Blue Brain Games, creators of the acclaimed puzzle adventure series, The House of Da Vinci, is excited to announce that their highly rated VR adaptation is now available on PlayStation®VR2. Built from the ground up exclusively for virtual reality, this reimagined version offers a fully immersive experience that transports players to Renaissance Florence.
Set against the backdrop of Leonardo’s workshop and the iconic streets of Renaissance Florence, every visual element, soundscape, and interactive invention has been meticulously crafted to deepen player engagement and storytelling.
Scopely, one of the leading video game companies in the world, today launched a landmark collaboration between the globally beloved, chart-topping mobile game MONOPOLY GO! and Star Wars. The crossover event invites the game’s devoted community of “Tycoons” and Star Wars fans alike to embark on an enthralling two-month adventure spanning the entire Skywalker Saga and The Mandalorian™, unlocking legendary characters and stories infused with the playful and creative spirit of MONOPOLY GO!.
“At Scopely, our goal is to deliver exceptional gameplay experiences and transformative partnerships that keep our global communities engaged and delighted for years on end,” said Eric Wood, SVP of Publishing at Scopely. “This collaboration between MONOPOLY GO! and Star Wars brings together one of the most beloved video games in the world with one of the most iconic and enduring franchises in entertainment. It’s a special opportunity to bring the Force to our amazing players and continue redefining what’s possible in mobile games.”
The collaboration is rooted in a deep and compelling narrative that begins with MONOPOLY GO!’s beloved robot Peg-E visiting Mr. Monopoly’s private movie theater. Captivated by the cinematic magic of Star Wars, her daydreams take flight, reimagining the MONOPOLY GO! universe within the Star Wars galaxy. In the ensuing adventure, players will be transported into timeless tales of good and evil, Jedi and Sith, and the light and dark side — kickstarting a series of action-packed in-game events, collectibles and surprises.
“In bringing Star Wars into MONOPOLY GO!, the talented game making team at Scopely set out to create a collaboration that is visually stunning, rich in storytelling, and filled with thrilling gameplay that captures the essence of both franchises,” said Victor Diaz-Roig, President of Games at Scopely. “From iconic characters and eras to the themes that have made Star Wars a cultural touchstone, we worked to craft an experience that feels original and unexpected – while staying true to the creativity and artistry of MONOPOLY GO!”
Starting today, players can begin unlocking the limited-time Star Wars GO! album, featuring 22 exclusive sticker sets, each revealing a unique MONOPOLY GO! and Star Wars story inspired by the saga’s most iconic moments.
In celebration of May the 4th, players logging in starting that day will receive an exclusive token – in honor of all Star Wars fans.
This massive crossover brings fan-favorite MONOPOLY GO! events to life with a dose of Star Wars adventure, including:
‘Pod’ and ‘Rebel’ Racers: Race iconic Star Wars vehicles through the Mos Espa Grand Arena and the frozen wasteland of Hoth in a twist on MONOPOLY GO!’s high-stakes multiplayer event, Tycoon Racers.
‘Star Wars’, ‘Jedi’ and ‘Hyperspace’ Partners Events: Team up with friends to construct larger-than-life Star Wars-themed statues of iconic characters and starships from the Star Wars galaxy, and reap fantastic rewards together.
‘Tatooine’, ‘Jawa’ and ‘Tusken’ Treasures: Journey to the Outer Rim planet Tatooine in three special dig-themed events, uncovering relics and treasures inspired by the Star Wars canon.
Exclusive Collectibles: Collect themed tokens, emojis, signature dice, and shields by completing sticker albums and event challenges, bringing galactic flair to the MONOPOLY GO! experience.
The co-op survival adventure game Lost Skies recently launched into Steam Early Access and we have a first look at the bright future ahead! In Lost Skies players can experience gliding and grappling through a fractured world with up to five friends, and build a home in the skies with their fully customizable and upgradable skyships. Players are already exploring and uncovering the secrets of this mysterious world, but there are even more surprises on the horizon.
