Konami got the main thing right with Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, but it could and should have offered so much more

Thursday's PlayStation State of Play brought the announcement of Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2, and the headline news is undoubtedly the inclusion of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the ...

Solid Snake is coming to Rainbow Six Siege in March with David Hayter reprising the role, and a new trailer shows Snake and stealth game rival Sam Fisher finally squashi…

Spider-Man is a Magic: The Gathering Card, Eric Cartman pilots a cardboard mech in Fortnite, and once the new season drops ...

Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free thanks to its fan community, and they've even updated the game for modern PCs: 'This is the first public patch for Un…

Now, the latest of these rehabilitated shooters has been released into the wild, bounding across the fields in search of ...

The best Smash Bros.-like on Steam just added a character who can shop for items and go fishing in the middle of a match, in case you thought fighting games were t…

Slade first showed up in Dungeons of Aether, the apparently-pretty-good turn-based spinoff, so this news should be ...

Hideki Sato, father of the Sega Dreamcast, Saturn, Genesis, and more, has died

As reported by VGC and Japanese gaming outlet Beep21, Sega console designer Hideki Sato has died. The engineer and former ...

The EU declares TikTok's 'infinite scroll' and 'highly personalised recommender system' are 'addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act'

It's become something of a meme to think of social media as a digital skinner box, but is that enough to warrant action ...

The most surprising thing about Mewgenics is its amazing soundtrack—and after 115 hours, I'm still discovering new songs

As I noted in our review, Mewgenics has a very particular tone—and frankly, it doesn't always hit. There are moments where its early 2000s internet culture sense of humour can feel immature, crass, ...

The cozy game boom is the clearest trend on Steam over five years of data

More tellingly, games with the word "factory" in their summary have gone up 325%, because we sure do love a management sim on PC, while "adult" went up 314%. The keywords "expand" and "shop" have also ...

We'll be able to hit zombies with meat in singleplayer medieval survival sim God Save Birmingham

There's something extremely English about the slack-skinned medieval peasantry of God Save Birmingham. They all look like they ate a lot of sausage sandwiches in their time. And soon, food will be ...

Silent Hill 2 Remake dev Bloober Team's Valentine's Day reveal turned out to be Layers of Fear 3

After the short, Bloober Team CEO Piotr Babieno addresses the studio's audience confessional-style. "Some of you have been with us for a very long time. Others arrived later by accident, curiosity, or ...

Absolum's first update dares you to unravel the threads of fate, introducing rule modifiers, corrupted biomes and improved mounts into 2025's best beat 'em up

Slightly belatedly, developer Guard Crush Games (who were co-devs on Streets of Rage 4 alongside LizardCube) released Absolum's first major update Threads of Fate, which pistons a fistful of new ...

Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 16, 2026)

On an average day about a dozen new games are released on Steam. And while we think that's a good thing, it can be understandably hard to keep up with. Potentially exciting gems are sure to be lost in ...