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RockPaperShotgun

This week in PC games: gritty GTA 4-coded brawler Samson, Ancient Greek bull defender Minos, and a wobbly violinist battles some stairs

What we're feeding the Maw

Eurogamer

11 years later, Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity gets a turn-based combat mode to make it a little bit more like Baldur's Gate 3

Fancy another run?

VideogamesChronicle

‘The game was in a Word document’: State of Decay 3’s 2020 announce trailer was just a concept, studio head says

An alpha playtest for the game is coming next month

VideogamesChronicle

Impossible Mission 3 is coming in May, nearly 40 years after the second game in the iconic UK series

The classic C64 action platformer series is making a comeback

Eurogamer

Quantic Dream's cinematic Star Wars game Eclipse is reportedly still "years off from completion"

Force troubles.

Eurogamer

State of Decay 3 reveal trailer wasn't reflective of the actual game, says studio head

Oh deer.

VideogamesChronicle

Beat ’em up pioneer and Double Dragon creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto has died at 64

Kishimoto also created the Kunio-kun (River City) series and directed WWF Wrestlefest

Gematsu

Shikhondo: Blue Pieta details prologue, systems

Publisher CFK and developer DeerFarm have released new information and screenshots for side-scrolling shoot ’em …

Gematsu

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity coming to PS5 on April 9

Publisher New Blood Interactive and developer Airdorf Games will release pixel horror game collection FAITH: …

Kotaku

Overwatch Reveals The Anran Redesign Fans Begged For

The character looked more like Kiriko and Juno than her brother Wuyang

Kotaku

World Of Warcraft Pro Players Surprised After Dead Raid Boss Comes Back To Life For Secret Phase

'This cannot be! This cannot be! Secret phase!! Nooooooo!'

Kotaku

Artemis II Astronauts Are Creating The Wholesome Content The Internet Desperately Needs Right Now

From an emotional group moment of mourning to an escaped jar of Nutella, space is providing us with good content

Gematsu

Frostpunk coming to Switch

11 bit studios will release the original Frostpunk for Switch, the company announced. A release …

Gematsu

Frostpunk 2 DLC ‘Breach of Trust’ announced

11 bit studios has announced Frostpunk 2 downloadable content “Breach of Trust.” It will launch …

Kotaku

Delivery Bot That Took Human Job Asks Man For Help, Man Says ‘F**k You!’

These food delivery robotic drones still need human help to cross streets

Kotaku

Over 1,000 Mario Maker Levels Have Been Deleted, And It May Be Just One Person’s Fault

Nintendo Switch accounts are being suspended and thousands of Super Mario Maker levels are being wiped, potentially due to reports from one sour cheater

Kotaku

Main Character Of Rockstar’s Cancelled Agent Found By Dataminer

GTA V's source code leak provides some new info about the canned spy game first teased 20 years ago

Gematsu

FuRyu trademarks CRYMELIGHT in Japan

FuRyu filed a trademark for “CRYMELIGHT” on March 27 in Japan, which was made public …

Kotaku

One Of The Best Gaming Trilogies Ever Is On Sale For Less Than A Sandwich

Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is three games for an insane price for the next few days

Kotaku

State Of Decay 3 Trailer Was Basically Fake As Dev Dashes Fan Hopes For Zombie Deer

A 2020 Xbox reveal trailer was a hype video for a game that didn't even sort of exist yet

Kotaku

Double Dragon, River City Creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto Passes Away At 64

Inspired by his own troublemaking youth, Kishimoto’s arcade hit Renegade redefined video game beatdowns

Kotaku

Nintendo Reveals A New Mario Galaxy Switch 2 Bundle Deal That Could Be Way Worse

The Mario Galaxy games are over a decade old

VideogamesChronicle

Papers, Please creator Lucas Pope says he no longer reveals what he’s working on in case it’s stolen or ‘slurped up by AI’

