Epomaker HE68 Lite Gaming Keyboard Review: A Properly Cheap Mechanical Board with Premium Tricks
The Epomaker HE68 Lite is a $50 65% mechanical keyboard that packs premium features such as Hall‑Effect magnetic switches, rapid‑trigger support, and an 8K polling rate, despite its lightweight plastic chassis. Reviewers note smooth linear switches, solid PBT keycaps, and a quiet typing experience that rivals pricier models like the Logitech G413 SE. Its compact design and adjustable actuation depth make it a strong contender for gamers and typists seeking performance without a high price tag. Overall, the board delivers high‑end tech at a bargain price point.
"There Is a New Narrative From Haters," Off the Grid Studio Boss Says of Accusations Gunzilla Haven't Paid Workers on...
Gunzilla Games’ CEO Vlad Korolev used a lengthy tweet to rebut former staff claims that the studio delayed contractor payments for months, insisting full‑time employees have never waited more than a week. He framed the criticism as a “new narrative from...
Over the Hill Looks Like SnowRunner's Cosy Off-Roading Cousin, and Its New Trailer Shows Off Muddy Motoring in Algeria Ahead...
Funselektor Labs and Strelka Games have unveiled a new off‑road title, Over the Hill, positioned as a more relaxed counterpart to SnowRunner. The latest trailer highlights a rugged Algerian landscape dotted with ancient ruins and meteorite fields, emphasizing winch‑based recovery...
Convince a Giant Robotic Head on a Stick It's Not Human in Prove You're Human, the New Game From 1000xResist...
Sunset Visitor’s new title Prove You’re Human casts players as digital copies tasked with convincing a sentient robotic head that it isn’t human. The game mixes dialogue‑driven interrogation, CAPTCHA‑style puzzles, and live‑action footage to explore the AI’s self‑awareness. Its premise...
Crop Is Stardew Valley Except You Arrive at Your Farm Naked and in the Boot of a Car
Crop, the upcoming farming title from 11 Bit Studios and Carbonara Games, drops players onto a derelict farm naked in a car boot and forces them to bury the previous owner before cultivating food for a starving village trapped in a...
Build the City of Your Dreams, and Your Graphics Card's Nightmares, in Hyper-Shiny Mayoral Sim City Masterplan
Indie studio 1:1 Studio unveiled its debut title City Masterplan, a glossy city‑building simulation that promises true 1:1 scale construction across massive 24 × 24 km maps. The game is built on Unreal Engine 5 and emphasizes realistic traffic and supply‑chain mechanics. While no...
Galaxies Spring Showcase: How to Watch and What to Expect
The Galaxies Spring Showcase 2026 will air on April 16, 2026, delivering a 60‑minute live stream that spotlights more than 50 upcoming games, including seven world premieres. IGN will broadcast the event across its website, YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, X, and partner...
Baldur's Gate 3's Second Act Should Get a Playable New Region This Year, Assuming This Custom Campaign Mod Doesn't Hit...
Custom‑campaign modder SquallyDaBeanz announced that the Baldur’s Gate 3 Act Two Expansion will likely ship in the latter half of 2026, after a series of scope‑expanding revisions. The update adds a new explorable region, additional NPCs, quests, and combat encounters, while...
From the C: To the /Mnt/S, Linux Is Better than Ever for PC Gaming – and Easier to Switch to...
The author switched from Windows 11 to the Arch‑based CachyOS after growing frustrated with AI‑heavy updates and performance slowdowns. Recent advances in Proton and tools like ProtonUp‑QT now let Linux run most Windows games with little hassle, making the platform a...
PUBG: Battlegrounds' New PvE Mode Is All About Fighting Off an Alien Invasion, And/Or Hiding in a Big Man-Made Dirt...
Krafton has launched Xeno Point, a new four‑player co‑op PvE mode for PUBG: Battlegrounds that pits squads against waves of alien robots and boss encounters. The mode features three difficulty levels—normal, hard and impossible—and uses a difficulty‑amplifier system to unlock...
The Widening of Steam Continues with Another UI Beta, This Time for the Mod Hotspot Workshop
Valve is testing a wide‑format UI for the Steam Workshop, expanding preview images and streamlining navigation. The opt‑in beta adds faster filter updates, a quick‑view overlay, and improved responsiveness for mobile, Steam Deck, and Big Picture. Users can enable the beta...
I Want to Live in Nippets' Charming, Silly Hidden Objects World
Nippets, a hand‑drawn hidden object game from indie studio Blink Industries, launched today on Steam. Players use a virtual hand to locate and manipulate objects within richly illustrated scenes that feel like living dioramas. The game features a fridge‑styled menu...
