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April 2018 Archive

April 30, 2018
1. Twitch Prime's games for May include Psychonauts, Gone Home
2. Stardew Valley's multiplayer update is now available in public beta on PC
3. FIFA 18 gets free World Cup mode in May
4. Fortnite season 4 begins tomorrow
5. Fortnite Valentine's Day event update - new skins, Cupid's crossbow and 2.4.2 patch notes explained
6. Fortnite 5 Teams of 20 new game mode - Everything we know about the 20 v 20 mode
7. Zzap! 64 is returning with an annual later this year
8. PES 2019 leak reveals "huge addition" of licensed leagues
9. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery forces you to pay - or wait - to save a kid from being strangled
10. Bungie says it's finally releasing Destiny's Music of the Spheres
11. God of War sales flatten Nintendo Labo's debut
12. For the King review - a roguelike RPG that is as brutal as it is beautiful
April 29, 2018
1. Obituary: Rick Dickinson, industrial designer of the ZX Spectrum
April 28, 2018
1. What's up with The Witcher 3 patch 1.61 on PS4 Pro?
2. Things are starting to look up for Steam Spy
3. The good, bad and ugly of 45 minutes with Shadow of the Tomb Raider
4. The rules of a gaming friendship
April 27, 2018
1. Nintendo's next smartphone game is a big surprise
2. Now Belgium declares loot boxes gambling and therefore illegal
3. Frostpunk review - a thrilling but thin frozen city building game
4. Frostpunk sells like hot soup, shifting 250,000 copies in 66 hours
5. Shadow of the Tomb Raider is "climatic finale of Lara Croft's origin story"
6. PUBG's latest update brings map selection, Miramar improvements, muscle car, and more
7. Tales from inside 90s Nintendo - from the man who made Mario's face
8. Nintendo sets E3 presentation date
9. Adventure Time is getting an open-world pirate game early next year
10. Let It Die's Killer7 crossover event is now underway
April 26, 2018
1. Meteors are finally crashing to earth in Fortnite
2. Microsoft slaps Halo Online mod Twitch streamers with DMCA takedowns
3. You can pay for a 3% chance to own a Nintendo Switch in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
4. Why it's time for a PS4 Demon's Souls remake
5. Spider-Man PS4 gets the cool Iron Spider suit from Avengers: Infinity War
6. Super Mario Odyssey passes 10m sales milestone
7. Fans now think that Fortnite's mysterious meteor is the work of aliens
8. Steam is having a sale to celebrate Denmark's game development scene
9. Meet the 13-year-old Londoner who just became a Fortnite pro
10. Nintendo has a new president
11. BattleTech review - long overdue turn-based spin on a strategy great
April 25, 2018
1. Sonic Mania Plus now has a release date
2. PlayStation Plus' games for May include Rayman Legends and Beyond: Two Souls
3. Here's what's coming to Xbox Game Pass in May
4. 11-11: Memories Retold is a story-driven narrative adventure set during World War 1
