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Story 01 Extraction shooters Engadget

Marathon Goes Free June 2 to 9 as Season 2 Launches With Duos and PvE Modes

Bungie is opening Marathon to all players at no cost from June 2 through June 9, timed to the Season 2 launch. Progress earned during the free week carries into the paid game permanently. Season 2 adds the Sentinel class, a nighttime version of the Dire Marsh map, a Cradle ship customization system, a rotating Duos queue, and new PvE-lite and PvP-lite modes. The free week comes as Marathon's Steam concurrent count sits below 15% of its launch-day peak of 88,337 players.

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Story 02 FPS Valorant Official Patch Notes

Valorant 12.10 Adds Replay Friend Sharing Ahead of Masters London

Riot released Valorant Patch 12.10 on May 27, adding replay friend sharing: players can now watch their friends' replays directly from the Career page across all eligible modes. Two new warehouse Skirmish layouts, Skirmish D and Skirmish E, also went live. Masters London Pick'Ems opened the same day for Swiss Stage predictions. Patch 12.09, released May 13, shipped the long-awaited shotgun and Neon nerfs that standardized spread and accuracy across the Bucky, Judge, and Shorty.

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Story 03 Hardware Kotaku

Valve Raises Steam Deck OLED Prices by Up to $300, Blaming AI Chip Demand

Valve increased Steam Deck OLED prices on May 27. The 1TB model jumped from $650 to $950, a $300 increase, and the 512GB model moved from $550 to $790. Valve pointed to rising memory, SSD, and GPU component costs driven by AI data center procurement outbidding gaming hardware manufacturers for DRAM and NAND flash at shared foundries. Nintendo cited the same chip pressure when it raised Switch 2 prices earlier this month. Refurbished Steam Deck units remain at older prices for now.

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Story 04 Hardware PC Gamer

Intel Launches Arc G-Series Handheld Gaming Chips to Challenge AMD at Computex

Intel announced the Arc G-Series at Computex on May 28, entering the handheld gaming PC market that AMD has controlled since the original Steam Deck. The Arc G3 and Arc G3 Extreme use a 10-core Xe3 GPU architecture paired with XeSS 3 AI upscaling to target stable frame rates in AAA titles without heavy thermal throttling. First announced devices include the Acer Predator Atlas 8 (8-inch 120Hz display, up to 24GB LPDDR5x RAM) and the MSI Claw 8 EX AI+. Both are expected to ship in June 2026.

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Jason Voorhees Confirmed for Dead by Daylight's 10th Anniversary, Arriving June 16

Behaviour Interactive officially confirmed Jason Voorhees as Dead by Daylight's next licensed killer, arriving June 16 to mark the game's 10th anniversary. Jason has been the community's most-requested addition since the game launched in 2016. His kit includes Omnipresent Evil (stealth and tracking) and Improvised Carnage (throwable projectiles that stagger and disorient survivors from cover). A Steam public test build opened in late May for early preview. Four cosmetics, including the classic hockey mask outfit, launch alongside him.

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