Petit Planet Character Trailers Introduce Medowlyn, Msafiri, and Yunguo
HoYoverse has rolled out three new character trailers for its upcoming social‑simulation title Petit Planet, building anticipation ahead of the Stardrift closed beta. The videos introduce Yunguo, a red‑panda cultivator who tends gardens; Medowlyn, a sheep‑type plushie designer; and Msafiri, a caracal adventure guide. Each teaser reveals the characters’ roles, birthdays and visual style, though only Yunguo’s English voice is heard. The beta launches on April 21, 2026, and registration remains open on the official site.
Sea of Thieves Begins New Bilge Rats Weekender Event, Resets Doubloons and Gives Opportunities to Earn Some
Sea of Thieves launched its first Bilge Rats Weekender event, running from today through April 20, alongside a major Doubloon reset that caps wallets at 4,000. The update makes every Outpost shop purchasable with gold and introduces two exclusive Bilge Rats...
Gaimin Gladiators Terminate Felps' Contract
Gaimin Gladiators announced the abrupt termination of João “felps” Vasconcellos’ contract, ending his six‑month tenure. The Brazilian rifler had helped the squad win the ECL South America Finals and secure a spot at the IEM Cologne Major. The organization named...
Expedition 33 Star Charlie Cox Has Finally Played the RPG
Charlie Cox, the voice of Gustave in the acclaimed RPG *Expedition 33*, spent a year fielding fan jokes about never playing the game. After recording just four hours of dialogue, he repeatedly dismissed his gaming credentials, even calling himself a “fraud.”...
Northernlion Cancels Streamer Supercruise Just Three Days After Announcing It, Surprising No One But Disappointing Everyone
Twitch personality Ryan "Northernlion" Letourneau announced a five‑day streamer cruise on a Royal Caribbean ship departing Tampa, but canceled the event just 72 hours later. The Supercruise, which would have featured fellow creators Dan Gheesling, Squeex and LovelyMomo, faced mounting...
Ashes of Creation Founder Posts Court Case Filings, Including Evidence About Alleged Loan-To-Buy Scheme, Intimidation, And More
Steven Sharif, founder of Ashes of Creation, released court filings accusing Intrepid Studios' former board of a loan‑to‑own scheme that allegedly starved the company of cash, forced mass layoffs and transferred assets to Rob Dawson’s TFE Holdings. The documents include...
Playdate Season 3 Is Coming Later This Year
Panic confirmed that Playdate Season 3 will arrive in time for the 2024 holidays, extending the console’s curated surprise‑game model. While the exact number of games and price remain undisclosed, the announcement follows a three‑year gap since Season 2’s launch. Season 2 delivered...
How Ebay’s Trading Card Marketplace TCGPlayer Is Using Xerox to Expand, Maintain ‘Trust’ With Magic: The Gathering, ‘Pokemon’ and ‘One...
eBay‑owned TCGPlayer launched the Roca Sifter, an automation device that identifies, prices and sorts trading‑card‑game cards without damaging them, thanks to a partnership with Xerox. The company says the Sifter works through sleeves, lowering costs for game stores and expanding trust...
Zonic: "Vitality Win a Lot of Games by People Already Being Scared and Thinking that They Can't Win. You Have...
Falcons shocked the CS:GO world by defeating Team Vitality, snapping the French squad's 18‑game winning streak at IEM Rio. Coach Danny “zonic” Sørensen emphasized a mindset of disrespecting opponents, taking risks, and confronting star player ZywOo head‑on. The team also...
PlayStation’s Long-Lost Fairgame$ Reportedly Pivoting to Include an Extraction Mode After Years of Silence
PlayStation’s Haven Studios is reportedly revamping its long‑shelved title Fairgame$ by adding an extraction‑shooter mode, a genre that has surged in popularity since 2020. The game, first unveiled in 2023 as a competitive heist experience, remains in development three years...
ARC Raiders’ Blazing Marathon Is Rapidly Slowing Down. Is It Finally Time to Start Worrying About Its Future?
ARC Raiders launched in October and quickly became a flagship live‑service extraction shooter, regularly hitting new player‑count peaks. By January 2026 it reached a record 481,966 concurrent players, but the average has since fallen to roughly 92,000, an 80% decline....
