Author - Jerry Paxton

Aztecs: The Last Sun – New Demo Developer Walkthrough

Publisher 663 Games is thrilled to announce a new publishing deal with Warsaw-based indie developer Play2Chill S.A. to publish Azetcs: The Last Sun, their thrilling new survival city-builder game for PC via Steam in late 2024.

Prepare to be transported back to the time of the Aztecs, a Mesoamerican culture that flourished for three great centuries, dominating vast stretches of land in the area and creating a society unique in world history. It was a gifted and wise nation, rich in complex traditions and beliefs. Now, in Aztecs: The Last Sun, you will become a leader and strive to make history remember you and your people.

Following an early playable demo released last year, the development team has been working closely with the players and community to gather valuable feedback to support the direction of the game’s development journey. After many months of work, Play2Chill and 663 Games are thrilled to reveal a new walkthrough video showcasing the changes to the deep city-building, survival gameplay and immersive game world. Join Jakob, Krzysztof and Damian as they introduce some of the new features and updates players can expect when Aztecs: The Last Sun releases.

Fans will not have to wait long to try Aztecs: The Last Sun for themselves, as 663 Games and Play2Chill are also excited to announce that a new, updated playable demo will be released on Steam in August. More information on this exciting new demo will be available soon.

About Aztecs: the Last Sun

Aztecs: The Last Sun is a survival city-builder set between the 13th and 16th century CE. You will take on the role of the people’s ruler, responsible for building and bringing to splendour the magnificent Tenochtitlan city-state. This amazing architectural wonder was historically located on an island in the middle of Lake Texcoco. This in itself will represent a technological and economic challenge as you will have to provide food for your people and maintain a permanent trade connection with the outside world.

The game perfectly combines three different aspects of city management, and you must take care of the economic, military and religious growth of the city-state. All features of the game have been created with great care to make the fun gameplay experience as faithful as possible from a historical perspective. Invest in culture and erect buildings, build mighty armies and make human sacrifices to the gods who will surely repay you when the hard times come.

Aztecs: The Last Sun will launch for PC via Steam in late 2024. Fans can add the game to their Wishlist now.

Follow Aztecs: The Last Sun’s development journey on the official social media channels Discord / X

TERRIFIER 3 Teaser Trailer and Poster World Premiere

On the eve of SDCC preview night, check out the highly anticipated Teaser Trailer and Teaser Poster – Christmas Comes Early This Year 🤡🔪

Cineverse will also be passing out some killer Art the Clown masks on the ground at SDCC, so be on the lookout!

The TERRIFIER franchise has not only been a box office and streaming smash, but the brand – and the newest horror icon, Art the Clown – have become pop culture phenomena. It has achieved a sensational amount of buzz, press coverage and mainstream attention and has permanently changed the landscape for indie horror films, setting the stage for such films as Longlegs, In a Violent Nature and Late Night with the Devil.

Terrifier 3 looks to raise the stakes as a wide-theatrical release on October 11.

Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered Release Date Trailer

NetEase Games is pleased to announce that the remastered version of Shadows of the Damned – the 2011 PS3/Xbox 360 action-adventure title developed by Goichi “Suda51” Suda-led Grasshopper Manufacture – will be available starting Thursday, October 31st, 2024 as Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered for PC on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Pre-orders on most platforms are now available.

Release Date: Thursday, October 31st, 2024, 12am local time.*
*Release times for Steam vary by region
*Preorder start dates for Nintendo Switch will be announced soon

Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered expands the classic with a number of features:

New Costumes!
In addition to Garcia’s iconic jacket, “Purple Reign”, there are now four new costumes to choose from:
Placa Garcia, Ocho Corazones, Demonio Garcia and Kamikaze Garcia

Now includes New Game+ Mode!
A feature requested since the original release, the Hella Remastered edition includes a New Game+ mode! This mode carries your weapons and upgrades over from your last playthrough into a new game, jam-packing those replays with hella power.