While in Early Access, the Bossa Games team would like to share what they are working on during the Early Access period with the Skymap shown below. Players can expect a focus on addressing feedback, new islands to explore, tech tree expansions, updates to combat, and much more as they gear up for the 1.0 launch.
To celebrate placing more than 150,000 veterans into high-quality jobs, the Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.), in partnership with USAA, is kicking off C.O.D.E. Military Appreciation Month, a month dedicated to honoring and thanking those who’ve served.
This year, C.O.D.E is introducing its first-ever in-game pack inspired by two real-life veterans: First Sergeant (Ret.) Korey Staley and Captain (Ret.) Florent “Flo” Groberg (Medal of Honor recipient and inspiration for the C.O.D.E Fearless Pack in Modern Warfare). Both service members exemplify the courage and commitment of those who serve.
To recognize their service, the Call of Duty Endowment and USAA are offering the upcoming Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E.) United Force: Tracer Pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Call of Duty: Warzone – free to U.S. military service members and veterans. The United Forces: Tracer Pack will be available to all players later this month.
Additionally, players can become the ultimate teammates while supporting the Endowment in the Call of Duty Endowment (C.O.D.E) Got Your Six Event. From May 15 through May 29, players can earn in-game rewards across Black Ops 6 (including Zombies) and Warzone. Check out the Got Your Six Challenge teaser here.
For more details and a full list of C.O.D.E. Military Appreciate Month events, visit the Call of Duty blog.
On June 10th, the hacker bank heist thriller Swordfish from dynamic director Dominic Sena (Gone in 60 Seconds) makes its explosive debut on 4K UHD. The Limited Edition release features a 4K (2160p) Ultra HD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible), packed with bonus content.
Stanley Jobson (Hugh Jackman, Wolverine) is a major hacker on a strict parole that keeps him from going near a computer. He receives an outrageous offer from the elusive Gabriel Shear (John Travolta, Pulp Fiction) to join his covert organization that includes the fearsome Marco (Vinnie Jones, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) and tempting Ginger (Halle Berry, X-Men). Swordfish is a massive blockbuster with all the fireworks and destruction you’d expect in a Joel Silver production. The film also stars Don Cheadle (Iron Man 2), Sam Shepard (The Right Stuff) and Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos).
The special features include audio commentary by director Dominic Sena; new interviews with co-composer and DJ Paul Oakenfold and production designer Jeff Mann; HBO First Look: Swordfish, a promotional featurette detailing how the film’s iconic climactic scene was created; Planet Rock Club Reel, a music video by Oakenfold; a featurette with interviews from cast and crew members, including actors Hugh Jackman, John Travolta, Halle Berry, Don Cheadle, and Sam Shepard, director Dominic Sena, and producer Joel Silver; two alternate endings; the theatrical trailer; a double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tommy Pocket; and an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Priscilla Page and an article from American Cinematographer about the film’s opening sequence.
Watch the trailer for Swordfish here:
On June 24, the science fiction film noir Dark City from acclaimed director Alex Proyas (The Crow) makes its global premiere on 4K UHD, and will also be available as a Limited Edition Blu-ray. The release features 4K Ultra HD (2160p) Blu-ray presentations of both the theatrical release and the director’s cut in a new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negatives approved by director of photography Dariusz Wolski, and hours of special features.
John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell, A Knight’s Tale) wakes up in a hotel bathtub with no memory of who he is or how he got there. Even more disturbing is the sight of a dead body on the floor. The phone rings and the caller (Keifer Sutherland, The Lost Boys) tells him to leave the room immediately, which sends Murdoch on the run. Police inspector Frank Bumstead (William Hurt, Avengers: Endgame) suspects Murdoch is a serial killer, but this is more than a murder mystery. In his confused state of mind, Murdoch notices how the city changes when the clock hits midnight. The only thing constant is the eternal night. The ominous strangers in black outfits are behind the metamorphosis, including Mr. Hand (Richard O’Brien, The Rocky Horror Picture Show), who wants Murdoch to go to sleep like the rest of the city’s residents. Dark City is a visually stunning film that takes the conventions of classic film noir to an imaginative and fascinating alternate reality.
