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January 2026
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- January 16
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- Forbidden Solitaire warns us to uninstall it 'before it's too late,' but I played the demo anyway and now I want more
- Foxhole, the war MMO with months-long battles fought by thousands of real players, is evolving once again with planes, bombers, and paratroopers
- I don't know why everyone's suddenly making games inspired by Spore, but this roguelike twin-stick shooter might be the best attempt yet at realising the lost potential of the cell stage
- Yakuza Kiwami 3's new expansion basically turns it into a breakneck roguelite dungeon crawl, complete with random drops and goofy sidekicks
- January 15
- January 14
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- Hytale vs Minecraft: 5 key differences you should know about
- The Best of CES 2026
- The Elder Scrolls Online's director says doing the same-old yearly patch cycle wasn't 'going to cut it' if the MMO developer 'wanted to have a shot at reaching that 30-year mark'
- This roguelike deckbuilder may look like edutainment, but its maths-based battles are surprisingly tense and strategic
- I was getting a bit bored of the traditional life sim routine, but it turns out I just needed more hobbies which Heartopia is happy to provide
- Fallout Season 2 Episode 5 recap: 'Another player at the table'
- Hytale's developer warned us the adventure sandbox 'isn't good yet,' but it already feels pretty good to me
- January 13
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- Cozy Caravan is a feast of little cooking minigames and collectathon fetch quests
- Blizzard has big plans for World of Warcraft's player housing, and you won't have to wait long to see what's next: 'This is a system that we're not just setting up to last for the launch of Midnight, but for years to come'
- Wrestling the Steam 'Goliath,' pulling a Nightdive, and seeing off vulture capital: GOG chats the risks and opportunities of its future as a company without CD Projekt
- CES 2026 might have been a damp squib in many areas but not when it comes to gaming monitors
- I've put Nvidia's new DLSS 4.5 to the test: Here's how to enable it yourself and whether you should
- If I could change one thing in Arc Raiders this year, I'd abolish late spawns
- January 12
- January 11
- January 10
- January 9
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- Valve spent 2025 ripping apart Deadlock and putting it back together, and it delivered better live service than most live service games
- My Arc Raiders 2026 wishlist consists of new mobs, modes, and map conditions
- 9 big things Steam needs to improve in 2026
- I've just found a new cutesy Balatro, but instead of a deck of cards you get to tend to a garden and harvest flowers
- Seems like everyone forgot the 'Consumer' part of the Consumer Electronics Show this year
- January 8
- January 7
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- Arc Raiders' contentious 'aggression-based matchmaking' isn't just smart, but absolutely necessary
- Every videogame movie and TV show coming out in 2026 (and beyond)
- Do I regret yeeting my blueprints and loot-filled stash into Arc Raiders Expedition? No, it actually made the game fun again
- Between bots calling themselves 'Mecha-Hitler' and 95% of businesses realising they don't know the point of AI, 2025 was the year the tech lost its shine even for the most blinkered execs
- The demo of Flock Around has made me realise I don't have the skills to be a wildlife photographer, but I'd certainly give it my best shot
- Fallout Season 2 Episode 4 recap: 'More matching jackets'
- It's not weird to want a generative AI disclosure on games
- January 6
- January 5
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- I don't care that there are no big new games in January because all I need now is Ball x Pit, the most underrated roguelike pinball game that I could spend all 744 hours of the month playing
- In 2025, Monster Hunter fell prey to profit
- Playing Code Vein 2 made me wonder why more soulslikes don't have guns, even if I could do with a bit less anime melodrama
- January 4
- January 2
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- The PC game releases we're most excited about in January
- Forget what you heard, there's plenty of PC hardware to be excited about in 2026
- 30 hidden gems from 2025 to grab before the Steam Winter Sale ends
- The city builders of 2026 will let us build in some wild places, including a Pokémon-style world filled with collectible creatures
- Kill the algorithm in your head: Let's set up RSS readers and get news we actually want in 2026
- PC Gamer magazine's new issue is on sale now: Fallout Special
- January 1
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- CES 2026: From new Intel chips to far too much AI, here's everything we expect to see
- 2025 was the year friendslop reigned, and so many low-cost ways to have fun with your pals couldn't have come at a better time
- I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
