Developer MoonPyre Studio introduces you to Hellforged, a new loot-focused bullet-hell extraction game that has you fighting off massive waves of demons. It's in development for PC and due out in Q4 2026.
MoonPyre describes Hellforged's gameplay like this: "Every run is a tense loot heist. Explore the map to capture locations, unlock chests, take on challenging quests, or risk capturing rifts for endgame resources. In order to secure your hard-earned gear, you have to decide if you are willing to risk it all for even greater rewards or if you would rather recover and return to fight with new equipment next time. The choice is yours!" Check out the announcement trailer above and the first screenshots in the gallery below.
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Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has revealed what we can expect from the next premium Warbond, Exo Experts.
Helping you "stride with unwavering intent across hostile territory in a march of mech-enhanced Managed Democracy" and "demonstrate elite performance one prosperous hydraulic step at a time," the Exo Experts Warbond drops on April 28.
"Machines… Our enemies… But they can also be forces for good, tools at our disposal, and when you need to fight fire with fire it is important to be an Exo Expert," the team teases on the official PlayStation blog. "The Ministry of Defense has authorised the immediate mobilisation of new Exosuits to aid in our ongoing war efforts against the enemies of Managed Democracy."
As for what we get...
Marathon has doubled the amount of Depleted Patch Kits (meds) and Depleted Shield Charges (armor) consumables players can carry in a single inventory slot as Bungie fights to make its extraction shooter less punishing for newbies.
Update 1.0.6.1, which is now live, addresses several QoL issues that may seem insignificant on paper, but actually make a big difference on the battlefield. For starters, the daily stock limits for Enhanced (green) and Deluxe (blue) Sponsored Kits have been increased, and you can now stack six Depleted Patch Kits and Depleted Shield Charges in a single slot in your inventory, up from 3. We should also see Recruits now drop more patch kits and shield charges "at a much higher rate."
Perhaps best of all...
Alien: Rogue Incursion - Part One: Evolved Edition is now officially a Nintendo Switch 2 game, the developer Survios revealed today. The Switch 2 version of the game will incorporate the handheld's mouse controls, switching automatically to precision mouse aiming when the Joy-Con is placed on a surface. It's available on the Nintendo eShop now.
Alien: Rogue Incursion - Part One: Evolved Edition originally launched as a VR game in December 2024, followed by a non-VR release on PC and PlayStation 5 on September 30, 2025. In the game, you take the role of ex-Colonial Marine Zula Hendricks as she explores the uncharted planet Purdan and meets the local xenomorphs.
At IGN Live last year, Chief Product Officer TQ Jefferson talked about...
MindsEye staff members are suing developer Build a Rocket Boy, after company bosses reportedly admitted installing secret surveillance software onto employee devices.
Back in February, GamesIndustry.biz reported that Build a Rocket Boy (BARB) employees discovered the addition of Teramind employee monitoring software on their computers after their machines began running slower than usual.
In a subsequent company meeting, co-CEO Mark Gerhard reportedly acknowledged that the software had been installed, and blamed "the 1% that is the problem" — another reference to his repeated, unproven claims that a handful of staff members were working from within to sabotage the company.
While the Teramind software has now been removed, concerns...
After 2024’s Vessel of Hatred expansion left me dangling off a narrative cliff like a hapless Sanctuary peasant, Lord of Hatred had quite a lot riding on its ability to deliver on that momentum and give me a reason to become hopelessly lost in its loot-filled grind once again. The good news is that it’s done exactly that thanks to a tight, satisfying campaign, two new classes that I’ve already spent dozens of hours experimenting with and min-maxing builds for, and an endgame that’s so loaded with things to do that I occasionally forgot some of the systems even existed. If you’ve been waiting for a reason to dive back into Diablo 4’s particular brand of misery, Lord of Hatred has plenty of compelling reasons to do so.
As a proper end to...
Upcoming RTS Dawn of War 4 has a new CGI trailer to reveal the Adeptus Mechanicus, but it was the depiction of Necrons that sparked a debate within the Warhammer 40,000 community.
The trailer acts as an introduction to the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Imperium-aligned faction within the Warhammer 40,000 universe that’s made up of cybernetically enhanced, technology-obsessed warrior priests who worship the Omnissiah, aka the Machine God.
Things start off well enough, with Magos Dominus Nulpherus-1 and a fellow tech priest descending into what they believe to be a long-buried Necron tomb while on the hunt for lost knowledge. As you’d expect, the Necrons wake up, and based on how well they perform out in the field here, they should have...
You like Wolfhound, but Wolfhound does not like you. I’m going to write about 1,180 more words about Wolfhound, and most of them are going to orbit around this intrinsic truth. You like Wolfhound because it is fun, colorful, inventive, and well-designed... and Wolfhound hates you for no known reason.
