The Australian Government’s eSafety office has formally asked Roblox, Microsoft, Epic, and Valve to specifically outline how their systems are preventing child grooming and the spread of extremism. The eSafety office is an independent agency that was initially established in 2015 to combat youth cyberbullying and the online distribution of child sexual abuse material, but its role has since…
Crimson Desert Gets Its Biggest Patch Yet, Adds Difficulty Settings, Much-Needed Storage Improvements, and Even Birds as Pets
April 24, 2026
Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has released update 1.04.00, which makes significant improvements to the game. Chief among them is the addition of difficulty settings, new storage improvements, new pets, keyboard/mouse and controller preset options, new category tabs…
Not all cards are meant to be played with. If you’re into collectibles already or just starting to collect trading cards, you may have a big enough collection that warrants some extra care or bulk storage. Some of your cards may even have significant value or will continue…
Marathon Changes Announced
April 23, 2026
Marathon has doubled the amount of Depleted Patch Kits (meds) and Depleted Shield Charges (armor) consumables players can carry in a single inventory slot as Bungie fights to make its extraction shooter less punishing for newbies.
Update 1.0.6.1, which is now live, addresses several QoL issues that may seem insignificant on paper, but actually make a big difference on the battlefield. For…
Let’s get this out of the way: If it wasn’t already painfully obvious from the trailers thus far, Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is not the next ultra-ambitious first-party Nintendo game meant to capture any and all demographics, from grade-schoolers to grandmas in the…
Pokémon Doubles Down on Decision to Penalize Pro Player
April 23, 2026
A Pokémon pro who saw his tournament win taken away from him in controversial circumstances will not be getting an official reprieve.That’s according to a new, official ruling handed down by Play! Pokémon, the team within The Pokémon Company that handles competitive…
Scrapped The Super Mario Bros. Movie Ending Revealed
April 22, 2026
Nintendo originally planned to include more cameos in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, including a character from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
Freshly-discovered storyboards from the development of Nintendo’s 2023 blockbuster show how an earlier version of its Peach and Bowser wedding sequence would have unfolded — with even more guests than seen in the final film.
Visiting dignitaries…
Crimson Desert Kliff Motion Capture Actor Comments
April 22, 2026
Most who have played Crimson Desert will be aware of the discussion around main character Kliff and his lack of personality. The gruff Greymane is a man of few words; ‘Alright,’ which he responds with to even the most dramatic of lines of dialogue from other characters…
(UPDATE) Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2 Steelbook Confirmed as Preorder Bonus for Select Regions
April 22, 2026
UPDATE: Konami has confirmed to IGN that the Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 Steelbook Case will be a preorder bonus only. It is also not a UK exclusive, but only available in “select regions”.
Konami has shared the following European countries where…
A major plot point that could play into The Last of Us: Part 3 has been revealed by a former Naughty Dog developer.
Speaking via the podcast KiwiTalkz, ex-Naughty Dog lighting artist Gabriel Betancourt has discussed a surprising conversation he once had with franchise creator Neil Druckmann — who revealed that main character Ellie was just one of a “congregation” of people with…
