Gaming

Portal 2: Community Edition is in open beta, with PC Gamer citing map editing improvements, a new lighting engine, and volumetric fog.

SNK opened the Metal Slug 30th Anniversary site on 2026.04.19 with a special trailer, series reboot language, and new gaming projects.

Windrose hit 1,000,000 copies and over 200,000 concurrent players on Apr. 19, six days after launch, according to its Steam news post.

The Witcher account said on Apr. 17 that Alexander Morton, the voice of Zoltan Chivay in The Witcher 2 and The Witcher 3, has died.

No Man's Sky won Evolving Game at the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards, beating Fallout 76, Helldivers 2, Hitman World of Assassination, Vampire Survivors, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.

Turtle WoW says its final day of operation is May 14, 2026, with servers going offline at 12:00 AM on May 15 after nearly 8 years online.

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter launches worldwide on Sep. 17, 2026 for PS5, Switch, Switch 2, and PC via Steam; Japan console pre-orders include a download code for the original game.

Slay the Spire 2 Major Update #1/v0.103.2 hit the main Steam branch on Apr. 17; Kotaku counted 3,609 negative reviews in 12 hours, mostly from China-based accounts, tied to balance changes.

No Rest for the Wicked reached 1.7 million copies sold as of its Apr. 18 Steam anniversary post, two years after Early Access; Moon Studios says 1.0 remains in development and console versions are still planned.

Skillsearch surveyed 1,000 games professionals from Nov. 12, 2025 to Feb. 24, 2026; 44% considered leaving the industry because of redundancies and 22% were laid off in the past 12 months.

Iron Galaxy announced another round of layoffs on Apr. 17, and Kotaku reports the cuts could affect up to 90 employees after the studio shipped Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4.

The Quiet Things trailer was removed from the Apr. 17 BAFTA Games Awards showcase after BAFTA said it could not sufficiently warn guests about triggering themes, according to Kotaku.