Steam Week in Review: 4 Backrooms games released on Steam last week, joining a list of over 500 cash-ins, parodies and legitimate contenders

With this week’s theatrical release of A24’s The Backrooms adaptation, I was expecting an avalanche of new Backrooms-themed videogames to appear on Steam. Surprisingly, the number is quite modest: a mere four! Surely you’ve noticed that Backrooms games have been releasing at a steady clip on Steam for years now. When I search Backrooms on…

An Essential Cyberpunk Roguelike Returns In 868-BACK

In 2013, New Zealand indie developer Michael Brough released 868-HACK, a turn-based iPhone game revolving around cyber attacks and difficult circuitry. Inspired by roguelikes before it, Hack, FTL and Spelunky are accredited for kicking off the genre in the indie gaming space. Now the computer commander is back, jacking in to a more accessible port…

Alienware dropped the single most desirable OLED gaming monitor on the planet

Gaming monitors are getting ludicrous. Alienware has just announced the AW3926QW, which is a 39-inch OLED display with a massive 5K resolution and a refresh rate of 165Hz. Not only that, but it can also run at 330Hz in a reduced-resolution mode, and its RGB-stripe OLED tech pushes image quality to a new level. It…

Round Up: Minecraft Live (May 2026) – Chaos Cubed Drop, New Biome, Minecraft Dungeons II And More

Developer Mojang aired a special Minecraft Live event from Twitchcon Rotterdam this weekend and it featured announcements for not only Minecraft but also Minecraft Dungeons 2, and even the upcoming movie sequel. Here’s a quick recap in case you missed it: On this page: Round Up: Minecraft Live (May 2026) – Chaos Cubed Drop, New…

5 new Xbox games to play in May 2026

After a very busy five months, new game releases are slowing down in 2026. The current game release calendar for June is looking much slimmer than May, which was filled with more excellent games than one could possibly play in one month. June looks like it will be a great backlog month for anyone who’s…

Call of Duty yet again promises ‘no clowny skins’ for Modern Warfare 4, but we’ve been burned before

Infinity Ward has once again promised that it will keep its skins and cosmetics thematic and grounded in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, a commitment that it has repeatedly asserted as part of the rollout for this anticipated return of Infinity Ward CoD. The promise came as part of an exchange on X, The…

Fruit Ninja Designer’s Golf Sim Makes Case For Miserable Controls

Luke Muscat is the designer behind ultra-hits like Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride. Those games excelled due to their accessible, simplistic control schemes. His upcoming project, Normal Golf Game, is taking a different approach. An absurdist swing at 18 holes, Normal Golf asks you to play an unreal round with all-too-real input considerations. In the…

Ark Survival Ascended is about to unleash the kraken

Ark Survival Ascended is taking to the water in its next big update, which is coming as two pieces, arriving together on June 25. Genesis Ascended Part One will be free for all, adapting the fourth DLC from the original Survival Evolved for Studio Wildcard’s modernized edition. Alongside it comes Tides of Fortune, a pirate…

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 May Get Campaign Early Access – Report

This year’s annual Call of Duty release–Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4–is set to arrive in just a few months. But according to a new report, Modern Warfare 4 may give players the chance to start the campaign during an early-access release period. Well-known CoD leak and news site CharlieIntel shared a screenshot of a…

Video: 11 Exciting New Games Coming To Switch 1 & 2 In June 2026

Preordered physically Rebirth, Elliot and Star Fox (along with other games not mentioned here like the physical of Inazuma Eleven etc.), will eventually get Denshattack for sure, most likely The Grand Master 4, maybe something else from this list – anyway, June will be another busy month when it comes to new releases and I…