Purgatory has even more in store for you! 3D Realms and developer Anshar Studios have released the first major content update for Painkiller today on PC and consoles. Free for all players, the “Metal as Hell” update adds two new throwable items to deploy in battle – the leeching Demon Blood and powerful Holy Orb Turret – as well as 10 new arenas and an additional boss fight for the roguelike Rogue Angel Mode, plus a host of quality-of-life features.
Check out today’s new “Metal as Hell” trailer for a closer look at all the action!
In addition, Painkiller will release a new developer diary on the 3D Realms YouTube channel later today! Check out the video for a behind-the-scenes look at Painkiller’s sound design, from mixing sound effects, implementing audio UX elements, and building a unique system to make music flow between levels – with unique sounds for each biome and environment.
The new “Metal as Hell” DLC, featuring four character skins and six weapon skins, is also available today as a free download for Season Pass owners or as a standalone purchase for $4.99|£3.99|€4.99.
Beyond the new items and Rogue Angel content, today’s free Painkiller update also adds a slew of quality-of-life features, including a revive progress bar, push-to-talk functionality in Voice Chat, and more. A host of improvements were introduced to existing features, including weapon progression in Rogue Angel Mode, adjustments to the titular Painkiller weapon, additional settings options, balancing and more. For all the info on the update’s content, check out the patch notes.
Channel37 has launched Update 01: Last Humans for hit sci-fi survival-crafting game The Last Caretaker. The first of a series of Early Access roadmap updates includes new story quests, surface and underwater locations, a new vehicle, night vision goggles and a raft of performance and stability enhancements. Update 01: Last Humans arrives in time for the Steam Winter Sale, where The Last Caretaker returns to launch pricing, with a 15% discount.
Delivering on its development roadmap, Channel37’s first update for The Last Caretaker includes three new questlines for intrepid Caretakers: “Secret of Habitat Nodes”, “One Before Me”, and “Secret of Warehouse,” unlocking new locations and stories from the flooded world.
The update delivers a boatload of new additions, including a basketball mini-game, a drivable forklift, night vision goggles, and a horn with a customisable chromatic scale and speaker system for the musically-minded Caretaker. In addition, performance improvements across physics systems, rendering, and UI have been implemented after direct feedback from the growing community.
Update 01: Last Humans is the first of many updates planned for The Last Caretaker. The next update, Ocean: The Final Frontier, launches in early 2026 and features a Jetski, storms and lightning rods, a fishing and salvage update, along with boat customization. Check out the road map image to see the full schedule of updates.
The Last Caretaker is a thoughtful take on the survival-crafting genre featuring a modular crafting system and resource-based combat with unrivalled depth. Key features include:
Dynamic Resource Management: Your resources are your means of survival. Make choices between crafting weapons for offense or saving your materials for an easy exit from fearsome mechanical foes.
Immersive Worldbuilding: A real, living world. This isn’t decoration, it’s a place that exists. A vast ocean scattered with silent docks, rusting towers, navigation beacons, and forgotten vaults. Every structure has a purpose, every ruin tells a story of what was left behind.
Modular Crafting System: The world is your salvage yard. Dismantle abandoned structures, tear down machinery, and decide what is worth carrying to the recycler to craft weapons, power grids, and tools in a dynamic and deep crafting system.
Save Humanity: The Last Caretaker builds upon four years of hand-crafted systems to deliver a world where every action has purpose. Every success means humanity has one more chance.
Since its reveal in May, Quarantine Zone: The Last Check has spread like wildfire, recently surpassing more than 1.3 million wishlists on Steam after drawing nearly 2 million players into its demo.
In Quarantine Zone: The Last Check, you must take on the role of a government agent stationed at a critical checkpoint in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. Your job? Screen survivors, manage scarce resources and make impossible moral decisions that determine who gets in — and who doesn’t.
Between juggling food, fuel and defense systems, you’ll also face the human side of survival: trust, desperation and the haunting consequences of every call you make.
