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February 2026

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February 13
- Highguard didn't flop
February 12
- A public peeing scandal couldn’t stop my rise to power for long in The Sims 4 Royalty & Legacy
- Let's settle this: Should Arc Raiders add a PvE mode?
- I've tested 3 free Discord alternatives in a desperate attempt not to offer up my personal data just to talk to my favorite weirdos
February 11
- Hytale’s unfinished sandbox has finally given me hope for a voxel RPG, after Cube World broke my heart twice
- Emre's kit in Overwatch is the best of the new bunch, not just because it reminds me of Halo's battle rifle, but because it's just so simple
- This breakfast-based cooking roguelike is already my latest craving
- Underneath the Superstrike: How Logitech has kick-started the next generation of gaming mouse tech
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 content hub
- World of Warcraft: Midnight War Board Challenge terms and conditions
- Starsand Island is the first can't-miss cozy game of 2026 and it's already taken over 20 hours from me
- Warhammer 40k: Dark Heresy might just have everything I want from a CRPG
- Black Ops 7's new best mode is a returning classic
February 10
- Relooted is a fine heist game—but it's a better history lesson
- A mouse to meet the moment
- Discord's new age verification rules got you down? Allow me to suggest an alternative: Internet Relay Chat
- I've never felt smarter than playing this nostalgic horror puzzler that has me changing file types on a '90s computer to solve mysteries
- I don't understand what Riot wants from 2XKO
- Nobody is doing live service better than Helldivers 2 because Arrowhead makes expansions, not just updates
February 9
- Here's what happens if you don't complete Discord age verification
- Deadlock's littlest guy makes size matter in a way it almost never has in a MOBA before
- Is it just me or did Season 2 of the Fallout TV series effectively wipe Courier 6 from existence?
February 8
- Sometimes simple character designs make the most effective cosplays, and this group of Peak Scouts is the perfect example of that
- Debate: Who is the best videogame composer of all time?
- A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working perfectly on modern PCs and Steam Deck, and it's a joy to behold: 'I wanted pick up-and-play GTA on Windows with the best possible compatibility without classic installation'
February 7
- In defense of Assassin's Creed Unity
- 219 hours of XCOM 2 and 20 minutes of Fallout: Size Five Games' director Dan Marshall takes us through the games on his PC
- Blitzball is alive and well in Final Fantasy 14, and I spoke to the community of passionate fans who built an entire 140-page D&D-like system to play it: 'Once you start playing, you just can't stop'
- If you thought Untitled Goose Game had a horrible goose, wait until you play this powerfully unsettling idle clicker where humans give birth to waterfowl
- I didn't realize how important headbob was until I played an RPG without it
February 6
- Did they hit a nerve? OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's response to 'authoritarian' Anthropic's annihilation of ads-supported AI doesn't make me trust it more
- Overwatch's glow-up didn't just happen overnight—its successes have been in the works for years now
- I wish I wasn't missing out on new quests in Arc Raiders just because I'm not willing to grind the old ones every two months
- Celebrate Lunar New Year with these Xbox Game Pass options
- I'm the biggest Baldur's Gate 3 fan, but the HBO TV show is filling me with dread
February 5
- My Madden simulation predicts a Patriots win in Super Bowl 2026, though I should point out I used the Madden game from 1988
- Everything in Black Ops 7 Season 2
- 'I don't want to shoot at a normal ass cat': Overwatch players react to its new feline hero
- Here's what we think the Steam Machine will cost now that Valve's admitted 'limited availability and growing prices' have forced it to change plans
- Nioh 3's open world is incredibly formulaic compared to Elden Ring's, so I'm slightly embarrassed by how much I'm loving it
- I'm glad I waited 25 years to play the longest Dragon Quest game
February 4
- I still can't master one of Nioh's simplest mechanics even after 10 years with the games, and 20 hours playing Nioh 3
- Of course there's a tiny Bridgerton reference in The Sims Royalty & Legacy expansion because it's basically a Lady Whistledown simulation
- Best gaming PC builds: Shop all our recommended system builds as we ride out the RAMpocalypse
- My testing shows that 16 GB of system memory is still absolutely fine for today's PC games but there are some caveats to it all
- Helldivers 2's new explosive hammer is the most dumb fun I've had in ages
- Fallout Season 2 finale post-credits sequence: 'Liberty Prime Alpha' explained
- Fallout Season 2 Episode 8 recap: 'Everyone works for me eventually'
- Helldivers 2's overpowered, wildly fun tank is the culmination of two years of balancing
February 3
- The PC game releases we're most excited about in February
February 2
- Steam Controller re-review: A fresh look at Valve's flawed but influential 10-year-old controller
February 1
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 2, 2026)
- One of BioShock Infinite's best narrative devices is its music
- Videogame merch is basically diet cosplay, and I'm desperate for more brands to get in on being more fashionably nerdy
- February is surprisingly light on cozy game launches but we're looking forward to these chill picks you shouldn't miss
- On-Together is the first focus tool videogame I've used that understands the importance of partnered-up productivity