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Introducing Call of Duty: Mobile Season 4 — Eternal Prison
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RuneScape developer to expand its IP to the Asia-Pacific region
RuneScape: Dragonwilds will be localized into Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean this year.

These Custom Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Con Pay Tribute To A Truly Iconic Game Boy
Clear as day. For some inexplicable reason, Nintendo isn't giving us different coloured Joy-Con for the Switch 2 – at least not yet, anyway. Sure, we have the slightly different Light Purple and Light Green set, but the plastic on the bodywork is the same colour as the standard Joy-Con that ship with the console – and a far cry from the weird and wonderful colour combinations we got with the original Switch.

Feature: Forza Horizon 6 Previews: What Have We Learned So Far?
An impressive in-game relocation. The recent wave of previews for Forza Horizon 6 and Microsoft's release of a gameplay trailer shows off our first look at the open-world racer's move to Japan. Between the Microsoft-provided footage of the traditional flashing opening sequence and the three races available to early players, there's still plenty to discuss about the game's tech ahead of its 19th May release date. Read the full article on digitalfoundry.net

Hades 2 Gets Game-Changing Free Update Following PS5 Launch, Available to Download Now
Quality-of-life updates, balance changes, new content. The brilliant Hades 2 has just launched on PS5 at long last, and topping it off is a huge update from developer Supergiant Games. Available now, the free game update makes a long list of changes, fixes, and improvements to the roguelike dungeon crawler, and what's more, there's some brand new content in the mix too. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

"Almost Completely Re-engineered" - Polymega Gets An Upgrade As 'Remix' Units Complete Mass Production
"More CPU cores, higher clock speeds, double the RAM, increased storage, quieter operation". Polymega maker Playmaji has revealed that it is giving its modular emulation system an internal upgrade. "Over the past year, production has faced some well-known challenges," says the official PR. "To address this, we’ve almost completely re-engineered the Polymega Base Unit with new, upgraded hardware that is several times more powerful than the original PM01." Read the full article on timeextension.co

'Close enough. Welcome back Thanos': Marvel Rivals' power creep reaches new levels of busted with Black Cat
Black Cat's kit is looking scary.

Social RPG Book of Travels Goes Single-Player, Ends Active Development
Book of Travels' MMO experiment is over, as developer Might and Delight has announced the game will be transitioning to a single-player model.

Euro Truck Simulator 2's rumbling into the heart of Turkey with the freshly announced Soul of Anatolia expansion
Just as SCS Software step into to make it easier for me to recover from my reckless rig road rage, they've decided to pull the cover off another upcoming addition to Euro Truck Simulator 2's ever-expanding map. This freshly revealed DLC's dubbed Soul of Anatolia, and it'll let you drive on past the Balkans and much further into Turkey than you previously could.

Here are our PS Plus Premium and Extra games for April
Sony has lifted the lid on its PS Plus Premium and Extra game offerings for April.

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred – Lilith Returns in New In-Game Cutscene | IGN First
Take a look at an in-game cutscene featuring Lilith from Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, the upcoming second expansion for Blizzard's popular action-RPG, in the video above. Lord of Hatred is our IGN First "cover story" for April, as we're dedicating time throughout the month to spotlighting different exclusive pieces of Lord of Hatred coverage.

Star Trek Fans, Buy This PS5, PS4 Game Now Before It's Delisted
Get a move on. If you’re a Star Trek fan and you have even a passing interest in the Telltale-inspired Star Trek: Resurgence, we’d recommend you drop everything and buy the game for your PS5 or PS4 right now. You can do so through here. Despite only releasing in 2023, the narrative-driven adventure has just been axed from Steam, mere hours after publisher Bruner House notified players its distribution license was ending. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

Star Trek Fans, Buy This PS5, PS4 Game Before It's Delisted Now
Get a move on. If you’re a Star Trek fan and you have even a passing interest in the Telltale-inspired Star Trek: Resurgence, we’d recommend you drop everything and buy the game for your PS5 or PS4 right now. You can do so through here. Despite only releasing in 2023, the narrative-driven adventure has just been axed from Steam, mere hours after publisher Bruner House notified players its distribution license was ending. Read the full article on pushsquare.com

Yooka-Laylee Dev Playtonic Seems To Be Teasing Something
What could it be? Playtonic Games, the developer behind Yooka-Laylee and its Switch 2 reimagining Yooka-Replaylee, appears to be teasing something over on Bluesky. Starting from last Saturday, the company has begun posting cryptic messages on social media relating to the number '60'. Then, earlier today, it posted an amusing riddle that references performance that "didn't take flight", but will soon "soar, silky-smooth like never before".

