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The Xbox Game Preservation website has added a new section that lets fans vote for delisted games they want to see return to the Xbox Store. The tool was already being used to track backward compatibility requests, and it has now expanded to cover games that are no longer available digitally. The website has gained attention after Xbox executive Jason Ronald pointed fans toward

Star Wars Battlefront 2 may be nearly a decade old, but its community is preparing another major push to bring players back. A fan led event called Resurgence Day 2026 is planned for May 23, with players across Xbox, PlayStation, and PC invited to log in and help boost the game’s player count. The event is being promoted by the team behind Kyber, the

NBA The Run is coming to Xbox Series X and Series S on June 9, 2026, giving arcade sports fans a new street basketball game with clear NBA Street inspiration. The game focuses on fast 3v3 action, online play, crossplay, and flashy above the rim moments. The connection to NBA Street is not subtle. NBA The Run’s creative director worked on all four NBA

Fanatical’s Bundlefest is ending with a larger build your own deal aimed at PC and Steam Deck players. The Prestige Collection XL Edition includes 29 games, with prices starting at $7.50 per game and dropping to $6.90 each when you buy 10 or more. The bundle includes several strong picks, including Death Stranding Director’s Cut, Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Cat Quest III, Mullet Mad

Steam Deck and handheld PC players have several free games to claim or try this week, with new offers available across Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, and Amazon Prime Gaming. Some of the biggest picks include Sunderfolk, The Telltale Batman Shadows Edition, V Rising, Astral Ascent, Make Way, and Mafia 2 Definitive Edition. Steam has several free to try games available for a limited

Fanatical’s Bundlefest has added another low cost PC game deal with the BYO Zenith Bundle. The bundle lets you choose from 20 games, with prices starting at $2 per game and dropping as low as $1.75 each if you buy 10 or more titles. The lineup includes several well known games, including Green Hell Anniversary Edition, Frostpunk Game of the Year Edition, Sniper Ghost

Intel’s unreleased Core Ultra 9 290K Plus has appeared in new benchmarks, and the results may explain why the company never brought it to retail. The chip was expected to be the flagship model in the Core Ultra 200S Plus Arrow Lake Refresh lineup, but early testing shows it performs only slightly better than the much cheaper Core Ultra 7 270K Plus. The Core

Intel’s Core i9 14900KF has set a new world record for the highest CPU frequency ever recorded, reaching 9.206GHz under extreme cooling. The result was achieved by Chinese overclocker wytiwx, pushing Intel’s older Raptor Lake Refresh chip beyond the previous 9GHz barrier. The Core i9 14900KF is not a new processor, but it remains one of Intel’s fastest desktop chips for extreme overclocking. It

An Amazon customer reportedly ordered one Samsung 990 Pro SSD but received 10 drives instead, turning a single storage purchase into a box worth nearly $4,800. The buyer, Reddit user u/TheDankestYo, shared images showing multiple Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen 4 SSDs. The order details showed only one drive was purchased, with a listed price of $479.13. Instead of receiving one SSD, the

Intel may get an important opening in the AI chip supply chain if NVIDIA uses its EMIB T packaging technology for a future Rubin Ultra GPU variant. A UBS note suggests that a possible four chip version of NVIDIA’s Rubin Ultra could rely on Intel’s advanced packaging, giving Intel a larger role in high end AI hardware. The report does not confirm that NVIDIA

Microsoft appears to be testing a small but noticeable change to its gaming brand, with Xbox now being styled as XBOX in some official places. The change follows a social media poll from Xbox CEO Asha Sharma, where most voters preferred the all caps version. The poll asked people to choose between “Xbox” and “XBOX.” Nearly 20,000 people voted, and 64.8 percent chose XBOX.

The new Steam Controller has another unusual trick. A community made tool can make the controller play music by using its haptic motors, turning MIDI files into vibration based sound. The tool is called SteamHapticsSinger, and it was created by Critic89. It works by reading MIDI files, which do not contain audio themselves but instead carry instructions for how music should be played. The

The new Steam Controller may soon work better outside Steam, thanks to an upcoming update to SDL. The change will not make the controller fully independent from Steam, but it should improve support in games and apps that use SDL for input. SDL is a software library that helps games and applications communicate with hardware such as controllers, keyboards, mice, and other input devices.

Valve’s latest Steam beta client update appears to include new Steam Machine references, adding more weight to the idea that the company is preparing its next hardware push. The update reportedly includes text and system references tied to Steam Machine features, including a dedicated verification program, LED control, and HDMI CEC audio control. The new references were spotted inside Steam client changes and shared

Subnautica 2 has entered early access, and Steam Deck players can already run it, but the experience comes with clear compromises. The game is playable on Valve’s handheld and can hold around 30 FPS, yet the current visual settings make it feel like a cautious recommendation rather than an easy one. The game currently defaults to very low settings on Steam Deck. All major

Valve has released a new Steam Deck beta client update with several fixes for Steam Controller support, client settings, Friends status, and Desktop Mode behavior. The update is available through the Steam Deck system settings if your update channel is set to Beta or Preview. The biggest changes focus on Steam Controller problems. Valve fixed a crash related to the Steam Controller and cleaned

Neverness to Everness is not being treated as a one time launch by Hotta Studio. The developer says the supernatural urban open world RPG will continue expanding with new city districts, anomaly zones, story chapters, gameplay systems, and possible support for more platforms in the future. The game is set in Hethereau, a large modern city filled with supernatural incidents. Instead of focusing only

Sony is testing a new PS5 feature that shows which games are getting the most attention on PlayStation. The feature appears inside the PS5 Welcome Hub and gives players weekly player counts and trending game data, similar in spirit to the way SteamDB shows activity for PC games. The new widget is currently part of the PS5 beta program, so it is not available

Where Winds Meet is preparing for a major new expansion later this month, with NetEase Games and Everstone Studio opening the Imperial Palace as the next large area for players to explore. The update will also bring new modes, new systems, and several quality of life improvements. The Imperial Palace is being presented as one of the game’s largest locations so far. The new

LEGO 2K Drive is being pulled from digital storefronts only three years after launch. The arcade racing game will no longer be available to buy from May 19, 2026, while its online servers are scheduled to shut down on May 31, 2027. The notice has appeared on store pages for the game, including Xbox and Steam. It says LEGO 2K Drive will no longer