The complete dinosaur RTS arrives with three unique factions, massive battles, expanded customization, and a wealth of new content introduced throughout Early Access.
Humanity’s fight to reclaim Earth from prehistoric domination reaches its next chapter as Repterra officially launches into Version 1.0 on August 20.
To celebrate the announcement, a brand-new Release Date Teaser is now available, showcasing Repterra’s large-scale battles, upgraded visuals, and the epic dinosaur warfare awaiting players at launch.
Repterra is a base-building survival RTS where players must rebuild civilization in a world overrun by dinosaurs. Construct sprawling colonies, develop powerful economies, tame and breed dinosaurs, lead heroes into battle, and survive against overwhelming prehistoric hordes. With Version 1.0, the game delivers its complete vision, combining strategic depth with spectacular large-scale battles featuring tens of thousands of dinosaurs.
Throughout Early Access, Repterra has continued to grow thanks to community feedback, introducing major content updates that expanded both gameplay and replayability. Players can now create and share their own scenarios with the Custom Level Editor and Steam Workshop support, battle across the hazardous Volcano Map, and command the brand-new Electric Faction, bringing devastating Tesla-based technology and an entirely new strategic playstyle to the battlefield.
Whether you’re building an impenetrable fortress, breeding powerful new dinosaur companions, or leading electrified armies against colossal swarms, Version 1.0 represents the definitive Repterra experience.
Today, Stardock announced the release date for the upcoming expansion for Sins of a Solar Empire II, Harbinger. The Vasari have spent generations running, and they have warned anyone who would listen about what was behind them. On September 3, 2026, their time runs out and players will finally discover the greatest threat they’ve ever faced: the Eidolon.
Fighting for planets, trade routes, culture, or wealth is not the Eidolon way. Working behind the scenes, the Eidolon spread corruption wherever they go. Their technology shroud entire worlds to fuel their advance, and they strike from the shadows with cloaked fleets, forcing every other empire to fight for survival on unfamiliar terms.
Features
The Eidolon rewrite the rules of galactic conquest with systems built around corruption, secrecy, and control:
Planetary Transformation: The Eidolon spread corruption across the galaxy to empower themselves and their worlds. As populations fall under the Eidolon’s influence, their planets gain corruption over time. Once a world has fully fallen, it can be shrouded, greatly expanding the upgrades that planet can support.
Unit Corruption: Corruption empowers Eidolon units in combat as well as weakens them. As an Eidolon ship gains corruption, its hull dwindles while its offensive power increases. Enemy forces can become infected by corruption, giving the Eidolon another advantage.
Null Weapons: Eidolon weapons are far more advanced than the other factions; and can negate shields and spread corruption against enemies.
Cloaked Ships: Subterfuge is one of the sharpest weapons of a great enemy, as on the Kalizaeth Profaner support capital ship. New cloaking and detection systems let the Eidolon appear and vanish at will, enabling hit-and-run tactics that reward patience and punish anyone caught off guard.
Psionic Abilities: The Eidolon possess psionic abilities that allow them to seize control of lesser beings and drive Vasari ships into madness firing on friend and foe alike.
Phase Echoes: Sometimes the dead don’t die. Eidolon units infused with corruption may refuse to die and carry on the onslaught.
Unit Animation System: A new unit animation system brings the Eidolon and other faction units to life with recoiling cannons, expanding factories, hangar bay doors and more.
Discover more about the Sins universe as you explore ancient technology and research new Eidolon capabilities.
Frontier Developments has today shared the next video in the Feature Focus series for Planet Zoo 2, spotlighting frequent flyers.
New to Planet Zoo 2, aviaries are specially constructed habitats where players can place scenery as they please. Aviaries introduce support poles that allow players to generate habitat covers at the click of a button, with guests able to walk through suitable aviaries.
In the latest Feature Focus, we’re visiting some of Planet Zoo 2’s amazing avian species, including the Secretary Bird. Despite spending most of their time on the ground, these majestic birds boast a wingspan of over six feet.
We’re also treated to a closer look at Long-eared Owls, including their courtship and nesting behaviours, alongside the Great Hornbill sharing a habitat with the Malayan Tapir. Cohabitation is a fantastic way to elevate your species habitats, allowing Zoo Managers to create the space-efficient, natural environments your animals need to thrive. Players can also check in on cavity nest cams, offering an up-close view of nesting activity without disturbing their feathered residents.
