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- April 12
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- Life is Strange's soundtrack is full of licensed bangers, and still hits even 11 years later
- Question time: Do you care about fashion in MMOs, or do you just chuck any old gear on and call it a day?
- DayZ creator Dean 'Rocket' Hall has over 2,000 hours in Kerbal Space Program and played the original XCOM at Mount Everest base camp: 'I think when I die, I will still be playing that game'
- Cosplay is not consent, and I wish we'd stop feeling so entitled to shoving our phones in people's faces without asking them first
- April 11
- April 10
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- Esoteric Ebb creator reckons most players only saw half the game, and that's fine by him: 'You've got to miss stuff in order to feel like the world is bigger'
- Treasure Beach is a scavenger game where you can sell what you find hidden in the sand to stingy shoppers—and let me warn you, it isn't easy
- During a memory crisis do you really need fast memory for PC gaming? No, no you do not
- Look, 16 GB of RAM is absolutely fine for PC gaming in 2026. Though there are some caveats to that...
- Soulmask exits early access with a free Egypt-themed DLC that takes the survival game to the sky
- April 9
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- My first campaign in Europa Universalis 5 may have ruined the entire series for me
- Before Imagine Dragons, brothers Dan and Mac Reynolds always wanted to make videogames—now their first, Last Flag, is about to release
- If you've ever wondered what it would be like if Vampire Survivors was about driving around a medieval castle on wheels, then surprisingly I've got the perfect roguelike for you
- The best part of Overwatch's latest hero trailer is that it keeps the overarching narrative front and centre, right where it should be
- Where does your PC live? There is obviously one correct answer, can you pick it out?
- April 8
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- Trippy, psychedelic alien shooter ChainStaff shows there are still new ways for games to be 'retro'
- The ethically-sourced wizard school life sim I've been waiting for finally has a playable demo and launches this year
- 'Everybody should play every fighting game' says Invincible VS director: 'They're just fun'
- Oh you think you know hidden object games? Then go find a four-leaf clover in the hardest cozy game I've ever seen
- Logitech Superstrike vs Razer Viper V4 Pro: The battle for the competitive crown
- Finally, a cosy game that’s not afraid to kick my teeth in
- 'Humans can't reliably recall colours': Dialed.gg is a simple colour game that made me realise I don't know what pink looks like
- Forza Horizon 6's Japan map is the series' best yet
- 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
