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- April 4
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- Shadow Lord is "a whole 'nother level of character depth" for Sam Witwer's Maul "where you get to go into his mental psyche"
- Veteran Halo developer of 17 years accuses the studio of blacklisting, fraud, and "multiple harassment campaigns"
- Ghost of Yotei Legends' upcoming Raid won't launch with matchmaking, despite devs warning it's impossible to beat without 4-player co-op
- Crimson Desert patch expands private storage up to 1000 slots, just as the open-world game's fans were struggling to juggle all their bugs and rocks
- Can a VPN let you play region-locked games?
- Warhammer 40K Eye of Terror reminds me of something the game has been missing for years
- No Man's Sky player creates stunning underwater city reminiscent of BioShock's own Rapture, and I'm not even sure this is the same game anymore
- April 3
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- Indie dev sees Ubisoft fail to bring back Splinter Cell for 13 years, says fine, I'll do it myself with a "short, focused stealth" game "inspired by classic PS2-era games"
- It's the start of the month and Prime Video has added loads of new movies: here are the 3 I recommend you watch this weekend (April 3–April 5)
- New MMO rebuilding 2008's AdventureQuest Worlds cleverly becomes 164,000,000% funded on Kickstarter by asking for $1 and raising $1.6 million
- Spider-Noir swings through old-timey Metropolis in Marvel and DC's Spider-Man/Superman crossover
- Blighted, the cannibal Soulslike Metroidvania action RPG with "psychedelic Western nightmare" art, is a lot to swallow
- It only took 6 years, but Xbox's open-world zombie game State of Decay 3 is back from the dead with "a series of alpha playtests" starting in May
- Japanese company says it sent half of a game's $345,000 crowdfunding campaign to the wrong people – who, uh, did not return the money
- Arknights: Endfield dev says launching a new gacha RPG in a post-Genshin Impact world is tough when "some titles are so similar that players go into a game for 1 hour and they know what will happen in the next 20 hours"
- Sinners director Ryan Coogler is executive producing an Animorphs show because hell yeah
- "Completing the Game" is the radical plan for The First Descendant after 2 years, and the latest roadmap cooked up by Nexon just days after it called the game a flop
- Crimson Desert players have a common foe, and his name is Yann: "An absolute disgrace to the Greymanes"
- Charlie Day wants It's Always Sunny co-star Danny DeVito to play Wario in the next Super Mario movie: "[He] would fit so well in this universe"
- Massive Nintendo court document reveal shows Shigeru Miyamoto saw Donkey Kong as a man in a gorilla suit and wanted his original arcade game to be called "Build On"
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 writer says one actor's "charisma" did "some heavy lifting in helping us get the players over the hurdle of accepting Verso" and moving on from the RPG's big early twist
- Crimson Desert is still the best-selling new game on Steam after 2 weeks, and its user reviews have jumped to 85% positive as more players get past the weak opening
- Crimson Desert weapon lets you create deadly tornadoes to blow down enemies and buildings: "Looks like a Naruto reference"
- Andy Serkis confirms Viggo Mortensen won't return as Aragorn in Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum: "We are recasting the role"
- FromSoftware experts find evidence Hidetaka Miyazaki's breakout RPG Demon's Souls deleted the biggest middle finger in the series: giant birds that hurl you off cliffs
- New Supergirl teaser gives a behind the scenes look at the next big DC film courtesy of James Gunn
- InZOI boss says the success of Crimson Desert and other Korean games is "really nice to see" but Asian developers "still have a lot to learn from Western developers"
- After 40 years, Super Mario Bros speedrunners discover "the Holy Grail of glitches"
- Invincible has quickly bounced back after last week's series low, as the latest episode of season 4 becomes the show's second-highest rated ever
- Succession star Brian Cox will play New York's biggest, scariest killer in Dexter: Resurrection season 2
- Crimson Desert players beg for more storage as their rock collections start getting out of hand: "If they can do it in oblivion back in the day they can do it now"
- Persona 3 Reload fans are redoing every cutscene in this huge JRPG to add forgotten Portable female MC Kotone – the first scene was just released, and it looks incredible
- As ex-Helldivers 2 devs prepare to launch a Resident Evil-inspired horror game, they reminisce on their past Metroidvania that was too "happy": "'I need to get to blow someone's head off with a shotgun in the next game'"
- Beyerdynamic MMX 150 Wireless headset sounds as good as it looks, but my head wasn't a fan
- Fallout star's new mermaid horror-comedy with 100% Rotten Tomatoes score is an eerie, endearing must-watch
- Who will kill Homelander in The Boys season 5?
- What should gamers look for in a VPN?
- Get an exclusive first look at new Star Wars Loungefly bags inspired by Grogu, Darth Maul, and more
- Baldur's Gate 3 performance director knew Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 would be a hit, and even took a bet "to win 33 baguettes"
- The Boys season 5: 5 things to remember ahead of the final season
- Netflix just added loads of new movies: here are the 3 that I recommend you watch this weekend (April 3–April 5)
- I reckon revisiting Sega's weirdest egg-rolling GameCube romp is the perfect way to spend Easter, especially if you've still got the 2000s retro console
- Even though Maul's story continues after Shadow Lord in Solo and Rebels, it's "not necessarily a straight line," the Star Wars show's director says
- "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
- 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"
- Glen Powell was cast as Fox McCloud in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie after calling Nintendo and Illumination directly: "His dream was to one day be part of a Star Fox movie"
- 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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