Video Game News 4/1/2026

#ResidentEvil
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Resident Evil director Shinji Mikami partners with Stellar Blade devs Shift Up to make "smaller, experimental titles alongside a large-scale flagship"

Stellar Blade dev Shift Up has acquired Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami’s new studio

Stellar Blade Developer Acquires Shinji Mikami’s Studio Unbound

Shift Up Acquires Shinji Mikami’s Unbound Studio

Stellar Blade Dev Acquires Shinji Mikami's New Studio, Will Publish Its Games

Stellar Blade developer acquires Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami's new studio, Unbound

Shift Up has acquired Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami's new studio

Stellar Blade developer Shift Up acquires Shinji Mikami's new studio

Stellar Blade's Shift Up Buys Shinji Mikami's New Studio Unbound

Stellar Blade Developer Shift Up Buys Resident Evil Creator Shinji Mikami's New Studio: 'For the First Time in a While, I'll Be Fully Involved On-Site to Work on a Fairly Large Game'

Resident Evil Creator’s New Studio Teams Up With The Maker Of Stellar Blade

#2026Release
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The discourse machine whirs to life as Zero Parades: For Dead Spies gets a May release date

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies Launches May 2026

Disco Elysium's Controversial Successor Commits to 2026 Release on PS5

Disco Elysium developer Studio ZA/UM launches Zero Parades: For Dead Spies in May 2026

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is the first Disco Elysium successor to get a release date, will finally be playable this summer

ZA/UM Attempts to Move Past Disco Elysium Drama With New Release

Zero Parades, the spy game from Disco Elysium studio ZA/UM, is coming in May

#TheSuperMarioGalaxyMovie
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie DVD and Blu-ray releases revealed, pre-orders live

Glen Powell is a huge Fox McCloud fan, wants a Star Fox movie

Miyamoto explains how Fox McCloud ended up in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie effect and AI bubble trouble - Game Trader Live with Asif Khan

Movie Review: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - A Faithful But Overstuffed Sequel

The Mario Galaxy Movie End Reveal Came Out Of Years-Old Discussions At Nintendo

Miyamoto Expected "Significant Resistance Internally" To Fox In The Mario Galaxy Movie

Miyamoto Isn't So Sure About A Smash Bros. Style Movie

Round Up: The Reviews Are In For The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Unsurprisingly, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Looks Set To Be A Huge Success

Miyamoto reveals how Fox McCloud came to be in Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Nintendo Switch Online section gets a Super Mario Galaxy-themed makeover

Miyamoto implies that Smash Bros movie won’t happen any time soon

Super Mario Galaxy Movie is currently 37 on Metacritic and 45% on Rotten Tomatoes

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review

Despite plenty of cameos in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, an Avengers-style Super Smash Bros. film isn't likely right now

No Smash Bros. Movie In The Works, Despite Mario Galaxy’s Surprise Crossovers

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie's credits scenes, explained

Shigeru Miyamoto Shuts Down Smash Bros. Movie

Super Mario Galaxy Movie reviews are in and, surprise: it's execrable churn

Pikmin Bloom Celebrates The Super Mario Galaxy Movie in Its Latest Collab

Don’t Expect A Super Smash Bros. Movie Any Time Soon, Says Miyamoto

Mario Galaxy Movie Reviews Say It’s Full Of Crowd-Pleasing Fan Service And Not Much Else

#CrimsonDesert
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PS5 Hit Crimson Desert Might Have Divided Opinion, But It's Cracked 4 Million Sales in Two Weeks

Crimson Desert sails past four million sales, and I'm thrilled to watch its comeback arc

Crimson Desert smashes another sales milestone, less than two weeks since its release

Crimson Desert's less than ideal launch is a distant memory as it hits the 4 million sales milestone

Crimson Desert Sales Pass 4m in Less Than Two Weeks

#HereAreTheBestGamingGags
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PUBG introduces a classic game mode for April Fools' Day

Round Up: It's April Fools' Day, Here Are The Best Gaming Gags We've Seen (2026)

The Best April Fools' Day Gaming Jokes Of 2026 (So Far)

April Fools' Day 2026 Gaming Roundup

All This Year’s Best Video Game April Fools’ Day Jokes

#GoingOffTheDeepEndWithIng
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MindsEye's new mission will feature "evidence of the sabotage" the studio have faced, CEO claims - I double-checked and the quotes came before April Fools

MindsEye is adding a new mission which will ‘share some of the evidence’ of alleged studio sabotage, CEO says

MindsEye Going Off the Deep End with In-Game Mission Revealing 'Evidence' of 'Sabotage'

New MindsEye Mission Will Reveal 'Evidence' the Game Was 'Sabotaged', Claims CEO

#TheCrew
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Ubisoft sued for shutting down The Crew's servers by major French consumer group backed by Stop Killing Games

The Crew – Ubisoft Hit by a New Lawsuit in France Supported by Stop Killing Games

France's leading consumer association has filed a lawsuit against Ubisoft over The Crew's online shutdown

France's 'leading consumer association,' backed by Stop Killing Games, sues Ubisoft over The Crew shutdown

