Mike Straw: “Half-Life 3 is a Steam Machine launch title, Steam hardware set for Spring 2026”

Mike Straw from Insider Gaming:

Half-Life 3 is a Steam Machine launch title, Steam hardware set for Spring 2026.

The reason behind Half-Life 3 not being announced this year is that Valve's worried about the economics of RAM memory prices and it's affect on the hardware.

Pragmata on Nintendo Switch 2 is so high-quality that even developers were surprised

One of the more surprising announcements from The Game Awards is that the visually impressive sci-fi adventure Pragmata will launch on the Nintendo Switch 2 at the same time as other formats. In a new interview with the developers it has been revealed that the team were surprised at how the game holds up on the less powerful Nintendo Switch 2 console. In an interview with Famitsu the team says that visually it stands shoulder to shoulder with Resident Evil Requiem. There will soon be a demo for you to check out.

Oyama: “I think it’s reaching a level that stands shoulder to shoulder with Resident Evil: Requiem. We plan to release a demo on every home console the game will launch on, so I hope everyone will give it a try. It’​s shaping up to be something thoroughly enjoyable. Please wait just a little longer.”

Zhao: “When we first got it running on Switch 2, even the development team was surprised, saying, ‘Wow, it actually runs at this level of quality!’ The reaction was very positive.”

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There's some Switch 2 screens on the eshop. A bit aliased with an upscaler it looks like.

I'm not sure what to expect from RE9 on switch 2.

The £90, generation pack is finally listed on amazon.

travo said:

Regarding the hints, all previous Primes had hints. Just not a human giving them to you.

That's what I was thinking, the map used to point you where to head to. Now we have Miles radio in instead.