5. Microsoft moves to terminate fan-made Halo Online mod
6. Our first look at Dragon Ball FighterZ DLC character Fused Zamasu in action
7. Destiny 2's road to recovery includes a rock hard horde mode
8. Labo is the most Nintendo thing to come from the company in generations
9. Far Cry 5 Live Events - Pickup Blowup challenge and rewards explained, and how to start Live Events
10. Far From Noise and the value - and dangers - of loneliness
April 24, 2018
1. Rip-roaring 1930s-style co-op shooter Strange Brigade launches in August
2. Obsidian outlines first three Pillars of Eternity 2 post-launch expansions
3. PC players can get Dark Souls Remastered half-price if they own the original
4. Camp Triggerfish returns tomorrow in Splatoon 2's massive new 3.0 update
5. How Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is improved on Switch
6. Wolfenstein 2 shoots up Nintendo Switch in June
7. Battle royale game H1Z1 hits PS4 in May
8. Switch hacked: unpatchable exploit is a security nightmare for Nintendo
9. Summer Games Done Quick reveals full speedrun schedule for 2018
10. Battlefield 1 monthly updates end June 2018
11. Deadly Premonition developer Swery swears to find funding for The Good Life even if Kickstarter fails
12. StarCraft 2 becomes a tactical turn-based RPG with the introduction of paid mods
13. Capcom cans Puzzle Fighter as Vancouver studio focuses on next Dead Rising
14. Detroit demo out today
15. South Park: The Fractured But Whole review
16. Xbox Games with Gold for May includes Vanquish, Metal Gear Solid 5
17. Valve acquires Firewatch developer Campo Santo
18. Stellaris' next expansion is the "discovery-themed" Distant Stars story pack
April 23, 2018
1. Far Cry 5 review - a competent yet conflicted open worlder
2. PUBG's desert map Miramar is playable on Xbox One this week
3. Just how useful are PC benchmark modes really?
4. A new Doom movie is in the works
5. Descent spiritual successor Overload launches proper in May
6. The unlikely origin of StreetPass and a Mario DS game you never knew about
7. Hollow Knight's "under-the-hood" Lifeblood update arrives on PC
8. God of War is a smash hit in UK chart
April 22, 2018
1. The Ultimate year: 12 months that forged a legend
April 21, 2018
1. The Crew 2 is a more joyful, less edgy breed of open world racer
2. Does Hellblade on Xbox One X deliver the definitive console experience?
3. Housemarque's new multiplayer game Stormdivers sounds like a battle royale
4. On the secret smallness of Skyrim
5. Ghost of a Tale review - a creature castle fantasy with plenty of Soul
6. Can you discover games for yourself in the algorithmic age?
April 20, 2018
1. Hearthstone game director Ben Brode announces departure from Blizzard
2. Infamous 90s FMV horror Night Trap is on its way to Switch
3. Binding of Isaac prequel The Legend of Bum-bo gets its first gameplay trailer
4. Morrowind on Xbox One X: the slowest Elder Scrolls console game is now the fastest
5. PUBG's new Metal Rain mode lets you summon armoured vehicles from the sky
6. War for the Overworld gets final expansion and big new update
7. Hey Nintendo, PlatinumGames wants The Wonderful 101 on Switch
8. Watch God of War's director discover how well critics responded
9. The hugely charming Yoku's Island Express has a release date
10. Double Fine's Psychonauts VR spin-off Rhombus of Ruin launches on PC
11. Patrice Desilets shows pre-alpha Ancestors: A Humankind Odyssey footage
12. Ubisoft's The Division movie adds Deadpool 2's director
13. Hearthstone's new single-player Monster Hunt mode revealed
14. Upcoming PS4 exclusives God of War, Detroit and Spider-Man currently unavailable to pre-order from Amazon
15. Platinum never loses its lustre
16. PlatinumGames is making what looks like a spiritual successor to ?kami
17. Rampage film review - even shallower than the arcade game
18. Graveyard Keeper looks like Stardew Valley, but with considerably more corpses
April 19, 2018
1. Fortnite's latest update brings a light machine gun, but no meteor devastation
2. The Netherlands declares some loot boxes are gambling
3. Super Mario Odyssey Balloon World: Tips for earning more coins in each Find It and Hide It mini-game
4. Battlezone launches on Nintendo Switch this summer
5. For Honor gets a big new update and an impressive training mode
6. Fans are finding clues pointing to a very different, earlier version of Dark Souls 3
7. Yakuza 6 review - a new beginning and a fitting end for Sega's great series
8. FreeSync display support tested on Xbox One X
9. PUBG finally adding ability to select which map you want
10. "People want a lot of answers"
11. Battlefield V battle royale mode in development - report
12. Croteam announces Serious Sam 4: Planet Badass
13. "You got clobbered"
