Gaming

Creative Assembly’s official blog introduces Bhashiva & the Tiger Warriors as the first Character Pack format for Total War: Warhammer III, with a late-Spring release window and a listed price of $4.99.

An official Xbox Wire post dated February 17, 2026 confirms Avowed's anniversary update is live and that the game has launched on PlayStation 5 with the prior year of updates included.

A high-scoring r/pcgaming post cites a PC Gamer report that TeamSpeak saw an “incredible surge of new users,” with hosting capacity reportedly maxed in several regions including the US. The report links the shift to renewed user concern around age-verification and privacy discussions in Discord markets.

Dolphin’s “Rise of the Triforce” development post confirms that Triforce support is now available starting from Dolphin 2512-395. The team describes a long code-review and cleanup process to move Triforce emulation into official builds with playable support for multiple arcade titles.

Xbox Wire posted the February 17, 2026 Game Pass wave update with multiple day-one and catalog additions. The lineup includes The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition, EA Sports College Football 26, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, plus a list of titles leaving on February 28.

A high-score r/pcgaming thread links to Steam pages showing Dino Crisis availability and a Steam announcement that Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 launched on Steam with a limited-time 50% promotion.

A Steam News notice linked on r/pcgaming confirms Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection will no longer be purchasable after March 31, 2026, while existing owners retain redownload access.

A high-engagement r/Games post points to Activision support guidance confirming Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile server shutdown on April 17, 2026 and play unavailability after that date.

At 2026-02-13 15:05:24 UTC, the r/pcgaming post sat at score 268 with 100 comments. It highlighted cross-store availability for High On Life 2, while the Steam page lists a Release Date of 13 Feb, 2026.

The r/pcgaming thread reached score 683 and 238 comments at 2026-02-16 13:54:01 UTC. Insider Gaming reports that Pearl Abyss is framing Crimson Desert around a premium price model rather than an in-game Microtransactions shop.

The r/Games post logged score 561 and 628 comments at 2026-02-16 15:44:43 UTC. The linked Guardian report frames creator concerns around weak moderation response to hate speech and coordinated negative review pressure.

A high-signal r/gamernews post links to Valve’s Steam Hardware FAQ update, where Valve keeps a first-half 2026 launch target for Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame but postpones concrete pricing and dates amid memory and storage shortages.