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With today's Steam update, you'll now find that many store pages throughout Steam are wider, making better use of your larger monitors and better organizing some of the information on screen. For users opted into the Steam client beta, these set of changes have been visible since late August while we refined the update and gave game developers a chance to prepare for wider store page assets. Today's update officially moves these changes out of beta to be fully public, widening many pages from 940 pixels to now 1200 pixels. If you have been opted into the beta, you've already been using the new wider store pages and won't see much change today. For those of you that haven't been opted into the Steam client beta, read on for a quick overview of the changes. A few upgrades for game store pagesThe biggest changes can be found on game store pages, where we've also recently updated the video player (you can read about that in our post from July: Steam Trailer Player Upgrades). Overhauled trailer/screenshot carouselThe trailer and screenshot carousel now supports three different modes (default, theater mode, full-screen mode) with the same functionality. All modes adhere to your preferences for whether to auto-play trailers and whether audio should be on or off by default. Higher resolution images - Since the page is wider, we can now show off more of the game detail represented in screenshots and trailers. New modes for even ******* viewing - In the lower-right corner of screenshots, you'll see two buttons for theater mode and full-screen mode. New theater mode - Pop open a view that covers most of your browser or Steam client window and flip through screenshots and trailers. New full-screen mode - The same functionality to flip through trailers and screenshots, but in full screen. More robust game descriptionsWe've also expanded the tools and options that game developers can make use of when explaining their game and showing off the features that make up their game. On many newer store pages, you'll see ******* and higher-quality images and more interesting formatting in the "About the Game" section. If you're curious about the improvement to the tools for game developers, you can read our Steamworks blog post, Beta: Wider store pages; Video support for written game descriptions Refined background imageryYou might also notice some subtle updates to the backgrounds of game store pages, allowing a little more of the color and texture of the game artwork to come through and give the store page a little more personality from the game. Minor updates across the Steam StoreAlong the way, we also widened a lot of pages across the Steam Store. Here are a few examples: Search results are wider and each row is slightly taller giving a little more room for the game artwork to increase in size. Bundle detail pages also now have slightly more colorful backgrounds and larger artwork in the list of contents. Recommendation pages like the Interactive Recommender and Popular Among Friends are wider. Store hubs such as for individual tags (eg. Supernatural) have always been a little wider than game pages. We updated these now to all be the same width. Steam Charts and News Hub were both slightly different sizes and even different sets of colors. These have been consolidated some to bring them more inline with Steam platform colors. You can explore all of the pages that make up the Steam store by visiting the site map. Frequently Asked QuestionsQ: Why 1200 pixels wide? A: We know many of you have 4k monitors with lots of pixels to spare (we can tell from the Steam Hardware Survey), our research shows that most players don't run the Steam client or web browsers full screen. While we experimented with different proportions, we found that 1200 pixels wide felt like a good balance where we can show more content on screen without overwhelming the page and making it hard to navigate. Q: What about the homepage? It doesn't look any wider. A: We've got some similar adjustments coming in the near future for the homepage, but they aren't quite ready yet. Stay tuned. Q: What happens if my browser or client window is narrower than 1200px? A: Steam store pages are designed to shrink appropriately to fit well within smaller size monitors, browsers, and Steam client windows. It also adapts in size to fit on tablets, Steam Decks, and mobile devices. We've even been testing on a tiny old iPod that someone had laying around (It mostly works, but things get pretty small). View the full article