14. Star Wars Battlefront 2's new cosmetic microtransactions go live
15. NHS places mental health adverts in Football Manager 2018
16. The Division delivers another powerhouse upgrade for Xbox One X
17. The horror of Vault 11
18. PUBG's new Savage map will soon let players parachute straight into an underground cave system
April 18, 2018
1. Cities Skylines' next expansion lets you build your own theme parks, zoos, and more
2. Concept art for cancelled TimeSplitters 4 shows never-before-seen characters
3. PES loses Champions League official licence
4. How Jeff Kaplan from the Overwatch team inspired Hearthstone's fatigue mechanic
5. Doom original game soundtrack blasts its way onto vinyl and CD
6. Sea of Thieves adds a Pirate Legend ship design
7. Peggle free on PC via Origin
8. How the next Doctor Who game attempts to rewrite the rules of match-three puzzle games
9. Sources: Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 doesn't have a single-player campaign
10. Microsoft's new-look Xbox Live avatars shown off in action via leaked video
11. Halo: The Master Chief Collection gets big new patch later this summer
12. Pokémon Go's May Community Day will let you get a shiny Charizard
13. Ubisoft E3 press conference dated
14. Epic pulls Fortnite's controversial guided missile weapon from the game
15. Lovecraftian board game Mansions of Madness is getting a video game adaptation
April 17, 2018
1. There's an NBA Playgrounds sequel coming later this year
2. Egypt-themed roguelike shooter Immortal Redneck heads to Switch in May
3. Monster Hunter World's next update introduces Elder Dragon Kulve Taroth
4. Dark Souls on Switch just got delayed
5. Remembering the original God of War trilogy's biggest hooks
6. Playing Not Tonight, a post-Brexit thriller
7. After six months, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp adds randomised loot boxes
8. Modders are recreating the classic Halo experience on PC
9. Konami announced a new Castlevania game
10. Edith Finch and finding meaning in materialism
April 16, 2018
1. Round two of PUBG's Savage testing brings big changes to the new tropical map
2. Gorgeous Norse myth themed action adventure Jotun comes to Switch next week
3. EA admits it "got it wrong" over Star Wars Battlefront 2 loot boxes
4. Sega is making a Mega Drive Mini
5. Here's Street Fighter 5's next DLC character Falke in action
6. Sega Ages' Sonic, Phantasy Star, Alex Kidd headed to Nintendo Switch
7. PlayerUnknown on PUBG's future
8. Someone built the Titanic in Halo
9. Disgraced Donkey Kong champ Billy Mitchell releases statement
10. Terraria spin-off Otherworld cancelled three years after it was announced
11. Kingdom Hearts 3 has Game & Watch style mini-games
April 15, 2018
1. PlayStation 5: when can Sony truly deliver a generational leap in power?
2. The Eurogamer Summer Internship: we want you!
3. World of silence: Lumines' brilliance remains revolutionary
4. Xbox One X's 4K Red Dead Redemption looks sensational
April 14, 2018
1. Sega confirms Shenmue remasters are finally happening
2. Hitchcock, God of War and the long take
April 13, 2018
1. Rare outlines next few months of content updates for Sea of Thieves
2. Star Wars: Battlefront 2's new Night On Endor update lets you play as an Ewok
3. Introversion's new game Order of Magnitude is sociology in space
4. Gwent's single-player story campaign is still around six months away from release
5. PUBG's limited-time team deathmatch mode War is now live
6. Surprise! Football Manager out today for Nintendo Switch
7. Has the games industry turned tail on microtransactions?
8. Watch Tim Schafer talk about his career here at 1pm today
9. Does Sam Fisher's cameo in Ghost Recon Wildlands lead into a new Splinter Cell?
10. God of War is another tech powerhouse for PS4
11. Here's Siegfried and his massive sword in Soulcalibur 6
12. Hellblade wins big at the Baftas
13. The next expansion for Eve Online is Into the Abyss
14. God of War review: astonishing technological craft in the service of simple pleasures
15. Epic apologises for Fortnite downtime with free goodies
16. Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle Review - a surprisingly cute horror show
April 12, 2018
1. PUBG's new "Savage" map starts second round of testing next week
2. The Banner Saga 3 gets a July release date
3. The Division's latest update adds Xbox One X enhancements, two new Global Events
