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My Favorite Anime is a column dedicated to collecting the stories of the biggest celebrity anime fans in the world, charting a path from their earliest introductions to Japanese animation to the series and films they love today with two questions: What was your first favorite anime, and what’s your favorite anime now?

RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic, the park management sim that turned us all into greedy, and occasionally sadistic capitalists, is currently on sale for its lowest price ever on Steam. Normally $19.99, this title is discounted to just $4.99 through April 22 to celebrate the game’s 25th anniversary.

The annual PC Gaming Show broadcast is set to return this year, with the show celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2024. Once again, the showcase will debut and delve into several games coming to PC in the months and years to come, making it essential viewing for those who primarily play on desktop.

The PC Gaming Show returns in two months to celebrate what's ahead for PC gaming enthusiasts in 2024 and beyond. 

Hazelight has teased that its next game may be announced later this year.

Summoners, can you believe it’s been 10 years already? Yes, Summoners War: Sky Arena is hitting its 10-year mark! A whole decade has flown by and Com2uS is rolling out a hefty update to celebrate Summoners War: Sky Arena 10th Anniversary.

Skins and outfits are fundamental to Fortnite. From Spider-Man to Ariana Grande, the online shooter has had a raft of options for players to suit up with.

Hazelight Studios, the independent game developer based in Stockholm, Sweden, turns 10 this year. As part of the celebration for the upcoming tenth anniversary, the official Twitter account teased that they have 'new (real good) stuff cooking' that will be discussed later this year.

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Otome game Tears of Themis is celebrating our beloved boy Artem’s birthday. HoYoverse just spilled the beans on a special birthday bash for him, called the ‘Agelong Affection.’ If you have a soft spot for Artem, or if you just love Otome games, then keep reading!

Welcome to the first day of the holidays. Bored yet? I am, which is why I've scoured the stores for the best deals on the hottest games. The Fallout series is still the thing to replay, plus Hogwarts Legacy has gone halfy Potter on PS and PC. Awful wordplay aside, save often and do stay safe during these holidays.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a great celebration of the original title whilst being its own unique experience. It's constantly paying homage to the game that it's building upon, full of little references, foreshadowing, and adorable moments scattered across the story for OG Final Fantasy 7 fans to point at and appreciate. Some of them are so subtle that they're only just being discovered weeks after launch, which is the case for our topic of discussion today.

To celebrate the launch of Stellar Blade in Indonesia, we are organizing a meet and greet event featuringLarissa Rochefort who will be cosplaying as EVE, the main protagonist from Stellar Blade. 

To celebrate the launch of Stellar Blade in Malaysia, we are organizing a meet and greet event featuring Le Josette, who will be cosplaying as EVE, the main protagonist from Stellar Blade. Le Josette is Malaysia-based content creator, game streamer, and cosplayer who is known for her passion for cosplay, gaming, and anime. With her popularity in the local gaming scene, as well as her established reputation in cosplay, she is an ideal candidate to represent the main character of Stellar Blade in this one-day only event in Malaysia. 

Google is celebrating the launch of its Find My Device network. And, interestingly, the company now says that Pixel 8 devices can be located even when their batteries are drained.

As you've no doubt seen today—and as I've been subtly trying to tell you over the past few weeks—the Fallout TV series is in fact awesome. 9/10, among the best gaming adaptations in ages, awesome. I binge-watched all 8 eps in almost one sitting, and then promptly felt a burning desire to replay the game series (for like, the tenth time). Collected below are the current best ways for you to do similar, should you feel the same urge.

Celebrated indie studio thatgamecompany’s most recent title, Sky: Children of the Light, has debuted in early access on Steam. To mark the occasion of its chill, free-to-play MMO coming to PC, it’s knocking 85% off the cost of its masterpiece, Journey. It’s normally $14.99, but this Steam Deck verified game costs just $2.24 through April 17.

