Valve’s Steam Machine, Nintendo’s Switch 2 dock tricks — Highlights for November 12

A brief roundup of everything that happened across the entertainment industry worldwide in the past day.

• Nintendo has blocked third‑party docking stations for the Switch 2; many suspect the ‘Big N’ did it deliberately.
• Bungie is under pressure from Sony — Marathon looks set for a difficult road ahead.
• The Game Awards 2025 will be shown on a new platform, as the event moves up to the next level.
• HBO has begun filming season two of “Dune: Prophecy” with several new cast members.
• Stellar Blade is expanding beyond PS5 and PC — Shift Up is preparing a new expansion.
• The latest Battlefield 6 update reportedly “broke” the PlayStation 5 build.
• First look at Atomic Heart’s fourth DLC — Mundfish revealed robots and locations from the final add‑on.
• After 20 years, Serious Sam 2 received an update, and it may be just the start — a dataminer has uncovered fresh clues.
• Valve unveiled new hardware for gamers: the Steam Controller 2, a Steam Machine mini‑PC, and the Steam Frame VR headset.
• Nikita Buyanov explained how the PvE release for Escape from Tarkov was accelerated by about 18 months — they wanted to make players happy.

Source: iXBT.games