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CES 2026: all the upcoming releases and announcements a PC gamer should know about
A taste of the year ahead.
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Sega's American co-founder David Rosen dies at 95 years of age
Rosen died on Christmas Day surrounded by family.
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Grand strategy game Terra Invicta is an alien invasion sim so vast and slow the aliens seem lost within it
The second alien fleet appears on the edge of our solar system around two hours into my first game of Terra Invicta, which leaves early access today, but I don’t have time to fret about them because I’m busy jockeying with the Protectorate for the keys to Mozambique. The Protectorate are a secret org who believe human beings are incapable of defeating the game’s extra-terrestrial creatures. As such, they feel we must aspire to become the very finest doormats, appeasing the in
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Hytale's devs hope to "redefine the block-game genre" with their world generation, and they've now explained how it works
Hytale blocks up in early access this month, having swiftly gone from thing in need of ressurection to thing that's coming out. As such, the team of devs led by original Hypixel co-founder Simon Collins-Laflamme are firmly in promo mode, with the world generation mechanics they've just posted a deep dive into clearly being an aspect of the game they think'll be key to its appeal. Read more
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Roblox player succeeds in quest to pry Guinness World Record from the hands of cheaters
After a mammoth speedrunning challenge, one Roblox player has proven to Guinness World Records that cheaters stole his rightful crown.
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Watch out Minecraft, Hytale says its new world generation system will "redefine the block game genre"
Hytale will offer you glimpses of its new world generation system when it launches next week, with a full shift to V2 coming in the future.
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Styx: Blades of Greed paints a nice stealthy picture in its latest trailer, even if its titular goblin can't shut up
A nice, juicy nine-minute-long Styx: Blades of Greed gameplay trailer has been plucked from the tree of stealth games today. Juicy in the sense that nine minutes is plenty of time to help ascertain whether a game looks like it could be fun, yet if we're sticking with this metaphor this is one of those apples that's really good but has a nasty bruise on it you have to avoid. Read more
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Start 2026 off right with the massive 77 map mod Quake Brutalist Jam III
Get some brutal retro-FPS goodness to start off 2026 with the recently released 77 map Quake Brutalist Jam III..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 nearly had a San-Andreas-like Fat Henry system that would have let you create Bohemia's chunkiest boy, and forced you to wear clothes that fit to boot
Now? He just feels quite hungry.
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Devil Hunter codes January 2026
Here are all the latest Devil Hunter codes which provide Fiend Rerolls, Clan Rerolls, Eraser Devils, and more in the Roblox Chainsaw Man-game.
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Quake goes Brutalist again with a "megalithic" 77 map mod that's available as a free standalone game
If you're a fan of both the colour grey being draped all over designs that could be accurately described as both angular and slabby, you're in luck. A third brutalist map jam has hit Quake, with this one being less of a fan-made map pack and more of a huge overhaul mod - the concrete cavernousness of which dwarfs the original game. Read more
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The names of some of the most popular SSDs are changing so their new owner Sandisk now gets the glory
Bye, bye, WD Black.
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The best Linux distributions for gaming in 2026
Here is your up to date list of what distro you should be picking if you want to start gaming on Linux in 2026. The latest edition of you telling me I'm wrong..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.
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Steam just hit more concurrent players than there are people in Canada, as Counter-Strike 2 and PUBG push it to a new peak
Valve rings in the New Year with another win as more players flock to Steam than ever before with a fresh peak that'll only keep rising.
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'There is a bit of pressure': Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs will stay true to themselves for their next game despite expectationsâ'we need to trust our instincts'
I'd be excited no matter what happens, honestly.
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Asus unveils 240 Hz Micro-OLED gaming glasses capable of a virtual 171-inch screen, but the resolution feels like a whiff
The ROG Xreal is, in fact, real.
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It doesn't matter that there are no big new games in January because you can just play 744 hours of Ball x Pit instead
I didn't know I needed roguelike pinball until now.
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In 2025, Monster Hunter fell prey to profit
There's no predator more vicious than infinite growth.
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Arc Raiders has aggression-based matchmaking to push pugnacious PvPers together, but it's "not a full science"
If you can't resist taking cheeky potshots at your fellow players in Arc Raiders, the shooter's matchmaking can now neatly shuffle you into a session where you're more likely to get a taste of your own medicine. Developers Embark have confirmed that some "aggression-based matchmaking" has been sprinkled into the game's systems as of late, making PvP-prone players a bit more likely to be funnelled towards each other. Read more
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Not only does Todd Howard not hate Obsidian, it was his 'only choice' to take up Fallout's reins in the wake of Fallout 3
After all, it did a great job with KOTOR 2.
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Code Vein 2 is largely more of the same despite its story reset, but I think I'm okay with that
After three hours with Code Vein 2, the anime soulslike feels like a smart evolution of its predecessor that sticks to what it knows best.
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Playing Code Vein 2 made me wonder why more soulslikes don't have guns, even if I could do with a bit less anime melodrama
The anime soulslike returns with a time travel story and, more importantly, firearms.
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No Rest for the Wicked lead spends New Year's Eve picking a fight with former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra over Diablo 4, who points out: 'You need to chill'
Understatement of the year, and we're only five days in.
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Some releases to look forward to in 2026
It's a new year, so here's some games that should release on PC during 2026 that I'm excited for..Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.