Video Game News 4/2/2026

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

SHIFT UP Acquires Shinji Mikami Studio UNBOUND

Shift Up Acquires Shinji Mikami’s Unbound Studio

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

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

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

Stellar Blade developer SHIFT UP partners with Shinji Mikami’s new studio to release a new creative character action game

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

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

Resident Evil creator's new studio teases first game

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

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

#CrimsonDesert
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Crimson Desert Has Generated Over $200 Million in Revenue Since Launch – Rumor

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

Crimson Desert’s Epic Comeback: 250K Players and a Rating Resurrection

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

Crimson Desert Has Passed 4 Million Copies Sold

Has Crimson Desert Impacted Interest In Black Desert Online At All?

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

'Contradiction' quest walkthrough in Crimson Desert

How to get the Fallen Kingdom armor in Crimson Desert

Billy the pickpocket is the unluckiest man in Crimson Desert

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

Crimson Desert Estimated to Have Made Over $200 Million Already — and PS5 Is a Big Contributor

Crimson Desert Sales Pass 4m in Less Than Two Weeks

#PlaystationPlus
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April’s PlayStation Plus ‘free’ Essential monthly games have been confirmed

Lords of the Fallen, Tomb Raider 1-3 Remastered, and More Coming to PS Plus Essential on April 7

PS Plus Essential April Free Games Bring Bad News for PS4 Owners

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for April: Lords of the Fallen, Tomb Raider I-III Remastered, Sword Art Online Fractured Daydream

PS Plus Essential Games for April 2026 Announced

Here Are Your Free PlayStation Plus Essential Monthly Games For April, 2026

Here are our PS Plus monthly games for April

PlayStation Plus Free Games For April 2026 Revealed

Sony Confirms PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for April 2026

PS Plus Subscribers Get Five PS5 Games This Month, Including A Lot Of Tomb Raider

#SummonCharacterToFightPat
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US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle

Nintendo's legal fight with Palworld suffers a reversal as the USPTO reject their patent on character-summoning battle mechanics

Nintendo's 'Summon Character To Fight' Patent Rejected By US Patent Office

USPTO has rejected Nintendo’s summon character and let it fight Pokemon patent

US Patent Office revokes Nintendo's controversial Pokémon battling patent in nonfinal decision

USPTO Rejects Nintendo's Controversial 'Summon Character and Let It Fight' Pokémon Patent in Non-Final Ruling, as Palworld Legal Battle Rumbles On

Nintendo Loses Yet Another Battle In Its Pokémon Patent Trolling

#HereAreTheBestGamingGags
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Celebrate April Fools' Day 2026 Across the MMO Landscape

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

The best April Fools' Day 2026 jokes from gaming companies

April Fools’ Day 2026: All of This Year's Best Video Game Jokes

April Fools' Day 2026 Gaming Roundup

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

#MagicOldenEra
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Heroes of Might and Magic Olden Era will finally enter early access on April 30, 2026

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

Hereos of Might and Magic: Older Era release date revealed for Early Access testing

New Heroes of Might and Magic Game Set for Real Release in April

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Release Date Revealed

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

Guide: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: Is There A Post-Credits Scene?

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

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

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

The Incredible And Unlikely Story Of How Glen Powell Became Fox In The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Is Either A Triumph Or A Trainwreck, Depending On Who You Ask

Shigeru Miyamoto Shuts Down Smash Bros. Movie

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

Shigeru Miyamoto Says Nintendo Had a 'Vague Idea' of Peach and Rosalina's Relationship in Super Mario Galaxy, to Which the Movie Finally Gives 'Some Meat'

Everything You Need To Know About Super Mario Galaxy’s Post-Credits Scenes

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

#GoingOffTheDeepEndWithIng
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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'

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

"We know we had, without doubt, the worst launch in history" admits MindsEye boss as he says studio will share "evidence of sabotage" in-game

#ColdSymmetry
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Mortal Shell 2 Showcases Three Shells, Brutal Combat and Open World in New Gameplay Reveal

First Look at Mortal Shell 2 Gameplay, Launching In 2026

We Hope You're Not Sick of Soulslikes, Because Mortal Shell 2 Just Got a Massive Gameplay Trailer

Mortal Shell 2 Gameplay Debut Introduces Three New Ways To Survive The Nightmare

#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

Every Ability The Pokémon Legends: Z-A Mega Evolutions Have In Champions

#Love
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3 Resident Evil Games Now Less Than $5 on PS Store

After Resident Evil Requiem's massive success, director Zach Cregger jokes fans may "crucify" him if his movie reboot fails to crack the Resi code

Resident Evil fans have adopted a Love & Deepspace character as the son of Leon S. Kennedy and one of his potential spouses

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

Content Warning Goes Viral On Xbox And Play Anywhere

Content Warning Console Versions Shadowdrop

#AprilFoolsSurpriseIsReal
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Pokemon Pokopia April Fools’ Day Adds Inflatable Sudowoodo

Pokemon Home will have Pokemon Legends Z-A support tomorrow

Pokemon Go's April Fool's Surprise Is Real, And Fans Are Loving It

#AssessorMatrix
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ARC Raiders Production Director Asserts That “Players Shouldn’t Feel Safe”

Arc Raiders patch protects your precious custom loadouts by lowering the odds of spawning late in a server full of freeloaders

How to get the Assessor Matrix in ARC Raiders

How to complete Clamoring for Attention in ARC Raiders

How to complete Dust on the Wires in ARC Raiders

Arc Raiders blueprint list - updated for Flashpoint

If you're sick of spawning in midway through an Arc Raiders game, Flashpoint's made it easier to get into fresh lobbies

How to get the Canto blueprint in Arc Raiders

How to get Arc Flex Rubber in Arc Raiders

How to get Assessor Matrix in Arc Raiders

How to complete Fragmented Logs in Arc Raiders

#GamesAndGrandOpenings
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Hello Kitty Island Adventure introduces Games and Grand Openings on Apple Arcade

Hello Kitty Island Adventure Games and Grand Openings Update Now Available on Apple Arcade

#Playstation5
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Starfield Gets One More Free Lanes Overview Ahead of the Update’s Release

Bethesda Shares Starfield Free Lanes Deep Dive, Included in PS5 Version

#AlbionOnline
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Albion Online | Armory, 1v1 Arena, and More

Albion Online Celebrates Spring By Offering Players A Cute Bunny Mount

#Rpg
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Upcoming RPG by Acclaimed Dev PS5 Console Exclusive for Now

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

#Shaq
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NBA 2K26 Season 6 Details Revealed - Launches April 3

NBA 2K26 Season 6 - Everything You Need To Know

#BasesLoadedIsBack
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Bases Loaded Is Back (Sort Of) With Hololive-Inspired holoBase

McDonald's KPop Demon Hunters ad reunites Rumi and Jinu, sort of

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

The Hero's Edition of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - Secrets of the Zonai Launches on Amazon at a Discount

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

Mario Galaxy Movie Retail Pre-Orders Go Live, Including Steelbook & 'Tin Egg' Edition

#TheFirstBerserker
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The First Berserker: Khazan Celebrates 1st Anniversary With In-Game Armour

The First Berserker: Khazan Adds Immortal Fury Set to Celebrate Anniversary

#TheSakuraWarsSeries
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Classic SEGA Series Sakura Wars Turns 30 This Year, Sparking Hope for a New Game

Sakura Wars 30th Anniversary Celebration and Merchandise Confirmed

#ProjektRedPutsImpressiveE
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CD Projekt Red Puts Impressive Effort into Witcher 3 April Fools Joke

CD Projekt Red April Fools Joke Goes Viral Online