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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026874 stories
Train sim created by just one person is being called the best ever made↗ kotaku.com · HN · 357 comments · 862 points · Jul 05, 2026
Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation↗ blog.playstation.com · HN · 798 comments · 789 points · Jul 01, 2026
Steam Machine launches today↗ store.steampowered.com · HN · 1736 comments · 1922 points · Jun 22, 2026
Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5↗ anthropic.com · HN · 2314 comments · 3158 points · Jun 13, 2026
Valve releases Steam Controller CAD files under Creative Commons license↗ digitalfoundry.net · HN · 593 comments · 1747 points · May 06, 2026
20251,093 stories
Valve reveals it’s the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm↗ theverge.com · HN · 854 comments · 978 points · Dec 02, 2025
Linux gamers on Steam cross over the 3% mark↗ gamingonlinux.com · HN · 536 comments · 832 points · Nov 02, 2025
Valve confirms credit card companies pressured it to delist certain adult games↗ pcgamer.com · HN · 905 comments · 948 points · Jul 18, 2025
Valve releases Team Fortress 2 code↗ github.com · HN · 387 comments · 1863 points · Feb 18, 2025
Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 975 comments · 781 points · Jan 16, 2025
20241,278 stories
Itch.io Taken Down by Funko↗ bsky.app · HN · 463 comments · 1197 points · Dec 09, 2024
Epic Allows Internet Archive to Distribute Unreal and Unreal Tournament Forever↗ techdirt.com · HN · 116 comments · 488 points · Nov 20, 2024
Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update↗ half-life.com · HN · 266 comments · 574 points · Nov 15, 2024
Steam games will need to disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages↗ gamingonlinux.com · HN · 640 comments · 963 points · Oct 30, 2024
Halo 2 in HD: Pushing the Original Xbox to the Limit↗ icode4.coffee · HN · 145 comments · 471 points · Apr 18, 2024
20231,379 stories
Nintendo Network shutdown – The beginning of the end↗ pretendo.network · HN · 210 comments · 302 points · Dec 25, 2023
GTA 5 source code leaks online↗ sportskeeda.com · HN · 235 comments · 333 points · Dec 25, 2023
Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update↗ half-life.com · HN · 80 comments · 153 points · Nov 17, 2023
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release↗ zelda.com · HN · 57 comments · 81 points · May 12, 2023
Epic Games to Pay $245M for Tricking Users into Making Unwanted Charges↗ ftc.gov · HN · 24 comments · 80 points · Mar 15, 2023
20221,379 stories
My full statement regarding DOOM Eternal↗ medium.com · HN · 275 comments · 922 points · Nov 09, 2022
The PS5 Has Been Jailbroken↗ glitched.online · HN · 379 comments · 738 points · Oct 03, 2022
Factorio is coming to Nintendo Switch↗ factorio.com · HN · 359 comments · 744 points · Sep 13, 2022
Epic Games acquires Bandcamp↗ variety.com · HN · 476 comments · 709 points · Mar 02, 2022
Thank You, Valve↗ kinduff.com · HN · 445 comments · 766 points · Feb 07, 2022
20211,559 stories
China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more than three hours/week↗ reuters.com · HN · 1053 comments · 1030 points · Aug 30, 2021
Valve Steam Deck↗ steamdeck.com · HN · 1609 comments · 2517 points · Jul 15, 2021
Rockstar thanks GTA Online player who fixed load times, official update coming↗ pcgamer.com · HN · 321 comments · 1032 points · Mar 15, 2021
Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked↗ twitter.com · HN · 1174 comments · 2023 points · Feb 08, 2021
GameStop Is Rage Against the Financial Machine↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 1146 comments · 1078 points · Jan 27, 2021
20201,612 stories
Riot is now Element↗ element.io · HN · 361 comments · 550 points · Jul 15, 2020
A first look at Unreal Engine 5↗ unrealengine.com · HN · 676 comments · 1734 points · May 13, 2020
Valve's Proton Has Brought 6000 Windows Games to Linux So Far↗ boilingsteam.com · HN · 312 comments · 748 points · Apr 20, 2020
Unity Learn platform free for three months↗ learn.unity.com · HN · 122 comments · 510 points · Mar 25, 2020
EA is permanently banning Linux players on Battlefield V↗ forums.lutris.net · HN · 484 comments · 814 points · Jan 03, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Steam Frame starts at $1059↗ store.steampowered.com · HN · 649 comments · 745 points · Sep 14, 2026
List of references on Sony websites to players "owning" their digital games↗ consumerrights.wiki · HN · 165 comments · 455 points · Sep 10, 2026
A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 107 comments · 388 points · Aug 31, 2026
Xbox continues its “reset” with dramatic restructuring↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 65 comments · 50 points · Sep 22, 2026
Sony makes bold claim about game ownership↗ aginggamer.net · HN · 271 comments · 179 points · Sep 03, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Steam Frame starts at $1059↗ store.steampowered.com · HN · 649 comments · 745 points · Sep 14, 2026
List of references on Sony websites to players "owning" their digital games↗ consumerrights.wiki · HN · 165 comments · 455 points · Sep 10, 2026
A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 107 comments · 388 points · Aug 31, 2026
Sony makes bold claim about game ownership↗ aginggamer.net · HN · 271 comments · 179 points · Sep 03, 2026
SteamdDB Joins Nexus Mods↗ nexusmods.com · HN · 94 comments · 130 points · Sep 02, 2026
Ubisoft's FOR HONOR will block SteamOS / Linux players starting September 10↗ gamingonlinux.com · HN · 153 comments · 115 points · Sep 01, 2026
GamersNexus and LG: Or why rooting your TV is a bad idea↗ leaflet.pub · HN · 133 comments · 107 points · Sep 08, 2026
PlayStation cancels Kojima's PHYSINT, Xbox steps in↗ twitter.com · HN · 67 comments · 85 points · Sep 10, 2026
Tetris issues legal warning after White House releases arcade of parody games↗ dexerto.com · HN · 7 comments · 56 points · Sep 05, 2026
StarCraft returns in 2030 as an open-world shooter↗ theverge.com · HN · 84 comments · 55 points · Sep 12, 2026

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