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April 2022 Archive

April 30, 2022
1. Valve confirms "blocked" Steam Deck installations are just a "technical issue"
2. Warzone Season 3 leads to Virgin Media's "biggest gaming traffic spike on record"
3. It looks like FIFA 22 and Battlefield 2042 are on their way to Xbox Game Pass
4. The Long Dark's first paid content will drop later this year and follow a "season-pass type approach"
5. "It's almost time" to see The Callisto Protocol
6. Genshin Impact Update 2.7 has been indefinitely delayed
7. A quick look at the Playdate games on Itch.io
April 29, 2022
1. Sifu breaks down its upcoming difficulty settings in new preview trailer
2. Viva Pi?ata Party Animals and Yoku’s Island Express lead May's Xbox Games With Gold
3. Warzone best M1916 loadout, class setup and how to unlock the M1916
4. Warzone best Nikita AVT loadout, class setup and how to unlock the Nikita AVT
5. Animal Crossing May Day maze 2022: How to complete the May Day tour and restart the maze explained
6. Monster Hunter Rise promising "exciting reveals" at next Sunbreak stream in May
7. Lego Builder's Journey: the ray tracing showcase hits PS5
8. Get Sky Broadband's new Gigafast full fibre service for just ?52 per month
9. Rogue Legacy 2 best class choice and how to unlock classes explained
10. How to read Memory Fragments in Rogue Legacy 2 with the ‘thousand whispers’ puzzle
11. Skull & Bones test footage appears online
12. Where to buy Nintendo Switch Sports: price, bundles and deals
13. Sony confirms ability to extend active PlayStation Plus subscriptions blocked until Premium launch in June
14. Stardew Valley modders compete over grandpa's bed
15. Upcoming indies Stray and Cult of the Lamb get new release windows
16. MythForce's wonderful cartoon co-op nostalgia is held back by skeletal action
17. Former Blizzard Versailles employees win appeal over redundancies
18. Final Fantasy 16 producer hopes it will bring back lapsed players
19. Bungie faces setback in legal bid to punish Destiny cheaters
20. Pokémon Go A Mega Moment research steps, best Choose Path choice and rewards
21. Tales of Arise sells 2m copies worldwide
22. Get a free gift card when you buy one of these Razer mice, keyboards or headsets
23. Latest Guardians of the Galaxy fridge stat shows how house proud we all are
24. Here's a look at Pokémon Go's official trading cards
25. Spider-Man swings in to the Matrix's UE5 megacity via mod
26. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 officially announced
27. It looks like the first batch of PS Plus Premium tier classic games has leaked on PSN
28. What we've been playing
April 28, 2022
1. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order 2 reportedly out 2023 for PS5, Series X/S and PC
2. Activision Blizzard stockholders vote in favour of Microsoft acquisition
3. Rogue Legacy 2 review - more of the brilliant same in this impressive sequel
4. Terraria gets Don't Starve crossover in its latest update
5. Microsoft announces Xbox and Bethesda showcase for June
6. Sonic creator Yuji Naka says he was removed as director of Balan Wonderworld before disastrous launch
7. WRC 10 on Switch: is it really that bad?
8. Halo Infinite livestream interrupted by secret teaser
9. The past, present and future of Dorfromantik
10. Climate Replay starts pledge against the use of NFTs in games
11. Dragon Age game testers seek unionisation
12. Rainbow Six Siege's Rengoku event lets you play as a samurai
13. Sony looks to have disabled PlayStation Plus subscription stacking
14. Xbox gets a Scottish twist with its own new tartan controller
15. Reggie Fils-Aimé says he's a believer in blockchain and play-to-own technology
16. Elden Ring player meets Jesus for holy duel
17. Nintendo issues Switch Sports safety warning to avoid children hitting each other
18. Blizzard celebrates Overwatch's highest day ever on Twitch
19. Sony's new games preservation engineer addresses his job role
20. Sonic Speed Simulator review - a free, good-looking Roblox game that's fast and fun in short spins
April 27, 2022
1. Adorable dinosaur theme park sim Parkasaurus makes console debut on Switch tomorrow
2. Disney unveils free-to-play village life sim starring a bunch of classic characters
3. Pokémon Go Fest 2022 includes option to set the event's difficulty for the first time
4. This War of Mine: Final Cut heading to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in May
5. Stanley Parable all endings and how many endings there are explained
6. Call of Duty's anti-cheat system is now preventing cheaters from seeing opponents in-game
7. Devil May Cry 5 sales pass 5m worldwide
8. PlayStation Plus and Now owners get Plus Premium for the longer of their two subscriptions
9. Looks like FIFA 22 is coming to PlayStation Plus
10. Twitch may reduce the revenue split for its partnered streamers, according to reports
11. Dead By Daylight reveals first openly LGBT+ character in new Archive story content
12. The sad lore hidden within Elden Ring's song of the bats
13. The Last of Us 2 fan uses mods to try and change the game's story
14. Letter from the editor: When nostalgia ain’t what it used to be
15. Final Fantasy creator calls out Square Enix for price of $11.6k FF6 statue
16. The effortless joy of Nintendo Switch Sports
17. British Gas tells customers to turn off "vampire" consoles, laptops to save some money
18. The Quarry will have an astounding 186 unique endings
19. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory available on Steam 19 years after original release