Nvidia Is Making Laptops Now: N1/N1X Leak Shows a 128GB Monster Derived From Their DGX Spark Desktop AI Workhorse
A weapon to surpass Metal Gear won't come cheap. Nvidia may not be announcing its next-generation desktop graphics cards any time soon, but convincing leaks over the past few days suggest that new hardware is still very much on the way. Images have surfaced on a Chinese equivalent to Facebook Marketplace, Goofish, showing an engineering motherboard thought to be the basis of a high-end laptop design that could offer an alternative to the traditional x86 processors found in most Windows laptops

Target Announces Massive Pokémon Anniversary Collection for "Fans of Every Generation"
Target is the first US-based mass retailer to announce an anniversary collection with The Pokémon Company.

It's been a month since release and I'm still not sure if Pearl Abyss knows what it wants Crimson Desert to be
The playerbase says jump, and Pearl Abyss says how high.

First-person survival horror Total Chaos is getting a Switch 2 port later this month
After making a decent splash last year, Total Chaos has found a new platform to terrorize in Nintendo Switch 2, and the best news is we won't have to wait long to return to Fort Oasis.

Report: New Xbox chief says Game Pass 'has become too expensive'
Asha Sharma reportedly said the subscription service needs 'a better value equation' in an internal memo.

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and Classics Catalog lineup for April 2026 announced
Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced the April 2026 Game Catalog lineup for Extra and Premium … Source

PlayStation Plus Game Catalog for April: The Crew Motorfest, Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, Football Manager 26 Console, Warriors: Abyss and more
This month, burn rubber across Hawaii in The Crew Motorfest, step into a far-future world of machines and mystery in Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, lead your club to victory in Football Manager 26 Console or battle through the merciless trials of hell in Warriors: Abyss. All these titles and more are available in April’s PlayStation […]

Fortnite Adds Karaoke Mode, and Laufey
Fortnite is adding microphone vocals to its Rock Band-like Festival mode, just in time for a new season featuring jazz pop star Laufey.

8 PS Plus Extra, Premium Games for April 2026 Announced
A trio of titles revealed. Sony is due to make its official announcement about additions to the PS Plus Extra and Premium catalogues later today, 15th April 2026, but as is usually the case, a selection of those games have been leaked early. The ever-reliable Billbil-kun reports on Dealabs about three of the games heading into PS Plus Extra's game catalogue. According to the report, they are: Read the full article on pushsquare.com

'Hytale' Dev Seeks Legal Action Against Knock-Off Switch eShop Game
Hytale it outta here, you cheeky git. Hytale dev Hypixel Studios has confirmed it is seeking legal action against a new Switch eShop game that's blatantly misleading potential customers into thinking they're purchasing the real deal (thanks, Automaton). Hytale: Sandbox RPG is available now at a discounted price of £4.99 on the Switch eShop, but this isn't the same game that's currently in early access on PC. Instead, this is a blatant rip-off from developer RoVi Ninen; one that copies both the t

Old School RuneScape's latest League is out now, pushing thousands of players to cry at kids and get haircuts for the devil
Old School RuneScape has just launched its sixth ever limited-time league event, allowing MMO lovers to dive into a selection of new servers to experience the world under the thumb of the hellish Yama. Called Demonic Pacts, over 150,000 people are playing the game as of writing, mere hours since its release.

TerraTech Legion launches April 30 for Xbox Series, PC
Roguelike action game TerraTech Legion will launch for Xbox Series and PC via Steam, Epic … Source

Xbox Live 1.0 Continues To Live On, Despite Being Officially Shut Down 16 Years Ago
Exactly 16 years to the day, in fact. Today marks an important anniversary in the history of Xbox — it was exactly 16 years ago (on April 15th, 2010) that Microsoft turned off the original Xbox Live 1.0 servers, making original Xbox games impossible to play online. The original announcement for this no longer exists on the Xbox website, but thanks to its archived version, we can see exactly what was said by former Xbox employee Major Nelson at the time: Read the full article on purexbox.com

Shinigami Hime to Ishokan no Kaibutsu demo now available in Japan
A demo for fairy tale-destroying adventure game Shinigami Hime to Ishokan no Kaibutsu is now … Source

Tiny MMO Book of Travels is ending development after 5 troubled years
Developer Might and Delight has added an offline mode so the game will remain playable, and has also dropped the price.

The Gameplay of Gacha
Why Gacha games still show no signs of stopping

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Pragmata
Pragmata is a unique, sci-fi action-adventure game from Capcom. Follow Hugh, a member of an ill-fated investigation team, and Diana, a young android, as they navigate a lunar facility taken over by rogue AI in search of a way to Earth.

