Video Game News 4/4/2024

#DragonsDogma2
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The Sphinx’s Riddles Reveal The Good And Bad Of Dragon’s Dogma 2

Good news, Dragonsplague-fearing idiots, there's now a Dragon's Dogma 2 mod that slaps your pawn's infection level right on their forehead

Dragon's Dogma 2 Mod Makes Pesky Dragonsplague Obvious By Slapping Warning on Pawn Foreheads

Unemployable Dragon's Dogma 2 Pawn? Capcom Has You Covered

All Dragon’s Dogma 2 Mage skills and which to unlock

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Hunt for the Jadeite Orb quest guide

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Portcrystals explained

Dragon's Dogma 2 patch analysis: more options are nice - but key issues remain

Dragon's Dogma 2 Pawns will be hired by 'fake' players if no one else wants them

Japan Sales Charts: Rise of the Ronin Has a Surprisingly Strong Second Week, Dragon's Dogma 2 Drops Off

Dragon's Dogma 2 Players Shocked After Discovering "Fake" Pawn Rentals

Dragon’s Dogma 2 T-Shirts and Apparel Heading to Amazon

Best smithing style for each vocation in Dragon’s Dogma 2

Dragon's Dogma 2 Sales Top 2.5 Million, Series Sales Soar

Dragon’s Dogma 2 Guide: All Pawn Specializations Ranked

Princess Peach: Showtime! Tops Weekly Japanese Sales Charts Again

Dragons Dogma 2 PS5 Review

Dragon's Dogma II Sells 2.5 Million Units In Just Two Weeks

#Xbox
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Palworld's first raid boss has just arrived, alongside lobbing Pals at factories to force them back to work

Sea of Thieves on PS5 Has Progress and Item Transfer, and PlayStation-Only Servers

Gamers Mostly Played Older Games like GTA 5 and Fortnite in 2023

New Palworld Update Includes First Raid Boss, Pal And Base Changes, And More

Ninja Theory Co-Founder, Hellblade Director Tameem Antoniades No Longer At Studio

Xbox Insider Release Notes – Omega (2404.240402-1830)

Xbox Insider Release Notes – Delta (2404.240402-1830)

How Beyond Xbox: Field Trips is Teaching Valuable Life Skills via Game Pass Favorites

CEX launching no fix, no fee tech repair service, including for retro consoles

Hellblade 2 will be 30fps only on Xbox consoles

Sea of Thieves Lets You Plunder Over 250 PS5 Trophies in Monstrous Trophy List

Does a stuttering console space offer an opportunity for others? | Opinion

Fallout 76 is now free via Amazon Prime Gaming on both PC and Xbox

Hellblade 2 will run at 30fps on Xbox Series X|S consoles with no performance mode

Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has left the company

Putting for glory – Turbo Golf Racing is on Game Pass, Xbox, PlayStation and PC

Can you pass the puzzles of Vigour on Xbox?

Hellblade 2 is 30fps on Xbox, according to new report

Surprise! A New Listing For Hollow Knight: Silksong Has Appeared Online

Morning Consolidation

#Steam
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Last Epoch developers would appreciate it if you’d stop committing forgery, please

2D monochrome adventure Skaramazuzu has Hollow Knight’s adorable melancholy

New Palworld update adds the first Raid Boss Bellanoir and a bunch of items and fixes

The best WW2 games on PC 2024

This free multiplayer FPS looks like Minecraft with guns

Roblox Studio boss: children making money on the platform isn't exploitation, it's a gift

Disgaea 7 Complete Version Includes All DLC, Return of Asagi

New Palworld Patch Notes Mention Bellanoir Raid, Training Manuals

Pineapple: a Bittersweet Revenge challenges you to solve your problems, with pineapples

How to stop Buckshot Roulette from opening to a black screen

Palia is Celebrating its Launch on Steam With New Twitch Drops Campaign

Astral Throne Demo

Forty-Niner will launch on PC via Steam Early Access in early 2025

Co-op Card Roguelike “Azoove” enters Steam Early Access

Class of Heroes 1 & 2 Complete Edition Is Inbound

The First Descendant Team Dives into UI Improvements Following Initial 3 out of 5 Steam Beta Feedback

#Palworld
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Palworld’s First Raid Boss Is Now Available In Latest Patch

Palworld patch adds first Raid boss Bellanoir

Palworld Update 0.2.0.6 Brings Bellanoir Raid Boss and Much More

Palworld summons a raid boss and adds new items, Craftopia introduces a gathering drone

New Palworld Update Includes First Raid Boss, Pal And Base Changes, And More

#TV
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Roku’s New HDMI Tech Could Show Ads When You Pause Your Game

DC Studios subverts expectations by not landing a female director for Supergirl, but the pick is cool regardless

Drew Goddard is great, but his Matrix needs to be special to avoid being exactly what Resurrections warned against

Among Us TV Show Rounds Out Cast With Star Wars, Seinfeld, And Ratatouille Actors

The Crush House is a saucy 90s reality TV show simulator from the developers of Reigns

Cult of the Lamb publisher’s new game is The Sims in reality TV hell

Netflix's The Witcher series adds Seinfeld, Conan star

PSVR2 Hit C-Smash VRS Gets Squashed Flat with New Dimension Update on PS5

Devolver Digital’s The Crush House Wants You to Make the Ultimate 90s Reality Show

#Helldivers2
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Helldivers 2’s Next Premium Warbond Is Democratic Detonation, Adds New Weapons, Capes, and More

Some Helldivers 2 Players Are Threatening to Teamkill Anyone Who Wears the New Malevelon Creek Cape — but the Community Is Fighting Back

Helldivers 2 Democratic Detonation Premium Warbond Airdrops Next Week

Helldivers 2 is getting even more guns next week, including a grenade pistol and explosive crossbow

Helldivers Dev Marks 'Malevelon Creek Memorial Day', Issues Commemorative Capes

Helldivers 2 Cloaked Ships Seemingly Fuel New Faction Rumors as Fresh Update Arrives

Helldivers 2 New Democratic Detonation Warbond Arrives Soon

#Roblox
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Roblox Boss: We Aren't Exploiting Child Labor, We're Giving Kids In ‘The Slum’ A Job

Roblox Senior Engineer: Play-to-Earn Isn't Child Labor, It's a Gift

Roblox Studio head: 'you can say, okay, we are exploiting child labour'...

