Kinetic Games have today announced their final community event of 2024, a wintery, Christmas-themed ghostly bonanza titled Winter’s Jest.
Commencing on Dec. 12 at 12 AM UTC the Phasmophobia community will be tasked with working together to hunt through four of the game’s most popular maps, which will be blanketed in a fresh fall of snow and adorned with festive decorations, with the objective to identify something incredibly sinister lurking in the familiar surroundings. Completing additional objectives will unlock jack-in-the box items which will grant points towards the overall Community Goal and unlock unique rewards.
“Our community is everything,” stated Daniel Knight, CEO and Lead Developer, Kinetic Games. “We have designed these in game events as a Thank You to our players. We are taking their feedback on board and intend to continue adding events into the game in the future.”
Winter’s Jest will continue until 11:59 PM UTC on Dec. 31, 2024.
Phasmophobia is available on PC via Steam, PS5, PS VR2 and Xbox X|S for $19.99.
Today Darrington Press, the publishing arm of Critical Role, officially revealed the cover art for Daggerheart, their forthcoming narrative-driven tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) set to release in Spring 2025. Daggerheart empowers stories of brave heroics and vibrant worlds built together with your gaming group. Hope and Fear dice (2 d12s), player-facing cards, and expanded levels of collaboration make Daggerheart unique and easy to learn.
Unveiling at PAX Unplugged, the artwork embodies the game’s sense of wonder and adventure, rich storytelling, and captivating world and characters awaiting players. The standard Daggerheart Core Set comes as both a core rulebook and a box to hold cards, and their artwork connects together to form a dramatic diptych illustrated by Mat Wilma. The limited edition box set artwork by Dominik Mayer graces the full wrap-around box as well as the core rulebook, the box of cards, AND a stunning exclusive GM screen. Fans attending PAX Unplugged can view both the standard edition of the Daggerheart Core Set as well as the extras-packed limited edition at the Darrington Press booth (#3535).
Beyond the cover art, PAX Unplugged attendees are encouraged to visit the Darrington Press booth (#3535) for hands-on game demos, a look at the latest titles from Darrington Press including For the Queen and Queen by Midnight: Quarter Past, and the chance to meet some of the creative minds behind your favorite titles.
PAX UNPLUGGED 2024 ACTIVITIES
Booth #3535: Visit for game sales, exclusive promo cards, special extras, and signings.
Signings:
Friday, Dec. 6, 2–3 PM ET: Kyle Shire, creator of Queen by Midnight and Queen by Midnight: Quarter Past.
Saturday, Dec. 7, 12-1PM ET: Rowan Hall and Spenser Starke, designers of Candela Obscura and Daggerheart.
Daggerheart Demos: Join 45-minute sessions of the Daggerheart Quickstart Adventure from the version 1.5 playtest in the Gaming Hall. Sign-ups begin each morning at the designated PAX U tables; games start at the top of each hour.
“Daggerheart First Look: Worldbuilding With Critical Role”Panel: Join Critical Role founders Matthew Mercer and Ashley Johnson, along with Darrington Press developers Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall, for a live worldbuilding session. This event includes live drawing by concept artist Shaun Ellis and a gameplay demo with contributors Masood Haque,Dani Gage, and moderator Elise Rezendes.
CRITICAL ROLE PRESENTS: A DAGGERHEART CRITMAS STORY LIVE
Watch Daggerheart played LIVE for a special Critmas one-shot featuring the entire Critical Role cast using the final Daggerheart game rules with the spectacular Lenore Riegel serving as Master of Ceremonies.
When: Saturday, Dec. 7, 7:30 PM ET (Doors open at 4:14 PM ET)
Where: Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, NJ – just across the bridge from downtown Philadelphia.
For more details and to pre-order Daggerheart, visitdaggerheart.com or stop by booth #3535 at PAX Unplugged.
Argonaut Games just announced that Croc Legend of the Gobbos is moving to Q1 2025. Here is the official statement:
Dear Croc Fans,
We have an important update regarding the release of the Croc Legend of the Gobbos remaster. After careful consideration, we have decided to push the launch into Q1 2025. This decision was not made lightly, but we believe that a little more time is needed to add the final touches to ensure the game meets the high standards that we aspire to and which you deserve.
We understand that after 27 years of waiting, this news might be a little disappointing, especially with the festive season coming soon. However, our goal has always been to deliver a game with the quality and polish that will truly delight. We appreciate your patience and support as we work to bring Croc back in the best possible way.
Thank you all for your understanding and continued enthusiasm. We can’t wait for you to experience Croc’s magic once again!
This month, Wargaming is bringing the festive spirit to World of Tanks Modern Armor by launching its biggest winter holiday celebration ever: WINTER FEST, which begins on December 10!
