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Nearly 500k players showed up for the Wardogs beta: 'The reaction from the FPS community has been insane'

You ever get the feeling that a game is about to make a big splash, but nobody you know is talking about it yet? That's where I've been with Wardogs, the 100-player milsim FPS that I haven't stopped thinking about for weeks. Wardogs has steadily built buzz over the past year, recently eclipsing a million wishlists.Deve...

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Steam Week in Review: A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics

Vapor World: Over The Mind is a Soulslike Metroidvania with an evocative, painterly art style reminiscent of Lies of Pi and the narrative platformers of Playdead. According to Korean studio Alive In, the game had 100,000 wishlists just before its early access launch on August 19, mostly on the strength of a demo availa...

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New game digest: Meta’s games app, Century’s new soft launch, PUBG, Gangstar, Tomb Raider, The Traitors, more

  Here every Friday you’ll find the latest global releases, game dates, new soft launches and everything in between. This column is sponsored by Kohort. Stop hoping your campaigns pay back. Ktrl forecasts D365 LTV to 94%+ accuracy from day one. Plug in your MMP and see your own predictions free. Pocket (Meta) Met...

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July’s top grossing mobile games: Honor of Kings, Roblox, Gossip Harbor, PUBG Mobile, Pokémon Go, more

  Here are last month’s top grossing mobile games based on in-app purchase earnings, according to Appmagic data. These IAP estimates do not include ad revenue, web shop spend, Apple and Google’s 30% cut or revenue from China’s Android ecosystem. There’s commentary on which way the biggest earners are trending, and...

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PUBG Mobile Light is a lower-footprint version of the battle royale hit

  Tencent and Krafton have announced PUBG Mobile Light, a reduced-footprint version of PUBG Mobile. Pre-registration opens August 25, with a full launch targeted for later this year. It appears to be designed to lower the barrier to entry on storage and device requirements – the initial download is around 1GB on A...

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PUBG Mobile Tournament Postponed By Severe Food Poisoning

If you're big into esports, you'll probably know that the Esports World Cup is currently on at the moment, an event which hosts esports tournaments for all the biggest games you can think of, ranging from fighting games like Street Fighter 6, to sports games like EA FC 26, all the way to even non-digital sports like Ch...

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Data digest: Sensor Tower’s H1 analysis, Hay Day’s comeback, July’s top games, big Krafton numbers and more

  Every Wednesday, we break down the latest data, research and financial results into digestible chunks. Read on for the numbers you need to know about without the fluff. This column is sponsored by Xsolla, which can help you to quickly launch your branded web shop to boost revenue and expedite your marketing ROI....

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EA Game Just Shut Down Forever

The Nintendo Switch version of Apex Legends is no longer playable. Apex Legends was originally released in 2019 as a hero shooter-spin on the battle royale genre. It was a massive hit out of the gate, becoming one of the top BRs of all time alongside other mainstays in the genre like Fortnite and PUBG. With Apex Legend...

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PUBG is hosting a modding competition, and you could earn a share of $95k

PUBG owner Krafton and modding platform CurseForge have teamed up as part of a new competition, which could see you win a share of $95,000. If the cash incentive isn't enough, your creation will also feature in the PUBG: Playgrounds hub, which is a new repository of UGC (user-generated content) and Fortnite-esque exper...

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Steam Week in Review: Once positioned as mainstream-friendly PC gaming solutions, can Valve's hardware survive the memory crisis?

Last week PC Gamer's Andy Edser highlighted an article tracing a seeming massive drop in Steam Deck sales. I'm not entirely convinced by the maths involved—which was conducted by Boiling Steam—but whether the numbers are accurate or not, it does capture some of the anxiety around Valve's hardware and what kind of futur...

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One of Kerbal Space Program's biggest inspirations was a promotional Flash game for Top Gear: 'That was the most similar game to KSP that I could find back then'

Disk Cleanup(Image credit: Future)Welcome to Disk Cleanup, our regular weekend feature delving into the PCs of PC gaming luminaries. Come back every weekend to read a new interview, digging into the important questions, like "How tidy is your desktop?" and "What game will you never uninstall?"Felipe Falanghe got into P...

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You might not hear that much about it anymore, but the PUBG series grew its revenue by 25% in the first half of 2026

PUBG, once the biggest multiplayer game on PC, has quietly continued to do very well. Though it may no longer make the headlines, it remains a constant sight in Steam's top five most played games, trading blows with the platform's biggest releases regularly. Read more

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