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8BitMods Release Backwards Compatible Dreamcast VMU That Also Runs Retro Games

Retro accessory company, 8BitMods, is releasing the VMU Pro on May 15, 2025. It’s a Visual Memory Unit that can slot into a Sega Dreamcast, but it can also be used to play games from other systems. The Dreamcast’s original VMU is a memory card that slots into a console controller and displays information about …

Directorate Novitiate is a Forthcoming RPG From Another Former-AAA Indie Studio

Nesting Games is a new indie studio built from former AAA developers, and Directorate Novitiate is its debut title. A release date is yet to be announced, but Nesting Games has said it will self-publish. Directorate Novitiate is an urban fantasy action RPG following Mercury, a special operative in the titular organization, who battles supernatural …

Gamers Care More About Price And Content Than Platforms – Survey Shows

A recent survey by digital marketplace Eneba suggests that gamers care more about prices and content than the device used to play on. Data shows that players are less likely to go for exclusive content, even if it’s offered by PlayStation or Xbox. With more than 70% of gamers playing across multiple platforms and less …

PRESS RELEASE – Jötunnslayer: Hordes of Hel on PS5 & Xbox in 2025; Svartalfheim Descent Gets Major Content Update on PC

May 13, 2025 – Discover the All-New Dwarven Warden Class and Roadmap Reveal in this Major Content Update on PC. In Svartalfheim Descent players can explore never-ending stone carved halls, mineshafts, and foundries of the industrious Svartalfar. Global Indie Game Publisher Grindstone and developer Games Farm are excited to announce that Jötunnslayer: Hordes of Hel …

PRESS RELEASE – Take Your Team to The Top With Speedball’s New League Mode

May 13, 2025 – Rebellion, one of the world’s most successful independent video game developers and publishers, has today released a major update for Speedball that will add a League Mode to the game as well as two new arenas called Grand Central and King’s Terminus. League Mode In Speedball’s League Mode, 10 teams compete …

PRESS RELEASE – Survival Horror Game Backrooms Level X Coming to PC on May 29

May 13, 2025 – Indie publisher Firenut Games and solo developer José Manuel Conesa Hernández invite you to lose yourself, perhaps forever, in the suffocating depths of the Backrooms. The nightmare begins when survival horror experience Backrooms Level X releases for PC on May 29, 2025. PS5, Xbox Series, and Nintendo Switch versions will follow …

Hack n’ Slash ARPG Dragon is Dead Will be Released on June 6, 2025

After a year of community driven development, Dragon is Dead has been given a release date for this summer – June 6, 2025 on PC, but no word yet about consoles. The game will come with a new heroine in the final chapter of the Dragon Slayer’s story as well as hardcore features designed for …

PRESS RELEASE – Sworn Second Major Update is Out Now

May 12, 2025 – Team17 Digital and Windwalk Games have released a huge SWORN update focused on expanding and fine tuning the character kits to help would-be heroes in their quest to thwart the corrupted King Arthur. Developers Windwalk Games have listened to player feedback and worked improving SWORN for all players. Updates are listed …

PRESS RELEASE – PlanetPlay & UN Research Reveals Gamers’ Shift to Greener Habits

May 12, 2025 – Data drawn from a new in-game poll called Play2Act showed evidence that gaming has the potential to incentivize greener habits among gamers. Of those respondents who had played games with green messages or environmental content 79% reported making at least one positive behavioural change after playing these games. Among these players, …

PRESS RELEASE – BrokenLore: Don’t Watch Pushes Your Survival Skills to the Edge

May 12, 2025 – A game grounded in real fears that will make your eyes crawl. Available now on PC. Also coming on PS5 later this year. Serafini Productions and Shochiku launched on PC, their deeply immersive psychological horror game, BrokenLore: DON’T WATCH alongside a brand new trailer. Set mostly within a claustrophobic six-square-meter Tokyo …

Labyrinth of the Demon King Navigates Onto Major Platforms

PSX-inspired first person survival horror, Labyrinth of the Demon King, hits PC, Nintendo Switch (for US players), and PlayStation 4 and 5 on May 13, 2025. It’ll appear on Xbox One and Series X, plus the Switch (for UK/EU players) later this year. Developed by J. R. Hudepohl and published by Top Hat Studios, Labyrinth …

Alienware Beams Down New Aurora Gaming Laptops

Alienware, the gaming brand of Dell computers, is dividing its tech into two distinct tiers, Area 51 and Aurora. Aurora laptops are designed for gamers and currently come in two versions: 16 and 16X. Both types are available now, although NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 laptop graphics options (for both) won’t be available until later this …