Today's Gaming Pulse
Resident Evil Requiem launches free demo after 7 million copies sold
Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem, which has sold over 7 million copies since its release three months ago, is now offering a free demo on Steam, Epic, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and Switch 2. The demo lets players experience early chapters with protagonist Grace Ashcroft, though progress cannot be transferred to the full game.
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First Major Borderlands 4 DLC Adds Story Content, New Character Later This Month on PS5
Gearbox Software announced the first major Borderlands 4 DLC, “Mad Ellie and the Vault of the Damned,” launching on 26 March 2026 for PS5. The expansion adds a new story arc, the icy Whispering Glacier zone, and a fresh Vault Hunter named C4SH, a casino‑running robot with card‑based abilities. Players must be at least level 13 and have completed the “A Lot to Process” mission, though a pre‑made C4SH option is available. A concurrent update introduces shared progression across all characters, unifying map, token, and cosmetic rewards.
Unity Officially Gets Steam, SteamOS, and Linux Support
Unity announced native integration for Steam, SteamOS, and Linux, delivering the first true native ports for its engine. Previously developers relied on Steamworks and translation layers like Wine and Proton to run Unity games on Valve platforms. The new support...
New Research Shows over 90% of Gamers Find Playing with AI-Powered NPCs to Be "Enjoyable and Rewarding"
Newzoo’s 2026 report projects PC gaming revenue will overtake console revenue by 2028, driven by a 6.6% CAGR versus 4.4% for consoles. The combined PC‑console market is expected to reach $103.7 billion, with total revenue climbing from $88.3 billion in 2025 to...
Discussing the Balance of Power in Gaming | GamesBeat Crossfire Recap
GamesBeat Crossfire, held on March 10 during GDC 2026, convened over 500 attendees to examine the shifting balance of power in gaming. High‑profile speakers including PUBG creator Brendan Greene and former EA chief creative officer Rich Hilleman led six sessions covering platform‑developer...
A Week From Its Release Date, Crimson Desert Swallows some Denuvo DRM
One week after launch, Pearl Abyss added Denuvo DRM to Crimson Desert, updating its Steam listing. The change was logged on SteamDB at 09:00 UTC, with a revised game description highlighting the Abyss. Denuvo’s inclusion revives the ongoing debate over anti‑tamper...
Free Play Days Has Five Free Xbox Games to Play This Weekend
Microsoft’s Free Play Days returns this weekend, offering Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, Premium and Essential members free access to Killing Floor 3, Bassmaster Fishing, Worms W.M.D., and Tropico 6 from March 12‑15. Diablo IV is also free for all Xbox players until March 18, though only...
When Is The Bite By Night Release Date?
Bite By Night, a Roblox‑based asymmetrical horror game inspired by Five Nights at Freddy's, is slated for an early‑to‑mid March 2024 release, though developers have not confirmed an exact day. The title pits players against animatronic hunters in a pizzeria...
Kingshot’s First Year: $800m, 11 Months of Growth, but Backlash From Whales
Century Games’ mobile strategy game Kingshot marked its first anniversary with $811.9 million in gross player spending across Google Play and the App Store. The title posted explosive growth, rising from $5.9 million in March 2025 to a peak of $102.2 million in January 2026...
Meta Exec Hopes VR Teens Will Stick Around
At GDC, Meta Reality Labs games director Chris Pruett warned that the VR gaming market is experiencing its toughest period ever. Meta has cut more than 1,000 VR‑related jobs and shuttered several first‑party studios, yet Quest store revenue edged up...
Steam Family Sharing Returns to Dune: Awakening, As Funcom Prepares for Migrations & More
Funcom has restored Steam Family Sharing for Dune: Awakening after a temporary suspension caused by widespread abuse. The studio cautions that any future misuse by shared accounts could still result in suspensions or bans for the primary holder. Meanwhile, the...
Microsoft DirectStorage 1.4 Brings Quicker Load Times and Smoother Asset Streaming
Microsoft unveiled DirectStorage 1.4, introducing Zstandard (Zstd) compression and a companion Game Asset Conditioning Library (GACL). The new stack can shrink texture assets by up to 50% and shifts decompression work from the CPU to the GPU, cutting load‑time latency....
