Valve Raises Steam Deck Prices over 40%
Plus the next Call of Duty game is announced
Valve is once again taking orders for the Steam Deck. However, if you want one, it’ll cost significantly more than a year ago. Also, Activision announced the next Call of Duty game. All this and more of the latest gaming news. Let’s go!
Steam Decks your Wallet
For those who want to buy a Steam Deck, the good news is Valve has started restocking the popular handheld device.
The bad news is, it will cost you much, much more.
The four-year-old gaming system saw a price increase of over 40%. The 512GB version of the Steam Deck OLED went from $549 to $789, while the 1TB version jumped from $649 to $949. In a statement on the Steam Deck community page, Valve said:
Steam Deck itself hasn’t changed; these new prices reflect the current state of component costs and other global logistical challenges across the industry as a whole. We’ll keep you updated if anything changes.
Despite the devices going up over $200 each, the Steam Deck was once again sold out in the U.S. and Canada within 24 hours.
Activision announces Modern Warfare 4
Activision announced their 2026 installment in the Call of Duty franchise, Modern Warfare 4.
The game is set in the Koreas, and imagines a current-day invasion of South Korea by the North. The game is being made by Activision studio Infinity Ward, their first game since Modern Warfare 2 in 2022. Modern Warfare 4 will also bring back the series’ extraction shooter mode, DMZ.
The new game will be the first to only launch on current generation consoles, skipping the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Activision also says it will discontinue support for Warzone on those older platforms as well. Modern Warfare 4 will be the first Call of Duty game to launch on the Switch 2.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 arrives October 23 on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC.
Side Quests (more stories worth reading)
🎴 More Pokémon cards were printed last year (10 billion) than the number of people alive on this planet (8.3 billion), and there were still shortages (of the cards, not people).
😮 The Witcher 3 is getting a new expansion next year called Songs of the Past. The game has sold over 65 million copies.
⚖️ A bill that would require game manufacturers to make online games playable offline or refund players when the company shuts down its servers was passed by the California State Assembly.
🎉 Check out everything announced at Minecraft Live May 2026.
😢 Bungie reportedly considered relaunching Destiny 2 as Destiny Infinity before deciding to shut down the game.
🗓️ PlayStation 5 exclusive game Destruction AllStars was delisted and is shutting down November 25.
❎ Details about a remastered version of Rayman Origins leaked on the Xbox store.
🗓️ The new Fable game has been delayed until February of 2027 to avoid launching around the same time as Grand Theft Auto 6.
💰 The makers of Subnautica 2 will get their $250 million bonus that publisher Krafton tried to deny them.
🏆 Arc Raiders won Game of the Year at the Nordic Game Awards.
📈 Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is the top 2026 release by revenue to date.
New Releases this week:
6/4: CALX (PC)
6/4: River City Saga: Journey to the West (PlayStation, Switch and PC)
6/4: The 7th Guest Remake (PlayStation, Xbox and PC)
6/4: Tour de France 2026 (PlayStation, Xbox and PC)
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