Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred will introduce a number of new features to Blizzard's ARPG when it officially launches globally April 28, and one of them just might be a secret players have been hunting for since 2023--the cow level.

Blizzard blew the doors off Lord of Hatred with a livestream last week, revealing all the new details players need to know going into the expansion. During that livestream, Blizzard explicitly stated there were new secrets to be uncovered in Lord of Hatred. In an interview with Diablo content creator Rhykker, associate game director Zaven Haroutunian said there is a new secret to be found specifically in the Pit, one of Diablo 4's endgame activities.

That alone doesn't mean the cow level is a certainty, but a few other details that have emerged do make for a compelling case. As spotlighted by another content creator, Raxxanterax, those who received early press copies of Lord of Hatred found two cow-related items in the expansion. One of them is an old cowbell that can be acquired through fishing, a new activity being added in the expansion. Another new item, the Crown of the Cow King, can also be seen in the game's transmog list.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has finally been dethroned at the box office after finishing every weekend No. 1 since its release on April 1.

The hugely popular animated movie that has earned more than $830 million globally so far was finally beaten in the US this past weekend by the Michael Jackson biopic Michael. Jaafar Jackson, the nephew of Michael Jackson, plays the lead in the movie.

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie made another $21.2 million in the US for the April 24-26 weekend, its fourth in theaters. Michael, meanwhile, banked $97 million in the US for its opening weekend to land at No. 1, according to data from Hollywood news site Deadline.

A former Naughty Dog developer who worked on the first The Last of Us and its sequel has discussed the controversial decision to kill off a major character in The Last of Us: Part II.

Heather Cerlan, an environment and texture artist for both The Last of Us games, said on Kiwi Talkz that the studio was "pretty split" on the decision to kill off Joel. "It was controversially internally, too," she said, as reported by GamesRadar.

Joel's death leaked before The Last of Us: Part II was released, creating much hullabaloo online, as fans passionately weighed in on the shocking death of one of the franchise's core characters.

The last couple of years have seen several new genres emerge, and this week, developers from across the world are looking to cement "Fake OS" games as the next big thing. These are the games that simulate operating systems, desktops, and mobile phones, using that digital canvas to tell engaging stories designed to thrill and mystify the user on the other end of the screen.

To get recognition for Fake OS games as a genre, more than 150 developers have teamed up to shine a spotlight on their games with a coordinated community push on Steam. All of these games will have the Fake OS tag during a week-long sale starting April 27 and running through May 4. A live showcase highlighting these games will be held on May 2 in the form of InterfaceX, and hosted by GameSpot's very own Lucy James and Kurt Indovina--they've always got you covered.

As for the sale that has just begun, nearly 100 games have been discounted. While this isn't an official Steam sale like Valve's other themed events, the core idea is a community-first approach designed to encourage players to tag these games on Steam and help define the genre from the ground up. There's precedent for this push as well, as back in 2024, Dwarf Fortress and Deep Rock Galactic developers managed to get Valve to greenlight a Dwarf Steam tag. To see how you can help, you can use the event's custom-built web app to help guide you through the tagging process.

The PowerWash Simulator series is getting its biggest crossover yet, as developer FuturLab has announced a partnership with Lucasfilm for an upcoming Star Wars DLC pack for PowerWash Simulator 2.

The Star Wars Pack is coming this summer and allows players to clean a variety of Star Wars ships, including X-Wings. The DLC is set during the events of the original Star Wars trilogy, and lets players take on the role of the P0-W2 droid.

Wielding a power washer made specifically for the DLC, players will travel to six locations from the Star Wars universe to clean things off, including Hoth and Tatooine. The rest of the locations will be announced later.

Actor Patrick Gibson plays James Bond in the upcoming video game 007: First Light, and he should be considered to play the part in the upcoming movie, according to First Light actor Lennie James.

"He's fantastic in our version of Bond, and I genuinely think he should be a candidate for the main role that they're trying to find someone for," James told Radio Times Gaming, as discovered and reported by GamesRadar. "I'm sure he's under consideration. The people in control would be mad not to consider him."

Gibson is known for his roles on The OA and Shadow and Bone, but he rose to a new level of fame and popularity with his starring role as a young Dexter Morgan on Dexter: Origin Sin.

Ever since 2015's Until Dawn, I've been a big fan of Supermassive Games. From wincing as Rami Malek meets a grizzly end at the hands of a buzzsaw in Until Dawn, to fleeing an undead monstrosity in Man of Medan years later, the Guildford-based team has always excelled in delivering thrilling, cinematic scares that I enjoy. It's why I came into my preview session with high hopes for the studio's fifth outing, Directive 8020. Yet after finally going hands-on with Supermassive's first foray into sci-fi, my bizarrely brief demo left me feeling more underwhelmed than terrified.

Part of Supermassive's ongoing anthology series, The Dark Pictures, Directive 8020 sees the studio swapping teen slasher tales for eerie interstellar intrigue. A spaceship named the Cassiopeia is sent to survey a mysterious planet, Tau Ceti, as part of a routine resettlement mission, but a mysterious disaster occurs mid-orbit, causing the ship to violently crash on the planet's surface. Stranded and with no way to contact Earth, things only get worse as the crew quickly discovers they are not alone. As they encounter unsettling alien lifeforms that can mimic the appearance of their prey, the researchers find themselves stranded, not knowing who to trust.

This is essentially Supermassive's homage to Alien and The Thing, with a sprinkle of Event Horizon for good measure. Loading into the game a couple of hours in--with details of the crash and their first encounter still kept tightly under wraps--I join the crew of the Cassiopeia after the mysterious crash has awoken them from hypersleep, but seemingly before true Kurt Russell-worthy paranoia has hit.

One of the upcoming Assassin's Creed game, Assassin's Creed codename Hexe, will continue development without its game director. Benoit Richer announced that he left Ubisoft Montreal after nine years to co-found his own company. Richer is just the latest big name to leave Hexe, following creative director Clint Hocking's exit earlier this year.

Writing on LinkedIn, Richer said, "This is the beginning of a new chapter." He will become game director at Servo Games, an independent studio in Quebec that is focusing on single-player "atmospheric experiences with top-tier visuals, industry-defining character animation, and meticulously refined controls." The studio is building games using Unreal Engine 5 and targeting current-generation consoles and PC.

Richer founded Servo Games alongside Alex Drouin, who started at Ubisoft Montreal when it opened its doors in 1997. He led the animation teams for Price of Persia: The Sands of Time and Assassin's Creed, and would later leave to start THQ's Montreal studio (which Ubisoft eventually acquired). The other co-founders at Servo include other former Ubisoft veterans Luc Tremblay and Dany Marcoux.