Winter Fest is a four-week extravaganza that brings players new treats all throughout December, including a dramatic new two-part PVE game mode, a new in-game event hub, and a host of new winter characters and content that can be acquired with Winter Fest’s special Snowball currency.
Winter Fest Key Features:
Holiday Game Mode: Players must face off against World of Tanks Modern Armor’s all-new villain, the Ice Queen, in a two-part PVE event by using their favorite Toy Tanks. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime chance to team up with Santa and save the holidays!
Special Holiday Content: Winter Fest offers players a ton of new content, including four new Premium tanks, like the powerful Kampfpanzer 07 P(E) with the holiday-themed Yeti skin, and four new 3D Commanders, from Nutso! the Nutcracker to the villainous Ice Queen herself (with two versions of the Ice Queen available)!
Snowball Currency: Players will be spending Snowballs this holiday season! This is a new, limited-time, event-only currency that players can receive in different ways throughout the month.
In-Game Holiday Hub: The event will be hosted within an in-game magical Winter Fest Storefront, where players can redeem their Snowballs for exclusive Winter Fest content and rewards and navigate to special event battles.
Holiday Favorites Return: In-game winter traditions, like Happy Holidays Mode featuring the Toy Tanks on a redesigned map and an advent-style Winter Calendar with a full month of daily gifts, are back and bigger than ever.
Get ready to take aim and unload all the holiday cheer you’ve got. Winter Fest comes to World of Tanks Modern Armor on December 10 and runs through January 6.
The Early Access for Path of Exile 2 has launched today, offering six characters, distinct endgame content, and couch co-op with full cross-play and cross-progression on all supported platforms.
A dark and grim adventure awaits players who like to tackle campaigns solo or party up in a group of up to six. Choose between a Monk, Warrior, Ranger, Mercenary, Witch, or Sorceress in Path of Exile 2. Each class can ascend to two different roles upon the progression of the game, which will help immensely in clearing waves of monsters during the endgame upon completion of the Campaign.
Set twenty years after the original Path of Exile, the forsaken continent of Wraeclast has been free of devastation. However, the Count of Ogham, tempted by the promise of power, unleashes Corruption on the land, resulting in the undead rising, mutating monsters, and spreading madness.
Under the dark influence of Corruption, the Count metes out death sentences to those who question him. Escaping the clutches of your executioners and narrowly making it to survival, players must track down the Seed of Corruption, the source of the devastation.
Players can expect to fight 50 bosses and 400 monster types in Early Access, along with seven distinct endgame systems for Path of Exile 2, which includes the Ascension Trials, Delirium, Rituals, and more. A second Campaign difficulty, titled Cruel Difficulty, is also added, which allows Exiles to rediscover Wraeclast in a much more challenging setting with greater rewards.
Uncover lost civilizations and conquer various bosses today in the most highly anticipated Action RPG, now available on PC, Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, and the Epic Games Store.
Today, at the 10th annual PC Gaming Show, developer Red Barrels revealed a new trailer for the four-player survival horror game The Outlast Trials, teasing the upcoming Project Breach update which will bring an exciting addition: Amelia, an escaped test subject now turned against Murkoff, voiced by Caroline Dhavernas (Hannibal, Mary Kills People & Wonderfalls).
Project Breach will introduce Amelia’s story, along with a brand new trial, a new environment, a new member of the Ex-Pop, a new jammer Rig, a new release, and more when it launches December 10, 2024, on Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation, and Xbox.
“HE WHO CONTROLS WHAT JUSTICE DESIRES DEFINES THE CONTOURS OF LAW. SATIATE THE PROSECUTOR’S MORE DISCERNING PLEASURES.”
Despite the concerns about Amelia’s escape, Easterman pushes forward with new experiments, including the new Story Trial, “Pleasure the Prosecutor” in the new map, Downtown. Players must navigate Franco’s twisted cabaret, turning his devious theater against itself. Meanwhile, Murkoff Corporation ensures Reagents stay focused on their trials with new content, discouraging distractions or thoughts of escape.
A NEW HUNT BEGINS
Set in the 1950s, The Outlast Trials chronicles the sinister experiments of the Murkoff Corporation, a malevolent organization exploiting vulnerable individuals under the pretense of offering a better life. Reagents, lured by false promises, are abducted and subjected to horrifying psychological and physical trials designed to strip away their identities.
Trapped in a nightmarish facility filled with harrowing tests and terrifying Prime Assets such as Mother Gooseberry, Sergeant Leland Coyan, and Franco “Il Bambino” Barbi, survival seems impossible—let alone the thought of dismantling Murkoff’s experiments. But, someone has survived, and they have escaped… But why haven’t they left?
