February 9, 2026

When Australia implemented a social media ban for under-16 children last year, gaming platforms with social elements, ranging from Steam to Roblox, evaded the restrictions. But possibly not for long: Australian communications minister Anika Wells and the Australian eSafety commissioner’s office have both written to Roblox expressing concern over “graphic and gratuitous user-generated content”. Wells…

It’s been a minute since Valheim launched into early access, if “a minute” can mean “almost exactly five years.” While the Viking survival game has grown considerably since February 2021 with new biomes and bosses, and work continues on the final “Deep North” biome, some of Valheim’s developers have also been using their spare time…

It is happening again. At 10:47 am UTC on Sunday, February 8, a user named Woodwardo posted on the World of Warcraft subreddit to share a curious discovery: After making a new orc rogue, they had detected—through an unlikely pairing of camera placement and character highlighting—the presence of an invisible bunny aboard the vessel shepherding…

Indie team Talha Kaya and Jack King-Spooner, known for their surreal, stop-motion animated games, are going for the threepeat: Their third new game in as many years is Abide, an unnerving horror-mystery set in a sinister country retreat for mentally unwell patients. “You are staying at the St. Boniface retreat situated in the secluded and…

Discord has announced that, in March 2026, it will begin rolling out what it calls “teen-by-default settings” for everyone worldwide, requiring all users to complete an age verification process to avoid restrictions on content, settings, and communication. That process will require you to either scan your face or submit your government-issued ID. While Discord says…

Romeo Is a Dead Man, which launches this week, is a dizzying mismash of styles: 3D graphics, 2D animation, comic book cutscenes, 8- and 16-bit minigames, and more, intentionally jarring as it swaps from one to the next. Romeo’s hack-and-slash action is a lot more familiar. It’s similar enough to producer Suda51’s No More Heroes…

Remedy Entertainment’s new CEO is Jean-Charles Gaudechon, a former Electronic Arts and CCP Games executive who most recently headed up a couple of sports betting platforms. Gaudechon is not a name you likely recognize from his time at EA or CCP, but Remedy said he “held senior executive positions with full P&L responsibility” at both…

Instead of hunting the monsters, you’ll get to become the monsters in the Roblox adventure game Creatures of Sonaria. The roster is filled with kaiju-like critters to collect and power up, but customization is where it’s really at as Sonaria lets you paint and detail all of your big beasties. You can use Creatures of…