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April 30
- What happened in hardware this week, April 24-30 edition
- Construction comes to Planetside 2
- Warhammer hits the Dota 2 workshop
April 29
- Blizzard agrees to meet with Nostalrius team
- This week's highs and lows in PC gaming
- Battleborn launch trailer features shooting, stabbing, and dancing
- Duelyst goes into full launch with a swanky new cinematic
- Furi is about over the top boss fights and nothing but
- The Division gets new anti-cheating technology, ban waves have already gone out
- Eurocom adds laptop bag options for VR road warriors
- Lionhead is officially no more
- Freefalling tablet shipments pose no threat to PCs
- "Battlefield World Premiere" is coming next week
- Going to war in the UK's university CS:GO scene
- The best pro gaming to watch this weekend
- Romero and Carmack's Blackroom Kickstarter cancelled to develop demo
- Revenge of the Horde announced for Final Fantasy 14
- TW: Warhammer's Chaos Warriors now free for opening week
- Killing Floor 2 is having a double XP weekend
- There's a huge Anime sale on Steam this weekend
April 28
- Space Hulk: Deathwing trailer finally shows off some gameplay
- Forza Motorsport 6: Apex system requirements confirmed, open beta begins May 5
- Ex-Bungie designer reveals Asemblance, a psychological thriller inside a machine
- The new Doom hides secrets that will make old-time fans very happy
- A strange Hearthstone bug has been found that gives your hero Taunt
- Median game sales on Steam are down dramatically, SteamSpy says
- Deus Ex: Mankind Divided footage reveals story details and improved augs
- Fallout 4 survival mode leaves beta
- Bossa releases free Worlds Adrift Island Creator
- The Division's Falcon Lost is now less easy to exploit
- Never Alone devs tackle Ukrainian folklore with The Forest Song
- Shrek and Donkey dominate Dark Souls 3 PvP
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare remaster all but confirmed by emoji
- NetHack from aaaa to Zruty Ep. 9: Unicorns, rust monsters and the gnomish mines
- Hyper Light Drifter local co-op beta is now available
- A space pirate roguelike with one of the most satisfying movement mechanics ever
- No Man's Sky won't have a story, but it will have lore
April 27
- Doom's single-player campaign finally goes on display
- Veteran network programmer says The Division needs a "complete rewrite"
- Bear Simulator awakens from hibernation
- Rokh is a brutal sounding survival game set on Mars
- The highs and lows of LoL's mid season patch
- Dragon Age Producer Mark Darrah teases something on Twitter
- The Wild Eight now has a free, "pre-alpha" demo
- Duskers, the game about piloting drones through derelict spaceships, will leave Early Access in May
- Whispers of the Old Gods is now live in all regions
- Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter promises cases with consequences
- Why I love helping others in Dark Souls 3
- Manila Major invitees announced
- Taiwan ratings board points to Trials and Blood Dragon mash-up
- Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 is free for 10 hours
- Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare might be the name of this year's instalment
April 26
- Shadow Warrior 2 video is 12 minutes of violence and Wang jokes
- Darkest Dungeon is getting Town Events this month, plus a Linux port
- It sounds like Cyberpunk 2077 is still a long way off
- Paragon's free beta weekends begin later this week
- Leaked Doom trailer showcases single-player action
- Take a gander at BioWare's real, live Goose Cam
- Dota 2's 6.87 update: stronger, faster, sillier
- John Romero releases another new Doom WAD
- Intel CEO Brian Krzanich says Moore's Law is alive and well
- Fallout 4 Creation Kit and mod support are now available
- How Eve Online players are helping medical science
- Rocket League's free basketball mode has arrived
- Everspace trailer teases "imminent" alpha
- Homefront: The Revolution opening cinematic reveals a fallen America
- AMD Radeon Pro Duo arrives at last, sort of
- Watch medieval multiplayer VR combat in Valiant's early access trailer
- Blizzard speaks out about Nostalrius shutdown
- Doom SnapMap toolset showcased in lengthy dev video
- Auto Age: Standoff is a vehicular, post-apocalyptic MOBA