The Myst Lifts over Call of the Elder Gods, Granting It a May Release Date
Call of the Elder Gods, the sequel to the 2020 Myst‑style adventure Call of the Sea, has been given a firm release date of May 12, 2024. Players will once again control Harry Everheart, now joined by Evangeline Drayton, as...
007: First Light's Bond Isn't Cool Enough to Look Away From Explosions, but He Will Be Trying to Find His...
IO Interactive’s upcoming title *007: First Light* puts players in the shoes of a 26‑year‑old James Bond, emphasizing his youthful inexperience and idealism. The game’s narrative explores themes of belonging, intuition versus technology, and how a risk‑taking Bond could reshape...
Beyond Words Is Scrabble Meets Balatro, and It's Left Me Feeling Like I've Gone Ten Rounds with a Dictionary
Beyond Words is a digital word game that mixes Scrabble’s tile‑placement with Balatro‑style power cards. Players must hit rapidly escalating score thresholds within five moves, using cards that add multipliers and bonuses. The reviewer notes that early rounds are manageable,...
Pillars of Eternity's Turn-Based Mode Is Finally Out in Full, and Obsidian Have Also Kindly Turned Off the Invisible Treadmills
Obsidian Entertainment has officially launched the long‑awaited turn‑based combat mode for Pillars of Eternity, concluding a year‑long beta that began in November. The full release arrives alongside a comprehensive patch that addresses major combat bugs, UI quirks, and animation glitches....
"We're Not Doing Zombie Animals", Says State of Decay 3 Studio Head, but You Can Turn a Tea Kettle Into...
Undead Labs’ studio head Philip Holt clarified that the iconic zombie‑deer shown in the 2020 State of Decay 3 teaser was never a finished feature, describing the trailer as an early concept created by a handful of developers. The upcoming sequel...
Raise up the Decapitated Head of the Goddess of Love in a Flower Pot in the Charmingly Silly Tomak: Save...
Tomak: Save the Earth Regeneration, a 25‑year‑old simulation game, has been re‑released for free on the Epic Games Store. The quirky title tasks players with caring for the disembodied head of the love goddess Evian, who lives in a flower...
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor's Upcoming DLC Is Bringing Back the Original's Seasonally Appropriate Egg Hunt Mode
Funday Games is releasing the Heavy Duty expansion for Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor on April 30, adding a seasonal Egg Hunt mission. The mode revisits the original game’s Easter‑themed hunt but uses a star‑shaped collection pattern, a cargo pod, and the...
Nintendo's Legal Fight with Palworld Suffers a Reversal as the USPTO Reject Their Patent on Character-Summoning Battle Mechanics
Nintendo's U.S. patent on character‑summoning battle mechanics was rejected by the USPTO in a non‑final decision, jeopardizing its legal leverage against Pocketpair's Palworld. The patent, granted in September 2025 and covering 26 claims, aimed to protect the summon‑and‑fight loop popularized...
Starcrafty Strategy Game Stormgate Is About to Lose Its Multiplayer Modes, Due to an AI Company Buying up Frost Giant's...
Stormgate, the StarCraft‑style RTS from Frost Giant Studios, will lose its multiplayer functionality at the end of April after its server provider, Hathora, was acquired by AI firm Fireworks AI. The new owner is winding down game‑server services to focus...
The First New Heroes of Might and Magic Strategy Game in over 10 Years Will Launch This Month
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era will enter PC early access on April 30, marking the franchise's first new title in more than ten years. Developed by Unfrozen and handed to Hooded Horse for day‑to‑day publishing after Ubisoft’s corporate restructuring,...
Vultures - Scavengers Of Death Is a Turn-Based, Extraction Take on Resident Evil, and It's Out Next Month
Vultures – Scavengers of Death is an indie horror title that reimagines Resident Evil’s survival‑horror premise as a turn‑based, extraction‑focused experience. The game adopts a gritty PS1‑style visual aesthetic, complete with low‑poly textures and a bio‑hazard storyline set in Salento...
Major French Consumer Group Sue Ubisoft over Always-Online Game Shutdowns with the Backing of Stop Killing Games
A French consumer watchdog, UFC‑Que Choisir, has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft for shutting down online support for the open‑world racer The Crew in March 2024, rendering the game unplayable despite its single‑player claims. The case is backed by the Stop Killing...
The Impossible Alchemy of Lucid Blocks Is a Reminder that 99% of Videogame Crafting Is Boring
Lucid Blocks, an indie first‑person sandbox, centers its gameplay around a mysterious crafting system called Apotheosis, where players combine items in a six‑socket circle to produce unpredictable results. The system can yield anything from trivial leaves to a bottled sun,...
