Earlier this week, three people were arrested in London for their involvement in creating Club Penguin Rewritten, a fan-made revival of Disney’s hit MMO for PC. According to BBC, the arrests were made due to copyright offenses, as the site didn’t have permission to run an unofficial version of the game.

The suspects have since been released and an official statement has been posted to the Club Penguin fan blog:

Following a complaint under copyright law, PIPCU have seized a gaming website as part of an ongoing investigation into the site.

Three people were arrested on April 12 on suspicion of distributing materials infringing copyright and searches were carried out.

They have been released under investigation and to aid with the police investigation, they agreed to sign over the website to the control of PIPCU.

Since the early 2000s, Club Penguin has been inexplicably popular, at one point boasting over 200 million registered user accounts despite being a simple MMO about cartoon penguins and minigames. Disney ended up closing the website down in 2017 after multiple complaints of inappropriate messages, racism, and sexual innuendos.

Clones like Club Penguin Rewritten have since popped up, as former players simply copied the game’s original source code. While the investigation is still ongoing, going to the site now prompts you with a City of London Police emblem and a message that typically appears on sites seized by law enforcement: “This site has been taken over by Operation Creative, Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU).”

CD Projekt just published its report showcasing its financial results for the fiscal year 2021, related to the period between April 2021 and March 2022.

First of all, we learn that Cyberpunk 2077 has now sold through to customers over 18 million copies as of today (April 14) according to company estimates based on information collected from distributors.

On The Witcher side, the franchise has sold over 65 million copies of which over 40 million units are of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

We also take a look at the company’s plans for 2022 which include development of the Cyberpunk 2077 expansion, development of the new Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5, further support for Cyberpunk 2077, development of the recently-delated next-gen version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, development of an unannounced project by The Molasses Flood based on one of CD Projekt’s franchises, the launch of a single-player mode for Gwent, and concept work on further unannounced games.

Looking at the company’s economics, while its revenue is still considerable and profit is still firmly in the black, both have dropped sizably compared to the fiscal year 2020.

Below you can check out all the relevant slides.

Fireline Games has announced Fueled Up, its new four-player couch co-op game that looks like Overcooked set in space. 

Described as a multiplayer game that “combines salvaging spaceships with intense co-op fun,” Fueled Up will hit PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC later this year. In it, you and your crewmates must fuel, fix, and recover damaged spaceships before an evil octopus gets its tentacles on them. You can check out what that looks like in the reveal trailer below:

“Return the spaceships to safety while dealing with unexpected dangers like wormholes, asteroid showers, and space squids,” a press release reads. “Keep the engines fueled up, fix hull breaches, and extinguish fires or risk the ship blowing up. There are no boring days in the life of a spaceship recovery engineer.

“In Fueled Up, you will explore dangerous galaxies, face increasingly challenging hazards while trying to outrun the giant Space Octopus. If you succeed, you will become the best spaceship recovery engineer the universe has ever seen.” 

Yeah, sure, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands has an end goal. Ostensibly, you’re tasked with completing a main story, something about saving the world and defeating the big bad villain and blah blah blah. But c’mon, we all know what the real point is: finding a ton of kickass loot. Let us help.

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Early on in my playthrough of CD Projekt Red’s 7/10 NFT screensaver Cyberpunk 2077, I realised you could climb washing lines.

I’m a real sucker for verticality, so normally I’d be immediately trying to see how high I could get, but after tentatively scaling a few floors I decided to give the urgent main quest the benefit of the doubt. There would probably just be a disappointing invisible wall anyway. I climbed back down and did my best to engage with the expensive cutscenes filled with proper actors. 50 hours of mediocre Strange Days references later, I had most of the game under my belt and was ready to go searching for something more substantial - to try to find some actual cyberpunk in this retrowave moodboard. I set about pushing Cyberpunk 2077 to the vertical limit.

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Amazon Prime Day 2022 is on its way and as always, it’s expected to be bigger and better than before! The two-day celebration of Amazon’s Prime service offers discounts on thousands of products across a range of categories, ensuring you get the most out of your Prime subscription.

