Author - Jerry Paxton

MicroProse to Publish Airborne Ranger: Fightout

MicroProse, recognized for its contributions to military simulation and strategy games, is pleased to announce plans to publish Airborne Ranger: Fightout. This new action-packed title builds on the foundation of the 1987 classic while embracing modern gameplay elements.

Airborne Ranger: Fightout single-player and co-operative game for up to four players, the game offers a blend of tactical action and survival mechanics. Players step into a near-future world of chaos and conflict, scavenging resources, upgrading skills, and working together to complete challenging missions. Co-op play emphasizes teamwork and strategy, as squads coordinate to navigate varied maps, accomplish objectives, and make high-risk extractions for valuable rewards.

Customization is at the heart of the experience, allowing players to fine-tune their weaponry and gear without reliance on loot boxes or pay-to-win mechanics. Whether playing solo or with friends, this game focuses on skill-based gameplay and thoughtful planning to achieve success.

Features list

  • Single-player open-world experience: Explore and navigate a near-future world in chaos.
  • Co-op mode for up to 4 players: Team up to complete objectives, strategize, and survive dynamic missions.
  • Tactical gameplay: Plan load-outs and manage resources for long-term survival.
  • Customizable weaponry and gear: Tailor your load-out to suit your playstyle with no loot boxes or pay-to-win mechanics.
  • Real-time action: Face high-stakes encounters in a semi-top-down, third-person perspective.
  • Diverse environments and maps: Adapt to a variety of landscapes and challenges.
  • Risk and reward system: Complete missions and extractions to earn valuable equipment, skills, and supplies.

Corsair Unveils VOID Wireless V2 Gaming Headset

CORSAIR® (Nasdaq:CRSR), a leading global developer and manufacturer of high-performance gear and technology for gamers, content creators, and PC enthusiasts, is proud to launch the VOID WIRELESS v2 Gaming Headset, the latest high-performance headset in the award-winning VOID line. The CORSAIR VOID family of gaming headsets has become synonymous with quality gaming audio, lasting comfort, and superb build quality, and the new VOID Wireless v2 continues this with a range of features and updates.

The VOID WIRELESS v2 pulls gamers into a truly immersive experience thanks to custom-tuned 50mm neodymium audio drivers that create high-fidelity, dynamic soundscapes with incredible clarity and depth. Combined with Dolby Atmos® Spatial Audio, players can pinpoint every footstep, explosion, and movement with incredible directional accuracy, adding depth and realism to their game.

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A best-in-class, omnidirectional microphone with NVIDIA Broadcast® technology allows for outstanding voice clarity and cuts through background noise, ensuring teammates hear comms clearlyDesigned for pure comfort, the VOID WIRELESS v2 weighs 20 percent less than previous versions and features premium memory foam ear cushions wrapped in breathable microfiber fabric, creating an exceptionally cool and comfortable experience, even during extended gaming sessions.

The VOID WIRELESS v2 allows players to stay connected to premium audio across multiple devices with low-latency 2.4GHz wireless or Bluetooth® for added versatility. Seamlessly switch between connections with the press of a button while enjoying up to 70 hours of play. When power finally runs low, a quick 15-minute charge refreshes the battery for another six hours, ensuring the action never stops.

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Available in carbon or white, this headset combines exceptional performance, premium lightweight quality, and modern sleek styling for today’s gamers.

Availability, Warranty, and Pricing

The VOID WIRELESS v2 is available now for $119.99 and compatible with PC, Mac, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and mobile devices.The VOID WIRELESS v2 is available immediately from the CORSAIR Webstore and will launch soon in the CORSAIR worldwide network of authorized online retailers and distributors, such as Best Buy and Amazon.

The VOID WIRELESS v2 is backed by a two-year warranty, alongside the CORSAIR worldwide customer service and technical support network.

For up-to-date pricing, please refer to the CORSAIR website or contact your local CORSAIR sales or PR representative.

To learn more about the VOID WIRELESS v2, please visit here.

Hordes of Hunger Release Date Trailer

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.

Barotrauma Steam Free Weekend Now Underway

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.

Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/602960/Barotrau​ma/

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.

Ready or Not – Console Reveal Trailer

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:

Standard Edition ($49.99 / £44.99 / €49.99)

  • Base Game

Day One Edition ($49.99 / £44.99 / €49.99)

  • Base Game
  • Pre-Order Bonus; M32A1 Grenade launcher, MK-V Pistol, 590M Shotgun)

Deluxe Edition ($69.99 / €69.99/ £59.99)

  • Base Game
  • Home Invasion DLC
  • Dark Waters DLC
  • Unannounced DLC3
  • Pre-Order Bonus; M32A1 Grenade launcher, MK-V Pistol, 590M Shotgun

*Dark Waters DLC and Home Invasion DLC are available to purchase separately $9.99 / £7.99 / €9.99

Endless Night: The Darkness Within Reveal Trailer

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+ and Lucasfilm Unveil Light & Magic Season 2

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.

Star Wars: Starfighter Film Directed by Shawn Levy and Starring Ryan Gosling Announced

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 Out Now for Meta Quest and Steam VR

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

Wizdom Academy Early Access Launch Trailer

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.