April 2026 is shaping up to be a big month for Xbox Game Pass, with a number of high-profile games hitting Microsoft’s subscription service. As detailed on Xbox Wirethe PC version of DayZ kicks things off on April 8, joining Game Pass Ultimate, Game Pass Premium, Game Pass Essential, PC Game Pass. On the same … Read more
space simulator Kerbal Space Program has seen a resurgence as players celebrate the launch of the world’s first manned mission to the Moon, Artemis II, in decades. The Artemis II crew are heading home after traveling further from Earth than anyone before, with a splashdown back on Earth scheduled for April 10. This mission is … Read more
State of Decay 3 was announced back in 2020 with an eye-catching debut trailer that showed a zombie deer eating the remains of a wolf. It got fans of the survival series excited that they would not only have to context with your typical zombie menace when the game eventually came out, but zombie animals, … Read more
The zombie apocalypse seems like a known quantity in video games at this point, but God Save Birmingham hopes to throw the genre on its head. In my two half-hour sessions spent in the rotting village of Birmingham at PAX East 2026, I found that the medieval setting and timeframe, the hyper-dangerous infected menace, and … Read more
Papers please and Return of the Obra Dinn developer Lucas Pope is hesitant to reveal too much about the games he’s working on because he’s concerned his projects could “get slurped up by AI.” The mind behind some of the most critically acclaimed indie titles of the last 20 years talked about his past, present, … Read more
Last week, the third raid of World of Warcraft’s Midnight expansion opened up: The March on Quel’Danas. My guild and I were pretty proud to have finished off both its bosses on Normal difficulty over the weekend, thank you very much. But there’s currently an absolutely nuts race going on between the top two World … Read more
Overwatch has unveiled an updated look for one of its newest heroes, Anran, following criticism of how her face previously looked in-game. The redesign has happened following an initial backlash from the community and the voice actor who portrays the fire fan-wielding damage dealer, Fareeha, who claimed that “this was a hill worth dying on” … Read more
April has arrived, which means we get a whole new month’s worth of games for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 1 and 2, and PC. This month has some heavy hitters like Capcom’s Pragmata and the PS5-exclusive Saros, plus some awesome-looking titles like Mouse PI For Hire and more. Read on to see … Read more
Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the creator of the Double Dragon and River City (Kuno-kun) franchises, has died at the age of 64. This was confirmed by his son, Ryūbō Kishimoto, on multiple social media channels. “This is the son of Yoshihisa Kishimoto,” he wrote on Facebook. “I am sorry to inform you that my father has passed … Read more
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: very few games have stuck with me as long after completion like the original Life is Strange did way back in 2015. While we’ve had some great spinoffs and an excellent follow up to that original story with 2024’s. Life Is Strange: Double Exposureit still felt … Read more