March 25 is Going to Be a Big Day for Cities: Skylines 2

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly prevalent in the tech industry, questions about its impact on jobs and the economy are gaining traction. Big Tech companies like Google and Microsoft, major players in AI development, are now collaborating to study the potential effects of AI on technology-related employment.

This coming Monday, April 8 is set to be a particularly sad day for Nintendo fans, as that's the day that the online services for the company's Wii U and 3DS systems will shut down forever. Online service shutdowns are a sad reality of modern gaming, effectively blocking players from enjoying the online components in various games, and in some cases, erasing entire games from existence. This isn't the first time that Nintendo has shut down the online services for its consoles, so many fans have been anticipating the same fate for the Wii U and 3DS.

Loyal Super Earth patriots should mark their calendars for April 11, as a new Premium Warbond is set to be deployed in Helldivers 2 on that date. Arrowhead Game Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment’s sci-fi co-op shooter has been a breakout hit since dropping into battle in February, with a growing legion of Helldivers 2 players enlisting to challenge Cyborgs and insectoid Terminids across the universe in the name of the Super Earth democracy. Helldivers 2 quickly became one of the most-played titles on Steam less than a day after its launch, and its developers are continuing to support the game with several updates.

Recent Honkai: Star Rail leaks have revealed that a popular character named March 7th might receive a new form in the coming months. Developer HoYoverse keeps updating the pool of playable characters, now surpassing 40 unique units, with Acheron as the latest addition.

A Pokemon GO player has revealed that they made significant progress on the Excellent Throws quest required to reach level 50 after the April Fool's event. Since Pokemon GO's launch, Niantic has held an April Fool's-themed event for players. In the first edition, Pokemon GO added a shiny Murkrow and made an adorable change that swapped the images of the Kanto Pokemon for 8-bit sprites.

Xbox Game Pass has confirmed all the games leaving the service on April 15, and unfortunately for fans of the genre, multiple horror games are on the chopping block. Games are removed from Xbox Game Pass every couple of weeks or so, with the departure announcements often coupled with the Wave 1 and Wave 2 new addition reveals to help soften the blow for subscribers.

Exactly one year after its successful 2023 launch, Dead Island 2 is finally looking to make its arrival on Steam later this month, on April 22. This news comes just weeks after Dead Island 2 revealed key details of its second story DLC, titled SoLA, a southern LA music festival romp set for April 17.

Helldivers 2 players are now fully committed to the assault on the Automaton homeworlds in a preemptive campaign of «defensive annihilation». The first waves met stiff resistance from the machines, and the entire situation was at risk of becoming a dangerous quagmire for the forces of Freedom. Thankfully, seeing the situation developing, Super Earth is bringing out the big guns, unlocking two new Support Strategems to provide the power needed to punch through all that armour.

April 12 is going to be a big day for players of Diablo 3, as the critically acclaimed hack and slash is set to receive a new update on that day. Blizzard Entertainment's third mainline entry in its beloved series of action RPGs was released over a decade ago, but the title still continues to receive new content and tweaks even after the launch of its successor, Diablo 4, last year.

Super Squirt is live for US/OCE realms today, March 28th (29th for Oceanic realms)! Super Squirt is a rare occurrence where the Sign of the Critter lines up with Squirt being active in the Garrison Menagerie. It is very rare for these two to coincide, usually only happening a handful of times a year. While plenty of pet trainers are viable to level pets with, Super Squirt is especially important to pet battlers for a few reasons:

During the Diablo 4 developers' latest Campfire Chat, Blizzard discussed potentially huge changes coming to a particular set of skills in Season 4. Fixed damage Legendary Aspect Skills will be getting a massive overhaul that may change the landscape of play for many players by either creating new builds or by bringing existing builds to even greater heights. Diablo 4 PTR Campfire Chat

Players keen to try out Stellar Blade should mark March 29 on their calendars, as that's the day the demo will be available. The demo arrives a month before the game's official launch, providing a hands-on experience for players who want to test and see if Stellar Bladelives up to all its hype.