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- April 3
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- "What if the gameplay was fun? This blew our f***ing minds": Dispatch devs had a revelation after years of tired Telltale mechanics
- A fanmade Jak and Daxter 3 PC port is now in beta, finally making Naughty Dog's most underrated trilogy fully available on PC
- Red Dead Redemption 2 dev would "be surprised" if GTA 6 doesn't feature any ideas from Rockstar's open-world cowboy hit
- "Marathon is gonna be Game of the Year," actor Ben Starr says, because it has Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate 3, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 award magnet Jennifer English
- GTA 6 is taking so long that Rockstar has "probably rebuilt the entirety of the Rage Engine," former GTA 5 and LA Noire dev says: "I'll be amazed if they didn't"
- Genki just updated one of my favorite Nintendo Switch accessories and it might finally be ready for Steam Deck users
- New Slay the Spire 2 patch gives players a pat on the back with Badges, "little reminders to let you know what was unique about each run"
- Skyrim and Fallout 4 artist says Bethesda's Todd Howard has too many yes men: "A lot of people were afraid to say no to Todd and that hurt him"
- April 2
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- Immersive sim pioneer Warren Spector's new stealth game Thick as Thieves makes the blessed pivot, dropping PvPvE in favor of single-player and co-op
- Prime Video's top 10 shows and the 3 you need on your watchlist right now (April 3–April 5)
- Spider-Man star Zendaya says she wants to work with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler: "He means so much to the world, but he also means so much to us"
- Sony may never support PS3 games again, but at least the platform's best emulator is getting massive improvements on PC handhelds like Steam Deck
- Cyberpunk 2077's best shopkeeper was originally a "vapid" side character devs had no idea what to do with, says actor, until a few redrafts made her "one of my favourite characters I've ever voiced"
- "Gabe really had a great vision": Steam became a PC gaming cornerstone because Valve built a community with "stickiness," says Nightdive chief who worked on GameStop's Steam competitor
- Frodo actor Elijah Wood says he regularly gets mistaken for fellow '00s movie icon Tobey Maguire: "Hey, Spider-Man!"
- Sony buys machine-learning company to help "enhance gameplay visuals, improve rendering techniques, and unlock new levels of visual fidelity" in PlayStation games
- Elijah Wood appears to confirm Aragorn recasting rumors in Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum: "Those are tough boots [to fill]"
- "Fortnite's cultural moment is starting to fade," games analyst says amid mass layoffs, and its downturn is part of the "erosion of American leadership" in video games
- It took 3 years for PlayStation to earn $300 million in PC sales according to former manager, which makes the platform less than half as lucrative as the PS4 and PS5
- Hunt for Gollum "doesn't have to" live up to Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, says Elijah Wood: "It is a side quest"
- Arknights: Endfield lead says good gacha systems don't "impact the player's ability to enjoy the gameplay," and Endfield is "trying" to fix its confusing gacha
- 6 new movies and shows to watch this weekend on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus, and more (April 3–April 5)
- Animal Crossing helped me process grief, and I'm not alone: "Visiting her island has brought me a lot of peace"
- Slay the Spire 2 dev teases 3 new modes: something "very competitive," one for players who don't "have the time" for "the Slay the Spire experience," and a new multiplayer setting
- Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord is officially renewed for season 2 before season 1 has even premiered
- Slay the Spire 2 devs were caught off guard by 13,000 negative Steam review spike: "It was much more extreme than any previous types of negative feedback"
- Pokemon Pokopia speedruns are already a thing, and they somehow don't use the cozy life sim's fastest ability
- Final Fantasy 14 lifts restrictions on gifting after 4 years, allowing players to give other fans of the MMO single-character mounts, minions, and more: "Finally"
- Anime Awards 2026 nominees revealed as Demon Slayer and Chainsaw Man battle for Film of the Year
- Somehow, you can still get the Meta Quest 3S Arkham Shadow bundle for less than full price, a year and a half after it launched
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream fans say who needs an official Switch stylus when you can use carrots and inside-out bags of chips for next-level Mii creation instead
- After 7 years of development, The Last of Us Online was 80% complete and was scrapped to make room for Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet
- Restore the flow of life in this XCOM-style roguelite from the Othercide creators, coming to Steam Early Access on May 21
- PS5 price increases be damned, Amazon still has consoles at their previous rates - for now
- The Last of Us Part 3 hopium will never die as former Naughty Dog lead confirms the studio's secret game besides Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet has been in the works for at least 3 years
- The Replay theme for April is Starfield: send us your gaming clips for a chance to win Amazon vouchers!
