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Replaced soars on pixel-perfect visuals, stumbles on unresponsive controls

Sad Cat Studios' Replaced asks a provocative question: what if an artificial intelligence was implanted directly into your brain? The 2.5D action platformer explores this premise by casting you as ...

Emily Chen April 16, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Diablo 4's Dark Sequel Teases Lilith's Return in Haunting New Cutscene

Blizzard has unveiled a fresh in-game cutscene from Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, the action-RPG's second expansion, giving players an early glimpse at the return of the demonic antagonist Lilith. The ...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Sony Santa Monica's Next God of War Goes Global: Chinese, Japanese Mythology in the Works

Sony Santa Monica is expanding the God of War universe far beyond Scandinavia and ancient Greece. The next installment will draw from multiple mythological traditions rather than anchoring itself t...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Target drops over 100 exclusive Pokémon items to mark gaming franchise's 30 years

Target is rolling out a sweeping merchandise offensive to commemorate three decades of Pokémon, unveiling a collection of more than 100 exclusive products spanning clothing, accessories, toys, and ...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Walmart Slashes Nvidia RTX 5070 Price to $599, Best Deal Yet This Year

Walmart is now selling the PNY GeForce RTX 5070 12GB graphics card for $599 with free shipping, marking the lowest price available for Nvidia's latest Blackwell GPU and the first time the card has ...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Costco Pokémon Drop Erupts Into Parking Lot Chaos

A Costco in Mississauga, Ontario descended into mayhem Friday morning when a Prismatic Evolutions card release turned violent, drawing police response and leaving merchandise scattered across the p...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Sony Drops April Surprise: Eight Games Headed to PlayStation Plus

Sony has officially confirmed its PlayStation Plus catalog additions for April, and the lineup packs serious variety. Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered headlines the batch, joined by racing thrills, spo...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Marathon's Friendliness Experiment Actually Works

Bungie's latest patch for Marathon is doing something unexpected: it's turning players into teammates, even when they're supposed to be enemies. The mid-season update introduced the C.A.R.R.I. syst...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Fortnite Players Can Now Sing Into Mics, Laufey Joins Festival Tomorrow

Fortnite is turning its Festival mode into a full karaoke experience. Starting tomorrow, April 16, players on PC and console will be able to sing along to tracks using compatible microphones, drama...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Tomodachi Life Switch Sequel Nails Creativity but Stumbles on Sharing

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream transforms your Nintendo Switch into a digital sandbox where custom Miis become the stars of their own sitcom. You design them, dress them, feed them, and watch as ...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 10 min read

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Pokémon Go Players Crack the Code to Finding Rare Desert Snake

A newly released Pokémon is sending players on a hunt through government databases. Silicobra, a sand-themed creature, arrived in Pokémon Go this week with an unusual constraint: it spawns only in ...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Rockstar Hack Fails to Dent Take-Two Stock Price

Take-Two Interactive's share price climbed this week even as hackers dumped stolen financial data from its subsidiary Rockstar Games, signaling that Wall Street viewed the breach as a non-event for...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Marathon's Massive Patch 1.0.6 Overhauls Combat, Rewards Team Play Over Aggression

Bungie rolled out patch 1.0.6 for Marathon on April 14, and the update is far more than a routine balance pass. The overhaul reshapes how players interact with one another, introduces 11 new weapon...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Starfield's PS5 Debut Flops: 140K Sales Raise Red Flags on Xbox's Console Strategy

Starfield's arrival on PlayStation 5 has failed to move the needle, with estimates showing just 140,000 copies sold in its first week on Sony's console. The lukewarm reception is now forcing Micros...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Witcher 3 Director Hails Crimson Desert as Gaming's Refreshing Rebel

Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who steered CD Projekt through the creation of The Witcher 3, has become an unlikely evangelist for Pearl Abyss' Crimson Desert, praising it as exactly the kind of bold, uncon...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Crimson Desert Hits 5 Million Sales in Record-Breaking Month

Pearl Abyss' Crimson Desert has reached 5 million copies sold in less than four weeks, cementing its status as a commercial juggernaut. The single-player open world action game launched March 19 an...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Video Game Legend Marty O'Donnell Gets Trump's Backing for Congress Run