Today’s the birthday of the Triple-I Initiative, a 45-minute showcase of game announcements and trailers from the likes of Slay The Spire devs MegaCrit, Darkest Dungeon devs Red Hook and Dead Cells custodians Evil Empire. What makes a “triple-I” game a “triple-I” game, as opposed to (hawk, spit) a regular indie? I've given it some thought, and I think the answer is: "has more money and status than most indies, but not, like, Call of Duty levels, and also one our partners is Gearbox Publishing, so this is perhaps ‘indie’ in the Geoff Keighley sense."

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Let’s dive back into the superhero action because Marvel Future Fight is turning 9! That’s right, April 30th marks another year since Netmarble launched this mobile RPG. So, of course, there’s a celebration! They’re rolling out lots of events and goodies to celebrate Marvel Future Fight’s 9th anniversary.

Avatar: The Last Airbender has now arrived in the battle royale, with three of the main characters and their respective skins now in Fortnite.

20 Classic SNK titles have been released on GOG.

Garena Free Fire Redeem Codes for April 10: Ramadan has almost come to an end but Free Fire is not missing any chance to provide players with exclusive events to celebrate the joyous festival. So far, the game has announced several Ramadan-themed events which provided players with new outfits, characters, bundles, gun skins, and more. Now, a new event has been announced to celebrate the Eid. The Ramadan Gold Royale event has been made available, which means you can grab exciting rewards. Check the event details.

If you're an Avatar: The Last Airbender fan, chances are you were looking forward to the recently launched Fortnite collaboration that has seen Aang, Zuko, Katara, and Toph (sorry Sokka) head to the island. All four characters have been added to the Item Store to celebrate the collaboration, along with some emotes and Avatar-themed items, but many players have been coming away furious after seeing the prices.

The American Tabletop Awards, the United States’ answer to Germany’s Spiel des Jahres, is back for the sixth consecutive year. The annual award celebrates the very best in board gaming across four different categories, with dozens of games judged by a panel of industry experts who collaborate within a shared set of ethical guidelines. The result is a collection of 20 excellent games, with four winners overall. The categories mirror those of last year, and include titles best for Early Gamers, an assortment of Casual Games, more traditional Strategy Games, as well as Complex Games for more experienced players.

Welcome to the IGN AU Daily Deals article, also unofficially known as the "How Low Can That Starfield Constellation Edition Go" limbo check. Full truth: I'm eyeing a purchase of it myself, and my absolute must-buy mark is going to be that magical $200. Shall we reach that numerical event horizon where nothing—not my money, or even light itself—can possibly escape? I dunno. But it was $256.14 yesterday...

There's only good news in the world of Helldivers 2 today following the successful completion of Operation Swift Disassembly, the recent Major Order to crush the Automatons in Arrowhead's popular multiplayer game. Not only is the galaxy free once more, but all Helldivers have received a special gift in the form of a minute-long break inclusive of the time it takes to read the announcement. Congratulations, folks; you earned it.

If you want Blue Archive free rewards, then I have got some great news for you. Starting April 7th, 2024, you can log in to the game and snag lots of freebies every Sunday across all versions of the game. Why? To celebrate the launch of Blue Archive The Animation!

The Goddess Of Victory: NIKKE 1.5 Anniversary celebration is on the horizon, and players are excitedly buzzing. The official NIKKE Twitter account recently confirmed the anniversary festivities, leaving Commanders eager for more details. While specific dates haven’t been revealed yet, speculation places the launch around April 19th.

ZeniMax Online has recently started its celebration of the 10th anniversary of Elder Scrolls Online with an event in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The Rock hit pause on his acting career a few months ago so he could return to WWE. Not only the company that made him famous, but one where he is now a part of its board of directors. Quickly discovering fans didn't want Rock disrupting Cody Rhodes on the way to finishing his story, The People's Champ pivoted, siding with his cousin Roman Reigns to become a heel and labeling himself The Final Boss in the process. Now the latest version of The Rock has been turned into a Funko Pop!

Let's cut past the intro and into the prices. Today, I'm all about a sub-five-follar Broforce, and that stupidly reduced Starfield Constellation Edition. Last but not least, with that Fallout TV series being days away, I can see more than a few of you wanting to replay some / all of the series (because that's the urge I got after watching some of Netfilx's The Witcher show). Should that occur, the savings in the below bundle ought to set your world on fire.

