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  CultureNews

  A Steam Sale’s Background Art Was Filled With Hidden Free Game Codes

  Publisher Team 17's Hidden Treasures sale included some sneaky freebies if you looked carefully

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 12, 2026
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  CultureFeature

  10 Mysterious Games To Check Out In Steam’s Detective Fest

  Some coming soon, some out now, here are some investigative games you've yet to discover

  By John Walker Published January 12, 2026
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  CultureOdds and Ends

  Kojima Tries To Describe The Nightmare Fuel Haunting His Sleep, Including Creature Bites And ‘Voluptuous Nude Women’

  The Death Stranding 2 director thought a dream diary would help him sleep better

  Bee Wertheimer Published January 12, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Oh, Thank Goodness Arc Raiders Isn’t A First-Person Game

  A hack to tweak the game to first-person makes it far too scary

  By John Walker Published January 12, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Nintendo Asked About Spiraling RAM Costs As Fans Worry About A Switch 2 Price Increase

  Nintendo isn't ready to comment on hypotheticals

  Jeffrey Rousseau Published January 12, 2026
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  Entertainment

  A Dog Beat Alison Brie And Ethan Hawke For An Acting Award, And No, This Isn’t The Plot Of A New Air Bud

  Indy led the horror movie Good Boy without any acting training

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 12, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Comparing Pokémon’s New $200 Lego Pikachu With Mega Bloks’ $50 Version

  What does that extra $150 get you? Not much, actually...

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 12, 2026
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  CultureMorning Checkpoint

  Not-Pokémon With Guns Survival Sim Palworld Is Launching A Not-Pokémon Card Game

  Also: don't throw away your PC gaming rig's old power supply just yet

  By Ethan Gach Published January 12, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Fortnite‘s Steal The Brainrot Will Now Subject Millions Of Kids To Grim Microtransactions And Gambling

  Player-created Islands can now make income through V-Bucks sales

  By John Walker Published January 12, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Looks Like 2026 Just Got Its First Stinker

  Code Violet is a cross between Resident Evil and Dino Crisis and it’s nowhere near as cool as that sounds

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 12, 2026
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  CulturePokemon

  The Pokémon Lego Sets Are Incredible And Expensive

  The collaboration was teased almost a full year ago

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 12, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Peak Dev Explains The Completely Bonkers Psychology Behind Game Prices

  Sometimes 1+1 does equal 3 in the minds of Steam users

  By Ethan Gach Published January 12, 2026
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  CultureNews

  2026 RPG That Lets You Ride Dragons Promises A Map Twice The Size of Skyrim

  Devs are still gloating about giant worlds without telling us what you can do in them

  Justin Clark Published January 9, 2026
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  Report

  Mothership Is A New Website About Gender And Games Which Feels Like A Radical Thing To Launch In 2026 But Shouldn’t Be

  Founded by ex-Polygon editors, it's for her, them, and even him

  By Ethan Gach Published January 9, 2026
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  CultureNews

  GameStop CEO Aims For $35 Billion Payout As Stores Close By The Hundreds

  There's a good chance your local GameStop has closed, but don't worry, CEO Ryan Cohen should be just fine

  Luis Gutierrez Published January 9, 2026
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  CultureNews

  AI-Fueled PC Gaming Crisis Has One Store Begging For People’s Old Rigs

  A large shop in Japan has barren shelves and is running low on gaming PCs as hardware around the world gets more expensive

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 9, 2026
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  OpinionCommentary

  Elon Musk’s Bot Lies About Locking Deepfake Nudity Factory Behind A Paywall

  The generative-AI tool Grok has been found to be producing images of undressed minors

  By John Walker Published January 9, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Boss Says Only ‘Terminally Online Culture Warriors’ Care About Controversies

  People online spent a lot of time arguing about representation in the first and second games, but Warhorse's co-founder isn't too concerned

  By Zack Zwiezen Published January 9, 2026
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  CultureMorning Checkpoint

  Would You Pay Over $1,000 For A Steam Machine?

  Also: a mystery game is set to appear at the first Xbox showcase of the year

  By Ethan Gach Published January 9, 2026
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  CultureNews

  Larian Explains Why Baldur’s Gate 3’s Most Underserved Companion Felt Shortchanged

  Wyll was rewritten in the development phase, but that’s not the only reason he has less involvement than other companions

  By Kenneth Shepard Published January 9, 2026