Following a successful Steam Early Access launch and surpassing 180,000 Steam Wishlists within the last 2 weeks, Aesir Interactive is automatically granting the Bullet Train & Glider Pack DLC and exclusive Supporter Train & Glider Skins to every current EverRail owner at no additional cost. Players who purchase the Base Game between August 5 and August 11 will also receive the bonus content automatically before EverRail transitions to its permanent product lineup during Early Access.
The initiative celebrates the community that has supported EverRail since launch and reinforces Aesir Interactive’s commitment to community-driven development. Since entering Early Access, player feedback has already shaped multiple updates, gameplay improvements, and quality-of-life changes, making this promotion a way to give back to the players helping shape the game’s development.
Early Access by the Numbers
Since launching into Steam Early Access, EverRail has continued to grow its player community and reach new milestones.
Live Team: 3 Patches delivered within 8 business days and every upcoming Tuesday a new one planned
Steam Wishlists: 181,000+
Steam Follower: +12,000
Discord Community: 16,000+ members
Robots Defeated: 1,728,459
Players Froze to Death: 140,472
Hours played in Years: 60 years
Trains Destroyed: 108,736
The development team continues to respond to the player feedback, delivering bug fixes, multiplayer improvements, gameplay balancing, and quality-of-life enhancements weekly.
“The first weeks of Early Access have shown us just how passionate this community is. Every bug report, suggestion, and discussion has helped improve EverRail. Rewarding our players with this content felt like the right way to thank everyone who’s helping us build the game,” said Wolfgang Emmer, Co-Founder & CEO of Aesir Interactive.
A Thank You to the Community
Beginning August 5, all current EverRail owners and anyone who purchases the game until August 11 will automatically receive:
Bullet Train & Glider Pack DLC
Exclusive Supporter Train Skin
Exclusive Supporter Glider Skin
No codes or additional purchases are required.
After August 11, EverRail will transition to its permanent product lineup:
Base Game
Supporter Edition
Bullet Train & Glider Pack
Continuing the Journey Through Early Access
Throughout development, Aesir Interactive will continue delivering regular content updates, gameplay improvements, and community-requested features while supporting creator showcases and community events.
EverRail is an open-world survival crafting game where players explore the frozen exomoon Inara, rescuing lost survivors and scavenge resources, and command an ever-moving train solo or with up to four players. EverRail is available now on Steam Early Access.
EverRail is financially supported by the FFF Bayern.
If you spend six hours a day streaming or grinding ranked lobbies, you already know how frustrating the quest for the perfect headset can be. When Audeze dropped the original Maxwell, it instantly gained legendary status among audio nerds and competitive players. But almost every reviewer and streamer had the exact same takeaway: “If only this had active noise cancellation”.
Priced at $429 for the PlayStation version and $449 for the Xbox model (which includes a built-in Dolby Atmos license), this headset sits squarely in high-end territory. It claims to be the first full-range planar magnetic headset featuring active noise cancellation. But does adding ANC to an already heavy-duty audio setup actually pay off, or did they overcomplicate a good thing? Let’s break down how it actually performs when you’re live on stream or deep in a match.
Sound Performance
Let’s start with what Audeze does best: Pure, unadulterated audio quality. Underneath the hood, the Maxwell 2 ANC packs massive 90-millimeter planar magnetic drivers. To give you some context, those drivers are roughly three times larger than the standard dynamic drivers used in most gaming headsets.
When you boot up a game, the acoustic detail is staggering. Footsteps, distant reloads, and subtle audio cues jump out with extreme clarity. Thanks to Audeze’s SLAM bass management technology, low-frequency impact feels fast and punchy without muddying up the midrange vocals or footsteps. Explosions rumble nicely, but they never drown out team comms.
Out of the box, the tuning feels slightly brighter and more forward than the non-ANC version. If you prefer a warmer, bass-heavy sound profile, you can tweak the 10-band equalizer inside the redesigned Audeze app.
