Microsoft doesn’t know what it’s going to do with Xbox Game Pass

Microsoft increased the price of every Xbox Game Pass tier in October 2025 and claimed it did so because it was “delivering more value, more benefits, and more great games across every plan.” Now, seven months and an Xbox leadership change later, even Microsoft seems unsure of what the subscription service’s future looks like, according…

Box Art Brawl: Professor Layton And Pandora’s Box

Europe Image: Nintendo / Launchbox There is a lot going on in the European design. The game’s new key art is relegated to the titular box in the centre, with six of its puzzles highlighted around the outside. A bright red background keeps everything perfectly eye-catching, but it’s perhaps a little busy, no? North America…

Tomodachi Life: A Guide To Living The Dream And Having Fun

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is less of a game and more of a reality TV show where you work on set. You’ll create the members of its cast and support them from the sidelines, but you won’t have much control over the important decisions your Miis make. It’s a really fun premise if you’re…

15 Years Later, Games Still Can't Nail What Portal 2 Perfected

Portal 2 is celebrating its 15-year anniversary today, April 18, 2026. Below, we examine how it approached comedy, and how many games still struggle with it. Today, Portal 2 turns 15. Unlike most of us at that age, though, Valve’s revered 2011 puzzler is completely confident in its identity and funny as hell. In a…

XCOM spiritual successor Warhounds dumps its gen-AI portraits, and I’m breathing a sigh of relief

I’ve been watching Warhounds with keen interest for a while now, and one of my biggest gripes with the upcoming turn-based strategy game has just been tackled by developer Everplay. Citing XCOM and Jagged Alliance as its main inspirations, it boasts all the environmental tactics and squad specialization that you want, with a refreshing focus…

Almost 28 years later, the mystery of what’s under women’s skirts in Elder Scrolls spin-off Redguard has finally been solved

“This may be one of the longest running secrets in the history of The Elder Scrolls we are about to reveal,” says the holy repository of knowledge that is the Ultimate Elder Scrolls Portal, “this has seemingly stayed hidden for 28 years from general knowledge.” In 1998, Bethesda released a third-person action-adventure set in the…

Dune 3 Forces Avengers: Doomsday To Create Its Own IMAX

Have you noticed that buying a multiplex ticket can feel like taking an AP exam? Seeing Avatar 3 last year made me choose between HFR, AVX, ScreenX, and D-BOX, when the only thing I really wanted to know was if the Coke Freestyle machine was working. It’s all in pursuit of adding premium costs to…

Anime Power League codes April 2026

Redeem these new Anime Power League codes, and you won’t have to hit the virtual gym quite so hard to boost your already ballooning muscle mass. They’ll save you time, effort, and Robux. Anime Power League is all about getting hench. Like the classic incremental Roblox anime games of the past, you click to your…

Metroid Prime Remastered Studio ‘Iron Galaxy’ Announces More Layoffs

Image: Nintendo Life Iron Galaxy, an American developer known in the Nintendo space for assisting Retro Studios with Metroid Prime Remastered and the release of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 last year, has this week announced more layoffs. The studio confirmed this in a post on LinkedIn, revealing “a number of teammates and…

Pokémon Pokopia Bulbasaur’s jump rope contest event guide

Bulbasaur’s jump rope contest takes Pokémon Pokopia‘s casual minigame to new heights. This time, Bulbasaur challenges you to push further and master your rope-jumping skills. Take part in the contest and entertain the other Pokémon in your village who will gladly stop to watch your performance. The event starts at 5 a.m. on April 19…