Thunderful & Megagon Industries are pleased to announce the next big free update to Lonely Mountains: Downhill, Misty Peak, rides its way onto PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch today. Explore a new trail, beat new challenges and unlock new customisation sets in this latest DLC as the Graterhorn Mountain gets even bigger.
Misty Peak shows you a new side of the Graterhorn Mountain, confronting you with a treacherous new trail to overcome. Built with the flair that’s won Lonely Mountains: Downhill universal acclaim, expect a thrilling challenge balanced by an idyllic natural setting that ticks all the boxes for picturesque pitstops, and casual exploration.
You will discover two new rest stops on Misty Peak’s new trail and can unlock the new air elemental customisation set by taking on the new challenges included in the DLC while also battling your way to the top of the leaderboards.
To celebrate the release of the Misty Peak DLC, players can now get 40% off the Eldfjall Island DLC and the LMD Soundtrack on Steam. Eldfjall Island adds a completely new volcanic mountain to Lonely Mountains: Downhill, delivering four new trails to explore and lots of new challenges and rewards.
“Misty Peak is maybe our best trail yet and we’re already looking to seeing how our speedrunning community will surprise us and do everything they can to break it!” said Daniel Helbig, co-founder of Megagon. “Following on from Riley’s Return – our last free update – Lonely Mountain: Downhill continues to get bigger and better!”
Lonely Mountains: Downhill was initially released on October 23rd in 2019. During its first year, the game has been a hit amongst players and critics alike; resulting in more than one million players (3 million as of December 2021). The game won awards such as “Best Indie Game” at the German Developer Awards and “Best International Indie Game” at Poznan Game Arena.
Lonely Mountains: Downhill and the free Misty Peak DLC is available today for PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch. A demo for Lonely Mountains: Downhill is available on Nintendo Switch and Steam, so if you are on the fence, download it and head down the first trail of the Sierra Rivera mountain.
For more information about Lonely Mountains: Downhill please visit the official website: https://lonelymountains.com/
Prepare to have your timeline erased as Prime Matter and Massive Work Studio announce that Dolmen – the third-person action-RPG with a unique cosmic horror sci-fi setting – is out now for PC and consoles.
To celebrate the launch, the Vahani have created a cinematic launch trailer:
In Dolmen, players will be able to fight alone or tackle bosses together with online co-op. There will also be a special Day One Edition which will contain a unique set of Rebel armor and weapons.
What’s up, doc? Milestone today announced the HOT WHEELS™ – Looney Tunes Expansion for Hot Wheels Unleashed™, licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, will be launching on July 14, 2022.
The Looney Tunes Expansion animates the competition with five new vehicles, a themed Track Builder Module, themed customization items for the Basement and the Player’s Profile, and the Looney Tunes Adventure Park environment, where players can relive the hilarious adventures of the classic animated franchise. The Looney Tunes Adventure Park is divided into four themed areas, including the iconic desert set of Wile E. Coyote’s epic fails.
The Looney Tunes Expansion is included in the HOT WHEELS™ Pass Vol. 3 or can be purchased separately. Together with the Looney Tunes Expansion, the HOT WHEELS™ Pass Vol. 3 also includes nine vehicles, three Themed Customization Packs and three Track Builder Modules. The HOT WHEELS™ Pass Vol. 3 will be available for purchase starting on June 9.
DreadXP — an independent horror publisher and production company — announced today via occult channels that the latest sequel to its anthology horror video game series, Dread X Collection 5, is available now for Windows PC. Dread X Collection 5 features twelve delightfully twisted short-form nightmares from the creators of such indie hits as 0°N 0°W, Lakeview Cabin, Sylvio, and The Mortuary Assistant.
Based on the theme of “entertainment”, Dread X Collection 5 invites players to a devilish party that is literally to die for! Players must explore terrifying locales like haunted nightclubs, dark carnivals, haunted puppet shows, the country Finland in the year 1888, a karaoke bar toilet, and so much more!
Each included game in the collection features unique gameplay mechanics and art style, and is accessible from within Dread X Collection 5’’s hub world called Outpost 3000 — an alien-themed party venue that houses something truly sinister. Dread X Collection 5 also further expands the meta-narrative that ties the Dread X Collection games together.
“We’re so excited to launch the fifth entry of the Dread X Collection series following a year of fans anxiously awaiting its arrival,” said Abbey “Scruncho” Smith, assistant producer at DreadXP. “The series’ much-anticipated return is a true celebration — a party, if you will — that’s quite literally out of this world. Its hosts, our legion of dreadful indie devs, have some frightening festivities in store!”
