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Slay the Spire 2 Sells 3 Million Copies in Its First Week of Early Access, Shattering Steam Records for the Roguelike Genre
Mega Crit's sequel hit 574,000 peak concurrent players on Steam and generated an estimated $75 million in its opening week, nearly matching the original's entire lifetime sales.
Microsoft Unveils Project Helix at GDC 2026, a Next-Gen Xbox Powered by Custom AMD SoC That Plays Both Console and PC Games
Microsoft announced Project Helix at GDC 2026, a next-gen Xbox on a custom AMD SoC that plays both console and PC games natively, with developer kits shipping in 2027.
NVIDIA Unveils DLSS 4.5 at GDC 2026 With Dynamic Frame Generation and RTX Mega Geometry for The Witcher 4
NVIDIA announced DLSS 4.5 at GDC 2026 with Dynamic Multi Frame Generation, a 6X mode for RTX 50 Series GPUs, and RTX Mega Geometry launching with The Witcher 4.
Valve Recommits to Shipping Steam Machine in 2026 as AI-Driven Memory Shortage Forces Pricing Rethink
Valve's cube-shaped SteamOS console faces component shortages that have already shifted the release window twice, but the company insists all three new hardware products will ship this year.
Marathon Server Slam Draws 143,000 Steam Players but Splits the Community Three Days Before Launch
Bungie's extraction shooter drew strong initial interest during its open beta but shed half its peak players in 48 hours as complaints about UI, ammo scarcity, and sparse PvP mounted ahead of the March 5 release.
Phil Spencer Retires from Xbox After 38 Years as Microsoft Names AI Executive Asha Sharma New Gaming CEO
After 38 years at Microsoft and 12 years leading Xbox, Phil Spencer retires. Xbox president Sarah Bond simultaneously resigns, replaced by CoreAI division head Asha Sharma.
Revenue Up, Profits Down: Matthew Ball's 2026 Gaming Report Reveals an Industry at Odds With Itself
Matthew Ball's State of Video Gaming 2026 finds a $195.6B industry where record revenues mask falling margins, a funding drought, and China's growing dominance over global growth.
Ubisoft Workers Stage Three-Day International Strike as 1,200 Walk Out Over Studio Closures, Game Cancellations, and Return-to-Office Mandate
Five French unions led a three-day walkout at Ubisoft after the publisher cancelled six games, closed two studios, and imposed a five-day office mandate as part of a 200 million euro restructuring.