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Pearl Abyss has released yet another massive Crimson Desert update for April 2026, adding more new content to the game and bringing it to version 1.03.00. Players now have access to new abilities for all three playable characters in Crimson Desert, as well as even more improvements to the controls and UI. View the full article

Marvel Rivals has announced plans to expand beyond its signature 6v6 PvP format, introducing new game modes and Marvel-themed content. Developed by NetEase Games, Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play hero shooter that lets players build their ultimate Marvel squad and battle it out across iconic locations from the beloved franchise. Since its debut in late 2024, the title has drawn in millions of players and stands as one of the biggest launches in Marvel gaming history. View the full article

If you've been concerned with going through the Unity in the past, Bethesda says now is the time to go back in to give it a tryView the full article

The best time to be a Masters of the Universefan had to be the 1980s, when the franchise was in full swing. The second-best time was probably when the internet was dominated by the video of He-Man singing "What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes. The third-best time, happily enough, might be the coming months. View the full article

Gunzilla Games has pushed back against recent reports claiming some Off The Grid developers were not paid for their work, with CEO Vlad Korolev issuing a detailed statement that attributed the allegations against the company to "haters." However, he did not directly deny many of the central allegations and instead suggested the situation surrounding Off The Grid was more complex. View the full article

Continuing its consistent streak of delivering a weekly Crimson Desert update, developer Pearl Abyss has scored another big win with its latest set of upgrades. Remember last week, when the developer snatched away the focus dodge flight glitch that was probably a little too powerful? It's now back, albeit in a slightly altered form, courtesy of an all-new skill. Alongside that comes the first implementation of a weapon display toggle, faster fast forwarding, better fast travel, and new additions to Oongka and Damiane that make both much more useful for actually exploring the open-world game. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Crimson Desert is fixing its biggest long-term problem, and that's just the start of a packed new roadmap New Crimson Desert patch brings a huge storage upgrade, but waves goodbye to its best flight trick Crimson Desert sails past four million sales, and I'm thrilled to watch its comeback arc View the full article

Goodbye to Roblox Premium, hello to Roblox Plus. The way you pay for the creation sandbox game's bonus subscription model is changing at the end of April, and while you can stay on the old system if you want, you'll be losing benefits including bonus Robux. The good news is that the incoming Roblox Plus subscription actually sounds like a much better deal on the whole, giving you much more for its fixed five-dollar asking price. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Doom by Fate codes April 2026 Exoria codes April 2026 World Zero codes April 2026 View the full article

Crystalfall from CRG Studio is also available with multiple Founder Packs while in Early Access. View the full article

Elden Ring has become one of the most beloved open-world fantasy games of all time, and fans of the franchise have been waiting to see what to expect next after the highly anticipated Tarnished Edition eventually releases this year. With Elden Ring Nightreign throwing a curveball at fans and changing up FromSoftware's winning formula, it's anyone's guess as to what shape the next mainline Elden Ring project will take, assuming it takes shape at all. View the full article

The Humble 15 Golden Tales Bundle has launched with 8 great adventure games as Humble celebrate 15 years of supporting charity with many cheap games. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Humble Bundle have launched another nice bundle giving you some great looking and highly rated tower defense games. Read the full article here: [Hidden Content] View the full article

"We have broken out role playing games into a whole huge group of people who have never played an RPG"View the full article

We may have gotten our first look at the main character from Rockstar's infamously canceled spy thriller, Agent, thanks to the stolen Grand Theft Auto 5 source code. Back in 2023, the source code for GTA 5 was leaked (GTA 6's may have been stolen too), and dataminers now believe they've found the model and textures for Agent's protagonist therein. Agent was announced as a PlayStation 3 exclusive in 2009, but never saw the light of day. View the full article

Big Preview | Forza Horizon 6 is fully leveraging the power of the Xbox Series X (and eventually the PS5) as the series takes its first tour of JapanView the full article

