Force of Numbers

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last six months, you know all about the RAM shortage. For consumers, supply has dwindled but demand hasn’t, leading to prices rising significantly and very quickly.Gamers have been hit particularly hard. The RAM shortage is why the price of the PlayStation 5 went up at the end of March, more than five years after its launch. It’s why building a gaming PC has become tougher for people on a budget.And these rising prices are on top of costs that have long been built into gaming. Both console and PC players have to deal with the cost of upgrading the

Obsession could go down in Hollywood history as the first horror movie with a wide release to sell more tickets in its second weekend.

As player numbers leap alongside Path of Exile 2's final early access update, and the game's prospective 1.0 release later this year, a question arises about the future of Path of Exile 1. Will it be elbowed out? In short: no. Grinding Gear Games intends to support the older action role-playing game "as long as there are players" playing it and believes it's capable of running both games smoothly side by side. Read more

As Not-E3 season starts to wind down and everyone's wishlist starts to look crowded with games scheduled for September and October, the next big event on the calendar is Steam Next Fest. The second of three planned week-long demo showcases for 2026, Next Fest is positioned to provide an early taste of upcoming games across a wide variety of genres. The demo showcase has grown in the years since it was first introduced, and the June 2026 edition has ballooned to a truly ridiculous size, with 4,931 demos being featured at the time of writing. Normally, having too many free game demos to pla