It’s Tuesday and these are the gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

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Send us your best gaming clips from Crimson Desert and you could win $500 in Steam gift cards
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/send-us-your-best-gaming-clips-from-crimson-desert-and-you-could-win-usd500-in-steam-gift-cards/
We're having a great time with our newest feature: PC Gamer Clips. In case you missed it, here's the deal. You send us your best, weirdest, wildest, and funniest PC gameplay videos, and we share them with the world on our social channels.
Oh, and this is super important—each month our editors vote on their favorite video and the winner gets a prize. That prize is now $500 in Steam gift cards. Yep, every month we're giving away a big, juicy stack of Steam gift cards to the creator of our favorite clip. The next winner could be you!
We want to see your best clips from whatever game you're currently playing, from Arc Raiders to Project Zomboid, and everything in between. Any clip of any game can win, but this month we'd especially love to see what you're getting up to in Crimson Desert.

The sea re the new deals at GOG:

• Weekly Deals has games up to 90% off and will last 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260414_weekly_deals_3_april
• Library Refresh Promo features games with up to 95% discounts during the next 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260414_library_refresh_promo
• Story Rich Promo comes with games up to 94% off and will last 10 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260414_story_rich_promo

Steam has new deals and sales/events:

• Curse of the Dead Gods will have an 80% discount until the 20th of April : https://store.steampowered.com/app/1123770/Curse_of_the_Dead_Gods/
• Not Tonight will be 85% off until April 23: https://store.steampowered.com/app/733790/Not_Tonight/
• Infection Free Zone , still in Early Access, features a 30% discount that will last until the 24th of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1465460/Infection_Free_Zone/
• These are the sales/events:
  • BGM Game Expo 2026 Spring features many upcoming titles, as well as some games on sale, up to 80% off. The deals will end between later today and at least the 27th: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/BGMGameExpo2026Spring
  • London Games Festival brings upcoming releases and well as games on sale, up to 95% off. The deals will end between the 20th and the 27th of this month: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/LondonGamesFestival2026
  • Publisher Raw Fury puts its games up to 90% off. Most deals will end on April 27, but there are exceptions: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/rawfurypublishersale2026
  • Publisher Cotton Game puts its titles on sale with up to 84% discounts. Some deals will end on the 20th, others in the 24th and some others in the 27th, but most of them don’t list when they’ll end: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/CottonGamePublisherSale2026
• And of course, there are new weeklong deals

Humble Bundle has the Desnity 2: Expansions Bundle, with up to 11 items to get (10 DLCs and one coupon for Marathon) during 15 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/destiny-2-expansions-bundle-2026

Remember all the deals from yesterday at Fanatical? Well, they may or may not have something to do with its LEVEL UP Sale, featuring thousands of up to 96% off deals. Check it out: https://www.fanatical.com/en/on-sale

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Two Unofficial Native PC Ports of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Are Now in Development
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/two-unofficial-native-pc-ports-of-the-legend-of-zelda-twilight-princess-are-now-in-development/
PC Zelda fans, get ready for some amazing news. It appears that two unofficial native PC ports of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess are currently in development. Once they are complete, these projects will allow you to enjoy this Zelda game on PC.
The first project is called Courage Reborn. Courage Reborn was revealed to the public last week. Its initial trailer caught the eye of everyone, especially since it was running at 60FPS. However, there was a catch.
You see, this PC port is still in an early stage of development. Not only that, but the 60 FPS implementation isn’t great. As with many older emulated games, the game’s logic is effectively doubled when running at 60 FPS. That’s a big no-no for me. I understand it’s still early, but the modding team should have waited until they had a proper 60 FPS implementation in place.
The second project is called Dusk. Yesterday, its dev team released the first trailer for it. From what I can see, the gameplay footage in it still runs at 30FPS. The team claims that when the PC port is out, it will have support for unlocked framerates. However, apart from a cut-scene, we did not get a glimpse at the game running with 60FPS or 120FPS. Moreover, the on-screen prompts are still for gamepads, so I don’t know whether it will have native KB&M support.
Anyway, it’s good to see two teams working on PC ports of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. And, since there is now competition, I’m certain that one of them will be released really soon.
For those wondering, no. Nintendo will not be able to shut them down. Neither of these projects will include any in-game assets. As such, Nintendo will not be able to take them down.
>> The article has both videos.