It does really hate you though. It hates you and it wants to kill you. It wants you to suffer before you die. It wants to burn down your house and make you watch and salt the soil where your house once stood so nothing will ever grow there. Wolfhound looks you in the eye and then puts out a cigarette on your bare arm. It’s also a lot of fun.
Wolfhound is an overt pastiche of NES-era design elements crafted together into one remarkably...
Invincible VS could well be the next big fighting game, and it feels like it has been a long time since we had the chance to say that. That is especially true for tie-in games, where only the likes of Dragon Ball really seem to get consistent love.
Still, Invincible VS looks like a proper contender. It is a 3v3 fighting game with an impressively large cast, meaning both new players and genre veterans will have plenty of characters to experiment with.
But what can you expect from each fighter, and what kind of playstyle do they bring to the table? Let’s dig into it.
Invincible (Mark Grayson)
Invincible, also known as Mark Grayson, is the titular hero of the series, and the son of a normal mum and a very abnormal dad. He was happily...
Move over Game of Thrones, another HBO show might be ready to axe some of your beloved favorites. A second season of Rooster, the breakout comedy starring Steve Carell, Danielle Deadwyler, John C. McGinley, Phil Dunster, Connie Britton, and more, was recently announced. But a batch of new episodes doesn’t necessarily mean you can expect all of your favorite characters to return, according to McGinley, who portrays Ludlow College president Walter Mann.
“As Season 1 progresses in academia at Ludlow College, everyone is expendable,” McGinley said ahead of Rooster’s Episode 7 premiere. “I can tell you [that] without wrecking things since I don't know anything [about Season 2].”
McGinley has worked for years with executive producer Bill...
Most who have played Crimson Desert will be aware of the discussion around main character Kliff and his lack of personality. The gruff Greymane is a man of few words; ‘Alright,’ which he responds with to even the most dramatic of lines of dialogue from other characters, has become a meme within the community.
But Kliff’s empty personality is just a part of Crimson Desert’s overall story issues. Certainly, the game has been praised for its open world, combat, and many, many systems. But the story and Kliff himself are generally thought of as the weaker aspects of the game. From IGN's Crimson Desert review:
While the world you’ll explore is full of fun stuff to do, the stories you’ll find in it are consistently bad. From the moment...
It seems there's time for one more Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced leak before the game's big reveal — with part of its trailer now circulating online.
The trailer clip shows our first look at in-game footage, featuring pirate hero Edward Kenway, the legendary Blackbeard, ship combat, and lots of explosions. And already, fans have begun lining up the comparisons with the original Black Flag to see how the two versions of the game may compare.
The short snippet shows Edward in his iconic pose, cutlasses drawn, then a scene on deck with Blackbeard and his telescope. There's a quick shot of Adéwalé mustering the crew to load the Jackdaw's cannons, before Edward takes the wheel and ship-to-ship combat begins. Kenway's original voice...
Crusader Kings 3 is getting a new core expansion, By God Alone, and it's going to add playable popes to the Paradox strategy game alongside other new gameplay mechanics to let players influence the church.
"For the first time in the Crusader Kings franchise, we're also introducing playable theocracies, allowing you to rise to the power of the Pope himself," said Mikael Andersson, lead designer on the expansion. "By God Alone extends your options of how to engage with your Christian faith and the church behind it. It gives you more strategic options for how to deal with this institution, as well as dealing with other rulers of the same faith as you."
By God Alone will arrive in Q3 of this year as a paid expansion, so you've plenty of...
Despite the rising prices of graphics cards and DDR5 RAM, there are still good deals to be found on prebuilt gaming PCs. B&H Photo is offering one such excellent deal this week. The CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme Liquid gaming PC, featuring a GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, is on sale for just $1399 with free shipping after a $300 off instant discount. This is a well-equipped prebuilt that pairs the GPU with an AMD Ryzen 7 processor and a generous amount of RAM and storage.
For a limited time, get a digital download code for Capcom's recently released Pragmata on Steam while supplies last. This promotion ends on May 12. Full details and redemption instructions are on Nvidia.com.
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Ubisoft has confirmed when it will officially unveil Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, via a dedicated showcase later this week.
The Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced: Worldwide Reveal Showcase will be available to watch this Thursday, April 23 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern / 5pm UK time. Ubisoft is even having a bit of fun here, and branding the event as the full reveal for "gaming's worst kept secret."
Assassin's Creed fans will be able to tune in via YouTube at that point and see exactly what Ubisoft has in store for this freshened up version of its beloved pirate game. Already, however, today's announcement offers up one clue: Ubisoft is calling Black Flag Resynced "the iconic solo pirate adventure" — suggesting that the...
