Hallow Blade is like a first-person Greatest Hits of From Software, offering a sunken interconnected kingdom of forests, crypts and castles | Gaming

The very best game about being thrall to some uppity claymore is surely Nix Umbra, but Hallow Blade has plenty of promise. In this first-person “dark fantasy action adventure”, you…

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Into Games’ IG50 program to support new devs from working-class backgrounds opens again next month | Gaming

Into Games has opened its applications for IG50, the annual program that recognizes “50 of the most talented yet-to-be-hired people in UK games from working-class and low-income backgrounds.” Now in…

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Valve have confirmed the Steam Controller price and release date, though the Steam Machine is still in RAM price purgatory | Gaming

Plans for a simultaneous trio of hardware launches seemingly dashed on the rocks of ongoing RAM shortages, Valve have decided to release the relatively unaffected Steam Controller refresh without Steam…

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Xbox boss warns “memory costs will impact pricing, will impact availability” when it comes to Project Helix | Gaming

Xbox boss Asha Sharma has admitted that the ongoing memory shortage crisis will likely impact the price point of its next hardware iteration. Xbox unveiled early details of its next…

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Origin story: Border agent’s 17,500-comic collection started in dad’s store | News World

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) – A North Country man has amassed a collection of thousands of comic books spanning several decades, turning a room in his home into what he calls…

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Steam Controller review: even without a Steam Machine mate, this is a smartly crafted gamepad that puts PCs first | Gaming

Steam Controller (2026) specs: Connectivity: 2.4GHz wireless, USB-C, Bluetooth Weight: 292g Dimensions: 111x159x57mm Battery life: 35 hours Accessories: Charging puck, charging cable Price: From £85 / $99 / €99 Well,…

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Valve’s Steam Machine might be delayed thanks to the RAM crisis, but its brand-new £85 Steam Controller is going it alone and finally has a release date | Gaming

Six months after Valve tantalisingly unveiled its future hardware plans, one of them has successfully escaped the vortex caused by the mounting RAM crisis. Valve has announced its new Steam…

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Darkness Looks Good on Overwatch Heroes in New Collaboration | Gaming

Summary Overwatch x Hatred’s Reckoning is a deliberate clash of hope and darkness that lets both worlds stay true to themselves. Five new Legendary skins reimagine Overwatch Heroes through Sanctuary’s lenses of Hell and…

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Suspected Trump shooter’s game pulled from sale on Steam after flood of meme reviews | Gaming

As reported by Kotaku, Bohrdom, the game developed by suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter Cole Allen Thomas, has been pulled from sale on Steam. The chemistry/physics simulation game had…

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The droids you’re looking for are busy polishing X-Wings in PowerWash Simulator 2’s Star Wars DLC, due out this summer | Gaming

Right, could you two at least wipe your dusty boots before you come aboard the ship for your big lightsaber fight? Solo, your ship’s engines might work if they weren’t…

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Aphelion’s Audio Team Explains Its Immersive Soundscape | Gaming

Aphelion is out tomorrow, and my colleagues (Kevin England, Sound Designer, and Mathieu Fiorentini, Senior Sound Designer) and I wanted to talk about one of the highlights of the game:…

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Why publishers and investors are increasingly backing user-generated games over conventional ones | Gaming

The runaway success of hit games created on user-generation platforms, chiefly Roblox, is increasingly attracting investment from venture capital and publishers who previously backed PC and console games, says investment…

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Bedrock City Comic Co. to host FREE COMIC BOOK DAY on Saturday, May 2 at six comic book store locations! – The Gilmer Mirror | News World

HOUSTON, 4/23/2026 Bedrock City Comic Co., a chain of six comic book and pop culture stores serving the greater Houston area, is proud to announce its participation in Free Comic…

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This week’s standout PC game is an astronaut epic from Life is Strange and Vampyr creators Don’t Nod, made in partnership with the European Space Agency | Gaming

Happy this week, all! Summer is well and truly afoot in south England, and I’ve marked the occasion by ceremonially pivoting my desk to face the window. This gives me…