- Call of Duty Zombies dev starts new studio with 2 failed PlayStation collabs behind him, just 1 week after Sony shut down his last project: "Third time's the charm"
- Here's the Replay March winner: an epic Arc Raiders escape
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Rosalina actor Brie Larson proves being a space princess can't save you from experiencing peak Mario Kart: "Are you actually kidding me right now?"
- Over 5 months since Pokemon Legends: Z-A's release, Home compatibility finally lets you offload your shiny-stuffed boxes ahead of Pokemon Champions
- After nearly 1 year, viral Steam horror hit Lethal Company is back with another big update boasting 3 new creatures that are sure to leave my pals and me screaming
- The Super Mario Galaxy Switch game collection just hit a record low at the best possible time
- Crimson Desert modder restores a full-fat food system left on the cutting room floor: "Everything this mod uses already exists in the game files"
- When is DBD 2v8 mode back?
- Next DBD update release date estimate and PTB details
- It sure sounds like Homelander will kill A-Train in the final season of The Boys
- Witch Hat Atelier release schedule: what time is episode 1 on Crunchyroll?
- Arc Raiders Flashpoint's new map condition is "hell on Earth" and it's giving players "flashbacks" of Helldivers 2's Malevelon Creek: "Nothing but pure chaos everywhere"
- This Neopets mini-game collection proves it's actually good to preserve bad games, scratching my nostalgia-addled brain in just the right way
- Maul – Shadow Lord's Twi'lek apprentice is in a "tug of war" between Maul and her Jedi Master, and the Star Wars show's creatives are "fascinated" by the fan theories
- These are the 3 new to Netflix shows I'll be watching this weekend (April 3–April 5)
- "It would just be Palworld 2": Pocketpair lead says adding a best-in-class feature from the viral pirate game it's publishing would be near impossible
- Barely a week later, GTA 4 pre-release build that was a treasure trove of cut Rockstar ideas is being scrubbed from the internet
- The Boys season 5 release schedule: what time is episode 1 on Prime Video?
- Minecraft introduces Herdcraft, Mojang's latest annual joke update, and suddenly I'm a pseudo-summoner with a sentient inventory to command
- New Daredevil: Born Again season 2 trailer introduces a copycat Bullseye – and fans have a theory who's behind it
- One Piece Elbaph Arc release schedule: when is episode 1156 on Netflix and Crunchyroll?
