🤯 30 years later DOOM fans finally got the backstory on the iconic chainsaw: Romero Games shared a photo of a dev with the real Eager Beaver that inspired it.
The thing leaked so much oil id Software kept it in a bowl; Tom Hall still keeps the piece. The photo is from 2020, but the recent post sparked a fresh wave of NOSTALGIA.
⚠️ At the LAN event CAGGTUS Leipzig for Counter-Strike 2, streamer-player MAUschine walked up during the awards and punched rival Spidergum (Fabian Salomon) on stage.
Eyewitnesses say the spat started over the "papichulo" taunt. Organisers DACH CS Masters handed a 10-year ban and referred the case to Esports Integrity Commission; the incident happened on 19 April. WTF
⚡ Microsoft dropped the second batch of April additions to Game Pass. Highlights: Vampire Crawlers, 21 April, Kiln, 23 April, Aphelion, 28 April, Trepang2, 29 April, Final Fantasy V, 5 May, Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era, 30 April (Game Preview). Plus a ton more: Citizen Sleeper, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Goat Simulator, Endless Legend 2, NHL 24 via EA Play and others. FREE?
🎲 RANDOM GAME, For The Glory: A Europa Universalis Game (Steam)
Take the reins of a nation and guide it through history, navigating thousands of historical events and figures. 🏰 Build your empire through trade, diplomacy, colonialism, and war.
Key features: • Over 400 playable countries worldwide • Era spanning from 1399 to 1836 • More than 10,000 historical events • Extensive modding support • Modernized and improved interface • Adapt your unique playing style
🐭 The trailer for Hela: of Mice and Magic from Windup Games pitches a cozy, slightly melancholic adventure: you're a tiny mouse on a quest to heal a sick witch in a world steeped in Scandinavian nature and folklore.
Low camera perspective makes everyday objects feel enormous; the game mixes single-player and CO-OP, focusing on exploration, puzzles and character-driven moments. Publisher, Knights Peak, planned for 2026.
⚠️ Shuhei Yoshida warns that following TRENDS blindly can be deadly for indie developers: chasing hype eats originality and ups the risk of failure.
He breaks down how copying popular formulas turns games into indistinguishable clones, kills room for experiment and player love, and names his favorite indie titles that deliberately buck the mainstream
🍃 "Korea, IL‑2 Series" is getting a fifth season: the INTERSEASON, late autumn with first snow and early spring with bare trees.
Dev 1C Game Studios says the concept was tested in Flying Circus and players liked it. The "golden" autumn will be colourful, winter will vary by altitude/location, and blooming spring will be revealed later. Launch, Q2 2026. Add to your Steam wishlist.
🐜 Project Ants, a slick 3D metroidvania from Ant Team: you control an anthropomorphic ant with a saber, drenched in a dark visual style and combat clearly inspired by Ninja Gaiden.
Exploration channels Hollow Knight vibes, an interconnected world full of secrets, with progression based on new abilities that unlock previously unreachable areas and invite backtracking. The first gameplay teaser showcases smooth animation, movement and high‑octane fights. Launch is planned on PC only; no release date yet but not expected before 2027. INSANE
🤨 Chris Avellone says IDK if Bethesda has the engineering muscle to remaster Fallout: New Vegas the way Oblivion was redone.
In his interview he explained the studio likely never got the source from Obsidian, the final contractual step was handing over all sources for $10k, but CEO Fergus Urqhart allegedly refused the check. Without the code it's extremely hard to rebuild the game; theoretically Bethesda could overlay Unreal Engine visuals on top of the original Creation engine like with Oblivion, but Avellone suggests testing that approach on Fallout 3 first. Microsoft's consolidation of studios doesn't guarantee cooperation.
⚔️ Preludes 14, The Duelo brings the new main story The Wreck Of Mestra Carmo, world duels, a preview dungeon Fallen Ode'n Skytowers, the Mirifuir siege, the Duelo pact, fresh rapiers and the Mestra's Uniform set.
The main quest is a string of shipboard duels: you loot headwraps, craft the special helm and are forced into fights using grounded melee weapons while pact abilities are disabled, three rounds yield pact/armor fragments. The update also adds a high‑level dungeon preview, a tough multi‑boss Mirifuir siege, a dodge‑focused Duelo pact (clones, bleed, flint pistol, melee phantom, aura ult), rapiers and new gear drops. Runes reworked to a charge system (max 3), Orlik now gives relationship tasks with blueprint and passive rewards, faction quest/UI tweaks and many QoL/balance fixes, WILD 😑
