Among the topics of the week we have the end of the GameChat promotion, a Switch 2 communication service that is now part of Nintendo Switch Online, and the news from Steam. Valve has unveiled a revamped homepage that makes it easier to find new games, and the March survey says 5% of users use Linux. We have also echoed the layoffs at Eidos Montreal, commenting that Crimson Desert has exceeded 4 million copies sold and that the Korean studio Shift Up (Stellar Blade) has bought Unbound, the team of Shinji Mikami, creator of Resident Evil.
In technology we have new demonstrations of the RAM memory crisis: portable consoles and Raspberry boards that increase in price and manufacturers that close orders. There are also new proposals such as the Evercade Nexus, which stands out for having a 5.89-inch screen, two analog joysticks and a cartridge with improved versions of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. Lastly, Nvidia has released an update for DLSS 4.5 with dynamic multi-frame generation and x6 frame generation.
Nintendo
Xbox
PlayStation
- Lords of the Fallen, SAO: Fractured Daydream and Tomb Raider I-III Remastered are the PS Plus games of April.
- Sony buys Cinemersive Labs, a company specializing in computer vision and machine learning.
PC/mobile
Multiplatform
- Invincible VS completes its roster of 18 playable characters with Conquest.
- Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game will be available on July 2.
- April releases: Pragmata, Saros, Aphelion, He-Man, Replaced and more.
- After 34 years, the Truxton shoot 'em up will return on July 30 with a new installment.
- Eidos Montreal lays off 124 workers and the studio head leaves the company after 19 years.
- Launch trailer for Super Meat Boy 3D, an «infamous» platform game.
- Co-op bullet heaven The Spell Brigade will be available on April 29.
- The R-Type Tactics I • II Cosmos collection will go on sale on June 18.
- Shift Up (Stellar Blade) acquires the studio of Shinji Mikami, creator of Resident Evil and producer of Devil May Cry.
- Crimson Desert surpasses 4 million copies sold as motion controls improve.
- Mortal Shell II shows its proposal with an 11-minute gameplay trailer.
- The retro survival horror Ground Zero will go on sale on April 16.
- Co-op horror game Content Warning comes to PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and Switch 2.
- Available Darwin's Paradox, a platform and puzzle adventure starring an octopus expelled from the sea.
- Commandos: Origins will receive No Man Left Behind content on April 28.
- Piranha Games (MechWarrior) lays off 30% of its staff.
Technology/Internet
- The Boys says goodbye to Prime Video, SkyShowtime premieres the Gomorrah prequel and Malcolm returns to Disney+.
- Nvidia releases DLSS 4.5 with dynamic multi-frame generation.
- Evercade presents a laptop with a 5.89-inch screen and improved versions of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie.
- The RAM memory crisis is already affecting portable console manufacturers, who are raising prices and canceling orders.
- Raspberry raises prices again due to the increase in RAM and announces a 3 GB Pi 4 as a remedy.