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Take-Two Chief Zelnick Trolls Musk: AI Will Come for Your Job First

Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Take-Two Interactive, took a pointed jab at Elon Musk over artificial intelligence during remarks at the Semafor World Economy 2026 conference. The gaming executive suggeste...

Emily Chen April 20, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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CS2 Streamer Gets 10-Year Ban After Punching Opponent on Stage

A German esports tournament has handed down a decade-long suspension to a Counter-Strike 2 player following a physical altercation during the awards ceremony at CAGGTUS Leipzig, part of the German-...

Emily Chen April 20, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Capcom's New IP Pragmata Hits 1 Million Sales in 48 Hours

Capcom's latest original title has rocketed past a major sales milestone just two days after launch. Pragmata, the publisher's sci-fi action-adventure developed by a team of younger internal design...

Emily Chen April 20, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Tarkov Overhauls Weapon Balance, Cuts Exit Times in Major Update

Battlestate Games has pushed live version 1.0.4.5 for Escape from Tarkov, delivering sweeping optimizations and the second phase of its ongoing weapon rebalancing project. The update addresses a pe...

Emily Chen April 20, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Pokémon TCG Chaos Rising Lands May 2026: Here's How to Secure Your Copy

The Pokémon Trading Card Game's next major release is locked in for May 22, 2026, and the rush is already on. Chaos Rising, the third TCG set of the year, marks the debut of Mega Greninja ex as the...

Emily Chen April 20, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Microsoft Drops Heavy Hitters on Game Pass: Final Fantasy V, Double Fine's Kiln Join April Purge

Microsoft is loading up Xbox Game Pass with a substantial spring lineup, mixing day-one indie debuts with major franchise revivals across late April and early May. The batch includes five new games...

Emily Chen April 20, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026: Xenoverse 3 Confirmed, New Fighting Game DLC Incoming

Bandai Namco used last weekend's Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026 to lay out the franchise's gaming roadmap for the next year, revealing confirmed launches and fresh gameplay reveals across multi...

Emily Chen April 20, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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The Last of Us Had a Secret: Ellie Wasn't the Only One Immune

Neil Druckmann planned something far more complex for The Last of Us universe than fans ever realized. According to a former Naughty Dog developer, the franchise creator envisioned Ellie sharing he...

Emily Chen April 20, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Charlie Cox Wants Robert Pattinson to Play Gustave in Clair Obscur Movie

Charlie Cox has a casting proposal for the upcoming Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 live-action film: Robert Pattinson should play the hero Gustave, while Cox himself returns to voice the character. Th...

Emily Chen April 20, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Battlefield Players Think They've Cracked the Code on a Las Vegas Map

Battlefield 6 players are buzzing over what they believe is hard evidence that Las Vegas will be the setting for one of three new maps arriving in Season 5 later this year. The clue came from a cry...

Emily Chen April 20, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 Finally Breaks Cover After Nearly a Decade

Bandai Namco pulled back the curtain on Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 at the Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026 event in Los Angeles, confirming the long-awaited sequel is headed to PC, PlayStation 5, an...

Emily Chen April 19, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Nintendo Switch 2 Bundle, Sony OLED TV, and Rare Game Pack Deals Heat Up Sunday

Weekend deals are flowing thick this Sunday, with retailers stacking discounts across gaming hardware, entertainment systems, and streaming content. The standout offerings span everything from the ...

Emily Chen April 19, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Final Fantasy Card Skyrockets 3,550% As Commander Players Wake Up To Its Potential

Magic: The Gathering's Secrets of Strixhaven set launches this weekend with five new Commander precons in tow, and one particular crossover card is suddenly commanding serious money. Eye of Nidhogg...

Emily Chen April 19, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Windrose Hits 1 Million Sales in Six Days, Player Surge Continues

Windrose, a cooperative pirate survival game from Kraken Express and Pocketpair Publishing, has sold 1 million copies in less than a week following its Early Access debut on PC. The milestone came ...

Emily Chen April 19, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Strixhaven Floods Magic with Six New Mechanics: Here's What Each One Does

Magic: The Gathering's latest set takes players to a wizarding university, and with it comes a flood of fresh mechanics designed to shake up gameplay across multiple formats. Strixhaven introduces ...

Emily Chen April 18, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Resident Evil Requiem Mercenaries Mode Gains Traction After Mysterious Audio Files Surface

A datamine leak has turbocharged speculation that Capcom plans to bring back The Mercenaries, the arcade-style combat mode long beloved by Resident Evil fans, as post-launch content for Resident Ev...