On this page you'll find everything you need to know about Amazon Prime Day, such as Prime Day dates, how to spot the best discounts and how to be prepared for this mini-holiday of e-commerce.

Amazon has historically held their Prime Day event in mid-July. With the pandemic kicking off in 2020, that year's event was in October, and Amazon changed it up with a June event in 2021.There's rumours indicating Prime Day will return to mid-July, either kickstarting 11th or 18th July 2022 but we'll know for sure as the date gets closer and update this page accordingly.

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If you’re excited about the new Saints Row, which was delayed last year to its new August 23 release date, then keep an eye out for a special showcase happening next Wednesday, April 20. 

More specifically, Volition has announced that it is holding a Saints Row “Ultimate Customization Showcase” on April 20, with special host Mica Burton. As for what to expect, Volition doesn’t share too much, but the name says it all: it’s going to be about the multitudes of customization options in Saints Row, and the image that accompanies the announcement tweet features some of the zany options we can expect. 

Saints, we've got something that's gonna knock your customized 🧦 off coming April 20!

Set your reminders to see how to #BeYourOwnBoss with #SaintsRow Ultimate Customization Showcase!

YouTube: https://t.co/foeLuMO3Kt
Twitch: https://t.co/fIIhpFiddm pic.twitter.com/9BYlZV03Ko

Respawn has just dropped a new trailer announcing the next event in their battle royale. The Apex Legends Unshackled event will be adding plenty of new cosmetics while also bringing back the Flashpoint LTM when itt goes live on Apr. 19.

There will be a grand total of 40 event-themed cosmetics that come alongside weekly challenge tracks that provide more rewards. These include banners, character and weapon skins, sprays, badges, and more. These tracks will change between Apr. 19-26 and Apr. 26-May 3, and there will be specific Unshackled Packs that guarantee non-duplicate event items as well.

For those who don’t remember the Flashpoint LTM, it’s a mode in which healing items are removed from the loot pool. Instead of finding them on the ground, players will get healed while standing inside Flashpoint Zones. The LTM will return to Olympus this time around.

You can watch the Apex Legends trailer below to see a number of the new skins that’ll be available when the Unshackled event starts up next week.

If you haven’t yet had the chance to jump into Season 12: Defiance, be sure to read up on the new changes and everything else you need to know before joining the fight.

When Square Enix revealed Kingdom Hearts IV over the weekend, it looked…different. Hero Sora was looking realistically emo with nerfed kicks while hanging out in a Shibuya apartment that actually exists. But fans were quick to point out that there were likely lore reasons explaining the new graphical style, and now…

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Today Capcom released two new trailers unveiling more gameplay of the “massive” Monster Hunter Rise expansion Sunbreak.

The first trailer focuses on showcasing the gameplay of one of the new monsters included in the expansion, the fanged beast Garangolm.

The second showcases a new area named The Citadel.

You can watch both videos below.

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak launches on June 30 on both Nintendo Switch and PC.

If you’re unfamiliar with it, you can read an official description below.

This week's headline free game on the Epic Games Store is a goodie: XCOM 2. You have one week to grab Firaxis's sequel to their alien-busting turn-based tactics game, the streamlined reboot of ye olde X-COM games. XCOM 2 is a good game, well worth grabbing for free! Also free right now is Insurmountable, a roguelikelike mountaineering game.

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This week on The Electronic Wireless Show podcast there was some confusion, because I wanted us to do a part 2 best Easter eggs special, and Nate got confused, so here we are just talking about eggs in games. We also discuss real life eggs i.e. what are the best egg formats? Nate and I are both sad because we consider boiled eggs to be inherently funny but neither of us like eating them.

We also learn that Nate has dismantled his aquarium room (for a good reason) and that Matthew witness a car exploding the other night. Blimey! Plus, stick around for a Cavern Of Egg.

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Epic Games has today announce that the Coachella music and arts festival is coming to Fortnite. The ‘crossover’ will include an Icon Radio takeover and two waves of cosmetic item drops in the Item Shop.

