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Following Hades 2's appearance in last week's Switch 2 Direct showcase, developer Supergiant Games has confirmed the roguelike sequel will launch for the platform - as well as the original Switch - as a timed console exclusive.

Razer laptops are now among the latest collateral damage of President Donald Trump's tariffs. Days after Nintendo paused Switch 2 pre-orders, The Verge reported that Razer has paused direct sales of devices like the Blade 16 gaming laptop in the US. The Blade 16's product page, which recently included a pre-order link, now only offers a measly "Notify me" button. In addition, its configurator page, which allowed you to choose a graphics card, processor and other specs as recently as a few days a...

The crowdfunding campaign for the Helldivers 2 Board Game went live on Gamefound. It was fully funded 12 minutes after going live.

Folks aren't playing battle royales as much as they used to.

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Diablo 4 is coming up to its second anniversary but it still has a good bit of gas in the tank. Earlier today Blizzard shared its roadmap for the game across the rest of the year, though obviously we're a quarter of the way through that already. The game is currently in its seventh season, with its eighth, Belial's Return, starting sometime this month. This one, unsurprisingly, adds Belial, Lord of Lies as a boss, alongside a couple of bosses from Vessel of Hatred as "part of the updated Lair Bo...

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The US Department of Justice has disbanded its unit focused on prosecuting cryptocurrency scams. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the end of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team in a memo sent on Monday, Reuters reported. When the NCET launched, its focus was prosecuting cryptocurrency used in money laundering, fraud and theft. In recent years, the Department of Justice secured several high-profile wins in cases involving Binance, Tornado Cash and Bitfinex. However, the dis...

If you've been waiting for the right time to try Apple TV+, now may be your best shot. You can snag three months of access to one of our favorite streaming services for only $9. Apple TV+ includes highly rated original series like Ted Lasso, Severance, Slow Horses, For All Mankind, Foundation and Silo, alongside new arrivals The Studio and Dope Thief. Apple's films include the 2022 Best Picture winner CODA, as well as Blitz, Killers of the Flower Moon and Tetris. Apple's shows won 10 Emmy Awards...

Don Mattrick's infamous quote resurfaces. The Nintendo Switch 2 pricing reveal hasn't exactly gone down well, and with the economic instability at the moment, many consumers are frustrated at the price and lack of communication. But as interviews with Nintendo of America reps were published yesterday, one of Doug Bowser's comments in particular has stuck — and not in a good way. The president of Nintendo of America spoke to CBC about the negative reaction to the price of the console. As Bowser h...

Assassin’s Creed Shadows players will spend dozens of hours traversing the sprawling provinces of central Japan, and now they’ll be able to turn off their brain just a little bit during those long treks through the rolling hills of the countryside, thanks to a feature introduced — or should we say, reintroduced to the franchise...

U.S. President Donald Trump "absolutely" believes that Apple could manufacture its iPhones and other devices in the United States, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said today during a media briefing. Leavitt was asked whether Trump thought that iPhone manufacturing is the kind of technology that could move to the U.S. "Absolutely, he believes we have the labor, we have the workforce, we have the resources to do it," she replied, also referencing the $500 billion investment in the U.S. that Apple...

It's another week, and with that comes word of the next Civilization 7 update. The patch isn't ready quite yet, but in a new update check-in post, Firaxis shared that the game's next update is coming April 22nd, just a couple of weeks away. There's a few big changes coming too, so how about we just jump right in. First up is a change to resources. There'll be ten new resources coming to the game, all of which will get their own new narrative events for starters.

Firaxis has just revealed what’s on the way in the next Civilization 7 update, and it’ll likely go down as the strategy game’s best patch yet. Directly tackling some of players’ biggest frustrations, it’ll give you the option to keep playing beyond the end of the Modern Age and introduces the Team Multiplayer mode from previous Civ games.

Before you can recharge that new Tranq Gun, you'll need a source of power.

Fans of murderous clicking aliens have a lot to look forward to this year, with not one, but two different Predator titles debuting in 2025. Both projects are being helmed by Dan Trachtenberg, who proved his Predator chops directing the excellent Prey, and is now providing a compelling new chapter for the franchise. First up is Predator: Killer of Killers, an animated miniseries that will arrive on Hulu on June 6. That anthology dropped a first look trailer today and it's a taste of classic Pred...

