Today, in addition to South of Midnight hitting the ‘Gone Gold’ development completion milestone and certified for release on April 8, Xbox and Compulsion Games announced South of Midnight’s original soundtrack by composer Olivier Deriviere is now available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and Bandcamp.
With how integral music is to South of Midnight, it only makes sense to release the game’s original soundtrack which spans three playlists and represents Deriviere’s largest production to date. Like the game itself, South of Midnight’s original soundtrack is inspired by a range of music genres and styles from the American Deep South, including blues, country, and jazz.
For more information on the inspiration and production of South of Midnight’s soundtrack, check out Xbox Wire’s interview with Olivier Deriviere and Compulsion Games’ Audio Director, Chris Fox.
South of Midnightwill be available on April 8, 2025, on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox App for Windows PC, Steam and cloud, and arrives on day one with Game Pass.
Today, Ubisoft announced that Assassin’s Creed® Shadows, the new iteration of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, is now available worldwide. The game is available on Ubisoft+*, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, Amazon Luna, Macs with Apple silicon via the Mac App Store, as well as Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. Additionally, the game is Steam Deck verified.
Led by Ubisoft Québec**,the acclaimed studio behind Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Assassin’s Creed Shadows immerses players in 16th-century Japan. Players can experience the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin from the Iga Province, and Yasuke, the powerful samurai of historical legend. As players embark on their personal journeys and engage with their distinct gameplay styles, they will encounter pivotal historical figures and shape their shared destiny as Japan treads a brutal path toward unification.
As the first major open-world RPG installment since Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Assassin’s Creed Shadows ushers in a new era for the franchise, launching exclusively on new-gen platforms. Developed with the latest ANVIL engine technology, the game takes immersion to new heights with a richly detailed world, introducing cutting-edge features like dynamic seasonal weather, real-time lighting and shadows, stunningly realistic visuals, diverse landscapes, and destructible environments that react to player actions.
The standard edition of Assassin’s Creed Shadows is available for $69.99 on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Macs via the Mac App Store.
The Digital Deluxe Edition includes the base game, the “Sekiryu Dual Pack” which contains gear, and weapons for both Naoe and Yasuke, the “Sekiryu Hideout Pack” contains hideout cosmetics, and “Mastery Points”.
The Collector’s Edition includes the base game, the “Sekiryu Dual Pack”, the “Sekiryu Hideout Pack”, “Mastery Points”, and physical content. The physical contents are a Steelbook, the World map, Naoe & Yasuke figurine, Naoe’s life-sized Katana Tsuba, a Wall Creed Scroll, a 76-page collector’s artbook, and 2 sumi-e lithographs.
The Digital Deluxe Edition is also available on Ubisoft+ Premium* for $17.99 per month.
Polish development team EmpireCraft Studios and German publisher Toplitz Productions proudly announce Wild West Pioneers, a fresh take on city-builders, combining beloved classic gameplay elements with contemporary visuals and modern comfort.
Become a visionary and shape the foundation of America, when you set out to explore and colonize the frontier. After humble beginnings, you can eventually establish a townhall and expand the encampment you started with into a hustling and bustling city.
Manage resources, while you take care of the residents and their individual needs like food, water and safety. Appoint sheriffs, build up defense systems and protect your aspiring, prospering town from outlaws and wild animals.
Learn to secure new territories via scouts or colonization posts, explore the strategic map, manage multiple settlements and adapt to challenges waiting for you in the undiscovered frontier. Enjoy the diverse environments, follow the captivating narrative and participate in quests.
“We are very happy to work with EmpireCraft Studios on Wild West Pioneers”, comments Matthias Wünsche, CEO Toplitz Productions. “They have embraced our core philosophy of creating ‘Games with Heart and Soul,’ bringing a thoughtful and well-crafted approach to the city builder genre. Their vision strikes a careful balance between modern design and the classic appeal of strategic settlement building. We look forward to seeing players shape their own communities and experience life on the American frontier.”
Wild West Pioneers will be released later in 2025 on PC in Early Access. Further information on the game can be found on the Steam product page, where it can be wishlisted already.
