Microsoft loses Brazilian court case after telling hacked Xbox user to re-purchase games — tech giant ordered to restore Xbox account with all games and pay $400 in damages

A Brazilian gamer who lost his Microsoft account and all his digital games has won a court order requiring the company to return them.

Steam sales reportedly topped $11 billion during H1 2026 due to shifting trends — staggering growth driven by influx of Chinese players and booming legacy catalogues

Steam made an estimated $11.1 billion in revenue in the first six months of 2026, according to estimates from research firm Alinea Analytics. That’s more than it did in the entire pandemic-ridden year of 2020. In fact, even last year’s holiday season made 8% less money than H1 2026, making this half Valve’s best-ever.

Future Nostalgia Project asks retro hoarders to ‘Copy That Floppy!’ — flips the early 1990s anti-piracy campaign on its head to encourage budding archivists
Future Nostalgia Project asks retro hoarders to ‘Copy That Floppy!’ — flips the early 1990s anti-piracy campaign on its head to encourage budding archivists

Flipping the infamous early 1990s anti-piracy campaign messaging on its head, the Future Nostalgia Project is asking retro hoarders to Copy That Floppy!

Cracked version of Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced leaked days prior to official release despite Denuvo DRM protection — Denuvo unable to stop crackers, with some finding ways to completely remove it from other titles

Ubisoft’s remake of the 2013 game has been circulating online more than a month before its official release date, despite Denuvo DRM protection. Incident questions the effectivity of anti-piracy app, which causes performance hits and requires intrusive online check-ins.

Modding tool ‘DLSS Swapper’ might infect your PC with malware if you download the wrong files — App creator warns against using random, user-submitted DLLs

The creator of DLSS Swapper is warning against using random DLLs that claim to fix issues pertaining to DLSS, FSR, or XeSS, even if said file is available on the app’s GitHub repo.

Valve releases drivers, notes to make Windows work on Steam hardware, but refuses to support it — tells users it doesn’t offer support for ‘Windows on Steam Hardware,’ gaming company provides resources ‘as is’

These drivers will make it easier for your Steam Deck or Steam Machine to play nicely with Windows 11. However, Valve says it does not offer customer support for ‘Windows on Steam Hardware,’ and instead points stuck users to the SteamOS recovery instructions.

Microsoft ‘resets’ Xbox by cutting 3,200 jobs this year, divesting five game studios — firm cites ‘margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses’
Microsoft ‘resets’ Xbox by cutting 3,200 jobs this year, divesting five game studios — firm cites ‘margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses’

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced that Microsoft’s gaming division will cut 3,200 jobs throughout FY27 and is spinning out studios but not canceling any games.