Daedalic Entertainment, in collaboration with developer DALOAR, is thrilled to present a new trailer for The Occultist. Unveiled today during NACON Connect, this first-person horror experience invites players to join paranormal investigator Alan Rebels on his most terrifying investigation yet, promising an immersive and spine-tingling experience. The Occultist is set for release on PlayStation 5, Xbox and PC in 2026.
In The Occultist, players will step into the shoes of Alan Rebels as he embarks on a harrowing journey to the enigmatic island of Godstone, determined to uncover the truth behind his father’s mysterious disappearance. Equipped with his mystical pendulum, Alan must navigate the foggy streets and eerie buildings of Godstone, a place once home to a notorious cult known for its disturbing experiments and rituals.
The co-op masterminds are back! Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and Hazelight Studios invite players to embark on an action-packed buddy adventure in Split Fiction, available now on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store and EA app for $49.99. The title has achieved universal acclaim on Metacritic and earned perfect scores from more than 26 media, including Variety, TechRadar Gaming and GameSpot, who called it “a hilarious, compassionate, and delightful new benchmark for multiplayer experiences.” Split Fiction is the #1 Best-Reviewed Game of 2025 so far.
In Split Fiction, players take on the roles of Mio and Zoe as they traverse through vibrant sci-fi and fantasy worlds, working together and uncovering the power of unexpected friendship. Hazelight Studios, the creative minds behind the 2021 Game of the Year winner It Takes Two (23 million units sold worldwide), takes its proven co-op formula to the next level in Split Fiction with more gameplay variety than ever before.
“Split Fiction is filled with the wildest stuff you’ll ever see in a co-op game. The gameplay variety is insane and I’m incredibly proud of the level of polish that we managed to do,” said Josef Fares. “You’re going to visit some really incredible sci-fi and fantasy worlds, collaborate, and have a lot of fun – you guys are gonna love it.”
Mio and Zoe are aspiring writers who are trapped in a machine designed to steal their creative ideas. The two must set aside their differences to break out of the simulation of their own stories. Along the way, they will discover new mechanics and abilities in every level of their adventure. Escape a sun that’s going supernova, challenge a monkey to a dance battle, try out some cool hoverboard tricks, fight an evil kitty, and ride everything from gravity bikes to a sandshark. Experience worlds that are entirely different from each other, unexpected new abilities, and a range of gameplay that includes platforming, puzzles, and more.
As players journey through different landscapes, they will encounter mysterious portals that lead to Side Stories: brief, optional twists on gameplay that launch Mio and Zoe into unfinished drafts and creative story concepts from their writing, varying up the gameplay even further. Players won’t want to miss climbing a giant-infested mountain, surfing across the desert on the backs of sand sharks, or waterskiing behind a flying train.
“Split Fiction is a bombastic, no-holds-barred celebration of what video games do best – entertain!” said Jeff Gamon, General Manager of EA Partners. “Once again, Josef and the fantastic team at Hazelight have proven themselves champions of cooperative adventure gaming. I’m as confident as anyone could be that gamers, their friends, families and loved ones will lose themselves completely in this extraordinary co-op journey.”
Split Fiction can be played cooperatively with local multiplayer or online using Friend’s Pass, a staple feature from Hazelight Studios that allows players who own a copy of the game to invite a friend to play the full game with them for free. As with the base game, cross-play options are enabled for Friend’s Pass on PlayStation, Xbox and PC.
Split Fiction is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store and EA app for $49.99. The game is rated ESRB TEEN and PEGI 16.
For more information on Split Fiction, visit: https://www.ea.com/games/split-fiction/split-fiction.
These new additions offer gamers and streamers a fresh option to style-up their setups. In addition, Razer Kraken Kitty V2 BT is now available in a sleek Black colorway, to complete the Quartz, White and Black Edition offerings.
Razer Kraken Kitty V2 – White Edition
From Community Movement to Iconic Status
At Razer, the creation of the first Kraken Kitty was driven by the demand and enthusiasm from our community. We listened to the feedback, responded to the excitement, and brought it to life.