- Nintendo fans are torn on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's big Peach and Rosalina twist: "It's a blatant retcon"
- God of War Greek trilogy's Kratos actor T.C. Carson says Sony Santa Monica "realized that they let me go prematurely," but "they came back" to him for the remake
- If you want to try printing D&D models or wargame miniatures, this 3D printer feels almost foolproof
- Resident Evil's PS1 trilogy finally comes to Steam alongside cult classic JRPG Breath of Fire 4, but Capcom's retroactive DRM isn't going down well with everyone
- Vaporizers' weakness and best strategy in Arc Raiders
- Avatar's future seems secure as one producer says they're going "full speed ahead" on Avatar 4 and 5
- Despite a low Rotten Tomatoes score, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is already breaking box office records
- Crimson Desert has made around $200 million on its 4 million copies sold, analyst estimates, and PlayStation 5 sales account for almost half of that
- Charlie Cox thought one of Daredevil: Born Again season 1's fan-favorite episodes was "really dumb"
- The Boys season 5 features the "craziest line" the writers could think of, but someone already beat them to it in real life
- PlayStation handheld rumors suggest it will beat the Xbox Series S, but I wouldn't bother thinking about it or the Steam Deck 2 until at least 2028
- Gears of War 6 was considered before The Coalition decided on E-Day, JD Fenix actor says as he pitches a bonkers sequel about Marcus fighting his zombie son
- Forget Fox, we can't stop thinking about the Metroid Easter egg you may have missed in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
- Valve has another Steam "refresh" up its sleeve, revamping its storefront with new sections that look way cleaner – and honestly, I kind of love it
- Weapons prequel Gladys adds Godzilla writer as we get one step closer to horror villain Aunt Gladys' return
- April 1
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- Crimson Desert players are speed-gliding using this "game changer" of a trick that may or may not be a bug: "Dear devs, please do not patch this"
- Marvel's next big comic event kicks off with a special release that includes an exclusive Magic: The Gathering Card tying into its new Marvel Super Heroes set
- "Any update is a bonus not a right": Peak co-developer Landfall reminds impatient fans it's not a live-service studio
- Switch 2 prices will go up, says ex-Nintendo sales lead: "It's inevitable"
- Nintendo's physical price split is "a pro-consumer move," says ex-sales lead, and the company is just passing profits on cheaper digital games back to you while it swims in "Scrooge McDuck money"
- Eli Roth says his upcoming horror movie set around a killer ice cream man is "totally insane": "I want to outdo Hostel and Green Inferno"
- 110,000 mixed Steam reviews later, Nexon bluntly puts The First Descendant in the "did not work" category: "Strong launch, no staying power"
- Resident Evil's Leon and Ada have a son, fans decide, and he's in Love and Deepspace: "Welcome to the Kennedy family, Zayne"
- Illumination CEO says the "secret" to the massive success of the Super Mario movies is working directly with Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo
- Crimson Desert is "opposite" to most open-world games because the "magic kicks in" later, says Arkane Lyon boss: "Might be why so many find investing time in it rewarding"
- Karl Urban promises the final season of The Boys will feel closer to seasons 1 and 2: "It really feels like peak Boys this season"
- Arc Raiders boss promoted to Nexon chief backs AI push for "redesigning game development" after building a hit "at a fraction of the cost you'd expect for a AAA game"
- Nintendo's Pokemon battling claim is too "obvious" to stand, US patent office says as it revokes the application, but the door's open for the publisher to fight back
- MTG Secrets of Strixhaven finally fixes a problem I've had with Magic for years
- Nearly 2 weeks after Crimson Desert's launch, tons of players are still in the first region: "136 hours in the game so far and STILL haven't left Hernand"
- World of Warcraft lead asks how players would feel about playing the MMO on controller with a dedicated UI, but fans "fear that the PC experience will get worse"
- 18-year-old Super Mario Galaxy mystery is finally settled in the movie, since Shigeru Miyamoto and Nintendo "never came to a conclusion" in the original Wii game
- After gracing Final Fantasy 16 and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with his silky voice, actor Ben Starr is ready to tackle dating RPG Love and Deepspace: "I love feral people"
- No, this thumb-sized NES controller isn't an April Fools gag, and I'm staggered by how accurate it feels
- From Arena to Skyrim, Elden Ring streamer beats Bethesda's entire RPG series "first try" with 0 damage – and "if Elder Scrolls 6 comes out in my lifetime," he'll do it all again
- "Players shouldn't feel fully safe" in Arc Raiders even in friendly lobbies, production director says, and after Flashpoint I definitely do not feel safe
- Shigeru Miyamoto thought there would be "significant resistance" at Nintendo to Fox McCloud appearing in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
- Palworld dating sim "obviously" isn't NSFW, Pocketpair publishing boss clarifies: "We might be goofy but we aren't that goofy"
- Ex-StarCraft and Warcraft veterans' new RTS is losing online features as server partner is sold to an AI company, and devs don't know when or if they'll be restored
- Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream fans dub 70 Mii limit "kinda lame" – and as someone whose 3DS island filled up quickly with babies, I get it
- Console gaming on a VPN: what works on PS5/Xbox Series X
- Rockstar said GTA 6 marketing wouldn't start until the summer, but the wait for Trailer 3 has been so long that some fans have decided to disagree
- Gabe Newell "stepped back" from making games at Valve after Portal 2 because everyone kept agreeing with him when he wanted "to be part of the team and come up with ideas"
- Invincible fans "can't believe" how gory Mark and Conquest's rematch was in season 4, episode 5: "It's so gross to watch"
- Dbrand wants us to "touch grass" again with these Switch 2 skins, but the joke's on them as I'm a fan
- Super Mario Galaxy Movie creators ran every cameo past Miyamoto, saying if it's "not going to work for him, we're not going to do it"
- Maul – Shadow Lord's Inquisitors are "creepier than we've ever seen them," including Ahsoka's mysterious Marrok
- Yes, Marathon is hard – but that is liberating
- Nintendo fans aren't happy that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie "sidelines" Princess Rosalina in favor of Fox McCloud
- Maul – Shadow Lord release schedule: when is episode 1 of the Star Wars show on Disney Plus?