This Popular and Capacious Anker Zolo Power Bank Is Just £25/$33 From Amazon
Anker’s Zolo power bank packs a 20,000 mAh battery into a compact chassis and delivers up to 30 W of fast charging. It retails for roughly $32 in the UK and $34 in the US on Amazon, marking a low point in...
Skyblivion Devs Are "on the Hunt" For some "Final, Vital" Veteran Hands to Get the Oblivion Remake Mod over the...
Skyblivion, the fan‑made remake of The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion for Skyrim’s engine, announced a recruitment drive for veteran modders to complete its final development phase. The team is targeting specialists in quests, navmeshing, interior design, 3D art, implementation, and sound design,...
"It Is Meant to Be Lived In" - Grand Strategy Game Riftborne Offers "Months" Of Galactic Scheming and No Actual...
Riftborne, a real‑time sci‑fi grand strategy game from indie studio Pitio Productions, has entered early access with a text‑heavy, terminal‑style interface and minimal graphics. The game features procedurally generated galaxies, a simulated market, over 200 ship types and six distinct...
Embark Devs Playtested Arc Raiders Too Viciously, so They Found a System that Let Them Be Care Bears One Day...
Embark Studios’ live‑service shooter Arc Raiders uses a daily randomiser to flip internal playtesting between aggressive PvP and friendly, non‑violent styles. Production director Caio Braga explained the system helps capture diverse player experiences and preserve features like the “don’t‑shoot” emote. The...
Save $450 on This Sublime 32-Inch 4K 240Hz Samsung QD-OLED Monitor in the Amazon Spring Sale
Samsung’s Odyssey OLED G8 32‑inch 4K 240 Hz monitor is now $849 on Amazon, a $450 discount from its recent $1,300 price. The QD‑OLED panel offers deep blacks, DCI‑P3 colour coverage and HDR10+ support, while a 240 Hz refresh rate targets competitive...
PUBG: Blindspot Is Going Offline Forever After Just Two Months in Early Access, Despite Krafton's Record Battlegrounds Revenues
PUBG: Blindspot, a free‑to‑play tactical shooter from Arc Team and Krafton, will shut down on March 30 after just two months in early access. The developers said the project could not be sustained at the quality level they intended. Despite...
This Capable Logitech G703 Lightspeed Is Down to £53/$60 in a Handy Amazon Discount
Logitech’s G703 Lightspeed wireless gaming mouse is now on Amazon for $60 in the United States and £53 (about $68) in the United Kingdom, its lowest price of 2026. The mouse packs a 25,600‑DPI Hero sensor, Lightspeed 2.4 GHz zero‑latency wireless,...
Crusader Kings 3 Update 1.19, Out Now in Beta, Delivers the Ledger and an Accolade Rework - It Also Stops...
Paradox Interactive released Crusader Kings 3 update 1.19 in beta, introducing a comprehensive ledger of spreadsheets that centralizes war, finance and ruler data. The patch also adds personal character‑bound Stories to the Situations tab and expands age‑related ailments for older characters based...
Star Wars Zero Company Forces You Into Permadeath so You Can See "What's on the Other Side of the Experience"
Star Wars Zero Company, a tactical strategy title from Bit Reactor, incorporates permanent character death as a core mechanic. The development team grappled with how permadeath could limit narrative influence of pre‑designed operators, ultimately deciding it enhances parity between authored...
If Pragmata's Fake New York Looks AI-Generated to You, Good, It's Meant to, but the Tech Itself Hasn't Touched the...
Capcom's upcoming shooter Pragmata features a New York level deliberately crafted to look like AI‑generated imagery, complete with distorted buildings and misplaced vehicles. Director Cho Yonghee explained the team wanted a familiar yet uncanny environment, so human developers manually introduced errors...
Dying Light: The Beast's New Restored Land Update Lets You Turn the Game Into a Gritty Walking Sim
Techland’s free Restored Land update for Dying Light: The Beast introduces a persistent world mode where killed zombies never respawn. The feature is locked to Survivor or Brutal difficulty and solo play, and it also limits loot, shop inventory, and...
Vaunted's Tactical Combat Looks Fine, but I'm Most Interested in the Consequences of Rewriting History when One of Its Dodgy...
Vaunted is a newly announced tactical RPG from Lost Lake Games that mixes real‑time shooting with turn‑based planning. Players control three morally ambiguous space mercenaries—Dyse, Gendril, and Kyvaath—each representing a heavy, thief, or mage archetype. The game’s standout feature lets...