20. Final Fantasy 14 producer asks players to stop trolling each other in PvP
21. Sniper Elite 5 sets its sights on the Hitman franchise
22. Gears 5's map builder is being removed, but its achievements will be unlocked
23. GTA5 update adds motion blur slider on PS5, Xbox Series X/S
24. Overwatch 2 beta Twitch drops times, streamer list, sign up access and end date explained
25. Sifu to receive difficulty options this spring
26. There are no plans for Cortana AI in Halo Infinite's multiplayer
27. Xbox Series X/S have "taken share globally" in console market for past two quarters
28. Elden Ring's Malenia is now fixed in latest update
29. Kaiju Wars review - a gigantically clever strategy spoof
30. PS5 stock drops at Amazon for the first time in ages
April 26, 2022
1. New Elden Ring datamine video sheds further light on those mysterious colosseums
2. 2K Games reportedly working on Rocket League rival with bikes instead of cars
3. Netflix reportedly aiming to offer 50 games to subscribers by the end of 2022
4. Sega delisting standalone versions of Sonic 1, 2, 3, and CD ahead of Sonic Origins' arrival
5. How to beat Rykard, God-Devouring Serpent in Elden Ring
6. Sony reportedly now requires some PlayStation developers make time-limited game demos for Plus Premium
7. Fortnite Recon Camera locations and how to set up Recon Cameras explained
8. New Starfield video takes closer look at game's music and sound design
9. Activision lost a third of its active players in past year
10. Call of the Sea developers reveal new game American Arcadia
11. Cherrim 100% perfect IV stats, shiny Sunshine Form Cherrim in Pokémon Go
12. Fortnite dead drop intel locations and how to secure insider intel from a dead drop
13. Latest Steam Deck update adds lock screen and windows switching
14. PlayStation 3 emulation tested: revisiting Metal Gear Solid 4 at 4K 60fps with RPCS3
15. Beautiful gardening sim The Garden Path is like Animal Crossing without the hustle
16. Pikmin Bloom is getting weekly challenges
17. Naughty Dog remake listing spotted, following The Last of Us project report
18. Save 15% on a Nintendo Switch Sports pre-order with this promo code
19. BBC Proms to include first video game concert
20. Xbox had best March US hardware revenue for over a decade
21. Online services for 90 older Ubisoft games ended
22. Pokémon Go Mega Evolution overhaul now live in Australia, New Zealand
23. Call of Duty QA testers getting closer to unionisation, regardless of Activision Blizzard wishes
24. Pokémon Go Season of Alola end date and everything you need to know
25. The A500 Mini: Where to buy the new Amiga retro console
26. How games imagine the past and future of solar energy
27. Off Topic: On the subtle mystery of Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
28. Super Mario Bros. film delayed to 2023
April 25, 2022
1. PlayStation 5 finally getting Variable Refresh Rate support this week
2. There's a live 20th anniversary Ace Attorney concert streaming in May
3. Telltale's The Walking Dead started life as a Left 4 Dead spin-off
4. Newcastle takes centre stage in Apex Legends' newly revealed 13th season
5. Warzone Season 3 release time, and what's new in the Season 3 update
6. Uncharted Legacy of Thieves PC release date listed on Epic Games Store
7. Elden Ring dataminer finds out what happens when you wake up the game's giants
8. DF Direct Weekly: has the next-gen era actually started yet?
9. Dying Light 2 gets New Game Plus mode this week