Emily Chen April 18, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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Slay the Spire 2 Refuses to Rush: No Release Dates, Only Ambition

Mega Crit has released a sweeping roadmap for Slay the Spire 2 packed with new features, characters, and content, but with one deliberate omission: any promise of when players will actually get the...

Emily Chen April 18, 2026 0 comments 9 min read

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Crimson Desert's Biggest Patch Yet Arrives Next Week with Difficulty Modes

Pearl Abyss is pumping the brakes on its breakneck update schedule for Crimson Desert. The studio says next week's patch will be its largest yet, requiring extra time for testing and polish before ...

Emily Chen April 18, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Samson Heads to Consoles This Fall After Buggy PC Launch

Samson, the 1990s-set open-world brawler from Just Cause creator Christofer Sundberg, will arrive on consoles this fall following a rough PC debut earlier this month. Developer Liquid Swords is wor...

Emily Chen April 18, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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New Strixhaven Dragons Could Reshape Spell-Heavy Magic Decks

A pair of fresh cards from Magic: The Gathering's upcoming Secrets of Strixhaven set has caught the attention of Izzet (Red/Blue) players looking to supercharge their spell-casting strategies. For ...

Emily Chen April 18, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Slay the Spire 2 Tanks to Mixed Reviews After Balance Patch Backlash

Slay the Spire 2's stellar Early Access reputation cracked this week when a major update sent players into a tailspin. The roguelike deckbuilder, which launched in March to "Overwhelmingly Positive...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Clair Obscur Sweeps Best Game at BAFTAs, But Misses on Music and Story

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 claimed the top prize at the BAFTA Games Awards 2026, but the French studio's night proved bittersweet as the title lost out in several major categories where it had bee...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Arc Raiders Blindsides Players With Last-Minute Expedition Overhaul

Embark Studios dropped a bombshell on its extraction shooter community this week by overhauling the third Expedition just days before it launches, leaving players who spent months grinding resource...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Pickmos vanishes from Steam after Pokemon copycat storm

The creature-collecting game Pickmos has been pulled from Steam as its publisher moves to contain a mounting controversy over borrowed designs and apparent art theft. Publisher Networkgo announced ...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Catan in Your Pocket: The $10 Card Game That Actually Works

The Catan franchise has conquered the world. Forty million copies sold. Endless expansions. Japanese exclusive versions. Historically themed spin-offs. It's a juggernaut that shows no signs of slow...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Starfield Plummets to £37 on PS5, Days After Launch Beset by Crashes

Starfield's PlayStation 5 arrival is already showing cracks. The space exploration game has tumbled to £36.99 at Amazon UK, a dramatic markdown from its £44.99launch price just weeks after hitting ...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Skyrim Modder Turns Dragons Into Debate Opponents, Chaos Ensues

A Skyrim modder has weaponized absurdity by replacing traditional dragon combat with something far stranger: competitive debate.BlurbsTV crowdsourced chaos by asking his Twitch chat to pitch the mo...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Final Fantasy XIV Joins Forces With Jollibee for Exclusive Chicken Emote and Crossover Merch

Square Enix is partnering with Jollibee, the Filipino fast food giant, to bring Final Fantasy XIV into restaurants across North America and back into players' game clients. The collaboration runs f...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Gaming's Summer Blitz: 50+ Titles Revealed at Galaxies Showcase

The Galaxies Showcase delivered a staggering lineup of upcoming releases spanning action RPGs, survival games, party titles, and experimental indies. The event featured seven world premieres and co...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 12 min read

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Cyberpunk Card Game Smashes Kickstarter Record With $25 Million Haul

WeirdCo's Cyberpunk Trading Card Game has obliterated crowdfunding records, crossing $25 million in backing with over 43,000 supporters as its Kickstarter campaign wound down in mid-April. The lice...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred finally fixes what broke the endgame

Diablo 4 has a reputation problem. The vanilla release in 2023 promised a grind that would sustain players for months, but the endgame collapsed into repetition within weeks. Each subsequent update...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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MTG's Weirdest Commander Deck Just Dropped to $40

Magic: The Gathering players hunting for a bargain just caught a break. Amazon has slashed the price on one of the Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander precons to an all-time low, and it happens to be one of ...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 4 min read

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White House Under Fire for Raiding Nintendo, Pokémon Without Permission

