No Man’s Sky Turns 10, Steam Hardware Breach, Marvel Tōkon
Hello Games is celebrating a decade of No Man’s Sky after the game’s tenth year brought its highest player numbers since launch. Valve is warning European Steam hardware customers about a logistics-partner breach, while Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls begins patching a troubled PC launch .
No Man’s Sky Marks 10 Years With Record Player Numbers
No Man’s Sky reaches its 10th anniversary after Hello Games’ decade of free updates, with the studio saying its tenth year brought the game’s highest player numbers since launch . Sean Murray says tens of millions of people have played the space exploration game, while players have discovered less than 1% of its planets
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The anniversary follows more than 45 major updates since No Man’s Sky launched to negative reviews and criticism surrounding its pre-release hype . Hello Games’ anniversary messaging now spans both PlayStation and Xbox players
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Murray also says Hello Games continues working on Light No Fire and suggests the project is further along, while acknowledging that he has learned not to speak too soon about the studio’s games .
Valve Warns European Steam Hardware Customers After CEVA Data Breach
Valve says a cyberattack on CEVA Logistics, its European Steam hardware delivery partner, may have exposed the personal information of customers who ordered Steam hardware . The potentially compromised data includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, while Valve says payment information was not included
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The attack took place between July 29 and August 1, and CEVA notified Valve on August 7 . Valve says its own servers are safe and warns customers to expect fake messages referencing their hardware orders and appearing to come from Valve
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Marvel Tōkon Gets a 10 GB Patch After Troubled PC Launch
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls’ PC version is dealing with reports of stuttering, matchmaking problems, and heavy CPU strain during its opening week . Arc System Works took the game’s servers offline for maintenance on August 10 before deploying a 10 GB patch intended to improve the PC experience
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Initial results from the update appear mixed, with PC players still assessing whether the patch resolves the launch problems .
Australia Blocks Halloween: The Game as Xbox Adds R18+ Age Checks
IllFonic’s asymmetric horror game Halloween: The Game has been refused classification by Australia’s Classifications Board, preventing its sale in both Australia and New Zealand . The decision cites the presence of a controlled substance, with the game’s depiction of players smoking cannabis at the center of the refusal
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Xbox has also begun requiring Australian users to verify their age before buying R18+ games through Xbox consoles or the Microsoft Store on PC, with some users in New Zealand seeing the requirement as well . Games users already own are not affected, and the change follows updates to Australia’s online safety code requiring age verification for adult content
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Blizzard Leads Xbox Performance as id Software Cuts Draw Criticism
Blizzard is reportedly Xbox’s top-performing studio for fiscal year 2026, according to internal emails, with Overwatch and Diablo 4 identified as major contributors . Blizzard’s latest fiscal year is also described as its third-highest revenue year, with Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred and Overwatch among the strongest performers
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At id Software, lead services programmer Chris Hays says the studio is “not the same id” after layoffs . He also says it is impossible to make a triple-A game like 2016’s Doom with half the staff, criticizing Microsoft’s cuts at the developer
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