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"We tried something different": Looking back on SiN Episodes: Emergence, the Valve-backed shooter that tried and failed to kick off an age of episodic gaming

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SiN Episodes: Emergence was meant to change the industry - the first episodic game on Steam. Here’s the story of why it never got its second.

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PC gamers buy way more games that cost less than $30 at launch compared to PlayStation and Xbox players, analysts say, and it's "reshaping the PC market"

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Schedule 1, Peak, and REPO lead a big year for small games

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It's brutal out there: Deus Ex and Unreal composer says he's submitted 50 resumes and gotten one interview in the last year

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AI’s impact on audio production has, of course, become a hot topic in the game music world.

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Steam's new "golden age" is special because so many genres are popping off at once, indie expert says: "It's almost like the player base was drinking and their inhibitions lowered"

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Friendslop is just the tip of the iceberg, and also a chunk of the iceberg

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Do you ever think there are too many PC games? So did Ultima's Robert Garriott—in 1989

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“The consumer doesn’t really know what to buy for their computer,” Garriott said in 1989, while also pointing to the popularity of Nintendo’s newfangled game console.

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New York sues Valve for 'letting children and adults illegally gamble' with loot boxes

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The lawsuit aims to “stop Valve from promoting gambling features in its games, disgorge all ill-gotten gains, and pay fines for violating New York\u2019s laws.”

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A terrifying 20,282 games were released on Steam in 2025, and just 608 managed to get 1,000 reviews, expert finds: "We might be in a bit of an indie golden age"

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