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check’s launch release will boast a whole host of infectious new features not present in the demo, including:
The new portable X-ray, which scans a person’s internal organs for signs of infection… or checks whether a survivor is hiding contraband where the sun don’t shine
A new metiascope helps inspect people’s eyes for signs of the virus (or you can test for healthy reflexes with the new medical reflex hammer)
Use the laboratory to examine survivors with unknown symptoms and discover dangerous new signs of the virus
A feeding cage for zombies to dispose of corpses. This isn’t just for the fun of it: the government will pay handsomely for them
A new base management interface offers a bird’s eye perspective for overseeing and managing all resources from a single interface (no more carts)
Relentless zombies will fall into your base from the rooftops; be ready to shoot them down
Many other improvements are also implemented to refine the challenge of base defense and overall gameplay
If you found out we weren’t alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? This summer, the truth belongs to seven billion people.
We are coming close to … Disclosure Day.
Universal Pictures is proud to release a new original event film created and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars SAG winner and Oscar® nominee Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer, A Quiet Place), Emmy and Golden Globe winner Josh O’Connor (Challengers, The Crown), Oscar® winner Colin Firth (The King’s Speech, Kingsman franchise), Eve Hewson (Bad Sisters, The Perfect Couple) and two-time Oscar® nominee Colman Domingo (Sing Sing, Rustin).
Based on a story by Spielberg, the screenplay is by David Koepp, whose previous work with Spielberg includes the scripts for Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Combined, those films earned more than $3 billion worldwide. Koepp also wrote the script for this 2025’s Jurassic World Rebirth.
Disclosure Day is produced by five-time Academy Award® nominee Kristie Macosko Krieger (The Fabelmans, West Side Story) and by Spielberg for Amblin Entertainment. The executive producers are Adam Somner and Chris Brigham.
Steven Spielberg is one of the industry’s most successful and influential filmmakers. The top-grossing director of all time, Spielberg has helmed such blockbusters as Jaws, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the Indiana Jones franchise and Jurassic Park.
Among his myriad honors, he is a three-time Academy Award® winner, including Oscars® for Best Director and Best Picture for Schindler’s List, which received a total of seven Oscars®, and for Best Director for Saving Private Ryan. His most recent film, The Fabelmans, was released by Universal in 2022 and received seven Academy Award® nominations, including for Directing, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress and Best Picture.
DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder set atop a colossal tree, high above the lethal fog that has consumed civilization and threatens the city’s very own existence. While players continue to develop their settlement, story-driven quests, time-sensitive expeditions, and dynamic fog surges can shift entire strategies in a moment.
The main antagonist is an enigmatic fog, which impacts citizens’ health and morale, and is modeled using custom voxel grid technology, creating dynamic and unpredictable fog shifts. A once-thriving society faced a life-threatening enemy when this mysterious mist swept across the lands, warping their minds and consuming everything. In a desperate attempt for survival, those who still stood fled upwards towards the treetops, and rebuilt their homes above the deadly haze. The game’s heavy atmosphere is paired with ambisonic audio cues that intensify the sense of dread, all woven together by the haunting compositions of legendary musician Akira Yamaoka.
Features:
Build a variety of buildings—industrial, social, and defensive. Research new technologies and develop specialized machinery to advance your treetop city. Build high, build safe!
Manage scarce resources, balance the distribution of raw materials between construction, defense, and the needs of your residents. Distribute wisely!
Light up the streets to repel the fog, fortify defenses, and make difficult choices to secure the survival of your city. Save lives, protect souls!
Venture into the fog to gather rare resources and uncover ancient artifacts. Lead expeditions to rescue survivors and push the story forward. Understand the Fog, uncover its origins!
Develop your city’s leaders and unravel an epic story through quests, objectives, and side missions, all centered around four main protagonists.
Buckle up – the next content update for Wreckfest 2 is rolling in, and it’s all about fresh rides, dirty racing, and new ways to smash your way to the top. THQ Nordic and Bugbear are bringing more chaos to the track with new content, new modes, and a solid round of improvements that make every impact count.
The update introduces two brand-new cars straight out of the 90s. Players can jump into a front-wheel-drive Asian coupe “Phaser”, built for tight racing and aggressive driving, or take the wheel of a front-wheel-drive US family van “Grandstar” that was never meant to race, but fits Wreckfest’s brand of destruction perfectly.
On the racing side, the new track, Moorfeld, joins the calendar, set on an open field with a muddy surface that completely changes how cars behave. Grip is limited, slides are wider, and races feel more unpredictable from start to finish. As the laps tick by, cars don’t just take damage – they also get visibly covered in mud, adding another layer of visual mayhem and immersion to every event.
