Over five and a half years after the game's original early access launch, Valheim 1.0 is finally ready, and it comes with a lot of big new additions. Developer Iron Gate and publisher Coffee Stain have confirmed that the indie game, which already sold over 17 million units to date, is officially out now on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch 2, Linux and Mac, and critically, it offers cross-play across all platforms, ensuring that friends can survive together. Marking the game's full exit from Early Access, the milestone update also introduces the ultimate end-game chapter: the frozen, ancient lands of […]

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The floor-level standard for surviving in the video game industry across indie and triple-A players has always been ‘difficult,’ but in the last few years, it’s been kicked up a notch. GDC’s State of the Game Industry 2026 reported that 1-in-4 of its surveyed video game industry professionals have been laid off in the last two years, and it’s difficult for all studios, regardless of scale, to stay afloat. But that hasn’t stopped the global video game industry from reaching over $200B in revenue last year. A year which also saw titles from independent developers dominate the cultural conversation. One […]

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Early access survival game Valheim, from developer Iron Gate and publisher Coffee Stain Publishing will finally launch out of early access later this year, with a 1.0 release date officially set for September 9, 2026. After its early access launch back in 2021, this 1.0 release marks the end of five years of early access. The studio announced the release date during the PC Gaming Show as part of Summer Game Fest 2026, which will also now arrive on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2, the last two major platforms (save for mobile) the game had not yet been released […]

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