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dLcompare’s Summer Event has officially come to an end, and the community certainly didn’t go quietly. After weeks of ratings, comments, reviews, and plenty of competitive leaderboard climbing, the seasonal event has wrapped up with more than $2,000 in prizes handed out. The event turned dLcompare into something of a gaming community marathon, with participants earning points through different activities across the platform. By the time the final scores were tallied, the numbers were impressive: users collectively submitted 8,300 game ratings,...

In an unexpected move, AMD today silently introduced new processors for the AM4 and AM5 platforms. Starting with the Ryzen 5 5500F, AMD is giving its long-running AM4 platform another lease on life with the launch of the new Ryzen 5 5500F. The 6-core, 12-thread Zen 3 “Vermeer” processor arrives as an entry-level option for the Ryzen 5000 family, while AMD has also quietly introduced the AM5-based Ryzen 5 7500. The Ryzen 5 5500F is effectively a lower-end relative of...

Steam has plenty of themed sales throughout the year, but the latest one is aimed at a particularly niche audience. Steam Programming Fest 2026 is now live, offering discounts on games that mix programming, automation and puzzle-solving into their gameplay. If variables, loops and functions sound more exciting than intimidating, there should be plenty here to keep you occupied. Discounts reach as high as 90% off, making the event a good opportunity to experiment with games that sit well outside the...

The Epic Games Store has refreshed its latest weekly giveaway, replacing last week's Breathedge and Rival Stars Horse Racing with two more games for PC players to claim. This week's freebies are Astral Ascent and Luftrausers, and both can be permanently added to your Epic Games Store library at no cost. The bigger of the two games is Astral Ascent, a 2D action roguelite from Hibernian Workshop built around fast-paced combat. You can choose from four playable characters and...

How to Fish became one of Steam's biggest surprises of 2026, but its extraordinary launch momentum is already fading. The multiplayer fishing game attracted hundreds of thousands of players during its viral breakout, yet SteamDB's latest numbers show that most of that audience has now moved on. According to SteamDB, How to Fish reached an impressive all-time peak of 373,971 concurrent players on August 26. That figure transformed the quirky indie title into one of Steam's biggest games almost overnight....

Bodycam has suddenly become one of Steam's most talked-about tactical shooters again. Reissad Studio's ultra-realistic FPS has reached a new all-time concurrent player record, showing that its community is not only surviving but growing significantly after months of relatively modest activity. The game hit 38,958 concurrent players on September 6, according to SteamDB, comfortably surpassing its previous record. That's an impressive turnaround for an Early Access title that had spent much of 2026 attracting only a fraction of that...

Released into Early Access on Steam in September 2026, Dungeon Settlers—developed by CanOpener and published alongside WhisperGames—brings a grim, complex mashup of colony simulation and hardcore dungeon crawling to indie strategy fans.     Core Premise and Dual-Gameplay Loop Set in a desolate realm eroded by volatile magic, the game tasks players with guiding a fragile expedition...

The recent look at the campaign convinced many players to get the game already but Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is giving players another reason to pre-order the game. However, there is a curious twist attached to the game's new weapon blueprint: only Xbox Series X/S players will actually get to see its special version. Activision has revealed the Inner Circuit M4 Weapon Blueprint, a bonus included with digital pre-orders of Modern Warfare 4. The blueprint is available across...

What happens when you mix classic Metroidvania exploration, old-school fantasy, brutal swordplay, and the ability to transform into beasts? You get Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster, a colorful 2D adventure that looks like it escaped from another era and decided to bring some modern twists along for the ride. Developed by Dormidin Studio and published by Selecta Play, Barbarian Saga: The Beastmaster launched on September 9, 2026, inviting players to explore the dangerous world of Arborea. Available on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox...

Honeycomb: The World Beyond, an ambitious adventure that combines survival, crafting, and exploration elements, has officially launched, sending players far away from Earth and into the strange, dangerous, and surprisingly beautiful world of Sota7. After a lengthy development journey, the game is finally putting its alien playground in the hands of players. Sota7 isn't your typical survival-game wasteland. Instead of arriving on a barren planet covered in rocks and wondering how quickly you can build a shack, Honeycomb: The World Beyond is...

Ubisoft Connect has never been the most troublesome PC launcher, but having to install it alongside Steam games has long been an unnecessary extra step. Ubisoft now appears to be addressing that complaint with a new solution called Ubisoft Connect Services, which has made its debut in Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown. Rather than requiring players to install the full Ubisoft Connect application, Ubisoft Connect Services integrates the publisher's online features directly into the game. Steam users can still access...

Sucker for Love: Crush Landing takes the bizarre dating-sim formula of the series and sends it into outer space, combining Lovecraftian horror, comedy, romance, puzzles, and classic anime-inspired visual novel aesthetics, following its previous successor, Sucker for Love: First Date. Developed by Akabaka and published by Black Lantern Collective, the game launched on August 31, 2026, following a well-received demo.  ...