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XChat is now on the App Store, where its listing says that it’s expected to be available for download on April 17. This isn’t the same IRC app from the early aughts, which you may remember if you’re of a certain age. This is a messaging app specifically for X users. X chief Elon Musk first talked about rolling out a new version of his social network’s direct messaging feature in mid-2025. In a series of posts back then, he said the new version would be encrypted and would feature a “whole new ar...

From books and boardgames to plushies, there's plenty of adorable Stardew Valley inspired merch out there to enjoy

New Crimson Desert patch notes add new Oongka and Damiane skills, update teleports for easier use, and bring back the focus dodge flight.

The director, writer, and stars of 2026's Faces of Death slasher break down its gory ending

Welcome to our latest roundup of what's going on in the indie game space. As always, we're here to tell you about a bunch of new games you can play this weekend, as well as several upcoming titles.  The latest edition of the Triple-i Initiative showcase was packed with cool stuff, including a first peek at the fascinating next game from 1000xResist developer Sunset Visitor, word of a Don't Starve follow-up, a release date for stealth title Thick as Thieves and an announcement of when pirate surv...

Half-Life: Lemmings lets you save the trapped employees of the Black Mesa: Facility.

Take a look at our guide to redeem All Star Tower Defense codes for free in-game items like Stardust and Gems to help protect your bases.

Boss of Nomion Games Dmitri Ogorodnikov tells PCGamesN how its upcoming FPS, Rush is Real, seeks to avoid being “just another shooter.”

A rare herb atop a mountain range is Coco's only hope to become a formal apprentice in Witch Hat Atelier.

Fight night. The weekend is finally upon us, so it's time for another edition of What Are You Playing! We thought that things might slow down a little after last week's Galaxy Movie extravaganza, but nooo. We got a new Pokémon game in the shape of Pokémon Champions (complete with bugs and unusual resolution quirks), a trio of new titles arrived on Nintendo Switch Online's NES library, and Nintendo finally lifted the lid on Rhythm Heaven Groove's Switch release date.

A rare discount drops the price of Starfield’s latest DLC and if you’re planning to jump in, it might be worth moving fast.

"Finish first by any means necessary". If you enjoy golf video games but would like them to be a bit more chaotic, Super Battle Golf by Brimstone Games might be worth checking out when it launches for the Switch 2 and multiple other consoles. It will hit the green in "Summer 2026" and offers up 1-8 player online multiplayer action, where everyone plays at the same time as they "swing, shoot, sabotage, and finish first by any means necessary" in this "free-for-all rush" to the hole.

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Kelsey battles a terrifying enemy in real-life letting agents; Marie breaks her personal Jack and Daxter best - bravo!; and Bertie decides to do something he never thought he'd do and focus.

Here's what the critics think. The new "free-to-start" battle game Pokémon Champions launched for the Switch this week and critics have now had their say. Starting with our own review here on Nintendo Life, we said this new title was the most accessible but flawed competitive Pokémon has ever been, awarding it five out of ten stars:

The Orion capsule carrying the Artemis II astronauts has successfully splashed down off the coast of San Diego at 8:07PM Eastern time on April 10. It signals the conclusion of Artemis II’s 10-day journey around the moon, which is meant to be a test flight for a future mission that would bring humanity back to the lunar surface. The Orion crew module carrying the mission’s astronauts separated from the service module at 7:33 PM. While the service module was designed to burn up in the Earth’s atmo...

Including standard and Immortal Editions. In case you missed it, Ubisoft's 2D roguelite The Rogue Prince of Persia gets a physical release on Switch 1 and 2 this week. The standard edition is available for $34.99 USD (or your regional equivalent) and the Immortal Edition (including a copy of the game, SteelBook, a poster and three lithography prints) will set you back $49.99 USD. As previously confirmed, the Switch 2 release is a Game-key Card.

Sick! The Federal Aviation Administration is targeting gamers in its most recent job advertisement for air traffic controllers. The administration's annual hiring window opens at 12AM ET on April 17, and considering the ongoing shortage of air traffic controllers, it's calling this a period of "supercharged hiring." Rad! The FAA's YouTube video draws parallels between gaming and directing air traffic, and notes that the average salary for the role after three years is $155,000. Hella! The FAA is...

Glacier was not hot stuff.

Win the blacksmith's heart.

Capturing half of the games industry's consumer sales growth apparently wasn't enough.

"It's not a game," transportation secretary Sean Duffy says: "Its [sic] a career!"

Besides a wealth of Fortnite skins based on Disney IP, it hasn't really been clear what the entertainment company has gotten in return for its $1.5 billion investment in Epic from 2024. That could change this November, Bloomberg reports, when Epic releases a Disney-themed extraction shooter. The game is one of three Disney projects the publisher is currently working on, and is reportedly expected to be Epic's comeback after the company laid off 1,000 employees in March due to a "downturn in Fort...

Hines, Bethesda's former vice president of marketing and PR, left Bethesda in 2023, three years after it was acquired by Microsoft.

Rumors about Apple's first foldable iPhone are picking up now that the device has entered a new testing stage that precedes mass production. If you've been having trouble keeping up with what's new, we've recapped the latest iPhone Fold rumors that have come out over the last few weeks. Naming One rumor claims Apple will call its foldable iPhone the "iPhone Ultra," which doesn't seem out of the question. We've been referring to it as the ‌iPhone Fold‌ during the rumor cycle, but it's unlikely Ap...

A 20-year-old man was arrested by the San Francisco Police Department after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's house, The New York Times reports. In a statement shared on X, SFPD wrote that it responded to a request for a fire investigation in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco around 7:12 AM ET / 4:12AM PT. "At the scene, officers learned that an unknown male subject threw an incendiary destructive device at a home, causing a fire at an exterior gate." A...

Packing an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, this is an ideally-balanced high-end gaming PC that's competitively priced.

The Yeti rampages on VOD, Outcome lands on Apple TV, Sirât arrives on Hulu, and more

Disney and Epic Games are reportedly working on 3 games, including an Arc Raiders competitor featuring Disney characters.

Get clued up with the Overwatch ranks system to learn how the skill tiers, ranked rewards, and more all work in 2026.

Fantasy Flight Games has announced it is discontinuing Descent: Legends of the Dark due to rising production costs.

The best way to get people to play a character is to show them how cool that character is. Enter Marisha Ray's Murray Mag'nesson from Critical Role.

As child social media bans spread across Europe and beyond, Estonia isn't having it. On Friday, the country's education minister said the bans won't "actually solve problems," while warning that the kids will find a way regardless. Although companies like Meta would love for you to believe it’s a fairy tale, social media addiction is associated with tangible negative repercussions for children. Studies show that its harms range from depression and anxiety to sleep deprivation and obesity. (The l...

Despite retiring 3 years ago, Pete Hines remains one of the studio's staunchest defenders.

The new random map option could save you, but we all know it's just going to be King's Row.

A suspect was arrested after the early morning incident, which caused minor damage and no injuries.