In the Xbox ecosystem it has been a fairly active week with the visual renewal of the achievements, the prologue of Forza Horizon 6 accompanied by the map of Japan, the turn-based mode of Pillars of Eternity, the first 12 minutes of Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred and the next Game Pass news headed by Hades II, Replaced, Kiln and Vampire Crawlers. For its part, Hazelight Studios has celebrated that A Way Out, It Takes Two and Split Fiction have accumulated more than 50 million copies sold combined, while No Man's Sky has received an update that introduces turn-based creature combat.
In technology, anyone who has a first-generation Kindle or Kindle Paperwhite should know that Amazon has left it behind. We have also talked about Muse Spark, the first Meta Superintelligence Labs AI model, echoed the changes in Amazon Luna and commented on the success of Super Mario Galaxy: the movie, which managed to raise $372 million in its first weekend.
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Xbox
PlayStation
- Introduced The Playerbase, a program for players to appear in PlayStation Studios games.
- Cyberpunk 2077 details its improvements for PS5 Pro.
PC/mobile
- The narrative FPS Industry II will be available on April 15.
- Available Samson, an action and driving game from the creator of Just Cause.
- Bylina, an action RPG inspired by Slavic folklore, will be available on April 20.
- The cooperative shooter Hazard Levels will arrive on Steam Early Access on April 30.
- Announced Don't Starve Elsewhere, the sequel to the survival game.
- SpaceCraft, an online space building and exploration game, will be available on May 20.
- Windrose, a PvE survival adventure in the age of piracy, will debut on April 14 in Early Access.
- Thick As Thieves, a heist and stealth game directed by Warren Spector, will arrive on May 20.
- Prop Sumo for free on the Epic Games Store.
- Fantasy Life i: The Little Thief of Time is coming to mobile phones this summer.
Multiplatform
- Yoshihisa Kishimoto, creator of Kunio-kun and Double Dragon, has died.
- Frostpunk 2 announces Breach of Trust additional content.
- Pre-ordering Gothic Remake includes a copy of the original console game.
- Parasol Superstars, a bundle that includes Spica Adventure, will go on sale on April 14.
- Call of the Elder Gods, the sequel to Call of the Sea, will go on sale on May 12.
- Drop Duchy will arrive on April 21 on PS5 and Switch.
- Launch trailer for People of Note, a turn-based musical RPG.
- PUBG: Battlegrounds debuts Xeno Point, a cooperative PvE and roguelite mode.
- No Man's Sky adds turn-based creature combat with its latest update.
- A Way Out, It Takes Two and Split Fiction combined have sold more than 50 million copies.
- Launch trailer for Minos, a maze-building roguelike.
- World of Tanks: Heat will hold a closed beta from April 16 to 30.
- Warhammer Survivors announces console versions and reveals playable characters.
- The Triple-i Initiative 2026 Summary: Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Graveyard Keeper II, Valor Mortis and more.
- Death by Scrolling for PS5, Xbox Series and Switch will be available on April 16.
- Anno 117: Pax Romana will receive the Ashen Prophecies content on April 23.
- Crimson Desert offers a preview of new features and gameplay improvements.
- Professor Layton and the New Steam World premieres trailer and adds versions for PS5 and PC.
- Epic Games would be working on an extraction shooter with Disney characters.
Technology/Internet
- Meta presents Muse Spark, its new new AI model.
- Amazon ends support for its older Kindles, from the first generation to the first Paperwhite.
- Amazon Luna stops offering individual game purchases and third-party subscriptions.