Mortal Shell 2 developer Cold Symmetry has shown off the first gameplay trailer for the upcoming souls-like, and unsurprisingly, the sequel isn't straying from the foundation established in the original 2020 game. The deep-dive video shows off three playable Shells--Tiel the Acolyte, Eredrim the Venerable, and Proxima the Broodseeker--as they explore the dangerous world around them.

Each Shell offers a different approach to combat, with all the action now taking place in the cold and marshy patches of Fallgrim. Unlike the more confined spaces of its predecessor, Mortal Shell 2 goes all in on an open-world environment, which is naturally populated by dark and bloodthirsty monsters. The world is also designed to be deliberately compact, as Cold Symmetry says that it wants to respect a player's time.

Just like the first game, the dormant forms of forgotten warriors are scattered throughout the game, and once a Shell has been discovered, it can be awakened and possessed to unlock new abilities. Billed as a standalone sequel, Cold Symmetry says that no familiarity with the first Mortal Shell game is required to play Mortal Shell 2 to its fullest, and Fallgrim will have more than 60 dungeons to explore.

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Nintendo legend Shigeru Miyamoto has said there are "only so many people" that Nintendo can reach through games, so the company wants to expand its presence in other areas to help draw in more people. This is an approach best exemplified lately with Nintendo's further expansion into the world of film with The Super Mario Bros. Movie in 2023 and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (out now).

Speaking to Polygon, Miyamoto said Mario as a character has "always evolved alongside the evolution of digital media," and that's no different today as Nintendo brings him to movies.

"As we approach Mario and developing Mario games, I start to feel like there's only so many people that we can reach through Nintendo's systems and consoles. And so now with things like digital streaming and the expanse and the reach of what the technology allows now, I feel like that's a great way to get Mario involved too, and really be able to evolve alongside with digital media," he said. "So going from being able to have a touchpoint with Nintendo only through Nintendo consoles, we want to expand."

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Ubisoft's The Division 3 is moving ahead without executive producer Julian Gerighty, who recently left the company to join EA to work on the Battlefield franchise. At the time, Ubisoft told fans they needn't worry about The Division 3 losing him, and now senior producer Fredrik Brönjemark has echoed that sentiment, saying the roadmap for The Division 3 had been "planned and secured for some time already."

"Julian's departure isn't a distraction. We're happy for him and obviously sad to see him go. He was a friend. But as far as The Division 3 goes, we have our future and our roadmap that is already secure, and we know exactly where we are going and exactly what we want to do," Brönjemark told GI.biz.

The Division 2 creative director Yannick Banchereau went on to say he has "zero doubt" that The Division will remain popular for at least another decade.

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Fortnite never had a serious tone, but the game's battle royale modes will be a lot sillier during a 24-hour April Fools' Day update.

The game's v40.10 patch temporarily adds a suite of madcap modifications to unranked battle royale and Blitz matches, giving every player an enlarged head and the ability to ride teammates' shoulders. Llamas are also rideable, and players can literally turn their fingers into guns. As an added comedic effect, fall damage has been disabled, and landing will produce a cartoony splat sound effect.

All of these are also in effect in Unranked Reload, except for the big heads.

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Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios is working on a new Divinity game currently, and now the company's CEO has provided an update on how it's progressing.

Swen Vincke said on social media that a recent development at the office helped him feel like Divinity was "coming alive."

"I realized I was having a good dev day when Adam--our writing director--started discussing the game with me," Vincke said. "He just spent a week running through various permutations of one particular situation, tweaking the words, and had plenty of ideas. The things he said made sense but it wasn't that which struck me. He often has good ideas. Instead, it was the energy level he was at."

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Pokemon Go's Memories in Motion season continues in April with a new slew of events and activities to look forward to over the next few weeks. Kicking things off is a Fashion Raid Day, which will give players another chance to catch some fancy costume-wearing Pokemon, while Riolu is returning for an encore Hatch Day on April 18.

This month also sees the arrival of a few new Pokemon, including Silicobra and shiny Toedscool, both of which are set to debut during this year's Sustainability Week. The Paldean Pokemon Tinkatink is also stepping into the spotlight during April's Community Day, and some fan-favorite legendaries and Mega Pokemon are returning to Raids.

There are plenty of other activities lined up for this month. You can read more about all of April's biggest Pokemon Go events below.

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie hits theaters this week, and by current estimates, it's going to be another blockbuster. One of its biggest surprises, the appearance of StarFox's Fox McCloud, was revealed last week, and it looks like that might be the tip of the cameo iceberg (which we're not going to spoil here). Currently, fans are wondering if McCloud's appearance is teeing up an eventual Avengers-style Smash Bros. crossover movie for the big screen. Nintendo's answer? It's not that simple.

In a new interview, Nintendo and film producer Illumination explained that they're tackling one movie at a time, and that there aren't any plans for a shared cinematic universe…yet.

