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Steam Free Game Week: Four PC Titles Up for Grabs (Limited Time)
gaming1 month ago

Steam Free Game Week: Four PC Titles Up for Grabs (Limited Time)

Steam is offering four PC games for free for a limited time, including Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager (free until April 23 and the only title listed as playable on Steam Deck), Uncanny Tales: Cold Road (free until April 20), Stickman: Killing Zombie Stickman (free until April 19), and NineHells (free until April 20). The games span roguelite dungeon defense and horror themes, with mixed Steam Deck compatibility and modest to mixed reviews, giving PC players a chance to try new titles without spending.

Free Games Draws Crowds, But Steam Keeps Its Edge, Say Ex-Epic Staff
news1 month ago

Free Games Draws Crowds, But Steam Keeps Its Edge, Say Ex-Epic Staff

A Los Angeles Times report, citing two former Epic Games Store employees, says players chase free games on Epic but quickly return to Steam, while the storefront remains profitable but is derided for rushed releases and a growth-at-all-costs approach. Epic reports 78 million MAU and $400 million earned from non-Epic titles in 2025, is pushing a unified PC/mobile storefront, pursues major bets like a Disney extraction shooter, and has cut more than 1,000 jobs, prompting questions about its long-term strategy.

Epic Store Freebies Draw Early Traffic, Then Players Return to Steam, Say Ex-Employees
gaming1 month ago

Epic Store Freebies Draw Early Traffic, Then Players Return to Steam, Say Ex-Employees

Two former Epic Games Store employees say the platform’s free-game promotions sparked an initial surge in users, but most players eventually migrated back to Steam, even as Steam logged record concurrent players (about 42 million) and Bloomberg reported Epic’s PC MAU at around 78 million. The piece notes that many users juggle multiple storefronts and that Epic pays developers less per sale than Steam, highlighting ongoing competition between PC game stores.

March 2026 PlayStation Plus Adds 9 Free Games, Led by Persona 5 Royal and Space Marine 2
gaming2 months ago

March 2026 PlayStation Plus Adds 9 Free Games, Led by Persona 5 Royal and Space Marine 2

Sony revealed nine new games for PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium in March 2026, headlined by Persona 5 Royal and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, plus Madden NFL 26, The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria, Astroneer, and Blasphemous 2; Premium also adds Tekken: Dark Resurrection. The rollout begins March 17, 2026, and while Extra and Premium titles can be removed later, games redeemed on Essential stay only while subscribed.

PS Plus March 2026 Free Games Preview: Slime Rancher 2, Monster Hunter Rise, PGA Tour 2K25, and ESO Gold Road Collection
gaming3 months ago

PS Plus March 2026 Free Games Preview: Slime Rancher 2, Monster Hunter Rise, PGA Tour 2K25, and ESO Gold Road Collection

PlayStation Plus reveals March 2026 free games: Slime Rancher 2, Monster Hunter Rise, PGA Tour 2K25, and The Elder Scrolls Online: Gold Road Collection, available March 3–April 6; if you haven’t claimed February’s titles yet, do so before the deadline, and Extra/Premium members also gained Spider-Man 2 and Neva this month.

technology3 months ago

PlayStation Plus Expands Free Games to Over 243GB Across 10 Titles

PlayStation Plus expands its Extra and Premium tiers with 10 new free games arriving February 17, totaling over 243GB of content. Highlights include Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (87.363GB) and Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown (72.387GB), plus Echoes of the End: Enhanced Edition, Monster Hunter Stories 2, Neva, Season: A Letter to the Future, Venba, Rugby 25, and the premium-only Wall-E.

gaming3 months ago

Steam Delivers Nine Free-to-Own Games Across Genres

Steam has added nine free-to-keep titles spanning bullet-hell, puzzle, idle and narrative experiences, available to permanently own after download. Examples include Touhou Mistystory, Robo Dolphin Escape, REDACT, Maloomify the Ocean, My Building, Gazed, RK Override, BUS: Prologue and Channel 4 Midnight; users should check system requirements and grab them from Steam’s store pages.

PS Plus 72-Hour Free Games: Grab PS5 Titles Worth $170
gaming3 months ago

PS Plus 72-Hour Free Games: Grab PS5 Titles Worth $170

PlayStation Plus is offering a 72-hour window for all tiers to download and keep three PS5 games—Need for Speed Unbound, Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, and Core Keeper—worth about $170 in total. The window lasts until February 3, and you keep the games as long as your PS Plus subscription remains active. After the window, the titles revert to their regular prices and aren’t included in the Extra/Premium libraries; you’d need to buy them to play without an active subscription. Core Keeper is the highest-rated of the trio, with Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed also on PS4 and Need for Speed Unbound PS5-only.

Epic Games Store gains users, but shoppers remain scarce
gaming4 months ago

Epic Games Store gains users, but shoppers remain scarce

The piece notes rising activity on the Epic Games Store, yet a member poll shows purchases remain low: 46% use the store mainly for free games, 28% don’t use Epic at all, 12% buy most PC games there, 8% have it installed but rarely use it, and 7% only open it for Fortnite or Rocket League. Overall, growth in reach hasn’t translated into broad purchasing behavior.

gaming4 months ago

PS Plus Opens 2026 With Nine Free Games Across Extra and Premium

Sony has announced the January 2026 PS Plus lineup: eight new titles are coming to Extra (including Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Resident Evil Village, Expeditions: A MudRunner Game, Darkest Dungeon 2, A Little to the Left, A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead, The Exit 8, and art of rally) with Ridge Racer as the sole Premium classic; licensing issues for retro titles are noted and releases are expected in the coming week.