Over the years, this headset has become one of the most iconic looks in gaming, an irreplaceable cult favorite among gamers and streamers. The #RazerKrakenKitty hashtag has amassed over 10 million views across social media, highlighting its widespread popularity and engagement.
The Razer Kraken Kitty headset has not only solidified its place in the gaming world but has also transcended into a cultural phenomenon. Idols, celebrities, and fashion enthusiasts have embraced this iconic design, each adding their personal touch and making it their own.
In response to the ongoing support and demand from our community, we’re excited to introduce a new white colorway, offering fans an additional stylish option to make the headset their own while continuing to build on its legacy.
Razer Kraken Kitty V2 BT – White Edition
The Meow Factor Illuminated
The Razer Kraken Kitty V2, now in sleek white, brings your gaming and streaming experience to life with vibrant Razer Chroma™ RGB lighting. With 16.8 million colors and a range of lighting effects, you can easily customize a look that matches your style. Plus, the kitty ears and earcups light up in sync with over 300 games, reacting to in-game actions or stream events, making every moment more immersive. Powered by the world’s largest gaming lighting ecosystem, the headset’s lighting seamlessly syncs with 500 devices from 50+ partners, so you can create your ultimate gaming setup. Whether you want reactive lighting or custom effects, the Razer Kraken Kitty V2 ensures your presence is always eye-catching with RGB customization that can’t be found anywhere else.
Designed for Every Gamer and Streamer
For Gaming & Streaming: Experience powerful positional audio with Razer™ TriForce 40mm drivers and clear communication with the Razer™ HyperClear Cardioid Mic on the Kraken Kitty V2 or beamforming noise-canceling mics on the Kraken Kitty V2 BT.
For Every Style: With the addition of the new White colorway, alongside Quartz Pink and classic Black, the Kraken Kitty V2 lineup offers options to match any aesthetic.
For Anywhere: Available in both wired and wireless options, the headset features plush, breathable ear cushions lined with fabric and leatherette for ultimate comfort during extended use.
The Razer Kraken Kitty V2 White Edition, Razer Kraken Kitty V2 BT White Edition and Razer Kraken Kitty V2 BT (Base Black).
Honeycomb® Aeronautical, a leading producer of professional grade flight simulation hardware, announced today that they will be showcasing a range of their current and future products at the upcoming FlightSim Weekend – the largest flight simulator event in the world, taking place in Leylstad, Netherlands, on March 15th and 16th of this year.
Honeycomb Aeronautical will be exclusively displaying their premium range of flight simulation hardware, including the recently released and highly rated Charlie Rudder Pedals, at Booth E13 in the main hardware hall, throughout the duration of the show.
Boasting high quality aluminium construction engineered for a lifetime of use, the Charlie Rudder Pedals have been carefully crafted with precise sensors, adjustable tension and anti-slip features. A left and right toe break utilise adjustable angles so that users can find a comfortable position for their feet during long haul flights. Alloy metal pedals, built to stand the test of time include smooth travel for optimal rudder control, and the reversible carpet spikes with a rubber grip surface have been designed to stay locked in position no matter where you play. With an adjustable tension knob and full compatibility with PC and Xbox*, the Charlie Rudder Pedals have been meticulously crafted to provide a premium experience for enthusiasts looking for the last word in authenticity and realism.
For those wishing to experience the full range of Honeycomb hardware, visitors can also sample the following currently available products, featuring in the Honeycomb range:
Alpha Flight Controls Yoke & Switch Panel – the most advanced flight simulation system for simmers, flight students, and pilots.
Bravo Throttle Quadrant – an all-in-one cockpit system featuring a configurable throttle setup, from single-engine general aviation to four-engine commercial aircraft.
Charlie Rudder Pedals – Meticulously designed to offer pilots an unparalleled and immersive flight experience, boasting an aluminium construction, precise hall effect sensors, adjustable tension and anti-slip features.