If you're finding Resident Evil: Requiem a bit scary, why not mod it to make the enemies tiny
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/resident-evil/if-youre-finding-resident-evil-requiem-a-bit-scary-why-not-mod-it-to-make-the-enemies-tiny/
Resident Evil: Requiem is my favourite Capcom game in years, and one reason for that is it gets genuinely scary at times. That's not just in the Grace sections either: Leon might be a complete badass but, on Insanity difficulty especially, the game doesn't hesitate to swarm you with teeth and claws, alongside some truly horrible death animations.
So if it all gets a bit much, might I suggest just making all those nasty monsters super small? It's hard to be scared by a cleaver-wielding zombie chef when he doesn't even come up to Grace's kneecap, after all. Such joys await thanks to the straightforwardly named Enemies Scale Modifier from modder lucablight83
The mod requires RE Framework installed to work, but after that the script will let you modify enemy size in both directions: you can shrink them down to 10% of their original size, or scale them up to 300% larger. The effect is toggled with an in-game button and slider that should apply any changes instantaneously, though of course there are some glitches with things like enemy clothing when you suddenly make a room full of zombies into miniature zombies.
The mod's creator also notes that "sometimes, when the enemies are killed, there are weird physics glitches, like the bodies move on their own (or even fly away…)"
One side effect of this mod is that it actually makes Requiem both funny and much harder at the same time. Leon's opening scene now features a load of normal-sized NPCs fleeing in terror from tiny zombies which are quite difficult to shoot and, while it's hard to feel intimidated by a pint-sized doctor with a ludicrously billowing coat, it's also not easy at all to put him down. As for the likes of Chunk, he ends up looking almost cute. Almost.
>> The article has a shorter than 2 minutes video of the mod.

GAMING NEWS

Hacker group ShinyHunters has released the Rockstar files
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/hacker-group-shinyhunters-has-released-the-rockstar-files/
A few days ago, the hacker group ShinyHunters breached Rockstar Games’ servers and obtained several files. After attempting to pressure Rockstar into paying to prevent a potential leak, the group has now released all of those files onto the Internet.
The good news for Rockstar is that the leaked files have no connection to GTA 6 or any other unannounced games. So, for most gamers, this will be a nothingburger. Still, the files do contain some interesting details about GTAO and RDRO.
>> BraLoD  made a thread about the leak.

Metro 2039 Official Story Details Leaked Online
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/metro-2039-story-detailed-leaked-online/
Deep Silver will officially reveal Metro 2039 on April 16th. However, it appears that the game’s story details have been leaked online. This is coming straight from the publisher, as the story details from an upcoming press release have leaked by IGDB.

STALKER 2 Sealed Truth Update Drops Today – Full Details Revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/stalker-2-sealed-truth-update-drops-today-full-details-revealed/
GSC GameWorld has announced that the Sealed Truth Update for STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl will be released today. Moreover, the devs have shared the full patch notes, so let’s see what this new update brings to the table.

The second part of the gaming news:

Epic is reportedly cooking up a Disney extraction shooter, and suggestions staff are lukewarm on it are 'not reflective of the ambitions of the Disney collaboration'
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/epic-is-reportedly-cooking-up-a-disney-extraction-shooter-and-suggestions-staff-are-lukewarm-on-it-are-not-reflective-of-the-ambitions-of-the-disney-collaboration/
In the wake of severe layoffs last month, Epic's increasingly looking to the House of Mouse to shore up its flagging fortunes, per a recent report from Bloomberg.
At the time of the layoffs, Epic CEO Tim Sweeney wrote that the company was "spending significantly more" than it was making thanks to a slump in engagement with Fortnite—far and away Epic's chief money-printing instrument—since 2025. "Despite Fortnite remaining one of the most successful games in the world, we've had challenges delivering consistent Fortnite magic with every season," wrote Sweeney.
But Sweeney and other Epic direction-setters hope Mickey can sort it, it seems. Disney's $1.5 billion investment in Epic two years ago will bear its first fruit in November, in the form of a Disney-themed extraction shooter starring the corporation's characters. Which sounds like a great way to get a lot more videos of Goofy melodramatically buying the farm, so I'm all in favour.
>> Disney characters with guns… I’m too old for this sh*t.

