Valve changes Steam Machine release date to this ‘year,’ second change as AI-fueled memory and shortage crisis deepens — official announcements went from “early 2026” to “first half of 2026” to “this year”

Valve’s latest announcement puts the Steam Machine release for “this year,” after changing the console’s expected arrival date from the first quarter to the first half of 2026.

Nintendo sues the US government over tariffs — Japanese videogame giant seeks 200 billion refund with interest

Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government on March 6 in the U.S. Court of International Trade, seeking a refund of tariffs it paid under President Donald Trump’s executive orders.

Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file — vulnerability in SDK could log messages and credentials in plaintext

A vulnerability in Discord’s SDK allowed Arc Raiders to unintentionally log private DMs and user account credentials to the game’s log files. Embark Studios has since hotfixed the problem.

Microsoft confirms next-gen Xbox will play PC games — ‘Project Helix’ teased as more than just a console

Microsoft CEO Asha Sharma confirmed that the next-gen Xbox, codenamed Project Helix, will be capable of playing both Xbox and PC games.

Nintendo Switch 2 users buying fewer games because of AI storage crisis, report claims — game demand under threat as titles get bigger and storage gets more expensive

The lack of storage capacity on the Nintendo Switch 2 and increasing game sizes are forcing some Switch 2 owners to reconsider shopping for game titles, especially as microSD Express Card prices skyrocket due to the global…

EA’s Javelin anti-cheat is coming to Arm-based systems soon — new job listing for Windows-on-ARM driver anticipates Nvidia N1/N1X debut and pivotal shift in PC gaming

A new job listing for a Senior Anti-Cheat Engineer has revealed that EA is working on bringing its Javelin anti-cheat software to Arm-based devices. The timing aligns nicely with the purported launch of Nvidia’s N1/N1X SoC…

Trump administration weighs forcing China’s Tencent to sell its stakes in Epic Games, Riot Games, and Supercell — meetings held over security risk ahead of China summit with Xi Jinping

The Trump administration is actively debating whether to allow Chinese tech giant Tencent to keep its ownership stakes in several major gaming companies, including Fortnite creator Epic Games.

Lenovo’s Legion Go Fold-able gaming handheld concept has four screen modes, also works as a small laptop — POLED display unfolds from 7.7 to 11.6 inches

Lenovo’s Legion Go Fold handheld concept has four screen modes ranging from 7.7 to 11.6 inches, and doubles as a small laptop. It uses Intel Core Ultra Series 2 and detachable controllers, but this early prototype needs so…

390TB video game archive being taken offline due to skyrocketing RAM, SSD, and hard drive prices — AI-driven supply squeeze results in closure of one of the largest online video game archives

Myrient, which hosts more than 390TB of preserved video games, is set to go offline at the end of March 2026 due to rising storage and memory costs. The founder says they’re spending more than $6,000 out of pocket per mont…

Industry murmurs suggest Sony will no longer release PS5 exclusives on PC — New leadership might be willing to forgo PC revenue to fortify console platform

Reports from around the gaming world are heavily pointing toward the end of Sony’s first-party AAA games being available on PC. Single-player PlayStation Studios titles are apparently now going to be assess on a game-by-ga…