New Synty Sci-Fi Bundle + Survival Kit Redux
Humble Bundle launched two new game‑development asset collections on March 12, 2026: the Synty Sci‑Fi Bundle and the Ultimate Survival Kit Redux. The Synty offering is a $30 tier that includes polygon city, space, particle packs, base locomotion animation, a...
New Neptunia Game Coming After Over 10 Years
Idea Factory and Compile Heart unveiled a teaser for a brand-new numbered Neptunia game, the first mainline entry since Megadimension Neptunia VII in 2015. The teaser, posted on the companies' YouTube channel and a dedicated website, hints at both returning...
Offscript Media Launches 3BlackDot Gaming Media Platform
Offscript Worldwide, the parent company behind the Revolt media property, announced the launch of 3BlackDot, a consumer‑facing gaming media platform. The debut featured its flagship show, 3BD Weekly, streamed live from SXSW. 3BlackDot is positioned as a centralized hub that...
Konami Marks 5 Million Sales of Silent Hill 2 Remake by Selling It and Silent Hill F for Half Price...
Konami announced that its Silent Hill 2 remake has reached 5 million copies sold worldwide across digital, physical, and subscription channels. To celebrate, the publisher launched a Spring Sale on the PlayStation Store, offering the Deluxe Editions of Silent Hill 2 and Silent...
RWR 2 (RUNNING WITH RIFLES 2) Announced with a Teaser Trailer
Running with Rifles, the popular top‑down tactical shooter, has announced its sequel RWR 2 with a teaser trailer. The original earned a Very Positive rating from over 14,000 Steam users, and the sequel promises a single seamless 25 km² world, new health...
Remembering the 30-Year-Old Computer Game that Introduced Me to Star Wars
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, released in 1996, was a transmedia initiative that paired a novel, comics, toys, and a PC game to reignite franchise interest ahead of the Special Edition films. The PC version was among the first...
OBS Studio 32.1.0 Arrives with WebRTC Simulcast Support and a New Audio Mixer
OBS Studio 32.1.0 has been released, bringing a brand‑new audio mixer and the long‑awaited WebRTC simulcast capability. The update also adds undo/redo for scene‑item properties, partial canvas support in obs‑websocket, and a suite of security and UI refinements. Default streaming...
Until Dawn Remake Dev Ballistic Moon Has Closed
A University of Bristol and Meaning Machine study of 68 gamers playing the AI‑driven murder‑mystery game Dead Meat found overwhelming approval for AI‑powered NPCs. Ninety‑five percent rated the experience enjoyable, while 97% found it rewarding, and 75% felt they could...
D7VK Version 1.5 Brings Direct3D 3 Support via Vulkan on Linux
The D7VK project released version 1.5, adding Direct3D 3 support through a Vulkan translation layer on Linux. This completes D7VK’s coverage of Direct3D 3, 5, 6 and 7, enabling legacy Windows titles to run via Wine or Proton. The update introduces execute buffers, back‑buffer and depth...
Games with Loot Boxes Will Be Rated PEGI 16 From June, as Part of Sweeping Changes to the Age-Rating System
Starting in June, PEGI will assign a PEGI 16 rating to any game that includes paid random items such as loot boxes, while social‑casino titles move to PEGI 18. The new framework also grades in‑game purchases, daily‑quest incentives and unrestricted online chat,...
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[Industry News] Game Jam for All
Game Jam for All, a week‑long accessibility‑focused competition organized by Tencent and the University of Staffordshire, ran from 23 Feb to 1 Mar, tasking students to design games for players with vision, hearing, motor and cognitive needs. The event featured industry mentors...
Free Ports Enjoy 32,178+ Slot Demonstrations Zero Evolution Slot Obtain
Aristocrat’s Evolution portfolio now showcases more than 32,178 free slot demonstrations, allowing players to try titles such as Larger Reddish, Insane Panda and Miracle Kingdom without a deposit. The free‑play demos feature RTP rates between 94% and 96% and often...