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Sea-faring pirate adventure Windrose is going to be out soon on early access, and this guide will help you keep track of the upcoming launch. The game quickly gained popularity following the demo in February, and it has already been wishlisted above a million times. However, let's first find out when the game becomes available on Steam. Table of contentsWindrose release countdownWhat to expect from WindroseWindrose release countdown Windrose goes live globally on Tuesday, April 14. The release date has been confirmed recently by the developers Windrose Crew, and the following countdown will expire once the launch goes live. [Hidden Content] The countdown is based on the following timings. 1am PT3am CT4am ET9am UTC10am CET4pm CST5pm JST6pm AEST The timings are based on the official information shared by the developers. With slightly more than two days until launch, it's unlikely that there will be a change in the schedule. We will duly update our guide if the final timings change before launch. What to expect from Windrose Windrose is a survival adventure where you play as a pirate. Partly a sandbox experience, you have to do everything to ensure your and your crew's survival on the uncharted islands. Your adventure begins with finding your first ship and crew, who will be your companions on the journey. [Hidden Content] With procedurally-generated biomes, there will be plenty of discover on your adventures. You can also try your hand at completing the quest, which will provide you with different resources. To survive, you'll have to farm and salvage whatever you can to build the crucial items. In the world of Windrose, the land and sea will both test you. You'll come across different enemies who will aim to thwart your attempts. You can use different weapons, including melee and ranged. to take down the weaker enemies and ******* bosses. There are plenty of different things to do in Windrose, and you can play it your way. With the game launching in early access, expect to find plenty of new features being added in the days to come. The demo is still available on Steam, and you can check it out to have an early impression of what to expect. The post Windrose release countdown: Exact date and time appeared first on Destructoid. View the full article

The shooter space is in a weird place right now. As studios and publishers have scrambled to cash in on the live-service *****, we've been inundated with various multiplayer games that have had soaring highs and devastating lows. As players, it's never been easier to sort the wheat from the chaff, but for developers, cutting through the noise has become a major headache. When Nomion Games co-head Dmitri Ogorodnikov split from Escape From Tarkov maker Battlestate Games to head up the new studio, he knew that its first game, Rush is Real, couldn't follow in the steps of commercial failures like Concord and Highguard. Speaking to PCGamesN, Ogorodnikov explains that Nomion's in-the-works debut cannot hit the same stumbling blocks. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

It always bugged me that you couldn't save the scientists in Half-Life. You'd be trundling through some grey corridor in the bowels of ****** Mesa, with one or two or maybe even three lab coat wearing boffins behind you, when they'd suddenly stop for no obvious reason, announcing: "This is as far as I go!" You may not have noticed, Poindexter, but there's an alien invasion happening, and sticking around because those legs you don't use much are getting tired is probably not a good idea... Read more.View the full article

It's been a bit of a journey for Starfield. Bethesda's massive space RPG launched with huge expectations, a slightly wobbly landing for some players, and then... a slow but steady evolution. Updates, tweaks, and expansions have been gradually reshaping it into something much closer to fans' initial high expectations. Now, with the arrival of Terran Armada, Starfield is getting another push forward. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: If you loved Balatro, don't miss your chance to get this indie deck builder at under $3 Arc Raiders is at an all-time low price, but this deal is only available for 48 hours If you think Steam's 90% discount on Resident Evil 3 is good, Fanatical's just beaten it View the full article

Based on the Y70 case made by iBUYPOWER's sub-brand, Hyte, the iBUYPOWER RDY Y70 R17 is a large but great-looking and powerful gaming PC that aims to deliver blazing-fast frame rates for a fair price. Available as a pre-built, quick-to-ship configuration, you can't modify the spec offered here, but iBUYPOWER does offer many other custom systems, for if you want a similar overall PC but with precisely your choice of parts. I've been putting the RDY Y70 R17 through its paces for the last few days to see whether it's worthy of a spot on our best gaming PC guide, testing its gaming performance, non-gaming performance, cooling capability, and noise, all while seeing just how well-built this system is, and what potential it has for future upgrades. Read on to see if iBUYPOWER's latest is the right gaming PC for you. Read the rest of the story... View the full article