4. Fortnite's latest update adds instant forts and a Replay system, breaks Guided Missiles
5. Cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 4 flipped Return of the Jedi's final lightsaber battle
6. Donkey Kong champ Billy Mitchell's high scores wiped after cheating evidence emerges
7. Attractive anime adventure Forgotton Anne has a release date
8. The new bloom of Q-Games
9. Warcraft 3 is now widescreen
10. Warmind, Destiny 2's next expansion, launches next month
11. All Walls Must Fall review - the tactics genre gets a quirky new treat
April 11, 2018
1. Delightful tabletop RPG roguelike For The King is leaving early access next month
2. Xbox One is getting PUBG's desert-themed Miramar map "before the end of April"
3. Mojang sets date for this year's MineCon Earth
4. Charming shop management action RPG Moonlighter is out in May
5. Why Steam Spy has to close, from the creator himself
6. Why the games media has a diversity problem - this website especially
7. When Sam Fisher realises he's the last stealth video game hero
8. Cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 4 art shows dark side Luke, Jedi Maul
9. A peek behind the curtain of video game publisher politics
10. A Wii U game is coming out
11. Why Below has taken half a decade to make
12. Sunless Sea creator's Cultist Simulator has a release date
13. Red Dead Redemption now Xbox One X enhanced
14. Big new Call of Duty: WW2 update adds unlimited sprint, overhauls divisions
15. Layers of Fear taught me how to be scared again
16. Square Enix adds "original style" visuals to lambasted Chrono Trigger PC port
17. Microsoft announces new wave of backward compatible Original Xbox games for Xbox One
April 10, 2018
1. Stardew Valley's multiplayer update "should be ready in about a month"
2. Capcom's Mega Man X Legacy Collection launches in July
3. Fortnite's newest addition is a throwable, self-assembling fort
4. Blizzard: A proper Overwatch campaign would be "like making a brand new game"
5. Far Cry 5 Perks: Challenges List, our picks for best Perks and Lieutenants in Far Cry 5 explained
6. Far Cry 5 Prepper Stash locations: How to find and solve all Prepper locations
7. Far Cry 5 fishing: How to fish, where to unlock all fishing rods and find all hard fishing spots
8. Far Cry 5 ending choices - how to unlock all alternate and hidden endings
9. Far Cry 5 hunting: All animal locations, including bear, eagle, elk, hare locations
10. Pokémon Go has a new Kanto event today
11. Is Far Cry 2's tech really more advanced than Far Cry 5's?
12. After five years, The Piano is one developer's take on psychological horror
13. Sea of Thieves-in-the-sky game Worlds Adrift launching in Early Access soon
14. Summer Games Done Quick reveals full game and speedrunner list for 2018
15. Retro beat-em-up Raging Justice coming out very soon
16. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp adds another familiar face
17. PlayStation Plus members get money off Spotify subscriptions
18. PUBG takes a leaf out of Fortnite's playbook - and it works
19. How one enterprising fan brought Demon's Souls back to life
April 9, 2018
1. Blizzard announces November dates for this year's BlizzCon
2. Sam Fisher officially joins Ghost Recon Wildlands from tomorrow
3. Introducing Digital Foundry's new PC benchmarking system
4. Sea of Thieves' early prototypes looked very different
5. The new game by LawBreakers studio Boss Key is a 1980s battle royale
6. Overwatch League player indefinitely suspended following allegations of sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old
7. Final Fantasy 15 has four more DLC episodes due in 2019
8. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds files lawsuit against mobile clones
9. Minit review - a bite-sized marvel
10. A Way Out review - humdrum crime with a co-op twist
April 8, 2018
1. DF Retro: Sonic CD - under-appreciated but still brilliant today
2. In praise of a BBC Micro classic: Forever playing in Exile
April 7, 2018
1. Resident Evil 7's Xbox One X patch offers a big boost over the standard console
2. On mouse clicks and paperclips: the dark, frustrating pleasures of tedium games
April 6, 2018
1. System Shock remake dev details return to "original vision" following project hiatus
2. Ubisoft teases a return for Sam Fisher in Ghost Recon Wildlands