Overwatch's hero ban system is being reworked, which means we may be able to ignore the role-limit rule and ban a 5th hero
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/overwatchs-hero-ban-system-is-being-reworked-which-means-we-may-be-able-to-ignore-the-role-limit-rule-and-ban-a-5th-hero/
How do you go about deciding who to ban in an Overwatch game? (...)
Overwatch introduced the hero ban system back in Season 16, answering the prayers of players everywhere. But the catch is that out of the now 51 heroes, only a maximum of four can be banned per match, two from each team. This is decided by each player ranking their top three bans, with heroes that get the most votes having a higher probability of getting banned for that match.
(...)
"The next system we’re spending time improving is Hero Bans," associate game director Alec Dawson explains in a blog post. "We believe there is room to help you make more informed bans and eliminate some of the instances where it doesn't feel like the system is reflecting your choices.
>> The Antartic Peninsula is also back, but reworked (link).

Todd Howard says Starfield's NG+ was misunderstood and defends Bethesda's new U-turn on how it works: 'You can tell us if we're done our job right'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/todd-howard-says-starfields-ng-was-misunderstood-and-defends-bethesdas-new-u-turn-on-how-it-works-you-can-tell-us-if-were-done-our-job-right/
Starfield's recent Free Lanes update has brought changes large and small to Bethesda's somewhat-maligned space RPG, with one of the biggest being how the game's NG+ mode works. To talk about that we'll need to briefly cover the game's ending, so: spoilers ahead. Obviously.

Despite rumors of a GTA 6-inspired delay, Fable studio says it's 'excited to welcome you back to Albion in autumn 2026'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/despite-rumors-of-a-gta-6-inspired-delay-fable-studio-says-its-excited-to-welcome-you-back-to-albion-in-autumn-2026/
The long-awaited Fable reboot is currently slated to drop in the fall of 2026, more than 15 years after the release of Fable 3. It's a pretty big deal for Microsoft and developer Playground Games. Also coming in the fall of 2026 is Grand Theft Auto 6, the biggest deal of them all, which is set to launch—for consoles—on November 19. Is a dodge-the-bullet delay happening as a result?
It's happened before, probably most famously leading up to the launch of Cyberpunk 2077, and talk of a possible similar pause for Fable was kicked into gear by Jeff Grubb of Giant Bomb, who said during a recent stream (via RPS) that he'd heard the game "has been pushed internally."
(...)
Grubb is well-known as an 'insider guy,' with a pretty solid track record on knowing things that aren't widely known. And he may ultimately be proven correct on this one. For now, though, Playground and Microsoft are sticking to their guns: While they haven't issued a statement directly contradicting it, they have subsequently repeated the "autumn 2026" launch window on social media.

Temu-tier Palworld imitator Pickmon changes a single title letter 'to better align with our brand identity' and definitely not for any other reason, guys, honest
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/temu-tier-palworld-imitator-pickmon-changes-a-single-title-letter-to-better-align-with-our-brand-identity-and-definitely-not-for-any-other-reason-guys-honest/
Last month, a Steam listing emerged for Pickmon, an upcoming creature-collecting survival game that gained immediate attention through the Olympian ballsiness of its visual knockoffery. Pickmon's trailers and marketing imagery featured designs with near-identical similarity to characters, creatures, and objects from Pokémon, Final Fantasy, Zelda, Overwatch, and even Palworld—which, infamously, had sparked its own controversy by inviting similar comparisons.
Pickmon, however, was a name not long for this world, because its official X account announced last week that the game has undergone a bold rebranding—by which I mean a single letter in its title has changed. Pickmon is dead. Long live Pickmos.

A 'free kit frenzy' mode for cheapskates arrives in Marathon this week
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/a-free-kit-frenzy-mode-for-cheapskates-arrives-in-marathon-this-week/
Marathon is running another experimental playlist ahead of its next balancing patch. Following successful tests of a duos mode that Bungie plans to make a "real feature" in Season 2, the next playlist introduces what game director Joe Ziegler calls a "free kit frenzy."

WoW's Burning Crusade Classic servers are removing the time-honoured tradition of dungeon boosting
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/wows-burning-crusade-classic-servers-are-removing-the-time-honoured-tradition-of-dungeon-boosting/
One integral part of World of Warcraft back in the day was powerlevelling: I remember a starry-eyed Harvey watching Protection Paladins on YouTube sweeping through hordes of the Scarlet Crusade for a group of lucky levellers. I was completely unaware of the economic underbelly supporting it, but it sure looked cool to see someone soloing a dungeon.
It was doubly helpful because levelling back then was a bit of a pain. Even without any fancy tricks in retail, levelling up an alt account today doesn't take much time—but back in the Burning Crusade? It was a journey. It also helped you rake in gold as a nice bonus, something that was also in more meaningfully short supply.
If you're hoping to recreate this experience on the WoW Burning Crusade Classic: Anniversary realms, though, you'll be denied the pleasure. As revealed on the official forums by community manager Kaivax, Blizzard has stepped in to stop dungeon boosting.