"I don't think you'll have a situation [where] all Nintendo characters would be joining [together in one film]," Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto said to Polygon. Illumination CEO Chris Meledandri added that the collaboration between Nintendo resulted in several discussions, including "fun" ways to drop characters from other game franchises in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

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Speed Racer (4K Blu-ray)

$31 | Releases May 19

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Almost two decades after it first raced into theaters, the live-action adaptation of Speed Racer is finally getting a 4K Blu-ray release. Directed by The Matrix creators Lana and Lilly Wachowski, preorders are now open at Amazon and Walmart, and priced at $31 ahead of its release on May 19.

Speed Racer (4K Blu-ray)

$31 | Releases May 19

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Pokemon Pokopia includes a Mystery Gift feature, and this allows you to get free items to use in-game. These secret gifts are often only available for a limited time, but this guide will provide you with all of the current codes available to redeem in Pokemon Pokopia, so be sure to bookmark it and check back regularly. We'll be actively updating this page as more codes are added.

Make sure to check out our complete Pokopia guides hub including how to time travel, build all habitats, and more.

All Pokopia Mystery Gifts and rewards

All Mystery Gift items are redeemed at a Pokemon Center PC by either entering a code or obtaining via the internet. Here are all of the currently active Pokopia Mystery Gift codes and their rewards:

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Fortnite OG Season 8 begins on Wednesday, April 1, ushering in a pirate invasion on the throwback island, and bringing back the fan-favorite Avengers: Endgame limited-time mode that hasn't been available in seven years--this is not an April. Fools' joke. And, of course, we've also got a new OG pass that includes three new remix skins based on old exclusive skins from the Season 8 battle pass.

The Season 8 OG pass includes remixes of the lizard ninja Hybrid, the cursed pirate Blackheart, and the regular human being Luxe. Unlocking the pass for 1,000 V-Bucks or through Fortnite Crew instantly unlocks Synthesis, the new version of Hybrid--we haven't yet seen if this one has a lizard style as well, but it's a safe bet that it does. If this pass works like the previous OG passes, it should include two main styles for each of the skins, as well as a full suite of matching cosmetics.

Avengers: Endgame returns to Fortnite

In the Endgame limited-time mode, which starts up on April 3, players are sorted into two teams of 16 players each, with one team representing the Avengers, and the other being Thanos' Chitauri. The Chitauri must scour the island for all six Infinity Stones, each of which powers up whichever player is Thanos, and the Avengers have to stop them. The Chitauri, as a team, are able to respawn 150 times, and the Avengers have unlimited respawns until the Chitauri get all the stones. It's essentially a themed version of the defunct core Fortnite mode Team Rumble.

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The Flashpoint update for Arc Raiders really has a love for Stella Montis, with multiple quests sending you there to fend off Shredders and find items to bring back to Speranza. One such quest is Last Entry, which tasks you with finding some clues on this very dangerous map, then extracting an important document from the Seed Vault.

Since you'll need to extract with the documentation you find in the Seed Vault, it's a good idea to bring along an augment with a safe pocket. This will ensure this precious item isn't lost if you die before extracting.

When you're ready to get started on Last Entry, read on.

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The controversial paid mod marketplace recently added to The Sims 4 is apparently exceeding Electronic Arts' expectations, according to a new report from Sims Community. It cited an anonymous "insider" who evidently also leaked accurate details about The Sims 4's Marketplace and Maker Program before it was revealed to the public.

It's not clear exactly what EA's financial goals for The Sims 4 Marketplace are, and the source didn't provide a specific number, but said that the paid mod marketplace "has so far exceeded EA’s expectations," adding, "We don’t know what [those expectations] were, though."

Earlier this month, details about a single-player The Sims title currently called Project X were leaked. It appears that Project X will feature individual neighborhoods that players must pay to unlock. According to Sims Community's source, EA has seen the player response online and might be rethinking things.

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The hardest quests in Arc Raiders tend to be the ones that require you to complete a variety of steps during a single visit to a map. When that map is Stella Montis, things can be even trickier. That's the case with the Furtive Meetings quest from Shani, which tasks you with uncovering meeting spots around Stella Montis--or as we like to call it: Shredder Central.

You have to complete every step of Furtive Meetings in a single visit before extracting with a specific item. Because of this, we really think you should bring along an augment that provides a safe pocket, as it would be devastating to have to redo the entire quest because you died at the end and lost the item.

When you're ready to head into Stella Montis to complete Furtive Meetings, read on.

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The Fragmented Logs quest in Arc Raiders sends you to Stella Montis, which is arguably the game's most dangerous map. You'll have to visit multiple locations there, making this a potentially risky trip, so you'll want to be prepared.

Also, you'll need to bring in an Electrical Component for this quest. These can be crafted in Speranza using just a few Plastic Parts and Rubber Parts, so getting your hands on one shouldn't be a problem. If you want to be extra careful, bring an augment with a safe pocket to keep the Electrical Component in while exploring.