To celebrate the launch of Stellar Blade, we are organizing a meet and greet event featuring Rurusama who will be cosplaying as EVE, the main protagonist from Stellar Blade. Rurusama is a notable Tiktok influencer and cosplayer based in Singapore. She’s known for her passion for cosplay, fashion and love for cats, as well as super long queue at her booth in Singapore gaming and popular culture conventions. With her popularity in the local gaming scene, as well as her established reputation in cosplay, she is an ideal candidate to represent the main character of Stellar Blade in this one-day only event in Singapore. 

Xiaomi Fan Festival 2024 has commenced in India, marking the 14th anniversary of the global brand's journey. This celebration brings forth exciting discounts on a wide array of Xiaomi and Redmi products, ranging from smartphones to Smart TVs and AIoT devices. The festival, which began on Saturday, promises a week-long extravaganza of slashed prices and enticing deals.

The Elder Scrolls Online is celebrating its tenth anniversary over the next year, and the game has changed a lot in that decade. One Tamriel opened up every zone to every level, making it so that you could travel the world at your leisure without ever feeling underpowered, and countless expansions have launched that introduced entirely new modes and mechanics, shifting up the meta, combat, and ways in which you can conquer the endgame.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet often offer promotional codes for players to allow them to get some rare or just fun rewards and Pokemon. Sometimes during certain events or holidays, players will be able to redeem a Shiny Pokemon to add to their collection.

is gearing up for a big weekend at WrestleMania 40, but he recently took some time to deride what he calls today’s cancel and woke culture.

Sky: Children of the Light is turning five in a few months and Tokyo is where the party’s at! On July 13th and 14th, thatgamecompany is throwing SkyFest, a special event. It’ll be a community gathering full of adventure and fun. It’ll also mark the first in-person and in-game Assembly event for the game!

The Elder Scrolls Online is currently celebrating its 10th anniversary, and as the MMO approaches that milestone, its developers say they understand that a Final Fantasy 14-style technological overhaul could prove important.

Developer Arrowhead Game Studios has officially honoured the brave sacrifice and noble fallen of Malevelon Creek. The pivotal battle against the Automatons marked the community's first significant loss, which was recently avenged as a part of the ongoing Operation Swift Disassembly. To celebrate, 1st April will henceforth be known as Malevelon Creek Memorial Day, which should be spent in pensive reflection while simultaneously mainlining Helldivers 2.

Users with big followings will receive a free subscription to X, formerly Twitter -- and the platform's famous blue check, the company said in another policy U-turn.

Thank your own personal deity—possibly Kratos—it's Friday! All things considered, though, we could just as well have called it Freeday. Across the Epic Store and the Prime Gaming rewards page are scattered four games worth paying for (and therefore also very much worth making a free account to score, too). Check the PC section below to get started!

Today is April 4, written out in both Europe and the Americas as 4-4-2024. Marvel Studios has a very vested interest in the number 4, since the mega-studio’s biggest and most interesting project on the docket right now is next summer’s Fantastic Four. This is a perfect recipe for a Fake Holiday: 4-4 Day, when the Marvel Studios account tweets out some (very neat) looking art and a link for “celebration.” And while its too early for said festivities to include any footage, that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of teases here.

Today, NVIDIA announced that ZeniMax Online's MMORPG Elder Scrolls Online (which celebrates its 10th anniversary today and will soon release the new Gold Road Chapter) is now available to play via the GeForce NOW cloud platform, though only for Steam and Epic Games Store users. We've inquired as to whether there are plans to support the ESO Launcher, the most popular way to play Elder Scrolls Online. Anyway, Priority and Ultimate users can also take advantage of the game's built-in NVIDIA DLSS and DLAA features (the game was the first to add DLAA two and a half years ago).

Spring has sprung in Aida, the vibrant world of Tower of Fantasy! To celebrate the season of renewal, the developers are hosting a special Spring Screenshot Contest with awesome rewards up for grabs. So grab your digital camera (or in-game equivalent) and get ready to capture the beauty of Aida in bloom!

We're all getting another chance to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with no strings attached thanks to another free weekend.