Roblox's new AI creator tools conjure all the wonder and scepticism of a magic show

Roblox is 'the biggest gift' to teen devs, not exploitation, says studio head

Aura RNG Codes – Grab Some Free Potions!

Evening Legal Briefs

60% of All Playtime Went to Games Six Years Old or Older in 2023

#Japanese
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These Legend Of Zelda Metal Puzzles Are Probably More Confusing Than The Water Temple

6 Horror Movie Prequels That Don't Suck

Uniqlo Reveals New Line Of T-Shirts Inspired By The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom

Suspect behind Nintendo Live Tokyo cancellation death threats arrested in Japan

Best Games Like Rise of the Ronin

Preview: Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes Offers Classic JRPG Vibes

Calliope Mori Free Birthday Concert and Merchandise Appear

Japanese Voice Actor Yuichiro Umehara Is Already Married

Caravan Stories Switch Version Will Shut Down in June 2024

Identity V welcomes the return of Junji Ito Collection in latest crossover event

Famitsu sales (3/25/24 – 3/31/24)

Japanese Charts: Princess Peach: Showtime Wears The Crown Once Again

Nintendo Reveals New Details For Endless Ocean Luminous

Japan: Princess Peach Showtime! continues to reign supreme

#RPG
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Flint: Treasure of Oblivion First-Look Preview: Bringing the Pirate Life to a Tactical RPG

Goblin Stone is an XCOM-like with card combat, colony building and goblin breeding

Flint: Treasure Of Oblivion Is A Turn-Based Tactical RPG Set In A World Of Piracy

‘The Elder Scrolls Online’ Joins GeForce NOW for Game’s 10th Anniversary

Best AFK Journey team comps for each mode

Warhammer 40K Rogue Trader now has Steam Workshop support

Baldur’s Gate 3 meets Assassin’s Creed Black Flag in new pirate RPG

Diablo 4 Season 4 Could Boast the Game's Biggest Improvements So Far

Stellar Blade Director Recommends Players Wear Clothes, Where Possible

Stellar Blade Developer Shift Up Is Making a New Next-Gen Action-RPG

Cloudborn Demo takes GDC by Storm with Many Wowed by Gameplay

Unicorn Overlord developers have no plans for DLC

Tarisland Shows Off The Bow-Wielding Ranger In Its Latest Class Preview Trailer

#NintendoSwitch
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Hatsune Miku DLC Launches for Crypt of the NecroDancer

Headbangers Rhythm Royale Season Three Out Now

US: Nintendo Download for 4th April, 2024

Tengoku Struggle -Strayside- Available now on Nintendo Switch!

Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge Leaps onto Nintendo Switch This Year

#Vlambeer
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Nuclear Throne developer Vlambeer returns, now solely owned by co-founder Jan Willem Nijman

Nuclear Throne studio Vlambeer details future as Rami Ismail sells shares

Rami Ismail sells remaining shares of Vlambeer

Legendary Indie Outfit Vlambeer Returns Without Co-founder Rami Ismail

#PlayStation5
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Stellar Blade Won't Have Microtransactions, Says Dev

Stellar Blade Director Reveals New Game Plus Mode, Says No Microtransactions With One Exception

Dreamcast revival C-Smash VRS is getting a non-VR release on PS5

Next FFVII Rebirth Patch Will Fix Chapter 12 Quest

Deceit 2 Now Available on PlayStation 5

Review – Felix the Cat (PlayStation5)

#BaldursGate3
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Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix should stop an intellect devourer cheekily messing up your quick breaks

Best Bard subclasses in Baldur’s Gate 3, ranked (BG3)

#SteamDeck
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The best Steam Deck cases

This criminally overlooked golf game just got a huge update, including a new career mode

Battlefield V now broken on Steam Deck / Linux with EA anticheat live

#NinjaTheory
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Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Locked To 30 FPS On Xbox Series X/S, According To VFX Director

Hellblade 2 Studio Ninja Theory Has Apparently Lost One of Its Founders

Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has left the Xbox studio

Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2’s Combat is Fully Motion Captured, 1v1 Only

Ninja Theory Co-Founder, Hellblade Director Tameem Antoniades No Longer At Studio

#Fallout76
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Fallout 76 one of 12 games included with Prime Gaming subscriptions in April

Fallout 76 reruns the Mothman event and offers a level 20 loadout guide

#AI
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Blizzard’s John Hight on using AI to support World of Warcraft’s artists, not replace them

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#NintendoDownload
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Nintendo Download – April 4, 2024 (Europe)

Nintendo Download – April 4, 2024 (North America)

Nintendo Download: 4th April (North America)

#StellarBlade
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Stellar Blade Director Says No Microtransactions Outside of Potential Crossover Collaborations

Pepper Grinder, Open Roads Review, And Stellar Blade Demo | GI Show

Free Skins and New Game+ for Stellar Blade After PS5 Launch

Stellar Blade Currently the Most Pre-ordered Game on PlayStation Store