Gaming cash machine hits $197bn in 2025
Mobile hogs the spotlight while PC creeps up on consoles.
Beancounters at analyst outfit Newzoo have added up some numbers, divided by their shoe size, and concluded that the global video games business will pull in $197 billion in 2025.
Valve discontinues the cheapest 256GB LCD version of Steam Deck
Pushing OLED versions during the holiday season
Valve has discontinued the 256GB LCD version of its Steam Deck handheld console, pulling it from its offer. The lineup still includes 512GB and 1TB OLED versions that will hopefully get some discounts during the holiday season.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 does well on Steam Hardware Survey
Passes GeForce RTX 4070 with 2.23 percent
NVIDIA's Blackwell-based GeForce RTX 5070 has now passed the Ada-based RTX 4070 in the latest Steam Hardware Survey, making it one of the top-placed RTX 50 series graphics cards.
Italian studio faces closure after Steam ban
Who would have thunk that riding naked humans would cause such a stink?
Valve has confirmed that it reviewed and pre-emptively banned the surreal horror Horses game after parts of the store page set off alarm bells, prompting the company to demand a full build review.
32GB of RAM about to dethrone 16GB on Steam
Falling DDR5 prices and bloated AAA titles drive the move
Valve’s monthly Steam hardware survey shows that 32GB of RAM is about to shove 16GB off its throne as the default spec for PC gamers.
Adult game fans revolting over payment processors
Censorship row sparks coordinated disruption campaign
Frustrated punters who reckon payment processors are to blame for the culling of adult games from platforms like Steam and itch.io are now gunning for Visa and Mastercard.
Linux smashes through five per cent desktop share in the US
2025 really is the year of Linux on the desktop
For the first time ever, Linux has clawed its way past the five per cent desktop market share barrier in the United States so maybe 2025 is finally the much predicted year of Linux on the desktop.
Pants Nvidia RTX 5060 tops Steam charts
Low performance but laptops keep flying off shelves
Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 may have landed with a thud in late May, but the budget Blackwell GPU is now topping the Steam charts anyway, thanks almost entirely to its laptop variant.
RTX 5060 Ti steals AMD’s 9070 lunch money
Steam gamers show more love for Nvidia’s cheaper cards
Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti has only been rattling around for six weeks but has already overtaken AMD’s shiny new RX 9070 series, at least according to Valve’s latest Steam hardware survey.
MSI claws back with AMD-powered Steam Deck rival
Ryzen Z2 Extreme and 24GB of RAM land in 8-inch handheld
MSI has officially revealed its AMD-powered Claw A8 BZ2EM handheld gaming PC at Computex 2025, and it looks like a serious bit of kit.