The news comes via the official Fortnite blog, which reveals that the in-game Icon Radio station will air songs from over 30 artists featuring in the Coachella 2022 lineup. Players will be able to access this when driving any vehicle around the island.

The other part of the crossover is focused on cosmetic items coming to the Item Shop. There are two waves coming, the first beginning today, April 14 at 8pm ET.

In this first wave, players will be able to get the Wilder and Lyric skins plus matching accessories shown in the screenshots below.

Catch or collect a Thermal Fish is one of the Seasonal Challenges in Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 2.

To complete the quest, you must either use a fishing rod to catch a Thermal Fish, or find one amongst loot.

Completing this challenge will reward you with 20K XP, which will help you unlock skins from the new Battle Pass.

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The release date of Call of Duty Warzone and Vanguard's new season has been announced with a new cinematic trailer that appears to hint the arrival of something more sinister.

Season three, Classified Arms, is set to release on the 27th April with the franchise's connected universe storyline progressing with the release of "Nebula bombs" by the Nazis.

But the cinematic trailer also teases something bigger: "With Nebula, the Nazis had unwittingly shaken something awake, something far more powerful and fearsome than anything we could ever hope to comprehend."

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EA announced that it was working on a Dead Space remake back in 2021, sharing details about zero loading screens and how it is learning from past mistakes. Since then, Motive Studios has shared new information through special behind-the-scenes live streams, and one happened last month that was all about the audio of the remake. 

Motive showcased new gameplay to highlight some of the audio changes it’s made in the remake so far, specifically regarding the famed Plasma Cutter and Pulse Rifle weapons. During the stream, fans were already discussing their thoughts on the weapon sounds in the live chat, and it seems Motive used those suggestions and feedback from elsewhere to modify the sounds even more. 

Things you did:
Shared feedback on our Plasma Cutter and Pulse Rifle

Things we did:
Listened and made modifications 💥 pic.twitter.com/HIMJ9kHRE4

The popularity of the Steins;Gate series of visual novels is still quite strong, and FREEing made another figure available for pre-order.

The figure portrays beloved heroine Makise Kurisu and if you’re familiar with the FREEing brand, you probably know what to expect, a massive 1/4 scale bunny girl figure.

She’s available for pre-order on Good Smile Company’s Japanese store and on the American one, priced respectively at 27,500 yen and $249.99.

The price shouldn’t surprise considering that she’s really tall, standing at approximately 420mm due to the large scale.

Incidentally, this is a variation on another figure released a while ago, lacking the stockings and with a white costume instead of black.

You can check out what she looks like in the gallery below.

Scarlet Nexus has seen its player base boosted by a million players from Xbox Game Pass, publisher Bandai Namco said today.

The announcement came as the game passed the two million player figure overall - with the other million coming from 1m copies shipped to retailers and sold digitally (thanks, RPGSite).

It's intriguing to see the RPG gain such a large reach through Microsoft's subscription service - at a time when the power of being included in these has been under the spotlight. The action RPG was added to Game Pass back in September last year.

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The Mass Effect series is known for having a pretty wide arrange of romance options, especially once you get to the third game and same-sex options become available. Even inter-species alien love is on the table across all three games. Shepard (and Ryder too in Andromeda) is able to get freaky with just about every major alien faction in the game

However, the forbidden fruit, the final frontier if you will, has always been getting it on with Krogans. For whatever reason, the powers that be in BioWare have decided for the rest of us that Krograns, like our old pal Wrex, are off-limits. Through the power of modding and the skill of a talented animator, though, we no longer have to use our imagination. We have the technology to make Wrex-Shepard a thing. Whether it’s a thing you want to see, well, be careful what you wish for.

