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More than 19,000 games launched on Steam this year—but almost half have fewer than 10 reviews
News More than 10% of games from this year haven't been reviewed at all.
The 5 biggest announcements and trailers from The Game Awards 2025
Reveals Reel If you missed the live show, here's the biggest stuff you missed—assuming the group chat hasn't already been typing in all caps to give you the news.
The true highlight of The Game Awards was Werner Herzog explaining Warframe
News What could be better than this?
I'm sad to report that you cannot romance the space octopus in Exodus, the Matthew McConaughey-starring space opera RPG from former BioWare devs
News Don't shoot the messenger.
Decrepit is a 'dark fantasy first person soulslike' in a castle full of zombies who'll repeatedly drag your clobbered body back to the dungeons until you get good enough to escape
News I simply wouldn't be in the horrible castle to begin with. Seems like a skill issue.
Capcom says Monster Hunter Wilds performance improvements are arriving next week, but more PC-focused fixes will be coming in January
News Fingers crossed.
Legendary FPS developer John Romero says his studio 'survived the cancellation of our huge game' and its shooter project 'will be new to people the way that going through Elden Ring was a really new experience'
News Romero said he's "never played a game like it before—other than it's a shooter."
Everything we know about Crimson Desert
Blood Red The new open world action game isn't a direct sequel to Black Desert Online, but expect some similarities.
Why not: Mad wizard modder turns Red Dead Redemption 2 into Super Monkey Ball, complete with gyro controls
Great news for anyone who's wanted to capture Arthur Morgan in an orb.
PlayStation Store accidentally confirms Leon is in Resident Evil Requiem with an early peek at new cover art
News Oops.
The effort to canonize a Steam tag for the world's 'survivorslikes' and 'bullet heavens' intensifies with a public poll and celebratory sale aiming to finally settle on a name for the misfit genre
News As long as it isn't "multi-directional shooter," I'm content.
Skate Story review: A stylish lunicidal skater with peerless vibes and devilishly sleek flip tricks
antichrist air Skate the (under)world.
Todd Howard says AI can't replace human 'creative intention,' but it's part of Bethesda's 'toolset for how we build our worlds or check things'
News Maybe he should've said Office. No, wait. Gmail? No, hold on.
Cyber Monday is a great time to give yourself a first dose of Gunpla brain poison with $18 Gundam kit deals and 20% discounts on hobby supplies
Cyber Monday Tis the season for cool robots.
I freed myself from my organizational sins by simply sticking my desk clutter where I don't have to see it, and you can do the same with this $9 Cyber Monday deal on nano tape
Cyber Monday If the clutter's not visible, it's not real.
Warframe's next big, WWI-inspired story update happened because a developer wrote the words 'Trench Warframe' on a whiteboard
Ah, memories The Old Peace's military tragedy of child soldiers and bayonet-wielding demon Warframes had humble beginnings.
'Child labor is unbeatable': Baldur's Gate 3 players discover how to build an army of unkillable kids through the power of polymorph and German media laws
News Keeps them off the iPad, at least.
Arc Raiders roadmap: All upcoming content and updates
On The Horizon New maps, quests, guns, and, of course, horrible robots that'll mess you up.
Valve responds as indie horror studio accuses Steam of 'censorship' for banning its game about nude human 'Horses' (Update)
News Valve told Santa Ragione its game featured child exploitation. The studio says otherwise.
This fishing game awards bonus XP for no-scoping an airborne mackerel, and I think that's beautiful
News Fishing involves more sniper rifles and bare-knuckle fisticuffs than I remember.
Poets are now cybersecurity threats: Researchers used 'adversarial poetry' to trick AI into ignoring its safety guard rails and it worked 62% of the time
News Hacking the planet with florid verse.
Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie modder just released a fan patch for Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Peter Jackson's King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
News Great works only die if you let them.
