April 20, 2026

As reported by IGN and DotEsports, German Counter-Strike 2 player MAUschine has been banned from the CAGGTUS Leipzig tournament for 10 years for striking his opponent, Fabian “Spidergum” Salomon, after a heated match. Influencer Jake Lucky shared a video to X of the moment MAUschine socked Spidergum during the awards portion of the tournament: Spidergum’s…

RuneScape developer Jagex was forced to do a “general rollback” of the game earlier today and return all player progression to the point immediately prior to the game’s most recent update. The reason? Well, you see, there were too many runes. That’s right, too many runes in RuneScape. As explained by DualShockers, a quality of…

It was reported earlier this month that Amazon MGM Studios’ head of global TV Peter Friedlander had requested script rewrites for the in-development Mass Effect TV series in order to make it “more appealing to non-gamers.” Not very cool! But the claim may also not be entirely accurate, as writer and executive producer Daniel Casey…

I consider World of Tanks none of my business. Other than a brief window over a decade ago when I dabbled in Wargaming’s treads-based shooter, the free-to-play oldie has otherwise turned me off with aggressively monetized progression that favors players with deep pockets. So it’s with skeptical eyes that I’m playing World of Tanks: Heat,…

FromSoftware’s continued silence on a series tradition expansion/mini-sequel to Armored Core 6 remains one of the great tragedies of my life, but the game’s fan community has stayed vibrant. AC buildmaster and YouTuber Thryfe recently stole my heart with a fantastic Sailor Moon “cosplay” mech. Thryfe’s whole deal is rolling out creative or novelty builds…

After last year’s celebrated Chapter Four expansions that extended Crusader Kings 3’s map across Asia with systems for playing as Mongolian nomads, Chinese courtly bureaucrats, and god-kings of Indonesia, Paradox isn’t resting on its laurels. Today, the studio unveiled its future plans in a Chapter Five reveal video, previewing a pair of major paid DLC…

Graveyard Keeper came out a few years before everyone started using the word “cozy” for farm sims, but it still gets brought up as a recommendation for Stardew-enjoyers looking for something new. The klaxons sounded with a Graveyard Keeper 2 announcement and now I’m trying to find out if the original is worth going back…

Publishers don’t like leaks. But sometimes things leak so much, so badly, that all they can do is roll with it, and I give full credit to Ubisoft for being good sports about the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Black Flag remake, which the publisher said today will be properly revealed to the world on April 23—along…