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dLcompare’s Summer Event has officially come to an end, and the community certainly didn’t go quietly. After weeks of ratings, comments, reviews, and plenty of competitive leaderboard climbing, the seasonal event has wrapped up with more than $2,000 in prizes handed out. The event turned dLcompare into something of a gaming community marathon, with participants earning points through different activities across the platform. By the time the final scores were tallied, the numbers were impressive: users collectively submitted 8,300 game ratings,...

Fanatical has launched another charity bundle, giving PC gamers a chance to expand their Steam libraries while supporting CoppaFeel!, a UK charity dedicated to raising awareness of breast cancer among young people. The Fanatical CoppaFeel! Charity Bundle includes 10 Steam games, and every title is rated either Playable or Verified for Steam Deck. The bundle starts at $5.99 / €5.99 / £5.99, although buyers can choose to pay more if they want to make a larger contribution to the charity. That...

Valve's September 2026 Steam Hardware Survey has delivered an interesting snapshot of what PC gamers are running today, with 32GB of system memory finally overtaking 16GB as the most common RAM configuration. At the same time, Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070 has climbed to the top of the GPU rankings, replacing the older mainstream cards that have dominated the survey for years. The RTX 5070 accounted for 5.86% of surveyed systems in September, up substantially from 3.56%...

RGG Studio continues to offer a closer look at STRANGER THAN HEAVEN with a new gameplay video focused entirely on Minami, Osaka in 1943. Rather than simply introducing another area for players to explore, the footage shows how the studio is recreating an Osaka living through the upheaval of wartime, where the lights of theaters and the entertainment industry exist alongside shortages, dark alleyways, and the criminal underworld. This is also an important period in Makoto Daito's journey, as his...

The simulation genre is expanding to offer players the opportunity to discover all kinds of experiences. We recently showed you that you could manage your own card shop in TCG Card Shop Simulator; now Gamer Stop Simulator allows you to do the same with a video game store. This new management simulator puts you behind the counter of your own gaming shop, where selling games is only the beginning of the business. Build your own dream game store Gamer Stop Simulator revolves...

AION 2 hasn't even officially launched yet, but it is already proving that there is plenty of interest in NCSoft's new MMORPG. The sequel has reached No. 1 on Steam's global Top Sellers chart shortly after its Early Access period began on September 30, putting it ahead of the competition just days before its free-to-play release. There is, however, a small twist to those impressive numbers. AION 2 will be free to play when it officially launches on October 5,...

The leaves may be falling, but Steam has something else dropping this week: game prices. Valve has officially kicked off the Steam Autumn Sale 2026, bringing discounts to thousands of PC games, DLC packs, and other content across the storefront. With 2026 entering its final stretch, the latest seasonal sale gives PC players another opportunity to work through their wishlists before the year comes to an end. Steam's biggest store-wide discounts only arrive a handful of times each year, making the...

The Epic Games Store has refreshed its weekly free game promotion, replacing last week's Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles and Mechabellum with two new titles. Starting today, PC players can permanently add System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster and Buried Stars to their libraries, provided they claim both games before the current promotion ends on October 8. The bigger release of the pair is System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster, Nightdive Studios' updated take on the influential 1999 sci-fi survival horror...

The huge success of his latest adventure isn't giving the most famous spy any respite. James Bond has barely had time to put his martini down, and IO Interactive is already giving him more work to do. 007 First Light has received its first major free DLC, Extended Operations. It expands the game experience with new missions, New Game+, a new 00 difficulty, Photo Mode, and a surprisingly enormous list of fixes and improvements. The new content is available now...

Just a few days after its official launch, Minecraft Dungeons II has received a notable update for Steam Deck players. According to a new announcement on Steam, the game should now be playable on Valve's handheld, although the experience is not fully polished yet and some issues will be addressed in future updates. At the same time, the developers have adjusted the emerald limit across all platforms, tackling one of the issues that quickly came up within the community following...

The next chapter in the legendary vampire-hunting saga is finally giving players a chance to try it out. There is now a free demo of Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse that is available across all major platforms, allowing fans to experience a part of Rose Belmont’s upcoming adventure before the full game launches. The demo is now available on PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch. Considering how long fans have been waiting for a new Castlevania experience, this is a...

Just over two weeks after leaving Early Access, RuneScape: Dragonwilds has reached a stage where player feedback is becoming especially important. Jagex has now launched its 1.0 Check-In Survey, a regular community survey that will remain open until 7 AM GMT on October 8, 2026. The announcement itself is fairly brief, but its timing is more interesting: the studio is still refining the 1.0 experience while also preparing hotfix 1.0.0.7 for release across platforms following several technical issues reported in...