The Return of the Obra Dinn designer also says he's worried about making lightning strike again

Kotaku

God Of War Actor On Whether The Sex Minigames Will Come Back In The Remakes: ‘I Think So’

T.C. Carson is reprising the role of Kratos as the series goes back to Greece

Kotaku

Nvidia’s Controversial DLSS 5 Video Gets Caught In A Bizarre YouTube Copyright Mess

News network La7 has issued a copyright claim against Nvidia and several content creators after its own upload featured footage from Nvidia's DLSS 5 announcement

Kotaku

Nintendo Hits Another Home Run In Hollywood As Mario Galaxy Movie Tops $350 Million

Also: the Halo: CE remake could arrive earlier than some expect

Gematsu

LEVEL-5 Vision 2026 Craftsmanship set for April 10

LEVEL-5 will host LEVEL-5 Vision 2026 Craftsmanship on April 10 at 6:00 a.m. PT / …

Vg247

Heartopia celebrates 30 million downloads with new outfits, permanent price cuts

Heartopia's rise has continued since its launch earlier this year, and the game's developer isn't slowing down with updates.

VideogamesChronicle

Super Mario becomes the only animated movie series to open globally at more than $350 million twice

Galaxy took $372.5 million globally, the fifth biggest opening weekend of all time for Universal

Gematsu

Kunio-kun and Double Dragon creator Yoshihisa Kishimoto dies at age 64

Yoshihisa Kishimoto, creator of the Kunio-kun and Double Dragon series, has died at age 64, …

Gematsu

The Detective Is Already Dead game announced for Switch

TAITO has announced The Detective Is Already Dead, the first game based on Kadokawa Corporation …

Gematsu

My Hero Academia: United Survival announced for iOS, Android

KLabGames and gumi have officially announced My Hero Academia: United Survival, the free-to-play iOS and …

Kotaku

Cult-Hit Successor Jeopardized After Crowdfunding Company Sends The Money To The Wrong Person

428: Shibuya Scramble producer Jiro Ishii prepares legal counsel as Japanese crowdfunding platform gives mind-boggling excuse for missing millions

Eurogamer

Arc Raiders improves crafting, says new "streamlined system" is "just the start"

"We know this doesn't fix everything."

Eurogamer

Sony's battle against shovelware publishers persists as it purges another load of crap games from the PlayStation Store

Publishers like GoGame Console Publisher, VRCForge Studios, and Welding Byte have had their whole catalogues nuked.

Eurogamer

McDonald's new 'Archie' device stops you going AFK while you eat a Big Mac

Are you lovin' it?

Gematsu

Genesis RPG Traysia coming to PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC on April 24

Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden will release Telenet Japan-developed, 1992-released Genesis RPG Traysia for PlayStation 5, …

Eurogamer

Slay the Spire 2 beats Crimson Desert and Resident Evil Requiem as March's biggest-selling game on Steam

Viral so-called 'friendslop' game Climber Animals Together takes third place behind Crimson Desert.

Gematsu

This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: Starfield for PS5, Pokemon Champions, more

Starfield for PlayStation 5 and Pokemon Champions for Switch are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video …

Gematsu

Hiryu no Ken Collection announced for PC

NihonGame has announced Hiryu no Ken Collection, a collection of four early games from the …

Eurogamer

Crimson Desert patch now available – here's what's new

Red-handed.

Eurogamer

Astonishing never-before-seen Elden Ring deleted cutscene discovered

"All things flourish, whether graceful or malign."

Kotaku

The Mass Effect TV Show Will Reportedly Be Rewritten To Appeal To ‘Non-Gamers’

Production on the Amazon adaptation is "on the verge" of starting, but the scripts still need some work

Eurogamer

Take-Two lays off AI team

"It's truly disappointing that my time with T2 - and that of my team - has come to an end."

Eurogamer

Mass Effect TV show ordered to rewrite scripts and make them "more appealing to non-gamers"

Critical mass.