Valve’s invite-only, unreleased MOBA shooter Deadlock surged to 125,000 concurrent players on 22 February 2026, briefly rivaling Marvel Rivals and nearing Overwatch 2’s peak despite lacking a public release and any marketing push.

A UK Redditor says surging high-capacity hard drive prices at home, driven by tightening supply and escalating data-center demand, made it cheaper to fly to New York to buy ten 28TB Seagate Expansion drives in person.

Hypixel Studios has released Hytale’s third major early-access update, adding requested quality-of-life improvements such as better sleep notifications, smoother UI navigation, and refinements to inventory and building.

Stop Killing Games founder Ross Scott says the campaign to prevent publishers from making purchased games unplayable is gaining momentum, after the EU Citizens’ Initiative “Stop Destroying Videogames” cleared 1.3 million valid signatures and is now headed for a European Commission response by 27 July.

Saints Row design director Chris Stockman says he believes the franchise is effectively “dead,” claiming Embracer Group and its label PLAION asked him for a reboot pitch and then “ghosted” him, leaving the IP dormant after Volition’s 2023 closure.

Secret of Mana: Reborn version 2.5 resurrects two long-cut locations from the 1993 SNES classic, letting players traverse the original Water Palace-to-Neko route and an early Moogle Village reconstructed from pre-release magazine screenshots.

A purported revival of the long-dormant Atari Jaguar 3D adventure “Project Owl” has sparked confusion after a forum user shared footage claiming to have restored a “legal copy” found on a collector’s console.

Sorath has announced Devil Daggers II exactly ten years after the original’s 18 February 2016 Steam release, reviving the cult arena shooter renowned for its punishing difficulty.

Path of Exile co-creator Chris Wilson has defended Blizzard’s $25 Reign of the Warlock DLC for Diablo II: Resurrected, arguing that paywalling certain quality-of-life updates reflects an effort to preserve the original game as a “museum-piece baseline,” rather than a push for extra revenue.

Evercade has announced the Evercade Wireless Controller for its VS, VS‑R, and Alpha systems, with a confirmed release date of 28 September 2026 and pre-orders already available at select retailers.

Team Ninja and Koei Tecmo report that Nioh 3 has sold over 1 million copies in its first two weeks, making it the fastest-selling entry in the series and pushing the franchise past 10 million lifetime sales.

Shutaro Ida was a veteran and titan in the metroidvania genre, whose passing was mourned by friends, family, coworkers, and gamers across the globe.

In a social media post, the ex-Firaxis developer announced the studio's closure and shared a glimpse of the game they were working on.

Labeled as “significant restructuring,” the layoffs reverberated across the entire studio, affecting several co-founders.

Deal | Released almost a decade ago, Civ 6 remains the last fan favourite in the series, which has seen a significant drop in its core audience over time, with many laying the blame on Civ 7 pandering to casual and console players while lacking depth.

In a now-deleted, lengthy post on X, the dev publicly called out gamers and content creators for the game's failure.