Steam Next Fest is back and you've once again got just 7 days to find your favorite demos among hundreds of choices
news The February 2026 edition of the Steam Next Fest is live now and runs until March 2.
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Arc Raiders' Game Director on match-making, fixes and expedition changes | Debrief
Four months after launching, Arc Raiders continues to hold a vibrant community, with over six million players a week logging in. This success even caught the game's developers, Embark Studios, off-guard. Ahead of the Shrouded Sky update, we chatted to game director Virgil Watkins as well as sound designer Bence Pajor.
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Is the RAM crisis the end of the Steam Machine?
Valve has said that it's unable to announce pricing and release dates for the upcoming Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Controller. In a post on Steam, the company said it had planned to do so by now, but that memory and storage shortages are to blame for the delay. In this video, Dave and Jacob discuss the statement, the wider memory shortage, and what it might mean for Valve's bid for Linux in your living room. Is it all doom and gloom or is there still hope for an affordable Machine yet?
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How Woolhaven builds on Cult of the Lamb's success | Developer interview
Last month, Devolver Digital and Massive Monster proudly released 'Woolhaven', a major new DLC for Cult of the Lamb. PC Gamer's Elie Gould recently got to chat to James Pearmain, Art Director and Co-founder of Massive Monster, about the building on the success of the base game, the new mechanics this chunky DLC brings, and what's next the game.
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TESTED: Best CPU for gaming in 2026
Looking for a CPU? We have you covered with our latest Group Test. Jacob has put a range of AMD and Intel CPUs to the test and is here to guide you through what is the best pick for gaming right now.
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Intel's Panther Lake has monster gaming performance!
Intel's new mobile chip (Panther Lake/Core Ultra Series 3) is here and it seems to be arriving with some heavy hitting gaming performance. We've been putting it to the test and are here to talk about our findings. Dave and Andy discuss performance, Intel's new found momentum and what's coming next.
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Todd Howard talks Fallout season 2, Obsidian, and Deathclaws
We sat down with Bethesda executive producer Todd Howard to discuss one of the best things to come out of the Wasteland for the last few years: the Fallout TV series. What went into making it happen, and how the team geared up for season 2.
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Divinity: everything we know about Larian's 'most ambitious RPG yet'
Return to Rivellon Larian is returning to its own original fantasy setting with a dark, horrifying new RPG and everything it learned from Baldur's Gate 3.
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In defense of Doom (the movie)
Hear Me Out Eat leaden death, demon. Or alien. Or whatever.
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Divinity: everything we know about Larian's 'most ambitious RPG yet'
Return to Rivellon Larian is returning to its own original fantasy setting with a dark, horrifying new RPG and everything it learned from Baldur's Gate 3.
How to complete Keeping the Memory in Arc Raiders
Hide and Seek Find the missing helmet in the hills.
How to complete Source of the Contamination in Arc Raiders
Plumbing Problems Don't forget wellies when wading through contaminated water.
How to complete Eyes on the Prize in Arc Raiders
Wired Rewire some solar panels for Tian Wen in the Buried City.
Age verification checks are now in force in the UK because of the Online Safety Act, but with the Discord fallout, it seems like one bad idea after another
Talking it over Data disaster.
Resident Evil: Revelations 2 was overlooked, but it was great survival horror
Deadly & Loving it Perfect B-movie writing? Check. Smart character mechanics? Check. Great PC controls? Those, too.
How to get the Lightning Hawk magnum in Resident Evil 2 Remake
HOW TO Where to find the magnum in Resident Evil 2.
This musical RPG is doing important work by letting you beat up music snobs, but I really stuck around for the painful (brilliant) puns
Lollapunlooza I'm easily entertained.
How to get the shotgun in Resident Evil 2 Remake
HOW TO Here's how you find the weapons locker key card and get the shotgun in Resident Evil 2's remake.
Ubisoft made another Avatar game the world has forgotten about, so I opened Pandora’s boxed copy and dropped into the jungle
I'm blue, dabadee It's as if Apocalypse Now was made in 10 months rather than 10 years.
You'll need an expansion pack for your brain to get all 20 questions right in our dastardly new DLC quiz
PACK NOTES How well do you know your downloadable content?
Best SSD deals for gaming today
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An Elite Dangerous player discovered a way to write new stories into the margins of the 12-year-old space sandbox, and now thousands are testing it
DIY How the nearly 9,000 players on the Distant Worlds 3 expedition are contributing to the birth of something new.
Judging by the GPT-4o situation, game developers will have a big problem if they get serious about AI chatbot NPCs
Playing with fire Balance patches that tweak guns and spells can enrage players. What if what you're re-balancing is their romantic partner?
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The next Witcher spin-off game is about Dandelion sharing his version of Geralt's adventures with the world: 'you might encounter a stuffed unicorn'
You're Bard Reigns: The Witcher is being made in collaboration with CD Projekt Red.
The many-boxed roadmap represents everything I hate about shooters right now
FOV 90 Our relationship with the biggest shooters around have contorted from player to investor.
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If you've ever had a crippling Vampire Survivors or Slay the Spire habit, avoid Vampire Crawlers at all costs
Speedcrawling Or play it, and let it consume your whole Steam Next Fest week. I'm not your dad.
Arc Raiders full interview: 'Nobody whatsoever thought we'd have this many players'
State of the Game Embark's thoughts on matchmaking, the state of PvPvE, and the future of its ambitious live-service extraction shooter.
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All active Blade Ball codes in February 2025 and how to redeem them in Roblox
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