Author - Jerry Paxton

Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator Available Now

NACON and Aesir Interactive are delighted to announce that Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator is now available on PC, PlayStation5® and Xbox Series X|S. Developed by Aesir Interactive, the studio behind the hit game Police Simulator: Patrol Officers, released in 2021, the new game in the LIFE range invites players to experience the thrilling daily life of a paramedic in the city of San Pelícano, an open world inspired by the city of San Francisco.

Total immersion in the fascinating world of first aid

Following the success of its demo on Steam last December, Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator confirms public interest in the medical world, already made popular in successful films and TV series. Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator is the only game that lets players take on the role of a paramedic for the duration of their shift, from driving the ambulance to the scene of an accident, administering first aid, assessing injuries and choosing appropriate treatment. This responsibility involves moral dilemmas that have a direct impact on patient survival, especially in accidents involving multiple victims. Thanks to a faithful and completely immersive realisation that places the player in the shoes of a paramedic, the game lets you experience all the intensity and adrenaline rush felt by an ambulance driver on duty, as well as the complexity of the paramedic’s job. Every decision is crucial, and a wrong diagnosis can be fatal!

Stimulating and varied gameplay

In Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator, every second counts! As a paramedic, your mission is to save lives. Right from the start of your shift, time becomes your worst enemy. When the alarm is sounded, you must get to your ambulance, sound the siren and get to the scene of the accident as quickly as possible. You then use your driving skills to navigate through the heavy traffic and find the optimum route. Time is of the essence! Once on site, quickly assess the situation and determine the care required for each victim. Talk to them to understand the circumstances of the accident and to calm them down, carry out the necessary examinations using the numerous equipment at your disposal, and establish a preliminary diagnosis. If the injuries are serious enough, administer first aid and prepare the stretcher for rapid transport to hospital. As you progress, you’ll be assigned to new areas, each with its own challenges, and new instruments will be available in your ambulance.

Large-scale accidents

During your mission, large-scale catastrophic situations can arise, requiring you to intervene quickly. Faced with such extreme emergencies, you are confronted with many injured people, whom you must assess quickly whilst remaining calm. It’s up to you to classify them according to the severity of their injuries and save as many lives as possible. You are faced with moral choices, with direct consequences for patients’ chances of survival. Can you keep your cool?

Game modes for all players

Thanks to its two game modes, Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator is suitable for all players, whether you’re a medical professional or a novice wishing to discover first aid techniques. The “classic” mode offers help with diagnosis and patient care, while the “simulation” mode offers none, leaving you to make your own decisions.

Great replayability

With three neighbourhoods featuring a variety of environments, service times ranging from 15 to 45 minutes, 36 available injuries and 17 available medical instruments, the game offers a high degree of replayability, with an infinite number of possible scenarios ranging from simple everyday accidents to large-scale disasters of exceptional severity. Each intervention is different: adaptation, speed and efficiency will be the watchwords to save as many lives as possible!

Ambulance Life: A Paramedic Simulator is now available on PC, PS5® and Xbox. https://www.nacongaming.com/ambulance-life

Mutant Football League 2 Xbox Game Preview Trailer

It’s early February and your NFL team is not going to the Super Bowl (yes, we’re talking to you, Jets fans). Not to worry, Digital Dreams Entertainment has your rage outlet ready to hit the Xbox. Mutant Football League 2 will be available today at 7am pacific on Xbox Game Preview for a mere $24.99 ($5.00 less than the upcoming launch price). You can grab your copy of Mutant Football League 2 for Xbox at https://www.microsoft.com/store/productid/9p72ljj5srx0

Mutant Football League 2 is bigger and faster than the original and takes brutal, arcade-style football to new heights. Digital Dreams is also adding new modes and ways to shake up the classic game with new features and play modes including:

●       Create Your Own MFL Team – Now you can create and name your own MFL franchise. Customize your team’s uniforms, branding, identity, stadium and even the team’s musical theme

●       Doom Field Editor – Choose your stadium type, name it and lay the traps and hazards to create 6,395 square yards of Hell on turf.

●       Player Personalization – Your players get even bigger and more badass with jaw-dropping customization, better armor, and other items that will guarantee that even their mothers won’t love them.

●      Season Mode – Play through a full 17-game season and compete for the coveted Mayhem Bowl Championship. Manage your roster with player trades, free agent signings, card collection, SkillRoid Injections, and player upgrades.

Mackenyu Cast in Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Today, Ubisoft® announced that actor Mackenyu, who is best known for his role as Roronoa Zoro in Netflix’s live-action adaptation of “One Piece” and his work in “Knight of the Zodiac” and “Dragons of Wonderhatch”, will make his video game debut, lending both his voice and likeness to the highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed® Shadows video game this March.