Dread X Collection 5 Key Features:
Variety Screamer: With twelve chilling horror shorts wholly unique from one another, there’s something for everyone in Dread X Collection 5. From first and third-person shooters, puzzles, text-based adventures, arcade-style games, to tabletops
Dread Head: DreadXP regular Michaela Laws, who voiced Ln’eta in the hit Lovecraftian dating sim Sucker for Love, co-stars along with Jans Holstrom as Dread X Collection 5’s mysterious (and monstrous) antagonist
Putrid Panels: An unfolding narrative told through comic book-style illustrations, featuring the returning talents of independent horror artist October Keegan, who contributed unlockable comic pages to Dread X Collection 2
Dread X Collection 5 features the following twelve games from new and returning independent developers to the anthology series:
Karao by Stroboskop (Sylvio), Rotten Sigma by VisceralError (The Gallagher Case), Spirit Guardian by Nikk F. (SCP: Nukalypse), We Never Left by Conner Rush of FYRE Games (Summerland), HUNSVOTTI by Roope Tamminen (Lakeview Cabin), Gallerie by Shackles (Totem), The Book of Blood by Darkstone Digital (The Mortuary Assistant), Vestige by Philip Hesselbäck (Axis Mundi – included in Dread X Collection: The Hunt), Resver by colorfiction (0°N 0°W, Ode to a Moon), Ludomalica by iwilliams (Haunted PS1 Madvent Calendar 2021), Beyond The Curtain by Matt Reeves (Two Lines, Family is Nothing), and INTERIM by Phantom Sloth Games (The Bends). Outpost 3000, the interactive hub world that launches each of the twelve games in the collection, was developed by Christopher Yabsley (Pigsaw), with additional support by KIRA (Lost in Vivo, Spooky’s Jump Scare Mansion).
NACON and the studio KT Racing are pleased to announce their new rally game, WRC Generations, the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship, scheduled for release in Autumn 2022 on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Steam for PC. The result of 7 years of collaboration with legendary drivers, who have already made WRC 10 and WRC 9 the references of the genre, the latest entry in the series is an authentic and comprehensive rally racing simulation, giving players the chance to drive powerful cars in the most famous rallies of all time!
An unrivalled level of realism
Never before have games come this close to the real-life World Rally Championship! Hailed by both critics and professionals, this year’s WRC simulation has been reinforced with numerous improvements and optimizations requested by the community.
Just as in the real-life WRC, a major new competitive feature, hybrid cars, have been included in WRC Generations! The potent blend of electric power and combustion engines gives players the opportunity to experience brand-new driving sensations, both in terms of physics and through a completely overhauled sound design.
Previous vehicles can still be found in the game, even more authentically portrayed than ever before. In total, there are no fewer than 37 legendary cars, each carefully recreated with its respective mechanical characteristics.
On top of the 13 rallies of the 2022 season, the game includes 9 other locations for a total of 22 different countries and 165 Special Stages – a record for the genre! The brand-new Swedish route makes its appearance. It is the only completely snow-covered rally with physics even closer to the actual conditions.
New solo and online content
WRC Generations is more polished and detailed than its predecessors and promises countless hours of gameplay thanks to brand-new game modes and new ways to share your passion online!
Career mode lets players determine their own history, managing every aspect of their team and leading them to success. A new way to manage hybrid-powered cars will be included in the skill tree.
In League mode players can take each other on in the same category in daily and weekly challenges in an attempt to rise to the top of the rankings.
With the Teams system, players can choose to join a team or create their own, raising the standard high in every challenge.
The Livery editor enables players to customize their cars with a variety of finishes and stickers. In WRC Generations, players can now share their creations with each other!
Players can take part in training races on split screen or online, and enjoy the real experience with a friend in Co-driver mode.
WRC Generations will be available October 13th 2022 on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and later on PC and Switch.
Arrow Video is excited to announce the June 2022 lineup of their new subscription-based ARROW platform, available to subscribers in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland.
The June 2022 lineup leads with the ARROW release of Mark O’Brien’s extraordinary psychological chiller The Righteous, an award-winning standout on the genre festival circuit, available June 10 in the US, UK and Ireland.
