Soul Covenant launches April 18

There’s been no shortage of recent indications that Star Wars Outlaws is going to release sooner than many expect. In addition to age ratings going up in Brazil, Australia, and South Korea, promotional pre-order material for the game has also been spotted in the wild, while leaks have previously claimed that the game is due out in the first half of the year. Now, a release date has leaked, and though it’s not quite in the first half of 2024, it’s still not terribly far away.

AI roundup: With preference for online exams growing, an online assessment solutions company announced its AI-powered remote proctored exam platform to eliminate the chances of cheating. In other news, South Korea is planning to invest over $7 billion in AI to retain its name as a leading semiconductor chip provider. Know about more such AI news from today, April 9,  in our roundup. 

April 7’s answer will be quite hard to guess as the word isn’t originally from the English language but is ubiquitous enough to be recognized after a few hints. The answer is hard to guess because it contains three vowels, which can be quite challenging to discover without any hints. But if you don’t want to waste your attempts on random guesses trying to find the vowels, it would be better to use a different mode.

Nintendo has revealed the topic and three contestants for the next Splatoon 3 Splatfest, which will begin on April 19. The upcoming Splatoon 3 Splatfest event will feature a spring theme, and all players who participate will receive an enticing reward once the competitive event ends.

Forever Entertainment has confirmed that Front Mission 2: Remake will be released on even more platforms from April 30th. The game will be available on Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. Front Mission 2 Remake was a timed exclusive for Nintendo Switch, releasing in June last year.

It’s now been a few weeks since the Cutting Edge Warbond was released so of course fans of Arrowhead Game Studios’ sequel are wondering when the Helldivers 2 April Warbond release date will be.

Amazon is offering another decent batch of games to Prime members at no extra cost for the month of April. Leading the bunch is Fallout 76, a multiplayer take on the post-apocalyptic franchise. There’s also the hack and slash adventure Chivalry 2 and around a dozen more.

Amazon Prime Gaming’s slate of free games for April 2024 has just been revealed. As a bonus to those who subscribe to Amazon Prime, gamers can download and keep at least one free PC title a week, and they are allowed to hold onto these games even if they cancel their subscription later. There are also Prime-exclusive in-game challenges, and subscribers can also enjoy cloud-based gaming courtesy of Amazon Luna.

Cosmo Machia will release shoot ’em up game TriggerHeart EXELICA for PC via Steam on April 26 worldwide, followed by Switch on May 2, the developer announced.

PQube has announced that Class of Heroes 1 & 2 Complete Edition will be launching on April 26th, with the collection set to be released for PC, PS5, and Switch. The features of each game in the collection can be seen below, following the brand new release date trailer. Across both games, players will need to pick and train students up to become the heroes the world needs.

New week, new PC games! It's another mercifully brief four day week in the UK due to reasons of religion, so let's roll with an appropriately snappy intro that avoids any extended digressionary preambles about, oh, I don't know, magpies fighting outside my flat this morning. Did you know that European magpies are great mimics? Second only to the Northern Mockingbird, apparently, though many ornithologists contend that the Brown Thrasher is sorely overlooked. You certainly hear their vocal range when they squabble - I reckon somebody should train up a ChatGPT AI on their calls and no, stop it, I'm doing an anecdote!

Dungeon RPGs Class of Heroes: Anniversary Edition and Class of Heroes 2G: Remaster Edition will launch digitally for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam on April 26 worldwide, developer ACQUIRE announced.