Features:
It Is Your Choice
You decide what the West will look like. Choose from a wide variety of buildings both commercial as well as residential and upgrade them over time to accommodate the ever-changing needs of the settlers. Pick mayors and sheriffs, but be careful who you appoint – their perks will affect the cities’ growth.
The West Is More Than One City
One settlement is only the beginning. While you discover new resource streams and production chains the urge to expand will become unstoppable. Send your settlers into uncharted territory and build new villages. Then set up trade routes, so resources can be exchanged. Don’t leave anybody behind or it will cost you dearly.
Every Settler Is A Person
Your villages are filled with characters. Everybody has needs and demands that you have to fulfill, if you want your reputation to precede you. Only with a sufficient happiness level influenced by job availability, health standards etc. will you be able to attract new settlers and become one of the driving forces in the expansion of the United States.
The Circle Of Life
Day and night cycle have an impact on the game world. Watch the city life change from dusk till dawn and show true leadership skills when you take on the challenges of efficient production chains and trade routes.
Strategize Your Expansion Of The West
The strategic map will help you to plan your progress. Send expeditions, establish trading outposts and dispatch wagons with daring explorers eager to found new settlements. With the sandbox character of Wild West Pioneers, no game will ever be the same.
Take a seat
Sit back, chill and watch your plans come to fruition. Observe the hustle and bustle of city life, where every job is executed by a person and not a backend value. Watching your settlement grow in its detailed glory is half the fun.
KT Racing and NACON are pleased to announce the launch of the third season of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. This free update, available to all players, introduces new mission types, new cars, new unlockable content, and significant Quality of Life improvements, such as Solo mode in races and AI difficulty selection.
In response to community feedback, the developers have adjusted the original plans for Season 3 of Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown. Initially designed to introduce Clan Wars, this new season instead enhances the player’s experience with various content additions, including two new mission types: Navigation and Convoy.
In Navigation missions, players must reach a target within a limited time, without a map and guided only by a compass, putting their sense of direction to the test. Meanwhile, Convoy missions—well known to fans of the first two Test Drive Unlimited games—challenge players to carefully transport a designated vehicle to the finish line. These missions operate on a contract-based system and incorporate different parameters based on the chosen difficulty, such as traffic conditions, weather, travel distance, and vehicle type.
Additional customization content is also included, such as the introduction of Sharps and Streets Clan HQ shops, where players can purchase various customization items for their cars and avatars, as well as the return of personalized license plates, allowing players to select a design and custom text from a wide selection.
Season 3 also brings significant gameplay improvements, introducing Solo mode, which allows players to immediately start a race against AI opponents, pause the race anytime and restart it instantly. This mode also lets players choose from five AI difficulty levels and earn rewards accordingly. The developers continue to work on optimizing the game for both consoles and PC, as well as developing new community-requested features for future seasons.
In collaboration with Marvel, Stern Pinball, Inc., announces a full line of Venom pinball machine accessories compatible with the Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition (LE) models. Choose your accessory, change the Venom pinball experience with these newly available upgrades that will level up your game.
The Symbiote Containment Topper will transform your gaming experience featuring choreographed RGB lighting, illuminated decorative plastics, and an interactive symbiote LCD screen. Players will be able to play as a new host, Ghost Rider, as well as the all-new wizard mode, Symbiote Mania. Through the power of Insider Connected, players will have the ability to continue their adventure as Ghost Rider and play Symbiote Mania on any connected game for up to 3 months even if it doesn’t have a topper.
Launch into action right from the plunge with the sculpted Symbiote Tendrils Shooter Knob. This shooter knob adds an immersive feel and fun element to the start of your pinball mayhem.
Make your speakers pop with the official Speaker Expression Lighting System accessory. With intelligent RGB LED lighting, your speakers will light up and flash as you explore this antihero’s Marvel Universe, fully integrated and dynamically responsive to game events.
Protect yourself and your game with the Venomized Side Armor. This dramatic side armor adds further dimension to your Venom pinball gaming experience.
Fully dress up the inside of your game with the Venom Inside Art Blades. Featuring stunning and distinctive hand-drawn artwork of Venomized Heroes and Enemies by Zombie Yeti, these art blades add an entirely new dimension inside this world under glass.