AMD Rumored to Ready FSR Diamond for Xbox Project Helix
AMD is reportedly developing a new graphics feature set called FSR Diamond for Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox platform, rumored as Project Helix. Unlike previous FidelityFX Super Resolution iterations, FSR Diamond is said to bundle AI‑assisted upscaling, frame generation, neural rendering and...
Why Indie Video Game Sync Is More Accessible Than Film and TV in 2026
The video‑game music sync market is valued at $1.91 billion in 2026 and growing 7.7% annually, projected to hit $3.73 billion by 2035. Indie developers typically allocate $500‑$2,000 per track, a budget far more approachable than film and TV sync fees. Because...
Dream Sports Restructures Business as over 100 Executives Exit
Dream Sports, the owner of fantasy platform Dream11, has restructured its operations after the Indian government's ban on real‑money gaming, resulting in the departure of more than 100 senior staff. The company split its workforce of roughly 950 employees among...
Titanium Court Wins the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, HORSES Receives the Nuovo Award, During the 28th Annual Independent Games Festival...
At the 28th Independent Games Festival during GDC’s Festival of Gaming, AP Thomson’s surreal strategy title *Titanium Court* captured the Seumas McNally Grand Prize and the Excellence in Design award. The game’s blend of match‑3 mechanics with tactical roguelike elements earned praise...
Warglaives of Azzinoth – Azzinoth Blades Farming Guide
Players seeking the Warglaives of Azzinoth in Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary must farm Illidan Stormrage in Black Temple, which becomes available only after the Tier 6 phase unlocks. The raid operates on a 25‑player, weekly lockout system, granting each character one...
Elusive Blends Metroidvania, 3D Platforming, and Ghibli Heart
2D metroidvania, 3D platforming, emotional story and Studio Ghibli inspirations...all that, and more, makes up Elusive.
Nintendo and TakeTwo Dominate MetaCritic's All-Time Best Games
Best games of all time according to MetaCritic: Nintendo and TakeTwo Interactive up there https://t.co/VjKL73Fvuf
New Missions In Mûr Ghala, Spring Festival Preparations Arrive With Lord of the Rings Online Update
The Lord of the Rings Online launched a content update adding ten new missions in the recently introduced region of Mûr Ghala. Players must seek out Várudar in Adagím and Jôrlar in Zajâna, each providing five missions spread across two...
Good Intentions Won’t Save Overwatch League’s Failure
Kaplan says the road to hell is paved with good intentions and that was Overwatch League
Miyamoto’s Early Triumph Shows Japan Needs Risk‑taking Meritocracy
When Shigeru Miyamoto designed Donkey Kong in 1981, he was just four years out of university. This is what Japan needs: risk-taking and meritocracy.
Google Play Games for PC Is Getting More Premium Titles and Cross-Buy with Android
Google announced a suite of upgrades to Play Games on Windows, adding a dedicated Windows tab in the Play Store to surface desktop‑optimized titles. The rollout includes a handful of premium games such as Sledding Game, 9 Kings, Potion Craft, Moonlight Peaks and...
Microsoft Quietly Scraps “This Is an Xbox” Campaign
it looks like Microsoft's "This is an Xbox" marketing campaign has been quietly canned. The original announcement post has been removed, but the ads still remain on YouTube https://t.co/PeCX9AG175 https://t.co/XqJXAU83Zf
AI Will Either Guard or Undermine Gaming, Not End It
Barring AGI is achieved in the next couple years, I have a question. What wins — AI systems created to prevent cheating or AI systems creating the cheats? Or is it all irrelevant & video games die because they’ve become...
Google Play Is Adding New Paid and PC Games, Game Trials, Community Posts, and More
Google announced a suite of gaming upgrades for Google Play at GDC 2026, expanding the store with paid indie titles that run on both mobile and Windows PCs. The platform will debut game trials, allowing users to play a portion before...
Jeff Kaplan Unveils The Legend of California Survival Game
First look at The Legend of California a new online survival game from former Blizzard director Jeff Kaplan. https://t.co/XmuekOVkYc
New Ways to Try, Buy and Master Paid Games with Google Play
Google Play announced a suite of 2026 updates aimed at unifying paid gaming across mobile and PC. New indie titles will launch with "buy once, play anywhere" pricing, letting a single purchase unlock both platforms. The rollout also introduces Game...