For spatial audio, Audeze built 6-degree-of-freedom head tracking directly into the hardware. As you turn your head toward a sound source, the spatial field shifts in real time. It works smoothly with Dolby Atmos and Sony Tempest 3D, making positional tracking feel surprisingly natural whether you’re playing extraction shooters or editing video clips.
Silencing the Chaos
Adding active noise cancellation to planar magnetic drivers is a tricky engineering feat. Usually, when you engage ANC on a headset, the noise-canceling signal messes with the underlying frequency response. Audeze managed to solve this problem by using custom acoustic modeling. The tonal balance stays identical whether ANC is turned on or off.
How well does the noise cancellation work in practice? The aviation-grade hybrid ANC system cuts up to 35dB of background noise. It works best against continuous low-frequency hums, like PC case fans, noisy air conditioners, or street traffic outside your window. While it won’t completely eliminate loud background conversations, it drops ambient room noise enough that you don’t need to crank your volume to dangerous levels just to focus.
Outbound voice isolation is equally solid. The detachable boom mic uses FILTER AI noise removal, which separates your voice from environmental background noise. Loud mechanical keyboard clicks, desk bumps, and fan noise simply don’t pass through to Discord.
On the flip side, the transparency mode is somewhat weak. While it lets you hear your surroundings, nearby human speech sounds slightly artificial and distorted. If someone comes into your room to talk, you’re honestly better off just slipping an ear cup off your ear.
The Ergonomic Reality
We have to talk about comfort because there’s no hiding the elephant in the room: this headset is heavy. Tipping the scales at 560 grams, the Maxwell 2 ANC is one of the heaviest wireless gaming headsets on the market.
To keep all that mass from hurting the top of your head, Audeze redesigned the suspension headband. The new leatherette strap is significantly wider, which spreads downward pressure evenly across your head. They also narrowed the internal foam opening of the earpads. This tighter fit creates a firmer acoustic seal and stops the heavy cups from sliding around when you tilt your head.
However, the pleather material traps heat. After three or four hours of continuous wear, your ears will start feeling warm. Adjusting the headband is also cumbersome; you have to pull the stiff leatherette strap off rigid metal pins by hand. Once set, it won’t move, but getting the fit right takes some effort.
Battery life is rated at 35 hours with ANC turned on, or 40 hours with ANC turned off. That is a step down from the 80+ hours offered by the standard non-ANC Maxwell 2, but 35 hours is still plenty for several days of gaming. When you do run low, a quick 20-minute fast charge over USB-C gives you back about 25% battery life.
Daily Quirks
No hardware piece is without flaws, and there are a few quirks you should know about before spending your hard-earned cash. Because the Maxwell 2 ANC uses internal dual 1.4W amplifiers to drive its planar magnetic transducers, there is an audible baseline noise floor, a faint background static or hiss when the unit is powered on.
When game audio, music, or stream commentary is actively playing, the hiss is imperceptible. But during absolute silence or quiet single-player cutscenes, sensitive listeners will notice that low-level white noise.
There are also minor physical quirks. If you walk around while wearing the headset, you might notice a slight rattle caused by a loose mute switch toggle when set to mute. Additionally, pressing down firmly on the earcups while sidetone is enabled can occasionally trigger a momentary high-pitched feedback squeal. These aren’t complete dealbreakers, but at over $400, they are worth keeping in mind.
Connectivity and More
From a connectivity perspective, this headset handles almost everything you throw at it. The included USB-C wireless dongle provides ultra-low latency 2.4GHz audio at 24-bit/96kHz resolution. You also get Bluetooth 5.3 with support for advanced codecs like LDAC, LC3, and LE Audio.
Bluetooth Multipoint works as expected. You can stay connected to your gaming PC or console via the USB dongle while maintaining an active link to your phone, letting you take incoming calls without dropping game audio. If you prefer wired connections, it supports USB-C digital audio with dual game/chat endpoints and an active 3.5mm analog connection.
The companion app, available on Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android, is clean and responsive. You can store up to four custom EQ profiles directly on the headset memory, calibrate head tracking, or adjust sidetone levels without having to register an account or fill out login screens.
