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Microsoft has announced the second wave of April 2024 Xbox Game Pass additions. The upcoming batch consists of six titles, some of which will only be available to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.

Microsoft has confirmed the next batch of games being added to Xbox Game Pass, with Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II being the big exclusive for the month. It is joined by the likes of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Chants of Sennaar, Immortals of Aveum, and Lords of the Fallen. The full list of games and the dates they will be available on the service.

Twelve more games are coming to Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass service in May, adding to the five games that joined the service earlier this month. Little Kitty, Big City, meet the best puzzle game of 2023, Chants of Sennaar.

Ravenlok and five other games are leaving Xbox Game Pass later today, April 30. This wave of outgoing titles will round off an uncharacteristically busy month for Xbox Game Pass in terms of departures.

The latest update to the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription service lineup has added four games for players to check out, including three titles that were not previously announced. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is, as its name suggests, the ultimate version of Xbox Game Pass. It gives subscribers access to everything available in the other tiers, including PC Game Pass games, along with access to titles in the EA Play library.

Manor Lords is currently the most wishlisted game on Steam ahead of games like Hades II and Black Myth: Wukong, having surpassed two million wishlists earlier this year.

Microsoft has confirmed the next additions to the Xbox Game Pass library, with Harold Halibut being the first of this cohort having been added to the service today. Orcs Must Die! 3 is going to be joining the service tomorrow, April 17th, followed by the likes of NHL 24, Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, Another Crab’s Treasure, Manor Lords, and Have A Nice Death.

We’ve learned about the titles that will come to Xbox Game Pass throughout the back half of April, and several of them are games getting added to the catalog the day they launch. Of those, the most notable is Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes.

It’s the best time of the year: The Stanley Cup playoffs begin in just a few days. When you’re not watching hockey, you could also be playing hockey with EA Sports NHL 24, which has just been added to the Xbox Game Pass lineup. EA Sports NHL 24 is coming to console subscribers on April 18, just two days before the playoffs begin.

Promotional footage used for the MultiVersus NHL Face-Off match has confirmed that Finn is getting a new skin with his robot arm and Night Sword.

Saturday and the weekend have officially arrived, which means it is time to round up the best deals you can find this weekend! We've searched all over the internet to compile the deals you do not want to miss, which include video games, technology, earbuds, and more. The best deals for Saturday, April 6, include Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, the Razer BlackShark V2 Headset, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Beats Powerbeats Pro, and more.

Happy weekend, everyone! Sunday is here, which means the weekend is set to come to a close once more. But before it does, it's time for you to kick back and check out the best deals available this weekend. Whether you're searching for new games, technology, or accessories, we've got you covered. The best deals for Sunday, March 31, include Persona 3 Reload, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Resident Evil 4, Super Mario RPG, NHL 24, Horizon Forbidden West, and more.

EA has added yet another game to its running list of titles being shut down this year, with NHL 20 unfortunately on the chopping block. EA keeps a running list of all its games that will have their online connectivity severed. This way, fans of EA's games have plenty of time to play titles to their fullest before they lose key components of their functionality, but it's always disappointing whenever a game is shut down.

Max is offering new and existing subscribers the opportunity to save up to $60 on its annual subscriptions through April 9, saving you over 40% on the month-to-month price. And, as an added bonus, Max will throw in complementary access to B/R Sports, which allows you to watch games from the NBA, NHL, the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, MLB, and U.S. Soccer, in addition to the vast catalog of content already available to Max subscribers. Just note that if you’re already a subscriber, you can’t apply this deal to your existing plan, but you can still take advantage of this offer if you change to an annual plan.

All Xbox owners can play EA Sports FC 24 for free this weekend.

With Dallas Stars goalie Jake Oettinger injured within minutes of Friday’s Ottawa Senators game, Scott Wedgewood stepped up into the crease. Not only did Wedgewood stop 25 of 27 goals to help the Stars win 5-4 over the Senators, but he debuted a special new Mario Kart goalie mask.