60fps/4K Support!*
Hell has never looked so good. Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered lets you experience the game in silky-smooth 60 frames per second, as well as supporting resolutions up to 4K, allowing you to appreciate every bone fragment and blood splatter.
*Switch supports up to 30fps; 4K is supported on PS5 / Xbox X / Steam only.

Be sure to check out the newest “Grasshopper Direct”, streaming on Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 – featuring a special guest: SotD producer Shinji Mikami! Join Mikami, Suda51, and a few members of the Grasshopper team as they take you on a deep dive into development and conception of the original game, provide updates on the remastered version, and also maybe indulge in a little smack talk:
Grasshopper Direct: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdFWi9TS_dV_mSW25RFc6Kg

Marvel Future Fight Releases New Game Content Inspired By Deadpool & Wolverine

Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality mobile games, has released a new game update for its blockbuster mobile RPG MARVEL Future Fight. Players can now experience a variety of content updates inspired by Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine, including a newly added character and uniforms, game improvements, tier upgrades, and more.

The latest update features the introduction of new uniforms for Deadpool (Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine, Handsomepool) and Wolverine (Marvel Studios’ Deadpool & Wolverine). Players can also check out the new character Cassandra Nova and character tier upgrades for Deadpool (Tier-4 with a new Striker Skill) and Cassandra Nova (Tier-3 with a new Ultimate Skill) as part of this update. In addition, Awaken Potential and Transcend Potential have been added to heroes including Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Jubilee and Dazzler with new Awakened Skills.

Other content updates include improvements in the Alliance Conquest, offering agents enhanced rewards, a change in duration, a more simplified conquest method, and an increase in the number of heroes able to be dispatched. Agents can now select specific characters to set as Favorites for the Otherworld Battle, a PvP content utilizes a roster of five different heroes to engage in strategic combat. Team Set has also been revamped to feature a better UI, allowing players to conveniently check active effects.

MARVEL Future Fight has over 150 million players across the world with the game currently available worldwide in the App Store® and Google Play™.

For more information, please visit http://marvelfuturefight.netmarble.com.

StarRupture – Environment Showcase Trailer

StarRupture, the second title from Polish studio, Creepy Jar, may take place on a faraway planet, but the inspiration for its landscapes and harsh conditions comes from a much more familiar place! In this behind-the-scenes deep dive, Creepy Jar guides viewers through the real-world locations that are helping their team bring StarRupture to life. In a world where life needs to adapt to a constant cycle of death and rebirth, the Creepy Jar team went to one of the harshest environments on our planet—Iceland—to get a closer look at its near-prehistoric landscape to help them understand how to bring the same harsh environments to life in-game. Being built in Unreal Engine 5, StarRupture is an ambitious cross between base building, exploration, combat, and resource management on an alien planet torn by a catastrophic cycle of destruction caused by its life-giving star.

StarRupture sets itself in the story of man versus nature taking place in an otherworldly and breathtaking sci-fi environment where elemental cataclysms of extreme temperatures loom as a constant danger. The player takes up the mantle of a convict exiled from the Earth to serve their sentence by mining and expanding industrial production alongside researching new technology on a seemingly hospitable new planet rife with mystery and danger. Tasked with surviving the deadly waves of elements—not to mention facing down against hostile enemy monsters in tense combat—each cycle spells destruction yet ushers in a new era of growth and rebuilding. Played from a first-person perspective—adventuring solo or as part of an up-to-4-player group in co-op mode—players will be able to explore, adapt, mine, gather resources, and build complex machinery to survive and prosper.

Though by definition it is a base-building simulator, StarRupture is much more. The game will invite players to push beyond, to stay resilient and sharp against every assault, building and forming prior to the cycling eviscerating conditions on an otherwise beautiful planet. For fans of builders, management, sci-fi action, and combat StarRupture will challenge all comers to utilize the technology at their fingertips and weather both the extremities and fierce enemies in order to survive and create a prosperous industrial complex.

