PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Fortnite's First Update Since Layoffs Adds Finger Guns Weapon, Big Heads and Shoulder Riding — All Just for 24 Hours

Fortnite has released its first major update since last month's devastating layoffs, which left more than 1,000 staff at...

IGN Tom Phillips

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Resident Evil Creator’s New Studio Teams Up With The Maker Of Stellar Blade

Shinji Mikami's next game will be published by Shift Up

Kotaku Ethan Gach

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

All This Year’s Best Video Game April Fools’ Day Jokes

It’s time for your favorite news writer’s least favorite day

Kotaku Kenneth Shepard

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

"Coin pusher roguelike" Raccoin sells over 100K units on Steam in 24 hours

Balatro's shadow is long, and a few indie studios have tried to crack the code since it released with varying degrees o...

Eurogamer Fran Ruiz

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

PlayStation Announces Project Playmo, Its Next-Generation PS5 DualSense Controller That Will Change How You Play Games Forever

PlayStation has officially announced Project Playmo, its next-generation DualSense controller that can literally play ga...

IGN Adam Bankhurst

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

MindsEye's first major update, 'Blacklist', really will be used by former GTA lead to 'share some of the evidence of the sabotage’ that apparently made it bad

Leslie Benzies believes "the natural course of justice" will prevail. ...

PC Gamer harvey.randall@futurenet.com (Harvey Randall)

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Arc Raiders' Flashpoint update addresses a major player complaint, throwing geared players into less games in-progress

The latest major update to Arc Raiders has addressed a major player complaint, one impacting the experience of those jo...

Eurogamer Connor Makar

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era finally gets a release date, as it launches into Early Access later this month

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is launching into Early Access on the 30th April, opening the door for turn-based ...

Eurogamer Connor Makar

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

The first new Heroes of Might and Magic strategy game in over 10 years will launch this month

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era will release in PC early access on April 30th, Hooded Horse and Ubisoft have annou...

Rock Paper Shotgun Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

"We know we had, without doubt, the worst launch in history" admits MindsEye boss as he says studio will share "evidence of sabotage" in-game

Mark Gerhard, CEO and CTO of developer Build A Rocket Boy, has addressed its controversial shooter MindsEye's rough st...

Eurogamer Matt Wales

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami partners with Stellar Blade devs Shift Up to make "smaller, experimental titles alongside a large-scale flagship"

Resident Evil director, Devil May Cry producer and former Tango Gameworks boss Shinji Mikami is now making games for S...

Rock Paper Shotgun Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

'Legally distinct Cammy': Overwatch revealed its newest hero and fans are saying she looks awfully familiar

Now Overwatch has an Omnic with a real bird and a human with an Omnic bird. ...

PC Gamer Elie Gould

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Crimson Desert's less than ideal launch is a distant memory as it hits the 4 million sales milestone

Kliff's raking in the big bucks. ...

PC Gamer Fraser Brown

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review

Weird as this sounds, I think The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has the same basic problems as Love Story, Hulu's glancing e...

Eurogamer Christian Donlan

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Trendforce says DDR5 RAM kit prices have fallen 'sharply' in US, Europe and China but that contract memory prices 'remain stable'

We're not seeing much evidence of cheaper DDR5 kits ourselves, though. ...

PC Gamer Jeremy Laird

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Don’t Expect A Super Smash Bros. Movie Any Time Soon, Says Miyamoto

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's cameos are not, he says, the beginning of a Nintendo Cinematic Universe

Kotaku John Walker

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Is a blizzardy Skyrim return persuading me to retry Elder Scrolls Online? Not really, but naval combat and underwater exploration might

I'll be honest right off the bat. As a single player Elder Scroller, the Elder Scrolls Online's never managed to hook m...

Rock Paper Shotgun Mark Warren

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Web-code library with millions of weekly downloads poisoned by malicious release: 'This is unironically a malware nuclear missile'

Developers using Axios are recommended to check for exposure. ...

PC Gamer Jacob Fox

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Life Is Strange: Reunion: The Kotaku Review

Deck Nine breaks Life Is Strange’s reality for what feels like a coddling piece of fanfiction

Kotaku Kenneth Shepard

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered patch sorts questionable outfit textures after fans dubbed Challenge Mode "Slop Raider"

Aspyr has released a patch for Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered, which takes aim at the game's new outfit textures, which wer...

Eurogamer Victoria Phillips Kennedy

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

France's leading consumer association has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft over The Crew's online shutdown

It's been two years since The Crew was shut down, which prompted a fast and negative response from the majority of play...

Eurogamer Fran Ruiz

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

To the surprise of no one, running a PC without system RAM is not the solution to the memory crisis—but hey, you can always force Snake to run in the BIOS

We try these things not because they are easy, etc etc. ...

PC Gamer Andy Edser

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

USPTO Rejects Nintendo's Controversial 'Summon Character and Let It Fight' Pokémon Patent in Non-Final Ruling, as Palworld Legal Battle Rumbles On

The USPTO has rejected Nintendo’s controversial 'summon character and let it fight' Pokémon patent, after it was heav...

IGN Wesley Yin-Poole

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

How to get Assessor Matrix in Arc Raiders

You're going to need your best gear for this one. ...

PC Gamer Rory Norris

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Now that you can try out Nvidia's new Dynamic Multi Frame Generation for yourself, you might want to know that there's a bit of an issue when it comes to frame rate limiters

Being locked into 6x mode might sound great for performance, but it ruins the PC latency. ...

PC Gamer Nick Evanson

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

How to complete Fragmented Logs in Arc Raiders

Dig up the past of Stella Montis. ...

PC Gamer Rory Norris

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

How to prepare for the Whispers of the Wind update in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Learn to sing with all the voices of the mountain in advance. ...

PC Gamer Kara Phillips

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Monologue Added to Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive

This is democracy manifest.

IGN Luke Reilly

PC Gaming Apr 1, 2026

Crimson Desert NPCs Are Stealing the Show, as Players Discover You Can Put Them to Work, Sit Back, and Watch Them Get the Job Done in Real-Time

Crimson Desert NPCs are stealing the show.

IGN Wesley Yin-Poole