Just a day after Pearl Abyss’ announcement of the various improvements it said were coming soon to Crimson Desert, we have a new patch that adds many of them already — and even a few changes fans hadn't expected. The highlights of the patch, as detailed on the Crimson Desert website, are a new weapons display option, which means you can hide weapons from the back of your character (so long, shield!), the addition of skills for the secondary playable characters, which makes them more viable to play, and various user interface improvements. But there’s a lot in the update (patch notes below) that Pearl Abyss hadn’t mentioned. For example, Pearl Abyss has improved the usability of the Greymane camp (I won’t say how exactly, to avoid spoilers), made the Abyss puzzles easier by adding more hints and making it easier to recognize when certain gimmicks are available to be attached by using Force Palm, and gave Kliff an entirely new ability called Focused Aerial Roll. For me, the highlight of the patch is the improvements to Damiane and Oongka, who I’ve pretty much ignored up to this point because of their limited functionality. Now they have pretty much the same abilities as Kliff, so you’ll be able to use them to complete much of the open-world gameplay. The main story still revolves around Kliff and you’ll need to use him for the majority of it, but clearly Damiane and Oongka are more viable now. The patch also improves fast travel so it can be used while mounted, falling, swimming, or climbing walls, which means you can pretty much fast travel at any non combat point now. And there are some welcome quality of life improvements, too, such as icons for treasure chests already obtained now being displayed differently, visited and unvisited caves are now displayed with different icons, and restored and unrestored Abyss locations are now displayed with different icons. So, plenty to dig into with this latest patch, while there are still many improvements to come, as outlined this week. We can expect new pets and mounts, new outfits, and significant changes to storage, ‘re-blockading,’ and new difficulty options, too. As I’ve said before, the pace of these game-changing updates is so quick, you do wonder how Pearl Abyss is managing it. Crimson Desert has sold 4 million copies so far, making it a big hit for the developer, and it’s showing remarkable staying power in terms of Steam concurrents. So players are sticking with it, pumping hundreds of hours into its open world, and it continues to sell. A big part of that success is down to the updates released over the last few weeks, which have all have made significant improvements, helping to shift the mixed reception at launch. Clearly, there are even more to come. Crimson Desert update 1.03.00 patch notes: Content Improved the usability of the Greymane camp.Fixed issues that occurred when completing certain requests while being in the 'wanted' status.Improved standard dialogue scenes without letterboxing so that fast-forwarding is now available.Added a Fast Forward Speed option under Other > Language & Gameplay, allowing players to adjust fast-forward speed.Improved Abyss Nexuses so that they are easier to discover.Improved convenience for certain Abyss puzzles.Improved clarity so that it is easier to recognize when certain gimmicks are available to be attached by using 'Force Palm'.Improved lanterns and 'Blinding Flash' so that they provide more hints.Improved the entrance path to the Spire of Soaring.Improved terrain in certain Abyss locations.Changed bank functionality while being in the 'wanted' status so that bank services remain available, but depositing gold bars and updating investment funds are no longer possible.Fixed an issue where requests could not be completed at a certain step when destroying the totems after completing Chapter 9, 'Sanctum of Mortification'.Fixed an issue where certain requests could not be completed if related quest items were obtained before the request was activated.Fixed an issue where Gunter (Equipment vendor), Harry (Blacksmith), Bronton (Stablekeep), and Lola (Seamstress) in Pailune would be replaced by different NPCs after a certain quest.Added 3 new base music tracks across the continent of Pywel during combat (The Crimson Desert and certain other regions excluded) during [Patch 1.01.00].Added 1 new loading screen music track. Controls & Combat Improved teleportation via the Abyss Nexus so that it can now be used while mounted, falling, swimming, or climbing walls.Improved the lock-on mechanism during boss battles.Improved the hard lock-on against bosses so that it is maintained from further distances.Changed the lock-on mechanism so that it no longer applies to certain larger bosses.Added the new ability, 'Focused Aerial Roll' for Kliff.Prerequisite abilities: 'Focus Lv. 3', 'Flight Lv. 2', and 'Aerial Roll'.The skill can be activated by using 'Focus' during flight and then pressing the dodge key.Improved Damiane and Oongka so that they have more abilities useful for open-world gameplay.Added 'Axiom Force', 'Nature's Snare' and related abilities for Damiane and Oongka.Improved Damiane's 'Shield Toss' and Oongka's 'Scatter Shot' ability so that they have the same effect as Kliff's 'Force Palm'.Changed the control inputs for Damiane's 'Skystep' and Oongka's 'Vertical Flight' ability.Fixed an issue where the character would occasionally move at an abnormally fast speed during certain ability chained combos.Fixed an issue where the 'Blinding Flash' ability would not remain active while moving on a mount.Improved interactions with devices such as walls, buttons, and cranks so that a dedicated animation now plays when they can no longer be pushed.[Keyboard/Mouse] Improved the controls for 'Axiom Force'.[Controller] Fixed an issue where 'Nature's Snare' ability would activate during 'Focus' by tilting the right stick in one direction. UI Fixes & Improvements Changed the color of faction quest icons.Improved the list of Memory Fragments of the Visione so that it only shows the list of currently obtained Fragments.Added a function that processes all items at once when grouping or ungrouping items in the bag.Improved the UI so that item details can now be viewed in the storage section as well.Improved the comrade list UI so that a check icon is now displayed on the selected comrade.Fixed an issue where the Attack and Critical Rate of certain equipment, such as necklaces and cloaks, were displayed as doubled when viewing character stat details from the inventory or Quick Slots.Improved the world map and minimap so that icons for treasure chests already obtained are now displayed differently.Improved the world map so that visited and unvisited caves are now displayed with different icons.Improved the world map so that restored and unrestored Abyss locations are now displayed with different icons.Fixed an issue where markers set on the world map would not be retained upon the first reconnection. Graphics & Settings [PC] Added support for Intel Arc GPUs. Compatibility and performance across various Intel GPUs will continue to be improved over time.[PC] Added the 'Intel XeSS 3.0' option under Settings > Video > Upscale Mode.[PC] Added the 'Intel XeSS Frame Generation' option under Settings > Video.On Intel Arc A-series GPUs, the screen may not display properly when using 'Intel XeSS 3.0' or 'Intel XeSS Frame Generation'.[PC] Added the 'AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag 2' option under Settings > Video.[PC] Added the 'Displacement Scale' option under Settings > Graphics.[PC] Added the 'Detail Decorative Mesh' option under Settings > Graphics.[PC] Fixed noise that occurred in screen distortion effects when using DLSS-RR.[PlayStation 5 Base / Xbox Series X] Added the 'Enhanced Raytracing' option under Settings > Video.[PlayStation 5 Pro] Added the 'PSSR Sharpness' option under Settings > Video.[All Platforms] Improved lighting quality in indoor environments.[All Platforms] Improved water surface reflections.[All Platforms] Fixed an issue where rain appeared excessively bright from certain angles.Added the 'Weapon Display' option under Others > Language & Gameplay.Display Melee WeaponsAllSelected OnlyDisplay Ranged WeaponsAlwaysOnly When UsedAdded the 'Minimum Font Size' option under Others > Accessibility.This option will take effect after restarting the game.Added the 'Fast Forward Speed' option under Others > Language & Gameplay.Fast Forward speed can be set up to 4x.Added the following options under Others > Accessibility.Camera Visual RangeCamera Vertical OffsetCamera Horizontal OffsetCamera Auto-followCamera Lookahead Performance, Stability, Gameplay Fixed several stability, performance optimization, and ****** issues across PC, console, and Mac. Localization Fixed various localization errors and improved localization quality (game advice, etc.) across all languages. Others Fixed an issue where the game would ****** when using the Helm of Knowledge as Damiane or Oongka.Fixed an issue where corn had no maximum purchase limit at certain vendors.Fixed various other in-game issues. Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at *****@*****.tld. View the full article