Toplitz Productions Unveils Gamescom 2024 Lineup

The German-Austrian publisher Toplitz Productions proudly announces its participation at this year’s gamescom in Cologne.

When the doors open to the biggest global gaming event on August 21, 2024, Toplitz welcomes media, streamers and influencers to their booth in the business area, located in Hall 4.1 – D38 – C29 to show them the most diversified portfolio the publisher brought to gamescom yet.

From the all-out action of Unawake to the return of a true icon with management behemoth Industry Giant 4.0, Toplitz Productions has a varied lineup of unmissable games ready for you.

The moon has shattered and thrown the Earth into an ice-cold apocalypse. Try to survive against all odds in the frozen open world of Permafrost from Spacerocket Games, where humanity is on the brink of extinction. Help the opposing factions or try to fight off all the dangers of an unforgiving environment alone with your trusted dog, while you explore, scavenge and try to build a better future.

In terms of management games they don’t come much bigger than the Industry Giant franchise. Not daunted by the huge name, with Industry Giant 4.0 the development team Don VS Dodo is not only re-envisioning the classic series for a new audience. Vastly expanding on the legacy gameplay and putting their own unique spin on it, this is the next generation of management games.

Farmer’s Dynasty 2 from Umeo Studios builds on the foundation of its successful predecessor and delivers an open world farming simulation like no other. With two timelines set in the past and present, aspiring agronomists can experience both traditional as well as modern farming methods as they build, renovate and expand their properties.

A small team of two developers, big visions and even bigger talent: The bone-crunching hack&slash Unawake from RealityArts defies all odds and delivers a visual tour de force that has to be seen to be believed. Explore the dark fantasy that pits you in a relentless battle between demons and angels. Fight with various weapons against a neverending onslaught of enemies, develop your character and equip the best loot to gain the upper hand. Next to the most recent PC build, we are able to show the version for Xbox Series X|S for the very first time as an exclusive for all attendees.

Become one with the night, feast on blood and build a lasting legacy with Vampire Dynasty, the latest entry in the renowned franchise, developed by Mehuman Games. Experience what it means to be a vampire caught between destiny and the everlasting thirst for blood. Fight for your place in the society of fictitious Sangavia, expand your vampire family and build a castle as your center of eternal power.

Since its early access start, developer Superkami constantly improved Sengoku Dynasty with a stream of meaningful updates. At gamescom we can offer you a fresh look at the exciting mixture of survival game and city builder set in an open-world feudal Japan. Be the first to get a sneak peek at the new content that is coming to the game over the next few weeks and months.

Grit and Valor – 1949 Steam Demo Trailer

Megabit, the new publishing arm launched by Aonic to support the company’s 1st and 3rd party video game studios, today announced the first demo for Grit and Valor – 1949, is available now 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 coming to PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch in 2025.

The demo provides an early look at content from the game, with the first of four regions available to play.

MONDO and Funko Fusion SDCC 24 Panel Line-Up Announced

Mondo and Funko Fusion have unveiled their panel lineup for the 2024 San Diego Comic-Con! Check out their full schedule below:

MONDO

Thursday 7/25

  • 4:30 – 5:30 pm

    •  Behind The Scenes – Mondo panel in Room 6DE with Peter Santa Maria, a.k.a. AttackPeter (Mondo Senior Creative Director), Hector Arce (Mondo Senior, Director, Creative and Product Development), and Bob Fulkerson (Mondo Senior Director of Merchandising, Sales and Operations) join moderator Nick Scarpino to showcase Mondo’s Comic-Con exclusives and reveal upcoming artist-first offerings. As a special treat, the panelists will be joined by a surprise guest panelist, who is also one of the industry’s most prolific comic book artists.

