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Road to Vostok launches worldwide on April 7, 2026
The hyper‑realistic survival shooter Road to Vostok will go live on PC via Steam on April 7, 2026 at 10 am ET (7 am PT, 3 pm UTC, 4 pm CET). No console version is planned for the initial rollout, and a free demo is already available for players to try.
Marvel Rivals has issued a community warning after detecting a rise in "incentivized throwing," where players deliberately sabotage matches for cash bounties offered by the third‑party platform Intlist. The developer announced a zero‑tolerance policy, promising permanent bans for anyone caught exploiting the bounty system. Intlist, co‑founded by former pro player EchoRivals, claims to combat griefing but instead appears to encourage coordinated sabotage. The crackdown aims to protect ranked integrity and curb external reward schemes.
Nintendo announced a second Super Mario Galaxy Movie Direct for March 9, the day before Mario Day, promising the final trailer but no new game information. A fresh poster reveals classic characters like Wart and the iconic frog‑suit enemies, deepening the film’s nostalgic...
Marathon’s Rook shell is a solo‑only class that enters matches halfway through, giving players a quieter environment to loot. It comes with only two abilities—Recuperation and Signal Mask—and provides a random starter kit instead of personal gear. Rook’s gameplay revolves...
OpenAI unveiled its GPT‑5.4 model by delivering a fully playable turn‑based tactical RPG built with the Phaser framework. The demo showcases AI‑generated code, assets, and iterative testing using Codex and Playwright Interactive, all running directly in a browser. GPT‑5.4 is...
Nintendo and Illumination announced a third dedicated Direct on March 9, promising the final trailer for the upcoming Super Mario Galaxy movie. The event follows a November 2025 and a January 2024 Direct, each unveiling new characters and locations. The...
Another Ubisoft source told me they used to consider the company to be stable, but were rattled by job cuts and “the fact that we’re unable to ship anything right now.” Ubisoft sources I speak to want to get more of...
Building a budget gaming PC in 2026 is feasible using the AM4 platform, a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU, and a Gigabyte B550 motherboard. Incorporating used components such as DDR4 RAM and an AMD RX 6600‑series GPU keeps costs low while delivering strong 1440p...
Nvidia has announced a re‑release of the older RTX 3060 8 GB graphics card, positioning it as a low‑cost option for budget gamers. The new SKU is expected to retail near $250, a steep increase from the $70‑plus price point the card originally...
Pokopia’s latest update adds Mosslax, a moss‑covered Snorlax variant, to the Black Beach area. Players must reach a “great” trainer rank before the creature appears, tying the encounter to progression. Mosslax awakens after players brighten its dark cave using utility...
New: Meet Roblox's teen millionaires. A couple hit games "set them up for life," according to one 22-year-old dev who calls them "a great source of passive income." Move over YouTube and Twitch -- Roblox is minting the next class...
Lockwood Publishing announced that its flagship social metaverse Avakin Life has surpassed 500 million lifetime downloads, marking a 12‑year run of steady growth. The platform now supports 1.6 million monthly active players and averaged 220 000 daily active users in 2025. Avakin Life’s...
Turkey's government is reportedly considering bans on major gaming platforms Valve's Steam and Epic Games Store. The move follows recent restrictions on Roblox and Discord, signaling a tightening regulatory stance. Turkey hosts more than 800 game development studios, whose access...
Nestopi Inc. announced that its lo‑fi productivity adventure, Chill with You: Lo‑Fi Story, will debut on Android and iOS in Spring 2026 after a successful PC launch. The mobile version lets players work alongside the character Satone while customizing lo‑fi tracks,...
Slay the Spire 2 has surged to become Steam’s biggest roguelike, logging a peak concurrent player count of 414,218. This eclipses the previous record held by Elden Ring Nightreign’s 313,593 players and outpaces other popular titles such as Megabonk and Hades 2....
The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake, announced in 2021, remains in development five years later, according to Saber Interactive's chief creative officer Tim Willits. The project switched developers from an unnamed studio to Saber Interactive, but no...
Urban Games announced that Transport Fever 3 will ship with native Linux and macOS support from day one, expanding the franchise’s reach beyond Windows. The transport simulation title, slated for release later this year, offers a deep suite of features including...
