Gaming

BAFTA lists Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as the 2026 Best Game winner after the Apr. 17 ceremony, ahead of Arc Raiders, Blue Prince, Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.

Stop Killing Games reached a European Parliament hearing on Apr. 16, with organizers reporting positive responses from MEPs after presenting the case for future game-shutdown rules.

Capcom’s PRAGMATA is live on Steam with an Apr 16, 2026 release date, a $59.99 US price, Windows-only platform support, and a 40 GB storage requirement.

Windows Central reported on April 17 that Microsoft public-facing backend references tied to TRITON and Duet point to a possible Xbox Cloud Gaming monthly time allowance.

tinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik says the April 10-14 Graveyard Keeper giveaway generated almost $250,000 from Steam DLC sales, with Graveyard Keeper 2 reaching 450,000 wishlists by April 14.

A fan-made NieR Reincarnation offline project surfaced on April 13 using private servers, and Japanese developers told AUTOMATON WEST that moving live-service systems local can approach the cost of building a new game.

007 First Light is due in May 2026 with a Lana Del Rey theme song, BBC News reports, written with Bond composer David Arnold for IO Interactive’s James Bond game.

Hypixel Studios is taking legal action over Hytale: Sandbox RPG on the Switch eShop, a RoVi Ninen title Nintendo Life says copies Hytale branding while the real game remains in PC early access.

October 2028 is set as Ludum Dare’s final scheduled game jam, Game Developer reports, with co-founder Mike Kasprzak planning six more events and a likely April 2029 encore.

July 9, 2026 is the reported release date for Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced, according to Insider Gaming; the r/Games thread drew 700-plus upvotes and questions about multiplayer.

GamesRadar reported Apr. 15 that Embark’s Aleksander Grøndal said Arc Raiders players split roughly 30% PvP-focused, 30% PvE-focused, and 40% in the middle, with more than 95% using proximity chat. The r/gamernews post had 547 points and 95 comments at crawl time.

Newzoo’s PC & Console Gaming Report 2026, cited by PC Gamer, says titles ranked 21+ grew from 48% to 56% of Western PC revenue in 2025. The r/pcgaming post had 353 points and 56 comments at crawl time.