Wizards Of The Coast’s New Critical Role-Style Show Is A Mini Baldur’s Gate 3 Reunion
Wizards of the Coast is debuting an actual‑play series called *Dungeon Masters* on April 22, 2026, with episodes airing weekly on Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET. The five‑person cast features Baldur’s Gate 3 voice talent Neil Newbon and Devora Wilde, alongside veteran DM Jasmine Bhullar,...
Plinko-Style Roguelike Strategy PC Hit Nubby’s Number Factory Is Out on Mobile
Nubby’s Number Factory, a plinko‑style roguelike that launched on PC, is now available on Android via Google Play. The developer offers a full paid version at $4.99 and a free lite version mirroring the Steam demo, both ad‑free and without...
Show HN: Shader Lab, Like Photoshop but for Shaders
Shader Lab is a new browser‑based visual editor that lets users create GPU shaders using a Photoshop‑style interface. The tool presents familiar layers, masks, and a suite of effect sliders—including bloom, distortion, CRT, and glitch—so designers can tweak visual parameters...
Tomodachi Life Living the Dream Personality and Personality Chart
PocketTactics released a detailed guide for Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, outlining the 16 in‑game personalities across four core groups. The guide explains how regional naming differences map to identical traits and provides exact answer selections for movement, speech, energy,...
Chinese Esports Host Accused Of Blackface Following On-Stream Stunt
Chinese esports commentator Zha Zha appeared on the 2026 NBPL Spring Tournament stream painted entirely in black, echoing a popular in‑game stealth skin used by top *Naraka: Bladepoint* players. The stunt was intended as a tactical reference, not a response to...
"War Is Our Reality": 4A Reveal Metro 2039, a Horror FPS Inspired by Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Metro 2039, the next single‑player entry from Kyiv‑based 4A Games, re‑enters the Metro universe with a horror‑FPS set in a devastated Moscow metro. The game adopts a distinctly Ukrainian viewpoint, weaving explicit parallels to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine into its narrative...
Battlefield 6 2026 Roadmap Reveals New Maps, Ranked Play, Naval Warfare, And More
Battlefield Studios unveiled its 2026 roadmap for Battlefield 6 and the free‑to‑play Redsec mode, outlining a series of seasonal updates through the year. Season 3 (May) will debut the franchise’s largest map, Railway to Golmund, and add ranked play to Redsec, while...
Krauser Teased for Impending Return in Fatal Fury: City of the Wovles, NeoGeo AES+ Console Unveiled Based on Original Hardware
SNK announced that Wolfgang Krauser will return as a DLC character in the upcoming fighting title Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, teasing a new stage and a gameplay trailer later this month. The company also unveiled the NeoGeo AES+...
Company of Heroes 3: Dare & Destroy DLC Announced with 4 New Battlegroups
Relic Entertainment announced the "Dare & Destroy" DLC for Company of Heroes 3, set to launch on May 14 for PC at $24.99. The expansion adds four distinct battlegroups—US Free French, Wehrmacht Siege Breaker, British Special Services, and Deutsches Afrikakorps Elite Forces—each with...
Battlefield 6 Adds Naval Warfare, Wake Island, a Server Browser, and Map Reworks in 2026
Battlefield 6’s 2026 roadmap rolls out a series of major updates, starting with Season 3’s Railway to Golmud, the franchise’s largest map. Season 4 adds naval warfare on the new Tsuru Reefs map and revives Wake Island with operational carriers. The update also...
Epic’s Head Of HR Is Out Less Than A Month After 1,000+ Layoffs
Epic Games announced that chief people officer Monika Fahlbusch will leave the company, with her last day on April 15, less than a month after the firm cut more than 1,000 jobs. The departure comes amid a second wave of...
How Tencent Is Using AI to Make Fighting Games More Fluid | GDC Interview
Tencent’s MoreFun Studios is deploying generative AI to fine‑tune character movements in real time for its upcoming fighting title, The Hidden Ones. At GDC’s Festival of Gaming, head of AI Elvis Liu demonstrated how the system can produce fluid animations...
Roblox’s AI Assistant Gets New Agentic Tools to Plan, Build, and Test Games
Roblox announced a suite of agentic features that upgrade its Roblox Assistant from a simple prompt‑response tool to a collaborative development partner. The new Planning Mode lets the assistant analyze code, ask clarifying questions, and generate editable action plans before...
YouTuber Who Showcases "Adult-Oriented" Resident Evil Requiem and Stellar Blade Mods Claims Capcom's Laywers Asked Him to Take Down over...
