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Former Halo Studios art director Glenn Israel is one of the employees who says they were targeted by management. Ahead of another wave of layoffs at Xbox, former employees warn that managers may use staff cuts to retaliate against those who reported toxic behavior. Four former staff members spoke to Game Developer and described a...

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Buyers of the PlayStation 5 version receive one free month of GTA+. Rockstar Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment expanded their partnership ahead of the Grand Theft Auto VI launch. Both companies described the PlayStation 5 as the preferred platform for the new action game. Rockstar has yet to detail the PS5 Pro version, but they...

The Ultimate Edition for Grand Theft Auto VI offers more than just cosmetic items. It includes exclusive missions and gameplay features for an additional cost. Beyond outfits for Jason and Lucia, this version unlocks five specialized in-game shops. Players are discussing this decision because it restricts specific content to the premium edition. These exclusive locations...

Steve Stevens and Billy Idol at their Hollywood Rockwalk induction on June 23, 2026. (Photo: Katie Flores/Variety) In a prelude to their upcoming Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, rock icon Billy Idol and his longtime guitar virtuoso Steve Stevens were honored on Tuesday, June 23, at the legendary Hollywood Rockwalk. The ceremony, held...

SoftLab-NSK developed the truck driving simulator Hard Truck 2, which first launched in 2001. The game—a cult classic combining driving simulation with economic strategy—is now available on Steam. The creators emphasize that this release is not a remaster or a content overhaul. Steam offers the original version, updated only with the patches necessary for stability...

Enhanced Discovery Features We’ve overhauled the menu homepage to help you find content more effectively. On the right, a new social feed displays your friends’ interactions with games, provided they aren’t marked as private on Steam. In the top-left spotlight, we’re curating a rotating selection of new and overlooked titles to give hidden gems the...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. (Credit: Christopher Polk/Billboard) As the highly anticipated wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce approaches, San Francisco 49ers star George Kittle has shared a unique detail regarding the couple’s plans for their big day: a strict “no gifts” policy. “They explicitly requested absolutely no...

Nakamura Hak Courtesy Photo Among the standout highlights of the 2026 spring anime season, one production—and its haunting musical companion—has captured the collective imagination. The fantasy series Witch Hat Atelier, chronicling young Coco’s magical aspirations, has found its perfect thematic partner in singer-songwriter Nakamura Hak. Her contributions to the series’ ending themes—”Tada Utsukushii Noroi” (Simply...

Valve created a dedicated team to address these technical challenges. Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais told The Verge that this group works closely with NVIDIA to improve GeForce support in SteamOS. Users should not expect immediate results. Griffais suggests that full support will unlikely arrive in 2026, with 2027 serving as a more realistic timeline. SteamOS...

Creepy Nuts: Scaling New Heights on Their Debut North American Tour Creepy Nuts. Photo: umihayato | Retouch: Hiroya Brian Nakano The formidable duo of rapper R-Shitei and turntablist DJ Matsunaga—collectively known as Creepy Nuts—have firmly established themselves as the vanguards of Japanese hip-hop. Fueled by the stratospheric global success of “Bling-Bang-Bang-Born,” the viral hit “Otonoke,”...

The Vampire Lestat Sophie Giraud/AMC In The Vampire Lestat—the latest chapter of AMC’s Interview With the Vampire—Lestat, portrayed with magnetic intensity by Sam Reid, almost took a drastically different musical path. Before settling on the iconic rock star persona, showrunner Rolin Jones and his team initially toyed with the idea of making the immortal protagonist...

The first quarter of 2027 will see a surge in game releases, largely due to the launch of Grand Theft Auto VI. Sony highlighted God of War Laufey during the June PlayStation State of Play. Santa Monica Studio showed gameplay from the upcoming entry in the God of War series, but the team withheld a...

Many players still view generative AI in gaming with skepticism. Game Oracle analyzed nearly 10,000 titles released on Steam before November to gauge the impact of these tools. About 21 percent of these games disclosed the use of AI during development. Since Valve does not release sales data, researchers used the volume of user reviews...

Avatar: The Last Airbender remains a definitive cornerstone of millennial pop culture. Since its debut in the mid-2000s, the original 61-episode run has blossomed into a massive multimedia empire. From the sequel series The Legend of Korra to a live-action Netflix adaptation, a forthcoming animated project titled Avatar: Seven Havens, and a wealth of expanded...

The story of Counter-Strike Nexon is reaching its final chapter. NEXON announced plans to shut down the MMOFPS Counter-Strike Nexon. This free-to-play title has lived on the Steam platform for over a decade. Counter-Strike Nexon functions as a modified version of Counter-Strike 1.6. It blends classic maps and bomb-defusal gameplay with unique additions like zombie...