Final Verdict
You know what? The Audeze Maxwell 2 ANC isn’t trying to be an all-around crowd-pleaser for everyone. If you want a feather-light headset that disappears on your head, or if you need an 80-hour battery that you only charge once a month, options like the SteelSeries Arctis Nova series might suit your routine better.
However, if sound quality is your highest priority and you want active noise cancellation without compromising acoustic performance, the Maxwell 2 ANC delivers amazing results. The combination of 90mm planar drivers, punchy SLAM bass, AI microphone isolation, and hybrid ANC creates an immersive audio environment for competitive gaming and content creation.
If your neck can handle the 560g weight and your wallet can swallow the $429 price point, this headset offers an audio experience that few competitors can match.
Picture this: you’re three hours into a late-night game stream. You are creeping down a dark hallway in Phasmophobia or holding a tight angle in Valorant with your whole team watching. Suddenly, a jump scare pops up – you scream. Two seconds later, your Twitch chat floods with ear-bleed memes because your voice sounded like a chainsaw tearing through a tin can.
We’ve all been there, and frankly, it sucks. For the longest time, fixing loud, distorted audio meant buying an expensive XLR microphone, a dedicated audio interface, thick cables, and spending hours tinkering with audio filters in OBS Studio. USB microphones were convenient, sure, but the moment you got excited, they’d hit an invisible ceiling and clip hard.
Razer aims to fix problems like this with the new Razer Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP Microphone. Sitting at $119.99, this updated USB microphone promises studio-grade clipping prevention, smart background noise control, and stream-reactive lighting without demanding an audio engineering degree. I’ve spent the past few weeks putting it through its paces on stream, and here is how it actually holds up when the chaos starts.
Sleek Hardware and Lighting
Out of the box, the Seiren V3 Chroma hits a sweet spot between sleek studio gear and playful gaming aesthetics. Razer offers it in three colorways, Classic Black, White, and Quartz pink, so matching your desk theme is effortless. The pill-shaped metal chassis feels surprisingly dense and well-constructed. It sits on a heavy metal desktop base fitted with a rubberized dampening ring and a built-in elastomeric shock mount to absorb desk thumps.
Now, let me be honest: I am usually skeptical of RGB lighting on audio equipment. On most gear, it feels like a gimmick designed to raise the price tag while blinding your camera feed. But Razer turned the lighting into something genuinely practical here.
Tucked beneath the grille is a 10-zone LED array. Sure, you can set it to cycle through custom rainbow colors in Synapse, but you can also set it to act as a real-time peak meter. When you speak, the mic glows green, shifts to amber as you get louder, and flashes bright red if you start pushing too close to distortion levels. It gives you immediate visual feedback without needing to keep an eye on audio mixer bars on a second monitor.
My absolute favorite design touch is the capacitive tap-to-mute sensor sitting on top of the dome. Traditional clicky mute buttons make a loud THUMP through your voice channel every single time you press them. With this sensor, a light touch instantly cuts your audio signal, turning the entire microphone body solid red. Double-tapping cycles through your lighting patterns, while holding it down lets you toggle the front knob between gain control and headphone monitoring. It feels snappy, fast, and completely silent.
What is 32-Bit DSP Tech?
What makes this specific revision special? The big news is right in the name: the 32-bit Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chip built directly into the hardware.
Why should a gamer care about audio bit depth? Let’s break it down in plain terms. Traditional USB microphones convert your voice using fixed 16-bit or 24-bit audio depth. Think of bit depth like the height of a doorway. If you speak normally, you walk right through. But if you shout suddenly, your voice hits the top frame of that doorway, smashing the digital audio wave into harsh, crackling noise known as clipping.
The 32-bit DSP in the Seiren V3 Chroma gives your audio stream massive internal headroom. When you burst out laughing or scream during a clutch play, the onboard processor analyzes the incoming wave and applies automatic gain limiting and dynamic compression right inside the mic. It squashes those dangerous volume spikes down to a safe level before the sound ever reaches your computer.
