The latest stories from the gaming world
Black Cat joins Marvel Rivals as the 49th hero on April 17 in the Season 7.5 mid-season update, bringing stealth mechanics, wall-running, and luck-based abilities to NetEase’s free-to-play hero shooter alongside new skins for Deadpool, Jeff the Land Shark, and Iron Fist.
Finnish solo developer Antti Leinonen launches Road to Vostok into early access on April 7, bringing a hardcore single-player survival shooter set in a post-apocalyptic Finland-Russia border zone, built entirely in the Godot engine and priced at just $14.99.
Bitmap Bureau and Mattel team up for He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction, a 2D arcade brawler launching April 28 with three playable heroes, 12 stages across Eternia, and two-player local co-op.
Sad Cat Studios' long-awaited cyberpunk 2.5D platformer Replaced launches April 14 on Xbox and PC with day-one Game Pass availability, bringing over 850,000 wishlists worth of hype to its pixel-art vision of an alternate 1980s America.
Mega Crit reveals plans for competitive, short-run, and multiplayer modes for Slay the Spire 2, even as the Early Access title weathers nearly 10,000 negative Steam reviews over controversial balance changes.
April 2026 delivers a massive mobile lineup with Sea of Stars arriving as a premium $9.99 port on April 7, the ambitious free-to-play open-world RPG Neverness to Everness on April 29, plus Prince of Persia, FIFA Heroes, and over 45 more new titles.
GoldenEye and TimeSplitters creators Steve Ellis and David Doak launch Beyond Words on April 9, a roguelike word-crafting game with 300+ modifiers that plays like Balatro meets Scrabble.
The Invincible universe gets a Marvel vs. Capcom-style 3v3 tag fighter from Quarter Up, with an open beta running April 9-11 on PS5 and Xbox before its full April 30 launch with 18+ characters.
Pokemon Champions arrives April 8 as a free-to-start competitive battler on Switch and Switch 2, becoming the official platform for VGC events with Mega Evolution returning to ranked play.
GTA V wraps up its 12-month Game Pass stint on April 15 alongside Eiyuden Chronicle, Terra Invicta, Ashen, and My Little Pony. Subscribers get at least 20% off before they go.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards with 12 nominations, followed by Dispatch (9) and Ghost of Yotei (8), ahead of the April 17 ceremony in London.
The FFXIV Fan Festival 2026 begins April 24 in Anaheim with the expected reveal of the game's next major expansion. The three-event global tour continues through Berlin in July and Tokyo in October, following the series' traditional reveal cadence.