Planet Zoo 2 will be available on PC, PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series X|S for a suggested retail price of £39.99/$49.99/€49.99 for the Standard Edition, and £54.99/$64.99/€64.99 for the Deluxe Edition.
Today, Ubisoft celebrated the 25th anniversary of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon with a free title update to Ghost Recon Wildlands, the return of the fan-favorite Predator event and more.
Ghost Recon Wildlands: Last Rites is now available for free on Ubisoft+, PlayStation® 5, PlayStation® 4, XBOX Series X|S, XBOX One and Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store, Epic Games Store and Steam. Developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux, Last Rites features a brand-new standalone mission set in a darker, more oppressive Bolivia. The Ghosts enter a region controlled by Los Penitentes, a fanatical cult united by faith, sacrifice, and violent justice. Players must hunt down La Llorona, the cult leader, by navigating dangerous swamps and dense forests where visibility is low and danger is lurking.
The update modernizes the Wildlands experience by adding 60 FPS gameplay and visual upgrades to current-gen consoles and PC. Enjoy smoother combat, improved distance rendering, enhanced lighting and shadows, and a sharper image targeting 4K resolution. In addition, players can deeply customize and define their own Ghost Recon experience using extensive gameplay, difficulty, environment, and UI parameters. They can also adjust enemy behavior, damage values, weapon restrictions, friendly fire, weather, and HUD elements to tailor realism, challenge, and immersion. In addition, players can relive the iconic Predator event and take on a deadly extraterrestrial threat, now back once again.
“Ghost Recon wouldn’t be where it is today without the passion, dedication, and feedback of its community over the past 25 years,” said Olivier Leonardi, Creative Director. “With Last Rites, we wanted to create an experience that honors that legacy—something that feels authentic to longtime Ghosts, celebrates what makes this franchise special, and reflects our appreciation for the players who have been with us every step of the way.”
To celebrate the anniversary, players can also jump into three of the franchise’s most iconic titles at no cost. Ghost Recon Wildlands and Ghost Recon Breakpoint will be free to play from August 6–10, giving players the chance to experience the ultimate tactical military shooter. In addition, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will be free to redeem on PC through Ubisoft Connect from August 6–13, where players can step into the role of Kozak and Team Hunter in a vision of the future of war. In September, the Ghost Recon Breakpoint 25th Anniversary Bundle will also be available and will include free items such as the M4A1 Tactical Brown, Wolf Enhanced Helmet, and Opheis Mk.II Hunter.
Starting today, players can join the Ghost Recon Insider Program for a chance to help build the next Ghost Recon at http://ghostrecon.com/insider.
For more information about other Ubisoft games, please visit news.ubisoft.com.
Heavy Cav Studios is excited to reveal the historical narrative adventure, Historia: Roma Aeterna, the indie studio’s debut title. Players become Caesar, experiencing both glory and consequence as they advance through the lesser-explored paths throughout Caesar’s Civil War. Weigh counsel, strike bargains, challenge rival senators, and more through beautifully illustrated story encounters. And then take to the field for combat in simultaneous turn-based battles. Move pieces and decide tactics on a war table, then watch it transform into a living battlefield as your orders are carried out.
See it in motion and watch the announcement trailer below, where you get a glimpse into the striking visual style and gameplay blend of narrative and combat that brings this strategy adventure to life.
“We’re deeply passionate about history and strategy games, and we want to share that passion with more people by making both more accessible.
History is full of extraordinary stories that deserve to be experienced, not simply read about. Caesar’s life is one of them. While its major events are known, there are gaps in the historical record that give players the opportunity to fill them in: to role-play the Caesar they believe he was within a historically plausible world.
Strategy games can be rewarding, but their complexity can make them intimidating. With Historia: Roma Aeterna, we want to make that experience intuitive and approachable, so players can focus on the people, the world, and the meaningful decisions of command.”
Jahangir Gasimov, Founder at Heavy Cav Studios.
