Announced: a vertical, turn-based roguelite survival, Ascenders: Beyond the Peak 🧗
From Ludogram and Twin Sails Interactive, a tactical climb‑and‑survive about roped teams tackling cursed peaks: characters are physically linked by a rope system, pull, anchor or risk sacrificing allies. Expect Lovecraftian threats, class roles (assaults, hook‑scouts, demolitions), lasting deaths/injuries and mental scars, camp upgrades...
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⚡️ Marathon patch 1.0.6 drops on April 14.
Bungie prepped the balance notes: Recon's Echo Pulse will be harder to spot, and firing it after jamming lets you pass as a UESC ally, making range reads trickier. MEAN Tracker Drones get a teeth‑upgrade: better accuracy, stronger pursuit, and automatic retargeting if they lose sight. Mid‑season update aims to shake up tactics and make scouting actually matter.
⚡️ Netmarble is staging a global online finale, the First Dive Show for MONGIL: Star Dive lands on April 8 at 12:00 MSK on the game's official YouTube.
Think of it as the final deep dive into core mechanics and worldbuilding a week before launch: the release is set for April 15, 2026 on PC and mobile. The title carries on from 2013's Monster Taming and was rebuilt on Unreal Engine 5. DON'T MISS
🤖 Take-Two is shaking up its AI department: Luke Dicken and his team have been let go, possible LAYOFFS?
The reorg reportedly hit a unit largely built from Zynga (acquired in 2022 for $12.7 billion). No headcount was released and the company declined to comment. Likely a pullback on AI investment after repeated public criticism by CEO Strauss Zelnick. 🤖
⚡️Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon just got a big FREE upgrade, Merlin's Tomb, the third no-cost DLC from Questline. 😈
Main hook: an endgame dungeon in the Forlorn Swords for level 75 heroes. You must reassemble the Soul of the King before facing the magic-corrupted Merlin, the new pinnacle of difficulty. Alongside came patch 1.21: armor presets for quick build swaps, softened Mana Shield penalties, Act 3 rebalance, UI tweaks...
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From hate to love: how CD Projekt RED rescued Misty Olszewska in Cyberpunk 2077 🤯
Voice actor Erika Lindbeck admits Misty began as a PASSING, empty character, she expected Meredith Stout to be the big role. Devs rewrote Misty repeatedly; the breakthrough came when they reimagined her as a «soft Harley Quinn from New Jersey» and expanded her into a spiritual counterpoint to the cold tech of Night City. Misty ultimately outshone...
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⚡ The Last of Us Online GOT KILLED so we could get a bald huntress in Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet.
Former Naughty Dog director Vinit Agarwal revealed the canceled online project had been in development for 7 years and was about ~80% complete. Pandemic spending blew up the budget, and by 2023 interest in online services dropped, the studio chose to reallocate resources to the single‑player Intergalactic: The Heretic Proph...
#SteamAndEpic #Online #Intergalactic #Heretic #Prophet #Agarwal
⚡️ Behaviour Interactive told IGN that Dead by Daylight 2 will NEVER be released, project lead Mathieu Côté said so.
The team will keep investing in long‑term support: over 8 years the game grew from a modest indie horror into a genre "Hall of Fame", and a sequel would split the huge community, wipe progress, cosmetics and dozens of negotiated licensed characters. Developers note that engine and graphical upgrades can be d...
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⚡️ The Division 2 launched the anniversary season Rise Up in 2026, marking the franchise's ten‑year milestone.
The headline, Escalation: a HARDCORE endgame gauntlet with 10 difficulty tiers, a token economy and no checkpoints, one slip costs progress and resources. Risk pays off with new Prototypes rarity (unique augments, boosted stats). Revenge content got a refresh against «Черный бивень»: clearing control points drops bl...
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⚔️ Tides of Annihilation, a sleek, high-octane Character Action from Chinese veterans Eclipse Glow Games, where Arthurian legend is just the launchpad.
Built on Unreal Engine 5, the game centers on protagonist Gwendolin fighting alongside other knights, singleplayer with real team dynamics. The new studio (industry vets) works with platform holders, targets a global release and aims to craft an original IP, not copy trend...
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