Visitors to the booth who take a flight with one of the setups will be able to grab some exclusive merchandise and discount flyers for money off all major Honeycomb Aeronautical products.
Honeycomb Aeronautical will also be hosting a presentation at the FSWeekend Sunday WHISKEY event at the show on Sunday 16th March. You can reserve your spot here so you don’t miss out on any exciting new information.
Michael Auer, Head of Global Sales & Marketing for Honeycomb Aeronautical commented,
“We’re delighted to be able to showcase the current Honeycomb Aeronautical range to the flight sim community as well as deliver a sneak peek of upcoming hardware at the upcoming FlightSim Weekend. Our new Charlie Rudder Pedals have been attracting high praise from the Flight Sim community, and we’re excited to showcase them alongside some of our other groundbreaking products at the largest flight sim show in the world. We can’t wait to meet our fans and see what they think of these brand new designs.”
Flashbulb Games today released Trailmakers: Pioneers, the highly anticipated 2.0 update to their vehicle building game, introducing survival gameplay. Trailmakers: Pioneers is now available for players on Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox at no additional cost. Trailmakers, including the Pioneers update, is also available for free to all Xbox Game Pass subscribers.
See the launch trailer here:
Flashbulb Games is comprised of open-world sandbox design veterans from Press Play, CCP Games, and IO Interactive, building on their experience and rooting Trailmakers in player creativity. Pioneers expands on Trailmakers’ foundation with a story-based campaign, survival gameplay, and an intuitive block-crafting system. Players explore a vast open world, scavenging for parts by engineering custom land, sea, and air vehicles.
Trailmakers: Pioneers Key Features:
Campaign Mode: On Planet Gregory, craft blocks and build vehicles to protect the Froggit inhabitants from the evil BOTNAK robots, complete missions, and upgrade settlements.
Physics-Driven Construction: Build everything from simple survival vehicles to massive, technical machinery with a system that reacts to weight, environments, and terrain. Go all out with designs or optimize for efficiency.
Survival Mode: Build custom vehicles and navigate harsh environments while fending off threats in an exciting, survival-like adventure.
A World to Explore: The Pioneers map expands across 7×7 km, offering vast landscapes for daring explorers, ambitious builders, and high-speed driving, sailing and flying.
More Blocks & Builder Upgrades: A revamped builder UI streamlines creation, while new blocks and weapons let players craft advanced vehicles.
“Our players have shaped Trailmakers since its release in 2018, constantly pushing the boundaries of creativity and making vehicles that amaze us at every turn. Pioneers expands the breadth of possibilities, deepens exploration, and challenges players to build and survive like never before,” said Flashbulb Games Co-Founder Ole Teglbjærg. “Pioneers is a major step forward, but the future of Trailmakers is even brighter. Player creativity has always been at the heart of our game, and their feedback continues to shape what’s next.”
Trailmakers launched in 2018, introducing the world to its sandbox, intuitive vehicle building tools, and creative combat. Since release, Trailmakers has had more than five million players dive into its open world across all major platforms.
El Prez makes Tropico flourish – literally! Return to Nature seems like it’s made just for Sunny Flowers, as you join forces with Mother Nature to finally do some good for the environment! Tree Houses offer branching new accommodations for your Tropicans, Forest Schools and Fitness Parks to strengthen their minds and bodies, and the Beekeeper fills the streets with the meditative buzz of bees. All of that is crowned by the majestic Biggdrasil, the first home-grown world wonder of Tropico.
So, what are you waiting for? Grow the Nature value of your banana (tree) republic and Make Tropico Green Again!
Tropico 6 – Return to Nature is out now on PC, PlayStation®4|5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Get a 10% launch discount on select platforms*!