Because this processing happens on the mic’s internal hardware, it doesn’t drain your computer’s CPU resources or introduce buffer latency. You don’t need to load up heavy VST plugins or mess with third-party software chains. You plug it in, and the microphone automatically keeps your vocal levels smooth, balanced, and broadcast-ready.
Stream Testing
How does it sound in action? Vocal clarity from the 16 mm supercardioid condenser capsule is remarkably crisp. It captures warmth and detail in your voice without making you sound muddy or thin.
The supercardioid pickup pattern narrows the capture field, focusing directly on your mouth while rejecting sound coming from the sides and rear. During tests with an air conditioner running in the background and PC fans spinning at full tilt, the microphone filtered out ambient room hum effortlessly.
Here is the catch, though: it is still a condenser mic. Condensers are naturally sensitive creatures. If you leave the Seiren V3 sitting on its desktop stand right next to a mechanical keyboard with clicky switches, your stream will definitely hear your keystrokes. To get the best results, unscrew the base, attach the mic to an adjustable boom arm via its standard 5/8-inch thread mount, and position it roughly 6 to 8 inches away from your face. Getting it off the desk surface makes a world of difference.
On the software side, Windows users get access to Razer Synapse. The software includes a slick 30-second setup wizard. It listens to your room’s ambient noise, checks your distance, and automatically crafts a custom EQ profile for you. You can also jump in to manually adjust parametric EQ settings, toggle AI noise suppression, or configure sub-mix routing for separate stream and headphone audio.
However, there are a couple of small quirks worth noting. If you operate primarily on macOS, Razer Synapse isn’t available. The mic still works fine as a plug-and-play USB device, but you lose access to the advanced DSP controls, EQ profiles, and lighting customization. Also, make sure to plug the USB cable directly into a motherboard port on your desktop PC. Plugging it into an unpowered USB hub can sometimes cause faint static ticking artifacts.
How It Compares to the Competition
Priced around $120, the Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP sits in a very crowded mid-tier market. Its direct competitors are the Elgato Wave:3 and the HyperX QuadCast S.
The Elgato Wave:3 offers fantastic software routing via Wave Link, but its physical design feels lightweight and plasticky by comparison. The HyperX QuadCast S looks flashier with its full-body light column, but its internal audio limiter isn’t quite as effective at managing loud outbursts.
The Razer Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP strikes a great middle ground. It offers the real-time clipping protection of Razer’s flagship $250 Seiren V3 Pro, packaged into a mid-tier USB microphone with vibrant, customizable lighting – it’s fantastic!
The Final Verdict
Razer nailed the assignment here. The Razer Seiren V3 Chroma 32-Bit DSP takes the frustration out of streaming audio. It gives you clean, professional voice reproduction, reliable clipping prevention during high-energy gaming, and practical RGB lighting that enhances your setup.
If you stream on PC, love custom aesthetic setups, and want crystal-clear audio without dealing with mixers or plugin chains, this microphone is a slam dunk. It proves that you don’t need a bulky studio rig to sound like a seasoned broadcasting professional.
UK publisher Kwalee and solo developer Chris Cote are pleased to announce that Welcome to Elderfield is coming to PC via Steam on September 10, 2026. The debut game from solo developer Chris Cote features hand-drawn art and a dark lo-fi soundtrack. Players can manage their farm, befriend or romance the locals, investigate mysteries, decorate their home, fight terrifying creatures, fish, cook, seek the Old Gods, die in their sleep, and more.
Players can also visit the quaint town of Elderfield by downloading the demo on Steam now. Players can explore one area of the town, the farm and ranch, the first dungeon (the local mall), and several additional locations in the demo. The demo currently holds a “96% Overwhelmingly Positive” rating.
About Welcome to Elderfield
Welcome to Elderfield is a cozy horror RPG where the abnormal is normal, the townsfolk are odd, the eldritch beings watch over you and the local news reports seem stranger by the day.