Mackenyu portrays Gennojo, a charming individual who crosses path with Naoe and Yasuke while they are tracking a crucial target. Players can recruit him in the Shinobi League to aid in their fight against the forces of corruption that are rampant across the land. Mackenyu will be doing both the Japanese and English voice over for this character.

“I have fond memories of the franchise. I was in middle school when Assassin’s Creed first came out, and I remember my friends and I would gather at a friend’s house and take turns playing the game,” Mackenyu said. “When I heard that the new Assassin’s Creed game would be set in Japan, I knew that I needed to be part of this project.”

“Mackenyu’s performance added something really special to our game,” said Jonathan Dumont, Creative Director at Ubisoft Quebec, the lead development studio for Assassin’s Creed® Shadows. “His unique energy and charisma breathe life into Gennojo, and we’re eager for players to meet the character and explore his story.”

Available worldwide on March 20, Assassin’s Creed® Shadows is set in feudal Japan where the forces of vengeance and mercy collide during the critical events of the country’s unification. The game introduces a novel dual protagonist system, featuring Naoe, a skillful shinobi from Iga, and Yasuke, the powerful African samurai. These characters offer distinct gameplay experiences as their stories intertwine in a world where lines between right and wrong are often blurred.

For more information about Assassin’s Creed Shadows, please visit assassinscreedshadows.com.

To purchase Assassin’s Creed Shadows on the Ubisoft Store, please visit store.ubisoft.com.

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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Story Trailer Released

SEGA launched a new story trailer for the highly anticipated Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii featuring Pirate King Raymond Law, played by AEW professional wrestler Samoa Joe.

In the trailer, the Pirate King gives viewers a glimpse into the adventure that awaits Majima and crew, and hints at stories untold – and adventures that will unfold.

Fans can check out the rest of the amazing English VO cast’s performance when the VO patch drops at launch. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii releases February 21st, 2025 and is available to pre-order for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows and PC (Steam). Fans who pre-order the game can add Ichiban Kasuga and Nancy to their crew plus the ability to have Majima change into two of Ichiban Kasuga’s iconic outfits.

Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone Early Access Announcement Trailer

Like the first part, Chernobylite 2 is a story of people who try to accomplish an impossible mission and survive in the sinister Chornobyl Zone. Cole Grey, a former military and security guard, lives in a reality where the economy and industry are based entirely on a substance called Chernobylite. With its help, people have made a real leap in civilization. However, the construction of the utopia has been paid for by massive unemployment, pushing people like Cole to the margins of society. Due to severe financial problems, he joins the mysterious “Planewalker” initiative to provide for his family.

It quickly becomes apparent that there is a shortage of Chernobylite in Cole’s universe, and the solution is the morally questionable initiative that involves traveling to parallel worlds in search of the mineral and obtaining it by any means possible. In addition, the Planewalker service requires appropriate genetic modifications. Cole must, therefore, physically absorb the essence of Chernobylite and, to increase his physical and intellectual capabilities, lose a part of his humanity. However, seeing no other options for himself, he agrees to the bloody and dangerous service, which results in him ending up trapped in the most sinister place in the world: the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone. There, he meets a Black Stalker, the Zone’s dark guide and silent ruler.

Today, we’re revealing a brand new story trailer that introduces the plot of Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone.

Our current Kickstarter campaign is live here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thefarm51/chernobylite-2-exclusion-zone-an-open-world-sci-fi-rpg/.

Thanks to this, we can now focus on developing the alternative first-person combat mode, allowing you to play the game in any style you choose. Whether you’re a fan of classic third-person RPGs or modern first-person adventures, you should be comfortable experiencing Chernobylite 2 in a way that is more natural to you.

Chernobylite 2 has just reached the 170% level of funding on the Kickstarter and there’s still a week to back the project in the campaign that achieved another stretch goal. Thanks to this, the game will receive extra locations for playing coop and solo missions.

Soon, all Kickstarter backers will get access to the demo and Beta version of the game so you can expect the first game previews soon!

Chernobylite 2 will be released on Steam in Early Access on March 6th, similar to the first part in 2019, which was awarded the Top Early Access Platinum Graduate on Steam.

Noodle Cat Games Unveils Action-RPG Cloudheim

Today, independent game development studio Noodle Cat Games unveils its debut multiplayer action RPG Cloudheim, launching in Q3 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Combining crafting with chaotic physics-based combat, players will explore, fight, loot, and grow their base to help restore an ancient Norse-inspired world to its former glory.