From within the walls of Murkoff’s facility, someone with a thirst for revenge lurks in the shadows. For the first time, Reagents will have a chance at a real possible escape. The staff at Sinyala should be on high alert.
As revealed in a new chapter of The Murkoff Collections (available for free here), Amelia joined Murkoff’s program deliberately, searching for another Reagent. Fueled by grief, fury, and conviction, she’s determined to bring down Easterman and destroy the Sinyala Facility.
“Reagents within The Outlast Trials have always been forced to be solely reactive, barely staying alive. Run, hide, survive, repeat. It’s this hopeless cycle that successfully strips participants of their morality and agency. With this latest update, we wanted to offer Reagents some form of solace, a chance at a collaborative revolt. Amelia is the lightning rod that will hopefully bring this plan to life, working behind the scenes on a mass exodus. She’ll do anything to tilt the scales, so long as she doesn’t get captured trying.” -Jonathan Morrell, Narrative Designer for The Outlast Trials.
In addition to Amelia’s storyline, Project Breach introduces:
A new trial: Pleasure the Prosecutor
A new map: Downtown
New MK-Challenges:
Reunite the Family: The nuclear family is the societal ideal. Release the orphan from the shackles of the state and reunite him with mother and father.
Deface the Futtermans: Childhood memories are the stagnation that impede your growth. Put away the childish things that clutter your mind.
A new rig: The Jammer
A new ending set in The Republic of Congo
A limited-time holiday event:Winter Kills
Project Breach releases December 10, 2024, on Steam, Epic, PlayStation, and Xbox stores. Amelia can’t fight alone—she needs you in the resistance.
Cowabunga! Strange Scaffold is proud to unveil Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown, the first-ever turn-based TMNT game from the developer behind I Am Your Beast, El Paso, Elsewhere, and more.
Developed by Strange Scaffold, and in partnership with Paramount Game Studios, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown is a kinetic turn-based beat-em-up that mashes together the cerebral play of tactics games with the high-flying action that fans love about TMNT.
Announcement Trailer:
Play as each of the four iconic Turtles — Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo — and take the fight to the nefarious Foot Clan, among other iconic villains. Brawl it out in mutating levels, from the rooftops to the sewers, as the turtles confront the rise of a dangerous new leader. Each playable Turtle has their own mini-campaign, where you wield unique movesets and utilize super moves to turn the tide against opponents in strategic, turn-based battles.
Perfect for quick-play sessions that feel meaningful, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown’s fast-paced encounters only take minutes to complete. Eventually, players progress toward a dramatic finale, in which the Turtles must unite against evil forces.
“Building a truly powerful licensed game requires a deep respect for the source material, love for the fans, and a willingness to challenge tentpoles of the universe to create something that both surprises and delights,” said Xalavier Nelson Jr., founder of Strange Scaffold. “Bringing that kind of experience to life requires an equally powerful relationship – so I will be forever grateful to Doug Rosen and the team at Paramount for their collaboration, and putting their trust in our team to make an original take on the world that soars. I get to make a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game where the very first lines of dialogue establish that Shredder and Splinter are dead. Who else can say that?”
“Working with Xalavier Nelson Jr. and his team at Strange Scaffold has been an incredible experience,” said Doug Rosen, SVP, Games & Emerging Media, Paramount. “From our first conversation, it was clear Xalavier’s vision for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown would exceed our expectations, and his approach to bringing fans into the creative process is perfect for a beloved, multi-generational brand like TMNT. We really look forward to being able to share this with gamers everywhere next year.”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown launches in 2025 on PC through Steam. For more information, follow Strange Scaffold on X.
From the creators of the critically acclaimed This War of Mine, The Alters invites players into an intense sci-fi survival challenge—one that Jan can’t face alone. Console players can dive into the beginning of Jan’s journey right now with a demo available on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. The full game, with the newest trailer aired during today’s PC Gaming Show Most Wanted, arrives on consoles and PC in 2025.
After crash-landing on a hostile planet under a blazing sun, Jan must survive in a high-tech mobile base designed for a crew he doesn’t have. His luck changes when he discovers Rapidium, a resource that, when paired with the Quantum Computer, lets him create Alters—alternate versions of himself based on changing the pivotal decisions from his past.
The Alters aren’t just workers—they’re individuals with their own skills, emotions, and motivations. While essential for keeping the base functional, crafting tools, and mining resources, their distinct personalities can spark tension. Despite their differences, they share a common goal: survive, escape, and rely only on themselves.
The game explores the timeless question: “What if I had chosen differently?” This core theme fuels a deeply personal and thought-provoking narrative as players navigate Jan’s struggle for survival.
