Stories, trailers and studio announcements. Sifter writes none of it and chooses none of it.
PC release calendar
What just came out and what is coming, month by month, with Steam’s own dates.
Game of the Year winners
Every The Game Awards Game of the Year since 2014 — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 took the most recent one.
State of Linux gaming
Weekly: anti-cheat, Steam Deck ratings and ProtonDB tiers that changed, each with its source.
From the publications Steam syndicates. Newest first.
Divine Frequency launches in early access on October 27 with "70%" of the final game ready to play.
By Ted Litchfield
Xanadu Next isn't amazing, but it's endlessly charming.
By Shaun Prescott
No layoffs have been announced for The Coalition, but some Gears of War: E-Day developers are worried they'll be next, even if the game succeeds.
By Andy Chalk
Nintendo invited CGM to their Holiday Preview event and nostalgia & grown were the main themes this year.
By Dayna Eileen
Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz says her strong stance against the GTA 6 promotional collaboration was only about "publicly owned facilities and infrastructure."
By Andy Chalk
More than usual, I mean.
By Joshua Wolens
Only one can be crowned the worst graphical effect in games. You decide.
By Jacob Ridley
Maybe a little *too* bad, LaDS?
By Mollie Taylor
Over the course of my illustrious tenure as RPS news mangler, I have seen many Simslikes. Tragically cancelled Simslikes from publishers better known for feats of tactical incest! Corrosively telegenic Simslikes suggestive of a paved-over burial ground!…
By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Uh oh, here we go again.
By Mollie Taylor
UK indie developer and publisher Tall Story Games' pixel art point-and-click adventure Heir of the Dog is landing on October 29th.
By Liam Squires-Hand
Celeste's voice actor will now also be the face of the unofficial leader of Speranza.
By Elie Gould
The tabletop adaptation of Blizzard's MMO drops next month.
By Tyler Colp
Jagex apologizes after a new RuneScape trailer sparks generative AI concerns, promising to overhaul its review process going forward.
By Sam Comrie
Here are all of the new Roblox CloverFall codes that you can redeem for free yol, arcanite, and clan rolls.
By Sam Comrie
The software developer behind an unofficial PC version of N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie has posted an impassioned screed about the usage of generative AI tools for rush-job PC ports of classic games. The dev in question is DarioSamo, a member of the modder…
By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
NC's global launch of AION 2 is completely free and available to play on Steam and Purple today.
By Ridge Harripersad
Arc Raiders developer Embark is upgrading Celeste with full motion capture, making her look and sound more like her real-life actor.
By Sam Comrie
Redeem these new Roblox Untitled Defense codes to get the gems and trait rerolls you need to improve your units for free.
By Sam Comrie
Following Microsoft's recent reveal that Hellblade makers Ninja Theory would be facing closure , with two deals to buy them after their split from Xbox have fallen through, the studio look to be in the process of informing staff they're at risk of being let…
By Mark Warren
A recent job listing hints that Behaviour Interactive is developing an unannounced AAA sci-fi first-person shooter.
By Ridge Harripersad
Details about and dev chatter concerning GTA 6 continue to drip out as part of the marketing push towards its console launch in November. This time, some of the aspects of it I'm most intrigued to see how Rockstar have handled whenever they deign to bring it…
By Mark Warren
Some things are better left alone, although I'm happy to be proven wrong.
By Elie Gould
Way back in 2018, Frostpunk made headlines as a genre-defining game, and now, in 2026, Switch players can finally enjoy it.
By Tait Graham
Geometry Rift: Apocalypse has a demo out now, showcasing the excellent merging of the classic Geometry Wars and Vampire Survivors.
By Liam Squires-Hand
There's a very prominent Scouse accent in Star Wars Galactic Racer, and I had to find out why, so I asked the CEO what the deal was.
By Paul Kelly
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is something far worse than war. There is: a level that is basically a huge, spinning lock full of tentacles, with your Space Marine or Sister of Battle protagonist naturally serving as the key. Auroch Digital's…
By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
The Steam Autumn Sale 2026 is here, and we're getting in the spooky-season spirit going over some of the best rated horror-like Native Linux games.
By Liam Squires-Hand
Both the classics and the games they inspired.
By Samuel Roberts
Happy this week, all! I regret to inform you that the videogame developers have been at it again. Sometimes, I find that the promising new releases distribute themselves evenly throughout the week, like butter perfectly spread over just the right amount of…
By Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Fable creator Peter Molyneux seems pensively excited about Playground Games' highly anticipated reboot, even if he wasn't sure at first.
By Lauren Bergin
Valve have expanded their feedback for developers whose games are Steam Deck Verified to provide more performance data.
By Liam Squires-Hand
We've collected the coolest Minecraft seeds, including village seeds and survival seeds, and more. All checked for Java and Bedrock editions.
By Danielle Rose
The best Minecraft house builds and tutorials, from easy cottages to inspiring survival bases, updated for Minecraft 26.3.
By Ava Thompson-Powell
The RAM crisis continues to deepen thanks to the mass hardware buying from data centres, with Raspberry Pi yet again raising some prices.
By Liam Squires-Hand
A fourth entry in the RuneScape series of MMOs has been announced by developers Jagex at this year's RuneFest. It's going by the obvious placeholder name of RuneScape 4 for now, is being developed using the Unreal Engine, and is still a decent way off.
By Mark Warren
Awesome Games Studio recently did the big 1.0 release for Yet Another Zombie Survivors and it seems like quite an indie success - so here's a little chat.
By Liam Squires-Hand
Here's some of the highest-rated Steam Deck Verified games released on Steam during September 2026. Helping you find something great to play on the go!
By Liam Squires-Hand
March of Giants’ MOBA/RTS blend could help it stand out from the crowd, but its Creative Director is more interested in the challenge.
By Aaron Down
If you've watched the trailers for No Law or the tech demo that developer Neon Giant showed off at Unreal Fest earlier this year, it would be easy to believe the game has a similar scope to CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 . After all, both games are…
By Julian Benson
The AI machine continues to cause problems for some developers - with System76 now banning LLM-generated content in code Pull Requests for COSMIC.
By Liam Squires-Hand
Crowbar Collective are coming back to Black Mesa for another set of upgrades including enhanced visuals and improved performance.
By Liam Squires-Hand
METRO 2033 Redux and METRO Last Light Redux from 4A Games are getting some great sounding free upgrades later this month.
By Liam Squires-Hand
The popular Proton-CachyOS for running Windows games on SteamOS / Linux has a fresh release out now to update various parts of it.
By Liam Squires-Hand
Blizzard unleashes fresh class tuning balance changes in its final weekly World of Warcraft Midnight patch notes before the 12.1.5 update.
By Ken Allsop
For an unreleased game the trailer is the news, so it plays here rather than somewhere else. Steam’s upcoming and new-release lists choose the games.
Launch Trailer
Launch Trailer
Heirs of the Broken Sky
Official Story Trailer
Permafrost - Early Access Launch Trailer EN
Gameplay Trailer
Patch notes and announcements, straight from the developers.
Sources: Steam’s public news feeds for its top games, and the publications Valve syndicates. Printed unedited, linked to the publisher.