And part three of the Tuesday gaming news:

Bethesda's ex-marketing VP says Skyrim was its first game to make other studios scared of it: 'You have to be concerned about us if you think you're going to win game of the year'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/the-elder-scrolls/bethesdas-ex-marketing-vp-says-skyrim-was-its-first-game-to-make-other-studios-scared-of-it-you-have-to-be-concerned-about-us-if-you-think-youre-going-to-win-game-of-the-year/
>> It’s Hines again and it comes from the same interview as yesterday’s articles.

Crimson Desert players have a new way to slay its powerful bosses—slowly unleashing a swarm of individually-caged bees at them
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/crimson-desert-players-have-a-new-way-to-slay-its-powerful-bosses-slowly-unleashing-a-swarm-of-individually-caged-bees-at-them/

91-year-old gamer gets a visit from police after she misses her daily check-in call because she was 'trying to beat her record level'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/91-year-old-gamer-gets-a-visit-from-police-after-she-misses-her-daily-check-in-call-because-was-trying-to-beat-her-record-level/
>> There is a video of the incident but, sadly, the biggest question remains unanswered.

After his city builder flopped in early access, Firewatch's Nels Anderson didn't give up: 'Smarter people than me … probably would've pulled the plug'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/city-builder/generation-exile-10-release-date-news/

Well, that's a bummer .

Thanks, Rhonin.

The delistings are a shame, but I don't think all those games will be missed. 

So now the 5060Ti is also involved? I hope it only replaces the 8GB variant, not both.

We'll see how they perform, as the lower bandwidth could be a big problem in some games.

That is a surprisingly cheap QD-OLED monitor, more so from Alienware. That 200 nits peak brightness is low, but it's in SDR mode and, to be honest, very few people have their monitors set to run at 100% brightness. I don't think it will be a problem.

This will bring less clutter and confusion. Not a bad move and it will affect virtually no one.

Not a lot of controllers, but it's just the first shipment.

I guess Valve decided to not keep waiting for memory prices to stabilize to launch all their new hardware and has decided to move forward with their controllers.

Another chinese memory company is working on building more fabs to more than double its capacity.
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/ssds/chinas-ymtc-is-reportedly-aiming-to-more-than-double-its-wafer-production-which-could-eventually-help-put-cheap-gaming-ssds-back-on-the-menu/

It will still take time, but feels like this whole memory crysis is giving Chinese makers a push, and that could become a problem for the future of Samsung, Micron and SK Hynix

First he did the small one, also pictured, and then build his bigger brother. Nice.

Also, kudos to Noctua for helping with the project.

With the lower bandwidth, they will probably be even worse than their predecessors in 95% of the cases

is it just me, or does this look like a cross-breed between a death star and a tropical helmet?

Star Trek: Resurgence will be removed from Steam soon. And the announcement was made after a sale on it had ended.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2653940/Star_Trek_Resurgence/

NVIDIA warranty claims rose roughly 1000% in three years, says Warranty Week

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-warranty-claims-rose-roughly-1000-says-warranty-week

MSI accidentally announces GeForce RTX 5070 12GB Laptop GPU in new Crosshair 16 Max spec sheet

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-accidentally-announces-geforce-rtx-5070-12gb-laptop-gpu-in-new-crosshair-16-max-spec-sheet

Intel China introduces “AI Quiet Plus” program for quieter gaming laptops

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-china-introduces-ai-quiet-plus-program-for-quieter-gaming-laptops

Tiny Corp’s TinyGPU driver brings GeForce RTX 50 and Radeon GPU support to macOS, RTX 5090 tested

https://videocardz.com/newz/tiny-corps-tinygpu-driver-brings-geforce-rtx-50-and-radeon-gpu-support-to-macos-rtx-5090-tested

DLSS Enabler adds x5 and x6 Multi-Frame Generation modes for unsupported GPUs, including RTX 40 series

https://videocardz.com/newz/dlss-enabler-adds-x5-and-x6-multi-frame-generation-modes-for-unsupported-gpus-including-rtx-40-series