The Alters will be released in 2025 for PCs and consoles. It will also launch on PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass.
Yellow Brick Games is excited to announce the highly anticipated release of Eternal Strands on January 28, 2025, following the reveal of their latest story trailer at PC Gaming’s Most Wanted showcase.
The trailer takes players through a first look at the central conflict that will drive Brynn and her companions in their journey through the Enclave, alongside familiar voices such as Amelia Tyler (known for Baldur’s Gate 3, Hades 2, and Amnesia: Rebirth).
Post-Launch Original Content Update Designed with Creative Studio III
In an exciting development, Yellow Brick Games has partnered with Square Enix’s Creative Studio III (known for FINAL FANTASY XIV Online and FINAL FANTASY XVI) to design brand-new, original content for Eternal Strands. The first post-launch update will be available for free, and will feature a new Epic creature, weapons and armor set designed in collaboration with Creative Studio III’s renowned Lead Artist Yusuke Mogi (known for FINAL FANTASY XIV Online).
The new trailer teased a glimpse of what the aerial Epic will look like, bringing a striking, visually dynamic addition to the game, that will push the boundaries of combat in Eternal Strands with Creative Studio III’s unique and beloved artistic flair.
“As a long-time fan of Square Enix and the games Creative Studio III have made under the helm of Naoki Yoshida, member of Square Enix’s board of directors, and studio head of Creative Studio III, this is a dream come true for all of us here at Yellow Brick Games. To first have the opportunity to create our own original fantasy IP and then have the chance to work with the Creative Studio III team to further enrich it with all-new content is just a once in a lifetime moment. As an independent studio working on our first game, we will forever be thankful to them. I can’t wait for the players to experience the new cool designs from the master artist Yusuke Mogi when our first free post-launch update for Eternal Strands arrives in the spring of 2025.”
– Jeff Skalski, COO & Executive Producer at Yellow Brick Games
Expanded Localization in Korean and German
Additionally, Eternal Strands will provide even more expanded localization support, offering full interface and subtitling in both Korean and German. This brings the total supported languages to 7, including Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, as well as English and French, which will both offer fully localized voice acting at launch.
Yellow Brick Games is also pleased to finally unveil the full cast of English and French voice talent in Eternal Strands:
Brynn – Mei Mac – Salma Cordier
Oria – Pandora Colin – Armelle Gallaud
Dahm – Alex Jordan – Benoît Fort-Junca
Sola – Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo – Vanessa Van Geneugden
Publisher ESDigital Games and developer Storm in a Teacup are thrilled to reveal the stunning ‘The Last Audio Log’ trailer for the upcoming stealth action-adventure game Steel Seed, which debuted in today’s PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted.
This thrilling new trailer teases more story threads as well as showcasing new combat, enemies, and immersive sci-fi locations that protagonist Zoe and her flying drone companion, KOBY, will encounter on their perilous journey to uncover the dark secrets hidden deep within the hostile facility.
Steel Seed will launch for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S in 2025. Fans can download the free PC demo from Steam now and add the game to their wishlists on Steam, Epic Games Store, and PlayStation 5, with Xbox following soon.
Steel Seed features:
Immersive, dark sci-fi world – intriguing main character evolution paired with a compelling and deep narrative experience revised and edited by BAFTA-winning writer Martin Korda.
Stealth: the art of fighting, without fighting – Use stealth-based techniques to explore the facility’s hostile environment undetected by robotic entities and guards. Some confrontations can be avoided through efficient movement.
Dynamic gameplay – When exploring the environment, use Zoe’s powerful arsenal of tools and weapons to hone your own gameplay style. Discover new gadgets on your journey and unlock new skills for KOBY.
Intense combat – Test your reflexes and multitasking abilities in Steel Seed’s challenging, fast-paced combat action. Dodge enemy attacks and deliver punishing blows to clear the path. Call on KOBY’s unique gadgets and actions to cover you in combat and neutralize threats.
Unique levels, unique challenges – Every level inside the facility is unique and offers many challenges for Zoe and KOBY to overcome.
Mobility – Use Zoe’s parkour skills to traverse the underground facility and gain a tactical advantage. From the artificial, robot-controlled depths to the open natural environment, danger lurks around every corner.
A powerful guide – Take control of KOBY by entering Flight Mode. Scan the area to discover secret areas, detect enemy positions, and find new upgrades for Zoe. Or maybe… use him as bait.
KOBY, a drone for life – The master key of Steel Seed and Zoe’s guide on her lonely and dangerous journey inside the underground facility. They create a formidable duo by working together and bringing something new to every fight.
Steel Seed is developed by Storm in a Teacup and will be published by ESDigital Games on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in 2025.