When Balatro was released back in February 2024, it threw down a figurative gauntlet to other developers. Here was a game that took the seemingly pedestrian pastime of poker and augmented it with clever design and roguelike elements, fashioning a resolutely compelling experience that was far greater than the sum of its parts.
Now, I do hesitate to use the word “addictive” because of the odious associations it carries. And yet in Balatro’s case, few other adjectives come close to describing the all-consuming grip it can have over your time, freely given or not.
Well, another effort has picked up that gauntlet.
Raccoin, from indie developer Doraccoon, looks to channel the spirit (if not the exact execution) of Balatro. It takes...
Microsoft has announced the games coming to Xbox Game Pass during the rest of April 2026, and the early part of May.
As confirmed in a post on Xbox Wire, there are a number of day-one releases coming, including Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard, Kiln, Aphelion, Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era, and Sledding Game. Final Fantasy V rounds out the lineup, arriving on May 5.
Cozy, machine building RPG Little Rocket Lab (Cloud, Console, and PC) and emotional narrative adventure game Stolen Potato (Cloud, Console, Handheld, and PC) both join Game Pass Premium on April 21, having already been on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass. Also on April 21, Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors (Cloud, Xbox Series X|S...
IGN is proud to partner once again with ID@Xbox for another exciting showcase on April 23, 2026, that will feature tons of indie games headed to Xbox and PC including:
Mistfall Hunter
There Are No Ghosts at the Grand
Aphelion
Solo Leveling Arise Overdrive
And more!
These are only a few of the games that will appear in this showcase that will be filled to the brim with exclusive trailers, new looks, and gameplay from titles headed our way in the future. To ensure you don't miss a thing, this guide will let you know when the show starts and how you can watch it with us!
How to Watch the ID@Xbox April 2026 Showcase
The next ID@Xbox will kick off on Thursday, April 23 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 5pm GMT, and you can watch it with us on...
Bungie’s limited-edition Marathon DualSense controller has dropped in price far quicker than expected, and it’s not a small cut either.
Just weeks after launch, the PS5 gamepad is down 18%, now sitting at $69.68 at both Amazon and Walmart, which is a new low for the design.
Get it at Amazon - $69.68
Get it at Walmart - $69.68
The controller ties into Marathon, Bungie's newly released extraction shooter. To mark the launch, Sony rolled out a small range of themed PS5 accessories back in March, with this special edition DualSense front and centre.
Design-wise, it’s more restrained than most limited-edition pads.
The base is the standard white shell you’d expect from a DualSense controller, but it’s layered with black and neon green...
As players beat each other senseless — uh, in-game, of course — during last weekend's Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026, Bandai Namco pulled back the cover on what Dragon Ball fans can expect from the franchise over the next 12 months or so, including confirmation of the final DLC pack for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 and the formal unveiling Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3.
Missed it? No sweat. Here's everything that was announced during the livestream…
Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol
If you're looking for the details, I'm sorry to say there aren't any — all we really got was the name! — but we're told Dragon Ball Super: The Galactic Patrol will seemingly adapt the Galactic Patrol Prisoner arc from the manga, and the Universe Survival...
A Counter-Strike 2 tournament has slapped a player with a 10-year ban after he punched his opponent live on-stage at a local German LAN.
30-year-old CS2 player and streamer MAUschine, from Berlin, punched his opponent, Fabian "Spidergum" Salomon, during the awards ceremony at the CAGGTUS Leipzig CS2 tournament, which formed a part of the largest LAN party in the German-speaking world.
MAUschine’s team had lost to the Spidergum’s Legends Lobby during the tournament. Based on footage of the event, MAUschine appears to have been upset by Spidergum mimicking his own victory calls. In the video, below, Spidergum yells "papichulo" after winning a round. MAUschine had been yelling "papichulo," his own alias, after kills.
The punch occured...
A major plot point that could play into The Last of Us: Part 3 has been revealed by a former Naughty Dog developer.
Speaking via the podcast KiwiTalkz, ex-Naughty Dog lighting artist Gabriel Betancourt has discussed a surprising conversation he once had with franchise creator Neil Druckmann — who revealed that main character Ellie was just one of a "congregation" of people with immunity to the zombie-like cordyceps infection.
Ellie's seemingly unique immunity plays a huge role in the first The Last of Us game, and particularly in its ending — where Joel is forced to choose between saving her or saving humanity. The impact of his decision then reverberates through The Last of Us Part 2, and is something Druckmann himself has added...
Battlestate Games has released update 1.0.4.5 for Escape from Tarkov, which makes a number of improvements and balance changes.