Moorfeld offers two ways to play: the Race Route and the Crash Route. While the Race Route feels closer to the circuit-style tracks players are used to, the Crash Route is where things truly go off the rails. Featuring three intersections, it actively pulls cars together again and again. And as every Wreckfest fan knows, intersections multiply chaos exponentially – and three of them result in an absolutely ridiculous amount of carnage.
Factional turmoil and the hunger to bend the City to one’s doctrine take center stage in Fractured Utopias, the first DLC for Frostpunk 2 – out now for both PC and consoles. Expanding the sandbox-focused Utopia Builder mode, Fractured Utopias deepens its political struggle for the future with over 100 new narrative events and tons of unique unlocks. As the elders say: “In the Frostland, no utopia warms every soul.” Dreams and schemes don’t rise from nowhere – they’re forged in conflict.
The Fractured Utopias DLC brings more structure and expanded scope to the Utopia Builder experience. Each faction now has a defined ideological Utopia – represented by a skill-tree powered by affinities. As players gain trust, they unlock specialized laws, buildings, and abilities that reinforce each faction’s identity. Unlock every tier, and a singular vision may be enacted – binding the entire city to one future, and promising to resolve all Tension… permanently.
Each faction in Frostpunk 2 envisions a future, but every vision meets resistance. The old-world Overseers uphold order through industry, clashing with the provocative art and drug-fueled rebellion of the Bohemians. The Icebloods demand survival through strength, while the Technocrats advocate for cold, algorithmic efficiency. The adaptive Proteans reshape body and purpose, as the Legionnaires march in disciplined unison. The extravagant Ventures profit off chaos, while the collectivist Manders bear their burdens – together.
But whose dream will shape tomorrow – and whose will fracture under the frost?
Fractured Utopias key new features:
8 unique faction Utopias, each with new systems, tools, and endgame
12 unique unlocks (laws / new HUBs / Abilities, etc.) per faction
8 new faction hubs (1 per faction)
8 new faction-specific variants of the housing district
Double Stallion is thrilled to announce that Surfpunk will launch its public demo tomorrow, Tuesday December 16 at 3:00 PM EST on Steam. The demo will be the first opportunity for players to experience the island-hopping, loot-scavenging, and high-speed “surf ‘n slash” since it was announced. The Montreal-based developer will also be hosting a live Q&A stream on their Discord as they play through the demo on December 17th at 1:00 pm EST when they will invite the community to ask questions about the game.
In this co-op focused ARPG, players experience fast-paced PVE action where teamwork, creativity and thrill-seeking are key to success. They play as Raiders, a band of free-spirited surfer-pirates who navigate the tropical, post-cataclysmic setting of The Fallen World, scavenging islands for lost treasures while battling the monstrous Sumi swarms.
Dive into the Surfpunk’s dazzling but deadly world and get a taste of life as a Raider before the full game comes to early access next year. In this demo, players can hop between islands in 1-4 player online co-op, tackle four unique weapon classes, and test their skills across four mission difficulty tiers and experience the first weather modifier:Storm. The demo will include 1 game mode as well as NPC quests, character customization and a taste of unlockable skills for each weapon. Not to mention players will be able to pet Bingus, the loveable seadog.
In all, the demo contains roughly 5 hours of content and up to 10 hours for those who wish to explore all difficulty levels and unlockables to surf, scavenge, and strategize through.
Game Overview & Key Features
1-4 PLAYER ONLINE CO-OP
Join up with friends or go solo as you scavenge loot across a massive, monster-infested archipelago. Work together to succeed against overwhelming odds, grab as much loot as you can, and escape in style by surfing a massive tsunami wave to become the most legendary surfer-pirate of the sea!
SURF, SHRED, SCAVENGE
Use your high-speed “Rushboard” to hop between islands and tow your loot barge around procedurally generated tropical islands. Choose from multiple objective types, where each one has you exploring and looting while managing increasing pressure from enemies.
4 UNIQUE WEAPON CLASSES
Pick from four distinct weapon classes, each with their own flashy moves and strategic roles:
Sword – A fast and versatile melee weapon that allows for double dashes and packs a powerful punch.
Pistols – Fast-firing long-range weapons with explosive attacks. and the ability to jump up cliffs.