Amazon Tripled Its CPU Servers and Still Ran Out as Agentic AI Gobbles Up Every Available Processor in the Cloud

https://wccftech.com/cpus-are-next-agentic-ai-surge-has-consumed-entire-supply-of-cpus/

ASML Targets 60+ EUV Shipments in 2026 as Memory Demand Surges

https://www.techpowerup.com/348239/asml-targets-60-euv-shipments-in-2026-as-memory-demand-surges

Meta extends custom chips deal with Broadcom to power AI ambitions

https://www.reuters.com/business/meta-inks-deal-with-broadcom-custom-ai-chips-2026-04-14/

These are the gaming news:

SALES/PLAYER COUNTS & DEALS

Crimson Desert Hits 5 Million Sales in Less Than a Month
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/crimson-desert-hits-5-million-sales-in-less-than-a-month/
Pearl Abyss has announced that Crimson Desert has sold 5 million copies on all platforms. The game launched on March 19th, meaning it hit this goal in less than a month. In other words, this is a big commercial success for Pearl Abyss.

Giving Graveyard Keeper away for free apparently earned its publisher 'almost 250k'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/sim/giving-graveyard-keeper-away-for-free-apparently-earned-its-publisher-almost-250k/
Graveyard Keeper 2 was announced this month at the Triple-I Initiative, and to celebrate that the original was made available free for a limited time. It's a sensible way to get people familiar with the series and to build anticipation for the sequel, but there's another upside to this kind of giveaway. As Alex Nichiporchik, CEO of publisher Tinybuild explained on Twitter, it's earned "almost 250k usd from selling DLCs for the original."
And that's just on Steam, where the DLC is currently 80% off. (The giveaway for the base game has ended, I'm afraid.) The main purpose of the giveaway is to draw attention to the upcoming sequel of course, and that seems to have worked as well. In a followup tweet, Nichiporchik announced Graveyard Keeper 2 was in Steam's top 100 most-wishlisted games, having been wishlisted 450,000 times.

GOG has launched the new Think, Point, Click Promo, featuring up to 95% discounts during 7 days: https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20260415_think_point_click_promo

Steam has new deals and sales:

• Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm will be 75% off until the 21st of April: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1622710/Oceanhorn_2_Knights_of_the_Lost_Realm/
• Last Report gets a 30% discount until April 28: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3209480/Last_Report/
• The Beat Hazard Trilogy is on sale, 69% off until the 28th. The individual games, DLCs and OSTs are also on sale, between 50 and 70% off: https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/28447/Beat_Hazard_Trilogy/
• Roguebook will have a 93% discount until the same 28th: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1076200/Roguebook/
• And these are the new sales/events:
  • Backed by Backers Festival features games that have gone through crowfunding. There are many upcoming titles, demos and available games with up to 90% discounts. The deals will end between the 20th and the 28th of this month: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33021448/sale/Backed_by_backers
  • Publisher Nuntius Games shows its upcoming titles, has some demos and up to 60% off deals that will last until April 28: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45517281/sale/NuntiusPublisherSale
  • Publisher/Developer Baked Games puts its titles up to 80% off. The sale will last until the 28th: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44980303/sale/BakedGamesSale2026
  • Publisher Chubby Pixel celebrates its April Sale… but the page has gone live earlier than it shoudl and there are no deals yet. You can still see what’s in it, tho: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/10153659/sale/aprilpublishersale

And Fanatical has these:

• The new Star Deal is Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, 47% off during 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/sonic-racing-crossworlds
• The BYO Bento Bundle (Spring 2026) has 19 titles to choose from for your 3+, 5+ or 7+ game bundles. It will last 34 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/pick-and-mix/build-your-own-bento-bundle

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Take a look at the first GTA with RTX Remix Path Tracing
https://www.dsogaming.com/screenshot-news/take-a-look-at-the-first-gta-with-rtx-remix-path-tracing/
Modder ‘gabdeg’ is currently working on an RTX Remix Path Tracing mod for the first classic Grand Theft Auto game. And although there is no ETA for when the mod will come out, the modder shared the first WIP screenshots for it.
The first three screenshots can give us a glimpse at the current state of this RTX Remix Mod. Since this is still a WIP, they do not represent the quality of the final version. Still, they can give you an idea of what Path Tracing can do to such an old game.
Gabdeg has also shared a comparison screenshot. The RTX Remix Path Tracing version is on the left, and the vanilla version is on the right. As you can see, the RTX Remix Mod makes some changes but manages to retain the art style of the original version.
In a way, this RTX Remix Mod reminds me of those for the first Doom games. Doom and GTA use sprites, and they were never meant to be played with Path Tracing. However, in a really bizarre way, they look really cool with it. And hey, if you don’t like it, you can simply skip it. After all, this is a free mod and not an official remaster.
As I said, there is no ETA for when this RTX Remix Mod will come out. Naturally, though, I’ll be sure to keep you posted.
>> The article has the screenshots.

