Valve is meant to disclose pre-order choices for the Steam Machine in early 2026 however PC gaming costs are getting uncontrolled. Ubisoft is already hyping up The Division 3. And a thriller sport is ready to look on the first Xbox showcase of 2026. Pentiment 2? It’s one other version of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming news and culture.
While it’s been the case for years now that bodily video games include nearly nothing contained in the case however the disc, I nonetheless really feel a brutal pang of disappointment every time I encounter it. I not too long ago purchased a handful of discounted video games over the holidays and whereas their presence on my cabinets pleases me, I can’t completely shake the disturbing void hiding inside. It makes the uncommon sport that does come packed stuffed with inserts all the more special.
A Czech retailer has placeholder pricing for the Steam Machine beginning at $950
Clawsomegamer discovered the element within the supply code for the online itemizing at Smarty.cz. That’s not an official retail associate for the machine, making it additional unlikely that that is really reflective of Valve’s pricing technique fairly than retailers simply inserting placeholder guesstimates (Smarty.cz has $1,070 for the 2TB model). Nonetheless, it does have individuals frightened about what sort of sticker shock they may ultimately see as current RAM shortages propel PC gaming part costs through the roof at the beginning of 2026.
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A Czech retailer (https://t.co/XIPdLHBOif) has already put up a preliminary itemizing for the upcoming Valve Steam Machine (512GB) 👀
The product web page would not show a public value but, however checking the positioning’s supply code by way of browser developer instruments reveals a… pic.twitter.com/QRqJxbnT6x
— Clawsomegamer (@Clawsomegamer) January 9, 2026
Valve beforehand promised to disclose extra details about its new lounge console early this 12 months, however these plans may very well be pushed again if the present provide chain points are making it more durable to get the primary wave of gadgets manufactured at an reasonably priced value level. Whereas Valve has hinted that Steam Machines can be priced extra like a gaming PC than a $500 console, nobody is aware of if which means nearer to $700 or nearer to $1,000. The corporate did hint that it’s not going to be utilizing income from Steam to subsidize the worth.
An Xbox showcase later this month hides a thriller sport reveal
A fourth sport on the Dev Direct going down on January 22 was first teased by Shinobi602. VGC corroborated the trace and reports that the thriller launch is “a smaller-scale original game from one of Xbox Game Studios’ first-party developers.” That implies it may very well be a aspect mission within the mildew of Obsidian Leisure’s Pentiment.
Fable will come to PS5, too
However there’s extra! Alongside Forza Horizon 6 and Recreation Freak’s Beast of Reincarnation, each already confirmed for PS5, VGC also reports that Fable is in improvement for the Sony platform as properly. Xbox exclusivity is lifeless, sure, however the query stays whether or not Microsoft will push to start out getting these multiplatform releases out day-and-date or nonetheless stagger them the place it sees match.
Helldivers 2 kicks off its deadliest 12 months but
Unusual new Illuminate buildings are popping up within the extraction shooter after Arrowhead Recreation Studios promised gamers that 2026 can be even bloodier for the forces of house fascism. “A lot of Helldivers will die,” CEO Shams Jorjani not too long ago teased on the sport’s Discord when speaking in regards to the studio’s upcoming plans. Arrowhead can have its work reduce out for it after followers spent the early a part of final summer season beating back an invasion of Super Earth.
The place Winds Meet begins 2026 off sturdy
The shock open-world hit on console and PC has dropped its 1.2 update that provides a brand new boss struggle, Guild Battles, and different actions forward of further chapters coming later this month and subsequent.
The Division 3 is shaping as much as be a “monster”
That’s based on govt producer Julian Gerighty. “It’s shaping up to be a monster,” he instructed followers in a new Ubisoft vidoc. “I can’t really say anything more than that. But within these walls [at] Massive, we are working extremely hard on something that I think will [have] as big an impact as The Division 1 was.” There’s no launch date in sight for the sequel and Huge continues to be producing new content material for The Division 2. Discovering a option to mix the innovation and novelty of the primary sport with the gameplay polish and scope of the second may very well be a recipe for one thing particular. Additionally one thing that takes a very long time to make.
Warner Bros. Video games has laid off workers at its San Francisco studio
Game Developer reports that an unknown variety of workers on the cellular studio that works on video games like DC Worlds Collide have been fired again in December.
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