April 25
- Friday the 13th trailer proves that doors are no match for Jason Voorhees
- Assassin's Creed creator settles his lawsuit against Ubisoft
- Dota 2 gameplay update changes Ranked All Pick, adds new Scan function
- Battleborn's "Prequel Motion Comic" trilogy sets up the story behind the campaign
- Breached gameplay trailer teases some sort of strange sci-fi mystery
- Asus creates Beyond VR Ready program to pimp its own products
- GOG adds Vampire: The Masquerade—Bloodlines and kicks off a new sale
- Why war is good for EVE Online’s economy
- The Snake MMO bids you kiss your work day goodbye
- Long-lost Tomb Raider short unearthed
- ESL severs links with YouPorn-sponsored team
April 24
- Total War: Warhammer is a mash-up ten years in the making
- Chronicle of Ruin mashes up Fire Emblem, Final Fantasy VI, FF Tactics
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location teased
April 23
- Cossacks 3 beta signups begin
- "Obviously there's going to be another Borderlands," says Gearbox
- What happened in hardware this week, April 17-23 edition
April 22
- Overwatch director says Blizzard "failed horrifically" on canceled Titan MMO
- Masquerada: Songs and Shadows seeks a final push on Kickstarter
- Magicka: Wizard Wars is closing in July
- Twitch is handing out deodorant at PAX East
- Geralt goes on a mini-adventure in new Witcher 3: Blood and Wine screens
- VR hardware sales predicted to soar past $2 billion by end of year
- Mojang releases a free strategy game called Crown and Council
- Id Software says Doom will have "a wide variety of advanced settings" on PC
- Acer pounces on VR gaming with new Predator desktop and laptop PCs
- AMD’s Wraith cooler now ships with FX-8350 and FX-6350 CPUs
- Eve Online: Citadel gets a riotous cinematic trailer
- Nostalrius petition passes 200k signatures, Mark Kern to deliver it
- Rocket League gets free weekend
- Valve considers 'Prime' matchmaking for CS:GO
- Ruiner is a brutal isometric shooter inspired by cult cyberpunk anime
- Eight arrested in StarCraft II match-fixing scandal
- Rocket League is getting a Witcher-themed medallion, of course
- Blizzard reveals all remaining Whispers of the Old Gods Hearthstone cards
April 21
- VR porn is coming to Las Vegas hotels
- Steam is reportedly planning to accept Bitcoin
- Two major Division exploits have been fixed, more permabans handed out
- Check out Aer's beautiful, seamless world in this new gameplay trailer
- Closed beta begins for Bethesda's Elder Scrolls-themed Hearthstone rival
- Corsair's K65 and K70 RapidFire keyboards answer the need for speed
- DirectX co-creator's daughter slams his "toxic waste trash fire" approach to development
- Cherry launches MX Speed mechanical key switch for faster click action
- Mirror's Edge Catalyst has been delayed two weeks
- Here's the trailer for Hitman's sunny, Sapienza-set second episode
- Bust perps and eat donuts in non-linear adventure Beat Cop
- Seven, the Thief-inspired isometric RPG, gets first trailer
- Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition now releasing April 27
- March of the Living is FTL but with zombies, out now
- The Elder Scrolls Online trailer introduces The Dark Brotherhood
- The Long Dark update brings challenge modes and cabin fever
- Sega Mega Drive Classics Hub will boast Steam Workshop support
- The Division has a new and potentially game breaking exploit
April 20
- John Romero and Adrian Carmack team up for another teaser
- Job Simulator studio drops the price to help "share the joy of VR"
- Rocket League's new "Hoops Mode" and NBA DLC is coming next week
- Total War: Warhammer adds Bretonnia as a multiplayer faction
- Blizzard confirms which old Hearthstone cards are getting the nerfhammer ahead of Standard
- Fallout 4 Survival Mode changes appear in new beta update on Steam
- Lian Li builds a motorized standing desk that doubles as a PC case
- Slender dev announces Valley: a super-powered first-person adventure
- Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is out tomorrow, so here's a launch trailer
- Heroes of the Storm trailer welcomes Tracer
- Guild Wars 2's Spring Update arrives with titanic patch notes
- Have a bite of Stephen's Sausage Roll, a game about grilling bangers
- Sometimes Always Monsters is the sequel to Always Sometimes Monsters
