Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2026

Arc Raiders will get major updates every six months going forwards, with the next one set to roll out the shooter's largest map yet

Arc Raiders is switching up its update cadence, with developers Embark having decided that dropping a major set of additions every six months is better for the shooter's long-term health than sticking to a monthly update grind. The first update set to be released under this new modus operandi's also been revealed: it's called Frozen Trail and will include the game's biggest map to date.

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Mittwoch, 13. Mai 2026

The Steam Controller is actually a scream controller, because Valve couldn't resist making it cry out in memey pain when you drop it

We've all heard it. This sound. The infamous Wilhelm scream, famous for cropping up whenever a game or film sound designer fancies a bit of inside jokery. Or, in this case, when Valve want to work an easter egg into their new Steam Controller. Yep, if you drop it in the right way, the controller Wilhelm screams in pain.

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"Everyone would hate you": Stardew Valley creator is "open" to adding adultery and NPC divorces, but he's against it "on a moral level"

The first thing I read this morning was a lifestyle headline about how humans simply aren't "built" for monogamy. The second thing I read was Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone toying with the idea of introducing adultery and, by extension, divorces to cosy life sim Stardew Valley. If the third thing I read this morning is, for example, a bus advert for Paramount show Caught in the Act, I will interpret this as the universe granting permission to jump into a Portaloo with the next person who waggles their eyebrows at me.

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Dienstag, 12. Mai 2026

Valve's next Steam UI target is the Community Market, with more details and, yes, a wider layout

"Bigger," Gabe Newell chants incessantly at Steam's Valve UI and UX team at Valve. "Larger! More! Never stop making it bigger!" He screams. At least this is what I imagine has been happening over the past year, given the number of size related (mostly widening) changes that's been taking place on the storefront. Today, another UI change is on the way, this time for the Steam Community Market.

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Forza Horizon 6 leaking early was "not the result of a pre-load issue", developers Playground say, while threatening "franchise-wide and hardware bans"

Following news of Forza Horizon 6's PC version leaking online ahead of release, developers Playground Games have said the leak was wasn't the result of a Steam pre-load issue. They've also made clear that anyone playing a pirated copy risks a serious ban.

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War is coming to Whiskerwood: the city builder's next patch brings ship construction, naval combat, and island defences

Until now, Whiskerwood players have been on the receiving end of a lot of feline stick. The city builder puts you in charge of a small colony on a distant island of the cat empire. From month to month you need to grow your burgeoning town but also meet the resource demands of your colonial overlords.

After six months of living under the yolk of feline oppression in early access, Whiskerwood's developers think it's time we got some tools to push back against our overlords. Whiskerwood's next patch will add full ship construction, naval battles, and ability to construct island defences, such as towers and fortresses to fight back against your masters.

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Montag, 11. Mai 2026

Forza Horizon 6's PC version leaks early, allegedly rumbling out of the garage via a Steam upload mishap

Forza Horizon 6's PC version has leaked online ahead of release next week, with an unencrypted Steam build allegedly being to blame.

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