YouTuber GrizzoUK posted an alleged Capcom legal notice demanding the removal of 1,004 videos that feature adult‑oriented mods for Resident Evil Requiem, Stellar Blade and other titles. The email cites copyright infringement and brand‑image concerns, giving a April 21 deadline. GrizzoUK...
Pragmata’s, Resident Evil Requiem’s RE Engine Path Tracing Integration Explained in Hour-Long Video
Capcom and Nvidia unveiled an hour‑long GDC presentation detailing how they integrated real‑time path tracing into the RE Engine for Resident Evil Requiem and the upcoming Pragmata. The feature, built over 18 months by Capcom engineers Kenta Nakamoto and Kosuke...
KRAFTON Announces Closed Test for 'PUBG: Black Budget' In EU
PUBG Studios, a KRAFTON subsidiary, announced a three‑day closed community test for its upcoming extraction shooter ‘PUBG: Black Budget’ in the European region. The test, scheduled for April 22‑24, will be invitation‑only and limited to EU residents with prior experience in...
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Games and Movies Are Rushing to Jump Into Bed While They're Still Getting to Know Each Other | Opinion
The London Games Festival’s Screen Play event highlighted a booming transmedia wave as video‑game IPs flood Hollywood. Industry leaders cited A24’s Elden Ring adaptation and a claim that roughly 25% of future movies will stem from games, signaling a shift...
"Ban on Unilateral Server Shutdowns": California Proposes Game Protection Bill
California lawmakers introduced Assembly Bill 1921, a “Game Protection Bill” that would bar publishers from unilaterally shutting down servers for live‑service games. The bill requires at least a two‑month advance notice, in‑game disclosures of feature deactivations, and a prohibition on...
SNK Is Releasing a Modern NeoGeo AES Console with ‘Unrivaled Authenticity’ and £70 Game Cartridges
SNK and Plaion are reviving the 1990 NeoGeo AES with a modern NeoGeo AES+ console slated for a November 12 launch. The standard and 35th Anniversary editions will retail for $249.99 (≈£179.99/€199.99) and include HDMI, 1080p output, and on‑screen BIOS...
The Outer Worlds and Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Share an Unlikely Lesson: We Make Our Own Pirates
Both The Outer Worlds and Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag illustrate how layoffs can turn workers into pirates. In The Outer Worlds, the Firefly Freebooters are stranded after corporate non‑competes dissolve their sport, forcing them to raid for survival. The game’s...
DressX and Amazon Announce Virtual Fashion Partnership | Exclusive
Avatar fashion platform DressX announced a partnership with Amazon on April 16, enabling shoppers to buy virtual garments through Amazon’s online store. The purchased items can be unlocked and worn in DressX’s Meta Horizon experience, Fashion Rivals. This marks the...
Japan: Nintendo Switch 2 Reigns Supreme and Pokemon Pokopia Remains No.1
Nintendo’s Switch 2 dominated Japan’s weekly hardware market, moving 52,058 units from April 6‑12, 2026. The broader Switch family sold 21,134 units, outpacing the PlayStation 5’s 8,673 and Xbox’s 685. On the software side, Pokemon Pokopia topped sales with 23,738 copies, adding to its...
PUBG Esports Publishes Latest Official Competitive Update
PUBG Esports has released an official competitive update outlining the EMEA selection process for the PUBG Nations Cup 2024. Germany, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and Norway will each send a four‑player roster plus a coach to Seoul, with the first...
Verizon VCT Game Changers NA Stage 1 Swiss Format and Schedule Revealed
Riot announced the Verizon VCT Game Changers NA Stage 1 Swiss Event, kicking off on April 15 with 16 teams battling online. Teams advance by reaching four wins or are eliminated after four losses, with the Swiss phase running through May 20. The...
Call of Duty Mobile Unveils Season 4 2026 Eternal Prison Update
Activision announced Call of Duty: Mobile Season 4 “Eternal Prison,” launching April 22, 2026, which adds the Rebirth Island map to Battle Royale and DMZ: Recon, introduces a new extraction flow with a rooftop Nikto boss, and rolls out a Godzilla × Kong crossover. Graphical...
When Is Riot’s New League of Legends Champion Locke Launching in 2026?
Riot Games plans to introduce a new League of Legends mid‑lane AP assassin, Locke, in Season 2 Act 2: Pandemonium on Patch 26.15, targeting a July 29, 2026 release. The champion will be the first brand‑new LoL hero since Zaahen’s November 2025 debut, arriving during the...
