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First revealed in 2010 and nominated at IGF 2011, Steph Thirion and Annapurna Interactive's procedurally generated arcade puzzler Faraway launches November 5, 2026 across PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, and Switch 2.
Passed over for a 2027-2028 VCT Americas partnership slot, co-owner Ludwig Ahgren says Shopify Rebellion should abandon Valorant completely due to Tier 2 financial losses.
ESL has announced the Group A and Group B brackets and opening Bo3 matchups for IEM Beijing 2026 (November 2-8, $1.25M prize pool), headlined by NAVI vs. Falcons and Team Liquid vs. Aurora Gaming.
After days of 0.2-second laser eliminations inside The Lab, Battlestate Games has nerfed new Escape from Tarkov boss Scourge and extended the Scourge Incursion event through October 26, 2026.
Following Dying Light: The Beast's first anniversary, Techland CEO Paweł Marchewka confirmed the end of major content updates during a candid Discord AMA, while explaining why physical editions remain exclusive to PS5 and how Dying Light 2 support continues into 2027.
Veteran Japanese voice actor Hiroshi Tsuchida, known for voicing Kazuki in the Yakuza series, G5 Iguazu in Armored Core VI, and Grisha Yeager in Attack on Titan, has passed away at age 54.
PEGI is retroactively bumping digital games with loot boxes and gacha to PEGI 16 via IARC, breaking with the US ESRB ratings for EA, Roblox, and Valve.
Surveying 5,000 teenagers aged 15 to 17, France's ANJ and ARPEJ found that 39% play hybrid gambling-style games, led by GTA Online's Diamond Casino (26.3%) and US sweepstakes apps like CrownCoins and McLuck.
Following two months of unpaid wages and a Stockholm District Court bankruptcy order, Just Cause creator Christofer Sundberg confirms that Liquid Swords is permanently closing its doors.
Featuring 7,164 active demos on SteamDB (8,202 tagged overall) and at least 1,054 generative AI disclosures, the October 2026 Steam Next Fest has sparked fresh calls for a native No-AI filter in Steam's Discovery Queue.