“Choose your accessory, change your game with the official Venom pinball accessories,” said Seth Davis, President and CEO of Stern Pinball, Inc. “Transform your Venom pinball experience today.”
Pricing and Availability:
Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price:
Symbiote Containment Topper $US 1,299.99
Symbiote Tendrils Shooter Knob $US 199.99
Venomized Side Armor $US 399.99
Venomized Heroes and Enemies Inside Art Blades $US 99.99
Speaker Expression Lighting System $US 199.99
MSRP for sales to USA end-users, before any VAT, GST, Sales Tax, Duties, or other taxes.
Hate. Let me tell you how much I’ve come to hate you since I began to live.
The world has ended, and humanity’s last five survivors are held prisoner miles underground, nestled squarely in the heart of darkness.
Allied Mastercomputer. Adaptive Manipulator. Aggressive Menace. Cogito ergo sum — I think, therefore I AM.
Today at The MIX Spring Showcase, Nightdive Studios announced that the critically acclaimed 1996 point-and-click horror adventure I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream will be released on March 27, 2025, on PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One and Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
Watch the I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream console announcement trailer here:
“It’s been nearly 12 years since Nightdive Studios re-released the iconic I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream on PC, and we’re so excited to once again give it renewed life by releasing it for the first time on consoles,” said Nightdive studio head, Stephen Kick. “Over the last couple of years, we’ve seen a lot of love for the original game and Harlan Ellison’s short story across social media platforms like TikTok and Reddit. It only felt right that we helped make this title more accessible and further preserve its legacy.”
Based on the post-apocalyptic short story by renowned author Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream plunges players deep within the center of the earth, where they play as each of the five survivors who have been trapped in the bowels of the insane AI AM for the past hundred and nine years. Fueled by his intense hatred for the human race, AM has spent the past century torturing and toying with each character as he sees fit, culminating in a final game: an appropriately meta adventure-style quest for each of them, teasing the prospect of freedom if they succeed.
Each victim is subjected to a personalized psychodrama designed by AM to explore their greatest fears and feelings of guilt. Players go through each character’s personalized scenario, discovering the truth about each of their pasts and why AM chose to keep them alive and prolong their suffering. Whether they have the strength to overcome his games and face their demons…well, that’s for the player to decide.
I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream is a fully voice-acted experience, upping the immersion and giving the horrors taking place even more impact. Additionally, AM, the megalomaniacal all-powerful techno god, is voiced by the legend himself: Harlan Ellison.
Today, Capcom revealed Resident Evil™ 3 is the latest entry in the highly acclaimed Resident Evil™ series to make its way to Apple devices. This best-selling remake of the 1999 classic is now available on the App Store, joining Resident Evil™ 2, Resident Evil™ 4, Resident Evil™ 7 biohazard, and Resident Evil™ Village. All five beloved modern survival horror games can now be enjoyed on iPhone 16 models, iPhone 15 Pro models, and every iPad and Mac with the M1 chip or later.
Resident Evil 3 follows S.T.A.R.S. officer Jill Valentine in her desperate journey to escape the viral outbreak spreading through Raccoon City. The game delivers a unique strain of survival horror based on the fear of being pursued by a relentless force, the Bio Organic Weapon known as Nemesis. Powered by Capcom’s RE ENGINE, this vivid reimagining of the original game delivers action-packed gameplay and bone-chilling visuals with detail and fidelity that can only be realized by today’s current technology.
Like other Resident Evil games now available on Apple devices, players can try a portion of Resident Evil 3 with a free download before continuing the story by picking up the full game. The experience can also be enjoyed across all supported devices linked to the same Apple Account. Save data is transferrable between iPhone, iPad, and Mac enabling cross-progression whether at home or on the go.
Resident Evil 3 on iPhone and iPad includes fully customizable touch controls for easy on-the-go play. iPhone and iPad players can utilize a brand-new Auto Fire feature as well, offering the option to automatically fire weapons after aiming at enemies for a short time. Resident Evil 3 is also compatible with a variety of controllers on iPhone, iPad, and Mac for the complete gaming experience.
To celebrate the launch, Resident Evil 3 is on sale for a limited time. In addition, Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 7 biohazard, and Resident Evil Village are also currently on sale via the App Store, offering these fan-favorite Resident Evil games at great discounted prices of up to 75% off.