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Xbox Confirms Big Factor in Project Helix Launch Timeline | Gaming

Asha Sharma hasn’t been shy when it comes to talking about Project Helix since she took over at Xbox and her latest chat about the upcoming console has confirmed a…

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Pocket console modder shrinks down Game Boy Color into a smart watch, complete with cursed control scheme | Gaming

I turned the Game Boy Color into a WATCH – YouTube Watch On My fate was sealed as soon as my folks gifted me a Game Boy Color and a…

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South Korean prime minister praises Crimson Desert and Pearl Abyss, believes it has opened “new chapter in K-content” | Gaming

Crimson Desert has proven a smash hit since its launch last month, quickly shooting past four million worldwide sales roughly two weeks after its release. It has proven so fruitful…

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Starfield modders fix Terran Armada progress blocker bug that punishes you for visiting one particular space station | Gaming

A quest-breaking bug has been stopping some Starfield players from progressing in the Terran Armada DLC Bethesda released earlier this month, but thankfully there’s a now a mod offering a…

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Xbox Is Kicking Off The Week With Two New Game Pass Additions (April 28-29) | Gaming

We’ll leave you with more details on both of these Xbox Game Pass additions below, and we’ll be back on Thursday to highlight four more games that are arriving on…

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Are Pragmata’s hack-filled shootouts thrilling, or fatiguing? How Capcom’s shooter tackles the age-old challenge of blending action with puzzles | Gaming

Pragmata is the new third-person moonbase shooter from Capcom in which you play Hugh, a gruff spacedad, with a small girl android named Diana riding around on your back….

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Bulletstorm dev People Can Fly acquires Cooldown Games | Gaming

Warsaw-based developer People Can Fly has acquired Cooldown Games for an undisclosed amount. As a result of the acquisition, People Can Fly will establish a publishing vertical within its operating…

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ICv2: ICv2 Comic Store Week 2026 | News World

An ICv2 Release.  ICv2 is launching Comic Store Week, a week of special content focused on the stores that drive the comics business, in the week leading up to Free…

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Xbox Game Officially a Hit on PS5 Selling 5 Million Copies | Gaming

An Xbox game is officially an undeniable hit on PS5 after it’s been confirmed that it has sold over five million copies on the PlayStation console. Considering when the Xbox…

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Gothic Remake is committed to the original’s immersive open world: ‘You don’t have a minimap, we very strictly kept that’ | Gaming

The ghost of Gothic is everywhere. A direct ancestor of Kingdom Come: Deliverance and The Witcher, Gothic was the ultimate eurojank RPG, an ambitious if flawed reminder of a school…

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This retro Windows‑95‑style automation game hits every nostalgia button and might pull you into the genre for good | Gaming

Base-building automation games are becoming quite a popular genre these days, with titles like Satisfactory garnering over 120,000 positive reviews on Steam. I’m personally not familiar with the genre as…

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“Not all machines are twisted mechano-socialists”: Helldivers 2’s latest warbond brings back a mech suit from the original game | Gaming

Helldivers 2‘s latest warbond is set to deliver two new exosuit stratagems, bringing a bit more variety to the robotic getups you can summon to help fight Super Earth’s enemy…

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Steam, Minecraft, Roblox and Fortnite risk “becoming onramps to abuse, extremist violence, radicalisation or lifelong harm”, claim Australian government | Gaming

Update: Roblox and Epic have responded to RPS’ reach-outs about the Australian government’s transparency notices.

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Xbox Game Pass Loses Nearly 10 Free Games On April 30 | Gaming

Xbox Game Pass is losing nearly 10 of the free games available in its catalog on April 30, and players who still want to check them out have only a…

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 celebrates its one-year anniversary with… new haircuts? | Gaming

If, like me, you tossed Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 aside in disgust because protagonist Gustave’s hair wasn’t swirly enough, it may be time to return, thanks to a new…

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Xbox’s new CEO is making changes to Game Pass, exclusivity, even the name | Gaming

Patch Notes is a weekly newsletter bringing you the best of Polygon, sent on Fridays and published on the site on Sundays. You can subscribe here. Asha Sharma is flipping…

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