Monument Valley, the popular adventure puzzle developed and published by ustwo games, has kicked off its 10-year anniversary celebrations. Ten years, can you believe it? Since the milestone is so significant, the celebration ought to be just as extensive, right? It’s not a one-week or one-month fête, it’s a one-year-long celebration!

Spacefaring adventures can be yummy! Honkai: Star Rail just celebrated its first year in orbit! To celebrate, Honkai: Star Rail Teams Up with Sprinkles bakery chain to launch a limited-edition line of out-of-this-world cupcakes—or at least, out of this bakery display case.

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Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has given all players a new cape to celebrate what it’s called 'Malevelon Creek Memorial Day.'

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

Long-running games firm Atari has bought the publishing rights to 2004's Rollercoaster Tycoon 3.

Garena Free Fire Redeem Codes for April 3: Battle Royale games such as Free Fire and BGMI are some of the most played mobile games in the country. The real-time warzone experience, choice of weapons, different gaming modes, and more enable users to experience the thrill. On the other hand, time-to-time updates, events, rewards, and more allow players to keep coming back to the game. Recently, the game announced the Free Fire Wall Royale event to celebrate Ramadan which introduced several in-game rewards for players. One of the exciting rewards of the event is Victory Wings Loot Crate, know how you can get your hands on the rewards.

Celebrate hump day by paying chump change for good games. Top of that list has to be It Takes Two, surely one of the most delightful two-player co-op games you can buy that centres on divorce. Speaking of co-opportunities, an 85% descent on the RRP of The Ascent is amazing. Lastly, the continuing deals on Elden Ring and FC 24 are still welcome here (while they last).

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Believe it or not, it's been 20 years since Halo 2 debuted on the original Xbox. That's a big milestone, and Dark Horse is celebrating by releasing an epic new statue of Master Chief in action.

In July 2022, Play-Asia listed Square Enix’s SaGa Frontier 2 for an August release on PS4 and Nintendo Switch. Many assumed it was a re-release or remaster that went live by mistake before the official announcement, but the latter never happened.

Lego and Star Wars are celebrating 25 years of working together throughout 2024, Millennium Falcon and R2-D2 sets among those announced this year that are already available to buy. The celebrations are far from over though, and Lego has revealed two more Star Wars sets coming in less than a month. Both will be available to buy through the Lego store from May 1, 2024, just in time for Star Wars Day on May 4.

Welcome back to a blessed short-week of sweet game savings. If you're a newbie planning to take shade in the Erdtree DLC that's got everybody riled up, I've found a great price on the base Elden Ring to get you started. Alternatively, there are now some $60-and-under Switch evergreen must-owns that ought to be growing in your collection. Lastly, if that stupidly popular Stellar Blade demo impressed you, preorder the full version at this less-than-RRP discount we can all get behind.

It’s April Fools’ Day yet again, so social media is rife with fake announcements and gags to celebrate. The video game industry also loves making these jokes, and while not all of them land well, one of the funniest this year comes from The Pokémon Company and Pokémon Sleep.

Converse is celebrating 50 years of with a limited edition collection of sneakers and clothes that bring forth elements of the classic TTRPG (tabletop role-playing game). The celebration of ’s 50th anniversary in 2024 is a massive event that extends beyond the reach of the game itself. Aside from the new adventure book, Wizards of the Coast is also collaborating with LEGO to release thematic LEGO sets inspired by the universe of fantasy and its many worlds.

Minecraft's annual April Fools gag is upon us once again, and this time it's a celebration of the game's most useless item that offers so many new features it might as well be a proper new update.

Noblegarden starts tomorrow and Blizzard posted their preview of the event, including details about the new rewards added this year!

A stunning digital tribute to outgoing PlayStation bigwig Jim Ryan is now available for those who wish to celebrate the suit's legacy — in style. Players can pick up the collectable, posed like a modern-day Napoleon, through the digital platform PlayStation Stars; all you have to do is play a game Ryan «championed» during his tenure.

When most people think of video games, they likely think of stealing cars in GTA, or a little plumber eating mushrooms that make him grow. Video games have been about a lot more than that for a long time, though. Sometimes, all we want a video game to do is let us live in a reality different from our own. That reality can be as close to real life as you like through a series like The Sims, or you can experience what it's like to build and run your very own theme park, something RollerCoaster Tycoon fans have been doing for the past 25 years.

