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One of the strangest point 'n' click adventures of the '90s is getting a modern 'restoration' for Steam, making it easily playable for the first time this century

The Dark Eye is based on the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, and features the voice work of William Burroughs.

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UK Tribunal Lets £656 Million Valve Lawsuit Proceed Against Steam Store

London's Competition Appeal Tribunal ruled that video game developer and distributor Valve must face the lawsuit against its platform Steam

International Business Times UK

The game that coined the term 'visual novel' just got its first-ever fan translation for its 30th anniversary

Shizuku, an adult game released in 1996, birthed a whole new genre. Kinda.

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Valve needed to 'verify' footage of the 'alien orgy' in Earth Must Die before it was allowed to launch on Steam

I'm sure it was strictly for evaluation purposes.

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Steam maker Valve is up against a $900 million lawsuit in the UK, accused of "rigging the market" and "excessive" commission prices — it just got the green light

A roughly $900m lawsuit filed against Valve claiming its business practices with Steam are "shutting out" the competition has been given the go ahead to continue.

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$900 million lawsuit accusing Steam of overcharging gamers in the UK and 'abusing a dominant market position' will proceed after Valve loses appeal against it

The suit, filed in 2024, is similar to one filed against Valve in the US in 2021.

PC Gamer

Valve Ordered to Face £656m UK Class Action Lawsuit Over Steam Fees

That's a lot of dough.

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Ori studio's action RPG No Rest for the Wicked hits the top of the Steam charts following co-up update, beating Arc Raiders, Marvel Rivals, and Helldivers 2

After a rocky 2025, the game has a second wind

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UK activist hits Valve with a $903 million lawsuit — claims Steam is abusing its market dominance and forcing UK consumers to pay too much for Steam games

UK activist hits Valve with a lawsuit for charging gamers too much commission on the games they buy from the Steam store.

Tom’s Hardware

Valves faces $900 million lawsuit, accused of abusing its dominance in PC gaming to over-charge for games and DLC, as UK court says the case can continue

Court rules the suit can go to trial

GamesRadar

Highguard's output resolution is bizarrely tied to its post processing setting, which feels like a crunchy bug that needs squashing

The difference is pretty darn clear in person.

PC Gamer

'I think, ultimately, we could have made a different trailer' — Wildlight Entertainment CEO wishes 'Highguard had been received better' amidst the game's negative review score on Steam

Wildlight Entertainment's CEO has admitted the studio could have marketed Highguard better following radio silence leading up to its launch.

TechRadar

4 reasons why SteamOS is quietly winning over PC gamers — and why Windows won't be dethroned any time soon

SteamOS could be the next big thing among PC gamers, and that means fewer Windows users. Here's why I think SteamOS has such a good chance of continued growth, as well as why Windows will remain at the top.

Windows Central

Final Fantasy 7 Remake debuts at #9 on Xbox US Stores — a sign as clear as day that this game should have been multiplatform from the start

Final Fantasy 7 Remake's long-awaited port on Xbox is met with huge fanfare, as it's the 9th-best-selling game on the Xbox US store this week.

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"One of the most unoptimized games": Code Vein 2 launches on Steam to "Mixed" early access reviews as fans say it "feels like wasted money"

Bandai Namco's new action RPG isn't impressing everyone

Windows Central

Highguard devs admit "we could have made a different trailer" after its devastating reveal — but say it was always the plan to "go dark" before release

As Highguard launches, its devs lament its disastrously controversial reveal at The Game Awards last month, and wish they'd made a "better trailer."

GamesRadar

Hours after launch, Highguard has "Mostly Negative" reviews and a peak of 97,000 players on Steam

I've got no idea if Highguard is good or not, but this volume of vitriol feels a bit premature

Windows Central

Highguard launches to brutal Steam reviews — a disastrous debut for the new PvP shooter

Highguard has launched across Xbox, PC, and PlayStation, but its early Steam reviews are overwhelmingly negative. Players criticise pacing and map design, despite some positive impressions of its gameplay.

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Highguard studio says it's looking for a "core group of fans that love us," not to top the Steam charts — "We don't need [player counts] to be super huge"

Wildlight Entertainment's new FPS Highguard hasn't blown up the Steam charts so far, but its dev says it doesn't need a "super huge" player count, anyway.

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Forza Horizon 6 - Release Date, Platforms, PC Requirements, And More

Everything you need to know.

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It's shocking what Game Freak has been able to do when it steps out of Nintendo's shadow

I've analysed Game Freak's latest showcase for its upcoming action-RPG, Beast of Reincarnation, and found myself intrigued by it. With its post-apocalyptic setting and action-packed gameplay, this game has the potential to be a hit and convince Game Freak that it doesn't need Pokémon anymore to be successful.

PC Gamer

'Brutally honest' city builder Microlandia gets brutally honest crime simulation: 'It's a spectrum of consequences that can become a death spiral every single day'

"Cities are not clockwork, they are chaos machines with a mayor attached."

PC Gamer

Lort devs reluctantly tweak the fantasy roguelike's difficulty after players complain the Risk of Rain 2 successor is too hard: 'You are meant to die and learn how to overcome the challenge'

"But we also don't want it to be too aggravating to jump into quickly and have fun."

PC Gamer

Early access multiplayer shooter Out of Action is, ironically, full of action, with cyborg ninjas blasting each other in a mix of Titanfall and Max Payne

Come for the movement, stay for the "advanced multiplayer bullet time".

Tom’s Guide

The Steam Frame’s biggest problem is (ironically) Half-Life: Alyx, and Valve needs to recapture the VR magic

Valve's Steam Frame is set to take VR gaming to new heights, but its very own Half Life: Alyx set the bar high, and more VR titles need to reach that standard.

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