Xbox Teases "some Iconic Games From the Past" To Be Re-Released in 2026, After Its "Game Preservation Team" Spent Years...
Xbox announced it will re‑release several unnamed iconic games in 2026 as part of its 25th‑anniversary celebration. The company’s dedicated game preservation team has spent years building system‑level emulation and adding modern enhancements such as auto HDR and FPS boost....
Arc System Works Requests Israeli Guilty Gear Player Zando Withdraw From Arc World Tour Finals over Safety Concerns
Arc System Works asked Israeli Guilty Gear Strive star Atir “Paragon|Zando” Yosef to withdraw from the Arc World Tour Finals scheduled for March 20‑22 in South Korea, citing safety concerns amid the escalating Middle East conflict and strict Israeli travel restrictions. Zando...
Rarest Fortnite Skins in 2026
Fortnite’s cosmetic catalog now exceeds 2,500 skins, but a handful remain virtually unattainable. The Rogue Agent skin, last seen in June 2018, tops the rarity list, followed by the Travis Scott Icon Series, Shaman, World Warrior, and the Nvidia‑promoted Reflex skin....
Most Replayable Open-World Games
The article lists eight open‑world titles—Kenshi, Project Zomboid, Fallout: New Vegas, No Man’s Sky, Elden Ring, Fallout 4, Minecraft, and Skyrim—that excel at replayability through sandbox freedom, procedural worlds, and robust mod ecosystems. Each game offers distinct loops, from procedural...
Sony Names the 25 Greatest Heroines on PlayStation
Sony announced a curated list of the 25 greatest heroines featured on PlayStation consoles, timed with International Women’s Day. The roster spans Sony’s 32‑year gaming legacy, blending exclusive titles with cross‑platform characters. Community reaction has been mixed, with praise for...
Slay the Spire 2: Hidden Gem & Replay Guide
Slay the Spire 2 introduces the Hidden Gem, a colorless card that bestows the Replay 2 effect on a random card in the draw pile, allowing it to be played three times for the cost of one. The card can be acquired...
NEKOPARA Sekai Connect Brings Rhythm Battles, Romance, and Charming Catgirls to Mobile on April 14
GOOD SMILE COMPANY announced Nekopara Sekai Connect, a social RPG launching April 14, 2026 for Android and iOS, with a PC version slated for fall. The game blends semi‑auto rhythm battles, fully‑voiced story episodes, and 2D animated catgirls, including new...
TTRPG-Inspired Couch Co-Op Title Sunderfolk Adds Full Online PC Support and Mouse & Keyboard Controls
Sunderfolk’s 2.0 update transforms the tabletop‑style tactical RPG by adding native PC multiplayer and full mouse‑and‑keyboard controls, eliminating the need for a phone controller. The patch also introduces a new hero, Vanguard, whose knockback ability adds fresh tactical depth, and...
Donkey Kong Bananza's Satisfying Destructive Gameplay Came Together when the Devs Realized It Was More Fun to Destroy "Beautiful" Things
Donkey Kong Bananza shifts the classic franchise toward pure, physics‑driven destruction, letting players punch and pulverize everything in their path. The core mechanic was deemed flat until Nintendo’s team added visually appealing targets, making demolition feel more rewarding. Tatsuya Kurihara revealed...
Microsoft Will Soon Let You Use Any Windows 11 PC Like an Xbox
Microsoft will roll out Xbox mode on all Windows 11 PCs next month, delivering a full‑screen Xbox interface that can be navigated with a game controller. The feature, already tested in the Windows Insider program since November, aims to blur the...
5 Free Games on Steam You Can Play Right Now (that Are Actually Good)
A new roundup highlights five free games that just launched on Steam in March 2026. The list spans genres—from the PvP naval combat of Pirate Ships and the minimalist puzzle logic of Netoo, to Konami’s realistic baseball simulator eBaseball: Pro...