GAMING NEWS

Marathon Title Update 1.0.6 Released – Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/marathon-title-update-1-0-6-released-full-patch-notes/
Bungie has just released Title Update 1.0.6 for its new extraction shooter, Marathon, and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new update brings to the table.

Never-Before-Seen Quake 4: The Awakening Prototype Gameplay Surfaces Online
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/never-before-seen-quake-4-the-awakening-prototype-gameplay-surfaces-online/
YouTube’s ‘Justin Marshall’ has shared a video from a prototype version of The Awakening DLC for Quake 4. The Awakening was an expansion that was canceled and never officially saw the light of day.

INDUSTRIA 2 has been delayed until April 29th
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/industria-2-has-been-delayed-until-april-29th/
INDUSTRIA 2 was meant to come out today. However, at the last minute, Headup Games announced a two-week delay. As such, the game is now scheduled to be released on April 29th.

Second Major Update for Samson Released – Full Patch Notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/second-major-update-for-samson-released-full-patch-notes/
Liquid Swords has shared the second major update for its story-driven action game, Samson, and shared its full patch notes. So, let’s see what this new patch brings to the table.

Part two of the gaming news:

The PC Gaming Show and Future Games Show return in June to brighten up your summer with world premieres, interviews, and fresh demos to install
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/events-conferences/the-pc-gaming-show-and-future-games-show-return-in-june-to-brighten-up-your-summer-with-world-premieres-interviews-and-fresh-demos-to-install/
Recently, the sun has been peeking its warm rays through the clouds, offering a hopeful glimpse at the summer soon to come. It's tempting me to come outside, breathe in the fresh air, frolic in the grass amongst the flowers. I feel a warm, gentle breeze squeak through the open window and caress my cheek. I get up from behind my desk, stand at the back door, and pull the curtains tightly closed to stop the glare on my monitor. I've got games to play, and when the Future Games Show Summer Showcase and FGS Live From Los Angeles hit our screens June 6, and the PC Gaming Show airs June 7, I'll have a whole lot more to add to my wishlist. I don't have time for distractions.
Tune in at 12 pm PDT, 3 pm EDT, and 8 pm BST, Sunday, June 7 on Twitch, X, YouTube, Steam, basically anywhere you can stream a video, because this next PC Gaming Show is going to be a doozy—I would know, I work on it.

Morbid Metal is a deeply satisfying hack 'n' slash with some subpar roguelike elements, but hey, that's what early access is for
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/roguelike/morbid-metal-is-a-deeply-satisfying-hack-n-slash-with-some-subpar-roguelike-elements-but-hey-thats-what-early-access-is-for/
Morbid Metal released into early access last week, and I finally got the chance to sit down and play it—and while developer Screen Juice's new roguelike needs some proper work on its secondary elements, the good news is that the bones are good. Really good, in fact.

Brace yourselves, Jetpack Cat is coming to Overwatch Stadium this season and players are already prepping for it: 'My sniper build is gonna demolish her'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/brace-yourselves-jetpack-cat-is-coming-to-overwatch-stadium-this-season-and-players-are-already-prepping-for-it-my-sniper-build-is-gonna-demolish-her/
Overwatch Stadium is a lawless place, an alternate reality to bog-standard Overwatch which the light of god does not touch. But brace yourself, because it's about to get even more cursed with the two new additions of Ramattra and the dreaded Jetpack Cat.

Metro author Dmitry Glukhovsky says the next game in the series 'will be darker than anything you've seen before'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/metro-author-dmitry-glukhovsky-says-the-next-game-in-the-series-will-be-darker-than-anything-youve-seen-before/
Yesterday was a big day for me, because yesterday saw the first official confirmation of Metro 2039 as the next game in 4A's outstanding post-apocalyptic train-riding series. It wasn't actually a reveal—that won't happen until Thursday, April 16—but it was a title and a commitment, and by god I'll take it.
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Writing on X, Metro 2033 author Dmitry Glukhovsky answered precisely none of those questions. He did, however, promise the best worst time yet, saying Metro 2039 will be seriously dark.

