Video Game News 4/18/2026

#SlayTheSpire2
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The first major update for Slay the Spire 2 is out now

Slay The Spire 2 Gets Major Update With Balancing Changes, Bug Fixes, And New Relics

Slay the Spire 2 patch notes arrive for all, meaning an easier early game but harder infinites

Slay the Spire 2 gets its first major update, buffing the Regent, bringing sweeping balance changes, and adding a powerful new card

Slay the Spire 2 patch – first major update brings plenty of changes – here’s what’s new

Slay The Spire 2 is Getting a Card That Will Directly Heal You

Slay the Spire 2 dev rejects the concept of deadlines: 'I don't want Sloppy Spire 2'

Slay the Spire 2 Review-Bombing

Slay The Spire 2 Is Getting Review-Bombed All Over Again After Its Latest Update

#BaftaGamesAwards
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Clair Obscur and Dispatch lead 2026 BAFTA Games Awards Winners

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Winners: Full Results and Biggest Moments

Expedition 33, Dispatch the Two Big Winners at the BAFTA Game Awards

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 voice actor Charlie Cox has finally played "a bit" of the game that landed him a Best Performance nomination, though he says he isn't very good at it

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 winners

Expedition 33 Star Charlie Cox Has Now Played The Award-Winning Game--"I'm Not Very Good"

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 winners announced: the full list

"You can't buy a BAFTA." Why commercial influence is a red line for the BAFTA Games Awards

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Best Game at the BAFTAs, but this time some other games got to win awards, too

Charlie Cox has finally played Clair Obscur: Expedition 33—a bit

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Wins Best Game at the BAFTA Games Awards 2026

Charlie Cox Has Played Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Becomes Second Game To Win Every Major GOTY Award

Daredevil Star Charlie Cox Has Finally Played Expedition 33, But He Shouldn’t Have Had To

#ChapterReleaseDate
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Trails In The Sky 2nd Chapter Launches on September 17th

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Release Date Announced

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Remake Arrives in September

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Release Date Announced

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter Puts the Remade JRPG Classic on PS5 This September

Trails In The Sky 2nd Chapter Resolves The Cliffhanger On Switch 1 & 2 This September

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter releases this September

#PitchPerfectTitleSequence
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007 First Light Gets an Old-Fashioned Title Sequence, Complete With Lana Del Rey’s Theme

007 First Light releases theme song performed by Lana Del Rey [update: title sequence]

007 First Light's Pitch Perfect Title Sequence Suggests James Bond Is in Safe Hands

Lana Del Rey Releases 007 First Light Official Theme Song

Exude Your Inner James Bond With The Limited Edition 007 First Light Controller

007 First Light Title Sequence Released

#JulyInsiderGamingAssassin
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Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced is "not an RPG", Ubisoft assure level-up haters in alleged leak that also spills the release date

Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced Release Date Announced

The release date for Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed: Black Flag remake, Resynced, seems to have leaked, and it's reportedly not very far away

Insider Gaming: Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag Resynced remake releases July

Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced Release Date Confirmed

#IronGalaxyStudios
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Iron Galaxy Studios announce layoffs and restructuring

Video Game Industry Woes Continue With More Mass Layoffs At Iron Galaxy

Iron Galaxy Studios lays off 'a number' of workers as it reduces company size

Iron Galaxy lays off more people, says it still had too many employees even after 2025's 'last resort' cuts

The Studio Behind Last Year’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 Remasters Hit With More Mass Layoffs As It Tries To Adapt To The Video Game Industry’s New Normal

#KingdomComeDeliverance2
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 director "really proud" the gay romance he pushed for, which is somehow totally different to "woke" games' representation, is up for awards

Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 Director Says It Did Gay Romance "Right" By Not Going "Woke"

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Lead Says His LGBTQ+ Award Nom Isn't "Woke"

Kingdom Come 2 Director Rails Against Woke Games While Saying He Pressured His Team To Include Gay Romance

#Patch75
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Final Fantasy XIV reveals its trailer and more details for patch 7.5, Trail to the Heavens

Here's everything in FF14 7.5 shown during Live Letter 92, including the return of Final Fantasy's most sinister villain

Final Fantasy XIV shows Patch 7.5 trailer and a closer look at Beastmaster ahead of April 28