Cozy distractions from the horrors around you
Everything in Elderfield is unsettling, from the haunting, horror manga-inspired, hand-drawn visuals to the dark, lofi soundscapes composed by Dated. Despite the strange creatures lurking just outside your home, those who wander into Elderfield rarely find a reason… or option, to leave.
Life-sim RPG
Customize your home and character, unravel daily mysteries, befriend the odd townsfolk (or even marry one!), go fishing, spend your afternoons mining and forage through the surrounding wilds… There’s lots to do in Elderfield!
Farming with a twist
Cultivate your land, harvest your crops, and stop the growth of unruly tentacles. Manage a variety of strange, otherworldly livestock, grow useful crops like corn, pumpkins, teeth or eyeballs and hope that beings from the woods don’t wander onto your farm.
In-depth combat and strategy
Choose your difficulty, how much suffering can you endure? For players seeking a peaceful life of harvest and discovery, cozy difficulty offers a more laid-back experience. For those who crave a challenge, the Old Gods are waiting.
Elderfield features a deep, turn-based combat system where you must utilize gathered resources, strategic buffs and diverse equipment to survive encounters with ancient, Lovecraftian horrors.
As thousands of horror fans descend on Long Beach for MidSummer Scream, the historic Queen Mary is inviting attendees to keep the thrills going with exclusive perks and paranormal experiences all weekend long.
From August 7–9, MidSummer Scream attendees who present a valid convention badge will receive complimentary general admission to the Queen Mary, offering the perfect opportunity to explore one of the world’s most legendary haunted destinations. Located just minutes from the Long Beach Convention Center, the historic attraction offers visitors the opportunity to explore the celebrated ship and discover the stories, spaces and unexplained activity that have shaped its haunted reputation.
Guests can immerse themselves in the ship’s supernatural history through its signature paranormal experiences, including the Haunted Encounters Tour, an introduction to the ship’s most infamous ghost stories offered daily; the Paranormal Ship Walk, an after-hours exploration of hidden spaces and reported paranormal hotspots; and the Graveyard Tour, a two-hour late-night journey through some of the Queen Mary’s most notorious haunted locations. Tours are available for an additional fee and advanced reservations are encouraged.
The spooky fun continues with themed cocktails at the historic Observation Bar, open daily from 4:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., with extended hours until 11:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. For guests looking to uncover one of the ship’s best-kept secrets, the No. 3 Speakeasy will welcome passengers Friday and Saturday evenings, serving handcrafted cocktails in an intimate Prohibition-era setting hidden aboard the historic liner.
Guests can also stop by the newly opened Jackie’s Spirit Shoppe, a paranormal-inspired retail experience located aboard the ship. Named after the legendary child spirit said to haunt the First-Class Swimming Pool, the shop features exclusive ghostly souvenirs, collectibles, apparel, and keepsakes inspired by the Queen Mary’s haunted history.
Whether attending MidSummer Scream or simply embracing the “summer-ween” season, the Queen Mary offers the perfect extension of the convention experience with year-round paranormal attractions, haunted history, and unforgettable nightlife just minutes from the Long Beach Convention Center.
For a full list of activities and events, visit the Queen Mary’s website and explore what’s on deck. For more information, upcoming events, programming, and more, visit www.queenmary.com/seasonal-events.htm and queenmary.com/whatsondeck, or connect with us on social @TheQueenMary.
If anyone is still out there, if anyone is listening, you should know that Barkbyte Interactive has revealed its upcoming narrative newsroom thriller Static Hour. Set in a small town in the 1980s, you are the lone newsroom editor working the night shift amidst a series of eerie events and must figure out what’s going on and what’s fit to broadcast.
An outbreak of violence has erupted. Families are turning on each other. People are panicking. The government has issued a lockdown and they’re sending in the troops. What’s going on? The people must know.
It’s the 1980s and your journalistic instincts are reliant upon period-appropriate analogue tech. Scroll through your rolodex, make calls on your rotary phone, listen to emergency alerts, and peruse the police scanner for any info you can find. Leave no stone unturned, even if that means rummaging through your colleagues’ desks to ensure you’re getting the full scoop. The truth is out there.
