Leading UK games publisher Kwalee and Polish independent developer Hyperstrange, are excited to announce the release date for upcoming 3D Action Survivorslike, Hordes of Hunger. This roguelite arena-slasher with survivorslike progression, where players battle relentless waves of monsters, will launch in Early Access on PC via Steam on 6th May 2025.
In Hordes of Hunger, players take control of Mirah, a fearless warrior. Join her heroic battle against a malevolent evil and hordes of monsters as she defends her homeland from a living hunger, wields powerful weapons and abilities, and saves others from the advancing hordes.
Developed by Hyperstrange, Hordes of Hunger blends fast-paced third-person hack ‘n slash combat, high production values, and an evolving narrative, bringing fresh depth to the ever-growing Survivorslike genre.
Ahead of launch, players can dive into an updated demo now available on Steam. The latest demo introduces expanded skill trees, weapon upgrades, and character progression, offering deeper gameplay experiences. The demo also includes an updated parry system with improved animations and indications.
There’s never been a better time to brave the icy oceans of Europa: Barotrauma, the side-scrolling sci-fi sub-sim from FakeFish, Undertow Games, and publisher Daedalic Entertainment, is part of the Steam Free Weekend starting today.
Players can now experience Barotrauma for free on Steam – and for those who dare to stay aboard, the game is 50% off. Both the Steam Free Weekend and the discount run until April 25.
The Free Weekend comes hot on the heels of Calm Before the Storm, a major spring update that adds new PvP content, visual upgrades, expanded alien ruins, and long-requested improvements for permadeath mode. Whether you’re exploring ancient wrecks, shooting first in the new outpost deathmatch map, or desperately screaming orders at bots, there’s fresh chaos waiting just beneath the surface.
Today, VOID Interactive announced during the highly-anticipated inaugural Galaxies Showcase that its acclaimed tactical FPS Ready or Not is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Epic Game Store, and Microsoft Store this Summer.
Take a look at the brand new cinematic announcement trailer that debuted at the Galaxies Showcase:
Console players enter the world of Los Sueños. The surge of crime across the greater Los Sueños metropolitan area has severely depleted LSPD resources, threatening to overwhelm the department’s ability to maintain order. In response to the growing threats facing residents, LSPD is mobilizing its Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams to respond to high-threat scenarios, including active bomb threats, barricaded suspects and high-risk hostage situations to minimize police casualties.
Timed to the console launch, VOID Interactive is releasing ‘Stories from Los Sueños’ free DLC in the form of two new single-player or online cooperative missions.
Console players enter the world of Los Sueños. The surge of crime across the greater Los Sueños metropolitan area has severely depleted LSPD resources, threatening to overwhelm the department’s ability to maintain order. In response to the growing threats facing residents, LSPD is mobilizing its Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams to respond to high-threat scenarios, including active bomb threats, barricaded suspects and high-risk hostage situations to minimize police casualties.
Timed to the console launch, VOID Interactive is releasing ‘Stories from Los Sueños’ free DLC in the form of two new single-player or online cooperative missions.
At console launch Ready or Not will feature:
20 single-player or online cooperative missions with up to five players
2 new missions as part of the Stories from Los Sueños free DLC update
PC players will have access to the new missions in a free update day-and-date with console launch
2 DLC’s that introduce 6 additional levels, and in Dark Waters DLC the UH-60 support Helicopter
Dozens of options to customize a player’s entire SWAT team including armour, weapons, apparel, and more.
Immersive tactical gameplay, full flexibility of approach, and authentic equipment that SWAT teams utilize in the field.
Console pre-order bonuses also include the following weapons:
M32A1 Grenade launcher
MK-V Pistol
590M Shotgun
These items will be updated for free to PC owners of the game.
Now available to pre-order, Ready or Not will launch physically and digitally for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in the following editions:
Independent studio Little Guy Games is proud to unveil Endless Night: The Darkness Within at PAX East 2025, offering hands-on access to their hauntingly beautiful psychological Metroidvania for the first time at Booth #17104.
In Endless Night, players enter the fractured dreamworld of Jake—a man grappling with PTSD and a past he can’t outrun. As he sleeps, he’s pulled into shifting dreamscapes where surreal landscapes, forgotten memories, and monstrous inner demons await.
Key Features:
Death Is Progression – Each death reshapes the dream, unlocking new pathways, memories, and truths.
Emotional Metroidvania Design – Explore a nonlinear, interconnected world tied to Jake’s psyche, complete with unlockable abilities, shifting environments, and evolving challenges.
Combat as Catharsis – Face foes born from trauma, wield elemental gear, and reclaim fragments of Jake’s broken heart.
Original Music and Voice Acting – Featuring an emotionally immersive soundtrack by sync artist Nathalie King, and a full voice cast bringing depth to the story.