- All the Super Mario Galaxy Movie toys available on release day, avoid fakes with official figures
- Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era set to finally release into early access later this month, arriving as the latest entry in the beloved 40-year-old RPG franchise
- Xbox Ally handhelds just gained Game Bar display and Auto Super Resolution widgets, but Windows put me through hell fetching the update
- Where to buy Hatchin' Yoshi, the must-have toy that keeps selling out
- This mini elago Game Boy is designed to store your Switch games and not play them, but I fear I'd lose this cute keyring
- "One stick movement = 10 pushups" - GameSir teases a controller with four back buttons and up to 40kgs of adjustable stick tension for April Fools, but its commitment to the bit is puzzling me
- Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto is "on a mission" to include Pikmin in every Nintendo product after the critters' surprise appearance in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
- Diego Luna thinks Andor and Han Solo would be friends, but that there's one droid Cassian wouldn't get on with
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie debuts to a disappointing Rotten Tomatoes score – and fails to beat the original film
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Yoshi popcorn bucket is already going for nearly $100 at eBay, but Cinemark just dropped new pre-orders
- Resident Evil director Zach Cregger says he expects fans to "crucify" him if his movie deviates from game lore
- How to get Canto Blueprints in Arc Raiders
- Capcom finally confirms the theory that Pragmata is a stealth Mega Man game, just don't look at today's date
- Dave Filoni explains why Darth Sidious only appears in a handful of The Clone Wars episodes, and we might have his cloak to blame
- Turns out you can make a PS1 mini that's better than the original out of two consoles
- After Scream 7 broke franchise records, Scream 8 is officially in the works, with Suits writing duo penning the script
- Arc Raiders players are getting literally vaporized by Flashpoint's new Arc, but one daredevil has already figured out the best way to kill them: "I think I just peaked"
- Avatar star says the sci-fi franchise is "unlike Marvel movies" because there are no "outside pressures": "We can take more risks"
- Resident Evil director's new AAA studio is "joining forces" with Stellar Blade developer Shift Up "to create a masterpiece of a game" – and no, this isn't an April Fool's joke
- Dust on the Wires quest walkthrough for Arc Raiders
- Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto says "there's only so many people" Nintendo can reach through consoles like the Switch 2, so "we want to expand" outside of video games
- Yakuza writer "can't think of any role" for Jack Black, but wants to reach out anyway
- Robert Pattinson says The Batman 2 script is "so, so good" as he confirms filming starts in April
- Miyamoto says not to expect a Smash Bros-style crossover in future Mario movies
- Clamoring for Attention quest walkthrough for Arc Raiders
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie post-credits scenes: how many are there and what does it mean for a threequel?
- The Super Mario Bros Movie 3 release date speculation, story, cast, and everything else we know so far
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Easter eggs: All the Nintendo references and cameos you may have missed
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie ending explained: how many post-credits scenes are there, all the Nintendo cameos, and does it set up a Super Smash Bros. movie?
- "Slay the Spire 2 is a masterpiece," Palworld lead says, but Crimson Desert "makes me feel a sense of wonder I've not felt since Oblivion"
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