10. A first play of Dune: Spice Wars feels like a first read of the books
11. Valheim passes 10m sales, as development on the Mistlands continues
12. New Call of Duty Warzone to be revealed later this year
13. Gran Turismo 7's first proper content drop brings new cars and a new(ish) track
14. Diablo Immortal launches in June for both mobile and PC
15. Pokémon Go maker's Peridot begins its soft launch
16. Return to Monkey Island will have its own take on an easy mode
17. Ukrainian developer Stalker 2's website blocked by Russia
18. Upgrading your PS Plus subscription tiers will be a doddle, according to Sony
19. Ubisoft attracting acquisition interest, reports suggest
20. Playable Elden Ring Game Boy demake on the way
21. We Were Here Forever is the co-op experience I didn’t know I wanted
April 24, 2022
1. Borderlands 3 will welcome back PlayStation cross-players in the "spring"
2. Apple says apps that haven't been updated in two years will be "removed from sale"
3. It's official - Baldur's Gate 3 definitely won't get a full release until 2023
4. Sony's looking for a PC director to "bring the best of PlayStation to channels around the world"
5. Koei Tecmo boosts its basic Japanese salary by 23 per cent
6. Ubisoft confirms that its upcoming PvP battle arena game "Project Q" is real
7. "The Spectrum was bigger than all of us": the people behind the legend celebrate its 40th anniversary
April 23, 2022
1. Eve Online to increase monthly subscriptions because of "global trends"
2. Infinity Ward goes dark ahead of a rumoured Modern Warfare 2 announcement
3. God of War Ragnarok is still on track for 2022 release
4. A500 Mini review: a great intro to the world of Commodore Amiga
5. Save on ASUS, Samsung, MSI and Horizon products this weekend at CCL Computers
6. CD Projekt is considering rolling out menstrual leave following GOG's new initiative
7. This new range of Silent Hill collectable figurines includes the Bubble Head Nurse and Heather
8. Halo Infinite's co-op campaign is now expected to release in August
9. Call of Duty: Mobile's new season Wild Dogs drops next week - here's what's coming up
10. VR allows the dancing side of boxing to come to life
11. The question that must be answered: Steam Deck - can it run Crysis?
April 22, 2022
1. An official Lego Atari 2600 is reportedly launching this August
2. Nintendo US reportedly received "thousands" of faulty Joy-Cons each week at height of drift issues
3. PlayStation Plus revamp targeting 22nd June launch in Europe
4. Dying Light 2 has surpassed 5m copies sold since launching in February
5. Two Point Campus will feature wizard duels and potion making
6. Ink dries on Splatoon 3 September release date
7. Four Syphon Filter games get new PS5 and PS4 ratings ahead of PlayStation Plus' remodel
8. Devolver pokes fun at Sonic Origins' bizarre DLC and pre-order bonuses
9. Kao the Kangaroo hops back onto consoles with his trusty boxing gloves next month
10. Metal Gear and Death Stranding art director wants to design a car
11. PlayStation gender discrimination lawsuit falters
12. COD-Zilla is officially coming, and he's bringing King Kong along for the ride
13. How to evolve Usaring into Ursaluna in Pokémon Legends: Arceus
14. Erica studio hopes new FMV game Crane can kickstart crime anthology
15. Gearbox publishing new "roguelight" game Eyes in the Dark
16. Gearbox making new Tales from the Borderlands, out this year
17. Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball and other Sega Genesis games come to Nintendo Switch Online