The special features include a 60-page perfect bound collectors book featuring new writing by author Richard Kadrey, and film critics Sabina Stent, Virat Nehru and Martyn Pedler; and a double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork. The director’s cut has brand new audio commentaries by director Alex Proyas, Craig Anderson, Bruce Isaacs, and Herschel Isaacs; archival audio commentaries by director Alex Proyas, film critic Roger Ebert, writers Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer; an archival introduction by Alex Proyas; a new hour-long documentary with interviews, including director Alex Proyas, producer Andrew Mason, production designers Patrick Tatopoulos and George Liddle, costume designer Liz Keough, and storyboard artist Peter Pound; visual essays by film scholar Alexandra West and Josh Nelson on film noir, and design and storyboards. The theatrical cut includes archival audio commentaries by director Alex Proyas, writers Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, director of photography Dariusz Wolski, production designer Patrick Tatopoulos, and Roger Ebert; archival featurettes on the making of the film; the theatrical trailer; and an image gallery
Watch the trailer for Dark City here:
On June 24, the supernatural samurai film The Invisible Swordsman, from director Yoshiyuki Kuroda (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven In Hell), is being released for the very first time for the home video market outside of Japan. The Limited Edition release features a 1080p high-definition transfer on Blu-ray with hours of special features.
Inept and bumbling man-child Sanshiro (Osamu Sakai, Zatoichi At Large) is a clumsy swordsman and wants to quit the kendo dojo, but his father is a respected samurai. After his father is murdered, Sanshiro knows he must get revenge, but he’s not exactly a fearsome warrior. When his father is being taken to the afterlife, a spectre gives Sanshiro an exotic recipe to make an invisibility potion. Can he uncover his father’s murderers when no one can see him? The film blends action-packed fantasy with the world of samurai, creating an unforgettable experience.
The special features include an audio commentary from author and Asian culture expert Jonathan Clements; film critic Kim Newman on the history of invisibility in cinema; an interview with film critic and Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp; an image gallery; and an illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Zack Davisson.
Watch the trailer for The Invisible Swordsman here:
Paradox Interactive, the studio behind beloved grand strategy games Europa Universalis IV, Stellaris, Hearts of Iron IV, Crusader Kings III, and Victoria 3, is preparing to announce the next major title in the genre. For 25 years, Paradox has developed and published games that have taken you from the Roman Empire to the stars, and now it will build on that legacy with a new design from Studio Tinto, building on that quarter century of experience.
For the last year, Paradox has previewed this game (Codename Caesar) in its Tinto Talks series of developer diaries, soliciting community feedback on feature ideas, key game systems, and historical research. Now the time has come to reveal Caesar to the world.
On 08 May 2025 at 1800 CEST, you can watch the game reveal live at the address below. The development team will walk you through the highlights of the coming game and reveal how it transforms the genre. For now, you can watch the countdown clock as it ticks towards a new future for rewriting the past.
Rise of Industry 2, the innovative sequel to the hit indie business tycoon game, will officially launch on June 3rd, 2025 for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation®5.
Set against the backdrop of a rapidly changing 1980s USA — an era of innovation, globalization, and unprecedented profits — Rise of Industry 2 offers a rich and immersive tycoon experience that challenges budding entrepreneurs to establish thriving and intricate production chains, forge relationships with powerful CEOs, and build a corporate empire from the ground up.
Pushing the boundaries from its predecessor, Rise of Industry 2brings fresh ideas to the boardroom, including a stylish new art direction, expanded gameplay mechanics, and exciting new features designed for both casual tycoon fans and veteran CEOs alike.
