Borderlands 4 has launched on Steam to big concurrent player numbers, but the release was marred by complaints about PC performance that have resulted in a ‘mixed’ user review rating on Valve’s platform. Borderlands 4 peaked at 207,479 concurrent player numbers on Steam yesterday, September 11, which was significantly higher than any previous Borderlands before it. However, the game launched …
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Why Borderlands 4 is ‘Mixed’ on Steam at launch
One of 2025’s most-anticipated new games, Gearbox Software’s latest co-op looter shooter Borderlands 4, has finally launched in many regions on Windows PC, with further arrivals on the platform and on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch 2 consoles soon to come once the game’s launch times all come to pass. But while the new title is off …
Read More »Borderlands 4 Has Mostly Negative Steam Reviews Over Poor Performance
Borderlands 4 has finally arrived, but for some, the big occasion hasn’t quite gone to plan. Before launch, there were a lot of concerns regarding Borderlands 4’s potential performance, especially on PC. Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford claimed it would be “unplayable” on anything below minimum specs, and a promo video on Conan O’Brien’s Clueless Gamer series that featured the game …
Read More »ICE ‘Gathering Steam’ In Chicago As Pritzker Slams Trump’s ‘Nefarious Plan’
PILSEN — Gov. JB Pritzker warned Chicagoans Tuesday that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision could embolden federal immigration agents in the city to ramp up detentions of residents based on the language they speak or what they look like. A day earlier, the launch of the “Operation Midway Blitz” campaign by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement coincided with a …
Read More »Atari launched its own Metroidvania on the same day as Silksong, but it’s only hit 12 concurrent players on Steam
Atari’s decision to release its own Metroidvania game on the same day as Hollow Knight: Silksong appears to have seriously harmed its initial momentum. Adventure of Samsara is a modern reboot of Adventure, the 1980 action-adventure title credited as one of the most influential games of all time. The game, which is developed by Brazilian studio Ilex Games and published …
Read More »Oblivion Remastered Drops To Mixed Review Status On Steam
When The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion got its fancy new remaster earlier this year, fans of Bethesda’s open-world RPGs, myself included, were elated at the return of this vintage classic. Sadly, the enthusiasm wasn’t made to last. As seems befitting of its origins as a Bethesda-developed game, Oblivion Remastered is plagued by bugs and crashes on PC, especially following its …
Read More »Hollow Knight: Silksong is breaking Steam, Nintendo’s eShop
An influx of players excited for this morning’s launch of Hollow Knight: Silksong are encountering widespread errors purchasing and downloading the game from Steam this morning. Ars Technica writers have encountered errors getting store pages to load, adding the game to an online shopping cart, and checking out once the game is part of the cart. That aligns with widespread …
Read More »Silksong’s release is hammering Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo stores
Hollow Knight: Silksong launched today, and immediately afterward the major video game storefronts were struggling to stay online. Shortly after Silksong’s 10 AM ET release time, Steam, the Nintendo eShop, Xbox, and PlayStation stores all displayed error messages or failed to load entirely. The hype for Silksong has also been a boon to the original Hollow Knight. In the days …
Read More »Silksong fans have brought down the eShop, Steam and Xbox Store
Hollow Knight: Silksong is officially available for purchase, after six long years of waiting. The anticipation is at a fever pitch. Fans have swarmed to Steam to purchase the game and, well, it looks like they overloaded the system and shut it down. The same thing seems to be happening to the Nintendo eShop and the Xbox Store. Multiple social …
Read More »Hollow Knight: Silksong causes server chaos on Xbox, Steam, and Nintendo as platforms grind to a halt
A little game by the name of Hollow Knight: Silksong just released, and it has thrown platforms into chaos. As you can see from images captured by the Eurogamer team, the likes of Steam was brought to a grinding halt as many flocked to get their hands on the highly-anticipated sequel. Meanwhile, several of us have been unable to add …
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