Japan's top diplomat has publicly rebuked the White House for using copyrighted video game material in social media posts without authorization, marking an unusual collision between geopolitics and...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Final Fantasy XIV's Next Big Update Arrives April 28 with New Job, Raid, and Kefka Ultimate

Final Fantasy XIV players have their next major milestone marked on the calendar. Patch 7.5, titled Trail to the Heavens, launches April 28 and sets the stage for the expansion that follows. Direct...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Ghost of Yotei PS5 Bundle Just Got Way More Valuable Thanks to Sony's Price Hikes

Sony's recent PlayStation 5 price increases created an unexpected silver lining: the Ghost of Yotei bundle has transformed from a modest deal into a genuinely compelling offer for anyone still shop...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Formula Legends Lands Massive Formula E Deal for 2026 Expansion

Developer 3DClouds has secured an official partnership with the FIA Formula E World Championship, bringing a fully licensed racing expansion to its indie hit Formula Legends next year. The Formula ...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Charlie Cox Finally Boots Up Clair Obscur After Months of Dodging It

Charlie Cox has at last played Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, months after admitting he felt like a fraud every time fans praised his work in the game he'd never actually seen. The Daredevil actor co...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Samson Crashes Hard: A Beautiful Wreck That Can't Drive, Can't Fight, and Won't Let You Finish

Samson arrives as a visually striking but fundamentally broken open-world brawler that mistakes a small scope for ambition. The game follows ex-convict Samson McCray, freshly released to his 1990s ...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 10 min read

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Pixar Finally Crashes Disney Lorcana: Wilds Unknown Preorders Live Now

Disney Lorcana is getting its Pixar moment. Preorders for the Wilds Unknown expansion went live this week, marking the first time characters from Toy Story, The Incredibles, and Brave have entered ...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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Quirky Physics Platformer Yerba Buena Swings for Portal, Hits a Plot Wall

Yerba Buena is a game caught between two worlds. Set in an alternate 1970s San Francisco, it pairs charming visual design with a physics puzzle mechanic that shows real promise, yet stumbles hard w...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 8 min read

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Metro 2039 Emerges from the Darkness: First Gameplay Reveal Teases Haunted Underground

4A Games and Deep Silver lifted the curtain on Metro 2039 during an Xbox showcase, unveiling the first gameplay footage and confirming a winter 2026 launch window for the franchise's next chapter. ...

Emily Chen April 17, 2026 0 comments 6 min read

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Space Marine 2 Hits 12 Million Players, Sequel Already in the Works

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 has rocketed past 12 million players, a milestone that has left its publisher stunned. Focus Entertainment credited the third-person action game with exceeding expe...

Emily Chen April 16, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Remake Eyed for July Launch

Ubisoft's pirate-themed remake is reportedly heading for release on July 9, according to reporting from Insider Gaming, though the publisher has not yet officially confirmed the date.The project, t...

Emily Chen April 16, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Stitch Edition Lorcana Starter Set Delivers Dazzling Promo Card and Real Value for Collectors

Disney Lorcana's new Stitch-themed Collection Starter Set from the Winterspell expansion packs enough substance to justify its $30 price tag, especially if you're drawn to one of the trading card g...

Emily Chen April 16, 2026 0 comments 7 min read

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Lana Del Rey Sings New James Bond Game's Theme

Lana Del Rey has officially been revealed as the voice behind the title track for the upcoming James Bond video game 007: First Light, publisher IO Interactive confirmed. The track, which carries D...

Emily Chen April 16, 2026 0 comments 5 min read

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D&D Launches Star-Studded Actual Play Show With Baldur's Gate 3 Cast

Wizards of the Coast is bringing tabletop gameplay to screens with Dungeon Masters, an official actual play series that taps into the star power of Baldur's Gate 3. The show launches April 22 and f...

Emily Chen April 16, 2026 0 comments 3 min read

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Street Fighter's Star-Studded Lineup Brings Game Icons to Life

Paramount Pictures and Legendary Entertainment are betting big on 2026 with a Street Fighter film that looks to break the curse of past fighting game adaptations. After the infamous 2009 misstep wi...

Emily Chen April 16, 2026 0 comments 10 min read

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Battlefield 6 Swings Big in 2026: Naval Maps, Massive Arenas, and a Desperate Bid to Win Back Players

Battlefield Studios is laying out an ambitious roadmap for 2026, one that signals a fundamental shift in how the studio plans to rebuild player confidence after a turbulent first year. The four-stu...

Emily Chen April 16, 2026 0 comments 9 min read