Steam Week in Review: More than 300 Games Released on Steam Last Week, and 120 of Them Had AI Disclosures
In the week ending June 9, Steam saw 338 new game releases, and 120 of them included an AI disclosure. Titles such as Android Who Dreams of Stars rely entirely on generative AI for artwork, sound, story and localization, while other indie releases use AI only for store‑page assets. A handful of developers are pricing AI‑heavy visual novels at $100‑$110, prompting accusations of price‑gouging and possible money‑laundering. Meanwhile, Steam’s revenue chart was dominated by Gothic 1 Remake, which sold 500,000 copies in its first week.
Wax Heads Is a Shop Sim About Helping Someone Find the Album that Could Change Their Life, and It Has...
Wax Heads is an indie shop‑simulation where players run Repeater Records, a struggling local record store, and help customers locate the perfect album. The game mixes clue‑gathering—such as outfit hints and a social‑media‑style feed—with a curated jukebox of niche music...
FromSoftware Boss Hidetaka Miyazaki References 'yet to Be Announced' Games While Commenting on Controversy at Parent Company Kadokawa
FromSoftware CEO Hidetaka Miyazaki told Japanese outlet Denfaminico Gamer that the studio is working on new, unannounced titles while declining to discuss recent activist‑investor turmoil at parent company Kadokawa. He said the current development environment allows the team to create...
This Hand-Embroidered Medieval Adventure Game Looks Like a Lovely, Chill Time—But I'm Warning You, Don't Be Fooled by Its Pleasant...
Scarlet Deer Inn, a side‑scrolling adventure from Czech indie studio Attu Games, showcases a distinctive hand‑sewn animation style that mimics embroidery. The game presents a cosy medieval setting before delivering a dark, narrative twist early in the experience. A free...
Alongside Its New Expansion, Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader Got a Massive Patch Buffing Its Weakest Classes and Companion
Owlcat Games released the Infinite Museion add‑on for Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader, paired with a sweeping balance patch. The update buffs the franchise’s weakest archetypes—Operatives and Assassins—by allowing their keystone abilities to trigger on bonus turns and enhancing overall stats. Companion...
Microsoft Is Looking to Speed up Development of Future Elder Scrolls, Fallout, and Halo Games
Microsoft is weighing a spin‑off or subsidiary model for its Xbox division while also approving a larger budget for its marquee franchises—Halo, Fallout and The Elder Scrolls. The move, backed by CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood, aims to accelerate development...
RPG Maker Forums Are Closing, Nearly 15 Years of Knowledge and Online Culture Are at Risk of Being Wiped
The official RPG Maker forums, home to 1.4 million posts and over 45,600 threads, will close on December 11 after entering read‑only mode on June 18. Gotcha Gotcha Games announced a new community platform, RPG Maker Guild, but offered no official archive of...
Consumer Rights Champion and Tech-Whizz Louis Rossman Is Taking Samsung to Court over a Failed 990 Pro SSD It Says...
Tech YouTuber and repair‑shop owner Louis Rossmann is suing Samsung over a 4 TB 990 Pro SSD that failed within a year but was denied a warranty replacement. Samsung claimed a market shortage prevented a replacement, despite Amazon listing the same model in...
This 2 TB NVMe SSD From Biwin Is as Good as It Gets Right Now at $0.12/GB—7,400 MB/S Seq Read...
PC Gamer highlights Biwin’s 2 TB NV7400 NVMe SSD as the top‑performing budget drive currently available, priced at $250 or roughly $0.12 per gigabyte. The drive delivers up to 7,400 MB/s sequential read and 6,500 MB/s write, leveraging a Maxiotek MAP1602A Falcon Lite...
Why Do Mech Games Rarely Let You Leave the Cockpit? Brigador Killers Devs Joke that the Feature 'Added Five Years...
Brigador Killers’ developers say allowing players to leave their mech added roughly five years to the game’s development timeline. The new on‑foot mechanics required a full inventory system, world interaction, and vehicle‑loading logic that didn’t exist in the original title....
Time to Get a Little Sadder About Destiny 2: TWIDs Are Coming to an End
Destiny 2’s final live‑service update, Monument of Triumph, launched this week, effectively ending new content for the game. The rollout was notably smooth, a contrast to Bungie’s historically rocky patches. Bungie announced that its weekly "This Week in Destiny" (TWID) posts...
You Can Just Bypass Fable's 'Complex, Nuanced' Reputation System with Enough Gold
Playground Games' Fable reboot demo introduces an adjective‑based reputation system that influences over 1,000 NPCs, affecting dialogue, prices, and quest outcomes. The system tracks traits like merciful, shrewd, rich, and reckless, moving away from the series' classic good‑vs‑evil model. The...
Phantom Blade: Zero Devs Couldn't Care Less About Releasing Near GTA 6: 'We Don't Even Think of the Competition, What...
Phantom Blade: Zero announced an October 29 launch, landing just three weeks before Rockstar’s highly anticipated GTA 6. Game director Qiwei “Soulframe” Liang emphasized that the release timing was driven by development polish, not competition, and the studio is using the extra...
I Was Big Into Clutch's Mix of Story and Racing Styles, but the Driving's a Lot Simmier than I Expected
Maverick Games, led by former Forza Horizon creators, announced Clutch, an open‑world racing title that mixes cinematic storytelling with realistic driving physics. The game showcases fully mocapped actors, licensed supercars, and a narrative set on the French Riviera, backed by...
Microsoft Doesn't Know What to Do About the Memory Pricing Crisis Microsoft Is Causing
Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox, codenamed Helix, faces a pricing dilemma caused by a broader memory‑pricing crisis spurred by the company’s AI push. Asha Sharma, head of Xbox, says the console will need new business models rather than simply higher specs, hinting...