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Windrose launched into Early Access on April 14 and sold over 500,000 copies in just 48 hours, reaching nearly 100,000 concurrent players and dethroning Counter-Strike 2 as Steam's best-selling game. The pirate survival adventure from Kraken Express combines Black Flag-style sailing with Valheim-style crafting in a co-op PvE experience that has earned an 88-percent positive rating on Steam.
Supercell is splitting Clash of Clans’ Legend League into three tiers starting April 20. Migration Week determines your placement, inactivity rules are relaxed to four weeks, and battle requirements drop for higher leagues.
Diablo IV’s Lord of Hatred expansion launches April 28 with the Paladin and Warlock classes, the return of the Horadric Cube, loot filters, a skill tree overhaul, and a new Skovos Isles region. A developer stream on April 23 will reveal more.
Capcom’s long-awaited sci-fi action-adventure Pragmata launches today on PS5, Xbox, and PC to an 86 Metacritic score. Critics praise the dual-perspective gameplay, the bond between Hugh and Diana, and the stunning lunar environments.
The 22nd BAFTA Games Awards take place tonight at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads with 12 nominations, followed by Dispatch with nine and Ghost of Yotei with eight across 17 categories.
4A Games officially revealed Metro 2039 today in an Xbox First Look broadcast, confirming a Winter 2026 launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and Epic with a return to the claustrophobic Moscow tunnels under the fanatical Hunter-led Novoreich regime.
Coldwild Games' beloved airship tycoon Merchant of the Skies has arrived on iOS and Android for $7.99 as a premium port with zero ads or microtransactions, bringing its cozy trading simulation and base-building to mobile with redesigned touch controls.
Taiwanese studio SIGONO's narrative photography adventure OPUS: Prism Peak launched today on PC, Switch, and Switch 2 to a 91 on OpenCritic, making it the highest-rated game of 2026 so far with its painterly art direction and Kevin Penkin soundtrack.
FIFA Heroes launches April 28 as a free-to-play 5v5 arcade football game on mobile and PC, featuring real players like Bellingham and Kane alongside mythological heroes like Thor and Sun Wukong, each with unique superpowers on street-style pitches.
Tetris and Space Invaders launch their first-ever crossover event on mobile, running throughout April 2026 with three phases including daily rewards, a charity partnership with Dots.eco, and a competitive tournament with a fusion game mode.
Big Bad Wolf and Nacon's Lovecraftian investigation game Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss launches today on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, sending players to the sunken city of R'lyeh in a first-person horror adventure built on Unreal Engine 5.
NVIDIA's GeForce NOW adds over 20 titles in April 2026, including day-one cloud access to Capcom's Pragmata with path tracing support, Arknights: Endfield, the Diablo IV expansion, and more. Free-tier loses several popular titles.