Features:
All-New Campaign Mode: Conquer 15 unique and exciting scenarios as you rise through the corporate ranks.
Expanded Sandbox Mode: Build the industrial empire of your dreams with complete freedom.
Dynamic Social Connections: Network with CEOs, trade materials, and gain introductions to powerful industry leaders.
Stylized 1980s Visuals: A vibrant, reimagined art style that captures the spirit of the decade.
Multi-Platform Release: For the first time, players can build their empires either PC or consoles.
Players can wishlist Rise of Industry 2 today on their chosen platform and prepare to embark on their journey to business magnate status.
The EVE keynote at Fanfest was packed with exciting news about EVE’s upcoming Legion expansion, the limited-time open pre-alpha access event for Vanguard in September, exciting summer news for EVE Frontier and a variety of other updates. You can watch the keynote on Twitch or catch up on all of today’s events over on CCP TV.
Legion expansion is imminent
The highlight of the Fanfest keynote was the announcement of EVE’s next expansion – Legion – releasing on 27 May!
Legion ushers in a new era in New Eden – one built on unity, ambition, influence, and the strength of capsuleers working together. Make your mark through Freelance Jobs that connect you to legendary players who have made EVE Online what it is today, and to those that are creating the New Eden of tomorrow. Reach beyond the ranks of your corporation and harness the talent of eager recruits! Fly as legion, under one banner, commanding devastating new warships that redefine battlefield power and leverage new sovereignty upgrades to strategically customize your space for maximum control.
Whether rising as an independent pilot or building an empire, this is your time to lead, inspire, and redefine the future.
More details will be revealed during the expansion keynote at 12:30 UTC on 3 May, which you can watch live on CCP TV.
Connect. Collaborate. Conquer.
A revolution in capsuleer collaboration, Freelance Jobs empower corporations to reach beyond their ranks and harness the talent of capsuleers eager to prove themselves!
Corporations can expand their operations, give purpose to potential recruits, and fuel their momentum and reputation. Whether you’re building an industrial empire or wielding formidable fleets, you can lead with conviction and scale with confidence.
New pilots can directly impact a living universe from day one! Freelance Jobs offer meaningful, player-created opportunities that reward curiosity, commitment, and courage. Earn ISK while building a reputation, gain priceless experience, and discover the many paths open to you. Connect with real corporations and real ambitions when taking your first steps or returning with something to prove.
Your Brand. Your Colors. Your Legacy.
Legion also introduces the Corporation Palette, allowing corporations to craft a visual identity as bold and distinctive as their ambition through full-spectrum color selection to represent their vision. Your colors are a statement of unity and boost pride, cohesion, and recognition as your influence grows across the cluster. Whether you want to broadcast your philosophy, rally your members, or simply stand apart, your palette is yours to define.
Amass Firepower, Command Destruction
Two fearsome new warships bring ultimate firepower and resilience, designed to dominate the battlefield and inspire awe.
The Babaroga, a Triglavian marauder, delivers brutal entropic disintegrator damage and its bastion module unleashes record-breaking subcap DPS.
The Sarathiel, an agile and fierce Angel Cartel dreadnought, unleashes fast, long-range capital-class destruction, enjoys big bonuses to capital projectile damage and falloff, and the unique ability to use a capital micro jump drive (CJMD) in siege mode!
Shape Your Space
New sovereignty upgrades will bring more control and dynamism to your nullsec territories. Mold your space and expand your strategies with powerful new sovereignty upgrades that provide new exploration opportunities and even greater leverage over your resources.
Firstly, new upgrades are being introduced that let you generate new colony resources by utilizing existing ones. Each one comes in three tiers, allowing for more flexibility when shaping your space to match the activities and ambitions of you and your corpmates.
Four new upgrades that consist of paired bonuses are also being added, allowing sovereignty owners to tailor their systems to fit their preferred combat styles, ships, and modules. For example, one of the system modifiers will apply a gamma effect to benefit your shield doctrines and capacitor capacity. Another plasma effect system modifier will benefit your armor comp and module overheating.
