Wednesday, 16 April 2025
Game News Round-Up
Daily curated games-industry news digest for 16 April 2025.
General2 stories
Metal Gear in Concert coming to London later this year
- Two performances of the show will take place on Saturday, November 1 – a matinee performance at 2.30pm and an evening performance at 7.30pm.
Free Games / Subscription1 story
April Xbox Game Pass games
- Arriving
- Grand Theft Auto V – April 15
- Neon White (Console) – April 16
- SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 16
- Crime Scene Cleaner (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series S/X) – April 17
- Tempopo (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 17
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series S/X) – April 24
- Towerborne (Game Preview) (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series S/X) – April 29
- Far Cry 4 (Cloud, Console, and PC) – April 30
- Anno 1800 (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series S/X) – May 1
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Cloud, Console, and PC) – May 1
- Dredge (Cloud, PC, and Xbox Series S/X) – May 6
- Leaving (April 30th)
- Have a Nice Death (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Kona II Brume (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Sniper Elite 5 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- The Last Case of Benedict Fox (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- Thirsty Suitors (Cloud, Console, and PC)
- The Rewinder (Cloud, Console, and PC)
Business1 story
Niantic lays off 68 workers following Scopely acquisition
- Employees were notified on March 20, 2025, layoffs effective from May 20