Marty O'Donnell, the composer behind Halo's iconic soundtrack, is mounting another bid for Congress with a major political endorsement in his corner. Donald Trump threw his support behind the forme...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Spider-Man Face Model's Cryptic Post Fuels Marvel Game 3 Speculation

A fleeting social media post from the actor who models Peter Parker's face has set gaming forums ablaze with theories about Insomniac's next Spider-Man project. Ben Jordan, who provides facial capt...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG Crushes Crowdfunding in 24 Hours, Raises $3.5 Million

The Dungeon Crawler Carl phenomenon keeps expanding. Renegade Game Studios launched a crowdfunding campaign for two new tabletop games based on Matt Dinniman's LitRPG series, and backers have alrea...

Emily Chen April 15, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Disney Lorcana Explodes With Pixar: Toy Story, Brave, Incredibles Officially In The Game

Disney Lorcana's trading card game just got a massive shot in the arm. During a special Lorecast event, Ravensburger unveiled an ambitious slate of Pixar content heading to the collectible card gam...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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LEGO Batman Suit Brings Steampunk Gotham to Life

WB Games has unveiled a fresh take on one of Batman's most distinctive alternate designs. The upcoming LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight will feature a playable Batsuit inspired by Gotham by G...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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20th Century Studios Locks Down Horror Game Adaptation

20th Century Studios is moving forward with a feature film based on 99 Nights in the Forest, the breakout Roblox horror game that has already accumulated 26 billion lifetime visits despite launchin...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Toy Story Invades Disney Lorcana with Sid Phillips, Aliens, and The Claw

Disney Lorcana is getting its first official Toy Story cards in the upcoming Wilds Unknown expansion, introducing a brand new card classification designed to reward players who fill their decks wit...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Hasbro's Marvel Rivals Figures Land This Fall, and They're Unapologetically Huge

Hasbro is bringing the superhero shooter Marvel Rivals to store shelves with a wave of oversized action figures that capture the game's signature exaggerated aesthetic. The Marvel Legends Series co...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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GTA 5 Star Warns: Satire May Not Land in GTA 6

Jay Klaitz, who voices Lester Crest in Grand Theft Auto 5, thinks Rockstar Games faces an unexpected challenge with the upcoming GTA 6: reality itself may have outpaced the satire. In an interview,...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Noir Detective Game Shoots Itself in the Foot With Cartoonish Violence

Mouse: P.I. for Hire arrives dressed impeccably in the trappings of classic noir: a mouse detective in a shadowy city, hardboiled dialogue, a conspiracy that spirals from a missing magician into co...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Windrose Hits Early Access with Instant Player Surge, 25K Concurrent Peak

Windrose, the pirate survival game that spent years in development under different names and different plans, launched into early access today with strong momentum. The game racked up nearly 26,000...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Marathon launches stripped-down mode to help new players survive the grind

Bungie is testing a new experimental queue designed to lower the barrier to entry for Marathon's notoriously punishing early game. The mode, called Dire Marsh Sponsored, launches April 15 and will ...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Overwatch Season 2 Unleashes Sierra, Brings Back Player Votes, Remakes Antarctic Peninsula

Overwatch is rolling out its most substantial Season 2 update yet on April 14, delivering a new damage hero, resurrected player accolades, a reimagined classic map, and a flood of cosmetics tied to...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Replaced Launches With Save-Killing Bug on Xbox Series S

Replaced, the stylish cyberpunk platformer that arrived today on PC and Xbox, is marred by a serious technical flaw that only affects Xbox Series S players. The bug has the potential to wipe out sa...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Arkham Horror Card Game Gets a Major Refresh, and Dexter Drake Finally Shows Up

Fantasy Flight Games has reopened the gates to Arkham with a 2026 core set that doubles as a clean entry point for newcomers and a substantial new campaign for veterans. The release, branded as "Ch...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Valor Mortis: A Gory Soulslike Where Napoleon Lives in Your Head

William wakes surrounded by corpses in French uniforms, Napoleon's guttural voice commanding him to wipe the muck from his eyes. He's a soldier in the Grande Armée who has died before. He will die ...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 10 min read

