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April 2026
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- April 7
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- A decade ago, Call of Duty sidelined its iconic progression system to dabble in gacha instead, and I was glad I'd forgotten
- Five new Steam games you probably missed (April 7, 2026)
- 11 years after launch, Pillars of Eternity's new turn-based mode feels like the way it's meant to be played
- I watched the first TV show ever based on a game and it made me realize: we've really got it good these days
- April 6
- April 5
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- In 2007, two game music GOATs collaborated on the criminally underrated soundtrack to a similarly underrated D&D RPG
- Never doubt the commitment of horse-girl fans: Umamusume cosplayers are having actual races at tracks around the world
- I tried to become a pro bowler but I skipped one important step: learning how to bowl
- After over 150 hours with Crimson Desert, it still makes no damn sense—compels me though
- Tarn Adams, co-creator of Dwarf Fortress, has over 1,400 hours in Factorio and is currently obsessed with terraforming games: 'Dwarf Fortress just doesn't accommodate a full-on sci-fi thing'
- It's not just Arrow Lake that's been refreshed: Intel's whole approach to the consumer market seems like a new direction
- April 4
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- Thank goodness Magic: The Gathering isn't doing a Harry Potter crossover set
- I bought a PS5 on launch day but I won't be buying a PS6, even though its exclusives aren't coming to PC anymore
- Final Fantasy 14's latest variant dungeon is so good, it deserves better—the MMO needs to figure out its rewards so all this great work isn't wasted
- MindsEye is a glitchy, incoherent mess I wouldn't recommend to anyone—and it might also be my favorite game of 2026
- This Nightdive-remastered 3DO shooter shows why it took Halo to break PC gaming's FPS hegemony
- April 3
- April 2
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- Revisiting the last truly great Call of Duty
- Open world crime game Samson had to be pared back mid-development, which led to its unusual structure: 'It's become more unique'
- The new PC games of April 2026: Pragmata, the next Diablo 4 expansion, and Final Fantasy 14's big month
- Crimson Desert's commitment to cleaning up its clunky controls shines the brightest in how satisfying it feels to fly around Pywel now
- There's just no good reason why WoW's story mode raids aren't available right away—and I'm saying that as someone who cleared normal just fine last month
- Life is Strange: Reunion does its best to give Max and Chloe fans what they want at the expense of almost every other character in the game
- April 1
