Steam has reached 10 million concurrent in-game players for the first time, as well as 32 million concurrently online users today.https://t.co/D6WDHbz0B4 pic.twitter.com/rbRabSCLye

— SteamDB (@SteamDB) January 7, 2023

This is a new milestone for Steam, where the in-game concurrent were at 10,082,055 million and the concurrently online users – those who are simply on Steam but not necessarily playing a game – were at 32,186,301.

The milestone was reached following the holiday season and the end of one of Steam’s big sales. It also comes at a time where there aren’t any major new game releases. This milestones were reached on Saturday, January 7.

The peak concurrents during Thanksgiving 2021 was at 27.3 million, and it has continued to grow and grow since then.

After 3 days and 199 tries MissMikkaa killed Elden Ring’s hardest boss Malenia twice simultaneously (with a dance pad & controller).

This astonishing accomplishment took place during an “Ultimate Challenge Run,” where she tasked herself with playing two Elden Rings games simultaneously with different controllers (Dance Pad & PS5 DualSense). She killed the bosses on the same try in both instances.

In the beginning she was not even sure if this run was possible. But now she plans on taking down Radagon/Elden Beast next.

Looks like nothing is impossible for her.

Vampire Survivors developer Poncle was forced to release its game on mobile “ASAP” to fight copycats, who released actual clones with one to one copies with stolen code, assets, data, progression & much more.

This new mobile version of Vampire Survivors was released on Android and IOS in early December 2022. But as it was a quick release the initial launch left out features like cloud servers and save transfers. But now the full game is available for download now, for free on both iOS and Android.

The popular roguelite, Vampire Survivors is currently one of the most popular games on the Steam Deck.

The new handheld gaming device, announced during CES 2023 – Razer Edge will be launched on January 26 for $400.

Razer Edge features a 6.8″ OLED display with 144Hz refresh rate, running on the newest Snapdragon G3x chip, with 128GB storage that can be expanded to 2TB via the microSD slot. The unit also includes a removable Kishi V2 Pro controller bundled in.

The Wi-Fi version will be sold through Razer.com and RazerStore locations, while a Razer Edge 5G version will be sold through Verizon.com and Verizon stores for $600. Alternatively, members who add the 5G Edge to an existing plan can get it for $360, or $10/month for 36 months

CD Projekt Red will pay out $1.85 million to investors over Cyberpunk 2077’s rocky launch.

In 2020, the investors filed a class-action lawsuit against CD Projekt Red and claimed that Cyberpunk 2077’s buggy launch state was hidden from investors and that caused them a lose of money.

The settlement sum will cover eligible class members, settlement administration costs, taxes, attorney’s fees and costs, and much more.

Eligible class members are defined as any investor who purchased a CD Projekt Red stock between January 16, 2020 to December 17, 2020.

In 2023, Cyberpunk 2077 is getting an expansion called Phantom Liberty.

Almost one month after Dwarf Fortress officially arrived on Steam, co-designer and programmer Tarn Adams has shared a huge milestone in a recent forum post, & confirmed that the game has sold almost 500,000 copies in December.

He also promised that more bug fixes and quality-of-life updates are coming, as well as arena mode. In the mean time the good news is Steam reviews shows an “overwhelmingly positive” reception from players.

Dr. Serkan Toto of Kantan Games has predicted that gamers should expect a rise in prices for games, hardware, and subscriptions in 2023 as studios are trying to catch up with the rise of production and other costs in game development.

It won’t be the case with Nintendo Switch, but Microsoft, has already announced that it is raising prices on its AAA games in 2023 from $60 to $70. All of Microsoft’s games are also included with Xbox Game Pass, and some believe that subscription service will see a price increase, too.

So we simply need to wait & watch.