Finally, an improved version of the exploration upgrades that spawn data and relic sites are being re-introduced, complete with a new distribution system that will affect the spawn rate of these sites for several systems instead of just one. These upgrades will also have a guaranteed spawn rate upon installation and a chance at an escalation path across each of the tiers with new rewards.
Furthermore, orbital skyhook conquest costs will be greatly reduced with the ability to capture existing skyhooks, making your road to conquest more streamlined.
These upgrades will bring greater flexibility and opportunity to nullsec, enabling alliances to invest in infrastructure that reflects their ambitions and adapt more rapidly to changing circumstances.
The result is a more dynamic, rewarding sovereignty system that offers corporations new ways to support their members, compete on equal footing, and build a lasting legacy.
But wait, there is more!
Legion will also bring sweeping balance changes to cruisers and capital ships, along with a range of quality-of-life updates. check out the EVE Legion keynote tomorrow to learn more.
ELDEN RING™ Nightreign, the standalone multiplayer co-op action survival game by FromSoftware, Inc. and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., unveiled a new trailer to showcase an overview of the systems at players’ disposal to conquer the game’s various challenges in its harsh and unforgiving world. The network test was just a glimpse of the surface of the game’s malleability, as the world of Limveld can twist and change with each run.
Discover what awaits players when ELDEN RING Nightreign launches later this month by watching the new Gameplay Overview trailer here:
In ELDEN RING Nightreign, players must make split-second decisions about combat and exploration across a map that can fluctuate with different biomes, weapons, and enemies in order to become stronger, and outrun the encroaching circle of fire to be able to take on terrifying bosses at the end of each day. This culminates on the third day, where if players were successful in surviving the night must take on one of the Nightlords – new bosses for this version. Nightfarers must learn to cooperate to take down these challenges, combining their unique abilities together for an unparalleled experience in the ELDEN RING universe. All is not lost for those who fall in defeat. Unsuccessful runs will grant players relics to allow them to customize and upgrade their characters tailored to their personal play styles.
ELDEN RING Nightreign launches for PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam® on May 30. Find out more about the game and the editions available to pre-order on the game’s official website: nightreign.com
Dune: Awakening, developed by Funcom, is an open world, multiplayer survival game on a massive scale, where base building is a key part of the player’s survival and rise to power on Arrakis, the most dangerous planet in the universe. In today’s new video showcase, learn the various ways Dune: Awakening’s building system lets you claim your piece of the desert, and develop it into a wonder, piece by piece.
Start out by raising a small shelter as protection against the sun and bandits, and as a place to expand your crafting capabilities, even letting you refine blood into drinkable water. Expand your base, explore, build additional bases, and eventually, choose a Great House to align with. Once you have earned a place among the Atreides or the Harkonnen, you can begin to build with their unique architecture, visually inspired by Denis Villeneuve and Legendary’s award-winning blockbuster movies. From imposing and intricate fortresses, you will control the flow of spice.
For Dune: Awakening, Funcom has drawn on many years of experience designing building systems – pushing it to new heights with things like the Blueprint system, letting you copy any build into a Blueprint which can be placed anywhere in an instant, given to other players, or even sold. And with Solido Projections, co-op building has never been easier.
See more of Dune: Awakening’s building in action in the recent livestream, and dive even deeper into the mechanics of building in the recent blog, where you can discover more about building progression and mechanics.
Players will be able to carve their piece of Arrakis themselves on May 9 in the large-scale Beta weekend. For a chance to enter the Beta before it ends on May 12, they can watch the Global LAN Party Broadcast, where tens of thousands of Beta keys will be handed out to viewers.
Dune: Awakening releases on June 10. Pre-order now to get the Terrarium of Muad’dib and choose the Deluxe or Ultimate Edition for a 5-day head start and exclusive in-game items.
