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Apr212026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Xbox Reduced The Price Of Game Pass Ultimate & PC Game Pass

Credit: Xbox The changes recently announced by Microsoft Gaming's new CEO, Asha Sharma, to the popular Xbox subscription service, Game Pass, didn't take long to come to fruition. The Ultimate plan will be reduced from $30 to $23 per month, and the PC Game Pass version will cost $14 instead of $16.50 per month. Furthermore, the company announced it will discontinue the practice of adding new Call of Duty games to the subscription on release day. Now, Call of Duty titles will be added to the catalog at a delayed time, approximately one year after their release, during the holiday shopping season. Xbox clarified that games already available in the series will remain in the library, along with other titles on the service. Therefore, the next installment, rumored to be in developmen...

Apr182026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

‘Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era’ Multiplayer To Be Temporarily Open To Everyone

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Credit: Hooded Horse Unfrozen Studios announced an open stress test for Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era servers. This was announced in a post on the game's Steam page. The trials will run from April 22 to April 23. No registration is required—to participate, simply update your Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era demo build during the playtest and start playing. During the trial, Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era players will have access to four factions (Temple, Necropolis, Dungeon, and Rift), Arena mode, and 1v1 ranked matchmaking. Credit: Hooded Horse The goal of the tests is to get as many people online as possible and conduct a stress test for the Heroes of Might & Magic: Olden Era servers to ensure their performance under heavy load. "By joining [th...

Apr162026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Horror Shooter ‘Industria 2’ Delayed Until April 29

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Credit: Industria 2 cover Developers at Bleakmill announced that the atmospheric horror shooter Industria 2 will not be released today, April 15th, as announced a week ago. An open letter of apology for the delay was posted on the game's Steam page. The Bleakmill team understands the disappointment and frustration of those who were looking forward to embarking on their adventures today, and apologizes to the players. Completing the shooter with a team of eight proved more challenging than the developers anticipated, especially if they were trying to avoid overtime and burnout. So now the developers need a little more time to prepare the game. Industria 2 takes place in a parallel universe, where scientist Nora tries to find a way to return home to East Berlin in 1989. She must ...

Apr152026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

GTA Online Data Stolen By Hackers Resulted In A Sharp Rise In Take-Two’s Stock Price

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Credit: Rockstar Games The hackers' blackmail, demanding $200,000 from Rockstar to keep confidential data confidential, turned into a triumph for the publisher. After the hackers published the stolen financial statements, the shares of parent company Take-Two soared. It turned out that the figures in the documents—in particular, GTA Online's weekly revenue of approximately $8 million—impressed investors far more than the hack itself. As a reminder, ShinyHunters hacked Rockstar's data vaults using the third-party AI analytics platform Anodot and, after the studio refused to cooperate, released the stolen information publicly. The leak did not contain assets for the hotly anticipated open-world crime action game GTA VI, currently in development at Rockstar, but rather data on the p...