18. Activision blames Microsoft acquisition for failure to hire another woman to its board
19. One of Elden Ring's most notorious bosses is now even more difficult
20. What we've been playing
April 21, 2022
1. Klonoa 1 & 2 remasters coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and PC alongside Switch version
2. Skate 4 will reportedly let players create skateparks together in real-time
3. Stellaris' empire-focused Overlord expansion gets May release day
4. Overwatch 2's Sojourn is great and its hero reworks are transformational
5. House of the Dead remake heading to Xbox, PlayStation, and PC next week
6. Are adverts in free-to-play console games a sadly inevitable future?
7. Square Enix announces Worldslayer, a massive expansion to Outriders
8. Nintendo hit by worker complaint over right to unionise
9. Here's how Rockstar got Dr Dre to star in GTA Online
10. Returnal's Jane Perry on women in games and embodying psychological trauma
11. F1 2022 gets a release date - and VR is finally on the menu
12. Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One coming to PS4 but cancelled on Xbox One due to war in Ukraine
13. Here's an early look at Halo Infinite's Season 2 game modes
14. The Shadowrun Trilogy gets Switch, PlayStation, Xbox release
15. Battlefield 2042's latest update finally brings voice chat
16. Borderlands developer Gearbox continues to grow following Lost Boys acquisition
17. Capcom games are selling so well it has revised earnings forecast
18. eFootball 2022 season 1 review - too little, too late
19. Digimon Survive goes up against Xenoblade Chronicles 3 on same release date
20. Netflix Exploding Kittens game out next month
21. EA rushes to pull leaked Skate 4 footage
22. Quake's enhanced edition adds accessibility options, 26 years after original release
23. Moon Knight is now in Fortnite
24. Bluehole's MMO TERA is shutting down
25. Save up to 75 per cent off on Ubisoft's DLC sale
26. CCL Computers is offering 5 per cent off MSI products today
April 20, 2022
1. It Takes Two movie enters development at Amazon, Dwayne Johnson may star
2. Crusader Kings 3 sets its sights on Spain and Portugal in new Fate of Iberia DLC
3. Sony reportedly considering putting ads in free-to-play PlayStation games
4. New Saints Row trailer shows extent of the game's customisation options
5. Elden Ring Patches location, quest steps and what to do with Patches's chest
6. Here's everything announced during tonight's Meta Quest VR game showcase
7. Resident Evil 4 VR developer on expanding Mercenaries mode and those campaign cuts
8. RimWorld ban overturned in Australia following successful appeal
9. Horizon Forbidden West's latest patch will stop players getting stuck in the bathroom
10. Nintendo didn't want an open world Metroid Prime 3 because it didn't know what bounty hunting was
11. Unreal Engine 5 hands-on: the cost of next generation rendering
12. Sonic Origins remasters four classics, out in June
13. "We don't think it's possible to capture every queer experience with a single work": The philosophy of Unsighted
14. Destiny fans hunt for hidden clue to Bungie's next game
15. Save an extra 5 per cent on Samsung products at CCL today
16. Kim Kardashian threatened to sue Roblox over "sex tape" clickbait
17. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga adds even more characters today
18. How to get Oranguru in Pokémon Go
19. Marty O'Donnell and Microsoft's Halo music lawsuit "amicably resolved"
20. Elden Ring legend Let Me Solo Her immortalised as a mod
21. Save on some recent hits in The Game Collection's Easter sale
22. Mass Effect and Advance Wars demake mash-up looks adorable
23. Gwent spinoff Project Golden Nekker not coming to consoles
24. You no longer need a PlayStation 5 to update a DualSense controller
25. Elden Ring's fake wall fixed in latest patch
26. Jet Set Radio's unique world is why it can never be Fortnite
April 19, 2022
1. Lego Builder's Journey brings gorgeous diorama puzzling to PS5 and PS4 today
2. Marvel's Avengers' next playable hero is Jane Foster, the Mighty Thor
3. Fight a fishy old god in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands' first DLC Coiled Captors
4. World of Warcraft Dragonflight expansion heading to Dragon Isles with new race-class hybrid
5. Nolan North discusses Amy Hennig's Uncharted 4 departure
6. Amy Hennig working on new "richly-cinematic" Star Wars game
7. Fortnite direct relay locations and how to set up a direct relay with the Paradigm explained
8. Oddish 100% perfect IV stats, shiny Oddish in Pokémon Go
9. Elden Ring Ordina, Liturgical Town puzzle solution
10. Where to plant Wiretaps in Fortnite
11. Elden Ring's tutorial is now unmissable
12. Fortnite data drive locations and how to recover a data drive explained