“We wanted to make a game where failure isn’t punishment—it’s revelation,” says Tom Frencel, Creative Director at Little Guy Games. “Endless Night is about confronting the darkest parts of yourself—and emerging changed.”
Disney+ has released the trailer and key art for Lucasfilm’s “Light & Magic,” which were both unveiled today at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo. Attendees heard from director Joe Johnston and producer Ron Howard via videotaped greetings and also enjoyed a highlight reel from the first season of “Light & Magic.” A panel discussion followed, moderated by Sam Witwer, that included actor Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Lynwen Brennan (President and General Manager Lucasfilm Business), Doug Chiang (Senior Vice President & Executive Design Director, Lucasfilm), Janet Lewin (Senior Vice President, General Manager and Head of ILM), John Knoll (ILM Executive Creative Director, Senior Visual Effects Supervisor), and Rob Coleman (ILM Creative Director and Senior Animation Supervisor).
Lucasfilm’s “Light & Magic” Season 2 is a three-part series produced by Imagine Documentaries that follows Lucasfilm’s visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, as it enters its most challenging and revolutionary period: the dawn of digital. From creating the first fully realized CG character to solving the challenge of digital water, it is an era that finds ILM scaling new heights of innovation despite dramatic setbacks.
The director is Joe Johnston, and the executive producers are Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Justin Wilkes, Sara Bernstein, Joe Johnston, Lawrence Kasdan, Kathleen Kennedy and Carrie Beck. Jacqui Lopez, Ted Schillinger and Michael Garcia serve as co-executive producers. The series producers are Meredith Kaulfers and Christopher St. John, and Nicole Pusateri is the supervising producer.
“Light & Magic” is now streaming, exclusively on Disney+, with all three parts available to watch.
Today at Star Wars Celebration 2025 in Japan, Lucasfilm’s President Kathleen Kennedy and Chief Creative Officer Dave Filoni announced an all-new theatrical release set in the Star Wars Galaxy. “Star Wars: Starfighter” will open exclusively in theaters May 28, 2027.
“Star Wars: Starfighter,” which will be directed by Shawn Levy and star Ryan Gosling, is a standalone adventure taking place approximately five years after the events of 2019’s “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker.” The film, which will begin production this Fall, is an entirely new adventure featuring all-new characters set in a period of time that has not been explored on screen yet.
Levy is a director and producer of both film and television series, including “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Stranger Things.”
Gosling most recently starred in the 2024 blockbuster “Barbie,” for which he received Oscar® and Golden Globe® nominations. Other credits include “La La Land,” “The Notebook,” and “Crazy Stupid Love.”
GORN 2, the skull-crushing sequel to VR smash hit GORN, has stepped into the arena to take virtual reality’s most outrageous gladiator sim into the next generation.
New developers Cortopia, working alongside original series creators Free Lives, have delivered a sensory experience with in-your-face combat so irresponsibly violent you’ll check your headset for blood spatters when the fight is over.
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Ascend to a heavenly realm where the souls of all the gladiators you slaughtered in the first game now dwell—and kill them again. Discover new weapons, new arenas, new traps, new enemies and new bosses as you raise Hell in the heavens and prove your battle prowess before an army of terrifying foes.
This brutally slapstick brawler is breaking bones on Meta Quest and SteamVR now, with PS VR2 to follow later this year.
Key Features
Engage in fierce gladiatorial battles powered by an outrageous fully physics-driven combat engine, savagely striking down foes with a bountiful collection of 35 devastating, uniquely violent weapons–including many monstrous new additions to your gladiator’s arsenal
Journey through a series of heavenly realms populated by the fallen heroes of the original game. Here you’ll battle the five sons’ champions: powerful bosses primed to unleash fresh challenges upon even the most seasoned, blood-flecked arena veteran
GORN 2 is everything GORN was but MORE. More weapons, more enemies, more arenas, more traps, more power-ups, and more hilariously over-the-top combat. If you loved the first game, but still feel a raging yearning for more, GORN 2 will sate your blood-thirst
Conquered all five heavenly arenas? Then stand your ground in the relentless non-stop onslaught of Endless Mode, or try creating your own battlefields of destruction in Custom Mode. Get creative and crush your opponents any way you choose, no matter how outlandish
The gates of your magical academy are finally opening! Wizdom Academy is now out on Steam, inviting you to step into the role of Headmaster and build your very own academy from the ground up. Train the next generation of wizards, create powerful spells, and manage your school’s resources to overcome the challenges that lie ahead.
Wizdom Academy is out now on Steam in Early Access
Key Features:
Experience the freedom of 3D vertical building – Reach for the sky by adding all sorts of magical buildings.
Build your academy – Design classrooms, dorms, exploration halls, mana storage, and much more.
Manage your resources & residents – Put those recruits to work and harvest rare resources to expand your academy.