Historia: Roma Aeterna is set during Caesar’s Civil War (49 – 45 BC), a pivotal chapter in the era historians call the Crisis of the Roman Republic. The story follows conflicts across the Mediterranean that will ultimately decide the fate of the Roman Republic and, in Historia: Roma Aeterna, that fate rests entirely in your hands:
Your Choices, Carved in Stone | Where the historical record falls silent, you decide what happens next. Every choice impacts your relationships with various factions and shapes the Rome you leave behind.
War Table to Battlefield | Move your pieces on the war table and, once you give an order, watch the simultaneous turns play out on a realistic battlefield. Did you outsmart the opponent or play right into their hands? Triumph or tragedy, choose your next orders wisely.
Ahistorical Accuracy | Some choices will go against the tides of history, but they will be informed through deep research and the support of an experienced historian.
Glory Has a Price | Mercy, ruthlessness, ambition. What type of Caesar will you be?
Hasbro, ADK Emotions NY Inc., and T-Licensing Inc has teamed up with Amazon to host the BEYBLADE X Grand Prix, a series of tournaments across North America, which will continue this Saturday, August 8 at Dezerland Park.
Participants can enjoy free play throughout the event, with on-site registration open from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET. Tournament play will run from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. ET. Onsite registration for ages 13+ will open from 2p.m to 3p.m ET. Tournament participation is limited to 128 competitors per age division. If more than 128 eligible participants are present when registration opens, a random lottery will be held to select participants—everyone present at the designated registration start time has an equal chance of being selected, and arriving early does not improve your odds. All times are local, and additional details, including official tournament rules and participating locations, can be found at Beyblade.com and will be updated periodically.
Bladers will battle with Tops from Hasbro’s BEYBLADE X toy line as they compete against fellow Bey-fans for a chance to qualify for the U.S. National Grand Prix on September 5 at the Mall of America in Minnesota. The top Bladers from Nationals will then earn the opportunity to advance to the BEYBLADE X Final Grand Prix in Bangkok, Thailand, from December 12–13, 2026.
Level up your skills and get tournament ready with Hasbro’s all-new BEYBLADE X SNEAK ATTACK BATTLE SET featuring a pop-up rail that creates high-speed Xtreme Dash action and explosive collisions, perfect for sharpening skills before battle. Fans can visit the BEYBLADE X store on Amazon.com for the latest tops and stadium releases.
For full BEYBLADE X Tour information, including LATAM and EMEA tour updates, visit Beyblade.com. Fans can also follow @officialbeyblade on Instagram, @x_beyblade on X, @beyblade_official on TikTok and BEYBLADE Official on YouTube.
There is something undeniably creepy about a ghost ship drifting across dark waters. If you love classic horror movies like Ghost Ship or Deep Rising, you know that feeling of deep isolation. You are stuck on a giant rust bucket in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by pitch-black water, with nowhere to run. That exact brand of creepy maritime dread is what South Korean developer Influsion Inc. aims for in their debut first-person survival horror title, SENARA: The Sacrament.
Released on Steam for $17.99, this indie project drops you right into a nightmare on the high seas. You wake up with no memory inside the cold, damp cargo hold of a 6,000-ton passenger ship named the Senara. The crew is gone, blood stains the walls, and a fanatical cult is performing dark rituals on every deck. Your main contact is a wounded captain speaking through a crackling radio. He tells you to reach the lower decks, turn on a distress beacon, and maybe grab some gold along the way. Simple enough, right? Well, escaping a ship full of fanatics is never a walk in the park.
Real Ships, Real Claustrophobia
Honestly, the ship itself is the true hero of this entire experience. Rather than building generic video game corridors, the team at Influsion Inc. scanned an actual 6,000-ton vessel using LiDAR tech and photogrammetry. That real-world scale makes a massive difference in how the game feels. Service corridors feel uncomfortably narrow. Engine rooms feel heavy with industrial machinery. Cabins look like real people actually lived and worked inside them before chaos erupted.
The visual presentation leverages Unity’s high-definition rendering pipeline to create moody lighting and dynamic reflections. Flashlight beams fade into deep darkness just a few yards ahead of your eyes. Meanwhile, the sound design does heavy lifting. You hear metallic hull plates creaking against ocean waves, strange radio chatter, and eerie voices echoing down empty stairwells. Playing this game at night with a good headset is an easy way to get instant goosebumps.
