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Yoshihisa Kishimoto—best known as the creator of Double Dragon and the Kunio-kun/River City lineage that helped define the beat ’em up—has passed away. He was 64. The news was shared publicly by his son, Ryūbō, who said Kishimoto died on April 2, 2026, a loss that lands like a gut-punch for anyone…
Team Liquid thought they’d just locked in a world-first kill on L’ura, the final boss of World of Warcraft’s new March on Quel’Danas raid—until the “dead” boss immediately refilled her health bar and revealed a hidden, ultra-hard secret phase. The moment detonated across the Race to World First…
Four years after Elden Ring first swallowed our lives whole, a deleted, never-before-seen cutscene has surfaced showing Miquella planting—and literally blood-feeding—the Haligtree. The footage comes from an unused map file discovered by prominent dataminer Lance McDonald, and it reframes one of the…
Pearl Abyss just dropped Crimson Desert Patch 1.02 (1.02.00), and while it’s not a flashy “new region” kind of update, it’s the kind that quietly makes the entire game feel better to live in. The headline features are exactly what players have been begging for: a headgear visibility toggle, a huge…
Dead by Daylight is barreling toward its 10th anniversary, and Behaviour Interactive isn’t treating it like a victory lap before moving on. Quite the opposite: the studio’s leadership is openly framing the next phase as a long-haul reinvestment—complete with a major matchmaking “re-imagination,”…
After years of stop-start visibility, State of Decay 3 has finally coughed up something fans can actually do: Undead Labs has announced a series of alpha playtests beginning in May 2026, with sign-ups live right now. It’s the first real “hands-on” step for the long-awaited co-op zombie survival…
The wait for Grand Theft Auto 6 has been so long that even former Rockstar staff are looking at the calendar and going, “Yeah… something big had to happen.” In a recent Kiwi Talkz interview, ex-Rockstar audio designer/engineer Rob Carr said he’d be “incredibly surprised” if GTA 6 doesn’t pull…
April Fool’s Day is back, and 2026’s gaming pranks have a distinct flavor: fewer “we made a fake game” press releases, more weirdly specific bits that either could be real… or straight-up are real. The headline-grabber is Bubsy—yes, that Bubsy—whose publisher Atari is leaning all the way in with…
ZA/UM has finally put a hard date on Zero Parades: For Dead Spies: the studio’s next dialogue-forward RPG hits PC on May 21, 2026, and the team is reiterating that the PS5 version is still on track for 2026—just later in the year. It’s a big moment for anyone starving for another Disco-style,…
Pokémon Pokopia is already settling into that cozy, “check in every day” rhythm—and now we’ve got a clearer picture of how its limited-time events are going to work. As of March 31, 2026, four in-game events have been identified (including a one-day April Fools’ quiz that rewards an Inflatable…