This first feature from director-actor-writer Mark O’Brien (AMC’s “61st Street”, Ready or Not, Blue Bayou) is a dark chiller about a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God, after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger. The film stars O’Brien, Henry Czerny (Ready or Not, Mission Impossible, “Revenge”) and Mimi Kuzyk (The Day After Tomorrow, The Final Cut, “Shadowhunters”).
The Righteous had its World Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival in 2021, winning the Cheval Noir and Silver Award, and has since gone on to win a Bloodie at the 2021 Blood in the Snow Film Festival, and the Grimmfest Award at the 2021 Grimmfest.
June 1 starts the month with The Trancers Collection, Charles Band’s tech-noir cyberpunk franchise) All six films, from the 1984 cult classic that started it all to the latest offering in 2002, will be available on ARROW in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland.
Enjoy a collection of new and contemporary classics with The Art of Cult (US/UK/CA/IRE).
Titles include: Children of the Corn, The Hills Have Eyes, The Stylist, Ringu.
Also available June 1, Hell High (US/UK/CA/IRE): a twisted tale of delinquency pushed to its horrifying extreme starring Christopher Cousins (“Breaking Bad”) and Christopher Stryker.
On June 6, enjoy a one-stop-shop on ARROW for all of Vinegar Syndrome’s screw-loose slices of saved-from-slaughter celluloid that makes it easy peasy to mainline all the underground genre films that will have you questioning your sanity that you can take: The Vinegar Syndrome Collection (US/UK/CA/IRE).
Titles include: Avenging Angel, The Passing, Star Time, Sweet Sugar.
On June 10, tremble before the Almighty in Mark O’Brien’s debut feature The Righteous (US/UK/IRE), a dark chiller about a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God, after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger. The Righteous has been acclaimed by critics on the festival circuit, including such raves as: “A brazenly ambitious horror film about grief and belief” and “Mark O’Brien dominates both in front and behind the camera” from Alexandra Heller-Nicholas of The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, “Deeply engrossing and affecting… the film packs a philosophical punch” from Brian Fanelli at Horror Buzz, and “a remarkably assured directorial debut from O’Brien that provides a gratifying experience that is sure to chill, linger and provoke in ways that harken the best of horror cinema” from Harris Dang of In Their Own League.
On June 10, explore the dangers of being too polite with ARROW’s Season: I Think You Should Leave. We don’t want to come across as rude. We don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings. But, sometimes we’re prisoners of our own manners and our politeness can turn deadly. And end… badly. This is a Season where nobody heeds that advice and look what happens to them.
Titles include: The Righteous, The Bloodhound, Two Thousand Maniacs, Shiver of the Vampire.
Lastly for June 10, discover Viy (US/CA), the first horror film ever produced in the Soviet Union. In 19th century Russia, a seminary student is forced to spend three nights with the corpse of a beautiful young witch. But when she rises from the dead to seduce him, it will summon a nightmare of fear, desire and the ultimate demonic mayhem.
On June 13, the overnight crew at a supermarket find themselves falling prey to The Intruder ((US/UK/CA/IRE). Featuring early appearances by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, this 1989 cult slasher sees bodies pile up one by one in the most gruesome fashion.
June 16 explores the question of what dangers lurk when the clairvoyant cannot see. When you can see the future with the power of your mind though – and you still manage to end up putting yourself or your friends on the butcher’s block – you really Should Have Seen It Coming (US/UK/CA/IRE).
Titles include: Dark August, The Premonition, Death Has Blue Eyes, Psychic Killer.
June 17 delivers a trio of terror for ARROW fans: Blood Dolls (US/UK/CA/IRE) and the cult classic slasher sequels Maniac Cop 2 (US/CA) and Maniac Cop III: Badge of Silence (US/CA).
June 20 caps off the month with an ode to ARROW’s favorite Texan preservers of the legacy of genre movies. ARROW celebrates the American Genre Film Archive with The AGFA Collection (US/UK/CA/IRE).
Titles include: Bat Pussy, Who Killed Captain Alex, She Mob, The Zodiac Killer.
In celebration of National Streaming Day, Disney+ has released a new trailer and key art for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Baymax!” Streaming exclusively on Disney+ on June 29, the all-new series of healthcare capers returns to the fantastical city of San Fransokyo where the affable, inflatable, inimitable healthcare companion robot, Baymax, sets out to do what he was programmed to do: help others. “I thought it would be fun to do a Disney+ series with Baymax interacting with normal folks,” said series creator Don Hall, who helmed 2014’s Oscar®-winning film “Big Hero 6.”
