This week marks the end of April, with some news and updates in gaming catalogues most profound. 

The Big Picture

The Until Dawn movie adaptation is a clear case of PlayStation Studios and Screen Gems fulfilling an obligation that they probably had no way out of. If they could, they probably would have cut their losses and killed the project. 

In fact, the movie is a strong case for players to revisit the 2015 classic PlayStation 4 title, which is an interactive horror movie with third-person action-adventure controls and a clear focus on what it wants to be. Featuring strong faces and thespians like Hayden Panettiere and Rami Malek, it’s essentially a cinematic experience that still holds up until today, no remastering or remaking required.

PlayStation games to live adaptations have gone through quite a rollercoaster with The Last of Us series on HBO and Twisted Metal on Peacock. And while their experiments have been alright, they will eventually end up with a stinker or two. Still, that won’t be stopping anytime soon due to the lucrative potential of video game film adaptations. 

Short Beats

Looter shooter title Borderlands 4 is releasing a few weeks earlier than its intended 23 September release date. The game is now coming out in 12 September.

Respawn is cancelling its Titanfall/Apex Legends spin-off. Its parent company EA has laid off 400 of its staff members. 

Upcoming China-made action RPG Lost Soul Aside is postponed to 29 August so that it has more time to get fixed and polished. 

Blizzard is reportedly working on an Overwatch mobile port, with the project being dubbed Overwatch 3. It’s also working on a new StarCraft entry, though its genre has yet to be confirmed. 

Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles, with games set to hit US$80 this year. 

PlatinumGames game director Taura Takahisa has left the company, and is starting a new games company called Eel Game Studio. He was responsible for being a lead designer for Nier Automata and director for Astral Chain.

Op-Eds

Here’s a breakdown of what we know about the upcoming looter shooter sequel Borderlands 4. 

Games Out This Week

Shotgun Cop Man is a precision platformer where you fly and shoot your way out of trouble, and deal with it with the buckshot blasters you’re given. 

Moroi is a weird-as-heck top-down action adventure title where you have to escape from a labyrinth of madness, experience weird fantasy and science experiments, and ponder at creepy visuals and gritty landscapes. The game’s plot is based on Romanian folktale, with its twist and turns all in its plot. 

La Quimera is a story-drive first-person shooter set in a dystopian future Latin America, available now on PC (Steam). 

Forza Horizon 5 is finally on PlayStation 5.  The open-world racing game takes place in the landscapes of Mexico, features tons of races, and a lot of cars to collect. 

Days Gone Remastered is out for PlayStation 5. This PS5 Pro-enhanced version of the action-adventure open-world game has you playing as ex-outlaw biker Deacon St. John as you survive the Broken Road. 

Kiborg is a relentless rogue-lite beat-em-up where you enhance your body with new cybernetic implants each run. 

Recommended Viewing

Here is a clip of fighting game content creator Maximillian as he addresses why a game like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 succeeds with just its small team alone.

I know @NightSkyKing_ has been banging this drum forever and this tweet is just one example…

…but this clip from @maximilian_ last night really made it all click for me on what he’s been trying to say about the state of game development and why Expedition 33 is so important. https://t.co/l5mIBvkh48 pic.twitter.com/t5Gn2djKrP

— SubTXT (@_subtxt_) April 25, 2025

Here is our news recap of the week for 27 April-3rd May in video form.