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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.

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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.

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'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.

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"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.

Windows Central

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

The people have spoken,

PC Gamer

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.

Player One

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.

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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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Hollow Knight: Silksong gets SteamDB updates, and at this point I can't tell if the end is nigh or if I'm just hope-poisoned

Skong.

GamesRadar

Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, and now Dota 2 fall to Monster Hunter Wilds as it crosses 1.3 million peak Steam players despite 49% positive reviews

It seems the sky's the limit for Monster Hunter Wilds

PC Gamer

A web3 free-to-play survival game found to be a front for installing malware on your PC has finally been removed from Steam

Valve recommends considering "fully reformatting your operating system".

PC Gamer

Looks like Neverwinter Nights 2 has been freed from rights hell and is due an imminent enhanced edition release, bringing the 2006 RPG from 5GB to 36GB

That is, if Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition means an enhanced edition of Neverwinter Nights 2, which is a bold leap on my part.

GamesRadar

Steam now warns you if an early access game hasn't been updated in a long time, but outside obvious abandonware, it's not clear what actually counts as an update

This message seems useful, but not perfect

PC Gamer

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 rockets past the first game's peak player count as it pips into Steam's top 100 most-played games

Czech the numbers.

PC Gamer

Piranha Games will lay off employees after Mechwarrior 5: Clans 'performed below projections'

Parent company Enad Global 7 has also announced that EvilVEvil developer Toadman will be closed.

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