Friday 7/26

  • 12:00 – 1:00 pm

    • Meet and Greet in Funkoville (Booth #5341) with Peter Santa Maria, a.k.a. AttackPeter (Mondo Senior Creative Director) and Hector Arce (Mondo Senior, Director, Creative and Product Development)

  • 4:00 – 5:00 pm

    • Signing in Funkoville (Booth #5341) with Bear McCreary

Saturday 7/27

  • 11:00 -12:00 pm

    • Signing in Funkoville (Booth #5341) with John Wayshak

FUNKO FUSION

Friday 7/26

  • 10:15-11:15 am

    • Funko Fusion: A Festival of Fandom Panel in Room 6BCF moderated by Coy Jandreau of Reel Rejects, the panel will feature a stacked list of talented creators and producers, including 10:10 Games Head of Publishing Arthur Parsons, Creative Director Jon Burton, Funko’s Vice President of Licensing & Business Development Jason Bischoff, Monkeypaw Productions’ Creative Director Ian Cooper, and voice actor artist, Kellen Goff. Attendees can anticipate a plethora of surprises, giveaways, and special guest appearances.

Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable Official Early Access Launch Trailer

Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable, the first-person action-adventure VR platformer based on the highly-acclaimed manga circulated around the world to more than 140 million fans, topples Titans on Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro via Meta Quest Store Early Access today. Early Access features the first two chapters, each offering 2-3 harrowing hours of action.

Titans have breached the outer wall, and the Scout Regiment serves as humanity’s final bastion. Swing into combat with Omni-Directional Mobility (ODM) Gear, soaring over buildings through the different districts. Storm the battlefield with regiment soldiers and defend civilians from the Titan invasion.

Choose from several distinct blade variants and fling forward into aerial combat. Race against the clock, dodging incoming threats while securing supply drops and defending command posts. Stack points to earn more stars, unlocking new weapons with unique abilities.

Traverse the world of Attack on Titan and its horrors through the eyes of a Scout Regiment recruit. Fly across the tops of buildings, deftly weaving through the onslaught of Titans accurately scaled for a terrifyingly authentic experience. Help save the human race alongside fan-favorite characters reprised by the original cast of English and Japanese voice actors.

“Launching the first part of Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable to anime and manga fans from around the world is a huge honor,” said Keigo Fujikawa, CEO of UNIVRS. “Production will move forward as we continue collecting and implementing feedback from the community to create a more polished gameplay experience.”

Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable is now available on Meta Quest 2, 3, and Provia Meta Quest Store Early Access for $4.99 USD. It supports Japanese and English voice acting alongside subtitles for both languages. To learn more, follow Attack on Titan VR: Unbreakable’s official website and X, as well as UNIVRS’s official website, YouTube, and X. The UNIVRS team values your input and asks fans to join the official Discord, providing feedback and helping to perfect the ultimate Titan slaying experience.

Railroads Online to get Full Launch this Fall

astragon Entertainment and developer Stefan Kelnberger are pleased to announce that Railroads Online will leave Steam Early Access later this year. Simultaneously, the sandbox railway simulation will be released for PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S.

The announcement trailer showcases what PC and console players can expect:

Numerous improvements and new content
Since the launch of Railroads Online, new features and content have been added to the game through regular, free updates. These include new locomotives and wagons, buildings, production chains and goods, fuels, and two more lovingly designed maps where players can build their own railway networks.

Based on the feedback from the community, many technical improvements have been implemented over the last three years including adjusted physics performance or construction controls. Last year, the game switched to the Unreal Engine 5, featuring dynamic weather and a day-night cycle. Until leaving Early Access, the game will receive more updates – including a completely revised UI.

Console release and first DLC announced
In addition to the full release on Steam, Railroads Online will be available in stores for PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S. With a fully optimized controller support on both new platforms, even more players will soon have the opportunity to build their own rail empire in an open sandbox world, either alone or with other players.

As a thank you and appreciation for the support during the Early Access phase, all Early Access purchasers on Steam will receive the Pioneer Pack free of charge with the full release. This applies retroactively to all current Railroads Online owners.

Railroads Online will be released digitally this autumn for PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series X|S at a price of 39.99€ / $39.99 USD (SRP) or a regional equivalent. A retail version will be released for PlayStation®5 later.