#SwitchLite
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Blaze announces Evercade Nexus handheld, including enhanced versions of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie

New Evercade Nexus Gaming Handheld Launches in October

Evercade unveils new Nexus line of retro handhelds ready for pre-order from the start of April

Evercade unveils its next-gen retro gaming handheld Nexus, with analogue sticks and Banjo-Kazooie 1&2 bundled in

#TombRaider
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New Lord of the Rings Game Comes from Tomb Raider Dev, It's Claimed

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 translator claims they have been "replaced with AI"; Warhorse says they "deeply value the people who shape our work"

Following rumours of Warhorse Studios visiting Middle-earth, Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics is now said to be working on a Lord of the Rings game too

Rumours point to Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 developer Warhorse Studios working on a big Lord of the Rings game

Warhorse Studios Reportedly Moves From Kingdom Come to New Lord of the Rings Project

#RecRoom
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Rec Room shutting down nearly 10 years after launch

Rec Room is shutting down on June 1 after 10 years

VR platform Rec Room to shut down in June 2026

#HeroesOfMightAndMagicOlde
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The first new Heroes of Might and Magic strategy game in over 10 years will launch this month

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era finally gets a release date, as it launches into Early Access later this month

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Release Date Revealed

#TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTh
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The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Secrets of the Zonai art book revealed [update: pre-orders live]

There's A New Zelda Art Book Coming Out, And It Looks Awesome

Dark Horse reveals Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Secrets of the Zonai art book

#TomodachiLifeLivingTheDre
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Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream FAQ details 70 Mii limit, Nintendo Switch 2 improvements, and more

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream 'Welcome Version' Bug Causes Demo To Crash

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream Welcome Version 1.0.1 available (patch notes)

#CrimsonDesertHasSold
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Crimson Desert Has Sold 4 Million Copies Worldwide

Crimson Desert Has Passed 4 Million Copies Sold

Crimson Desert Sells 4 Million Copies in 2 Weeks as Pearl Abyss' Open World Action Adventure Continues Its Hot Streak

#TheSwitch2
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NieR Series April Fools’ ‘Teaser’ Is NieR: Cosmic Horror

Square Enix Is Once Again Taunting Us With a Nier-Related Tease, This Time on April Fool's Day

A Tease For A Nier Cosmic Horror Project On April Fools’ Day Is Making Fans Lose It [Update]

#HiddenStoryOnTheGreymanes
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Crimson Desert’s Hidden Story on the Greymanes Explained

Where to find Satintail Root in Crimson Desert - Village of the Sick

The consensus is that Crimson Desert has terrible storytelling—it's not true

#TheSwitch2
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Pokémon Pokopia's New Mystery Gift Distribution Is Now Live

All Pokemon Pokopia Mystery Gift Codes And Rewards

Pokémon Pokopia Download Code Gives Players Chansey Plant

#TheGameMarathonCracksDown
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Marathon patch notes nerf Thief’s slide cancelling as it ‘is ultimately unhealthy’

Bungie nerfs Marathon's slide cancel movement tech, says no movement freaks allowed: 'Unbounded movement, while expressive and clip-worthy, is ultimately unhealthy for the pace of play'

Marathon Cracks Down On Viral Movement Exploits That Are ‘Ultimately Unhealthy’ For The Game

#Skyrim
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Is a blizzardy Skyrim return persuading me to retry Elder Scrolls Online? Not really, but naval combat and underwater exploration might

Elder Scrolls Online previews Season Zero, plus future seasons and a return to Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls Online's Upcoming Seasons Brings Challenge Difficulty System, While ZOS Is Teasing Naval Combat In Future Updates

The Elder Scrolls Online Details Rewards For First Tamriel Tome, 'Tome of Dawn and Dusk'

The first Elder Scrolls Online season is upon us, but I'm already more excited for the second

#Dragonwilds
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds adds Dowdun Reach, Mithril gear, and higher skill caps

RuneScape: Dragonwilds Dowdun Reach Update Adds New Region, a Foreboding Castle, Mythril Weapons & More

#MortalKombatMobile
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Mortal Kombat Mobile marks 11 years with new Diamond fighters and Klassic content

Score This Mortal Kombat II Arcade1Up Cabinet for $399

#Bizarre
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Ludus promo codes (April 2026)

Mount RNG codes April 2026

Bizarre Lineage codes April 2026

Tensura Incremental codes April 2026

Tiny Empires codes April 2026

Roblox is Unbreakable codes April 2026

Dress to Impress Codes (April 2026)

Coercion

#LegendsZ
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A Pokémon Home update is coming this week, finally adding Legends Z-A support

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Is Getting Pokémon HOME Connectivity This Week

#NintendoSwitch
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Content Warning has just released on Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch

Review: Under The Island (Nintendo Switch)

#SuperMeatBoy
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Super Meat Boy 3D launch trailer – tough-as-nails 3D platformer comes to Nintendo Switch 2

Super Meat Boy 3D Launches Day One On Game Pass – And Yes, It’s Still Brutal!