13. Assassin's Creed Valhalla's second year of free content continues very soon
14. Humble's Hack and Slash sale is offering up to 90 per cent off games
15. Transphobic content has been removed from the GTA 5 remasters
16. Bugsnax leads late April Xbox Game Pass line-up
17. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 gets new summer release date
18. How to unlock the Prowler skin and the Prowler challenges in Fortnite
19. Valve needs to make Portal 3 soon, writer says
20. Return to Monkey Island will start at an amusement park, new screenshots revealed
21. Elden Ring players banned for obtaining pants from other players
22. Save an extra 5 per cent off ASUS products at CCL today
23. Streets of Rage movie in development
24. Jason Momoa reportedly joining cast of Minecraft live-action film
25. Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio big budget reboots in works at Sega
26. New update for Elden Ring brings further balance changes
27. Returnal director says game's difficulty and narrative are inseparable
28. Off Topic: Severance and The Crowd - back in 1928 it was already clear that work is weird
29. Activision Blizzard not working on NFTs, despite reports
30. Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy emulator reportedly leaked
31. Get big savings on Razer gaming chairs and laptops in the Chroma Mania sale
April 18, 2022
1. Playdate review - a fascinating puzzle in itself
2. Save ?200 on this Lenovo Legion 5i gaming laptop with an RTX 3060
3. Discussing reviews with reviews editor Chris Tapsell
4. Blood West is a spooky Western with great ideas
5. A publisher perspective with No More Robots' Mike Rose
April 17, 2022
1. Square Enix president still thinks the company's future lies in blockchain technology
2. Final Fantasy 14 apologises for its broken housing lottery system
3. Babylon Fall's concurrent global player count drops below 10 on PC
4. Activision Blizzard wants your views about NFTs in games
5. This dataminer has uncovered a deleted NPC quest in Elden Ring
6. It looks like Among Us VR may release in December
7. Flashpoint is back in Apex Legends' latest time-limited event
8. The Spectrum wasn’t just a computer - it was a family
April 16, 2022
1. No More Heroes 3 is coming to console and PC later this year
2. Hunt Easter eggs as well as ghosts in Phasmophobia for a limited time only
3. Another Ubisoft veteran leaves the company after almost 20 years
4. China cracks down on livestreams of "unauthorised" games
5. Ghost of Tsushima dev has stopped "actively working" on patches
6. Try The Elder Scrolls Online for free right now
7. Kojima insists Kojima Productions is "independent" after posting a PlayStation Studios banner that suggests otherwise
8. Microsoft is reportedly considering adding ads to free-to-play games
9. Oculus climbing movie The Soloist VR is utterly breathtaking
April 15, 2022
1. Save ?70 on this 240Hz Alienware gaming monitor from Amazon
2. Glitchhikers: The Spaces Between offers ‘a space to reflect on the state of the world and on yourself’
3. What we've been playing
4. Chinatown Detective Agency review - a striking, neon-drenched setting, but mechanics come up short
April 14, 2022
1. Monster Hunter Rise showcases Sunbreak expansion's Citadel map in new video tour
2. Netflix's The Witcher casts its Gallatin, Milva, Mistle, and Prince Radovid
3. New Need for Speed reportedly combining photo-realism with "anime elements"
4. Cyberpunk 2077 expansion will launch next year - and more DLC is in the works
5. What we've been playing this year so far
6. Elden Ring Haligtree Secret Medallion locations, where to find Haligtree Secret Medallion left and right halves
7. How to beat Commander Niall in Elden Ring
8. Elden Ring Millicent quest, how to get Unalloyed Gold Needle and Miquella’s Needle
9. Desert horror Amnesia: Rebirth is next week's free Epic Store game
10. How to catch and collect Thermal Fish in Fortnite
11. Looks like Godzilla is heading to Call of Duty Warzone
12. Scarlet Nexus has gained 1m players from Xbox Game Pass
13. Using Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters' Space Marine Death Star gets you told off by Andy Serkis
14. Saints Row is getting a new showcase next week, focusing on customisation
15. Three people arrested for Club Penguin copyright infringement
16. Deep Rock Galactic unveils second season plans
17. No Man's Sky creator says next game is "pretty ambitious"
18. Dead Space developers change Plasma Cutter and Pulse Rifle sounds following feedback
19. Halo Infinite's Steam player count falls below Halo: The Master Chief Collection for first time
20. New Overwatch 2 character Sojourn leaks in gameplay video
21. Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp playable for one Nintendo Switch user
