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Jul212026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

‘Wreckreation 2’ Announced: An Open-World Arcade Racing Game

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Credit: When Tides Turn When Tides Turn, the studio founded by Criterion Games (Burnout, Need for Speed Unbound) co-founder Fiona Sperry, announced Wreckreation 2. This open-world racing game is also a sequel to last year's Wreckreation. Wreckreation 2 takes place in the open world of Heartbreak City. Along its wide streets and winding overpasses, players will race, eliminate opponents, and take risks—just like in Burnout Paradise. The key to victory in Wreckreation 2 isn't just the fastest line. It's also about reading your opponents, choosing the right moment to attack, fighting for every position, and being willing to take risks that others wouldn't. According to Sperry, Wreckreation 2 is the result of six months of direct dialogue with gamers about what they want from ...

Jul192026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Steam Machine Sales Exceeded Expectations: Reaching Up to 15,000 Units Per Week

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Credit: steampowered.com When Valve finally launched its compact gaming computer, the Steam Machine, at the end of June, many doubted its success due to its high price. However, sales have actually been quite good. According to Boiling Steam, the vendor is selling between 12,000 and 15,000 Steam Machines per week. Since the company doesn't publish official statistics on its hardware, analysts studied changes in SteamOS user base since the new system's release. Based on this data, they estimate that the new system is currently selling approximately 10,000 to 15,000 units per week. This is only an estimate, not a confirmed figure, but there are no other publicly available sales sources. If these estimates are accurate, monthly shipments could reach 50,000 to 60,000 units. While thes...

Jul192026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

‘ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies’ Bombed

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Credit: ZA/UM Almost two months ago, on May 21st, the psychedelic RPG Zero Parades: For Dead Spies from London-based ZA/UM was released. In 2019, the studio released the cult detective game Disco Elysium, but its spiritual successor failed to gain public traction. The result was modest sales and the news of staff layoffs. According to an official statement, up to 32 employees from various divisions of the company have received layoff notices or notices of possible layoffs. ZA/UM emphasized that each of them made significant contributions to both the development of ZERO PARADES: For Dead Spies and the studio's overall growth. The developers also noted that they engaged with representatives of the ZA/UM Workers' Alliance throughout the process, striving to implement the restr...

Jul172026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Steam Machine With Windows Turned Out To Be Slightly Faster Than With SteamOS

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Credit: steampowered.com In his new video, blogger ETA PRIME answered the question of whether the performance of a Steam Machine PC/console will improve if Windows 11 is installed on it instead of SteamOS. The experimenters increased the DDR-5600 memory from 16 to 64 GB, which may slightly distort the accuracy of the experiment, but this configuration was used both with SteamOS and in Windows, for which Valve kindly published drivers. The most noticeable difference was in the Geekbench 6 benchmark: Windows demonstrated a 3.3% performance increase in single-threaded mode and a 22% performance increase in multi-threaded mode. In games, the gap wasn't as dramatic. For example, Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p resolution ran at 74 fps on SteamOS and 68 fps on Windows 11. When the resolution...