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Rare has launched the Sea of Thieves closed beta on PlayStation 5.

Evil Empire has put out a call for alpha testers for its upcoming Prince of Persia roguelite.

Nintendo has added three more SNES games to its Nintendo Switch Online subscription service.

Pocketpair has teased plans to release a big Palworld update this summer, ahead of the game’s Arena mode later in the year.

Meganium with the Mightiest Mark will be added as a raid in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet this weekend.

A new Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth update fixes a bug that was making it impossible for some players to earn a Platinum Trophy, among other features.

Season 12 of Nakara Bladepoint is now live.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios will reveal a new game next week.

Baldur’s Gate 3 has won the award for best game at the 2024 BAFTA Awards.

Next week’s free Epic Games Store titles have been revealed.

The April 2024 Xbox console update is rolling out now to all users.

Immortals of Aveum developer Ascendant Studios has reportedly furloughed the majority of its staff.

Fallout 4’s long-awaited current generation upgrade will be released this month.

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs will be released for PC and consoles next month, Bandai Namco has announced.

Bethesda Game Studios director and executive producer Todd Howard has addressed the chances of a TV show based on The Elder Scrolls following the success of Amazon‘s Fallout TV series.

Thatgamecompany’s Sky: Children of the Light has been released for PC.

Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas are now free for Amazon Prime members.

Command and Conquer games stormed the European software sales chart in March.

A second report has claimed that the Dead Space franchise is on hold after sales of the most recent game failed to meet EA’s expectations.

Respawn is offering free Apex Packs to all Apex Legends players to compensate for recent issues with the game.

Poncle has announced plans to release Vampire Survivors for PlayStation consoles, as well as new Contra-themed DLC for the game.

A Prince of Persia roguelite from Dead Cells developer Evil Empire has been revealed.

Electronic Arts is raising the price of its EA Play subscription service.

Bungie executive creative director Luke Smith has teased plans for the Destiny franchise beyond Destiny 2.

Pocketpair has teased plans to release a new PvP mode for Palworld.

Mega Crit has announced a sequel to its popular roguelike deck-building game Slay the Spire.

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced April 2024’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue and Classics titles.

Plans for a Dead Space 2 remake have reportedly been shelved after the first game failed to deliver commercially.

Square Enix has released the soundtrack for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which features 175 tracks.

Microsoft Gaming and NetEase have entered into an agreement to explore bringing new NetEase games to Xbox consoles and other platforms.

A new $80 Call of Duty item has been blasted by fans of the shooter franchise.

Sega has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a promotional campaign celebrating Shadow the Hedgehog.

20 Classic SNK titles have been released on GOG.

Disney Speedstorm‘s next season pass won’t allow players to purchase it using in-game currency, in a break from previous season passes.

A major Palworld update has introduced significant issues on Xbox consoles.

Blizzard has announced a release date for World of Warcraft Cataclysm Classic.

Loric Games has announced its debut title, Echoes of Elysium, an airship survival RPG “set in the heavens of mythical ancient Greece”.

The physical version of Star Wars Outlaws will require an online connection to install, it’s been revealed.

Bungie will show off Destiny 2’s next expansion, The Final Shape, later today.

Ubisoft has released a new story trailer for Star Wars Outlaws, which is viewable above.

The release date for Star Wars Outlaws has seemingly been leaked.

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has released update 01.000.202 for Helldivers 2 on PC and PS5, which targets game stability and mission-crashing bugs.

Dead Space remake and Star Wars: Squadrons studio Motive is joining Electronic Arts’ wider Battlefield development team.

Warner Bros. Games has announced a release date for Mortal Kombat 1’s Ermac DLC.

Activision Blizzard‘s games could return to the Chinese market soon, it’s been claimed.

Following the sale of Gearbox to Take-Two, Gearbox Publishing, which wasn’t part of the sale, has rebranded.

Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch believes the ‘$70 game’ will eventually become a thing of the past, as developers move to reduce costs and risk in an increasingly challenging AAA games market.

Amazon‘s Fallout TV show has been renewed for a second season.

Activision claims to have banned over 27,000 Call of Duty accounts over the weekend.

The first episode of Amazon’s Fallout show will be viewable on Twitch on April 11.

UK retailer Game is reportedly cutting an unspecified number of jobs.

Disney Games has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of former Blizzard and Ubisoft veterans.

Two upcoming PlayStation Plus Classics titles have seemingly leaked.

The winners of the Pokémon European International Championships have been crowned.

Forza Motorsport’s latest update introduces a new track and cuts the game’s file size, among other features.

Helldivers 2 was the UK’s best-selling game for the second consecutive month in March.

LocalThunk, the solo developer of hit poker roguelike Balatro, has released the game’s first major update for testing.

The number of arcades in Japan, the world’s third-biggest games market, have declined by nearly 8,000 over the past decade, according to a new report.

The Pokémon Company has announced the dates for the Pokémon World Championships 2024.

Sonic the Hedgehog co-creator Yuji Naka ended a 16-month social media blackout on Sunday, by accusing top Dragon Quest producer Yu Miyake of lying as part of Naka’s high-profile insider trading trial.

Xbox president Sarah Bond has established a new team dedicated to game preservation and backwards compatibility in future hardware.

Apple has lifted its restriction on retro game emulators on the iOS App Store.

Microsoft is reportedly planning to unveil new Gears of War and Call of Duty games at its traditional Xbox summer showcase.

A new Star Wars Outlaws story trailer will premiere next week, on April 9 at 9AM PST / 5PM CET, Ubisoft has announced.

Microsoft has kicked off Xbox’s Spring Sale.

Arrowhead Game Studios has detailed Helldivers 2’s latest premium Warbond.

Nintendo will be shutting down online play for 3DS and Wii U early next week.

Square Enix has reportedly reassigned top Dragon Quest producer Yu Miyake following delays to the next mainline series entry.

Activision has launched Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3’s third free multiplayer trial.

Sea of Thieves developer Rare has shed more light on the game’s various cross-platform features before it sets sail on PlayStation 5.

Stellar Blade studio Shift Up has discussed its DLC plans for the upcoming PS5 exclusive.

Tekken 8’s first character DLC is now available for all players to purchase.

A week after being sold by Sega and becoming an independent studio, Relic Entertainment has announced a round of layoffs.

A patent application by streaming TV company Roku suggests it wants to be able to display ads on its branded smart TVs when HDMI devices such as consoles are paused.

Pinball FX is set to get three new tables based on classic NBCUniversal TV shows.

Popular mobile game Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes is coming to PC later this year.

Palworld has received a new update which adds the game’s first Raid Boss.

A Modern Warfare 3 dataminer has uncovered what appears to be an upcoming multiplayer map titled ‘Get High’.

The first news on Gears of War 6 may be coming this summer, according to new claims.

The critically acclaimed VR game C-Smash VRS is getting a non-VR release on PlayStation 5.