- Humble Devolver Bundle discounts Ronin, Dropsy, Shadow Warrior, more
- The Dark Souls board game has reached its Kickstarter goal in three minutes
- The Technomancer gets a new gameplay trailer ahead of June release
- The Warcraft movie has a new trailer
- Kerbal Space Program 1.1 update brings new interface and performance upgrades
April 19
- Intel plans to lay off 12,000 employees
- Mosaic, the new game from the makers of Among the Sleep, is hiding an ARG
- Razer's Turret lapboard lets you game in comfort on your couch
- Game at 144Hz with Asus' new VG278HV 27-inch monitor
- The Walking Dead: Michonne wraps up next week
- The Mirror's Edge Catalyst system requirements are here
- Hearthstone's latest expansion will release early next week
- Bastion studio Supergiant Games announces Pyre, a party-based RPG
- RTS Meridian: Squad 22 deploying in May
- Mafia 3 release date announced
- Runescape gets new engine, client and graphical overhaul
- Updated: Dark Souls 1 multiplayer dies mysteriously
- Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair is out now
- Song of the Deep, Insomniac's aquatic Metroidvania, releases in July
- Dark Souls 3 patch rebalances weapons and squashes some bugs
April 18
- Battlezone 98 Redux is now on Steam
- Free Rambo: The Videogame DLC will be out tomorrow
- The Overwatch closed beta is shutting next week
- Street Fighter V is getting Guile this month
- World of Warcraft: Legion will arrive in August
- HP updates all-in-one Z1 G3 workstation with 4K display and Intel Skylake
- John Romero is teasing a new shooter
- Fallout: New Vegas remade as a YouTube Choose Your Own Adventure
- Ken Levine is working on an interactive Twilight Zone film
- Insomniac announces two more Oculus Rift exclusives
- Ubisoft prepares to punish Division exploiters
- Southern Monsters is a game of monster hunting and PTSD in Arkansas
- Rocket League v1.16 update will fine-tune vehicle hitboxes
- Red Dead Redemption 2 map reportedly leaked
April 17
- Doom multiplayer open beta has been extended
- Fallout: New Vegas has been beaten in less than 20 minutes
- Survival horror Back in 1995 looks like a lost PlayStation game
- Corpse Party remake shuffling to PC this month
April 16
- Dean Hall's RocketWerkz releases Vive-exclusive Out of Ammo
- Cobalt is free on Steam this weekend
- What happened in hardware this week
April 15
- Ark: Survival Evolved lawsuit settled
- Become a ghost in Goetia, a dark Victorian adventure through madness and mystery
- Windows users should uninstall Quicktime immediately, Trend Micro warns
- Crowdfunding effort seeks to resurrect Commodore 64 for retro gaming
- Intel talks 3D NAND for higher capacities and lower cost
- AMD updates FirePro W9100 with 32GB GDDR5 to spark VR content creation
- Never-before-seen Half-Life 2 concept art discovered
- Intel's crazy fast 3D XPoint Optane file copy test approaches 2GB/s
- Dark Souls 3 update coming next week, first DLC rumored for autumn
- Hearts of Iron 4 to be Paradox's "most moddable game yet"
- Ubisoft's Spring Sale is on
- Mod re-imagines GoldenEye 007 in Doom
- Galak-Z's free expansion 'The Void' enters beta today
- There's a new Ghostbusters game coming in July
April 14
- Epic Stellaris trailer serves up a "Tour of the Galaxy"
- Shadwen system requirements revealed, launching in May
- Rainbow 6 Siege is free this weekend
- Witcher 3: Blood and Wine cover art revealed, more Gwent cards may be coming
- Razer sends wireless ManO'War headset for gamers into battle
- Doom progression and customization options revealed in new video
- Garry Newman says Rust gender assignments are all about gameplay
- Iggy & Scorch join Paragon's roster of heroes
- Mirror's Edge: Catalyst closed beta dated, social play detailed
- See the Old World up close in TW: Warhammer's latest showcase
- Guild Wars 2's Spring Update coming April 19
- Colossal Skyrim mod turns towns into cities
- Final Fantasy IX released for PC
- Battle.net hit with DDoS attack, all games briefly affected
- Stardew Valley has sold more than a million copies
- Homefront: The Revolution trailer touts importance of propaganda
April 13
- Oculus Rift exclusives are now playable on Vive with this open source hack
- Consortium: The Tower has been funded on Fig
- CS:GO is a lot easier with Fallout's V.A.T.S.