James Acaster to Star in New Apple Arcade Game Perchang World
British comedian James Acaster will narrate Perchang World, a new physics‑puzzle game launching on Apple Arcade on May 7. The title, described as a blend of Portal and Lemmings, marks Acaster’s first foray into video‑game voice work. Perchang, a seven‑person remote studio...
PGL Wallachia Season 8 Preview: The Dota 2 Storylines to Watch
PGL Wallachia Season 8 runs April 18‑26 in Bucharest, featuring 16 Dota 2 teams competing for a $1 million prize pool. The event marks the first major test of the post‑Facets meta after the 7.41 and 7.41b patches, putting teams’ adaptability under the spotlight....
Team Spirit Knock Out G2 to Reach IEM Rio 2 Quarter-Finals
Team Spirit defeated G2 Esports 2‑0 in the IEM Rio 2026 lower‑bracket decider, advancing to the quarter‑finals of the $1 million event. The wins came on Mirage (13‑7) and Dust 2 (13‑11), with Andrey “tN1R” Tatarinovich posting a 1.57 rating, 96.8 ADR...
Ludum Dare Will Officially End in October 2028
Long‑running indie game jam Ludum Dare announced its final scheduled event will take place in October 2028, capping a three‑year run of six more jams. Co‑founder Mike Kasprzak also hinted at an unscheduled “encore” jam in April 2029, but emphasized that the...
Valve Look Like They Might Be Rolling Out 30-Day Steam Price Tracking for Everyone, Making It Easier to Spot when...
Valve appears to be preparing a global rollout of its 30‑day price‑tracking tool, a feature currently limited to European Union stores. The code, spotted on SteamDB, would display a game’s regular price, current sale price, and the lowest price seen...
Get Another 15 Games for $15 in This New Humble Bundle for April
Humble Bundle’s April 2026 promotion bundles 15 indie games for a flat $15 price, matching the UK minimum spend of £13.38 (about $17). The collection spans genres and includes six titles verified for Steam Deck, with most games holding Steam ratings...
Game Devs Explain the Tricks Involved with Letting You Pause a Game
Game developers reveal that pausing a video game is far from trivial, despite its ubiquity. While many engines let you set the timescale to zero, some creators use near‑zero values to sidestep Unity’s zero‑speed quirks or to enable hidden fly‑around...
How Do You Follow a Hit Game About Bacon? Make a Sequel About Bacon in the Human Body
Philipp Stollenmayer, known for quirky physics titles, is releasing Bacon in Zane, a free sequel that sends the beloved bacon slice on a journey through the human body. The game follows a proven ad‑supported model, offering a $2.99 one‑time purchase...
The Expanse: A Telltale Series Arrives on Nintendo Switch Today
Telltale Games released The Expanse: A Telltale Series – Deluxe Edition on Nintendo Switch, marking the franchise’s first handheld launch. The edition includes all five episodes and a bonus chapter featuring Chrisjen Avasarala. Players control Camina Drummer, voiced by Cara Gee,...
Migrating From Phaser 3 to Phaser 4: What You Need to Know
Phaser 4 launches as the framework’s most substantial upgrade, featuring a rebuilt WebGL renderer, unified filter system, new high‑performance game objects, and an overhauled lighting model. For projects that rely on the standard Phaser 3 API—sprites, text, tilemaps, and basic objects—the migration...
How Broadcast Innovation in APAC Is Redefining the E-Sports Viewing Experience
Broadcasting in Asia‑Pacific esports is evolving from a single, linear feed to a multi‑layered, personalized experience. Viewers in markets such as Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Korea now expect real‑time data overlays, multi‑angle streams and interactive tools that let them...
Destruction Tank' On a 3-Game Winning Streak... Hanwha Life Esports Defeats DNS
Hanwha Life Esports opened the 2026 League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) regular season with a decisive 2‑0 victory over DN Supers at LoL PARK in Jongno. The team set an aggressive tone in Game 1, securing first‑blood and building a...
Esport Firm Veloce Wants to Put 5G in Pole Position
Veloce, a racing‑simulation esports firm, has teamed with the GSMA to define a set of Quality‑on‑Demand (QoD) API requirements that would let telcos deliver ultra‑low‑latency, high‑throughput connectivity for competitive gaming. The "statement of requirements" calls for standardized, programmable 5G network...