Paradox Interactive, a developer and publisher of games that are large and in charge, today revealed details and a release date for Giant Kings, the newest expansion for their award-winning fantasy strategy game, Age of Wonders 4. Giant Kings will add the mighty Elder Giants from prior games in the Age of Wonders series as a new Ruler type for the latest iteration, alongside new tomes of magic, new realms to conquer, new wonders to explore, and much more. Giant Kings will launch on April 1, 2025, on PC, PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series X|S for a suggested retail price of $24.99/£20.99/€24.99*. Players who purchased Expansion Pass 2 for Age of Wonders 4 will receive Giant Kings as part of their purchase when the expansion launches at no extra cost.
Watch the following trailer for Giant Kings on a very big screen:
In Giant Kings, players can restore the Elder Giants to their rightful place as masters of the Astral Sea as they return to the myriad realms of Age of Wonders. Players may explore the ruins of the giants’ fallen empire, seek out forgotten crystal magic to empower their armies, and delve into the depths for lost treasures. This expansion introduces the new Giant ruler type, a powerful new dwelling, and an array of hand-crafted regions to explore.
Giant Kings Features:
New Ruler Type: Ascend as a mighty Giant King, ruling over mortals with unmatched power. Giant Kings possess unique terraforming abilities and can use the Item Forge right from the start of the game. Call upon ancient weapons to fight with you and unlock powerful runes to forge unique equipment. Choose from one of four mighty clans and transform the world around you: flatten peaks, raise mountains, mold lava, and freeze the land!
New Crystal Dwelling: A towering structure that houses souls of the ancient Giants encased in crystalline matrices. Earn the favor of the Council Prolocutor, improve your relations, and access a unique shop offering exclusive skills, magical equipment, and artifacts. Moreover, formidable new creatures are now roaming the lands: crystal-forged lithorine units and colossal primordial beasts, ready to challenge players to combat in Ancient Wonders.
Landmark Regions:New massive regions will appear in your realm that you can annex to your empire for economic benefits — magnificent waterfalls, the remains of ancient dragons, majestic underground monuments, and more are waiting for you to explore!
Shop Structures:Merchants now roam the land, offering powerful services and rare goods. Visit one of three shop types to purchase hero equipment and skills, mounts or strategic vision over world map areas. Feeling bold? Attack these traders to seize their wares – but beware, future dealings may be closed to you!
Two New Tomes: The Tome of the Dungeon Depths, to build a grand underground empire and protect it at all costs. Transform your provinces into a new dungeon theme with economic bonuses and four special province improvements. Craft eternal Clay Soldiers and deadly traps to defend your territories. The Tome of Geomancy lets you become attuned to the Ley line energies beneath you and channel them to supercharge your army’s damage and resistances. Recruit Geomancer units to harness the powers of the earth, and encase your forces in razor-sharp crystalline armor.
So Much More, including 3 new realm traits that include a story-driven region with unique endgame events, 2 new ancient wonders, 4 new music tracks, a new interface skin, and countless smaller updates!
Today, CCP Games announced that the company has hired Stefán Þórarinsson as Head of Economy at CCP Games. Formerly an economist at the Central Bank of Iceland, Stefán’s expertise in the economic field will be applied to ensure in-game financial systems in the upcoming survival space MMO, EVE Frontier, operate with the same diligence and analysis applied to real-world economies.
The new hire strengthens CCP Games’ commitment to deepening the legitimacy of virtual economies and pioneering research in the games industry. As part of this commitment, CCP Games is launching a series of comprehensive economic updates for EVE Frontier on March 6, 2025. They include:
Monetary Policy and Inflation: Understanding how economic levers influence pricing, currency stability, and market behavior in a fully player-driven world.
Market Equilibrium and Trade Dynamics: Exploring how supply and demand fluctuate based on player and NPC interactions.
Assets and Currency Flows: Assessing the integration of digital assets and their impact on in-game economic activity.
Behavioral Economics in Virtual Worlds: Gathering data on player decision-making, financial speculation, and economic adaptation.
astragon Entertainment and Independent Arts Software proudly announce Seafarer: The Ship Sim, a brand-new maritime simulation set to launch in Early Access for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store in Summer 2025 for a retail price of $24.99 / ₤20.99 / 24,99€ (SRP).
