gaming articles published February 8, 2026

February 8 articles

• Fallout was a 'B-tier product' that lost both the licenses it was banking on and had its lead dev joking, 'In a week, we’re going to be asking whether people want fries with their meal,' but now he thinks those trials 'turned out to be positives'
• Just in time for Hollow Knight's 9th birthday, Team Cherry rolled out its first update in years, including better support for ultrawide monitors and the Steam Deck screen
• Overwatch creeps past Battlefield 6 and Call of Duty's concurrent players on Steam, hitting its biggest peak in years
• Thanks to one mad modder, we can now play Doom on an in-game computer inside another FPS
• 14 Years Ago, Steam Launched One Of Its Most Controversial Platforms
• The new Kirby Air Riders update lets you play against friends that don’t own a Switch 2 — and it feels like a real throwback to the Nintendo DS glory days
• Arknights Endfield All Active and Expired Codes
• DirectStorage was supposed to revolutionize gaming—But is it even working on your PC?
• The Dark West, an Occult Action-RPG, Announced for PC
• Strange and excellent Morrowind-like RPG with 90% positive Steam reviews is finally coming to PS5, Xbox, and Switch 2
• Modders have already put mechs, music boxes, and an 'MMO-style dungeon' in Hytale, impressing Hypixel founder: 'Absolutely crazy talented'
• Sometimes simple character designs make the most effective cosplays, and this group of Peak Scouts is the perfect example of that
• Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition gets a massive update introducing Steam Workshop support, 10 new maps, and a 10-mission cooperative campaign
• This tiny $49 controller reignited my love for cozy phone games
• Debate: Who is the best videogame composer of all time?
• New Overwatch actor addresses the "elephant in the room," says she had to "mourn" her character's redesign: "Let's keep rooting for the version of her that could be"
• The 5 Best Controller Options For Your Steam Deck
• 'A classic fake reflection where it's just the same room under a glass floor': I no longer trust my senses after reading this gamedev thread breaking down cost-effective graphical sorcery
• A GTA modder has got the 1997 original working perfectly on modern PCs and Steam Deck, and it's a joy to behold: 'I wanted pick up-and-play GTA on Windows with the best possible compatibility without classic installation'
• The cowards at Razer won’t give me the heated gaming chair of my dreams — but DX Racer delivered something just as amazing
• 'Overwatch' beats Call of Duty and Battlefield 6 on Steam
• Former Mass Effect devs know "there's a hunger" for big RPGs, so there's an "unbelievable amount of pressure" when making their upcoming sci-fi romp Exodus
• This Xbox One S mod hides a full Windows gaming PC within the original shell — sleek design retains a working optical drive
• You've had Skate Story, now get ready for Skate Style, a 'next-gen skateboarding game' that lets you customise your character's animations
• PS Plus Users Get Free PS5 Upgrade for Hit Adventure Game
• Fallout co-creator wasn't allowed to share ideas with the rest of the team, so he showed the engine that would eventually power the RPG at a secret pizza party
• Terraria's biggest mod manager will require months before it's fully compatible with the 1.4.5 patch: 'Updating tModLoader to major Terraria releases is a huge undertaking'
• Horses dev says Epic Games Store made "provably incorrect" comments about the banned horror game: "They have effectively ghosted us"
• Exclusive: Microsoft’s 2027 Xbox could be a huge shift for the platform
• Should You Pull For SSR Sasami Anshinzawa And SR Tamamo Cross In Umamusume: Pretty Derby?
• How Nyamakop built Relooted’s heist gameplay by learning from Teardown
• Timberborn gets a 1.0 release date and new 'lore trailer' showing some very thirsty beavers
• Developer creates real-time 3D shader demo for the Game Boy Color — you can download the ROM or interact with the 3D teapot online
• Warcraft, Overwatch, and Diablo studio Blizzard Entertainment hits 35 years old — marks its first milestone under Microsoft Gaming
• Why do the female characters in Overwatch all look the same?
• The Top 10 Nintendo Switch 2 From February's Nintendo Direct
• I thought I was finally free from stealth-focused Skyrim builds, then someone modded in the ability to hide in bushes
• '90s Video Games That Secretly Inspired Modern Franchises
• Witcher 3 mod restores a darker ending for the Hearts of Stone expansion that was cut during development
• 5 Games With Terrible Endings
• 5 Games With Terrible Endings