The guide outlines how players can acquire Stand Arrows in the Roblox title Bizarre Lineage, a prerequisite for unlocking or rerolling Stands. It details five primary sources: story mission rewards, random chest drops, token‑based purchases from raid shops, ground spawns,...
Project Helix, Microsoft’s next‑gen Xbox, uses a 408 mm² AMD Magnus chip that combines a 144 mm² SoC and a 264 mm² GPU, making it larger and costlier than Sony’s 280 mm² PS6 Orion chip. Helix packs 68 RDNA 5 GPU compute units and up...
Xbox adds Marathon to its Xbox Cloud Gaming library, letting Game Pass subscribers stream the shooter on phones, laptops, and TVs in 29 supported countries. The author’s tests reveal severe input lag that hampers the game’s fast‑paced combat, making traditional...
Twitch star Ninja abandoned Bungie's new shooter Marathon after just over an hour, citing the game's AI bots as overwhelmingly difficult. The AI opponents proved tougher than human players, quickly overwhelming Ninja despite his early success. Bungie confirmed the hard...
Indie title Sol Cesto, a tactical roguelite with bizarre teeth‑pulling mechanics, is set for its full 1.0 launch on April 10, 2026. The game, which entered early‑access on May 27, 2025, runs on Linux via Proton/Wine and has received a fresh animated trailer ahead...
Gamescom LAN 2026 will run from March 20‑22 in Cologne, featuring 14 esports tournaments across multiple genres. Tier‑1 events carry a €46,750 prize pool and spotlight VALORANT, run by Project V, and Counter‑Strike 2, organized by BIG. Tier‑2 competitions offer €3,500...
Marathon introduces Schemas, rare items that grant exclusive access to gear unavailable elsewhere. Players can obtain Schemas through random drops—most reliably via supply drops—or by earning them in the Silk rewards pass, including prestige‑level versions. Once acquired, a Schema activates...
Survival sandbox title Soulmask exits Early Access on April 10, launching on Steam and Epic for PC. The full release adds three new modes—Survival, Tribe, and Warrior—plus systems like Tribesmen Position, Unlimited Build, Tribe Upgrade, and Custom Boss Challenges. Simultaneously,...
100 Thieves confirmed that its Crazy Thieves squad—Genburten, Verhulst and in‑game leader Phony—will compete again in the Apex Legends Global Series Year 6 circuit. The trio finished sixth at the Year 5 Championship in Sapporo, pocketing $100,000 in prize money. Their next appearance comes...
Pokémon Pokopia’s trainer rank determines access to new zones via green gates. Players raise rank by completing the main storyline and fulfilling Pokémon requests. The rank can be checked by attempting to open a gate, which displays the current level....
A community poll explored gamers’ attitudes toward ray tracing and up‑scaling technologies such as DLSS, FSR, and XeSS. Respondents were split: some view both features as optional tools for older hardware, while others see them as essential for 4K gaming...
Heartopia’s Item Ordering Service lets players bypass the once‑daily store refresh by ordering clothing and furniture through a green vending machine. The service unlocks at Developer’s Guild Member level 35, after which players can browse the full regular inventory and place...
Capcom released the first March 2026 patch for Resident Evil Requiem across Xbox, PlayStation 5 and PC. The update, roughly 1 GB in size, addresses a progression‑blocking bug and refines gameplay stability. Xbox players have begun receiving the patch, though rollout timing varies...
Fortnite Chapter 7, Season 1 introduces a hidden quest at Dark Voyager’s holotable, located in Lethal Labs near the Zero Point Shard. Players must drop through glass, locate an orange‑fenced balcony, and interact with the "Access hidden logs" option to decrypt a...
Acer’s Nitro V 16‑inch gaming laptop, equipped with an RTX 5070 GPU, is on sale for $1,249.99 at Best Buy—a $50 markdown from its list price. The machine ships with a 16‑inch 180 Hz IPS panel, 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD,...
The Game Developers Choice Awards announced Don Daglow will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award and Rebecca Heineman will be posthumously honored with the Ambassador Award. Daglow’s five‑decade career includes over 100 games and founding Stormfront Studios, while Heineman contributed to...
