Summary Towerborneon April 29 andFar Cry 4on April 30 will round out the additions to Xbox Game Passfor the month. Stoic, the studio behind the well-knownBanner Sagaseries, opted for a side-scrolling action RPG for its latest project, andTowerbornewill be launching as an Xbox Game Preview title on Xbox Series X/S and PC. The Xbox console exclusive has already been available in early access through Steam since September 2024, where it has a “Mostly Positive” user rating....

Summary Days Gone Remasteredhas teased major upgrades coming with the PS5 edition. Nearly six years have passed since the game’s original PS4 release, followed by a PC port in 2021. Now, developer Bend Studio seems confident thatDays Gone Remasteredcan elevate the experience further, thanks to Sony’s latest technologies. Days Gone Remasteredwas officially announced during the February 2025 PlayStation State of Play event, with a release date set for April 25. Around the same time, there were reports that Sony had rejected the idea of a sequel, which many found disappointing....

Quick Links Potions can be Henry’s lifeblood inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2, with an alchemy recipe for all kinds of things. Surviving and thriving in Medieval Bohemia isn’t just about combat skills orbeing a talented conversationalist. It’s also about knowing how to cure various ailments or brew concoctions that come in handy for specific scenarios. Altogether, there are 27 alchemy recipes inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and you’ll likely find it helpful to know how to make them all at one point or another....

Quick Links Season 3 ofBlack Ops 6andWarzoneis all about nostalgia, taking players on a trip down memory lane with the return of fan-favorite content. While much of the spotlight is onWarzone, thanks to the return of Verdansk and classicModern Warfare-era weapons like the CR-56 AMAX,Black Ops 6is also getting its fair share of attention. At launch, Season 3 introduced just one returningBlack Opsmap forBlack Ops 6: a remastered version of Firing Range....

Summary Another Crab’s Treasurehas revealed the free Year of the Crab update coming on April 21, bringing the highly requested New Game Plus and more content. This update helps developer Aggro Crab celebrate the first anniversary ofAnother Crab’s Treasureand arrives alongside the announcement of physical editions of the game coming later in 2025. While many games were released throughout 2024,Another Crab’s Treasurestood outto many fans due to its unique spin on the soulslike genre....

Every gamer starts somewhere, and finding the right first game for a child is more than just picking something colorful. A great introductory game should be easy to grasp, fun to play, and, ideally, something that sparks creativity or a love for interactive storytelling. Whether it’s agame that encourages exploration, gentle problem-solving, or simple, joyful chaos, the right pick can turn a child’s first gaming experience into a lifelong passion. And these 7 game excel at this task....

Summary When it comes to post-apocalyptic games, it is usually some sort of mutation that pushes humanity to the edge of extinction and forces people to turn hostile toward each other when surviving becomes more and more difficult. These mutations, however, don’t happen on their own. There is always a reason behind the sudden mutation of people, and usually, it is a virus outbreak. Many games welcome players to their universe by showing a massive virus outbreak as the background story, but not many of them take this concept to an open-world experience....

Quick Links Hard to believe, butSoulslike gameshave been around for only about a decade.Introduced to the world in 2009’sDemon’s Soulsand propelled to prominence with 2011’sDark Souls, this term has become not only popular but, arguably, also overused. While most modern action RPGs with dodge rolls and difficult bosses are associated with Soulslikes, only a handful of games incorporate enough standard mechanics to fully belong to the genre. Except for PC, thePS5has the best lineup of Soulslike games, covering both major releases by developers like FromSoftware and smaller indie projects....

Best Light Cone Back to All Characters Castorice is a tough character to build a team around inHonkai: Star Rail. Her unique kit demands that she be paired with high health units, and shields have basically zero synergy with her. Still, players of all levels should be able to make a decent Castorice team once they get some good characters together. While it’s true that having thebest support characters inHSRwill give Castorice the extra juice she needs to succeed, players can still take on endgame content with her using some of the more accessible members of the game’s roster....

Summary Quick Links Boruto: Two Blue Vortexchapter 21 is out and the excitement has shot through the roof, thanks to the incredible battle between Sarada Uchiha and Ryu that the fans got to witness in the chapter.Sarada Uchiha awakened her Mangekyo Sharinganin the previous chapter of the story, and this time around, she finally got the chance to test it out properly. Looking inward, Sarada was able to clear all the doubts from her mind and become a decisive and confident ninja....

Summary Treyarch has released a new playlist update forCall of Duty: Black Ops 6featuring the new Chaos Nuketown mode. Chaos Nuketown is a new version of the fan-favorite Nuketown 24/7 mode inCall of Duty: Black Ops 6with some new rules, including an increased score limit. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6Season 3launched on April 2, which was one day earlier than the initial target date of April 3. The update brought several new content additions to the game, including a remastered version of Firing Range, new playlists and other new maps, a range of new weapons, a new Battle Pass, and the “Shattered Veil” Zombies map....

Summary Call of Duty: Black Ops 6players want publisher Activision and developer Treyarch Studios to stop releasing “weed bundles,” as many believe the theme is becoming oversaturated and also contradicts the game’s stance on chat moderation. WhileCall of Dutyhas released many different cosmetic items and bundles themed around marijuana for years now,Black Ops 6seems to have drastically increased the output of these skins, and fans aren’t happy about it. While older titles such asCall of Duty: GhostsandCall of Duty: Advanced Warfare, which were released in 2013 and 2014, respectively, included cosmetic items that many believed didn’t fit the overall theme of the game,Call of Duty: Black Ops 6has drastically upped the ante when it comes to microtransactions and whacky bundles....

Summary Clair Obscur: Expedition 33has revealed the amount of time it will take for players to reach the credits and to finish all of its side content, with the title’s main story around 30 hours in length. APersona-style turn-based RPG,Clair Obscur: Expedition 33is part of a very busy April for Xbox, as it shares its release month with Compulsion Games' southern gothic action adventure gameSouth of Midnight,also launching day one on Game Pass....