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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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MODS, EMULATORS & FAN PROJECTS

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?