Baseball season has officially begun: It’s opening day for Major League Baseball. MLB The Show 24, which was released on March 15, celebrated the milestone with an update that went live Thursday morning. It’s, uh, not going well. People on social media and in forums are reporting major issues that make the game unplayable — like frequent crashing and freezing. And then there’s the bugs that are just downright silly, like one particularly funny one that’s causing some players to have big heads and little bodies.

Wargaming has an impressive lineup of naval combat and strategic ship warfare games like World of Warships Blitz War and World of Tanks Blitz. Now, they’ve added another to that list, World of Warships: Legends. It’s free to play and is up for grabs on Android now.

The Last Of Us continues to leave such a mark on the video game industry, it's hard to imagine a time when it wasn't around. The original version of the first game was released in June 2013, celebrating its tenth-anniversary last summer. To celebrate ten years of The Last Of Us, Naughty Dog is releasing a tenth-anniversary vinyl featuring all of the music from the first game. Releasing shortly after the original game turns 11, you can pre-order your copy of the limited edition OST now.

Streamer Tyler "Ninja" Blevins has revealed he has been diagnosed with melanoma, a type of skin cancer.

We're celebrating Like A Dragon and Yakuza here at TheGamer all week long via features about the series and interviews with people involved in its creation and development. We're also putting more Like A Dragon merch on your radar than usual to mark the occasion, and there's no better Yakuza merch on the market than a figure that depicts Kiryu Kazama ready and waiting for battle, shirt off with his iconic tattoo exposed for all to see.

The figurative sandbox of freedom that is your weekend approaches, so it's time to fill your inventory with stuff to do. Personally, I'm leaning pretty heavily into buying that 87% off Far Cry 6 twice—the plan being to gift one to a mate and then take advantage of the stellar co-op campaign. Self-serving presents aside, I'm still all about Dragon's Dogma 2, even though I'm on the other side of the credits. Game of the month for me.

Sanctuary needs you to answer its call for aid in Season 31: Season of the Forbidden Archives. Starting on April 12 at 5 p.m. PDT/CET/KST, Nephalem can harness the power of Forbidden Archives theme, which first debuted with Season 20. For an in-depth look into what’s coming, read below.

Sand Land, the new Hulu/Disney Plus anime adaptation of Akira Toriyama’s other big manga, is gaining the attention of critics – with one calling it a "final masterpiece" from the late Dragon Ball creator, who died in early March.

Get increased dungeon drops in Wrath of the Lich King Classic and take part in the UPrising of gnomes and trolls as they work to reclaim their homelands. Alliance players will heed the call of High Tinker Mekkatorque in Operation Gnomeregan and members of the Horde will be called to Vol’jin’s side as he set his sights on Zalazane and the Echo Isles.

As The Elder Scrolls series celebrates its 30th anniversary, Bethesda Game Studios has provided an update on the development of The Elder Scrolls 6.

Operation Gnomeregan and Zalazane's Fall events are live on Wrath of the Lich King Classic realms following regional maintenance. This event has both factions reclaiming a territory, either Gnomeregan or the Echo Isles, depending on which faction. Wowhead has prepared some guides, walking you through every step of the new event in Wrath of the Lich King Classic. Operation: Gnomeregan Event Zalazane's Fall Event

Blizzard announced some massive droprate changes to Fragment of Val'anyr, Shadowfrost Shards, 277 tier tokens, and Defiler's Scourgestones, allowing players to gear up and finish their Wrath goals before Cataclysm.

Love crossword puzzles but don’t have all day to sit and solve a full-sized puzzle in your daily newspaper? That’s what The Mini is for!

If you've been biding your time to buy a PS5—or you already own one and wish to get another so you can race them—today's your day to shop. For one week only, PS5 Slim consoles are being slashed by $114 on Amazon AU. Not a bad entrypoint price to see what all the fuss is with games like Helldivers 2, FF7: Rebirth, Rise of the Ronin, and more.