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'We Actually Didn't Nerf Tracer's Butt' — 10 Years On, Former Overwatch Boss is Still Being Asked About That Pose Change

April 13, 2026

It’s 2026, and Jeff Kaplan, the former boss of Blizzard hero shooter Overwatch, is still being asked about a supposed “nerf” to Tracer’s butt. Cast your minds back to the simpler times of 2016, when the world was quieter and greener, and Overwatch was still in beta. Amid a frenzy of excitement for Blizzard’s next big franchise, one big controversy stood out that…

Arc Raiders Has Proven That Extraction Shooters Have ‘Huge Potential,’ PUBG Boss Says — and That’s Why Black Budget Exists

April 10, 2026

Ever since PUBG pioneered the genre and the subsequent rise of Fortnite, battle royale has been the dominant shooter mode of choice online. But now, the emergence of the extraction shooter as a mainstream concern, namely the popularity of Arc Raiders, threatens to take that…

Halloween Cuts Deeper Than Other 4v1 Games | IGN Preview

April 10, 2026

The first thing I did in Halloween was pick up a pickaxe. I thought it might give me a fighting chance against him. I was right. A couple minutes later, I ran into Michael Myers, the Shape himself. The fight that followed that quick: his knife against my pickaxe. I knocked…

Replaced, Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era, The Secret Life of Goldman, 2 Other Developers Unite to Form 'Nova Assembly' Co-op

April 10, 2026

Five independent game studios – including the developers of the upcoming Replaced and the team behind the upcoming Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era – have joined forces in a sort-of co-op in order to support each other with development and marketing, with an aim to eventually create their own co-owned publishing label. Sad Cat Studios (Replaced), Unfrozen (Heroes of Might & Magic…

'This Really Feels Like a Beta Test' — Fans Criticize Free-to-Play Pokémon Champions, With Complaints Over Missing Features, Switch 2 Performance Issues and Its Limited Roster

April 9, 2026

Pokémon Champions is getting a mixed response from fans, who have criticized the newly-launched free-to-play game for its lack of features, performance issues and limited roster of creatures. Available now on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, Pokémon Champions is pitched as…

Elden Ring Dataminer Uncovers Unused Cutscene That May Shed New Light on the Lore

April 9, 2026

A dataminer has uncovered what they believe is a pivotal but unused cutscene hidden in Elden Ring’s files — and it could shed new light on the game’s lore. Lance McDonald, a content creator and dataminer famed for his behind-the-scenes work on the likes of…

A Decade on, Plants vs Zombies 3 Has Now Soft Launched For at Least the Third Time

April 9, 2026

Plants vs Zombies 3 has been soft launched yet again in certain countries around the world, as part of the troubled threequel’s latest attempt to take root. This is at least the third time that developer PopCap has attempted to release a game titled Plants vs Zombies 3 — with this latest iteration focused on new gameplay that allows players to merge different plant species. It also arrives…

'Dad, This Makes Me Want to Play KSP!' — 11-Year-Old Kerbal Space Program Gets Player Boost Amid Artemis II's Mission to the Moon

April 8, 2026

Space simulator Kerbal Space Program has seen a resurgence as players celebrate the launch of the world’s first manned mission to the Moon, Artemis II, in decades. The Artemis II crew are heading home after travelling further from Earth than anyone before, with a…

'This Is What Nostalgia Feels Like' — Cyberpunk 2077 Mod Adds a VHS Aesthetic and Somehow Makes the Game Look Even More Realistic

April 8, 2026

Cyberpunk 2077 may be approaching its sixth birthday and CD Projekt itself has ruled out further content, but modders are very much keeping the game alive — and this latest effort hit me right in my 80s fan feels. TapePunk, from Tulired, emulates a VHS aesthetic that…

'No Zombie Deer' — State of Decay 3 2020 Announcement Trailer Was 'A Concept,' Dev Says, Made at a Time When the Game Was Only 'In a Word Document'

April 8, 2026

State of Decay 3 was announced back in 2020 with an eye-catching debut trailer that showed a zombie deer eating the remains of a wolf. It got fans of the survival series excited that they would not only have to context with your typical zombie menace when the game eventually came out, but zombie animals, too. Unfortunately, State of Decay 3 will launch without zombie animals of any kind, and that…