3. Harvest Moon creator's Little Dragons Café gets its first gameplay trailer
4. Open water survival adventure Raft is coming to Steam early access in May
5. Vermintide 2 patch aims to lower difficulty
6. SpyParty has come a long way in eight years
7. Razer launches a new PC game store with a few good deals
8. Loads of footballers are doing Fortnite emotes after scoring goals
9. Clear your weekend, Crusader Kings 2 is free
10. Why Fortnite should definitely nuke Tilted Towers
11. Sea of Thieves will let you set your crew to private
12. Here's a good look at State of Decay 2 gameplay
13. Diablo's Deckard Cain is coming to Heroes of the Storm
14. LawBreakers developer confirms that it's now focussing on "other projects"
15. Arcade classic Toki is getting a gorgeous Switch remake later this year
April 5, 2018
1. World of Warcraft expansion Battle for Azeroth gets a release date
2. Four years later, Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is finally coming out
3. Hearthstone's new expansion The Witchwood is all about werewolves
4. Don't Starve is heading to Switch next week
5. Overwatch League: We ask Blizzard our biggest questions
6. PUBG's new "Savage" map brings a tropical twist to the battlegrounds
7. PUBG now has a Deathmatch-style War Mode, but there's a catch
8. Below re-emerges with the promise of a 2018 release - and it looks like it'll be worth the wait
9. Heavens! Divinity: Original Sin 2 is coming to console
10. Long-rumoured Spyro Reignited Trilogy listed on Amazon, with ugly boxart
11. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery will feature some familiar voices
12. Firewatch announced for Nintendo Switch
13. Sunless Skies' big new update adds Albion, the interstellar heart of the British Empire
14. Toy train set builder Tracks is now even more adorable, thanks to its new farm yard update
15. PUBG's next update brings Fortnite-style spectating, a fix to buggy vehicles and more
16. Nintendo Labo lets you reprogram your Switch into an electric guitar
17. Doom's new 4K patch analysed on Xbox One X and PS4 Pro
18. Overwatch Retribution is a new four-player PVE event
19. Don't gush: why the vision of Mirror's Edge Catalyst makes it a modern great
20. Fans are scrambling to solve the mystery of Fortnite's looming meteor
April 4, 2018
1. Fortnite's latest update introduces vending machines, easter egg launchers and more
2. BAFTA-winning teen announces narrative puzzler for Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, Xbox One
3. PlayStation 4 exclusive Spider-Man launches September
4. Life is Strange comic series will return to Arcadia Bay
5. Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes headlines Nintendo's EGX Rezzed Switch indie line-up
6. Hitman: Definitive Edition targets a boxed release next month
7. "It's true Steam Machines aren't exactly flying off the shelves"
8. Square Enix will start fixing its disappointing Chrono Trigger PC port soon
9. Fan-made 7th Guest sequel The 13th Doll finally releases this October
10. Dark Souls Remastered: how much of an upgrade is it?
11. Assassin's Creed Origins gets official cheat mode on PC
12. Fortnite now tells Mr. Hillman's students to stop playing in class
13. Arabian Nights-themed first-person rogue-lite City of Brass leaves early access in May
14. Video game romance is broken
April 3, 2018
1. Ghost Recon Wildlands' second season of free updates starts next week
2. The Elder Scrolls' Summerset Isle has come a long way in 24 years
3. Pokémon Go's new quest system revamps the game, however you play
4. The new Vive Pro Starter Kit is only ?1048
5. Grainger Games boss's rushed farewell to staff as administrators take over
6. When VR meets art, something new is created
7. Here's how Fortnite Battle Royale looks on smartphone
8. Middle-earth: Shadow of War ripping out microtransactions and loot boxes
9. Far Cry 5 tops UK chart with biggest launch in series' history
10. Far Cry 3's writer argues critics largely missed the point of the game
11. PlayStation VR is beginning to feel a bit like the Vita
April 2, 2018
1. Samsung Galaxy S9 review
2. Is Star Wars Battlefront 2's big update enough to save it?
April 1, 2018
1. Outlast 2 on Switch compared with PlayStation 4
2. Far Cry 5 impresses on all consoles - but it's extra special on Xbox One X
3. Far Cry 2's single-minded vision deserves to be remembered