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"Videos featuring Balatro gameplay should not be age-restricted."

Valve once had us spending a lot more time exploring the waterways of City 17.

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Disney Lorcana, the charming trading card game, has banned its first cards from competitive play. Sapphire decks will be a little less powerful without Hiram Flaversham, Toymaker and the item Fortisphere, which are no longer legal to play in core constructed formats. They will, of course, remain available for other formats and in casual play....

Amid speculation Nintendo might be considering a Switch 2 price hike following last week's announcement of significant US trade tariffs, one analysis firm has told Eurogamer it expects the company to stick with its previously announced $450 launch price in the US - as it predicts Switch 2 will become the fastest-selling console ever.

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By the beard of Zeus! Nintendo's latest entry in its Switch 2 'Creator's Voice' series is with the good folk over at Supergiant Games for a deep dive on Hades II. Alongside an extended look at the game itself, the new video also contains a neat tidbit for us Nintendo fans: Hades II will launch on Switch and Switch 2 before other consoles. We still don't have a precise release date for the roguelike sequel just yet, though the above video specifies that it will be "Launching first for consoles on...

Amazon’s autonomous vehicle company Zoox has begun testing its robotaxis in Los Angeles. It has deployed a small fleet of retrofitted test vehicles throughout the city for the purposes of mapping and data-collection. They won’t be available for public rides just yet. Lidar, camera, action! LA, we're coming your way. Our test fleet is expanding to the Los Angeles metro area. Give us a wave if you see us around. 🎥🌇🌴Learn more: https://t.co/cLNuc1LuAt. pic.twitter.com/VgwZc8U6oJ— Zoox (@zoox) April...

As if Canada didn’t have enough reasons to hate Donald Trump, the reality-TV-star-turned-politician’s excessive tariffs will delay Switch 2 pre-orders not only in the United States but in the Great White North as well. CBC Radio senior writer Jonathan Ore was told by Nintendo of Canada on Tuesday that Canadians will also have to sit...

Say “Predator period piece” three times fast — or say it slow, because that’s what Predator: Killer of Killers is. A three-episode animated miniseries from the director of Prey, featuring Predator attacks in three different periods of humanity’s past. A newly released trailer for the show has all the gore, ominous de-cloaking, and weird clicking...

At least one analyst expects the price of Nintendo Switch 2 to increase in response to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Research firm DFC Intelligence said Monday that it’s “modeling a 20% price increase over the next two years” for Switch 2, which could put the base price of the next-gen console as high as...

You know, I'm going to be very real with you right now: I thought Sonic Rumble was already out. It feels like I've been hearing about this thing for an eon now, probably because it was leaked a good while before Sega even officially revealed it. And yet here we are, with an announcement from the house of hog (sorry) saying that in actual fact, it's not out until May 8th, exactly a month from now! Perhaps this is a sign that I'm losing track of time, perhaps this is a game that Sega has been cook...

After a three-year break, Netflix’s adult animated sci-fi anthology series, Love, Death & Robots, returns! A first, very M-rated trailer shows off some of the new shorts, which include dinosaurs, incredibly fluffy cats, giant babies, flashers at a concert, and a whole lot of explosions. All very intriguing concepts, but we’re specifically on the look...

For Diablo 4 players, the news that there wouldn’t be a new expansion this year was a pretty tough pill to swallow. However, with the reveal of its roadmap for 2025 and beyond, Blizzard may have just sweetened the deal. Confirming the themes of the RPG’s next three seasons and some of the major content they contain, it also teases that the heavily requested leaderboards feature will be arriving - albeit not until next year.

And there was much rejoicing.

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What a difference a Direct makes. It's been a busy week for Nintendo and its fans, that's for sure. With Switch 1 in a definite 'wind-down' mode over the past few months — though still delivering goods like Xenoblade Chronicles X, to be fair! — last week's Switch 2 Direct brought new goods, new faces, but also new questions. In fact, it's the lack of clarity around some aspects which has left us feeling a tad more confused than we should about things like game-key cards and NS2 Edition upgrades....

For the first time since Diablo 4 was released, Blizzard is giving us a look at what’s going on with it months in advance. Not only has it detailed the permanent additions to the game coming this year, it also has revealed the season themes leading up to the launch of its second expansion in...