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Heartopia has officially arrived on Steam, only a little over a week after it launched on iOS and Android. When the game’s release date was announced back in December, developer XD said it was pushing back the Steam release without offering any hints about how long the delay was going to be. While the game can be played on PC through TapTap, the developer’s own emulator, many had been anticipating the Steam launch. So you can imagine that when the free-to-play life sim game surprisingly showed up on Valve’s platform on Saturday, there were a lot of happy people. To…

Buried in the Marathon launch info dump today, which Bungie rushed out early after it was accidentally leaked over on Xbox, is the news that sci-fi shooter will arrive alongside the latest limited edition PlayStation 5 DualSense controller. And unlike many of the recent ones we’ve gotten, this one actually looks really good. The Marathon-inspired limited edition DualSense controller is $85 and goes up for pre-order on January 29 10:00 a.m. local time at direct.playstation.com. There’s also an accompanying Pulse Elite wireless headset that will go on sale at the same time, though for a much heftier price tag. That…

HBO’s latest Game of Thrones spin-off, the appealingly small-scale prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, has author George R.R. Martin back on the interview circuit, talking about the show, revisiting the seemingly endless process of writing The Winds of Winter, and mentioning that he wants to write several new novellas about Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ protagonists. That last one won’t come as a surprise to longtime fans who’ve followed his past updates on his work: At one point, Martin suggested he might have as many as a dozen stories about down-on-his-luck hedge knight Dunk and his 10-year-old…

It’s been 12 years since Bruno Mars performed at the Super Bowl XLVIII halftime show, but the musician has found a new big venue where he can sing without even leaving his home. This weekend, the hit Roblox game Steal a Brainrot is going to host a pop up performance by Bruno Mars that’s a one-time only appearance.The official announcement went out on Roblox’s social media channels. Mars’ performance will be held on Saturday, January 17 at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET.Although musical acts like Stray Kids have performed in Roblox before, Mars will be the first to…

Diablo 4 is about to deliver on Blizzard’s years-old promise to add a challenging, leaderboard-driven experience to the action RPG. The beta for The Tower, and its associated Leaderboards are about to kick off. As recently revealed, the new experience launches today at 11am PT, 2pm ET, 7pm GMT. This is a beta version that arrives alongside update 2.5.2. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings This early launch won’t offer the full experience, and it’s mainly designed to get it into the hands of players early so that Blizzard could get as much feedback as…

In 2025 Marc-Alexis Côté, the head of the Assassin’s Creed franchise and a 20 year veteran of Ubisoft, abruptly left the publisher following the launch of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. Three months ago he broke his silence to claim that he didn’t leave voluntarily but was pushed out of the company. Now he’s suing Ubisoft for nearly $1 million over what he alleges was a “constructive dismissal” after being demoted from leading the publisher’s biggest franchise. Radio-Canada reports that the lawsuit was recently filed in the Superior Court of Quebec and claims $1.3 million Canadian dollars in damages, or roughly $935,000.…

The gaming awards season is upside down. In movie world, a carefully paced stream of precursor awards — handed out by critics’ bodies, trade guilds, and whoever it is that votes for the Golden Globes now — builds up through the early months of the year to the big climax: the Oscars. In gaming, we climax first and do the rest later. The Game Awards, voted for by critics and unquestionably the main event, comes first (or almost first, after the Golden Joystick Awards) in December. The early months of the following year then see a succession of follow-up awards…

This week Kurt and Lucy gotcha covered with their thoughts on Meta shutting down 3 VR Studios, Ubisoft Layoffs at Massive Entertainment, what games to check out from the Steam Detective Fest sale, and more.By Lucy James , Jean-Luc Seipke , and Kurt Indovina on January 17, 2026 at 9:00AM PSTEmail your letters to gotchacovered@gamespot.comCheck out the audio version:Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4S5mfmLES0ubhj5xcDZJniRSS Feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/6752166/episodes/feed

The Sims 4 developers recently promised an exciting year for the game, and the franchise as a whole, and we just got an early look at one of those first events. After some light teasing, the developer unveiled Royalty & Legacy, the game’s next expansion. Royalty & Legacy’s first trailer debuted on Thursday, revealing a February 12 release date, and showing off the expansion for the first time. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings There’s a lot going on in Royalty & Legacy, which is priced $40. For one, it introduces a new world, Ondarion,…

The video game industry’s awards season was dominated this year by adulation for French turn-based roleplaying game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. It’s easy to see why so many people loved it, AI usage and controversial status as an “indie” game aside, but my personal game of the year was a much smaller project that garnered a lot less attention: Baby Steps. Fortunately, at least one awards show is finally giving it the respect a bunch of us weirdos believe it deserves. The 2026 Independent Games Festival Awards released its list of nominees on January 8, showcasing the incredible work of…