The Crunchyroll Anime Awards are almost here, and to celebrate, the streaming platform is hosting a massive sale in its store. Highlighting the nominees of this year's awards show, fans can save big on anime Blu-rays, clothing, and merchandise. How it works is simple: Buy two items from the eligible list and get a 20% discount, buy three items and that discount increases to 30%, and four or more items will get you a 40% discount. That adds up pretty quickly to substantial savings, and to help you out, we've assembled some lists below for our top picks.

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To put this into perspective, if you were to update your summer wardrobe with four One Piece T-shirts priced at $35 each, that would normally cost you $140. But with the Crunchyroll Store 40% discount? That total would come to $84, a savings of $56.

Some of our top picks in the merchandise department include several SH Figurarts figures. These collectibles don't just look great, they're also highly posable thanks to the extreme amount of articulation in their design, and various swap-out parts allow you to truly fine-tune a pose for them. Uravity and Toga Himiko are great options here, while the Hashira Shinobu Kocho from Demon Slayer is another dynamic figure you can add to your collection.

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Crimson Desert players can expect several improvements to roll out for the game in the coming months, as developer Pearl Abyss says that it's working on new content and feature updates. The studio says that these have been partially shaped by player feedback gathered from the first few weeks after Crimson Desert launched, and they'll be added to the game from April through June.

Some of the big updates include brand-new content aimed at players seeking to dial up--or lower--the game's challenge, like Boss Rematch and Re-blockading modes. These will allow previously defeated bosses and liberated locations to be tackled once again, and new easy, normal, and hard difficulty options are being added. There are also several quality-of-life upgrades on the way, including food storage with direct access to cooking ingredients, a wardrobe system for outfit and armor organization, expanded storage for materials, and specialized storage for quest items.

Gameplay improvements include additional abilities for characters Damiane and Oongka that will align them more closely with Kliff and his skillset, the option to hide back-mounted weapons, and new character outfits will be introduced. The best news is that new pets and summonable mounts will be added, addressing one of the major fan requests for Crimson Desert. Wrapping all this up is a series of system and graphical updates, including UI elements improvements, adjustable font sizes, customization options for certain controller inputs, expanded configurable keys, and improvements to the rendering of distant landscapes.

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Enter the world of the mafia, with an agile and dynamic Card Game that will challenge you in your free moments or addict you for hours! Choose a mission and hit the target in seconds! What awaits you with each card turned over? Will you become the legend feared by all or will you fall into oblivion? One Card One Shot - Mafia: an addictive card game that will test your reflexes and strategy! You are a bounty hunter who lives in the mafia underworld. Your objective is to eliminate the crime bosses using only a deck of cards. But watch out: they won't give in easily! In this fast and fun game, you'll have to be agile to hit the right cards and fire the fatal shot. But don't forget: with each completed job, you rise in the wanted ranking, take bigger jobs and attract more enemies! Do you have what it takes to become a legend feared by all? Or will you fall into oblivion? Find out in this addictive card game that will challenge your skills and your luck!

Embark on a journey alongside once mighty and generous, now the forgotten god, whose energy slowly dissipates from the world. Betrayed by his human apprentice who decided to become a new divine by sacrificing his master, the Divine Spirit initially distrusts humanity until witnessing their bravery in defending against darkness. Before going to the void God is ready to make his last call to save humankind. Engage in strategic turn-based combat, manage and upgrade each character, and strive to reclaim harmony in a world on the brink of oblivion. Take on the mantle of leadership as you guide a mercenary squad through perilous landscapes, selecting your comrades from a diverse pool of skilled recruits.

Death lurks in the dark woods of Deathwoods. Up to 5 players must join forces to find supplies and escape a terrifying monster that reacts to your every sound. Can you escape this terrifying place before the sinister force catches up with you? Deathwoods takes place in the haunted woods of Deathwoods, where you can find several different items that will allow you to get out of the woods and also help you defend yourself against a killer who decides to kill you and maybe even succeed. Be careful though, the killer can hear your voice from the microphone, so you have to be quiet. WARNING: This game contains flashing lights, loud sounds, and lots of jumpscares.

Doki Doki Literature Club has been pulled from the Google Play Store, just a few months after its release on the mobile storefront back in December 2025. In a statement from Serenity Forge, the studio cites that Google chose to remove the game from the Google Play Store as its content violates the storefront's terms of service in "its depiction of sensitive themes."

"DDLC is available on many different major platforms, including iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and more," Serenity Forge writes. "We're continuing to do everything we can to find a path forward for getting DDLC reinstated on the Google Play Store. Meanwhile, we're also looking into potential options for alternate methods of distribution on Android devices."

At this point, it's no secret that Doki Doki Literature Club is a disturbing experience that touches on self-harm and emotional abuse, and uses graphic imagery to do so, but there's a big "This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed" warning on store pages for the game. Audiences are suitably warned that this is a horror game, despite marketing material and the game's first hour disguising the experience as a romantic-comedy visual novel.

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Amazon Board Games: Three For the Price Of Two Sale

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The great thing about board games is that they're social, don't need electricity, and have a built-in offline mode. If you want to stock up on tabletop fun, head over to Amazon to take advantage of a Get Three For the Price Of Two deal. The deal is simple: pick three eligible items from the list, and the price of the lowest-priced item will be subtracted from your total. You don't have to pick only board games, as the promotion applies as long as you choose eligible items from the Amazon store page. So far, Amazon hasn't announced an end date for this promotion, so you might not want to dawdle in case anything catches your eye.

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Mega Cat Studios and Playground Productions are releasing the first all-new Backyard Baseball game in years later this summer, but if you can't wait to try out the game's new features, there's a free demo available right now. And yes, you can play as the GOAT, Pablo Sanchez, along with some other classic Backyard Kids.

Though the full game will be available on consoles as well, the Backyard Baseball demo is currently limited to PC and Mac. It includes a new game mode called Backyard Derby, with the demo limiting your choice of players to Kiesha Phillips, Kenny Kawaguchi, and Pablo Sanchez. You'll be looking to hit as many home runs as possible in a limited time, so we have our money on Sanchez. There's a leaderboard, as well, so you can see how you stack up against other players online prior to the official launch date.

Backyard Baseball also introduces a night mode, complete with fireworks, and you'll likely recognize the field from the original games--just with a modern coat of paint. There will be 11 stadiums in the final game, each remastered from their classic versions.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 has just introduced some new controller options for disabled gamers that provide a greater level of customization in the military shooter. This is a boon for accessibility in a series that continues to cater to players of all skills and abilities.

Co-developers Treyarch and Raven Software took to the official Call of Duty blog on April 9 to announce a new collaboration with the AI software platform Cephable. According to the website, the software "enables players to control games using alternative inputs such as voice commands, face expressions or head movement, and customized buttons" through the company's desktop and mobile apps. Once you download Cephable, you will have a plethora of new customization options for the in-game controls across Black Ops 7's Campaign, Zombies, Dead Ops Arcade, and Firing Range modes.

Specifically, Cephable--which is a free download--lets you use voice commands and other mobility-friendly options to play Black Ops 7. The developers noted in the blog post that, although these new input options will function the same way as a controller or keyboard and mouse, there may be some latency because Cephable controls pass through additional processing and an external service before reaching the game.

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