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What's in it
- A number of the week, from Steam.
- The week's lead, credited to whoever broke it, and the rest of the week's news.
- New Long Exposure pieces, when there are some.
- The breakout: the games climbing fastest on Steam.
- First Light: new games worth your time, picks nobody can pay for.
- Emulation and homebrew: the week's releases.
- Newly verified on Steam Deck.
- The paper trail: the week's layoff notices, filings and takedowns from game companies.
- Elsewhere: the week's headlines from other outlets, as they wrote them, linked.
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