered a eye-watering 3 million sales in its very first week afloat. The modernized pirate adventure simulator launched on July 9 with a terrifyingly fast start, selling 2 million copies on its opening day alone before sailing past the 3-million milestone with full wind in its...

If your Steam library could use a few more games, Humble's latest bundle might be worth checking out. The new 2K Megahits 2026 Bundle brings together 15 Steam games from publisher 2K, covering everything from chaotic shooters and tactical strategy games to horror adventures and story-driven experiences. Every game works on Windows, while a handful also support macOS and SteamOS. At $15 / 13,14€ / £11.21, it's a simple one-tier offer that gives PC players an inexpensive way to pick up...

The latest generation of Windows gaming handhelds continues to push integrated graphics to new heights, but those gains are arriving alongside increasingly premium price tags. AMD's Ryzen Z2 and Z2 Extreme APUs have already raised expectations for portable gaming, and Intel is now aiming to move the goalposts again with its Panther Lake platform. Early performance figures suggest the flagship Arc G3 Extreme processor, powered by the integrated Arc B390 GPU, is capable of running many games at 1080p...