Open-world pirate games are so back: Windrose hits 1.5 million Steam wishlists as 800,000 players convince devs to leave the bangin’ demo up until launch March 24, 2026 / admin / retro news “We were not expecting this momentum to continue” Read More 2019
Marathon sold just 1.2 million copies with nearly 70% on Steam, analyst estimates: “It hasn’t exactly made the splash Sony and Bungie wanted” March 24, 2026 / admin / retro news “Players understand the Arc Raiders loop within 30 minutes, while Marathon’s UI acts as a massive filter” Read More 2019
After breaking GTA 6’s record, the Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer has crossed 1 billion views faster than any movie in history March 24, 2026 / admin / retro news Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits theaters in July Read More 2019
“Weird and bats**t” Steam launch of two different indie games with the same name ended in 3x more sales than expected: “It all absolutely popped off” March 24, 2026 / admin / retro news Piece by Piece is doing well, thanks to Piece by Piece Read More 2019
“We’ve sportified Steam charts” according to Warframe boss, who sees gamers obsessing over player counts the way “baseball freaks” dig into batting averages March 24, 2026 / admin / retro news “Every time I see Steam chart discourse, it’s like people are voting for their teams in a way that reminds me of checking a MLB player’s batting average” Read More 2019
Arc Raiders once had an Arc called The Cylinder of Pain, so I asked Embark about The Cylinder of Pain, and it turns out The Cylinder of Pain was a proto-Bastion with a big cylinder – of pain March 24, 2026 / admin / retro news “And without spoiling anything, I hope, in the future, we will revisit many of those” Read More 2019