The influential extraction shooter has increased the FPS limit in menus, and made changes to the animation system and audio engine to improve PC resource usage. Meanwhile, the architecture of post-raid systems is reworked to reduce the time required to exit a raid and return to the menu.
Also of note, Battlestate has updated the left-shoulder firing stance logic, so switching to the right shoulder will no longer happen instantly when colliding with obstacles. Instead, the weapon will continue moving for a short period without changing stance.
As for balance changes, Battlestate has introduced the second...
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 star Charlie Cox has discussed the hit video game's upcoming movie adaptation — and expressed interest in providing a very specific part.
In the game, Cox provides the voice of hero Gustave — but not his performance capture or his facial likeness, which appears very similar to Batman actor Robert Pattinson. It's a situation that has led Cox to frequently downplay his actual involvement in the game's production — despite continually being praised for his contribution.
Now, Cox has said he would be happy to return to provide the voice of Gustave in live-action, though humorously suggested it should be Robert Pattinson himself who does the acting. (Whether Pattinson would be interested in the role, or being...
Pragmata has sold 1 million copies in two days, Capcom has announced.
In its sales announcement, the Japanese game company highlighted Pragmata’s status as a new intellectual property.
“A completely new IP, Pragmata was developed primarily by a team of younger Capcom developers, who created an innovative gameplay experience by fusing action gameplay with puzzle elements set within a distinctive world ruled over by artificial intelligence,” Capcom said.
“In the absence of an established fan base or preexisting brand recognition, Capcom implemented a range of marketing initiatives — beginning with the early release of a playable demo — to communicate the unique features of the game to a wider audience. In addition, in line with the...
Battlefield 6 players think they’ve discovered that one of the three maps coming in Season 5 is set in Las Vegas after Battlefield Studios posted an enigmatic teaser last week.
The team at EA outlined its plans to keep players coming back throughout 2026 last week after it pulled back the curtain to reveal a host of changes aimed at directly addressing fan feedback. While much larger multiplayer maps and a server browser are just the tip of the iceberg of what was officially revealed, some players have already set their sights on a single image that teased one of the maps launching toward the end of the year.
"Today, I can also confirm that, as a holiday surprise, we’ll be dropping a third map into Season 5," Motive Studio executive...
Bandai Namco has announced Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S.
The announcement arrived alongside the Dragon Ball Games Battle Hour 2026 event in Los Angeles today and comes with a first official trailer for the anime action-RPG follow-up. It’s news that came as a shock to fans and arrived as official confirmation that a follow-up is finally on the way after Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 launched in 2016, almost 10 years ago.
Doubling the surprise is the fact that Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 was technically already revealed by Bandai Namco earlier this year as what was previously called Age 1000. That title now serves as the name of the new world in which the game is set, with the trailer showing off...
A new weekend has arrived, and today, you can save big on Apple AirTags, 4K Movies, AirPods Pro 3, Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2, the limited edition Marathon DualSense, and more. Check out our top picks for Sunday, April 19, below.
3 4K Movies for $33
By far, my favorite deal this weekend is the Amazon 3 for $33 sale, where you can score 3 4K films for $33. This is one of the best deals on 4K movies in 2026 so far, especially considering each film ends up at $11 a piece. There are some excellent options available, including Jurassic Park, Tenet, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, and more.
Refurbished Sony 4K OLED BRAVIA 8 TV for $1049.99
Woot has a great deal on this Sony 4K OLED BRAVIA 8 TV, with refurbished units available...
Cooperative pirate survival game Windrose has reached 1 million copies sold less than a week after its Early Access launch for PC.
Pocketpair Publishing and Kraken Express announced the sales milestone with an update post on Steam today. It’s an announcement that saw it sail past the marker six days after launching for PC via the Valve platform and Epic Games Store April 14.
Reaching 1 million copies is a feat worth celebrating for Kraken as it charts a course through Early Access development, especially as its concurrent player count on Steam alone continues to climb. It’s managed to climb to 200,000 active pirates on Steam alone, with SteambDB recording a peak of 211,177 at the time of this piece’s publication.
"Your support for...
Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit has published a detailed roadmap for Slay the Spire 2 without promising any release dates because it doesn’t want to make "Sloppy Spire 2."
Studio co-founder Casey Yano outlined a host of new Early Access updates the team has planned for the popular deckbuilder roguelike in the latest installment of its The Neowsletter. The message comes with 17 bullet points featuring additions Mega Crit hopes to add on its path to a 1.0 launch, including everything from support for more languages and bug fixes to a new character and alternate versions of Acts 2 and 3.
It’s an ambitious list with a candid catch: The studio doesn’t want to share a release date for anything yet. Players who returned to the Spire...