Valve is ceasing Steam support for systems running 32-bit versions of the Windows 10 operating system (OS) on January 1, 2026. In a recent Steam Support blog, Valve explained that Windows 10 32-bit is “the only 32-bit version that is currently supported” on the platform and that, according to results from its August 2025 Steam … Read more
US Congress has sent formal letters to the CEOs of Twitch, Steam, Reddit, and Discord, inviting them to testify at a committee hearing about the “radicalization of online forum users,” following the assassination of Charlie Kirk earlier this month. The letters were sent by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman James Comer on September … Read more
At the end of August, fans of Hollow Knight were stunned to discover that its long-awaited sequel would drop in a matter of weeks. After a long wait, Team Cherry released Hollow Knight: Silksong on September 4, 2025 to so much fanfare that it broke digital storefronts globally. The game surpassed half a million concurrent … Read more
Helldivers 2’s launch on Xbox culminated in a “substantial uplift” in revenue according to Newzoo, ranking in fourth on the data firm’s overall revenue chart for August. The game’s August 26 release, which included a collaboration with Halo, also drove engagement pushing the co-op shooter to No.13 on Newzoo’s overall player engagement chart. It ranked … Read more
It is with a heavy heart and a note of regret that I inform you (those of you who have blessedly managed to avoid this knowledge thus far, at least) that Randy Pitchford is at it again. I’ll spare you the specifics of the Gearbox boss’s latest social media escapades (if you’re interested, Nathan Brown … Read more
Tencent is disputing Sony’s claims that its upcoming game Light of Motiram is a “slavish clone” of its tentpole Horizon series, claiming the latter is not “fighting off piracy, plagiarism, or any genuine threat to intellectual property” but is instead attempting to “transform ubiquitous genre ingredients into proprietary assets.” Back in July, Sony filed a … Read more
The founders and former leadership team of Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds have successfully blocked Krafton’s request for a court-ordered protective order, claiming the publisher “chang[ed] its story mid-litigation about why it fired the founders and seized control over Unknown Worlds.” New court papers from September 12 and seen by GamesIndustry.biz confirm the court dismissed … Read more
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Tanglewood Games is calling for greater government support to strengthen and expand game development hubs in the UK. Last week, Tanglewood — an Unreal Engine consultancy and development studio — partnered with Into Games for a Waypoint summit to explore social mobility for games businesses in the North East, and also met with Ukie and … Read more
TV adaptations of video games drive an average player growth of almost 140%, according to new research by Ampere Analysis. The UK analytics firm reported its findings on September 16, 2025, revealing that video game TV spin-offs deliver a more substantial boost to franchises than film adaptations. Ampere’s Games Analytics title activity data showed that … Read more