The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for November, typically the biggest gaming month of the year, and surprisingly, the results weren’t that great. Players spent $5.9 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in November, a 9 percent year-on-year decrease. This was largely driven by a 24 percent drop in hardware spending, with all consoles being down double digits year-on-year. The PlayStation 5 was the #1 console, followed by the Xbox Series X/S, with the Switch really dropping off this season. It seems like inflation, and rumors that a new Switch is right around the corner, likely impacted hardware sales this year.

Tied up with four points a piece, the Detroit Red Wings and Montreal Canadiens headed into overtime on Saturday night for five minutes of three-on-three hockey. But in just under a minute of overtime, the Detroit Red Wings’ Jake Walman ended the game with a slapshot and the griddy to celebrate.

Over the holiday weekend, EA pushed out patch 1.2.1 for NHL 24 which includes some fan requested updates. Full Pressure will now be easier to end on defense along with adjusting logic for hip checks and a reduction in CPU AI teammate penalties. Popular creators Nasher, Pavel Barber and Always Hockey will be coming to HUT and World of Chel. There is a trailer for this announcement which can be watched below. There are a ton of other fixes and updates in this massive patch. You can check out our review of NHL 24 here and read the release notes below.

It's time for the roundup of the best Black Friday 2023 gaming deals you'll find on the Web! This article will focus on two of the biggest North American retailers, Amazon and Walmart, picking the best offers for the most exciting games released in the past couple of years. We've also added a few PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X bundles.

After one of the most release-heavy months of the year (or possibly of any year), Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 came out on the top of the sales charts in the U.S. according to industry-tracking firm Circana. Not only did Insomniac’s new title top the month’s best-seller chart (and was one of nine new releases to make it onto the list), it also made it to fourth place in the year-to-date bestseller chart. Video game hardware sales plummeted year-over-year, though, and video game sales overall dipped by 5%.

The former NPD Group (now named “Circana”) has released its full North American sales data for October, and it was a bit of an up-and-down kickoff to the holiday season. Players spent $4 billion on games, additional content, and hardware in October, a 5 percent year-on-year decrease. The PlayStation 5 was the #1 console, followed by Switch and Xbox Series X/S, but hardware sales were down 23 percent year on year, with all consoles experiencing a double-digit decline in business.

Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 was the best-selling game in the US in October, while PS5 was once again the leading console platform.

EA has announced a new patch for NHL 24 that addresses a good bit of community feedback after the launch of the game. Updates to the Hybrid and Goalie Controls along with adjustments to the Goalie Fatigue System and more are included in Patch 1.1.1. Players can also expect updates to center ice art for multiple teams across the NHL and AHL along with uniform changes across multiple leagues. There will also be another patch coming in early November that addresses highly-requested changes that includes adjustments to the lacrosse move, unintentional push check in front of the net when attempting a one-timer, goalie tuning and more. The big focus of this patch was addressing the feedback with the Hybrid control option, which made the game difficult to play for users who require core actions be performed on the Face Buttons of the controller. You can read the full notes below and check out our review of NHL 24 here.

Developer Wargaming has launched a brand new charity initiative called WargamingUnited with the aim to raise money for Ukraine. 

What makes for a highlight-reel moment in sports? It’s not just the raw athletic skill on display — part of the how-did-they-do-that thrill comes from the difficulty and risk associated with a low-percentage play. Making a spectacular diving catch can get you into the SportsCenter Top 10; touching grass with your face as the ball rolls to the outfield fence is more of an America’s Funniest Home Videos kind of thing.

Today, EA Sports has revealed their top 50 player ratings for the upcoming NHL 24. The game will officially release on October 6 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. While Cale Makar is not the highest rated player in the game, he does come in second with an overall rating of 95. He is tied with both Nathan MacKinnon and Daviss Pastrnak. The top player ratings also isn’t a 99, but rather a 97, with Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers again taking the title for highest rated player in the game. The best players by position is also broken down on the official ratings website, which can be viewed here.

Omada has created a popular social prediction game for sports fans and that enabled it to raise a $7.5 million seed funding round.