Medium Rare Announced as Turn-Based Survival Horror Dungeon RPG
Medium Rare combines dungeon RPG mechanics with survival horror and resource management, a genre fusion that could appeal to fans of both styles.
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Final STAR WARS: Zero Company Trailer Shows Coil, Battle Scenes, Possible Captain Rex
The final trailer confirms the antagonist group Coil and shows battle footage ahead of the August 27 release, while commenters are speculating that Captain Rex appears as a guest character.
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Dungeon Quest Brings One-Stroke Puzzle Combat to Steam on September 23
The game extends James Oliver's 'modern retro' design philosophy from his January 2026 release Marble's Marbles into a dungeon crawler with a distinctive one-stroke combat mechanic.
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Why the 1996 Quake CD Was Cracked in 39 Days
The Quake CD-ROM's encryption failure shows how a bold direct-sales experiment collapsed, leaving id Software with a warehouse full of unsold discs.
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Pachinko Roguelite HYPERDROP Announced, Demo Now on Steam
The announcement brings a score-inflation roguelite in the vein of Balatro to the pachinko format, with a demo already playable on Steam.
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Psycho Horror Hotel Game 'Hotel Is Hungry' Releases in Q2 2027
The announcement confirms a full management loop where survival depends on juggling guest roles, room placement, and daily sacrifice decisions against a hotel that is itself a predator.
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EVE Online Studio CCP Games Rebrands as Fenris Creations After Management Buyout
The studio's separation from Pearl Abyss and new alliance with Google DeepMind signal a shift toward AI research in game development, with CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson framing the rebrand around the cycle of destruction and creation.
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The Legend of California Shows New Gameplay, Fourth Alpha Set for September
The upcoming alpha test introduces a rebuilt coastline, new bases and furniture, improved PvP world events, and an endgame system tied to item rarity, showing how the debut title from a former Overwatch director is evolving.
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Sapporo Game Camp 2026 Adds High School Sessions for Fifth Edition
The fifth edition expands beyond its core game jam and workshops to add career-oriented sessions for high school students, a direct step toward the event's stated goal of energizing Sapporo's game industry.
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Roguelite Action Relicfall Opens Steam Page, Combines Three Classes
Relicfall's class-combination system and socketable relics point to a build-crafting depth that goes beyond the typical Vampire Survivors clone, drawing on Path of Exile's customization to set it apart in the crowded roguelite action space.
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Esports Nations Cup Postponed to November 2027
The postponement follows the Esports World Cup, also organized by the Esports Foundation, having its venue changed to Paris, France, due to the Middle East situation, signaling regional instability is reshaping the foundation's major events.
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Busan Student Team SmallBoots Wins Two Rookie Awards for Soom
The interview reveals how the team unified its art direction mid-development and structured its coursework to make a polished student game that drew consistent lines at BIC2026.
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Badassgard Dev Explains Why the Roguelite Shooter Has Only a Shotgun
The all-in shotgun design is a deliberate rejection of standard roguelite class systems, with role variety folded into weapon types.
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Battlefield 6 Top Gun Crossover Adds Rooster and Bob Skins
The collaboration goes beyond skins, revamping the boot screen, lobby music, and briefing movies, and it adds two new modes plus a completion bonus soldier skin.
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Legend of Mortal Update Faces Possible Delay After Two Devs Catch COVID
The update, which was scheduled for September 15, 2026, may now miss that date because two key members are ill, and the studio has not committed to a new timeline.
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Projekt Z Publisher Maximum Entertainment Goes Bankrupt, Rights Lost
The bankruptcy of Maximum Entertainment leaves the fate of Projekt Z: Beyond Order in limbo, with the developer now fighting to reclaim rights it lost control of during development.
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Mafia: The Old Country DLC The Man of Honor Launches, Four-Game Bundle Discounted
The DLC fills in the backstory of a character from Mafia: Definitive Edition, and the bundle sale makes the entire series available at a steep discount across platforms.
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Warfare 1776 Passes 20,000 Wishlists in First Week
The rapid wishlist growth signals strong carryover demand from the Flash-era Warfare fanbase, supported by the Legacy Collection's Very Positive rating across over 6,000 reviews.
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Game Spark Picks 21 Notable Steam Games Released This Week
The roundup gives a snapshot of which Steam releases are drawing attention this week, filtered by recency and review count.
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Dune: Awakening Adds Single-Player Mode to PC Test Client
The single-player mode and character system are now testable on PC ahead of the console release, letting players shape the update through feedback.
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Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising Passes 10,000 Concurrent Players
The steady climb in concurrent players over three days, rather than a launch spike, points to word-of-mouth momentum for a niche Lovecraft-themed idle RPG.
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Dream Echo Roguelite ARPG Lets Players Combine Concepts Into Custom Builds
Dream Echo's concept-combining build system, praised in the review for its freedom and power, shows a solo developer delivering the deep customization that ARPG fans expect from titles like Path of Exile.
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Retro Zombie Survival FPS Dawn of the Rotten Launches on itch.io
The release adds a low-cost, old-school zombie shooter to itch.io, appealing to players who favor VHS-era aesthetics and slow, horde-based survival gameplay.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer Mod CyberMP Shows 66-Player Test Footage
The footage demonstrates that the long-running volunteer effort to add multiplayer to Cyberpunk 2077 is progressing, with server stability issues addressed during the test period.
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