When you're ready to set off on the Fragmented Logs quest, follow the steps below.

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One of the most frustrating aspects of modern PC gaming is how long you can be stuck waiting for a new game to finish compiling its shaders the first time you boot it up. The second most frustrating is having to do that each time you update you graphics card drivers. Nvidia is hoping its new Nvidia App features might make that a thing of the past.

Included in an update that introduces new features for the RTX 50-series of GPUs, Nvidia has introduced a beta version of what it's calling Auto Shader Compilation. With this enabled, the Nvidia App will dynamically determine when your PC is idle before kicking off shader compilations for your installed games in the background, potentially freeing you from having to wait for the step to complete the next time you actually want to play.

You're able to set how much space on your drive can be allocated to storing a cache of shader compiles, with more spacing allowing for more pre-compilations to stand at the ready for your most-played games. You can also roughly specify when the process is allowed to kick in, which you should be careful with since shader compilation can be quite CPU-intensive, so having it going while trying to do something else important on your PC at the same time isn't advisable. Auto Shader Compilation is disabled by default, but you can start utilizing it with the latest version of the Nvidia App.

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If you're ready to trek across Spaceport again in Arc Raiders, the Waking the Grid quest has got you covered. In this quest, you'll need to visit multiple locations on this open map, though they're thankfully all relatively close to one another. Because of this, you should be able to knock it out in one match without many issues.

You won't need to extract with any items to complete Waking the Grid, so you can feel free to come into this quest using a free loadout if you prefer. You may encounter a stray raider or two working on their quests or looting, though, so it's still worth keeping your wits about you.

When you're ready to complete Waking the Grid, follow the steps below.

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Recent mass layoffs at developer Eidos Montreal were the result of a long-in-development project at the studio that was close to completion being canceled, according to a new report.

As reported by Insider Gaming, the project, known as P11, had been struggling for years due to changing between multiple game engines and an ever-ballooning budget. The game was reportedly an open-world, third-person action-adventure title where players would battle magical spirits. The main character, River, had a giant-moose companion that could be used to navigate the game's open world.

P11 reportedly had cost several hundred million dollars since work on it began in 2019. The cancellation is somewhat surprising, as according to the report, the project was almost complete and tentatively slated for release later this year, having recently passed key development milestones.

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According to a new report, esteemed developer Crystal Dynamics is working on a new The Lord of the Rings game, which would be its third game now in development, joining Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis (2026) and Tomb Raider: Catalyst (2027).

Insider Gaming reported that the Embracer-owned studio is making the new game, with financial backing from the Abu Dhabi Investment Office. It's been reported that this game is aiming to "compete with Hogwarts Legacy," but there is no word on what that means.

Crystal Dynamics is working on this game alongside the developer Revenge, the report said.

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Blaze Entertainment has revealed a new Evercade gaming handheld device, the Evercade Nexus. Billed as the successor to its Evercade EXP-R handheld, preorders for the Nexus will go live on April 1, with the unit being priced at $200 ahead of its shipping date in October 2026. A Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack cartridge is included in the bundle.

Compared to the Evercade EXP-R, the Nexus features several substantial upgrades like a larger 5.89-inch IPS display, twin analog sticks, wireless headphone support, and EverSync for local multiplayer. This feature will allow players to share a game wirelessly with other Evercade Nexus consoles, and is similar to the single-cart local multiplayer of the Nintendo 3DS handheld.

Designed to play 32 and 64-bit games, the device can also switch to TATE Mode with the push of a button, shifting the screen into a portrait mode that works well with vertically orientated arcade games. The Nexus has a battery life of up to five hours, and it can download content faster thanks to Wi-Fi 6 functionality. For anyone who already owns an Evercade console, the Nexus will be backward compatible with over 80 Evercade cartridges from the officially licensed retro collection libraries.

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Following its reveal last year, Secrets of Strixhaven quickly became my most anticipated Magic the Gathering set of 2026. While I adored our brief stop in the wilds of Lorwyn, there's just something about Strixhaven's dark academia atmosphere and art nouveau stylings that captivates me. After attending a preview event in which Wizards of the Coast offered press a first-look at what some of Strixhaven's secrets are, I feel fairly confident saying that Secrets of Strixhaven should be your most anticipated Magic set, too.

Secrets of Strixhaven is an incredibly powerful set--one that brings back high-value cards and gorgeous art treatments while also introducing a shockingly strong mechanic with prepare. We've prepared an overview of the set's new mechanics as well as a look at some of the set's most jaw-dropping cards.

New mechanics and keywords

While their frames might be reminiscent of Omen and Adventure cards, prepare is an entirely new mechanic designed for Secrets of Strixhaven that grants you access to some powerful spells. While the card type is still a creature and should be treated as such when resolving spells, abilities, and the like, these cards feature an incantation in the bottom-right portion of the card that they can cast if they are prepared.

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