The video was shared by a Reddit user by the name of GrowlitheDog to the /rmasseffect subreddit with the title: “If Shepard could romance Wrex (fan-made animation; mildly NSFW).” It’s unclear if this person is the original creator of the animation, or just passing along this work of art. If it’s old, apologies in advance, but the first time I’m seeing it, so now I’m making sure all of you have seen it as well. Enjoy:

UPDATE 19/4/22: Ubisoft has now confirmed today's big Assassin's Creed Valhalla update, which includes the previously-leaked second slice of Mastery Challenge activities.

Today's patch 1.5.1 also sets the stage for the return of the Ostara Festival, which offers fresh gear to acquire as well as the spring-flavoured cosmetics originally available when the event first ran back in 2021.

Dozens and dozens of bugfixes have also been included - the full patch notes lie below.

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Here's the official description for the compendium:

In the dark years following the war with the Covenant, the Spartans of UNSC Infinity represent humanity's best hope against a growing tide of enemies that imperil all they have tirelessly worked to recover. Led by Commander Palmer, these super-soldiers are unparalleled warriors, but it will take more than raw combat skill and dogged bravery to keep humankind safe from the danger that approaches on all sides.

Epic Games has announced that Coachella 2022 is coming to Fortnite. 

This news comes by way of an Epic Games press release that states Coachella-inspired cosmetics and loading screens will make their way into Fortnite starting today, with music from artists set to perform on the actual Coachella stages in California hitting the Fortnite Icon Radio too. The collaboration starts today, April 14, and will run through May 16. 

“The sound (and fashion!) of the Coachella music and arts festival come to Fortnite,” the press release reads. “From now ‘til May 16, turn to Icon Radio in your Joyride vehicle for a line-up of artists featured in Coachella 2022. And just as the festival lasts two weekends, this weekend and the next will see the drop of new Coachella-themed items in the Item Shop.” 

As for what to expect, Icon Radio will play songs from more than 30 different artists performing at Coachella this year. While driving around in any vehicle in Fortnite, you can turn to Icon Radio to listen to them.

A new showcase for the upcoming Saints Row reboot has been announced, and it's coming as soon as next week. Or, more precisely, it is coming on 20th April at 8pm UK time and will be streamed across Twitch and YouTube.

This showcase will be hosted by actress Mica Burton, with publisher Deep Silver and developer Volitio promising a stream full of interviews and inside info.

In addition to this, fans will also get a first look at a new trailer, which will focus on the reboot's customisation options - something the Saints Row team has said will cover "all aspects of player choice in the game".

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Over a month after my first look at Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters, I was able to finally get my hands on a demo of the game.

I was able to play a few missions including what basically amounts to a boss battle, and the initial impressions included in my previous preview are pretty much confirmed. For a basic overview of the game, I encourage you to read it because everything you’ll find there still stood against the impact of gameplay.

The game does indeed feel a lot like XCOM translated into the Warhammer 40,000 universe, but there are a few key differences.

Classic squad-based tactical RPGs like the XCOM series usually tend to encourage extremely methodical, extremely prudent gameplay.

One of the great delights of being a purely surface-level Warhammer 40K enjoyer is that around every corner there's always some new, human-made horror to discover. The other day, for instance, I learned about the Exterminatus, a giant, Galactic Empire-inspired space gun that blows up planets when all other options - Space Marines, Grey Knights, Titans, Orbital Bombardments, et cetera - have been exhausted.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters, a new turn-based tactics game in the vein of XCOM, coming 5th May, will let you fire it, and is actually the first 40K game to feature it as a proper mechanic.

The central premise here is that a plague called the Bloom has broken out across a series of planets, thanks to Nurgle, the Chaos "Plague Lord" whose MO is being gross on a large scale. It's your job, commanding a squad of Grey Knights - mysterious, elite Space Marines - to save as many planets as possible and ultimately stop the spread.

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Of the four hulking Grey Knights under my command, teleporty sword boy was undoubtedly my favourite. Once every turn he could blink across the map, moving twice as far as he can with a regular action point, plopping him right behind a pesky Cultist’s cone of suppressing fire. It was both effective and efficient, but the real fireworks began whenever I clicked teleport strike, which repositioned him while also savaging several enemies in sequence with his power sword. He was simultaneously my initiator and my (almost) one-man clean up crew, ready to be rallied by a cry from my Justicar whenever his AP tank ran empty. I almost felt sorry for the cultists.