- The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine release date may have slipped out
- Phanteks Power Combo paves way for two PSUs in a single PC
- Eurocom's Monster 4 is a 14-inch ultraportable laptop with gaming chops
- Lando will (finally) join Star Wars Battlefront in upcoming Bespin DLC
- Newegg daily deals: Asus ROG gaming laptop, EVGA GeForce GTX 980, and more!
- This Is the Police trailer asks a hard question about the nature of corruption
- Fallout art director Leonard Boyarsky joins Obsidian
- Meddle in foreign affairs with Democracy 3: Africa, out now
- Remedy tackles Quantum Break port problems
- See a city of 200,000 swept away by sewage in Cities: Skylines
- Survivor mode and 4K textures arrive in Far Cry Primal
- Oculus Rift shipments delayed for some due to component shortages
- You may get a shot at the Overwatch beta this weekend
April 12
- Diablo 2 is being recreated in StarCraft 2, and it looks surprisingly good
- Everybody's Gone to the Rapture goes to the PC on Thursday
- Valve blocks competitor's app from Steam
- Newegg daily deals: UPS backups and surge suppressors
- Nvidia Pascal rumors point to three GP104 GPUs in June
- PC shipments decline for sixth consecutive quarter, but gaming PCs are on the rise
- Former Rockstar boss Leslie Benzies sues Rockstar for $150 million (updated)
- Perfect World apologises for Shanghai Major mess
- Free DLC for Total War: Warhammer detailed
- Hit by the Firelink Shrine bonfire crash in Dark Souls 3? Here's a fix
- Chunks is the Vive's Minecraft from Rust dev Facepunch
- Truck Simulator patches deliver hefty new features
- The Division 1.1 update rolls out soon, so here's a trailer for the Incursion
- Doom open beta kicks off this week – here's what's in it
April 11
- Rust now assigns players a random permanent gender, developer explains why
- This Ark: Survival Evolved mod takes the dinos into outer space
- This guy somehow beat all of Fallout 3 and its DLC without healing or dying
- Papers, Please developer releases free demo for next game
- G.Skill adds lower latency DDR4-3600 Trident-Z
- Google Fiber reneges on free Internet offer in Kansas City
- SteelSeries aims Apex M500 mechanical keyboard at thrifty esports competitors
- Transport Fever set to bring the meticulous planning heat this fall
- Titanfall 2 teaser promises sword-wielding mechs
- Play a shopkeeper with grand ambitions in the adorable Moonlighter
- "Ultimate version" of Skullgirls comes to PC with 2nd Encore upgrade
- First Stellaris video diary explores how historians handle sci-fi
- Codemasters rescues Evolution Studios to form multi-platform "racing powerhouse"
- ESL One Cologne is the next $1 million Valve Major
- Walking Dead trailer recreated in the medium of Fallout 4
- Science Kombat lets you beat up Charles Darwin as Stephen Hawking
- Watch Conan O'Brien play Counter-Strike in South Korea
April 10
- Final Fantasy XV PC port may contain more content, if it releases at all
- The Division: new gear sets detailed ahead of this week's patch
- Don't Starve Together leaves Early Access on April 21
- Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter redesigns Holmes and Watson
April 9
- How Brian Fargo's fire-and-brimstone preacher grandfather ended up in Wasteland 2
- Radio The Universe gets new video, now on track for late 2016 release
- Procedural horror Phantasmal crawls out of Early Access next week
April 8
- Offworld Trading Company will exit Early Access this month
- April Fools is over but somehow Solid Snake and Psycho Mantis are now selling Fords
- Leaked Senate bill attacks end-to-end encryption
- The first song from the No Man's Sky soundtrack sounds heavenly
- Corsair stretches warranties for some PSUs to 10 years
- Homefront: The Revolution trailer introduces the Apex Corporation
- Diablo 2 has been updated yet again
- Dark Souls 3 Steam preloads are now live
- Corsair unveils Carbide Series Spec-Alpha case for $80
- Nosgoth is closing down
- HTC addresses the Vive's rocky launch
- Nintendo kills 3D Zelda tribute
- Sci-fi FPS Desync will be at PAX East, so here's a new trailer
- The Dark Souls series is getting a board game
April 7
- Killing Floor 2 gets Versus Survival multiplayer in Revenge of the Zeds update
- David Hayter joins Shadow Moses team for Metal Gear Solid "VR Museum" project
- Her Story, Rocket League win big at the 2016 Bafta Awards
- New Humble Bundle offers Homeworld Remastered Collection on the cheap