'Tarkov for life': After announcing a new sci-fi shooter, Escape from Tarkov's creator assures players that there's enough room in his heart for both
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/tarkov-for-life-after-announcing-a-new-sci-fi-shooter-escape-from-tarkovs-creator-assures-players-that-theres-enough-room-in-his-heart-for-both/
There's been just a little confusion surrounding the upcoming hardcore sci-fi shooter Fragmentary Order, in that while Escape from Tarkov's creator, Nikita Buyanov, is involved it was not known to what extent, and whether it would have an impact on Tarkov. But this has now been cleared up by Buyanov himself.
"Frago (Fragmentary Order) is being developed by [a] separate company that I created, full of great people around the globe," Buyanov explains in a social media post. "Escape from Tarkov is my life, and I'm continuing working on it too with my BSG (Battlestate Games) family no matter what. Tarkov for life."

Hades 2 patch is a smorgasbord of tiny additions, adding more closure to sidequests, an extra level of zoom, buffs to boons, and more romance
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/hades-2-patch-is-a-smorgasbord-of-tiny-additions-adding-more-closure-to-sidequests-an-extra-level-of-zoom-buffs-to-boons-and-more-romance/
A couple of weeks ago the Xbox and PlayStation 5 port of Hades 2 was announced with a memorably thirsty trailer that doubled as a hint about an impending update, featuring a glimpse of a new scene involving Heracles in a bath. Turns out, Supergiant has been working on a lot more than new hot tub content, with post-launch patch two out now on Steam. Here are the featured additions from the top of a significant set of patch notes.

The director of sandbox vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker doesn't mind seeing it compared to The Witcher 3, which he also directed: 'I feel really confident about our game'
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-director-of-sandbox-vampire-rpg-the-blood-of-dawnwalker-doesnt-mind-seeing-it-compared-to-the-witcher-3-which-he-also-directed-i-feel-really-confident-about-our-game/
In The Blood of Dawnwalker, 14th century Europe, still suffering the effects of war and plague, sure looks like the kind of muddy hellhole Geralt would tromp across in The Witcher 3. And its protagonist, the half-vampire Coen, has a similar "almost human but actually something more" vibe to him—a gruff but acceptable monster we need to fight the real villains for us.
When asked if he was comfortable seeing The Blood of Dawnwalker compared to The Witcher 3 by The Game Business, game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz said he was, "Really comfortable. I feel really confident about our game."

After making Mythic+ slightly too easy in World of Warcraft: Midnight, Blizzard's adding new high-end rewards for the sweats
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/world-of-warcraft/after-making-mythic-slightly-too-easy-in-world-of-warcraft-midnight-blizzards-adding-new-high-end-rewards-for-the-sweats/
World of Warcraft's been taking some big swings at its difficulty assumptions in recent years—both adding harder solo and open world content in the form of Delves and Prey, while also making the typically hardcore content slightly easier to get through.
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Which is a bit of a problem if you like pushing Mythic+ keys. MMOs live and die on their rewards structure. Even if you're doing it for the love of the game, it still feels unsatisfying and pointless to do high-level content if you're not getting rewarded for your trouble, as was the case with this season.
Well, Blizzard's moved to fix it. In the upcoming patch, high-end Mythic+ players will be getting some unique rewards, per a post on the forums.

And the third part of the gaming news:

Players have already found exploits for the Sulfur Cube in Minecraft, including using it as a mode of transportation
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/players-have-already-found-exploits-for-the-sulfur-cube-in-minecraft-including-using-it-as-a-mode-of-transportation/

Arc Raiders' players have created a bounty system that's meant to punish unsportsmanlike behaviour but surprise, surprise, top of the list sits streamer TheBurntPeanut
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-players-have-created-a-bounty-system-thats-meant-to-punish-unsportsmanlike-behaviour-but-surprise-surprise-top-of-the-list-sits-streamer-theburntpeanut/

There is another article, involving the former composer of Halo and Destiny (that's why I am even posting it), but since it has little to do with videogames and more to do with politics, I'll put it under a spoiler tag so those not interested can skip it (tho I'm sure curiosity will make some of you check it out even if you don't care about him):