With today's Steam update, you'll now find that many store pages throughout Steam are wider, making better use of your larger monitors and better organizing some of the information on screen. For users opted into the Steam client beta, these set of changes have been visible since late August while we refined the update and gave game developers a chance to prepare for wider store page assets. Today's update officially moves these changes out of beta to be fully public, widening many pages from 940 pixels to now 1200 pixels. If you have been opted into the beta, you've already been using the new wider store pages and won't see much change today. For those of you that haven't been opted into the Steam client beta, read on for a quick overview of the changes. A few upgrades for game store pagesThe biggest changes can be found on game store pages, where we've also recently updated the video player (you can read about that in our post from July: Steam Trailer Player Upgrades). Overhauled trailer/screenshot carouselThe trailer and screenshot carousel now supports three different modes (default, theater mode, full-screen mode) with the same functionality. All modes adhere to your preferences for whether to auto-play trailers and whether audio should be on or off by default. Higher resolution images - Since the page is wider, we can now show off more of the game detail represented in screenshots and trailers. New modes for even ******* viewing - In the lower-right corner of screenshots, you'll see two buttons for theater mode and full-screen mode. New theater mode - Pop open a view that covers most of your browser or Steam client window and flip through screenshots and trailers. New full-screen mode - The same functionality to flip through trailers and screenshots, but in full screen. More robust game descriptionsWe've also expanded the tools and options that game developers can make use of when explaining their game and showing off the features that make up their game. On many newer store pages, you'll see ******* and higher-quality images and more interesting formatting in the "About the Game" section. If you're curious about the improvement to the tools for game developers, you can read our Steamworks blog post, Beta: Wider store pages; Video support for written game descriptions Refined background imageryYou might also notice some subtle updates to the backgrounds of game store pages, allowing a little more of the color and texture of the game artwork to come through and give the store page a little more personality from the game. Minor updates across the Steam StoreAlong the way, we also widened a lot of pages across the Steam Store. Here are a few examples: Search results are wider and each row is slightly taller giving a little more room for the game artwork to increase in size. Bundle detail pages also now have slightly more colorful backgrounds and larger artwork in the list of contents. Recommendation pages like the Interactive Recommender and Popular Among Friends are wider. Store hubs such as for individual tags (eg. Supernatural) have always been a little wider than game pages. We updated these now to all be the same width. Steam Charts and News Hub were both slightly different sizes and even different sets of colors. These have been consolidated some to bring them more inline with Steam platform colors. You can explore all of the pages that make up the Steam store by visiting the site map. Frequently Asked QuestionsQ: Why 1200 pixels wide? A: We know many of you have 4k monitors with lots of pixels to spare (we can tell from the Steam Hardware Survey), our research shows that most players don't run the Steam client or web browsers full screen. While we experimented with different proportions, we found that 1200 pixels wide felt like a good balance where we can show more content on screen without overwhelming the page and making it hard to navigate. Q: What about the homepage? It doesn't look any wider. A: We've got some similar adjustments coming in the near future for the homepage, but they aren't quite ready yet. Stay tuned. Q: What happens if my browser or client window is narrower than 1200px? A: Steam store pages are designed to shrink appropriately to fit well within smaller size monitors, browsers, and Steam client windows. It also adapts in size to fit on tablets, Steam Decks, and mobile devices. We've even been testing on a tiny old iPod that someone had laying around (It mostly works, but things get pretty small). View the full article

The rarest Arc Raiders blueprints are up for *****, if you've got the cashView the full article

And "ALL future updates and expansions will be free"View the full article

Texas is suing Roblox Corporation for misleading parents about the dangers of its digital ecosystem. The Texas Attorney General’s office claims the company placed "pedophiles and profits" ahead of the safety of Roblox's youngest users. View the full article

Blizzard are adding a new premium virtual currency to World Of Warcraft alongside player housing in the MMO's forthcoming Midnight expansion. It's called Hearthsteel, and is "purchased with real money using your Battle.net balance and used in turn to buy Housing items from the Battle.net shop and in-game shop," as detailed in a blog post this week. Read more View the full article

Hearts of Iron 4 hasn't budged from its position as one of the best WW2 games on Steam for many years, and with good reason. But Paradox's tactics titan might have some serious competition on its hands from publisher Slitherine. Having already brought us the likes of Headquarters: World War II and Panzer Corps 2, it's just given us a proper look at Battleplan. Developed by Foolish Mortals, this new historical strategy game simulates "massive, month-long battles with hundreds of thousands of troops, second by second, day by day," and puts you right at the top level of command. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New WW2 strategy game Battleplan has you command armies with a stroke of a pen View the full article

Indie Spotlight | There's something very, very strange in these old woodsView the full article

I've said it before and, unless PC Gamer fires me for all that embezzling I've been doing, I'm bound to say it again: OpenMW is one of the coolest mod projects out there. Much like DevilutionX does for Diablo or Daggerfall Unity does for Daggerfall, OpenMW is an open-source engine reimplementation for The Elder Scrolls 3 that lets you play it on damn near any device and with a lot of mod-cons... Read more.View the full article

"Pivot or die." That's the message from Facepunch Studios as it unleashes the November Rust update, which takes last month's controversial, meta-shifting patch and ramps up the stakes even further. Holding onto the most-played spot among Steam's best survival games requires a fine balance between familiarity and freshness, and the new patch is all about rekindling the sense of discovery that made it special in the first place. As it continues "to make meaningful experimental changes to Rust's progression," Facepunch COO Alistair McFarlane says the team is "taking things a step further [...] by making progression easier." Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: New Hollow Knight Silksong update turns to a fan-made mod to solve its biggest remaining problem If you're tired of waiting for Subnautica 2, new survival game The Last Caretaker tasks a seafaring robot with saving humanity Dungeons and Dragons adventure Solasta 2 has just tightened its launch window, so get planning your class now View the full article

