After deciding to make a MOBA, Quantic Dream also decides to release it at the same time as the Marathon server slam, the first Horizon Hunters Gather playtest, and the Steam Next Fest

After deciding to make a MOBA, Quantic Dream also decides to release it at the same time as the Marathon server slam, the first Horizon Hunters Gather playtest, and the Steam Next Fest | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these Puzzle Devs behind GoldenEye, Perfect Dark and TimeSplitters are done with big shooters after getting burned by Embracer, so their next game is a Balatro-like twist on Scrabble—and you can try the demo now FPS Hours before its open preview weekend, Marathon is suddenly very close to the top of Steam’s top sellers list Action Just Cause dev co-founder says the studio got too big and ‘numbers focused,’ so he quit and made a $25 open world crime brawler Games Upcoming 2026 games: All the new PC games you won’t want to miss, from big hits to hidden gems Roguelike The devs of a promising Slay the Spire-alike are delaying their game to Dodge and Roll away from Slay the Spire 2’s launch: ‘You’ll be playing it, we’ll be playing it, everyone will be playing it’ RPG ‘We lost things such as physics in games:’ The dev behind my most anticipated RPG thinks players are craving more interactive games, not just ‘moving around in a static 3D environment’ Games Steam Next Fest is back and you’ve once again got just 7 days to find your favorite demos among hundreds of choices Action Boy, this is awkward: Sony drops the first Horizon Hunters Gathering playtest directly on top of the Marathon server slam this weekend Platforms Five new Steam games you probably missed (February 23, 2026) Games New games 2025: The year’s PC game releases FPS Marathon Server Slam update: Bungie says if you’re not getting enough PvP action, maybe you’re just not looking for fights in the right places Games Steam Next Fest’s top demos were packed with gnomeslop hijinks, open world piracy, and vampire card battling, but then—well—Marathon happened FPS Hellscreen, the FPS with a rear-view mirror, has left Steam early access two episodes short of its original plan: ‘This is a bittersweet experience for me’ Action The Awaysis demo has taught me what Diablo always needed was a crumb of Gang Beasts slapstick MOBA I’m sad Deadlock is ‘just’ a MOBA—not because I don’t like them, but because I’m in love with Valve’s lore and characters enough to want any other game instead PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!Resident EvilArc RaidersBest PC gearGame Quizzes Games MOBA Spellcasters Chronicles After deciding to make a MOBA, Quantic Dream also decides to release it at the same time as the Marathon server slam, the first Horizon Hunters Gather playtest, and the Steam Next Fest News By Andy Chalk published 27 February 2026 You know how some studios delayed their games to avoid Cyberpunk 2077 and Grand Theft Auto 6? 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The Marathon server slam is the big attention-getter of the moment, but Sony also got the first playtest for Horizon Hunters Gathering going on this weekend for some reason, and of course the Steam Next Fest is wrapping up over the next few days, and there’s a lot of very cool stuff coming out of that.On top of all that, Spellcasters Chronicles is now in early access on Steam, a much lower-key affair but still interesting because it’s being developed by Quantic Dream, and is absolutely nothing like anything Quantic Dream has ever done before. The studio’s previous games, like Heavy Rain, Beyond: Two Souls, and Detroit: Become Human, are all adventure (or action-adventures, if you want to get fiddly about it), but for Spellcasters Chronicles the studio decided to give ‘er hell with a MOBA.Our initial impressions were positive: PC Gamer’s Elie Gould spent some time with a Spellcasters Chronicles beta last year and declared it “exciting enough that I want to put extra time and energy into figuring out its details.” The reception of the early access release has been somewhat cooler, however: Significant performance and stability issues seem to be the most common problem, but there are also complaints about a perceived lack of development progress from the beta builds to the early access release. Related articles Spellcasters