Hooded Horse April Sale 2026
Hi everyone! We are thrilled to announce The Hooded Horse 2026 April Sale. We've got many of our released games on discount, and a lot of great upcoming games open for wishlisting. Thanks for all your support so far this year, and I hope everyone is having a wonderful Spring! Tim CEO, Hooded Horse
Scarlet Hollow's romances aren't all about you
Black Tabby Games wanted to turn the Mass Effect and BG3 formula for RPG romance on its head with Scarlet Hollow
Life is Strange's soundtrack is full of licensed bangers, and still hits even 11 years later
A masterclass in music curation.
Question time: Do you care about fashion in MMOs, or do you just chuck any old gear on and call it a day?
World of Work-it craft.
Heroes of Might and Magic 2 project fheroes2 version 1.1.15 is out now
A brand new version of fheroes2 is out now, the open source and cross-platform Heroes of Might and Magic II game engine reimplementation. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/heroes-of-might-and-magic-2-project-fheroes2-version-1-1-15-is-out-now/
Another Fantasy with Vitality as frontrunners starts with IEM Rio Group Stage
Vitality players are a popular choice as they look to secure their second Grand Slam in Brazil.
Rant Gaming and Cor3 reveal backstory trailer for sci-fi combat game Fragmentary Order | exclusive
The new game studio Rant Gaming and publisher Cor3 announced Fragmentary Order, a hardcore science fiction combat simulator about remote warfare and survival in a controlled future. The seven-minute CGI story trailer reveals the backstory of how we get from our modern era to the science fiction futu
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Arc Raiders Launches Map Conditions tracker - here's what the tracker tells us
Embark Studios has released a new tracker to help players monitor map conditions across Arc Raiders. Read more
Former Xbox exec regrets not securing Final Fantasy on the console, says Square Enix "wanted Sony to have competition but couldn't be too overt"
Ed Fries suggested "Sony could punish" Japanese publishers for their support of Microsoft
New City Builder Looks Too Good To Be True
City builders are incredibly difficult to get right, especially for indie projects. To succeed, they need deep and complex simulation and management systems, while also being incredibly customizable and intuitive. A newcomer called City Masterplan is stepping up to the plate, and its first impressio
Broken bones, bodyslams and brutal executions—my no-guns return to GTA 5 story mode took an unexpected twist with this must-have melee murder mod
I've changed my routine. Before now, my universal approach to combat in a no-guns GTA 5 Story Mode run was pretty straightforward. With the odds invariably weighed in my opponent's favour – simply because, you know, they have firearms and I don't – putting obstacles between myself and their line of
Blizzard wins injunction against vanilla World of Warcraft private server
Turtle WoW has been slapped with a cease and desist.
Mike Flanagan’s Hush has the best horror movie ‘twist’ of the last 10 years
Mike Flanagan is a horror icon for a reason. His 2016 Hush is no exception, showing you don't need to hear the screams to be scared.
Broken bones, bodyslams and brutal executions—my no-guns return to GTA 5 story mode took an unexpected twist with this must-have melee murder mod
A no-guns run executed with Flair.
You can save $20 on the Super Mario Galaxy game bundle when you buy a Nintendo Switch 2
In celebration of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie coming to theaters, Nintendo is making it a little cheaper to get both Super Mario Galaxy games when you buy a $449.99 Nintendo Switch 2 console. Now through May 9th, you can buy a Switch 2 with Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 for $499.99 ($20
Former Xbox exec regrets not securing Final Fantasy on the console, says Square Enix "wanted Sony to have competition but couldn't be too overt"
Ed Fries suggested "Sony could punish" Japanese publishers for their support of Microsoft
Media: karrigan to join Falcons
karrigan's stint with FaZe is coming to a close after the team's disastrous IEM Cologne qualifying campaign.
Blu-ray lives on as Verbatim and I-O Data pledge support with new drives and discs
In an official announcement translated by Automaton West, the two firms recently confirmed plans to strengthen their partnership to maintain the supply of Blu-ray discs and players in Japan. Verbatim and I-O Data acknowledged that, despite the rise of digital distribution, individuals and businesses
Python blood could be the key to weight loss with zero side effects according to new study
Researchers studying the extreme eating habits of pythons have discovered a unique compound in their blood.
New Hitman Game Reveal Divides Fans
While the Hitman series has always had a legendary status in the gaming community, the reboot trilogy, currently packaged as HITMAN World of Assassination, has been one of its most successful eras yet. Having reached over 75 million players for the final entry in the decade-long trilogy, it's no won
Lenovo hikes Legion Go 2 handheld gaming PC to almost $3,000 for 2 TB model — Handheld now costs more than AMD's Strix Halo devices despite relatively weaker Z2 Extreme chip
Lenovo has raised the prices of its Legion Go 2 handhelds (with Z2 Extreme) across the board, with the worse offended being the 2 TB model, receiving a 93% hike. It went from $1,480 at launch to a staggering $2,850 in the span of just a few months, while the 1 TB model is now $2,000, up from $1,350
New report claims Microsoft is considering changing Day One access to Call of Duty on Game Pass
Microsoft is reportedly considering dropping Call of Duty from its Game Pass Day One offering. Read more
Iran's forced nationwide internet blackout becomes second-longest on record as it passes 1,000 hours offline — possessing Starlink terminals punishable by death, country using 'military-grade jamming' against terminals
Iran's nationwide Internet blackout has crossed the 1,000-hour mark and is now the second longest nation-scale shutdown ever measured.
'Single-player Tarkov' Road to Vostok's solo dev admits its huge popularity is "running away from me," but he has a plan
Having a successful launch as an indie developer is the moment where you get to breathe a sigh of relief, but it also comes with problems - especially if you're primarily working alone. Road to Vostok is a brutal survival shooter with permadeath, has heavy Escape From Tarkov and Stalker vibes, and i
GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games says new data breach "has no impact"
Rockstar Games has shut down concerns that GTA 6 could be impacted by a reported data breach. Following claims from hacker group 'ShinyHunters' that it had accessed private Rockstar Games data by posing as an internal service, the Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption developer states that the br
DayZ creator Dean 'Rocket' Hall has over 2,000 hours in Kerbal Space Program and played the original XCOM at Mount Everest base camp: 'I think when I die, I will still be playing that game'
Dean 'Rocket' Hall, founder of New Zealand-based studio RocketWerkz, first encountered games via a Commodore 64 belonging to his cousins. "I think I played it constantly for about five hours. Then, at dinner, I looked basically green from the refresh rate of the monitor, and I ended up being very si
Tech company launches AI Jesus you can talk to for $2 a minute
A tech company have set up a new platform that allows users to have conversations with an avatar of Jesus Christ, made possible thanks to AI.
Call of Cthulhu’s creator reveals how its Sanity system accidentally changed roleplaying forever
Call of Cthulhu's creator Sandy Petersen revealed the moment he knew the iconic Sanity mechanic was special
SCS Software: Road to Consoles Dev Talk #2
Some time has passed since our first Road to Consoles Dev Talk, where we took you behind the scenes of our work on bringing Euro Truck Simulator 2 and American Truck Simulator to the Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. And today, we would like to share our progress since then with the second dev talk
Pokémon Champions launch feels more like a customer service than a game
The Pokémon Company's new live-service online battle game had a rough launch on Nintendo Switch, but it's to be expected