Alone in the Dark’s creator is crowdfunding a new Mega Drive / Genesis game with a unique controller
Frédérick Raynal wants to fund PopCorn: Duel with its own spinner controller
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3rd Apr 2026
Tomodachi Life doesn’t support Switch 2’s ‘handheld mode boost’ because it runs at 1080p in handheld, Nintendo says
The Switch game will get a resolution boost on Switch 2 with the touchscreen still active
2nd Apr 2026
Amazon Prime’s 12 ‘free’ games for April include XCOM: Enemy Unknown Complete Pack
Amazon Prime subscribers can claim free PC games to keep via its Luna service
Four retro baseball and football games from the NES and SNES era have returned on Switch and PS5
Jaleco's Bases Loaded 2 and Goal! 2 have received a modern day re-release
Pokémon has opened a Pokopia-themed ‘immersive space’ in London
The event is open to the public, and is free to attend
GOG’s optimised ports of the original PC Resident Evil trilogy are now on Steam too
The new release is fully compatible with Windows 10 and 11 PCs
Switch 2 price is ‘going to have to go up’ eventually, former Nintendo sales lead says
It's "inevitable" that Nintendo will have to join PlayStation and Xbox in raising its prices, he says
Super Mario Galaxy Movie has a better opening day than the first film, is expected to finish behind for the weekend
Its domestic opening day is the best of the year so far, beating Project Hail Mary
1st Apr 2026
April’s PlayStation Plus ‘free’ Essential monthly games have been confirmed
There are three games for subscribers to claim this month
After asking the Japanese public to help it find its first ever claw machine game, Taito instead found its second
The search for the Crown 602, believed to be Japan's first domestic crane game, continues
April’s upcoming games: Pragmata, Pokémon, Saros, and more
Here’s every big new game scheduled for Xbox, PS5, Switch 2, and PC in April
A Pokémon Home update is coming this week, finally adding Legends Z-A support
Pokémon from Pokémon Legends Z-A can be moved to the upcoming Pokémon Champions
US patent office revokes Nintendo’s patent on summoning characters to make them battle
The USPTO director made a rare order to re-examine the patent last year
MindsEye is adding a new mission which will ‘share some of the evidence’ of alleged studio sabotage, CEO says
CEO Mark Gerhard previously said "organised espionage" contributed to the game's poor launch
Marathon’s latest patch fixes a move exploit Bungie says is ‘unhealthy’
Version 1.0.5.2 also makes more than 20 other changes and bug fixes
