May 12, 2025 – Bureau 81’s successful debut title, The Operator, is now coming to Switch on May 22, 2025. With more than 6,000 Very Positive reviews since the original release in July 2024 and winning the Pégase of Narrative Excellence, The Operator will soon join the Nintendo catalogue. The conspiracy-fueled experience inspired by X-Files …
May 12, 2025 – Pre-orders open via Laced Records for Limited Edition 6LP box set and Exclusive Edition double LP. The box set includes a complete re-recorded and expanded soundtrack by series composer Akira Yamaoka. Also includes an art book with composer liner notes (and a few surprises). Double LP sequenced by Akira Yamaoka. Konami …
Silent Games Studio and publisher Secret Mode have released action RPG Empyreal onto PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5. PC gamers with modern Intel GPUs also get access to that company’s Xe Super Sampling for low latency and AI-assisted frame generation. Empyreal is set on an unexplored planet after an expedition’s initial run discovers a …
The Strong National Museum of Play has now inducted four new games into the World Video Game Hall of Fame: GoldenEye 007, Quake, Defender, and Tamagotchi. This brings the Hall of Fame total number of games up to 49. The Strong started this initiative in 2015 as a part of its game preservation program. Although …
Survios, a studio specializing in VR games, has turned the VR version of Alien: Rogue Incursion into a first-person survival horror. It’s being promoted as “Part One” and is coming to PC and PS5 on Sept. 30, 2025. Alien: Rogue Incursion puts players in the army boots of Zula Hendricks, an ex-Colonial Marine intent on …
Moonhood, a new indie studio built from veteran developers, has itself built a distinctive new game primarily out of clay. The Midnight Walk follows The Burnt One and Potboy on a quest to bring light back to a land plunged into eternal darkness, and it’s out now on PC and PS5, as well as in …
Tripwire Interactive has confirmed that Killing Floor 3 will officially launch worldwide on July 24, 2025. The upcoming first-person shooter will arrive simultaneously on PC, as well as on PlayStation 5 and Xbox. This announcement follows a previously scheduled release date of March 25, 2025. Tripwire Interactive delayed the game to allow more time for …
Mafia: The Old Country will arrive on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC on Aug. 8, 2025 by publisher 2K and developer Hangar 13. The studios have confirmed the release date alongside an official gameplay trailer, and more details are expected from Hangar 13 during a developer panel at the PAX East gaming event currently taking …
FunPlus and IO Interactive have teamed up to bring the world’s deadliest assassin to the zombie apocalypse. The worlds of tactical stealth and survival horror collide as State of Survival announces a major collaboration with the Hitman franchise. Starting May 9, 2025, players can recruit Agent 47 as a playable hero while facing off against …
Sett is a Tel Aviv based company specializing in AI-orientated game marketing, in terms of its proprietary AI engine which can create interactive adverts based on a game’s existing design. Sett has been steadily building up a substantial client base over the last few years under the radar, but has now broken cover to reveal …
Reburn, a Ukrainian game studio comprised of former Metro and S.T.A.L.K.E.R. developers, has pulled its debut title La Quimera back from full release and relaunched it into Early Access, after it received widespread poor reviews. Initially launched in closed beta on April 12, 2025, it received a short-lived full release on April 25. La Quimera …
It wouldn’t be surprising if even the dev team at X.D. Network has lost count of the number of closed beta tests Etheria: Restart has undergone since its release trailer was unveiled in September, 2024 at the Tokyo Game Show. In a press release on May 8, 2025 the final closed beta test was announced, …
Polymega is a retro console created by Playmaji, a California-based company with industry ties to Google, AAA games such as Titanfall, and even the TV-based tech company Roku. Polymega is billed as the world’s first modular HD retro games console, and includes official links to numerous game companies, including Nintendo and Sega. Polymega’s main selling …
The recently released Starship Troopers: Extermination Update 1.4 brought about some much appreciated changes, but Update 1.5 in June will finally include what players have been asking for for a long time, 16-Player Hive Hunt matchmaking. Fighting bugs may become easier in 1.5, but the studio intends to balance it out in the following patch. …
There are plenty of games that are themed on a zombie apocalypse, but none as hyped and morally strenuous as Quarantine Zone: The Last Check by Briganda Games. This survival sim puts players in charge of preventing the catastrophe from spreading while dealing with the looming threat of those already infected. The game’s horrifying premise …