“Cloudheim blends the exceptional talent of a veteran team with an experimental, iterative development process informed by science and modern psychology,” said David Hunt, CEO and Founder, Noodle Cat Games. “Every member of the team has a meaningful creative impact, allowing us to push exceptional gameplay quality for our team size, budget, and development time. I’m proud of what we’ve built, and how the team has proven this process is ultimately better for the ones who matter most – our players.”

In Cloudheim, players will rally allies for spectacular, combo-driven combat in a destructible world, where enemies take more damage when they use physics to destroy them. Players can harness powerful abilities and craft ever-evolving weapons to unlock new skills and devastating combos. A myriad of diverse islands and mysterious dungeons are waiting to be explored from players’ flying turtle base, Odin Shell. Cloudheim can be experienced solo or in up to 4-player online co-op with a cast of characters and creatures to guide the player’s journey. Blending fast-paced action and dynamic crafting, this brand-new action RPG is a colorful fantasy realm waiting to be transformed.

“Our core gameplay began with a simple question – what if we take the juggling from fighting games, and make it the combat foundation in a co-op action RPG?” said David Hunt, CEO and Founder, Noodle Cat Games. “Mix in a hauntingly beautiful world, a chaotic symphony of physics combos, and base customization – that’s Cloudheim. We can’t wait to see the creative combat gameplay players discover and share with their friends.”

Cloudheim’s key features include:

  • Mastering Chaos: Mayhem is unleashed in a fully breakable world. Players can chain powerful abilities together and coordinate devastating team combos to crush their enemies. This includes tearing down pillars onto monsters, lassoing enemies into tornadoes, shooting Greebles out of cannons, or kicking exploding barrels into the fray.
  • Rising Together: Players can join forces with up to three friends in online co-op, sharing every weapon and ability unlocked as they grow stronger together and discover new playable characters.
  • Forging Infinite Possibilities: With visual crafting, players will never have to wait for a friend in a menu as they can craft a massive array of weapons, gear, and powerful abilities usable in battle – or sell if they don’t need them. Perhaps someday they can even craft worlds…
  • Cruising the Skies: Odin Shell, a massive, ancient turtle that carries a fragment of a dead god’s power, is players’ refuge and portal to the world. They can expand their workshop, customize their space, run a thriving shop, and uncover hidden secrets as their fortress takes flight.
  • Exploring an Untamed World: Players can adventure across diverse islands and explore mysterious, changing dungeons filled with challenging enemies, puzzles, crafting resources, and valuable loot waiting to be discovered.
  • Teaming up with Fantastic Creatures: The resourceful Blins, the ever-hungry Gnasher, and the spiky yet loyal Swordcupine are all here to help players on their adventures.

Spooky Swap Meet 2025 Tickets On Sale this Saturday

Southern California’s largest “Halfway-to-Halloween” celebration gets extra dark with the addition of more night time hours, when Spooky Swap Meet V returns to Heritage Square Museum Los Angeles from Friday evening, April 25 through Sunday the 27th.
Featuring 60+ vendors selling a mix of used Halloween decor and props and new merchandise, Spooky Swap Meet has sold out each day of the event since its start in 2021. “The evening hours were a hit last year with vendors and attendees alike so we added more, ” states Claire Dunlap, producer and co-creator.  On both Friday and Saturday the event will run until 10pm, allowing for even spookier shopping and trick-r-treating.
Spooky Swap Meet features leading Halloween brands Trick or Treat Studios, and Strangecvlt, as well as convention and online favorites Tee No Evil, Backstitch Bruja, SpooksieBoo and Kreepsville 666 selling selections of new and gently used items including gothic furnishings, Halloween inspired decor, baked goods, apparel, props, and more. Fortune telling and food will also be available for purchase.
Guests of all ages are also encouraged to trick-or-treat for real candy at Heritage Square’s seven Victorian era manors, whose exteriors have been decorated and “spooked up” for the weekend by a curated selection of professional and amateur haunted attraction designers including LA Haunted Hayride, A Mr. He Slasher, Sanatorium Emporium, Stagefright Theater, Samhain’s Restless Farm and more. Guests are also invited to see live performances by the Little Ghoul’s ethereal duet The Satin Puppets! Live shows and walk-thru haunted experiences are also a part of the offerings for SSM 2025.
Tickets go on sale Saturday February 8, 2025 at www.spookyswapmeet.com. Spooky Swap Meet will be open Friday, April 25, 5pm-10pm; Saturday, April 26, 1pm-10pm; and Sunday, April 27, 10am-5pm.
General admission starts at $22 for timed entries throughout the weekend, with a first access “Ghost Getter” ticket allowing exclusive access the first hour on Friday for $32, when ticket buyers will be the first to have access to the one of a kind treasures brought in by vendors. Early birds get the one of a kind treasures!
The event entrance is located at 3510 Pasadena Ave (the “back” entry to the museum), with free parking across the street at Metro Gold Lot, Heritage Square Station. Parking at Metro lot is free, first come, first served and limited. Neighborhood street parking is also available.There will also be some VIP parking spots available for pre-purchase only ($30). There will be no entry or parking from the Homer Street side except for ADA with placards (limited first come, first served) and VIP parking pass holders. VIP parking lot and entrance located at 3800 Homer St. No parking sales on site.
For more info visit SpookySwapMeet.com and on Instagram and Facebook at @spookyswapmeet.

