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Prime Day Steam Deck deals 2025: what to expect from Valve and potential accessory discounts
Deals Prime Day Steam Deck deals for docks, accessories, and more are still around after Amazon's big event, so grab a handheld bargain while you can.
Sony knows "there's a huge interest" in PlayStation's "next-generation console strategy" after the PS5, and "the future of the platform is top of mind" for the company
News "We are committed to exploring a new and enhanced way for players to engage with our content and services"
Mario Kart World is outselling Switch 1 launch title Zelda: Breath of the Wild by over 4x in Japan, Switch 2 physical launch estimates show
News But will it ever be able to totally outsell its predecessor?
Switch 2 is Nintendo's fastest-selling console despite high prices, former Nintendo marketing leads say "you're basically teaching them that they can continue to do this"
News The ex-Nintendo employees say the company's strategy for dealing with backlash was usually to "pretend it didn't happen"
MindsEye's launch "hasn't been without its challenges," says ex-GTA lead's studio, and the action game is set to get a "series of updates aimed at enhancing your experience"
News The devs have a "long-term vision to make MindsEye the best possible game for you"
As The Outer Worlds 2 hits $80, director says "we don't set the prices for our games" and wishes "everybody could play" Obsidian's new RPG
News "You'd have to honestly talk to the Xbox folks" about the price, Brandon Adler says
Mario Kart World's new Rewind feature can be used in Time Trials to set wild records, like this 13-second lap
News That's one way to use it
"MindsEye definitely needed a delay": GTA 5 veteran's new action game is here with 'Mixed' Steam reviews and "bugs galore," as players share spaghettified NPCs and cars with lives of their own
News It's not off to a great start
Fans briefly panicked after Hideo Kojima's account shared "The life and death of Hideo Kojima" piece, but he's fine – he's just thinking about death and the things he still wants to make
News "I still have a lot of things I want to do – that I need to do"
MindsEye continues to project confidence: ex-GTA 5 lead's new game is available physically, but the devs ask folks to delay streams until official launch time – meanwhile a 7-hour "100% walkthrough" is already on YouTube
News "If you can save this for later, it would be great"
ROG Xbox Ally and ROG Xbox Ally X "have access to all the games you can play on Windows PCs," so you'll be able to play PlayStation games like The Last of Us and God of War
News PlayStation games with PC ports will all be playable on the Xbox handhelds
Mario Kart World has Mirror Mode after all, and you can even explore it in Free Roam thanks to this Super Mario 64 Easter egg
News You'll have to fulfil some slightly complicated unlock requirements first, though
The Witcher 3 almost ended on a Mass Effect 2-inspired "suicide mission," but CD Projekt Red "decided to make this more personal ending" instead
News "Mass Effect 2 was a huge inspiration for the game"
After 9 years of deadly new Hitman updates, the hardest part about designing new Elusive Targets like James Bond villain Le Chiffre is "actually keeping the target alive"
News "Le Chiffre took like five months to make, and some guy will surely do it in like a second"
Borderlands 4 is "turning out to be better" than Borderlands 3 "by every measurement we have, including subjective ones," Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford teases
News Gearbox is "very excited about the launch!"
Sims competitor Paralives secures a December early access release, hopefully giving life sim enjoyers something fresh after inZOI's mixed reception and Life by You's cancellation
News Paralives launches in early access on Steam on December 8
Hollow Knight: Silksong is releasing "before" the Holiday season, Team Cherry says, and isn't "tied to a console release" like the Xbox ROG Ally
News But still no full release date - yet
Splatoon 3 has a Switch 2-exclusive bug that's giving squid fans an advantage on the new console, even without an update: "Pay to win"
News But how did it even happen in the first place?
Step aside, Super Horn: Mario Kart World's "exploitable" new Rewind feature is the best way to dodge blue shells in single-player or bring the CPU racers down with you
News Time travel is the perfect solution to any Mario Kart mishaps
Killer Inn is a new murder mystery game that sounds a lot like Among Us, but looks a lot more like a chaotic, 24-player version of Hitman
News Killer Inn is coming to Steam via closed beta soon
This new Game of Thrones strategy game will let you change one of the final season's biggest moments, and it's coming next year
News Game of Thrones: War for Westeros is launching on PC in 2026
PvP mech shooter Mecha Break finally has a release date, and it's coming to PC and Xbox Series X next month
News Mecha Break arrives on July 1
Mario Kart World geniuses are already using the racing game's new mechanics to create incredible shortcuts and land some nefarious green shell snipes
News "MK World tricks might be the best to ever do it"