The Pokopia smooth rock, originally a Sandstorm‑extending held item in Pokémon Diamond & Pearl, is repurposed as the essential component for creating the Smooth Tall Grass habitat in the fan‑made Pokopia game. Players find the item inside a Pokéball in...
CoreGames announced Darklord: Vampire Survival, a dark‑fantasy ARPG that blends roguelike combat with base‑building and crafting. The game features more than 200 traits, nine distinct bloodlines, a Relics Collection System, soul pets, and the ability to turn enemies into servants....
Relaxubble is a new bubble‑popping puzzle game that lets players shake their device to reposition bubbles and create colorful scenes. The title blends ASMR‑style audio with physics‑driven bubble movement, offering a calming, offline experience without ads. It includes color‑blind friendly...
The guide walks players through the seven‑step Determination questline needed to unlock Dark Determination, a prestige‑based transformation in Bizarre Lineage. Unlocking requires completing raids, PvP duels, gang wars, and other challenges while paying 10,000 cash for Prestige Shards. Once earned,...
TinyBuild’s "The King is Watching" reached over 500,000 copies after a strategic pivot to roguelite mechanics, improving replayability and player engagement. The shift aligned with Steam’s evolving tag‑based recommendation system, which helped the game find a niche audience without relying...
Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 1 introduces a survival‑skill quest where players must collect three food items from Produce Boxes. These boxes appear randomly across the map but are most abundant at Latte Landing, Bumpy Bay, Ripped Tides, and Battlewood Boulevard. Each box typically holds four food items,...
The Pokopia guide details the nine moves currently available to Ditto, including Water Gun, Leafage, Cut, Rock Smash, Rototiller, Surf, Camouflage, Rollout, and Glide, each tied to a specific Pokémon source and island location. It explains how each move functions,...
Nintendo appears to have unintentionally confirmed an upcoming Mario Kart World update, likely timed with Mario Day on March 10. A leaked screenshot shows a new battle‑mode icon featuring a Bob‑omb alongside a coin and balloon, suggesting the return of the...
Slay the Spire 2 introduces optional co‑op, letting up to four players share a single adventure. Players must own the game and be Steam friends, then host or join a session from the multiplayer menu. The host selects a save file,...
Saber Interactive announced an untitled John Wick video game that will explore the assassin’s life before the events of the first film. Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits described the game as a level‑based experience that feels like watching a movie,...
Mystery of Silence, the first chapter of the Scholar Adventure series, has launched on Android for $3.99 after a positive Steam debut in December 2025. Developed by Making Enemies using the PowerQuest engine, the game brings a 1990s‑style point‑and‑click horror...
Vulkan 1.4.345 was released as a routine update to the graphics and compute API, introducing a single new vendor extension while polishing numerous spec clarifications. The added VK_ARM_shader_instrumentation extension enables developers to instrument shaders and capture per‑shader‑type performance metrics on...
Roblox has introduced an AI‑powered chat feature that automatically rephrases profanity in real time. Instead of masking words with asterisks, the system rewrites them into respectful equivalents while keeping the original intent. Early rollout data shows the tool improves moderation...
Pitchify has introduced Pitch Direct, a new service that lets game developers browse detailed publisher requirements and submit pitches directly to suitable partners. The platform displays criteria such as budget, timeline, platform and genre, and includes built‑in CRM tools, search...
Bungie's extraction shooter Marathon launched on PC with a peak of 88,337 concurrent players on Steam, roughly half the 143,621 peak recorded during its pre‑launch Server Slam. While the numbers have dipped since launch, the game holds a Very Positive...
Game Republic New Horizons has created an international advisory board of more than 20 industry veterans to shape its 2026 conference. The board includes leaders from Kickstarter, Revolution Software, Double Eleven and other key players. The three‑day event will run...
Konami’s eFootball 2026 released the Epic Italian League Attackers pack, spotlighting three Goal Poacher legends—Alessandro Del Piero, Adriano, and newcomer Alexandre Pato. The review highlights Del Piero’s revamped Momentum Dribbling and Blitz Curler combo, positioning him as the pack’s premier SSS‑tier card. Adriano retains...
Scottish artist Fern "4nt1r34l" Hook discovered Bungie used her artwork in the Marathon alpha without permission, prompting an investigation that confirmed the claim. Bungie identified a former staff member as the source of the breach and subsequently removed the infringing...
