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We already knew Hytale was likely to have a major early access release this week, but developer Hypixel Studios has now revealed the long-awaited Minecraft-a-like has sold so many copies ahead of its launch that it's made enough money to fund the next two years of development. Read more

Peter Molyneux's Masters of Albion - which the game creator has said is the "culmination" of his life's work - has landed itself a release date. Read more

Gaming can't escape the shadow of global economic uncertainty, and things are going to get worse following 2025's price hikes due to the memory shortages caused by the AI and data centre gold rush (which doesn't seem to be producing much gold just yet). What about Nintendo Switch 2 following a strong summer launch but slow Christmas ? Will it be safe from the price hikes? Read more

A lot of you are gaming hard, it seems. Steam has been on a steady growth trajectory for years now, with the Covid pandemic alone adding 5 million unique users only in 2020. On 1th January, Valve's platform crossed the 42 million barrier, setting a new record. Read more

Lego has lifted the lid on its previously announced Pokémon sets, which include Pikachu and Poké Ball, Venusaur, Charizard, Blastoise and Eevee. Read more

Call of Duty is coming to Switch 2 . That we know for sure. Key Xbox and Activision figures have underlined how important Nintendo's hardware is for the brand moving forward, with their last comments on the matter happening last year following Black Ops 7 's reveal. Read more

Pocketpair has announced Palworld Official Card Game, which is, yes, an official card game based on the developer's monster catching survival game, Palworld. Read more

With the first expedition window for Arc Raiders concluded in December, Embark Studios has revealed that just over a million players opted in to reset their characters in exchange for various rewards. Having sold over 12m copies according to analyst estimates , that's under 10 percent of all players. Read more

At some point today, EA will turn the Anthem servers off, rendering BioWare's multiplayer online shooter inaccessible and unplayable, presumably forever. And fond farewells have already started to pour in. Read more

When Cyberpunk 2077 was sort of relaunched with its 2.0 update and the Phantom Liberty expansion, female V took over as the face of the game. More than two years later, and with the RPG still selling well and attracting new players, that hasn't changed. Read more

Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is still trucking along, and with an ambitious 2026 roadmap to boot, while development on the third game continues. More shocking, though, is the apparent tease that The Division 1 is making a return for its 10th anniversary. Read more

Hytale's founder Simon Collins-Laflamme has revealed the team expects over a million players on the game's Early Access launch day on the 13th January. Read more

Awesome Games Done Quick 2026 has raised $2.44 million (£1.8m) for its latest cause, Prevent Cancer Foundation. Read more