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Developer KingsIsle Entertainment has announced an upcoming single-player visual novel prequel to the popular Wizard101 MMORPG, titled Ravenwood Academy: A Wizard101 Story. While Wizard101 is a perfect introduction to MMORPGs, Ravenwood Academy will shift focus to a solo gaming experience, offering fans a brand-new way to enjoy the world of the Spiral.

An upcoming game with strong Stardew Valley vibes called SunnySide has recently released a demo on Steam and unveiled its official release date. SunnySide is an upcoming 3D life sim game set in the Japanese countryside and may appease Stardew Valley fans looking for a new experience.

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.

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

Horizon Forbidden West update 1.2.48.0 is now available for download via Steam. This release further refines the Horizon Forbidden West PC port with some notable quality-of-life improvements and bug fixes.

Sky: Children of the Light is finally making its way to PC today via Steam Early Access. Along with the arrival, thatgamecompany is marking the release by adding some new cosmpetics, including a formerly PlayStation-exclusive Journey pack.

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

Darkest Dungeon 2 is adding a new Kingdoms mode to the game. The turn-based roguelike game released in early access in 2021 with a full release in 2023. Reviews noted that Darkest Dungeon 2 featured a strategic and difficult but ultimately satisfying gameplay loop. In addition, Darkest Dungeon 2 received praise for having stylish visuals, blending 3D and 2D into a brutal, gothic, fantasy aesthetic.

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.

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.

Dicefolk, a highly rated creature collector roguelike, is coming soon to the Nintendo Switch, where it's looking to find a new audience after quickly racking up great reviews on Steam. Games that market themselves as new approaches to the Pokemon formula are starting to sprout up more and more as they seemingly try to replicate the success of Palworld from earlier this year.

Fans of cozy games like Animal Crossing: New Horizons have a new game to keep an eye on as Amber Isle has been announced for Nintendo Switch and Steam. This in-development game with Animal Crossing vibes puts an intriguing and adorable spin on the genre by placing players on an island full of dinosaurs and other prehistoric life.

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

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

Upon its launch in February, Helldivers 2 got off to a better start than almost anyone could have expected, attracting players on both PS5 and PC in droves and selling at a faster pace than even Sony would have anticipated. Two months on from its release, the co-op shooter is continuing to maintain momentum in impressive fashion.

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.

Lanfall Publishing has commented on the possibility of the recently released Content Warning being ported to PlayStation and Xbox consoles, saying it's possible but it might be a while before it happens. Content Warning was released on April Fools' Day for free for a very limited time, and is a game where players are tasked with joining their friends in filming spooky things happening in the world to become viral on SpookyTube. Thanks to the nonexistent price point very early on, the game became incredibly popular, garnering over six million downloads within a short amount of time.

Cozy farming game Farm Together 2 has revealed a bunch of new customization options and improvements over the original game, ahead of its release on Early Access later this year. The original Farm Together was quietly one of the most interesting indie games of 2018, and it's finally getting a sequel.

The creators of one of 2024's biggest games, Palworld, have shared a promising update on the future of the viral hit. Fans are likely to be excited at the prospects of the content roadmap teased for Palworld by developer Pocketpair.

After enjoying critical acclaimed with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, it looks like Ubisoft is already gearing up to take the next step forward for the franchise. A recent report by Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson claimed that the company had partnered with Dead Cells developer Evil Empire for development of roguelite title The Rogue Prince of Persia, and that it was set to launch in early access for Steam sometime this year.

Darkest Dungeon has been blowing up on Steam since early April. Its massive popularity spike arrived more than eight years following Darkest Dungeon's debut.

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

Despite only releasing a few days ago, cooperative multiplayer horror game Content Warning has a new update. The development team at Landfall added several new Content Warning features that players will find useful as they attempt to record spooky occurrences as a team.

Alongside the release of Palworld version 0.2.0.6, developer Pocket Pair said that the new update introduced a bug that prevented Pal eggs from being placed inside an incubator. However, Pocket Pair added that Palworld players could resolve the issue by rebuilding and replacing all the incubators on their bases, and apologized for the bug.

After huge success with Kill It With Fire Casey Donnellan Games and tinyBuild have revealed will bring multiversal spider-squashing to Early Access later this month.

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

The PC port of Horizon Forbidden West received another substantial update on April 4, its second such post-release patch. Identified by version number 1.1.47.0, the update resolves some annoying issues and improves Horizon Forbidden West's widescreen monitor support, among other novelties.

Palworld’s latest update has added the game’s first raid boss, Bellanoir.