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Rockstar hack spills GTA Online money secrets, GTA 6 stays safe

Hackers from ShinyHunters have released financial data stolen from Rockstar Games, exposing revenue figures for the company's live service games while leaving the most sensitive information untouch...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Bethesda Rushes Starfield PS5 Fix After Launch Meltdown

Bethesda Game Studios is scrambling to patch Starfield after the PS5 port arrived to a wave of crashing, freezing, and save corruption complaints that have left players demanding refunds just days ...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Nintendo Rolls Out Animal Crossing Update With 25th Anniversary Gift

Nintendo has released version 3.0.2 of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, delivering both a celebratory reward and a crop of bug fixes for players on Switch. The headline feature is a commemorative lea...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Sony greenlit R-rated Bloodborne anime. Yes, JackSepticEye is producing it.

Sony Pictures used CinemaCon to announce plans for an R-rated animated Bloodborne feature film, marking another step in the studio's push to adapt FromSoftware's brutal action game for the screen. ...

Emily Chen April 14, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Pickmon Becomes Pickmos, Still Faces Firestorm Over Copied Designs

The developer behind the controversial Pokémon-inspired game Pickmon is hoping a single-letter name change will help it weather months of mounting criticism over derivative character designs. The s...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Steam Just Revived 20+ Warhammer Classics. Here's What You Can Play Right Now

Steam has become home to more than 20 classic Warhammer games in a single coordinated push that resurrects beloved titles from across three decades of PC gaming. Publisher SNEG partnered with Games...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Windrose Sets Sail With Swashbuckling Combat and a Map That Never Ends

Windrose drops you on a hostile island with nothing but the clothes on your back and a curse keeping you alive. A pirate captain named Blackbeard left you for dead, and now you're clawing your way ...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Naughty Dog Gave Up Fighting Crunch, Former Designer Says

A former designer at Naughty Dog has revealed how the studio abandoned its initial efforts to control work hours and eventually embraced crunch as fundamental to making games at its caliber. Benson...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Ghost of Yotei Soundtrack Drops on Gold Shimmer Vinyl This June

Sucker Punch's samurai epic gets the vinyl treatment. Ghost of Yotei's original soundtrack is headed to record shelves on June 12, with preorders now live at $49.98. The release features a striking...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Blizzard Reveals What's Next for Diablo 4's Darkest Villains in Mephisto Expansion

Blizzard is preparing to plunge players back into the demonic chaos of Diablo 4 with Lord of Hatred, the action-RPG's second major expansion. The studio sat down to walk through the narrative threa...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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New Subscription Service Indie Pass Floods PC With Over 70 Independent Games

Indie.io rolled out Indie Pass on Monday, a subscription platform dedicated entirely to independent games. The service launches with more than 70 titles across multiple genres, sourced from develop...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Middle-earth's Hidden Gems: The Lord of the Rings Board Games Worth Your Money

Seventy years after Tolkien put pen to paper, Middle-earth continues to dominate the imagination. The publisher machine has churned out countless licensed games over the decades, many of them cynic...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Pokémon Go Champ Appeals Championship Loss Over Fist Pump Celebration

A competitive Pokémon Go player is formally challenging The Pokémon Company's decision to strip him of a regional championship title after he was penalized for celebrating his victory with a fist p...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Pragmata Nails the Shooter Blueprint, Stumbles on the Story

Pragmata feels refreshingly old-school in the best way: a third-person action game that knows exactly what it does well and commits entirely to that vision. Capcom's latest is built on a single cor...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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James Bond Game Spoilers Spill Online Before Release, Developer Silent on Leak

Over an hour of footage from the upcoming James Bond game 007: First Light has leaked online, exposing major story details and the game's ending weeks before launch.The footage was originally submi...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Pokémon Go Champion Challenges Disqualification Over Fist Pump Victory Celebration

A competitive Pokémon Go player is formally contesting The Pokémon Company's decision to strip him of a regional championship title over what officials deemed unsportsmanlike conduct during his vic...

Emily Chen April 13, 2026 0 comments 4 min read