As the only news editor on duty, you alone must deduce what leads are worth dispatching field reporters to, who to call for more information, and what seems important enough to take up valuable air time. Of course, you must do your best to verify each story and make sure you’re following FCC regulations!
By deciding what information to broadcast, you alone influence how the public responds to this crisis, shaping events throughout the night. With the fate of the town on the line, it’s never been more important to ensure that your reporting is accurate. But only you can decide what the public is ready to hear. Every story you broadcast or leave unaired pushes the town closer to the truth or deeper into the static. The choice is yours alone.
“With Static Hour I wanted to create a retro psychological thriller about isolation and misinformation, where you’re given staggering responsibility and must trust yourself in determining what is accurate,” said Barkbyte Founder and creative director Claire Sarmiento. “I loved the idea of spooky things happening in a small town just out of sight, where the horrors are driven by audio and left to your imagination. Furthermore, I was captivated by the idea that something terrible is happening, but you can’t quite grasp exactly what it is. Having to sort through junk data, red herrings, and scattered facts to decipher truth from preemptive speculation seemed like a flavor of horror that remains as relevant today as ever.”
Features:
Investigate Through Audio: Uncover a mystery almost entirely through audio sources such as calls, reports, and scanner signals.
Information Shapes Reality: What you choose to broadcast influences how the town reacts.
Tension Through Uncertainty: Evaluate conflicting and incomplete information as you decide what to disseminate to the public.
Manage the Public’s Fear and Trust: Provide accurate, verified reporting and the township will have faith in your messaging. Report alarming or uncertain information and they may panic.
Immerse Yourself in 1980s Analogue Tech: Utilize reporting tools such as CRT monitors, rolodex, rotary phones, radio scanners.
A Mystery Contained Within the Newsroom: Discover the outside world entirely through incoming reports, never stepping foot outside of the radio station.
Snowfall Games is thrilled to reveal that everyone’s new favorite real-life cryptid, Jimothy, the deformed raccoon from Seattle, will be joining the cast of their upcoming cryptid deck-building auto-battler Portentum. Coming to Steam later this year, Portentum combines original hand-drawn cryptid artwork with deep deck-building strategy, letting you hunt for broken combos using legendary creatures from around the world, like Bigfoot, Mothman, and the Chupacabra. And now, Jimothy too!
In Portentum, each run begins by building a deck of 30 cryptids and mushrooms. Each cryptid has its own ability: deal damage, heal, summon minions, or manipulate the dice. Abilities trigger on events you can build around, like a roll of the dice, an ally taking damage, or an enemy healing one of its own. Feeding mushrooms to your cryptids amplifies their abilities and stats. There are endless combinations and broken strategies to be discovered.
Once your deck is ready, it’s time to start your run. Draw a hand, spend coins to assemble a warband of five cryptids, and send them into battle. From there, the dice take over: abilities fire, combos chain, and the fight plays out on its own until one warband is left standing. Rework your warband between battles as the run goes on. Win ten battles to take the run. Lose five, and you’re out.
Portentum’s meta is ever-evolving, as every warband you create joins the pool that other players face. As you keep playing and opening card packs, entirely new deck-building possibilities and obscenely killer combos will enter the fray, providing an endless array of strategic possibilities and challenges!
“It was truly an astounding coincidence that we, as humans, discovered a real-life cryptid while we, at Snowfall, were nose deep in development of our own cryptid-based card battler,” said Jaden Holladay, Co-Founder at Snowfall Games. “We were already huge cryptid heads, and our Hunt Bigfoot mod in Fortnite had over 5 million plays, so players kept coming to us asking for more Cryptid games. That, combined with our love of deck-builders, inspired Portentum. When Jimothy was revealed – literally in my neighborhood! – we knew we needed to immortalize him forever by adding him to the Portentum roster.”
Hot-off-the-press news from upcoming rhythm game Stage Tour is here once more, with a reveal of three more songs connected by a single word, but with a huge range of emotion, vision and beauty behind that small, unassuming utterance.