I’ve played a curated, two hour slice of Warhammer 40K: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters, and I’m keen to play more. As speedy as my sword boy felt in those moments, though, at other times I felt compelled to move forward at a crawl. When I asked creative director Noah Decter-Jackson whether I was just being too cowardly, he hedged his bets.

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Three people involved in a fan-made revival of Disney's Club Penguin have reportedly been arrested by the City of London police.

In a statement given to a Club Penguin fan blog, Detective Constable Daryl Fryatt, from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), said "Following a complaint under copyright law, PIPCU have seized a gaming website as part of an ongoing investigation into the site."

The statement continues: "Three people were arrested on 12th April on suspicion of distributing materials infringing copyright and searches were carried out. They have been released under investigation and to aid with the police investigation, they agreed to sign over the website to the control of PIPCU."

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While Persona 3 and Persona 3 Portable have been released a long time ago, they still hold a special place in the heart of many fans, so it’s not surprising that dedicated figures are still produced.

Today Good Smile Company made a new Nendoroid poseable action figure available for pre-order, portraying the game’s original hero.

You can find the figure on Good Smile’s Japanese and American stores, priced respectively at 6,100 yen or $55.99.

The release window is October 2022 for Japan, while America will suffer from the customary two-month lag, getting the Nendoroid in December.

The prototype is by Shichibee, while the size is the usual 100 mm common to most Nendoroid.

Below you can check out what it looks like and an official description.

Halo Infinite isn’t in a great place right now. Following the early launch of its well-received free-to-play multiplayer mode and the subsequent resounding critical reception of its single-player campaign, all the fanfare and hype has firmly subsided as the truths of what can only be described as lackluster post-launch support have been laid bare. Now, 343 Industries seems intent on a last-ditch effort to save Xbox’s flagship IP with a Battle Royale mode that feels like a rushed and poorly considered bandaid over a much bigger problem.

First, though, let’s recap the situation. The co-op campaign that was supposed to launch on May 5 with the beginning of Season 2 has been pushed back to sometime later in Season 2, and the Forge mode has also been delayed to Season 3… and goodness knows when that will be given Season 1 will have run for nearly six months by the time it ends. It could be another six months for Season 2, pushing us to the very end of the year. That would make it almost an entire year since Halo Infinite launched before we get one of the series’ flagship modes.

And that’s just the major modes that are missing that we knew about from launch. Dive into Halo Infinite’s multiplayer scene and you’ll find even more of a mess. A severe lack of game modes and maps — particularly noticeable in its Competitive mode where fewer modes and maps are deemed viable for ranked matches — and a frankly awful cosmetics and Battle Pass system has led to fans growing increasingly impatient with 343 Studios.

There are a lot of Elden Ring mods. In fact, popular PC game modding destination Nexus Mods currently hosts 527 or so. But amid all the available ReShades, pretty face settings, and weapon reskins, one of the most popular mods for FromSoftware’s latest hit is an easy mode, created by modder odashikonbu, that gives…

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There are approximately 40,000 playable characters and ships in the new Lego Star Wars game. (Editor’s note: No, there’s only like 350.) But most of them are locked when you start, and while completing all of the story missions will unlock some of these heroes and villains in The Skywalker Saga, you’ll still need to…

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Lost Ark is a popular Korean MMOARPG that’s been out for quite some time now, but has only just been released in English-speaking territories this year. There are quite a few classes and advanced classes to choose from in this game, each with their own unique pros and cons. But, of course, you’re here to find out which ones stand above the rest, so here are all the classes in Lost Ark ranked from worst to best.

We’ll be ranking the classes based on their overall utility in PvE and PvP, with a slight emphasis on PvE since that makes up the bulk of the content in Lost Ark. Another thing to note is that this list includes all classes that have been released as of April 2022.