- Crafty gamer mods Game Boy into awesome emulator using Raspberry Pi Zero
- The Eldar wreak havoc in new Battlefleet Gothic: Armada trailer
- HP's decked out Z Workstation tackles VR content creation
- Battleborn open beta preloading has begun, season pass info revealed
- Riotoro's ultra-compact Prism CR1080 case swallows full-size ATX components
- You can now stream PlayStation 4 games to your Windows PC or Mac
- Fable Legends may not be dead after all
- The making of Gwent
- Watch Total War: Warhammer's Chaos Warriors in action
- Blizzard takes legal action against Vanilla WoW's biggest private server
- Fallout 4 survival mode patched to stop you eating everything
- Updated: Umbrella Corps releasing June 21
- Consortium: The Tower has a new crowdfunding home on Fig
- The Banner Saga 2 gets a launch trailer ahead of April 19 release
April 6
- Overwatch beta now has ranked competitive play
- Esports accounts for more than 21 percent of Twitch viewership
- Update: Beamdog cuts "ethics" joke from Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
- A Steam competitor is trying to get its app onto Steam
- BlizzCon 2016 dates and details
- Oculus responds to Rift privacy concerns
- Lian Li promises better cable management with PC-J60 case
- DOOM open beta announced; DLC detailed
- The eGames invites teams to battle for national pride in Rio
- Quantum Break pirates slapped with an eye patch
- Congressman's campaign funds spent on Steam
- Hitman is now more deadly thanks to a major new patch
- Rock Band 4 for PC not likely following crowdfunding failure
- Tracer gets new victory pose, still has butt, world hopefully moves on
April 5
- Newegg daily deals: Computer cases galore
- AMD readies 'Bristol Ridge' APUs with faster graphics
- League of Legends champion Taric is getting a complete overhaul
- Pathologic studio delivers first screens and talks "drastic changes"
- The Division 1.1 patch notes released
- MechWarrior Online World Championship sign-ups are now live
- Valve shows new Dota 2 VR spectator mode
- Ubisoft addresses The Division cheats, says better systems are coming
- Samsung figures out key to faster, more power efficient DRAM
- EVGA now offering low power versions of GeForce GTX 950
- Duelyst leaving open beta later this month
- Fallout 4 Wasteland Workshop DLC detailed; coming April 12
- Mare Nostrum out now for Europa Universalis 4
- Dark Souls 3 speedruns clock in under 90 minutes
- Updated: Play the original Legend of Zelda in 3D in your browser
- Major Stardew Valley update makes getting married more fun, among other things
April 4
- EA shuts down Donald Trump video that steals from Mass Effect universe
- Newegg daily deals: HGST 6TB NAS HDD, EVGA 600W PSU, and more
- The Greatsword of Artorias from Dark Souls is super unwieldy in real life
- Video tells thrilling tale of EVE guerrilla warfare
- Road Redemption release aimed at the end of summer
- Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch is successfully funded
- Underworld Ascendant studio reveals "authored look" art style
- Early Oculus Rift, HTC Vive launches off to slightly rough start
- MSI targets professionals with Nvidia VR-ready mobile workstation
- 'Completely live action' horror game The Bunker coming this year
- Player reaches WoW level cap using only dance mats
- Starbound prepares to leave Early Access
- Modder improves Aliens: Colonial Marines
- Latest Overwatch animated short focuses on Widowmaker
- Heroes of the Storm is getting Tracer, so here's some footage
April 3
- Typing meets action adventure in Epistory - Typing Chronicles
- Endless Legend's Shifters expansion out on Thursday
April 2
- Super Truck is Superhot but with trucks
- Mass Effect: Andromeda looks quite nice, if leaked footage is real
April 1
- The Division's game-breaking bug won't be fixed until April 12
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 is coming to Steam in English
- Escape From Tarkov combat footage is intense and Russian
- Vermintide has sold half a million copies, free update on the way
- Getting a VR headset? Grab the latest AMD or Nvidia drivers
- Pollen gameplay preview teases a mystery in space
- The Super Adventure Festival comes to GW2
- Everybody's Gone To The Rapture confirmed for PC
- The International 2016 tickets on sale April 7
- Overwatch and XCOM combine in Atlas Reactor's open alpha
- The Division's first free "Incursion" update is coming in April