Google Is Drawing a Clearer Line on Fake Writers and AI Author Profiles
Google’s people-first content guidance now explicitly calls fake author profiles—including AI-generated headshots, made-up names and false credentials—a form of deception.
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Steam Hits Estimated $1.7 Billion in September 2026
Steam generated an estimated $1.7 billion in September 2026, according to Alinea Analytics, marking its best September to date and extending a record year for PC gaming spending.
Nerial Ends Game Development After 13 Years
Nerial, the studio behind Reigns, Card Shark and The Crush House, is ending development after 13 years. The decision was made with Devolver Digital, and the team will seek new opportunities.
Grasshopper Manufacture Leaves NetEase and Returns to Independent Development
Grasshopper Manufacture has separated from NetEase Games and returned to independent development, with Suda51 pointing to broader creative and self-publishing options.
We Traced Tunnelborn Back to Flarebound. Then the Build Files Raised New AI Questions
Fix Gaming Channel compared the installed Tunnelborn and Flarebound demos and found strong technical project continuity, raising new questions about their AI disclosure history.
Steam Will Replace Curated Deal Slots With Personalized Recommendations in 2027
Steam will replace curated Discounts & Events placements with personalized recommendations in early 2027. Valve says testing showed customers 10× more games.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 Developer Reportedly Cuts at Least 19 Jobs
Cold Iron Studios has reportedly laid off at least 19 employees. The Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 developer says support will continue.
How gamescom Grew Into the World’s Biggest Gaming Event
From Leipzig’s Games Convention to 368,000 visitors and 1,743 exhibitors in Cologne, here is how gamescom grew into a global gaming giant.
Upwork Might Need to Hire Someone on Upwork After Its Homepage Broke
Upwork’s public homepage began showing internal-looking labels and experiment-style strings instead of normal copy across multiple sections.
Tokyo Game Show 2026 Cancels Final In-Person Day as Typhoon Approaches
Tokyo Game Show 2026 canceled its final in-person day over Typhoon No. 25, with September 21 ticket refunds and online programming confirmed.
He Used Codex to Translate The Witcher 3 Into Croatian in Two Days
Mislav Repinac had never created a game mod before. He explains how Codex helped him build a playable Croatian translation of The Witcher 3 in around two days.
Xbox Game Pass Will Cap Cloud Gaming at 15 Hours a Month
Xbox Game Pass will introduce monthly cloud gaming limits in November, with Ultimate receiving 15 hours, Premium 10 hours, and Essential five hours per month.
PlayStation Ends PHYSINT Partnership as Xbox Steps In to Publish Kojima’s Game
Kojima Productions’ PHYSINT has a new publisher. Xbox has stepped in after PlayStation Studios ended its collaboration on the action-espionage project.
Steam’s AI Gaming Festival Is Live, and Its Lineup Is All Over the Place
The third-party Steam AI Gaming Festival aims to explain how developers use AI, but its 12 categories blur very different tools, games, and software. Bad Rats appearing in every section raises questions about how the lineup was checked.
Proton Hit by Global Outage After Cooling Failure at Frankfurt Datacenter
Proton is experiencing a global outage after a critical cooling failure at its Frankfurt datacenter, affecting Mail, Drive, Pass and several other services.