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Google has announced several new updates for Google Play Books. Kids can read over 300 new ebooks for free and earn reward stickers and prizes by achieving reading goals and milestones in the app.

A report claims that Intercept Games, the developer of the space sim Kerbal Space Program 2, will be closing its doors in late June, putting the future of the game's development in question.

Starfield's biggest update yet is landing in May with upgraded maps, new gameplay tweaking options, graphics options for Xbox Series X players, and more. A land vehicle is in development too.

Microsoft has released a new video for its hit sandbox game Minecraft to celebrate its 15th birthday. It shows people in the real world doing things that normally only happen when playing Minecraft.

Meta and Warner Bros. have announced Batman: Arkham Shadow, a brand-new entry into the ArkhamVerse coming later this year. It will be exclusive to the Meta Quest 3 virtual reality headset.

Microsoft's LinkedIn has just launched its first three games that are available for free. These puzzle games have been designed to not just be fun to play but to also try to connect its players

Developer Ironclad Games and publisher Stardock will make their 4X space-based strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire II available on Valve's Steam PC game store sometime later this summer.

A new report claims Microsoft has a schedule of when it plans to release its major first-party gaming titles for the rest of 2024. That includes games like the next Call of Duty title and more.

Microsoft has finally confirmed when the Xbox Games Showcase of 2024 will happen. The showcase will have reveals from Activision, Blizzard, Bethesda, and Xbox Game Studios, plus a surprise.

Another Xbox Game Pass wave is almost here, and it is carrying Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Little Kitty, Big City, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, and Kona II: Brume as new arrivals.

Rare has officially brought Sea of Thieves to PlayStation 5, and with it Season 12 has launched for the hit pirate adventure game. It has ziplines, a new cannonball, throwing knives, and more.

Paradox Interactive has reconfirmed it's long-delayed people simulator game Life by You will finally become available for PC gamers on June 4 as an Early Access title on Steam and Epic Games Store.

Bethesda Game Studios' director Todd Howard has confirmed that the Starfield: Shattered Space expansion is coming sometime this fall. More updates for the game are coming soon as well.

Microsoft's latest ID@Xbox Digital Showcase today revealed, among other things, that the hit game Palworld will get a major update in June, adding four new "Pals" to the game and more.

Microsoft will hold another of its ID@Xbox Digital Showcase streaming events today, Monday, April 29. We have the info on when and where to stream it and what to expect from the event.

The historical city builder Manor Lords, created by just one developer, has already sold over one million copies since it launched on Friday. It also reached over 170,000 concurrent Steam users.

This weekend's PC game deals include a bundle for automation and management fans, a double giveaway from the Epic Games Store, Earth Appreciation Festival discounts, and a lot more.

343 Industries will release the next update for its sci-fi shooter Halo: Infinite on April 30. It will add a new in-game item store, The Exchange, for getting customization content via Spartan Ponts.

Developer Mojang has announced that the next free update for its sandbox game Minecraft will officially be known as the Tricky Trials update when it rolls out sometime later this year.

Bethesda Game Studios released its big 'next-gen" update for Fallout 4 this week. However, the update also came with a number of bugs across its PC, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms.

The Razer Kaira HyperSpeed wireless gaming headset works with Xbox consoles as well as PCs with 50 mm audio drivers. It's hit a new all-time low price of $89.99 at Amazon for a limited time.

Mojang just added three more perks to its Realms Plus server hosting service for Minecraft Bedrock Edition. This includes monthly access to character items, additional world render distance, and more.

Colossal Order's new update for Cities: Skylines 2 is carrying the promised Beach Properties DLC content for free, DLSS 2 support for Nvidia players, as well as performance improvements and bug fixes.

Microsoft's latest Free Play Days event for Xbox players brings Railway Empire and Prison Architect for Game Pass Core subscribers, while TramSim is available for any Xbox player to try out.

Bethesda has pushed out the next-gen update for Fallout 4 right on schedule. It carries native Xbox Series X|S and PS5 versions, wide-screen support, Steam Deck verification, and more.

This week, the Epic Games Store is offering copies of Industria and LISA: Definitive Edition to keep for free to PC gamers. The double freebie drop will run until next Thursday, May 2.

The Nvidia GeForce NOW cloud gaming service is adding more older Blizzard games to its library this week, along with the highly anticipated historical city builder game Manor Lords, and more.

Blizzard Entertainment is now hiring for a number of positions for a new but currently unannounced game, a few months after its survival game was canceled after several years of development.

Bethesda has announced that the Fallout franchise saw almost five million players in a single day across its games. The most recent entry, Fallout 76, saw one million players enter its online world.

The Armored Paws update for Minecraft has gone live, and it carries the Mob Vote winner armadillos as a brand-new animal, eight wolf variants, and even fresh armor to keep them safe.

Razer has launched its newest high-end gaming PC mouse, the Viper V3 Pro. It has a 35,000 DPI optical sensor and is very lightweight at just 54 grams. It's now available for an MSRP of $159.99.

Massive and Ubisoft have pushed out an update for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, and it carries a new 40FPS targeting performance mode for consoles, Intel's XeSS upscaling tech for PC, and more.

To promote the current Disney+ Marvel animated series X-Men 97, Microsoft is giving away a custom Xbox Series X console with art that's also an exclusive X-Men 97 comic book story.

Manor Lords, the city builder game from the one-person dev team Slavic Magic. has reached the 3 million wishlist milestone on Steam before its April 26 release for PC and Microsoft PC Game Pass.

EA is finally adding the grand Star Wars adventure Jedi: Survivor to its EA Play basic subscription program. This also means Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass members are also gaining access.

Meta announced its Meta Horizon OS, used for its Meta Quest mixed reality headsets, will be used by third parties to make their own VR products, including Microsoft on an "inspired by Xbox" device.

The popular third-party game mod hosting site NexusMods has been experiencing heavy traffic in the last few days, which, it says, is due to the Fallout TV show that has boosted Fallout player numbers.

The Turtle Beach REACT-R wired Xbox and PC game controller comes with quick-access audio controls and two extra mappable buttons. It's available at a new all-time low price of $29.99 at Amazon

Now that it has finished its reorganization, Embracer Group has revealed plans to break itself up into three standalone and publicly traded companies, each with different gaming properties.