If you’ve ever felt like your Xbox achievement history was a messy drawer you couldn’t organize, Microsoft is finally handing you a label maker. A new wave of updates to the Xbox Achievements system is now rolling out to select Xbox Insiders, with a wider release coming to all players later. The changes are modest in scope but meaningful in impact — and for anyone who takes their gaming profile seriously, there’s a lot to like here. A fresh coat of paint on your unlocks The most immediately noticeable change is visual. Achievement notifications have been redesigned with new icons and updated animations that trigger when you unlock both standard and rare achievements. Better yet, the notification now adapts to your custom accent color, making each unlock feel a little more yours rather than a generic pop-up you dismiss without thinking. It’s a small touch, but it’s the kind of polish that makes a system feel alive rather than neglected. Hide games you’d rather forget This one has been on the Xbox Insider wishlist for a long time. Later this month, players will be able to hide individual games from their achievement history on their profile. Had a rough run with a game you barely played? Want a cleaner, more curated showcase? Now you can make that call. One important note: hiding a game is purely cosmetic. It won’t strip you of any Gamerscore, and your activity will still be tracked across Xbox. Think of it as tidying your shelf — the games are still there, just not on display. Your 100% completions finally get their moment Fully completing a game is no small feat, and Xbox is now making sure that effort doesn’t get buried. Titles where you’ve earned every last point of available Gamerscore will now be highlighted directly in your achievements list, giving you a quick way to see your completed games at a glance. New filter options also make it easier to sort through your list — whether you want to find those completed titles or check what you’ve chosen to hide. Microsoft has noted this is just the beginning of a broader effort to better recognize completion milestones, so expect more in this space over time. The ******* picture None of these changes reinvent Xbox, but they reflect something important: Microsoft is listening to what players have been asking for. Achievements have felt stagnant for years, and even incremental improvements to how we present and celebrate our gaming history are worth getting excited about. For Xbox players across the Middle East and globally, the rollout begins with Insiders now, with full availability coming to everyone shortly after. Source: [Hidden Content] View the full article

Over 20 years since the series' inception, the original Far Cry games were an absolute blast to play on release, with some of the later entries like Far Cry 3 still being praised to this very day. While there's been plenty of debate about where the best starting point is for new players of the series, a recent fan-made remaster makes the original game even more accessible than ever. View the full article

Although Grand Theft Auto 5 was released on PC after the initial console rollout, it feels weird to see the same thing happening to Grand Theft Auto 6. From a marketing standpoint, it makes sense, as Rockstar gets to have a whole new launch and promotional ******* for a PC port if it happens later, but fans are wondering when we'll get concrete info on the inevitable PC release. View the full article

Akira "Akiman" Yasuda says "the graphics in Elden Ring are designed with careful control over the level of fidelity at each turn"View the full article