Pocketpair has released its first major content update for Palworld, adding the early access title’s first raid boss, Bellanoir. Using slabs at the Summoning Altar, players can battle her. While raid bosses can’t be captured, they do drop Pal Eggs. There’s also an Extreme version of Bellanoir that is “incredibly powerful and difficult to defeat.”

A new game has been added to the mix as Pathless Woods launched into early access to multiple positive reviews. The game is touted as a mix of survival game Valheim and farming life sim Stardew Valley. Players can link up with friends in co-op mode to make surviving easier, or play solo to explore the game at their own pace.

Iceberg Interactive and Pavel Kharev (Snail Bite) have announced Dead Season, a brand new PC turn-based tactics game set in a post-apocalyptic zombie world, set to release in 2024 on Steam, Epic, and GOG.

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A fan-made karting game originally based on Bloodborne has a new release date, after it was delayed following action by IP holder Sony.

Hollow Knight: Silksong has been classified in South Korea, suggesting news about the game’s release date could be on the way.

Eight years after it was first released, Stardew Valley is currently the most-played game on the Steam Deck. The Steam Deck has plenty of incredible titles available for playing on the go, but right now, Stardew Valley has become gamers' top choice once again.

The Steam Deck is considered by many fans to be the king of PC gaming handhelds. While Valve is miles away from seriously challenging Nintendo’s market position, and their own device can’t run all games on Steam, it still endures as one of the most popular devices in the category. It may very well be the best seller out of all of them, thanks to a combination of its early market lead, its now global distribution network, and the ease of use with SteamOS compared to Windows.

Partially thanks to being free for a limited time, horror game Content Warning has blown up on Steam. Steam has an immense catalog of games, and some indie hits sometimes stand out from the rest, as Content Warning is now.

After what felt like an eternity, the Prince of Persia franchise finally has life in it again. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown released later this year (with DLC also being in the works), while Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake is also in development- and it seems Ubisoft’s plans for the franchise entail more than just those two.

Friday the 13th: The Game will return to Steam sometime soon as Friday the 13th Resurrected, a free-to-play fan-made version of the game. At the moment, Friday the 13th: The Game has Very Positive reviews on Steam, but it’s unavailable for purchase, meaning that only gamers who previously owned it can still play the horror game.

Yellow Brick Games has announced its debut title, Eternal Strands.

was released for free on Steam yesterday and the co-op horror game from Totally Accurate Battle Simulator creator Landfall has had a storming start to life.

Eremite Games’ Against the Storm exited early access back in December, launching for PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store. The positive feedback has helped because it recently sold over one million units on Steam alone.

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.

Corn Kidz 64, a Nintendo 64-inspired 3D indie platformer that originally launched on Steam, is coming to the Nintendo Switch next month. Many gamers are nostalgic for the 3D platformers that were released on the Nintendo 64, such as Super Mario 64, Banjo-Kazooie, and Gex: Enter the Gecko. This nostalgia has resulted in indie developers looking to recreate the feel and mechanics of these 3D platforming games, with games like Cavern of Dreams, Celeste 64: Fragments of the Mountain, and Corn Kidz 64.

The CFO of Cyberpunk and The Witcher studio CD Projekt has shared its stance on microtransactions in single-player games.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly instructed his government to explore developing video game consoles in Russia.

Capcom has released an update for Dragon’s Dogma 2 on PS5 and PC, adding a frame rate cap option on consoles, improving DLSS quality, and more.

GOG will reportedly be giving away another free game starting on Friday.

Black Kite Games’ debut outing is out now on PC. The deckbuilder game is described as Magic: The Gathering meets Shadow of the Colossus and sees players attempt to defeat as many gigantic beasts as possible.

Bandai Namco has released three new games on Steam, all of which are completely free.

In another interesting revelation, Xbox head Phil Spencer has reportedly backed the arrival of third-party game stores on game consoles. This has led to Xbox fans anticipating the possible launch of game stores, like Steam, on Microsoft's console.

The Like a Dragon series “absolutely must” continue using its bespoke Dragon Engine, but staff must also learn about alternate options, the series’ technical director says.

Palia is now available on Steam, giving gamers a new cozy game to check out. There has been a recent influx of cozy games, becoming seemingly more popular in the current generation than any other. This newer addition, Palia, has been accessible elsewhere in the form of an open beta for some time. The community-sim MMO allows players to build a life and make friends in a vibrant fantasy world that features elements of crafting, decoration, and even romance.