MOUSE: P.I. For Hire
MOUSE: P.I. For Hire is an action-packed first-person shooter that draws inspiration from the classic cartoons of the 1930s. Its black and white rubber hose visuals are drawn by hand, frame by frame, delivering a striking vintage aesthetic. Unravel layers of corruption with a thrilling noir-fueled detective story, lively environments to explore, an original big band jazz soundtrack, and a fully-loaded arsenal of cartoon weapons and devastating power-ups.

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A Storied Life: Tabitha

Beyond Words
From the creators of GoldenEye & TimeSplitters comes Beyond Words, the genre-defining fusion of roguelike strategy and word-crafting. Build powerful combos, unlock upgrades, and master a challenge where victory is spelled one letter at a time.

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Sigma Star Saga DX
The classic shooter/RPG is back and better than ever! Featuring a unique mix of top-down planetary exploration and side-scrolling shoot-'em-up space battles, Sigma Star Saga DX is an explosive genre mashup that casts players as Allied Earth Federation pilot Ian Recker, who infiltrates the alien Krill Empire as a double agent in a last-ditch effort to save mankind from their onslaught. To do so, Recker must work with both humans and the Krill, exploring six planets using an ever-expanding set of tools and abilities, and jumping into the cockpit to engage enemy forces in intense shmup-style combat using more than 70 different Gun Data items. Gorgeous pixel-art graphics, epic boss battles, and a twist-filled story with multiple endings await. The new DX version adds numerous refinements over the original 2005 release, including an improved map, decreased random encounter rate, rebalanced EXP system, enhanced dialogue, additional save points, assorted bug fixes and quality-of-life updates, and more.

All Will Fall
Build massive ocean cities and lead your people to prosperity in this post-apocalyptic survival colony sim. Featuring a physics-based 3D construction system, complex resource management, exploration, difficult political decisions, supply chains, and a robust sandbox mode.

SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance - SEGA Villains DLC

I Am Jesus Christ
I Am Jesus Christ is a first-person narrative experience inspired by the Gospels, letting you witness the life, ministry, and trials of Jesus from a new interactive perspective.

Grime II
Become a stealer of forms in GRIME II, the sequel to 2021's acclaimed action-adventure metroidvania. You are a Formless - an art mimic, absorbing creatures and summoning molds in their shape. Venture into a new and mysterious land in the GRIME universe, where danger and wonder await around every corner. Use your surroundings in tandem with your summoned molds to overcome deadly enemies and epic bosses, all the while exploring a deep world full of diverse cultures and characters. Create your own playstyle by choosing from a variety of abilities, weapons, and mold summons. Learn the makings of your enemies as you summon their form to both aid you in combat, as well as in exploring the various secrets paths of the world. FEATURES Molds- Absorb defeated enemies, shaping them into molds which can then be used for special attacks. Use molds to throw enemies, fire projectiles, stun, and even turn into summons. Environmental Combat - Wherever you go, the environment provides ample opportunities to damage enemies nearby or from a distance. Be wary, for they can do the same to you! Parry and Grasp - Send hand-tendrils to either parry enemy attacks or grasp and absorb them, drawing you closer to learning their shape. A Lived-in World - Discover incredible locations made of painted nails and giant vases, each with its own unique civilization, culture, and deep characters to converse with. Customise your playstyle with over 30 weapons, 20 armours and over 40 abilities.

Super Meat Boy 3D
Super Meat Boy 3D is a tough as nails platformer where you play as an animated cube of meat who's trying to save his girlfriend (who happens to be made of bandages) from an evil fetus in a jar wearing a tux – IN 3D! Our meaty hero will leap from walls, over seas of buzz saws, through crumbling caves and pools of old trash sacrificing his own well-being to save his damsel in distress – IN 3D! Super Meat Boy 3D brings the old school difficulty of classic retro titles we all know and love and streamlines them down to the essential no bull straight forward twitch reflex platforming. Ramping up in difficulty from hard to soul crushing Meat Boy will brave lush (but also on fire) forests, vast dumps filled with the waste of mankind, and high-tech forges producing the very traps that will inevitably kill Meat Boy over and over and over - IN 3D! And if a bunch of levels weren't enough, we also have epic boss fights and tons of unlockable secrets – IN 3D!

Tombwater
Explore the accursed Wild West town of Tombwater and lay bare the eldritch horrors that lie beneath. Survive blood-spilling combat in this gruesome 2D action-RPG that might just drive you to madness.

The Posthumous Investigation
Brás Cubas is dead, and he wants you to find out why. Explore a noir-drenched 1937 Rio de Janeiro in this time-loop murder mystery. Relive the same day, manipulate characters, and uncover secrets in a game where death is the client and time is your only weapon.

Aether & Iron

Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park

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