Shape legendary wizards – Guide students from apprentices to elite sorcerers, shaping their abilities and destinies.
Forge alliances & explore – Uncover hidden dungeons, meet other academies, defend against hordes, interact with nearby villages, and uncover hidden dungeons, and expand your influence.
Balance the residents’ needs & the Council’s wills – Keep your academy thriving while balancing the needs of your residents and the will of the Council.
With over 60,000 wishlists, a growing community, and fantastic feedback from thousands of players, we can’t wait for you to experience the full magic of Wizdom Academy.
Uncapped Games announced today that a new phase of beta testing has begun for its upcoming action real-time strategy (RTS) game, Battle Aces. Players can sign up to play now via Steam, and can experience the full depth of strategic options in the game with all units unlocked. Testers will also have the ability to send invites to up to three people, enabling everyone to experience 2v2, 2vAI, or 1v1 modes among friends.
Battle Aces combines the meta strategic elements of deck building games, and the fast-paced intensity of RTS games in satisfying battles that take just 10 minutes or less. This mix of genre influences, melded with design innovations like instant unit spawning, automated resource gathering, and streamlined base building, allows for newcomers to RTS and veterans alike to experience and fully enjoy the thrill of controlling massive armies in battle. Battle Aces also enables players to play their own way, by creating a unit deck from up to nearly 50 unique units with different strengths, weaknesses, and special abilities.
New features introduced to Battle Aces in this phase of beta testing:
New units, including the Advanced Mortar, Blaster, Guardian Shield, and Shade, enable new ways to dominate the battlefield
Daily login rewards in this beta phase will grant players PERMANENT cosmetic rewards that will carry over into future test phases and the live game
Updated Warpath and Proving Grounds – progression has been improved and streamlined to deliver satisfying rewards and get players into the game even quicker
Improved quality-of-life features, including in-client unit stats, improved map art, and in-game UI improvements like unit counter lists and unit deck recommendations that make getting into Battle Aces easier than ever
More unlockable cosmetics, including custom skins for core bases, resource bases, avatars, emotes, sprays, fatalities, and army paints
“There’s no better time to try out the future of strategy gaming than now,” said David Kim, senior game director of Uncapped Games. “With all units unlocked, you can immediately jump in and experience everything Battle Aces has to offer. We’re also giving all testers three invites, so you can share the Battle Aces experience with friends, which makes it even more fun.”
A new era is born. This summer, three years after the Jurassic World trilogy concluded with each film surpassing $1 billion at the global box office, the enduring Jurassic series evolves in an ingenious new direction with Jurassic World Rebirth.
Anchored by iconic action superstar Scarlett Johansson, Emmy and SAG nominee Jonathan Bailey and two-time Oscar® winner Mahershala Ali, this action-packed new chapter sees an extraction team race to the most dangerous place on Earth, an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park, inhabited by the worst of the worst that were left behind.
Also starring acclaimed international stars Rupert Friend and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, the film is directed by dynamic visualist Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) from a script by original Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp.
Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, the planet’s ecology has proven largely inhospitable to dinosaurs. Those remaining exist in isolated equatorial environments with climates resembling the one in which they once thrived. The three most colossal creatures across land, sea and air within that tropical biosphere hold, in their DNA, the key to a drug that will bring miraculous life-saving benefits to humankind.
Academy Award® nominee Johansson plays skilled covert operations expert Zora Bennett, contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure the genetic material. When Zora’s operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized by marauding aquatic dinos, they all find themselves stranded on a forbidden island that had once housed an undisclosed research facility for Jurassic Park. There, in a terrain populated by dinosaurs of vastly different species, they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that has been hidden from the world for decades.
Ali is Duncan Kincaid, Zora’s most trusted team member; Critics Choice and Olivier Award winner Jonathan Bailey (Wicked, Bridgerton) plays paleontologist Dr. Henry Loomis; Emmy nominee Rupert Friend (Homeland, Obi-Wan Kenobi) appears as Big Pharma representative Martin Krebs and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo (The Lincoln Lawyer, Murder on the Orient Express) plays Reuben Delgado, the father of the shipwrecked civilian family.
The cast includes Luna Blaise (Manifest), David Iacono (The Summer I Turned Pretty) and Audrina Miranda (Lopez vs. Lopez) as Reuben’s family. The film also features, as members of Zora and Krebs’ crews, Philippine Velge (Station Eleven), Bechir Sylvain (BMF) and Ed Skrein (Deadpool).
Jurassic World Rebirth is directed by BAFTA winner Edwards from a script by Koepp (War of the Worlds), based on characters created by Michael Crichton. The film is produced by Oscar® nominee Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley, both longtime Jurassic franchise producers and of last summer’s blockbuster, Twisters. The film is executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Denis L. Stewart and Jim Spencer.