All three reveals this week contain the word ‘just’ in the title, but aside from this connection, they have their own sound, their own depth of emotion and their own very special place in time.
This week’s additions are
“Just Like Heaven” – The Cure – one of alternative rock’s most beloved anthems from 1985, but timeless in its own right.
“Just” – Radiohead – a 1995 classic that makes the hearts of dreamy indie kids sing.
“Just Pretend” – Bad Omens – a relatively new song from 2022, but already a massive hit, with lyrics that hit hard.
This latest reveal brings the current confirmed Stage Tour setlist to 22 Songs:
“RATATATA” — BABYMETAL & Electric Callboy
“Get The Funk Out” — Extreme
“Square Hammer” — Ghost
“Mimi’s Delivery Service” — Good Kid
“Dani California” — Red Hot Chili Peppers
“Terminator Oscillator” — Static-X
“Island In The Sun” — Weezer
“Bite Me” — Avril Lavigne
“Airhead” — Honey Revenge
“For A Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic” — Paramore
“Do Me Like That” — The Paradox
“Jane!” — The Long Faces
“The Unknowing” — Jfarrari
“Siren” — Castle Rat
“Broken Dreams, Inc.” — Rise Against
“Psychosocial” — Slipknot
“The Motherload” — Mastodon
“The End” — Mammoth
“Blind and Frozen” — Beast In Black
“Just Like Heaven” — The Cure
“Just” — Radiohead
“Just Pretend” — Bad Omens
Setlist Reveal #7 will land on August 12, as even more aural delights will be added to the ever-growing list of tracks.
Sign up at stagetour.com and wishlist Stage Tour on Steam to be the first to hear about new songs, updates, and future announcements. You can read about this more in the Stage Tour blog.
Bang your head and Roll Out! Metal Fest 2026 storms into World of Tanks Modern Armor as part of the new Masters of Mayhem Season. The fan-favorite event returns with two explosive new Acts, each featuring a headlining artist, challenges, earnable discounts, and rewards, while also bringing back content from four previous Metal Fest collaborations.
Act 1 kicks off with metal powerhouse Five Finger Death Punch, running from August 4 through August 24. After a one-week intermission, the second headliner for Act 2 will be revealed and take the stage on September 1.Metal Fest goes beyond music including two all-new premium tanks inspired by Five Finger Death Punch, five exclusive 2D Commanders featuring every band member, a 3D Commander Knucklehead, exclusive cosmetics, and limited-time challenges enter the arena.
Meet the FFDP Knucklehead Tank, a durable frontline Heavy built with strong armor and a devastatingly powerful burst-fire weapon. Inspired by the band’s signature style, it features the iconic Knucklehead mascot, towering brass knuckles atop the turret, and battle-worn artwork.
Selecting the Knucklehead plays Five Finger Death Punch’s latest No. 1 hit, Eye of the Storm, the band’s 18th chart-topper on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Airplay chart. The track is the lead single from the new album Legacy, out now digitally here, with CD, vinyl, and cassette editions arriving September 18.
The FFDP Iron Fist Tank Destroyer embraces Five Finger Death Punch’s darker side with a battle-worn steel finish, red handprints, claw-mark graphics, and the iconic FFDP brass knuckle cresting its turret. A battery of five oversized missiles mounted across the rear completes its menacing, relentless look. The band’s 2017 hit Trouble will be playing while this beast awaits in the Garage.
Taking command of the battlefield is Knucklehead, Five Finger Death Punch’s legendary mascot, brought to life as a fully voiced 3D Commander by lead singer Ivan Moody.
“We’re celebrating 20 years as a band, Legacy is finally out in the world, and now fans get to experience Five Finger Death Punch in World of Tanks Modern Armor. That’s a perfect storm,” said Moody. “We had a blast creating this with the team, and there are plenty of Easter eggs and surprises waiting to be found. Go crank the music and play the game!”