Tee time has officially been confirmed — Happy Gilmore 2 arrives on Netflix on July 25, 2025!
New stars swing into Happy Gilmore 2! With Sunny Sandler, Sadie Sandler, John Daly, Blake Clark, and Paige Spiranic, the cast just got a ‘hole’ lot bigger. Check out the new teaser trailer below!
CCP Games has announced a three-day Hackathon for EVE Frontier, the hardcore survival MMO. Running April 29 – May 1, players and developers will compete to create third-party tools and applications that enhance the player experience, such as interactive maps, data explorers, analytics dashboards, and other utilities.
The winning teams will receive up to $3,000 in Icelandair Vouchers and additional tickets to EVE Fanfest 2026.
Taking place before EVE Fanfest, the Hackathon will reward innovative ideas that resonate with EVE Frontier’s vision for a massively moddable living universe, empowering the community with tools for survival, intel and collaboration.
Using the EVE Frontier REST API and WORLD API, in-game data will be readily available for participants, allowing them to access both public and private endpoints. The third hackathon for EVE Frontier, it will also introduce PODs (Provable Object Data), a new framework that enables integration of out-of-game events and applications with in-game data. More details on PODs can be found at https://pod.org/.
Those interested can register to join online, or at CCP Games’ headquarters in Iceland, where on-site participants will be given tickets to attend EVE Fanfest 2025. To enter, register at https://hackathon.paperform.co/ and for more information, visit https://www.evefrontier.com/en/hackathon-2025.
ZHIYUN will be lighting up the NAB 2025 show in Las Vegas with new accessories for photographers and videomakers to empower creativity. The show will witness the unveiling of two brand new ZHIYUN products: a compact, bright RGB COB (Chip on Board) light, and a new high brightness panel light. ZHIYUN will provide live demonstrations for visitors and media at its booth.
More details of ZHIYUN’s new video and photo products will be revealed at the show. ZHIYUN will hold a new product launch event at its booth on the afternoon of April 6. ZHIYUN will also showcase key creative accessories from its range of popular Molus, Fiveray and Cinepeer lights; and Crane, Weebill and Smooth series gimbals.
Organized by the US National Association of Broadcasters, NAB 2025 takes place from April 6 to April 9, 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. ZHIYUN will be at Booth N2875 in the North Hall.
ZHIYUN shines in lighting at NAB
As well as exclusive new products, ZHIYUN will be showing many of its outstanding range of lights and gimbals that have already been helping photo and video creatives and professionals produce spectacular results quickly and easily.
The MOLUS X60 videography and photography light provides powerful 60 watt professional quality lighting, but is remarkably compact, easy-to-use, and cool-running. Color fidelity is excellent, and the MOLUS X60 RGB variant provides full color control.
There are ultra-portable lights to make working on the move even easier. ZHIYUN’s FIVERAY M40 light provides 40W of high power lighting in a lightweight palm-sized device that fits in a pocket. Meanwhile, the FIVERAY M20 and M20C pocket-sized 20W lights combine professional-level features with consumer-level ease-of-use in an easily portable format.
ZHIYUN’s CINEPEER C100, is a 100W RGB portable light with 36,000 color options, built-in lighting effects, adaptive charging, and long battery life.
Innovations in gimbals and AI tracking
The Crane M3S compact portable gimbal is a 705g (1.5 lbs) stabilizer with an impressive load-bearing capacity that handles a wide range of mainstream full-frame cameras and lens combos. It can also be used with mobile phones, mirrorless cameras, and action cameras.
Powerful AI tracking technology transforms the video creation process in ZHIYUN’s SMOOTH 5S AI smartphone stabilizer gimbals. The compact magnetically-attached AI tracker is easily controlled by simple hand gestures, and makes professional-level video quick and easy to shoot – even for solo creators.
Other ZHIYUN accessories to catch at NAB 2025 include:
Lights: Molus G300 and G200, Molus B series, Molus X100
Gimbals: Crane 4 and Weebill 3S
NAB Event details
ZHIYUN welcomes friends from the media, industry, partners and customers to visit to find out more and to see demonstrations.
