New Marathon update bolsters free kit meds, and solo runs are all the better for it

At a certain point in an extraction shooter wipe, going in with a free loadout becomes a ridiculously tough pursuit. No matter how cautious you are, you’re bound to run into players that are looted to the gods. Your meds get gobbled up in an instant, and you’re suddenly praying to a higher power for…

PlayStation Store Update Worldwide April 21, 2026

Each week Sony brings PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation Plus owners new content, add-ons, games, and more. Here is the complete global PlayStation Store update. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation…

Here’s when Masters of Albion launches in your timezone

Peter Molyneux is playing the hits with Masters of Albion, returning to the god game form he helped define. Towns can be built, townsfolk can be menaced—all through the awesome, lightning-bolt throwing, boulder-dropping, peasant-flinging power of an omnipotent, hovering hand, just as tradition demands. And it’s all happening when Masters of Albion launches in early…

MindsEye Devs Demand Answers Regarding Corporate Surveillance Issue

More trouble is brewing at MindsEye developer Build A Rocket Boy (BARB), but it has nothing to do with the studio’s debut title. A group of employees led by the IWGB Game Workers Union have initiated legal action in response to Build A Rocket Boy leadership’s decision to install surveillance software on employees’ devices without…

Xbox Game Pass Ultimate’s price was too expensive for too many fans

On Tuesday, Microsoft reversed course on its 50% price hike on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate it instituted just six months ago. Under new Microsoft Gaming CEO Asha Sharma, the company has slashed the price of its top-tier Game Pass subscription from $29.99 to $22.99 per month. Subscribers are losing day-one access to Call of Duty…

Xbox Drops Prices For Game Pass Ultimate And PC Game Pass But New Call Of Duty Games Will No Longer Join The Library At Launch

Seven months after introducing new, more expensive tiers for Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft has announced it is cutting the price of Game Pass Ultimate for console and PC. Furthermore, new Call of Duty titles will no longer be included in the library at launch. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced on X that “Game Pass Ultimate…

I Love This ‘Game Show’ That’s Basically Dropout For Word Nerds

As the world steadily crumbles around us, a lot of my friends have been taking refuge in comedy panel shows like Dropout’s Game Changer and Make Some Noise, or British staples like Taskmaster. These are all great and I enjoy them very much. But by winding through the absurd labyrinth of panel show clips on TikTok,…

Microsoft just made Game Pass cheaper, and it’s all thanks to Call of Duty

Microsoft has announced that, effective today, it will be cutting the price of Game Pass, following a report last week that fledgling gaming division CEO Asha Sharma believed that it had become “too expensive” for players. However, the monkey’s paw has curled for Call of Duty players, as future releases from the iconic franchise will…

Surprise! Alien: Rogue Incursion Has Shadow-Dropped On Switch 2

Ahead of this year’s ‘Alien Day’ (26th April, a play on the in-universe moon LV-426), developer Survios has shadow-dropped Alien: Rogue Incursion – Part I: Evolved Edition on Switch 2. A PS4 release is also in the works for a later date. Originally intended for VR, Rogue Incursion was reworked for traditional consoles and sees…

New PS Plus April Game Has Free DLC on PS Store

A new game that joined the PlayStation Plus library this month has gotten some free DLC, out now on the PS Store. What PS Plus game has free DLC out now? Squirrel with a Gun, developed by Maximum Entertainment, is set to join the PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium catalog this month. It is also…