22. There's a new Sonic the Hedgehog game
23. Fez at 10 years old: Phil Fish resurfaces for a rare interview
April 13, 2022
1. Next week's Battlefield 2042 update brings "400+" fixes and improvements
2. Sate your word game cravings with Scrabble's free new official web version
3. CD Projekt delays Witcher 3 for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S "until further notice"
4. Pokémon Go maker Niantic's next project Peridot is a social Tamagotchi-style game
5. California governor accused of interfering to support Activision Blizzard in state discrimination lawsuit
6. Steam Deck vs next-gen gaming - is Valve's handheld future-proof?
7. How to evolve Hisuian Growlithe into Hisuian Arcanine in Pokémon Legends Arceus
8. Cook Serve Forever announced, arriving early 2023
9. QuakeCon will be digital-only again this year
10. Beamdog's MythForce is a first-person fantasy dungeon-crawler inspired by 80s cartoons
11. Nintendo, Sony to update subscription guidelines following UK investigation
12. Evil Dead's Ash Williams comes to Resident Evil Village in unexpected but brilliant fan crossover
13. No Man's Sky's new Outlaws update lets you become a fearsome space pirate
14. Final Fantasy creator's love for EverQuest inspired series move into MMORPGs
15. Oddworld: Soulstorm PlayStation Plus deal "devastating" for developer
16. Lego Star Wars scalpers target Blue Milk Luke minifigure
17. The universal appeal of Chicory: A Colorful Tale and its nuanced take on mental health
18. Chernobylite developers "heartbroken" at events in Ukraine
19. Blizzard is asking World of Warcraft fans about Lich King Classic
20. Skyrim's skeletons are basically grumpy cavemen
21. How to get Jetpacks in Fortnite and use Jetpacks explained
22. Bungie commits to remote work for "most current and future" jobs
23. Bandai Namco working with Nintendo on mystery remaster
24. Halo Infinite battle royale rumours swirl as Certain Affinity confirms "deepening" 343 relationship
25. Weird West team reveal Plague community event and future roadmap
26. Upgrade your Switch storage with a 400GB SD card for less than ?40
27. 10 years later, Fez still doesn't need a sequel - it never did
April 12, 2022
1. Blizzard sets time for next week's World of Warcraft expansion reveal
2. Sony's Ghost of Tsushima movie adaptation names its writer
3. Elden Ring's latest battle of the bosses mod pits Malenia against Maliketh
4. Bunnelby 100% perfect IV stats, shiny Bunnelby in Pokémon Go
5. Skylanders dev Vicarious Visions is officially renamed Blizzard Albany
6. The Ascent hits PlayStation 5 - and it's as beautiful as ever
7. Fortnite drone locations and how to transmit data to drone explained
8. Fortnite Aquatic Communication Relays locations: How to deploy Aquatic Relays near Logjam Lumberyard
9. Bugsnax coming to Xbox, Nintendo Switch and Steam this month, new DLC revealed
10. Save ?70 on this Acer Predator monitor with a 240Hz refresh rate
11. Your Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes protagonist is called Shez
12. The creators of Unpacking on developing a "weird", queer, BAFTA-winning game
13. Activision Blizzard appoints new diversity chief
14. New Halo Infinite mod lets you play in third person
15. What would Elden Ring look like as a CRPG?
16. Elden Ring completed with just a butt stomp
17. Nacon's new game Hell is Us looks like Death Stranding with a sword
18. Halo: Master Chief Collection adds cross-platform co-op
19. Nintendo purchasing $40m plot to expand Kyoto headquarters
20. Pokémon Go An Ula’ula Adventure quest steps and rewards explained
21. Pokémon Go Tapu Bulu counters, weakness and moveset explained
22. Off Topic: The cascading pleasure of a card flourish
April 11, 2022
1. Bird-themed digital board game adaptation Wingspan's European Expansion out in May
2. Capcom's Arcade Stadium retro compilation officially getting a sequel in June
3. DF Direct Weekly on Microsoft's Series X ray tracing 'leak', Unreal Engine 5 and Max Payne's return
4. Battlefield 2042 Steam concurrent players fall below 1000 for first time
5. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga is UK's second-biggest boxed launch this year
6. Sony, Lego group invest $1bn each in Fortnite maker Epic Games
7. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga includes creepy nod to one of the franchise's darkest legends
8. Elden Ring speedrun record now below 10 minutes
9. Catchee, the earworm game that might just save its designers from bankruptcy
10. Snake originally befriended rats in Metal Gear Solid
11. How Returnal's DLC music creates rising tension
12. The colours and shadows are the real source of Tunic's nostalgia
13. Watch Dogs Tokyo is a new manga series
14. Elden Ring once had dream collecting
15. Elden Ring basics for everything you need to know
16. Elden Ring boss can be easily defeated thanks to this amusing cheese
17. Looks like Kingdom Hearts 4 teases possible Star Wars crossover
18. There's buzz building around card trick game Card Shark
April 10, 2022
1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 has the best opening weekend of any video game movie ever