Metal Fest also brings back “Rush the Stage” mode, an enhanced encore of 2025’s Vanguard-event mode experience. Fast-paced 7v7 battles with respawns unfold on a Metal Fest-themed Ghost Town map complete with concert stages, dazzling lights, and festival-inspired scenery. This year’s mode introduces several gameplay refinements, including stationary Taco Trucks that can be destroyed for bonus medals.
The mosh pit opens August 4th, so turn up the amps, rev the engines, and prepare to make some noise at World of Tanks Modern Armor Metal Fest 2026.
CORSAIR® (Nasdaq: CRSR), a leading global maker of high-performance gear for gamers, streamers, content creators, PC builders and sim racing enthusiasts, today announced it has acquired the assets of Trak Racer, a global designer and manufacturer of sim racing and flight simulation cockpits, seats, monitor stands, motion systems and accessories. Trak Racer joins CORSAIR’s portfolio of brands as a complement to Fanatec, the leading name in sim racing hardware.
Two Brands, One Complete Rig
Sim racing is one of the fastest-growing categories in gaming, and Trak Racer significantly expands the range CORSAIR can now offer. Fanatec is centered on the electronics that make a simulator feel real, including wheelbases, steering wheels, pedals and shifters. Trak Racer is centered on the physical simulator, including aluminum and tubular cockpits, racing seats, display and peripheral mounts, and motion and haptic systems. Together, the combined lineup is expected to support a more complete, turnkey sim racing platform.
Founded in 2008 by Matt Sten, Trak Racer has built a loyal following among sim racing and flight sim fans with products ranging from entry-level rigs to professional-grade cockpits. Both Fanatec and Trak Racer also have long-standing ties to Formula 1, which the two brands will continue to build on together.
More Places to Find Trak Racer Gear
Trak Racer has sold primarily direct to consumers online. Joining CORSAIR opens the door for Trak Racer cockpits and simulators to reach more retail shelves and markets worldwide through CORSAIR’s existing retail and distribution network.
Taking Off Into Flight Simulation
The acquisition also gives CORSAIR its first real foothold in flight simulation. Trak Racer’s TR550 Flight Simulator provide an established starting point in the category, and the same engineering that goes into a great racing rig, including precise controls, a rock-solid frame, ergonomics, displays, motion and haptics, carries over directly to flight simulators.
“Trak Racer meaningfully expands Fanatec’s sim racing lineup, bringing an extensive cockpit and accessories portfolio and a passionate, loyal community that we’re excited to welcome to the Fanatec family,” said Thi La, Chief Executive Officer of CORSAIR.
“Joining CORSAIR and Fanatec gives Trak Racer the platform to reach far more sim racing enthusiasts faster than we could on our own,” said Matt Sten, founder of Trak Racer, who has joined CORSAIR as Chief Technology Officer for Sim Solutions. “CORSAIR’s global distribution and retail infrastructure, paired with Fanatec’s engineering strength and product portfolio, will let us bring Trak Racer products to a much larger audience while staying true to the community that helped build this brand.”
About Trak Racer
Founded in 2008, Trak Racer is a premium sim racing brand providing simulator cockpits, racing seats, and licensed and co-branded peripherals for gaming enthusiasts, professional sim racers, and commercial customers. The Melbourne, Australia-based company is committed to delivering professional-quality simulation experiences that meet the demands of competitive users while offering compelling long-term value. For more information, visit http://www.trakracer.com.
About CORSAIR
Corsair (Nasdaq: CRSR) is a leading global developer and manufacturer of high-performance products and technology for gamers, content creators, and PC enthusiasts. From award-winning PC components and peripherals to premium streaming equipment and smart ambient lighting, Corsair delivers a full ecosystem of products that work together to enable everyone, from casual gamers to committed professionals, to perform at their very best. Corsair also sells products under its Fanatec brand, the leading end-to-end premium sim racing product line; Elgato brand, which provides premium studio equipment and accessories for content creators; SCUF Gaming brand, which builds custom-designed controllers for competitive gamers; and ORIGIN PC brand, a builder of custom gaming and workstation desktop PCs.