Anchor – A versatile heavy weapon that can switch between two stances and be used to pull teammates up cliffs.
Guitar – An unconventional support weapon with timing-based bonuses, powerful AOE attacks and the ability to speed-boost allies.
CRAFT ON THE GO
Harvest resources mid-run to craft gadgets like ladders, explosives, and makeshift boards. Break through barriers, improvise escape routes, or set traps for enemies. Quick thinking and creativity turn the tide of every mission.
ESCAPE OR WIPEOUT
As time passes and you extract more loot, waves of enemies will appear more frequently. When the islands start shaking and the water rises, you’ll have to make your escape before a colossal tsunami swallows everything. Navigate obstacles and surf your way back to safety, with your barge full, if you’re lucky!
HANG OUT
Return your plunder to the Beastship: your floating home on the seas. Share your loot with the onboard crew to craft new weapons, enhance your gear, customize your looks, and unlock new abilities. The Beastship also offers a place to pick up some side quests for unique rewards or just hang out in between missions as you discover the world of Surfpunk.
EVER-CHANGING WORLD
Explore dozens of procedurally generated islands in each quest, teeming with enemies to battle, secrets to discover and loot to scavenge. No two sessions are the same!
LANESPLIT, the traffic-weaving motorcycle racing simulator developed by solo developer FunkyMouse, zips between brake light blurs on Wednesday, Jan. 28 for PC via Steam, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions coming down the road.
Cut through unpredictable city traffic on the back of 14 fully customizable high-performance motorcycles with ultra-realistic handling and audio. Feel the thrill of splitting hairs on the highway between various densities of vehicles while achieving top speeds. Deftly avoid fatal collisions on the way to the top of global multiplayer leaderboards. Blaze through streets based in Japan, Switzerland, and Miami in a flow state as an energetic drum and bass soundtrack ramps up alongside the speedometer.
Step into a decaying world and discover an entirely new region to survive in ‘Fellhollow’, the first major update for the hit survival adventure RuneScape: Dragonwilds, available to download today.
Introducing new quests, enemies, a huge new boss encounter, and a hauntingly beautiful realm balanced between life and death, Fellhollow is a major free content update that expands the world of RuneScape: Dragonwilds like never before.
Guided by Death, who arrives in Fellhollow as a new questgiver and guide, venture into a surreal new region adorned with mist-laden valleys, dead forests, withered flora and haunted ruins. Overrun with corruption and decay from the Wither Rot, Fellhollow forces players to adapt the way they play with new rot-afflicted enemies, environmental hazards, and the risk – or opportunity – of being blighted with a signature new status effect: Soul Rift.
As exposure to Wither Rot builds, Soul Rift transforms exploration, combat and survival. Craft armour types and fend off the rot with new consumables from Fellhollow’s new materials and expanded progression layers. Or delicately (and dangerously) balance your exposure to access two powerful effects: Rift Sight, a rewarding gaze that reveals hidden paths, spectral doors, and secrets hidden from the living; and Imaru’s Gaze, a deathly stare that lures the attention of the region’s new apex predator: Imaru, The Soul Eater.
Once a guardian dragon of Fellhollow, Imaru has been twisted by grief into a soul-devouring horror. As Death seeks a hero to break her curse, discover the continuation of the Kuldra Saga storyline in an epic new multi-phase boss encounter against this corrupted guardian dragon.
Also arriving with today’s expansion into Fellhollow, the Farming Skill makes its debut in RuneScape: Dragonwilds. Built from RuneScape’s iconic farming DNA, RuneScape: Dragonwilds’ Farming Skill has been reimagined with a magical new twist, putting sorcery and fun at the forefront of survival from the start of the game. The introduction of mounts also lets players explore the world of RuneScape: Dragonwilds in style, starting with the Terrorbird mount available to unlock today via a special Fellhollow questline.
With additional regional expansions and updates planned to arrive next year, Fellhollow marks the beginning of major new content set to release for RuneScape: Dragonwilds throughout 2026. For the full content roadmap, visit the RuneScape: Dragonwilds website.
RuneScape: Dragonwilds is available now on Steam Early Access for £24.99 GBP / $29.99 USD / €29.99 EUR. For the latest info, follow RuneScape: Dragonwilds on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, X.com and Twitch or visit dragonwilds.runescape.com.
