PC Gamer / Sep 4, 2026

September's schedule of new games, events, and updates refuses to let 2026 go down in history as a slow year for new releases

After a quiet few months, September finally hits the gas, and our list of monthly PC game happenings is filled with brand new adventures, series continuations, 1.0 updates, and events galore. I'm still playing catch-up after Gamescom, and now we've got Tokyo Game Show queued up soon. It's the same schedule every year, but somehow I'm always caught off guard.The Blood of Dawnwalker kicked off the month with a delightf

MassivelyOP / Sep 4, 2026

The Stream Team: Battle to beat the bots in Billie’s Wheelie

Have you been annoyed by bots? Massively OP’s MJ has the chance to beat some bots  — in a race, at least. And they are hamster bots no less! Billie’s Wheelie has added bots to racing, offering opponents to challenge even when friends can’t make it. (They aren’t scared, really.) MJ is eager to make […]

PC Gamer / Sep 4, 2026

As Wardogs blows past 200k Steam concurrents, its developers are prepared for the day 'hype dies down'

The way our hobby talks about player counts is all sorts of messed up. Steam concurrents are a useful metric for gauging a game's general popularity, but they paint an incomplete picture. They're a single data point, yet have become the flimsy scaffolding on which the internet builds elaborate headcanon about a game's quality, viability, or deadness. Sometimes dogpiling is so successful, and the resulting perception

MassivelyOP / Sep 4, 2026

Betawatch: ArcheAge Chronicles plans a network test for next weekend

It has been a tumultuous ride for fans of ArcheAge Chronicles as the game has gone through a whole lot of changes, but there is a network test coming up on September 12th. And what will that network test include? Testing the network, obviously. I mean, there will be more of the game playable as well. […]

PC Gamer / Sep 4, 2026

Celebrate Labor Day by playing Civilization 7 for free

The Labor Day weekend is upon us (in Canada and the US, anyway, and we'll be sure to spare a thought for our UK colleagues who will be working on Monday) and holy cow, it is about time. If you find yourself in need of something to do, here's a thought: Play Civilization 7, because it's free to play on Steam until September 10.Civ 7's had kind of a rough go of things since it launched in early 2025. It made some big c