Final Fantasy XIV Patch 7.5 Live Letter Summary

#TomodachiLifeLivingTheDre
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How to make your Miis happy in Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream

PSA: You Definitely Don't Want To Time Travel In Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream

Here's How To Get All Your Filthy Tomodachi Life Videos Directly Off Your Switch

All unlockable buildings in Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

10 Hilarious Tomodachi Life Interactions That Show Why The Switch Life Sim Is On Another Level

#RosterNextWeek
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Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is Adding Wolfgang Krauser to Its Roster Next Week

Krauser Joins Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, Big Anniversary Update Teased

Wolfgang Krauser Coming to Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves April 24

#StopKillingGames
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“Stop Killing Games” Reaches European Parliament as Lawmakers Consider Action

'A real concern for millions and probably hundreds of millions of European citizens' - Stop Killing Games has its day in European Parliament and it seems to go very well

Stop Killing Games delivers 'absolutely incredible' hearing in European Parliament: 'There was no [parliament member] that wasn't responding positively'

#TheTimeToRescueAemeathHas
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Wuthering Waves Version 3.3: Reverbs From the End of Galaxies update arrives April 30

Wuthering Waves 3.3 Revealed, With New Quests, a New Region, and Motorbike Collab for the Second Anniversary

The Time To Rescue Aemeath Has Come In Wuthering Waves’ Version 3.3 Update

#AirborneEmpireSoars
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Airborne Empire Soars to 1.0 After Epic 15-Month Early Access Journey

Airborne Empire Leaves Early Access and Launches Version 1.0 on Steam

Aerial RPG Citybuilder Airborne Empire 1.0 Now Available on Steam

#HotWaterAsPublisherInterv
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Pokémon, Palworld Rip-Off in Hot Water as Publisher Intervenes and Takes It Off Steam

Pokémon & Zelda Rip-Off 'Pickmos' Removed From Steam As Publisher Intervenes

Pickmos Publisher Pulls Steam Page Following Pokémon Rip-Off Accusations

#StreetFighter
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Street Fighter trailer, Avatar leak & the NBA Play-In Tournament - Shack Central Ep. 6

The 2026 Street Fighter movie trailer is packed with Easter eggs

The Cultural Power of Street Fighter: A Legacy That Still Packs a Punch

#MonarchOfTheGlen
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Alexander Morton, voice of Witcher 2 & 3's Zolton Chivay, has passed away

The actor who portrayed Zoltan Chivay in The Witcher series of games has died

Alexander Morton, the voice of Geralt's pal Zoltan in The Witcher games, has died

#FortunesRun
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"It's been an interesting year": the jailed creator of Fortune's Run has passed parole and is back working on her Deus Ex-style FPS

Steam Cult Hit Fortune’s Run Might Finally Get Finished Now That Its Developer Is Out Of Prison

#With
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With the right settings, Pragmata can hack it on the Steam Deck - more or less

Best Steam Deck accessories 2026 - our top gear for any gaming handheld

#WinterGoing
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METRO 2039 gets revealed for release this Winter

Metro 2039 Revealed, Launching This Winter on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and Epic

#Proton
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Proton 11 Beta arrives to bring enhanced gaming compatibility to Linux / SteamOS

Valve's latest Proton 11 beta has been quietly released in an even more beta Arm64 flavour and you can thank the Steam Frame for that

#AdventureTimeDlc
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PowerWash Simulator releases new Alice's Adventures expansion for Apple Arcade

PowerWash Simulator 2 reveals Adventure Time DLC [update: release date]

#ScentWeaverSage
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Torchlight: Infinite has finally launched its SS12: Lunaria update with Scent Weaver Sage and the new Creation Engine

Torchlight: Infinite Celebrates Its Third Anniversary As SS12 Lunaria Launches Today

#AngryBirdsPlus
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Wuthering Waves teases collab with Resident Evil and Angry Birds - plus limited-time codes up for grabs

Wuthering Waves Gives Away Free Rewards and Resident Evil Collab Items for PS5

#Daily
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (April 2026)

Monopoly Go Free Rolls – Free Dice Links

#GranblueFantasy
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Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok Open Beta Announced for April 24th to 27th

Granblue Fantasy Relink: Endless Ragnarok Open Beta Starts Next Week