Set Sail for Adventure
Experience life at sea as you take the helm of various vessels and carve your own path in an expansive maritime world. Join different factions, each offering unique missions and rewards, from cargo transportation and fire-fighting on open waters to high-stakes rescues and treasure recovery. With a diverse fleet ranging from nimble tugboats to massive freighters, every voyage presents fresh challenges and surprises.
A fully interactive ship experience awaits—walk freely around your vessel, conduct maintenance, operate heavy machinery, and even take control of water cannons to battle onboard fires. Every decision shapes your journey, ensuring no two adventures are the same.
Two Ways to Play
Engage in a gripping storyline in Story Mode, where all factions intertwine across a series of thrilling missions, or explore freely in Quick Play Mode, charting your own course at sea. The character editor allows players to personalize their captain, adding a unique touch to the experience.
Unparalleled Realism & Immersion Powered by Unreal Engine 5, Seafarer: The Ship Sim boasts breathtaking visuals, from meticulously detailed ship models to dynamic seascapes. Ports bustle with activity, oil rigs rise against the horizon, and unpredictable waters keep players on their toes. Enhanced by NVIDIA WaveWorks 2.0, waves react naturally to changing weather and ship movement, delivering an incredibly lifelike seafaring experience.
Key Features:
The open sea: Players can expect an expansive map inspired by northern European landscapes that invites exploration.
Varied career: Different factions offer different missions, each with their own gameplay elements. Explore the extensive world, load valuable cargo or help ships in distress.
Take the helm: From small tugboats to gigantic freighters, players navigate a variety of ships through the rough seas.
Tasks and duties: Checking machinery, operating cranes and using water cannons – there is always something to do on your own ship.
Experience the waves: Unreal Engine 5 and NVIDIA WaveWorks 2.0 offer stunning visuals and realistic wave simulations.
No two journeys are the same: The sandbox gameplay with dynamic weather, realistic day/night changes and the character editor ensure a constantly individualized gaming experience.
Rewrite the history of a new front in history’s most destructive conflict in Graveyard of Empires, a new country pack for Hearts of Iron IV. This new add-on to Paradox Interactive’s best-selling grand strategy wargame about World War II focuses on the nations of central and south Asia, each fighting for survival or independence amidst the fires of a global war.
New National Focus trees for four countries add new color and flavor to an alternate history sandbox, where the future is determined by your decisions in a region historically dominated by distant larger powers.
Hearts of Iron IV: Graveyard of Empires includes new content for:
Iran: Iran is a potential great power, hemmed in by the pressure of the Soviet Union and the British Empire. A significant new Focus Tree allows the player to resist the imperial incursions that historically weakened Iran, as well as offering potential for a revived and modern Persian Empire in the heart of Asia.
India: The Raj is the jewel of the British Empire, rich and strategically vital. However, a growing independence movement threatens to disrupt the war effort and dissolve the empire. A large focus tree focused on the struggle of Indian Independence offers many alternate historical paths, including the revival of the East India Company as a corporate nation, as well as the possible freedom of the Princely States, restoration of the Mughal Empire and more.
Iraq: Take control of this British client state and try to chart your own path, embracing the calls for pan-arab nationalism and siding with the axis against the allies. Manage the many competing ethnic and religious factions in Iraq and develop the strategically important oil fields.
Afghanistan: The historic Graveyard of Empires, isolated from the wider war, offers many alternate paths. Continue the historical path of neutrality and isolation, or choose the road of rapid industrialization and building a new power in the mountains of Central Asia.
Hearts of Iron IV: Graveyard of Empires also includes new art, with more leader portraits, infantry models and unit models.
Hearts of Iron IV: Graveyard of Empires is available now for the suggested retail price of $14,99/ £12.79/ €14.99 and is also available as a part of the Hearts of Iron IV Expansion Pass.