Grit and Valor – 1949 Release Date Trailer

Megabit, the publishing arm launched by Aonic to support the company’s 1st and 3rd party video game studios, today announced that Grit and Valor – 1949, will launch March 26th on Steam.

In this dieselpunk real-time tactics roguelite from developer Milky Tea, players lead their brave squad of resistance mech pilots against the Evil Axis forces and turn the tide of World War II in this alternate history dieselpunk setting. Grit and Valor – 1949 is also coming to Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch in Summer 2025.

Key Game Features:

  • Alternate History Dieselpunk Setting – The Axis have seized control of Europe using giant mechanized warriors to turn the tide of the war.
  • Four Distinct Regions – Grit and Valor is set across four distinct regions, each with unique gameplay mechanics, challenges and a variety of randomly generated battlefields to overcome.
  • Evolved-Real Time Tactics Gameplay – Each new region and battlefield you enter presents a new challenge with unique combinations of enemy waves and terrain.
  • Build The Ultimate Mech Squad – You have the freedom to customize and configure your squad of Mechs and Pilots to adapt your tactics for each new mission.
  • Roguelite Replayability – No two playthroughs in Grit and Valor – 1949  are the same, ensuring every battlefield is as deadly and unpredictable as the last.

Disney’s Donald Duck in Happy Camper Board Game Available Now

Grab your sleeping bags and marshmallows, because it’s time for an unforgettable adventure in the great outdoors! Maestro Media today announced that Disney Donald Duck: Happy Camper, the highly anticipated board game that celebrates 90 years of everyone’s favorite duck, is now available for purchase.

Developed with Disney and designed by Wolfgang Kramer (five-time winner of the Spiel des Jahres and designer of El Grande) and Daryl Andrews (2022 Game Innovator of the Year and designer of Sagrada) Donald Duck: Happy Camper celebrates Donald Duck’s timeless charm while taking players on an unforgettable adventure as a Junior Woodchuck. Play as his nephews Huey, Dewey, Louie, and their friend Webby to earn Merit Badges, Explorer Awards, and race to Lookout Point, all while being led by troopleader Donald Duck himself.

“We are honored to work with Disney on this special project celebrating Donald Duck’s 90th anniversary and we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to create a game that captures the fun and magic of Disney!” said Javon Frazier, Founder and CEO of Maestro Media. “Grab your family and friends for a camping experience full of laughs, surprises, and a whole lot of quacking!”

Game Features:

  • Enjoyable for the Whole Family: Ideal for players ages 8 and up, Donald Duck: Happy Camper offers an exciting and engaging experience for players of all ages, making it perfect for family game nights.

  • Fun for Every Group Size: Whether you’re playing with 2 players or 4, Donald Duck: Happy Camper guarantees fun and adventure for all!

  • Replayable and Exciting: With dynamic gameplay that keeps each session fresh and fun, Donald Duck: Happy Camper offers 30 to 45 minutes of adventure that never gets boring, making it a game you’ll want to play again and again!

As the first collaboration between Maestro Media and Disney, this new release is a must-have for Disney fans and board game enthusiasts alike. So, let’s pack up the car, light the campfire, and join Donald Duck and his pals for a camping adventure that’s sure to create memories for another 90 years!

Dune: Awakening Beauty of Arrakis Trailer

Take in the spellbinding majesty of Arrakis in a new video showcasing the harsh beauty and variety players can expect. Although principally a desert planet, its vast surface is home to many unique and diverse locations with secrets to uncover.

Dune: Awakening is an open-world, multiplayer survival game on a massive scale, set on the most dangerous planet in the universe. Rise from survival to greatness and challenge the power of an Imperium. Coming to PC in Early 2025.