Steam might be on the way to making its Discovery Queue more lucrative for users, as per a recent patent. The Discovery Queue has been quite a popular feature for players to find some hidden gems on Steam, and it seems like the new feature is set to attract more people by incentivizing them.

Ubisoft’s strategy for releasing games on PC has frustrated many in recent years, particularly with the lack of Steam versions of games at launch. Many of the company’s titles do, of course, eventually end up releasing for the platform belatedly, and another one will soon be following suit.

Microsoft’s head of gaming has discussed what he’d like to see in a potential Xbox handheld.

There was a time, back in the early days of South Park, when it seemed like the series was destined never to succeed in video game form.

Capcom has detailed some of its planned updates for Dragon’s Dogma 2.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is the first-ever Capcom game to surpass 200,000 concurrent players on Steam. This achievement further underlines the fantasy RPG's incredible launch weekend, which Dragon's Dogma 2 enjoyed in spite of some recent controversies.

Cozy co-op game Farm Together is getting a sequel after almost six years. The new farming sim is planned to reach Steam Early Access in spring 2024.

Final Fantasy 14 director Naoki Yoshida has joked that he will give players one week to finish Elden Ring‘s upcoming DLC before Final Fantasy 14 Dawntrail is released.

Controversies surrounding microtransactions notwithstanding, Dragon’s Dogma 2 has got off to an impressive start since its release a couple of days ago. The open world action RPG has enjoyed widespread acclaim from critics, currently sitting at an OpenCritic score of 89, and has also attracted players in droves. Immediately upon release, the game became Capcom’s biggest-ever single player launch on Steam, and its numbers have kept on steadily climbing since then.

Sony has enjoyed unprecedented success with the PC audience this year, courtesy of Helldivers 2, and though the co-op shooter is continuing to make waves, the company does have other titles lined up for the platform as well. Recently, Horizon Forbidden West made the jump to PC, and it’s gotten off to a decent start where its Steam numbers are concerned.

An Elden Ring player has achieved the mind-boggling feat of single-handedly beating Malenia at Rune Level 1, quite literally. While the Elden Ring community is quite well acquainted with some outlandish challenges, this seems to have taken it to a different league altogether.

The recent changes to the Railgun inHelldivers 2 haven't gone down well in the community, as fans continue to express their dissatisfaction over the adjustments. The Railgun was nerfed as part of the Helldivers 2's 01.000.100 Update, which despite featuring a pretty short list of changes, affected the meta of the game quite significantly.

Resident Evil 9 could be an open-world game, it’s been claimed.

Since releasing yesterday, the eagerly awaited has been receiving a lot of negative feedback from the community. Now, Capcom has responded to what fans are saying, with assurance that some of the big issues are being looked at.

Capcom has responded to Dragon’s Dogma 2 players who have criticised the game’s use of microtransactions as well as performance issues on PC.

Book of Demons is currently free to download on GOG.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 has enjoyed near-universal acclaim from critics, though in the immediate aftermath of its release, the open world action RPG has sparked controversy following the emergence of an in-game microtransactions store, on top of technical and performance issues found in the game’s PC version. In an update on Steam, Capcom has addressed a number of these issues, as part of which the developer confirms that it will also be adding the option to start new saves to the game’s Steam version.

Awaceb’s Tchia launched for PlayStation and PC via Epic Games Store in March of last year, and the developer, in conjunction with publisher Kepler Interactive, is ready to bring the game to wider audiences. The open world action-adventure title is set to launch for the Nintendo Switch sometime this Summer, Awaceb has announced.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 has released to mixed reviews on Steam, with numerous players expressing unhappiness at the game’s list of microtransactions.

Along with new Incursion missions, loot and The Joker, Season 1 of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is also making extensive changes to existing systems. It’s reducing the requirements for its introduction to the end game, like completing Elseworld Missions requiring a Finite Crisis Rank 5 instead of 10. Completing Killing Time will require Rank 10 instead of 20, while the Hardcore version requires Rank 15 instead of 30.

The second story expansion for Dead Island 2 will be released next month.

Rocksteady Studios has detailed the first episode of Season 1 of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, launching on March 28th, in a new blog post. There’s also a new gameplay trailer available. Check it out below.

One of the reasons why a lot of people prefer PCs over consoles is how relatively easy it is to share your games with friends and family. On consoles, digital games you own are (mostly) yours only, but with Steam, it's actually possible to share your purchases with others. Now, Steam game sharing is getting better, with Valve revamping the whole experience with a new collection of features called Steam Families.