Gaming

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced development of Copilot for Xbox consoles has stopped, just two months after Microsoft announced the feature. The mobile Copilot service will also be wound down.

Pearl Abyss's open world action RPG Crimson Desert completed its entire post-launch three-month roadmap in just three weeks. The gaming community is drawing comparisons to Larian Studios and BG3-level developer commitment.

Early Access pirate game Windrose was generating up to 130,000 SSD write operations per second without players' knowledge. Developer Kraken Express patched the issue on April 30, reducing writes to 20-30 per second.

Since its August 2023 launch, Baldur's Gate 3 has barely left the top 5 most-played games on Steam Deck — a 33-month streak that no other current-generation title can match.

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, developed by Ubisoft and Unfrozen, has surpassed 500,000 copies sold in its first 72 hours on Steam Early Access — a strong debut for the long-dormant turn-based strategy franchise.

Valve's latest Steam hardware and software survey reveals that nearly 68% of Steam users are running Windows 11, marking a significant shift from just a couple of years ago when Windows 10 dominated the PC gaming landscape.

Video game retailer GameStop has submitted a $55.5bn cash-and-stock offer to acquire eBay, valuing shares at $125 — a $20 premium over Friday's close. CEO Ryan Cohen says eBay could rival Amazon under his leadership, but analysts are skeptical.

Former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé disclosed at an NYU lecture that Amazon once pressured Nintendo for illegal financial support to undercut Walmart, prompting Nintendo to cut off Amazon entirely — a rift that explains Nintendo's ongoing absence from the platform.

Valve has officially acknowledged delays to the Steam Machine, expressing disappointment in a PC Gamer interview. Concerns are growing that the hardware's specifications may already be aging before it even ships.

ARC Raiders' biggest update, Riven Tides, has backfired — driving the game's Steam recent reviews to 'Mixed' for the first time since launch. Negative reviews are outpacing positives by nearly 2:1, driven by controversial PvP and weapon durability changes.

After six years in development, Capcom's Pragmata launched to strong sales — hitting 1 million copies in just two days. Capcom is now teasing that the new IP could have a future as a franchise.

Digital Foundry's year-later review confirms that Oblivion Remastered remains plagued by persistent stutters, frame-time instability, and crashes on PC. Bethesda hasn't released a single patch since July 2025, leaving 2.5 million Steam owners with a technically troubled game.