
Victoria 3 - Dev Diary #181 - The Great Wave & Notes (23rd April 2026)
Victoria 3's biggest naval overhaul yet arrives April 28 alongside The Great Wave DLC, and the preliminary changelog is already substantial.
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Victoria 3's biggest naval overhaul yet arrives April 28 alongside The Great Wave DLC, and the preliminary changelog is already substantial.

Remedy has shadow-dropped Control Ultimate Edition on iOS with touch controls, reworked UI, and ray tracing for under five dollars. This might be the best mobile game deal in years.

Shigeru Miyamoto says the Super Mario Galaxy Movie's reveal that Peach and Rosalina are sisters is now canon for future Mario games, a rare case of a film permanently rewriting game lore.

Paradox has locked in May 6th for Europa Universalis V's Fate of the Phoenix expansion and the free 1.2 Echinades Update, and the scope of what's coming is hard to ignore.

Delta Force's latest update lands today with no downtime, tackling crashes, broken vehicle limits, and some long-overdue Warfare fixes.
97 changes land in Black Desert Online today, headlined by a brutal new Altar of Blood tier and a long-overdue fix to how Extra AP is displayed in your stats.

Stellaris's 4.4 Pegasus update is giving the long-neglected Situation Log a full redesign, plus a cleaner Megastructures UI.
Mountain's Smoke Bomb and Gun-launched Missile get reined in as players find their cost-effectiveness outpacing other Techs.

The Finals 10.4.0 is a lighter week, but the Respec Order feedback window has officially closed and Embark is ready to talk about what comes next.

Jagex rolls out the first round of Leagues VI: Demonic Pacts tweaks, with pact rebalancing, retroactive task fixes, and a pile of relic corrections.

Update 1.69 pairs a Chinese electric hypercar that hits 62 mph in 2.36 seconds with a tiny French hatchback from 1993. Only Gran Turismo.

Infinity Nikki's Version 2.5 update drops today, adding a new zone called the Boneyard where you can summon dragon bones and ride them like a surfboard. It also closes out the Itzaland Main Quest and adds new Ability Outfits, banners, and combat challenges.

Housing disabled, prop hunt ruined by x-ray vision, bonus rolls not working, a raid boss made unkillable, and players who hide too well getting punished. WoW's 12.0.5 patch is a disaster across the board.
A small but useful hotfix lands for CK3, fixing the out-of-sync multiplayer errors and over-eager Lunatic events that slipped through the 1.19 Scribe update.

Crimson Desert's Equipment Manual has become the game's most feared enemy, hijacking boss fights and forcing players to flip through its pages while they die.

Alterra, Ubisoft Montreal's unannounced Animal Crossing and Minecraft-inspired life sim, has been cancelled after nearly three years of development. Staff were sent home and reassigned to other projects.
Farlight 84's Shadow Academy season is live, bringing sweeping hero and weapon rebalances alongside a full cosmetic refresh.

Difficulty settings, bird pets, and a massive housing storage overhaul headline Crimson Desert's latest update.

Back-end API leaks have surfaced codenames for modular Game Pass packages, and the list of potential add-ons goes way beyond games.

Microsoft slashed Game Pass prices and pulled Call of Duty from day-one launches. Reports now suggest a 'pick your own plan' model is in the works, and it could reshape the entire subscription.

Kiki Wolfkill, who oversaw Xbox's film and TV division and helped shepherd the Halo series and Fallout TV adaptation, has departed Microsoft after 28 years.
A small but focused CS2 update lands, tidying up ledge movement, viewmodel animations, and trade offer limits.

IO Interactive isn't hiding its Hitman influence. 007 First Light's new Tac-Sim mode is Escalation Contracts with a tuxedo on, and I'm completely fine with that.

The original Ecco the Dolphin creator and development team have reunited after 30 years to deliver remasters of the first two games alongside a completely new entry in the series.