Keys, Codes, and Phone Calls
Let me explain how the core gameplay loop works. The game relies heavily on late-90s survival horror mechanics. If you enjoy classic Resident Evil, Silent Hill, or Cold Fear, you will feel right at home. Progression feels like a big Metroidvania-style puzzle. You search rooms for keycards, decode locks, flip power switches, replace blown fuses, and open up sealed doors to reveal shortcuts.
The in-game map is remarkably user-friendly. It auto-marks areas in grey until you clear every item and puzzle clue, which saves you from aimless backtracking. Story elements are pieced together naturally through diary notes, occult items, and fully voiced Korean dialogue with English subtitles. I really enjoyed reading through the lore bits because the game avoids dumping everything on you at once. Plus, key decisions lead to multiple distinct endings, giving you a fun reason to revisit major choice points.
Saving your game brings a clever tactical twist. You save manually by using landline telephones scattered around the vessel. But here is the kicker: every time you place a call to save, nearby enemies respawn! The game does not give back your spent bullets or healing items either. Saving secures your progress, but it forces you to face repopulated hallways with fewer resources. That creates genuine tension every time you pick up the receiver.
Clunky Knives and Bullet Sponges
While exploration feels rewarding, combat encounters can get frustratingly rough around the edges. You start out with only a basic combat knife. Swings drain your stamina quickly, turning melee combat into a slow, clunky last resort. For the most part, you use the knife to smash breakable crates and toolboxes to gather supplies.
When you do pick up firearms, target practice isn’t always smooth. Human cultists take multiple headshots to drop, and later monstrosities act like total bullet sponges. If you get spotted in tight areas, stealth mechanics can feel unforgiving. One early-game cultist encounter frustrated plenty of players because getting caught leads straight to an instant-kill cutscene.
The game also introduces floating sanity anomalies. Stand near one, and your sanity meter drains fast, temporarily blocking weapon usage. Neutralizing an anomaly takes a single bullet, and your sanity meter recovers on its own after a couple of seconds anyway. Because recovery happens so quickly, the system ends up feeling like a minor distraction rather than a deep psychological hazard.
The Economic Problem
You know what surprised me the most about the mid-game design? The money system. As you explore cabins, you find South Korean Won cash scattered around. You can spend this cash at onboard vending machines to buy extra handgun ammo, health syringes, and hand grenades.
During the first two hours, resource scarcity creates amazing dread. You carefully count every single bullet. But once you start buying supplies from vending machines, that survival fear fades away. The experience transforms from a tense survival exercise into an action-heavy shooter.
That shift ruins some of the horror pacing. The second half relies heavily on a recurring, fish-like sea monster. To permanently kill it, you have to shoot it down and toss a grenade onto its body to burn it. The first time you handle this routine, it feels exciting. But after fighting the exact same creature several times in a row, the routine becomes tedious rather than scary.
Deck Compatibility
On the technical side, SENARA: The Sacrament runs smoothly on PC hardware. Handheld gamers will be happy to hear that it plays great on devices like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally series. Enabling AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) keeps frame rates rock solid while preserving the moody visual aesthetic. Controls can be fully remapped, and managing inventory items on a game controller feels natural enough after a brief learning period.
At five to six hours long, the campaign fits nicely into a weekend play session. Considering its budget price tag of $17.99, it offers plenty of entertainment for horror fans looking for something fresh before Halloween season rolls around.
Overall Rating 4 out of 5
The Final Verdict
When all is said and done, SENARA: The Sacrament is a solid, highly atmospheric indie effort. While clunky combat, bullet-sponge enemies, and a resource-heavy second half keep it from reaching legendary status, its amazing ship setting and classic exploration loops make it well worth your time. If you love nautical horror and creepy cult mysteries, turn off the lights, plug in your headphones, and step aboard.
The Last Gas Station, the cozy management simulator about running the world’s last surviving gas station, has received another major free content update, introducing an all-new photography activity centered around the game’s ever-growing collection of vehicles.
Players can now discover and repair a camera before setting out to photograph every car that stops by the station. From everyday vehicles to rare finds, every snapshot contributes to a collectible photo album. Completing collections rewards players with cash prizes, while displaying photos of rare cars on the station’s photo stand grants Civilization bonuses.