2. CD Projekt Red is "still improving" Cyberpunk 2077
3. A new Subnautica game is in "early development"
4. Phasmophobia’s VR overhaul update makes virtual ghost hunting a little less clumsy
5. Kingdom Hearts 4 is officially on the way
6. Sega says it is a "natural extension" for future games to include "cloud gaming and NFTs"
7. RimWorld gets a chance to reverse its Australian ban
8. Elden Ring is massively imbalanced, but balance is overrated anwyay
April 9, 2022
1. Here's the winning shot from London Games Festival's Virtual Photographer of the Year competition
2. Digital games on PS3 and Vita are reportedly "expiring" and becoming unplayable
3. Konami acknowledges eFootball's "incompletion" and says it's taking fan feedback "very seriously"
4. The new Chrono Cross remaster runs worse on PS5 than the original on PS1
5. Shiny Mudkip, evolution chart, 100% perfect IV stats and Swampert best moveset in Pokémon Go
6. Valve marks Steam Deck's first month with a round-up of upcoming changes and improvements
7. YouTube and Ali-A announce a new competition to find the next "big gaming content creator"
8. Here's someone completing Elden Ring in less than 13 minutes
9. Crytek apologises for Hunt: Showdown's "issues and bugs" in its recent time-limited event
10. How VR games trick you into thinking objects have weight
April 8, 2022
1. Warframe's hefty Angels of the Zariman update arrives 27th April
2. Supermassive's summer camp horror The Quarry has a non-interactive Movie Mode
3. Fortnite fans think Epic Games is teasing Darth Vader
4. Criterion's new Need for Speed will reportedly launch this November
5. Guardians of the Galaxy developer addresses Square Enix sales expectations, how it wanted to create a new Marvel IP
6. Doom's ray tracing upgrade launched on April Fool's Day - but this is no joke
7. Bandai Namco replaces Ms. Pac-Man with Pac-Mom in ongoing rights dispute
8. Halo Infinite trailer gives glimpse at Season 2, due next month
9. Final Fantasy 14 players are debating the best way to eat an egg
10. Returnal voice actress discusses importance of having an older woman "kicking butt"
11. After revealing Master Chief's face, the Halo TV series has now shown his nude bum
12. New Resident Evil 3 concept art shows Umbrella making Nemesis in a lab - and he's wearing socks?
13. Save ?400 on this MSI Katana gaming laptop with an RTX 3070
14. Tomb Raider writer Rhianna Pratchett wants Lara to have fewer father issues in next game
15. Football Manager 2022 now free-to-play on Steam and Xbox until Monday
16. Square Enix trademarks Tactics Ogre: Reborn
17. Housemarque boss hopeful Returnal will find a new audience on PS Plus
18. Metroid Dread boss rush modes now available
19. Activision Blizzard converting all game-testing temps into full-time employees
20. MultiVersus gameplay leaks online, looks a lot like Smash Bros.
21. What we've been playing
22. Fortnite Ascender locations: Where to use Ascender at Chonker’s Speedway and Command Cavern
23. Moss Book 2 review - a fairy-tale goodbye for the PSVR
April 7, 2022
1. Returnal wins big at this year's BAFTA Games Awards
2. Sea of Thieves details new randomised Pirate Legend adventure, Legend of the Veil
3. Stranger in Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin - technically dated with sub-par performance
4. XCOM 2 is the Epic Games Store's next freebie
5. League of Legends developer Riot criticised over return to office policies
6. We ranked every LEGO Star Wars game except for LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
7. Rogue Legacy 2 release date announced for PC and Xbox
8. After Monkey Island and Max Payne, what should get revived next?
9. All Destiny 2 DLCs are on sale for cheap at Humble Bundle
10. Lego and Epic Games announce new partnership
11. Script surfaces for long-lost Deux Ex movie
12. AC Milan will put the awful eFootball logo on its training kit next season
13. How Two Point Campus twists the mundane with trademark jokes and relationships
14. Blizzard quietly edits Overwatch skin to remove Z logo
15. New Ghost Recon game reportedly in development
16. Resident Evil Village was reportedly going to include mermaids
17. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga players are beating up child Anakin to exploit a useful glitch
18. Mario Golf next to join Nintendo Switch Online
19. Dune: Spice Wars hits Steam early access later in April
20. Max Payne 1 and 2 remake in the works, Remedy confirms
21. The first fix for Gran Turismo 7's launch woes is live, and it brings in some big changes
April 6, 2022
1. Horizon Forbidden West gets another new patch
2. Two Point Campus delayed until August
3. Two Point Campus mixes strategy with eccentricity
4. Pokémon Go Mega Evolution looks to be getting a much-needed overhaul
5. Ubisoft walking away from Ghost Recon Breakpoint, home to its first big NFT experiment
6. Stardew Valley follow-up Haunted Chocolatier will have boss battles
7. Konami details eFootball 2022 v1.0 update due next week
8. Dying Light 2 to get photo mode and new game plus
9. An official Halo cookbook has been revealed
10. Shining Force: Heroes of Light and Darkness mobile revival cancelled
11. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga off to a decent start on Steam
