Find out if you can run a Marathon with the extraction shooter’s system requirements

Following such recent news highlights as “It’s out on March 5th” and “It’s got that Ben Starr guy in it,” Marathon’s announce-o-blaster continues firing with a newly unveiled set of PC system requirements. As seen on the Bungie FPS’s Steam page, they’re nicely accommodating to cheapo rigs and older tech, though are missing any storage requirements.

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Steam’s ‘complete the set’ bundles can now be gifted, with bits your mates already own accounted for

If you’ve been waiting to bless one of your friends with an entire dump truck worth of games in a series they’ve enjoyed one entry of, then good news. Valve have made Steam’s ‘complete the set’ bundles giftable, with prices adjusting to match whichever bits the recipient might already own – so you’re not in danger of hurling someone their second copy of Fallout 4 on one storefront.

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RuneScape’s Treasure Hunter microtransactions are now gone, restoring integrity as Jagex reveal integrity-focused 2026 plans integratively

Integrity. Inteh-gritty. In-teh-grih-teh. That’s the word of the day when it comes to 2026 RuneScape, or at least it will be if the plans Jagex have just laid out work as intended. To be fair, pushing the big button that finally gets rid of those Treasure Hunter microtransactions folks vocally disliked is a good start.

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An ARC Raiders auction house would be “risky”, but Embark are looking at a playable Speranza hub and an actual trading animation

The winter abates, the days begin to lengthen, the snowdrops creep forth from their burrows, and the raiders of ARC Raiders carry on raiding Arcs. Developers Embark have also done another round of interviews, in which they discuss plans for ARC Raiders updates in 2026, and in particular, address the question of whether to implement a player-trading menu and/or some kind of auction house feature. Right now, you can only officially barter with NPC merchants.

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Alleged Fable concept art seems to point towards a return to Fable 2’s rogueish hive of scum and pub islands

A bunch of alleged concept art for the Fable reboot has reportedly been unearthed via a developer’s portfolio, ahead of the RPG’s appearance at this week’s Xbox showcase. As of writing, there’s no indication as to what stage of developement the apparent game art could be from. However, if it’s genuine, it does seem to point towards a location from Fable 2 making a return in the reboot.

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You’ll no longer earn Steam points from community awards, as Valve try to kill off clownface-farming

Valve have made changes to Steam’s community awards system to discourage people from posting daft and angry posts in order to farm Steam points. You will, in fact, no longer be able to receive Steam points from other users when they give you awards. Adding insult to injury, there’s a new set of awards that are explicitly designed to spread goodwill. Filth!

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Mochi-O’s hamster warfare is a sweet, swift sugar rush

As seen in The Maw, fluffy defence shooter Mochi-O is out today, and – judging from the Steam demo I’ve played – is an at least passingly entertaining MIRV explosion of gleeful nonsense. Landing somewhere between tower defence, Vampire Survivors, and Tamagotchi, it has you holding up a genetically engineered hamster-like creature up to a window and blasting waves of attackers with the mounted weapons systems hidden in his fur. Then, setting him down and giving him a good long scritch.

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Hytale’s first major update adds in dinosaurs, stops skeletons drowning and lets you have an early night

A first major update for Minecrafty block-build-and-basher Hytale arrived over the weekend, and it’s added in some extra danger. There are now dinosaurs running around in the underground jungles. These are work-in-progress dinos, so who knows what might happen if you end up earning their big lizard ire. Also, the in-game bedtime’s now half past seven.

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