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GTA Online's first new heist in years is heading to the Kortz Center

Rockstar is giving GTA Online players a July art-gallery job and a free current-gen GTA 5 upgrade for eligible PS4 and Xbox One owners.

Steam Next Fest's AI labels are now part of the demo hunt

Eurogamer found 1,704 Steam Next Fest demos with generative AI disclosures on SteamDB. That does not make every demo suspect, but it does make the label worth checking before you wishlist.

The EU said no to a game preservation law, but Stop Killing Games is not dead

The European Commission will not force publishers to keep games playable after shutdowns. It is still opening talks on end-of-life standards, which gives players a narrower but real pressure point.

Luna Abyss launched well, then its team was reportedly laid off

Kwalee Labs CEO Hollie Emery says the entire Luna Abyss team has been made redundant only weeks after launch. The shooter is still worth playing, but the timing is a nasty reminder that good reviews do not always protect developers.

Xbox's smaller studios are reportedly trying to survive outside the machine

Reports say Double Fine, Ninja Theory, Compulsion Games, and other Xbox teams are exploring buyouts or spin-offs as closures loom. For players, the worry is simple: what happens to the strange, personal games Xbox once promised to protect?

Dan Houser just explained why GTA survives players ignoring the plot

Houser reportedly says Rockstar worlds work because players can make their own trouble. That is the part GTA 6 has to nail, not just the next big story trailer.

MOLE turns horror into a machine you have to keep alive

Off Black Creations has launched MOLE on Steam, a short psychological horror sim about a lone Navigator, a colossal drill, and the terrible business of learning what all those levers do.

Dwarf Fortress is getting dinosaurs, because the caves were too safe

The June 25 Dino Update adds 100 extinct creatures, baby variants, dinomen, and new world settings. The important bit for players: the prehistoric chaos is optional.

Croakwood wants the Anno brain buzz without the panic spiral

Texel Raptor's frog townbuilder keeps production chains, custom homes, and fussy residents, but drops war, timers, and hard collapse states. That might be exactly the comfort-management niche players need.

Dead by Daylight is planning the next decade, not a sequel

Behaviour's 10th anniversary roadmap puts Jason Voorhees, Terrifier, community chapters, modding tools, and a 2027 visual overhaul on the same board.

Vanillaware sounds ready for more PC ports, if publishers blink first

Muramasa: Revenant Blades is finally headed to Steam in 2027. The bigger question is whether 13 Sentinels, Dragon's Crown and Odin Sphere can escape their platform cages too.

Zlin City makes the city builder feel like a handmade model railway

Polyperfect's upcoming Steam city builder uses scanned physical miniatures, Zlin architecture, and a slower diorama pace instead of another giant map full of traffic math.