With Soulframe, Digital Extremes Didn’t Ask For Permission But Instead, Begged For Forgiveness

Last month, I visited Warframe developer Digital Extremes’ office in London, Ontario, of Canada, to hang out with the team behind Soulframe for a couple of days, interview its various discipline leads, and learn about this studio’s first game in nearly a decade. It was during those initial interviews that I learned Soulframe was a…

Overwatch ranks explained – skill tiers and ranked rewards

Want to know how the Overwatch ranks work? To compete with the best players, you must climb the Overwatch ranks by winning ranked matches. If you’re brand new to Overwatch, you will have to play 20 unranked games in either standard or Stadium before you’re allowed to compete. We should note that your Overwatch rank…

YouTube Is Raising The Price Of Avoiding Its Terrible Ads

Don’t expect Rust 2 anytime soon. Do expect to pay more for YouTube Premium. Also beloved spy fish James Pond might not be long for this world if the James Bond rights holders have anything to say about it. It’s your Morning Checkpoint for April 10, 2026. Metallic Terminator Skippy Peanut Butter recently breached my…

New Professor Layton Trailer Is Our Best Look Yet At The Upcoming Adventure

Today’s Level-5 showcase might not have been overflowing with release dates, but it did give us a new look at Professor Layton and The New World of Steam, with the confirmation that it’s still on track for 2026 (thank god). The new trailer is our best look yet at the upcoming puzzler, diving deep into…

Neverway, A ‘Nightmarish Life Sim’ From The Artist Of Celeste, Gets October Release Window And Free Demo

Last year’s Triple-i Initiative showcase included the announcement teaser for Neverway, a game that’s part action, part life sim, and part moody, existential horror. This year, the game returned to the event, bringing two of the most exciting pieces of news a showcase trailer can bring: the game has a release window, and you can…

PS Plus Premium Adds Free Game Trials Worth Playing After Hiatus

After a brief hiatus, PS Plus Premium members finally have free full game trials that are worth checking out. On offer are two fantastic 2025 PS5 games and a PS4 RPG from 2019. Without further ado, let’s dive in. All new PS Plus Premium free game trials added on April 9, 2026 Released in September…

New Slay the Spire 2 patch notes help you survive the early game, and rein in Acrobatics

New Slay the Spire 2 patch notes have arrived for the latest beta-branch update, and it’s good news if you’ve found yourself falling foul of the whims of Act One. The opening floors of the roguelike deckbuilder can frequently prove some of its most threatening, throwing some serious threats your way before you’ve had much…

‘It stayed exactly the same’: Jeff Kaplan takes us back to 2016 by confirming that Blizzard did not change the size of Tracer’s butt

Jeff Kaplan is tackling the real, gritty questions while showing off his new multiplayer action-survival FPS game The Legend of California. And what is the realest, grittest question an ex-Blizzard dev could answer? No, not that one. It’s actually about Tracer’s butt. To the few of you who are fortunate enough to not have a…

Gunzilla CEO Denies Claims Of Not Paying Devs In Long Rant On Twitter

Earlier this week, multiple former and current Gunzilla employees claimed online that the company, which owns Game Informer and runs NFT battle royale Off the Grid, owes them months of back pay and is not communicating with affected staff about the situation. In response, Gunzilla CEO Vlad Korolev penned a 650+ word tweet calling critics…

Netflix’s new shark thriller Thrash is more fun than scary

Typically, it takes years of neglect for a house to really look haunted, whether or not it actually has ghosts lurking around every corner. Nature, however, can get that job done with greater, terrifying efficiency. In Tommy Wirkola’s Netflix horror-thriller Thrash, a hurricane and its attendant flooding descends on a small town in South Carolina,…