Gamer's Digest 2026-17: Is Saros the Return to Returnal?

On our plate for this week: Housemarque makes its returnal to the spot light with Saros, Ubisoft brings back the best of Assassin Creed with Black Flag REsynced, and is the Playstation DRM story a big deal?

Gaming News: 

• Saros Reviews Round Up | OpenCritic
• Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Showcase Confirms Lack of DLC And Multiplayer - Insider Gaming 
  • Assassin's Creed Hexe Loses 50 Developers as Game Targets 2027 Release | Insider Gaming
• PS5 and PS4 Digital Games May Require 30-Day DRM Check-In or Risk Losing Access | MP1st

Subscriber plug

• The new vampire RPG from ex-Witcher developers finally has a confirmed release date | Polygon 
• ‘Their favourite games were already built with AI’: Google exec says almost every big studio uses AI, but not all disclose it | VGC
• "Xbox will be where the world plays": Microsoft confirms Xbox is once again looking into acquisitions, huge manifesto for the future detailed | Windows Central  

Quick Hits

• Crimson Desert Has Sold So Well Developer Pearl Abyss Has Reportedly Given Every Employee a $3,400 Bonus | IGN
• Marathon Was One Of March's Best-Selling Games In The U.S. | Kotaku 
• Resident Evil Requiem was already the fastest-selling game in the series, so for 7 million copies sold in under 2 months, Capcom had to break out the cake
• Final Fantasy 14 Is Coming To Switch 2, But With An Annoying Caveat | GameSpot
• Troy Baker Is Ready to Swap Voice Acting for Game Development | IGN

What We Been Playing:

• Sean - Pragmata (Finished)
• Dj - Crimson Desert (Got to the actual Crimson Desert)
• Savion - CD (finally got the kuku pack)