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Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 16, 2026)

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Solid Snake is coming to Rainbow Six Siege in March with David Hayter reprising the role, and a new trailer shows Snake and stealth game rival Sam Fisher finally squashing the beef

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Hideki Sato, father of the Sega Dreamcast, Saturn, Genesis, and more, has died

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Silent Hill 2 Remake dev Bloober Team's Valentine's Day reveal turned out to be Layers of Fear 3

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The EU declares TikTok's 'infinite scroll' and 'highly personalised recommender system' are 'addictive design in breach of the Digital Services Act'

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Doom co-creator John Romero adores Ghost Recon and has over 3,000 hours in World of Warcraft: 'God, I lived in that game every day for five years'

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The most surprising thing about Mewgenics is its amazing soundtrack—and after 115 hours, I'm still discovering new songs

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Someone is building a lifesized Seikret cosplay despite the fact they've 'never made anything like this before' and after seeing the process, you can't convince me this thing doesn't live and breathe

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Absolum's first update dares you to unravel the threads of fate, introducing rule modifiers, corrupted biomes and improved mounts into 2025's best beat 'em up

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Hellscreen, the FPS with a rear-view mirror, has left Steam early access two episodes short of its original plan: 'This is a bittersweet experience for me'

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Seafaring survival sim The Last Caretaker gets a big update that adds a speedy jet ski and lets you customise your base-boat

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Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free thanks to its fan community, and they've even updated the game for modern PCs: 'This is the first public patch for Unreal Tournament 2004 in over 20 years'

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As the Legacy of Kain remasters continue, a new game emerges—a 2D action-platformer

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Divinity: Original Sin 2 easter eggs hinting Baldur's Gate 3 would be Larian's next game had to be toned down: 'Originally the reference to BG3 was very explicit'

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'We lost things such as physics in games:' The dev behind my most anticipated RPG thinks players are craving more interactive games, not just 'moving around in a static 3D environment'

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'They can never kill emulation': Players vexed as Nintendo continues its siege on Switch emulation, handing DMCAs to various emulators on GitHub

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The dev behind my top upcoming RPG is a Hungarian chef who thought 'if not now, then when?' and learned coding from scratch to make his dream 'eurojank' masterpiece

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That new Metal Gear Solid collection won't include Metal Gear Online, but it will have Peace Walker's essential online co-op

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Mewgenics provides the best proof yet that the turn-based tactics genre is the true home of drama and excitement in gaming

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Inside PC gaming's wildly creative Tomb Raider mapping scene: 'Being able to create my own adventures for other people to play is such an addicting concept'

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The Overwatch dating sim and its associated rewards are back for a limited time, but it's still got far fewer romances than its China-exclusive counterpart

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Question time: What role—tank, healer, or DPS—do you actually play in MMORPGS, and why?

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Can you guess which videogame these potions are from?

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Underrated hack 'n' slash Blades of Fire heads to Steam with a 2.0 update, bringing new game plus and 'expanded death and mutilation variations' for you sickos out there

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Digging a little deeper into Intel's Xe3 architecture shows exactly why Panther Lake's iGPU is good: It's basically an Arc A770 graphics card jammed into a mobile chip

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THQ's Gothic 1 remake arrives in June, and I think it might prove a more valuable overhaul than Oblivion Remastered

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Which PC gaming icon is your soulmate this Valentine's Day?

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Bloodlines 2's Valentine's patch adds further customisation options and lootable blood bags, because nothing says 'I love you' like the vampire equivalent of a ready meal

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