Set in a world where electric vehicles have replaced traditional fuel-powered cars, The Last Gas Station puts players in charge of restoring a rundown roadside business to its former glory by serving customers, managing inventory, upgrading equipment, and exploring the surrounding area.
The Last Gas Station is available now on Steam and is currently 30% off until August 14. The game will continue to receive new content as part of its post-launch roadmap.
Today during QuakeCon’s welcome stream, MachineGames and id Software announced Dawn of the Machine, a brutal new episode for Quake™, is available now as a free update for Quake owners*. Created in celebration of Quake’s 30th anniversary, the new episode builds on MachineGames’ acclaimed work on Dimension of the Machine and Dimension of the Past, delivering ferocious combat, labyrinthine level design, and nightmarish new realms to explore.
Dawn of the Machine features 19 all-new maps across a cohesive campaign, a brand-new soundtrack, hidden secrets, a dedicated episode hub, an all-new deathmatch map, and three new achievements to unlock (on applicable platforms). Players will face deadly new variants of familiar enemies, discover powerful weapon variants inspired by classic Quake expansions, and unravel a unique looping campaign structure that unlocks new paths, encounters, and rewards with each return.
In Dawn of the Machine, Ranger finds himself trapped in a dimension of endless illusion and must track down the mysterious Nightmare Machine to finally break free. Along the way, players will shift between dimensions, uncover hidden secrets, and face unpredictable encounters where reality itself is constantly changing.
Quake is available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, and Nintendo Switch (also compatible with Nintendo Switch 2). For more information, please visit Bethesda.net.
Today, Daybreak Game Company, a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games and emergent gameplay, and Cold Iron Studios, the San Jose-based game studio composed of veteran action and shooter developers, in collaboration with 20th Century Games, unveiled a new co-op trailer for Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2, the eagerly anticipated sequel to the cooperative third-person survival shooter set within the Alien™ universe. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will available worldwide for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®5, Epic Games Store, and Steam™ on August 25. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will also be coming to Nintendo Switch 2 this fall.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 drops up to four players into the boots of Colonial Marines deployed to the most hostile corners of the Alien universe. This is not a rescue mission – it’s a fight for survival. Xenomorphs stalk the corridors, ambush from the shadows, and swarm in overwhelming numbers. Every room could be your last. Coordinate with your fireteam, leverage each class’s unique abilities, and adapt on the fly as encounters escalate from tense standoffs to all-out war. With deeper squad mechanics, smarter enemies, and a fully customizable Specialist class, AFE2 delivers the definitive co-op Aliens™ experience.
The Digital Standard Edition of Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 will be available August 25 on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Epic Games Store, and Steam for SRP $49.99. Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 – 40th Anniversary Premium Edition will be available simultaneously across those platforms for SRP $69.99.
The 40th Anniversary Premium Edition includes the base game and the following DLC that draws from the broader Alien universe. The DLC content is also available August 25 as a $19.99 Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 – 40th Anniversary Premium Edition Upgrade for players who purchased the Digital Standard Edition.
Ripley’s Hive Exterminator Pack includes an exclusive cosmetic outfit themed to Ellen Ripley’s appearance near the dramatic climax of 1986’s blockbuster masterpiece, Aliens. All player-created characters can wear the outfit, adding a visual homage to one of cinema’s most iconic characters. Players can also exclusively wield Ripley’s modified pulse rifle, featuring a fiery surprise and further customize their marine with exclusive decals and more.
Herk’s Mondo Pest Pack draws inspiration from the over-the-top comic-book hero. It includes an appropriately wild outfit, perfect for taking on xenomorphic threats – and anything else that gets in the way of the thrill-seeking badass. It also includes an exclusive weapon, Herk Mondo’s massive, modified pulse rifle and a host of decals and other elements to make customizable characters stand apart from the pack.
Additionally, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 players can bring Alien: Romulus™ to AFE2 via the Rain’s Jackson’s Star Pack, available to all editions on August 25 for $9.99. The Rain Pack delivers a modified Cryo weapon, signature Colony outfit, and a full loadout of traits, perks, augments, decals, and colorways to fine-tune your survival style. Rain’s Jackson’s Star Pack equips marines with an iconic loadout for fans of Aliens: Romulus. Included are an exclusive weapon, outfit & more inspired by Marie Raines “Rain” Carradine, essential for any Xenomorph threat!
