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A Dispatch sequel is a whole lot more likely now that Dispatch season 1 is such a big hit: 'We're going to have to at least think about season 2 now'

Ad Hoc Studio wasn't sure whether more Dispatch would be possible before it came out.

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Arc Raiders and Battlefield 6 prove that great performance and low system requirements are king for multiplayer PC games in 2025

People power.

PC Gamer

Arc Raiders gives free money to everyone to say sorry for the weekend server struggles

The Arc Raiders servers had a bit of a "wobble" as more than 350,000 people rushed in to play on Sunday.

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30 years of strategy games later, Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era flies to 1 million wishlists on Steam thanks to a killer demo: "A truly incredible achievement"

The prequel also snagged the "#1 spot in the Turn-based Strategy category"

GamesRadar

Battlefield 6 is EA's biggest Steam launch ever, passing 700,000 concurrent players in under an hour and finally dethroning Apex Legends as the king

Battlefield 6 is having a huge launch day on PC especially

GamesRadar

Arc Raiders lowers its price in some regions 'to ensure a more fair price point for all'

Gamers who have already purchased the game in one of the adjusted currencies will receive an automatic refund.

PC Gamer

Valve yoinked a new Counter-Strike 2 map out of the game after just 2 days, either for potential Disney copyright infringement, a 'gamer word' hidden in its data, or both

We hardly knew ye, de_transit.

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Hades 2's 1.0 update continues its run of "Overwhelmingly Positive" Steam reviews and doubles the original roguelike's all-time peak player count

It also puts into perspective how big the early access launch was, with the new peak being less than 10k more players

GamesRadar

Manic Steam game collector first to surpass 40,000 game titles in library — $640,000 digital collection took 15 years to build

It is notoriously easy to own more games than you have time to play on Steam, but one user has taken this phenomenon to the extreme.

Tom’s Hardware

Steam history has been made: account worth over $250,000 is the first to own 40,000 games on Valve's store, still has over 26,000 games on their wishlist that they will surely play

One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

GamesRadar

Steam removes 2D platformer allegedly infected with malware, but not before it apparently steals over $150,000 in cryptocurrency from players

The threat called BlockBlasters has now been blasted away

GamesRadar

Silksong already has the 18th highest all-time peak player count in Steam history as it draws over 500,000 concurrent players in its first 4 hours

Happy Silktember everyone.

PC Gamer

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.

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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.

Windows Central

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.

PC Gamer

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.

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GamesRadar

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

PC Gamer

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.

Windows Central

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.

PC Gamer

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.

Player One

'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.

GamesRadar

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"

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