Author: Sam

The year 2025 brought significant shifts to the games industry, marked by controversies surrounding AI, the highly anticipated delay of GTA 6, major acquisition deals for companies like EA and Warner Bros., the impact of US tariffs, and the launches of new hardware such as the Steam Machine and Switch 2. This review covers the year’s most impactful events.

Steam has once again set a new all-time record for concurrent online users, reaching over 42 million individuals online at the start of 2026. This achievement highlights the platform’s continued growth and popularity in the gaming world.

IGN Live is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles on June 7-8, 2025, offering playable games, reveals, panels, and merchandise. Early bird tickets are available until April 30, with single-day passes at $15 and VIP weekend passes at $30. Regular pricing applies thereafter. The event will also be livestreamed for remote viewers.

At CES 2026, CyberPowerPC introduced its new MA-01 PC case, designed for the DIY market. This chassis features a unique woven steel mesh that significantly reduces noise while maintaining optimal airflow, alongside a minimalist aesthetic that highlights key components.

Valve’s digital games platform, Steam, has once again broken its own record for concurrent users, reaching over 42 million active accounts. This new milestone demonstrates Steam’s continued growth, though it remains behind Roblox’s peak concurrent player count.

Achieving gold medals in Red Dead Redemption missions can be a challenge. This guide details the specific requirements for earning a gold medal in each of the game’s 57 main missions, helping players optimize their performance. It also clarifies that only one gold medal in a combat mission is needed for the related trophy/achievement, and not all gold medals are necessary for 100% completion.

GeForce NOW is adding 13 new games this week, perfect for holiday gaming. Stream top titles and indie gems with high performance across all your devices, enjoying automatic updates and RTX 5080-level graphics for Ultimate members.

As AI development increasingly moves to local environments, professionals face challenges with video memory limitations when running large language models. The AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 addresses this with its 32GB of GDDR6 memory and RDNA 4 architecture, offering significant performance gains for demanding AI workloads, generative design, and content creation.

Marvel has initiated an 11-month-long YouTube livestream, counting down to the release of Avengers: Doomsday. This follows the debut of the film’s fourth teaser trailer, which, along with previous trailers, has revealed key characters like Chris Evans’s Steve Rogers, Thor, X-Men, and Fantastic Four members, while keeping Doctor Doom’s appearance under wraps.

This guide explains how to check game compatibility for Linux, SteamOS, and Steam Deck, covering native Linux games, Proton, and Wine. It details compatibility indicators across various platforms like Steam, GOG, Humble Store, and itch.io, including Valve’s Deck Verified system and community resources like ProtonDB.