I really wanted to love the Glorious Model O 3 Wireless, and if that price drops significantly I may still.View the full article

If you're looking to upgrade from your aging and slow 1080p gaming monitor but have a limited budget, this Asus gaming monitor deal could be perfect for you. The Asus TUF Gaming VG259QMRL5A is a 310Hz gaming monitor that normally costs $200 but right now is down to just $149, making it one of the cheapest displays around that can hit such a high refresh rate. This isn't a super-basic display, either. Asus has given it an IPS LCD panel, rather than TN, so it offers good viewing angles and stable colors, plus its stand includes height, pivot, rotation, and tilt adjustment. Sure, it's never going to sit at the top of our best gaming monitor guide, but it offers a great set of specs for a bargain price, and is ideal for the best FPS games. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: This 180Hz, 1440p Asus gaming monitor was a premium buy until it got slapped with this huge $110 discount Asus is releasing a marshmallow keyboard and scented mouse, but I need to see s'more At $89.99, this 144Hz Asus gaming monitor is an absolute steal View the full article

Lethal Company, RV There Yet, Slots & Daggers, Cloverpit, the list goes onView the full article

Happy N7 DayView the full article

The November 6 weekly reset is minor but meaningfulView the full article

Placing it right behind Wii SportsView the full article

The Arc Raiders First Foothold mission is about finding four locations in The Blue Gate mapView the full article

Arc Raiders review: "The most memorable multiplayer experiences I've had all year – this shooter is tense but wonderfully approachable"View the full article

Morrowind just got even better with the new OpenMW 0.50.0 release, as the free and open source game engine reimplementation has some big fancy new features. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Apple is reportedly preparing to refresh the Mac Studio with M5 Max and M5 Ultra options. While the new mid-tier desktops do not yet have a confirmed release window, they could serve as the debut devices for Apple's upcoming top-tier SoCs. Read Entire Article View the full article

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I strongly believe that Japanese cards are much better than English Pokémon cards. The set that converted me into a believer was the Japanese version of Prismatic Evolutions - and it just happens that you can grab a Pokémon Terastal Festival booster box below market value with this latest deal. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Instead of a deck, this player's Pokémon TCG prerelease pack had 36 copies of the same card Newest Pokémon set revealed and released How to play Pokémon cards for beginners View the full article

If you’ve played any number of RPGs, you probably know the skill tree as a break from the game’s core action. It’s a place to pause, take a breather, and scroll through a massive visual menu of upgrade options, considering which path of stat and ability tweaks best fits your character and your play style. With Skigill, indie developer Achromi has taken that break-time menu and transformed it into the playing field for an intriguing Vampire Survivors-style roguelike. And while the Early Access game currently lacks the kind of deep content that will keep players coming back for a long time, it’s still a clever and engaging take on the genre that I haven’t been able to put down for long. Clear the way, I need +5 armor! Like Vampire Survivors and its many imitators, Skigill is all about navigating through waves of enemies that converge somewhat mindlessly on your position. The game automatically aims and deploys weapons to carve some safe space through what can be screens full of hazardous enemies, which leave behind coins as they explode in puffs of yellow smoke. Read full article Comments View the full article

Free League Publishing has just opened pre-orders for a new supplement themed around Saruman the White, for both its D&D 5e based Lord of the Rings Roleplaying system, and The One Ring RPG. Though the supplement has a different name in each game system - Trials of Saruman for D&D, Hands of the White Wizard in The One Ring - both are lengthy campaigns set before the War of the Ring that will see the players keep close company with the head of the White Council. A better excuse for dungeon masters to rehearse their Christopher Lee impressions I have yet to find. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: All DnD classes explained One small detail in Critical Role campaign 4 made me rethink how I DM D&D DnD character creator for beginners View the full article

Cole Wehrle, a designer with a small army of beloved board games under his belt, didn't get to where he is by playing by the rules. His designs challenge the player, requiring several playthroughs to fully uncover their vision. Wehrlegig Games, the historical board game publisher he co-runs, portrays periods in history that confront players with uncomfortable questions. And, as Wehrle himself tells me, its latest board game is "the most controversial game I've worked on". Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: The 'Board' game console could be the next Nintendo Wii, and I'm not exaggerating 200+ spicy Truth or Dare questions for couples, FWBs, and dirty game nights Our favorite new board games, as of November 2025 View the full article