12. Days Gone director joins Tomb Raider studio Crystal Dynamics
13. New Horizon Forbidden West option allows for instant pick up of resources
14. Someone should make a game about: Oliver Sacks
15. How to beat Malenia, Blade of Miquella in Elden Ring
April 5, 2022
1. Tiny Tina's Wonderlands: a Borderlands tech rehash - or something new?
2. My Time at Portia sequel sets early access release date
3. Crystal Dynamics announces next Tomb Raider game, made in Unreal Engine 5
4. Starfield's robot companion VASCO shown off in new video
5. Unreal Engine 5 and The Matrix Awakens available to download now
6. Hypnospace Outlaw expanding with a spiritual sequel and spin off
7. Two new classes coming soon to Lost Ark
8. Assassin's Creed Valhalla's Eivor headed to Fortnite
9. Elden Ring Site of Grace locations
10. Rainbow Six Mobile coming to iOS and Android devices
11. Life is Strange: True Colors headlines April Xbox Game Pass additions
12. Where to buy Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga: price, release date and editions
13. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition review – an RPG that haunts itself
14. Nintendo Switch Online gets new Splatoon 2 custom icons
15. Save a third on this curved gaming monitor from MSI
16. Minecraft is using a map of Preston to teach young people about flooding
17. Valve "ramping up Steam Deck shipments"
18. Overwatch 2 concept art points to possible battle pass
19. Official Witcher recipe book being cooked up
20. Abandoned's director speaks out following cancellation rumours
21. Some Activision Blizzard staff strike as vaccine mandate removed
22. Elden Ring's Radahn finally back to full strength
23. Off Topic: Between the possible and the impossible sits Carter Beats the Devil
April 4, 2022
1. The promising Citizen Sleeper gets a release date and will be on Game Pass
2. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga review - a complete but cluttered collection
3. Outer Wilds leads PlayStation Now’s games for April
4. Return To Monkey Island announced, coming 2022
5. Half-Life: Al mod brings whole new campaign to the game
6. Nobody Saves the World coming to PlayStation and Switch
7. DF Direct Weekly talks PS Plus vs Game Pass, Intel Arc and RTX 3090 Ti
8. The Witcher Season 3 plot summary revealed
9. Greg Buchanan on writing No Man's Sky, the Dark Souls TTRPG and Sixteen Horses
10. Talking everything reviews with editor Chris Tapsell
11. World of Tanks developer Wargaming leaves Russia and Belarus
12. Fortnite raises $50m for Ukraine relief
13. Pokémon Go Silent Schemes quest steps and rewards
14. New Final Fantasy 14 trailer shows off future patch content
15. Over 20 years later, footage from an unreleased Gex demo has shown up online
16. Chocobo GP gets a new patch following troubled launch
17. Elden Ring players complete no damage and pacifist runs
18. PlayStation Plus will have "all the big names present", promises Jim Ryan
19. Halo developer acknowledges Infinite player frustrations
20. Ubisoft quietly launches The Division 2 mode where you take over a nuclear power plant
21. Kirby has won a Grammy Award
22. Sony quietly removes PS Now annual offer from the PSN store
23. Grand Theft Auto 5 boxed dates announced
24. Fortnite now lets you choose to play with building on or off
25. Eurogamer will be quiet this weekend, and when it's back there'll be some small changes
April 1, 2022
1. Razer's DeathAdder V2 Pro gaming mouse is nearly half price at Amazon
2. A year after his death, Elden Ring is a moving tribute to the work of Kentaro Miura
3. Activision Blizzard removes staff vaccine mandate
4. How to beat Leonine Misbegotten in Elden Ring
5. How to beat Sir Gideon Ofnir in Elden Ring
6. How to beat the Ring Magma Wyrm Makar in Elden Ring
7. Sinnoh Pokédex and National Pokédex in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
8. How to beat Maliketh the Black Blade in Elden Ring
9. How to beat the Ulcerated Tree Spirit in Elden Ring
10. How to beat Godskin Apostle in Elden Ring
11. Where to find all Elden Ring Map Fragment locations
12. How to get Darkrai and Member Card in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl explained
13. Best Elden Ring Samurai build
14. Everybody's Golf PS4 losing all online features, shutting down servers in September
15. Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 teaser theories analysed
16. US politicians condemn plans for possible Bobby Kotick payout
17. Players have translated Tunic's runic language
18. Pokémon Go April Fools' 2-Oh?-22 quest steps and rewards explained
19. Cities: Skylines' VR adaptation arrives on Meta Quest 2 later this month
20. State of Decay 3 report details troubled development
21. Below the Ocean is a floaty platformer in an extremely good way
22. Inti Creates' Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 heading to Switch in July
23. Twitch suspends boost train feature after porn added to front page
24. Abandoned devs respond to cancellation rumours
25. PlayStation cuts 90 jobs as part of "global transformation"
26. Rogue Legacy coming to the Epic Games Store
27. Kirby and the Forgotten Land is biggest Kirby launch in Japanese history
28. Don't Starve Together brings multiplayer survival to Switch later this month
29. What we've been playing
30. Sonic the Hedgehog 2 puts the video game back into the film series