While you can’t outright ignore the valid criticisms, the outstandingly charming rubber hose style, awesome movement mechanics, and campy noir tale lift enough of the weight to make Mouse a case worth taking on

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Battlefield 6’s Content Roadmap Reveals That Huge Maps, Naval Combat, And Various New Features Are Coming This Year Fan favourites and weaponised waves

Highly requested features and large-scale maps are coming to BF6

As spicy as it is sweet, Dosa Divas is a high-flavour fusion of turn-based combat, culinary mastery, and a heartfelt story about the bonding power of food and family

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We spent three hours going hands-on with Saros, and we haven't stopped thinking about it since

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Win One Of Two Physical World of Warcraft: Midnight Collector’s Editions Dust off your hearthstone and cross your fingers for a chance to snag a legendary Midnight Collector’s Edition

COMPETITION // World of Warcraft: Midnight Collector’s Edition

Thanks to Blizzard, we have two physical World of Warcraft: Midnight Collector’s Editions to give away – enter now for your chance to win

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Bungie has broken through with its pedigree for best-in-class gameplay and audiovisuals to deliver a truly unique take on the extraction shooter

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The Pines Is A Solo-Developed Open-World Psychological Horror RPG Where Your Choices Have Consequences For fans of Alan Wake

If you're looking for your next Alan Wake-esque fix, The Pines could be it

The Occultist has some promising ideas, but this investigative thriller lacks the execution to bring them all together

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Sony Has Signed A Deal To Bring A Metal Gear Solid Movie To Life Solid Snake, meet Silver Screen

The Final Destination: Bloodlines filmmakers are tasked with bringing Tactical Espionage Action to life

New Overwatch Hero Trailer Introduces Us To Sierra, The Drone Wielding Newbie Causing trouble for Talon on her very first day

Welcome to the drone zone

A Limited Edition 007 First Light DualSense Controller Is Launching Alongside The Game Sense, DualSense

The Man with the Golden Controller

PlayStation Wants To Scan Fans And Use Their Likeness In Games With Its New Playerbase Initiative You're in the game

A chance to be scanned into GT7 is up for grabs

Added:
– Nullstar: Solus (PS5/PS4/Xbox Series X|S/Switch 2/Switch/PC) by @smashattackaus.bsky.social – April 16
– Blood Reaver (PC – Early Access) by Hell Byte Studios – April

The Father Of The Beat ‘Em Up, Yoshihisa Kishimoto, Passes Away He is best known as the creator of the Double Dragon and River City (Kuno-kun) franchises

A proper tragedy for those who loved throwing fists

People of Note is an ambitious turn-based RPG which shines in many ways but ultimately fails to hit all of its high notes

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Hero 51 Teased For Overwatch’s 2026 Rebirth Grand Tour Here comes a new challenger

The sixth hero of 2026 is sporting hot pink hair and a drone friend

WWE 2K26 Makes Huge Changes To It’s Controversial Ringside Pass Following Widespread Fan Backlash A better approach...for now

Hopefully this positive change will stick

Xbox Games Showcase + Gears of War: E-Day Direct Has Been Pencilled In For June The gears are turning

It's an early rise for Gears of War fans

Zero Latency VR Is Partnering With CD Projekt Red To Bring The World Of Cyberpunk 2077 Into Immersive VR Welcome to Night City

A free-roam Cyberpunk VR experience is on the way

There’s real potential here with this cute blue octopus, should ZDT Studio manage to retain the character and whimsy and elevate the moment-to-moment gameplay in a sequel that I’m hoping we eventually see

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Games To Get Around In April 2026 Say goodbye to your free time

Let's look at what you should have an eye on during this stacked month of releases

Sony Jacks Up The Price Of Its PS5 Consoles Amid Global Economic Pressures Shoutouts

It's like the PS3 launch all over again

Borderlands 4 Interview: The "Not So Secret" Horror Origins of Mad Ellie WellPlayed's Ash Wayling sits down with Josh Jeffcoat (Lead Game Designer) and Eli Luna (Managing Development) from the Gearbox team to talk all things spooky and creepy with the upcoming Mad Ellie…

Borderlands 4 meets John Carpenter's THE THING? 🩸🔥

We sat down with the creatives behind the new horror-coded DLC, Mad Ellie and The Vault of the Damned. Turns out, they are total horror sickos—which explains a lot. 🔪

Check out the full sit-down:
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PlayStation Has Reportedly Shut Down Another Studio In Dark Outlaw Games The State of Play is dire

Gone before it got going

How Absolum Takes The Beat 'Em Up Genre Back To Its Arcade Roots | WellPlayed Talkthrough On this episode of Talkthrough, we chat with Thibaut Panchout, Level Designer and Game Designer at Dotemu, while playing through Absolum. Watch Adam fight his way through Talamh as they discuss the…

In the latest episode of Talkthrough, we chat with Dotemu about Absolum's development and design philosophy

Epic Games Has Laid Off Over 1,000 Employees Because Of A “Downturn In Fortnite Engagement” Infinite growth doesn't exist

"We're spending significantly more than we're making"

Apopia: Sugar Coated Tale is a hidden gem in the adventure genre that tells a relatable story exploring dark themes, despite being in a vibrant world

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We got to take an early look at the demo for Lone Pine, and now we're pining for more

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ICARUS brings its compelling survival gameplay loop to consoles, but with a few frustrations

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We're excited to share that Made In Australia is back for 2026, and we're kicking it off by checking out Brisbane's Bang Bang Bang Interactive and its debut game @lonepinegame.bsky.social