Nintendo Sued by Gamers, Xbox Game Pass Changes, Pragmata Launch + more!

Duration: 08:11

Timestamps:

0:00 not cool man, not cool

0:20 Nintendo Sued by Players

1:37 Xbox Game Pass Changes

2:54 Pragmata Launches With Some Issues

4:16 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:23 Stop Killing Games Celebrates a Big Win

5:01 Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced

5:57 PlayStation Online Age Verification

6:37 Easier GameCube and Wii Emulation on Switch

7:11 Pickmos Removed from Steam

NEWS SOURCES:

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IT'S-A ME, LITIGIO

Nintendo sued by players who say they should get any tariff refunds received by the US government

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-sued-by-players-who-say-they-should-get-any-tariff-refunds-received-by-the-us-government/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/lawsuit-nintendo-is-getting-tariff-refunds-its-customers-should-get-them-instead/

For Context, Nintendo sued the feds last month:

https://globalnews.ca/news/11719608/nintendo-donald-trump-tariffs-refund-lawsuit/

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-fans-demand-tariff-refunds-returned-to-customers

Lawsuit: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wawd.361585/gov.uscourts.wawd.361585.1.0.pdf

https://www.gamefile.news/p/gamers-sue-nintendo-over-tariff-refunds

Gamefile asked in March if they would hand the money back to the customers

https://lmg.gg/6a9Kj

PASS THE SAVINGS, HOLD THE DUTY

The speculation was correct, game pass is now cheaper but no longer has cod at launch

https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-drops-game-pass-prices-call-of-duty-exits-day-one

https://hothardware.com/news/xbox-game-pass-cheaper-no-more-day-1-access-call-of-duty

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/04/21/xbox-game-pass-update/

Comes after Sharma said it was too expensive

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/xbox-game-pass-is-too-expensive-says-new-xbox-chief-3940199

Speculation that cutting CoD was just the start

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-game-pass-could-lose-other-day-one-new-releases-beyond-call-of-duty-expert-says/1100-6539552/

Microsoft brings Xbox back, scraps Microsoft Gaming

https://www.theverge.com/report/917485/microsoft-return-of-xbox-no-more-microsoft-gaming

Xbox needs to be our identity quote

https://lmg.gg/z9GaE

MOON STRANDING SELLS MILLIONS

Capcom’s sci-fi action title Pragmata just casually sold a million copies in 48 hours, surviving three delays over four long years of development.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/pragmata-has-sold-over-1-million-copies-in-just-2-days-after-3-delays-dragged-out-development-by-4-years/

The game follows investigator Hugh and android Diana through a rogue AI-infested lunar base searching for a way back to earth. *joke about death stranding

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzBtbtOghV0

sitting at an 86 on Metacritic and earning "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews on Steam.

https://www.metacritic.com/game/pragmata/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3357650/PRAGMATA/

But if you're playing on Linux or a Steam Deck, you're in for a bad time thanks to our old friend, Denuvo. The anti-tamper DRM is aggressively locking out legitimate buyers. The system is treating every Proton version switch, launch option change, or graphics setting tweak as a different PC, and locking players out.

https://lmg.gg/quotepragmatadenuvo

The ironic part is that pirates were playing a fully cracked version days before the official launch. So, once again, Denuvo is doing a fantastic job of exclusively punishing the people who actually paid for the game.

https://www.dsogaming.com/news/crackers-have-bypassed-pragmatas-denuvo-before-release/

So if you're playing on Linux, you might want to hold off on adjusting your settings too much, or you could find yourself locked out of the game you just bought.

QUICK BITS

CREW LIVES ON

The Stop Killing Games movement is celebrating a big win as The Crew 2 gets expanded offline mode support, letting players keep racing even after Ubisoft inevitably shuts down the servers.

https://www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing-games-celebrates-crew-2-offline-support

The update adds smoother switching between online and offline modes and custom "livery support" meaning players can now create and save their custom car designs while playing offline, which wasn't possible before this update.

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/the-crew/the-crew-2/news-updates/7uxZ1NPu40uRsJeL4v4tj4/the-crew-2-hybrid-mode-update

Movement founder Ross Scott mentioned in a video on Twitter that "they inadvertently saved two games," as The Crew Motorfest is also due to receive an offline mode.

https://x.com/StopKilingGames/status/2047142025816948865

The movement has been pushing for laws requiring publishers to leave games in a playable state after shutdown. Their European petition hit over 1.3 million signatures and was presented to the EU Parliament, with a formal response due by July 27th.

BLACK FLAG REBOOTY

Assassin's Creed Black Flag is getting the full remake treatment, and honestly? It looks absolutely gorgeous.

https://www.ign.com/articles/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-has-major-changes

https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/7nIJkXCvPoBb6J8tvPlHku/tune-in-to-assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-showcase-on-april-23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhQ3yQjUgAc

The original modern-day segments? Gone. Ubisoft's focusing on Edward's journey instead, though there will be some new "modern-day rifts" that explore his internal struggles.

https://gamerant.com/assassins-creed-black-flag-resynced-no-playable-modern-day/

VERIFY OR CHATN’T

PlayStation has sent out an email to account users in the UK and Ireland with a simple request - VERIFY YOUR AGE, OR DIE. https://insider-gaming.com/playstation-to-require-age-verification-for-certain-online-features/

Well you won't die, but without verification you will lose messaging, voice chat, and user-generated content beginning June 2026. https://insider-gaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PlayStation-mail.png

PlayStation's FAQ was recently updated requiring age verification beginning June 2026 for UK adult accounts.

https://lmg.gg/faqplaystation

You have a few options: upload ID, let third-party verification platform Yoti scan your face, or verify via mobile contract - because nothing says "gaming" like biometric surveillance.

https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/edda77d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/1200x800!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faa%2Fa6%2F44b46854417ab363d7c5bcfbac06%2Fla-ca-peter-thiel-058.JPG

As I age gracefully into my older age perhaps I share the mentality of one Reddit user who said "Don't have to verify and now people can't contact me. It's all upside." So true Daver7692, so true.

https://lmg.gg/boomergoodtake

PLAY IT YOUR WII

GameCube and Wii emulation on Switch just got easier with Tico https://www.androidauthority.com/nintendo-switch-tico-play-gamecube-wii-emulation-3659487/

https://www.shanethegamer.com/esports-news/gamecube-wii-switch-tico-dolphin-emulation/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/SwitchPirates/comments/1sr8eve/tico_alpha_070_gamecube_and_wii_now_running_on/

Twitter post: https://x.com/danticoverse/status/2046387484980883719

https://github.com/ticohq/tico/releases/tag/0.7.0

PICKED OFF STEAM

Pokémon & Zelda Rip-Off 'Pickmos' formerly known as Pickmon Removed From Steam As Publisher Intervenes

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/04/pokemon-and-zelda-rip-off-pickmos-removed-from-steam-as-publisher-intervenes

Twitter post: https://x.com/PickMon_EN/status/2044732047709868392

They want it to have a “controversy free experience” https://x.com/PickMon_EN/status/2044747691159433562