Steam Now Tells You Which Games Run Well On A Steam Machine

Since the launch of the Steam Machine a couple of weeks ago, Steam’s store has been oddly reluctant to tell you which games are tested and verified as fully compatible with Valve’s little PC box. But overnight, as spotted by Rock Paper Shotgun, Valve has updated the store with that really rather vital information. And yes, Assassin’s…

Id Software founder John Carmack mourns layoffs: “Games need to succeed, not just be beloved”

“I have been trying to find something meaningful to say about the Id Software layoffs.” It’s a sentiment all of us share, but a particularly strong one for its Co-founder John Carmack. A WARN notice filed in Texas states that 136 jobs are being cut at the Doom developer, reportedly more than half of its…

Indie developer says Steam did them a solid by fixing their unbootable game to beat the Next Fest deadline

Making a game is hard, or so I’ve been told by those brave enough to give it a go. Mistakes happen, and sometimes your game just doesn’t work. That’s what happened to the developer behind Red Flag, a social deduction game about convincing your friends you’re fit to survive the apocalypse in a bunker with…

Xbox’s Halo and Fallout strategy shows signs of following Marvel

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma’s big company reset came with a promise to re-invest resources into ventures that would boost Xbox revenue — alongside thousands of layoffs. Previous investments in award-winning games didn’t pay off, despite Xbox wanting culturally relevant, award-winning games. So now it’s time for more of the things Xbox players love. It’s a…

Popular 2011 PlayStation 3 Action Game Losing Online Support

One of the best PlayStation 3 exclusive action adventure games is losing online support after 15 years, Sony has announced. Sucker Punch Productions’ Infamous 2 is a single-player game, but includes a user-generated content (UGC) feature that’ll cease to exist after August 2026. PlayStation pulling the plug on Infamous 2 online features, PS3 trophies affected…

18 Extraordinary Cosplay Fits Out Of Anime Con DoKomi 2026

Hey, you! No, not you…yeah, you! We’ve got the cosplay pictures you were asking about! You know, the ones from DoKomi, the Dusseldorf-based anime convention. No, you were pestering us about them last week, remember? Anyway, whatever, they’re really awesome, you should take a look. As ever, these photos and the video come courtesy of…

Chameleon codes (July 2026)

Keeping on top of these new Chameleon codes won’t make your job as a seeker any easier, but it will effectively reduce the number of wins needed to secure a cool new cosmetic for your fancy paint gun. That fishbones skin? A must-have. Chameleon is the latest attempt by a dev team looking to capitalize…

Hell Is Us Shifts Switch 2 Launch Due To “Very Busy” September Release Window

Image: Nacon, Rogue Factor Nacon’s upcoming Switch 2 game Hell Is Us, which has received “very positive” ratings on platforms like Steam and was praised by our colleagues at Push Square as a “must-play” for fans of lore-filled mystery, is shifting its release date by two weeks. Although the developer Rogue Factor has been “working…

One of my favorite Warhammer 40,000 books is getting an unexpected sequel

Plenty of Warhammer 40,000 novels have been written from the perspective of humans and space marines, but it took a while before Games Workshop really got into publishing books from the perspective of 40K’s many alien species. If you’re into orks I recommend Ghazghkull Thraka: Prophet of the Waaagh, and for swashbuckling aeldari pirates there’s…

PlayStation 5 Sequel to Sleeper Hit PS4 RPG Gets Release Date

A sleeper hit 2020 PlayStation 4 action RPG is getting a PS5 sequel, and surprisingly soon, its publisher has confirmed. Developed by Cold Symmetry and published by Playstack, Mortal Shell 2 will release on August 20, 2026, and it’s up for preorder on the PS Store. Action RPG Mortal Shell 2 will release on PlayStation…