This SSD Enclosure Is One of My Most-Used PC Gadgets, and You Can Get It for 30% Off
The Ugreen USB‑C SSD enclosure, now priced at $16 in the U.S. (about $20 after converting the UK £16 price), is on sale for roughly 30% off. It lets users repurpose spare M.2 drives—ranging from 2230 to 2280 form factors—into...
The Asus ROG Strix XG27UCG, One of the Dual-Mode Gaming Monitor Pioneers, Has Hit Its Lowest-Ever Price
The Asus ROG Strix XG27UCG, a dual‑mode 27‑inch gaming monitor, has hit an all‑time low of $299 (≈£319), a steep drop from its launch price of $499 (≈£413). It offers a 4K/160 Hz panel that can switch to an esports‑focused 1080p/360 Hz...
My Go-To PC Game Controller Is Getting Spring Sale Price Cuts - and so Is Its Cheaper Wired Version
Razer’s premium Wolverine V3 Pro controller is on sale, with discounts up to 35% in the US and a price cut from £190 to £130 in the UK (≈ $166). The wired Wolverine V3 Tournament Edition also sees steep reductions,...
Painted Kingdoms Combines Real-Time Strategy with Firefighting on Lavish Maps Made Entirely of Paper
Painted Kingdoms is an indie tower‑defense title that fuses real‑time strategy with firefighting on hand‑drawn paper maps. Players act as a magical general, painting settlements, forests, and waterways to defend against wave‑based enemies that can set the parchment ablaze. Each...
This Slay The Spire 2 PvP Mod Lets You Battle Friends Mid-Run to See Who's Made the Better Deck
Slay the Spire 2 now has a community‑made PvP mod called SlayThePlayer that swaps traditional act bosses for head‑to‑head battles. Two players start on the same seed, run independent maps, and face off at each act, with a best‑of‑three format...
Pretend You Own an Undelayed Steam Machine with This Fine Steam Deck Dock, Now 33% Off in the Amazon Spring...
The Ugreen 9‑in‑1 docking station for the Steam Deck is on sale for $40 on Amazon US, down from $60, and offers a comparable discount in the UK where prices hover between $46 and $64. The dock provides HDMI, USB‑C,...
Tycoon God Game Sintopia Is Black & White Above, Dungeon Keeper Below, and It's Releasing in April
Team 17 and Piraknights announce Sintopia, a hybrid god‑simulation and management game launching on April 16. The title positions players as middle managers of Hell, balancing automated sin‑processing factories below with a bucolic surface world of plant‑based humans above. Players can influence...
It Has My Face, My Favourite Sci-Fi Assassination Sim About Being Stalked by a Clone of Yourself, Has a 1.0...
It Has My Face, the roguelite clone‑stabber from Behaviour Interactive, exits early access with a full 1.0 launch on April 3 2026. The update adds multiplayer modes—including Team Deathmatch and Free‑For‑All for up to eight players—new story chapters, expanded clone abilities, mutator...
"The Thing We Are Trying to Stop Keeps Happening": Highguard and Other High-Profile Demises Keep Making the Argument for Stop...
Stop Killing Games, a grassroots coalition, has taken its case to the European Parliament, urging legislation to prevent online‑only games from disappearing when servers shut down. Recent high‑profile closures such as the shooter Highguard illustrate the emotional and cultural loss...
I Love the Pulpy Floral Palace of Journey of the Garden Rose, a 3D Action Fairytale with Giant Insect Swordfights
Renegade Sector’s new indie title Journey of the Garden Rose is now live on Steam, offering a 3‑D action‑adventure set in a vividly colored, low‑poly palace. Players control Lily, the Rose’s daughter, using sword, bow, and a telekinetic wand to...
Your Citizens Don't Stay Put in Stellaris-Style 4X Strategy Game Final Vanguard - Start a War and "Entire Waves of...
Heavy Pepper’s upcoming real‑time 4X, Final Vanguard, places population migration at the core of its empire simulation. Citizens move between worlds in response to infrastructure, economic opportunity, and regional stability, turning demographic shifts into a strategic resource. The game models...
If You Ask Yoshi-P, Kids Don't Care About Final Fantasy Anymore because They're Taking Too Long to Come Out
Square Enix’s longtime producer Naoki “Yoshi‑P” Yoshida admitted that younger gamers are drifting away from the Final Fantasy franchise because new main‑line titles are released less frequently. He highlighted that the three‑year gap between FF15 and FF16, and even longer...
"This Progress Will Not Be Linear": Mega Crit Outline Their Patching Process for Slay the Spire 2 After Ruffling some...
Mega Crit released the first major update for Slay the Spire 2, introducing a new Phobia mode and a suite of balance tweaks. The studio explained that changes are driven by player feedback, in‑game metrics, and internal design philosophy. They emphasized...