“In each of our six episodes, Baymax just wants to help someone—and a lot of times they don’t want to be helped. He sets out to fix a physical issue that he’s identified, and in the process, gets to a deeper, more emotional place and can be almost transformative in that role.”
“Baymax!” is produced by Roy Conli and Bradford Simonsen. The series’ episodes are directed by Dean Wellins (Eps 1, 2, 6), Lissa Treiman (Ep 3), Dan Abraham (Ep 4) and Mark Kennedy (Ep 5). Screenwriter is Cirocco Dunlap. Scott Adsit returns as the voice of Baymax. Voice talent featured in episodes include Ryan Potter, Maya Rudolph, Emily Kuroda, Lilimar, Zeno Robinson and Jaboukie Young-White.
Embracer Group companies Asmodee Digital and Saber Interactive have announced a new partnership to bring the critically acclaimed tactical RPG Gloomhaven to video game consoles in 2023. Originally developed by Flaming Fowl Studios based on Isaac Childres’ award-winning board game, Gloomhaven has sold over 500k units throughout early access and its official launch on PC and Mac last year. The console editions of the game will be published by Asmodee Digital and developed by Saber.
“We’re excited to bring Gloomhaven to new players around the world with Saber Interactive. Partnerships like this are one of the great advantages we have available to us now as part of Embracer Group, and we look forward to tapping into even more opportunities to deliver for our fans in the future,” said Pierre Ortolan, CEO at Asmodee Digital.
“Our partnership on Gloomhaven embodies the very reason we brought Asmodee into the Embracer family,” said Matthew Karch, Saber Interactive CEO and co-founder and Embracer board member. “Games are truly a transmedia experience, and it’s amazing to have the opportunity to collaborate with the world’s best board game makers to bring their IP to consoles. This is the first of many announcements of its kind to come.”
Set in a medieval dark fantasy universe, Gloomhaven is a tactical RPG mixing card-based strategy and adventurous dungeon crawling, featuring solo play and online co-op. Sell your sword to any who can afford it, and carve your way through dark caves, dreadful forests, and terrifying dungeons filled with horrific monsters to reap your rewards… or die trying.
Lead your band of mercenaries through an unforgiving world where every choice can have life or death consequences. Each of Gloomhaven’s 17 unique characters comes with their own skills and more than 1,000 different abilities to master. The digital version of Gloomhaven has continued to grow since launch with new content and updates, including the recently released “Jaws of the Lion” DLC.
Gloomhaven is currently available on Steam and GOG.com for PC and Mac. For the latest updates, follow the digital game on Twitter, Facebook and Discord.
Gameparic released Horror Tycoon: Playtest! Your task in the game is to scare, terrify and thrill guests.. As it is a hybrid of tycoon and tower defense, your craziest ideas make come true and get on a higher level. Please remember that this is part of our game that will be released in the future.
Make guests’ nightmares a real business. Design and build multifarious attractions and be aware of losing your reputation and cash. Walls, trapdoors, and doorways will be needed to frighten guests. You can also build rooms and experiment with them in different ways.
Customizing your attractions will make disappearing visitors more enjoyable. Lightning effects or spooky props and appropriate colors that you can choose to make guests frightened. Do not be afraid to put aliens or ghosts between the walls, but remember it must be a surprise! Otherwise, visitors will not be afraid and you can lose fear reputation.
Be prepared for the next waves of guests and the most important thing is the further you progress, the more you have to scare. If you earn enough scary reputation, you can go to the next location. And remember that police cannot catch you for your sinful acts of making visitors disappear…
It’s a big month for tennis. The Roland-Garros French Open tournament has begun in Paris, and the center-court enthusiasts at French independent developer and publisher Rebound CG have launched Tennis Manager 2022. The realistic management sim puts players in control of their own virtual tennis academy, and is available now for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store for 35.99€ / $35.99 / £28.79. Launch price promotions are available for a limited time, including a special Steam discount for owners of Tennis Manager 2021.
In Tennis Manager 2022, players will take their hand-picked academy of players from the humble beginnings of the junior circuit, through training and more than 2000 tournaments, to the high-stakes professional circuit and global acclaim. The team at Rebound CG have poured their tennis-loving souls into the game, which builds on the success of the first title in the series with a host of new features.
Alongside its roster of brilliant international tennis stars, the game features player creation, a new contract management and negotiation system, plus a host of complex team management tools to dive into. Matches have been made more immersive with enhanced AI and animations, while countless other gameplay improvements ensure that Tennis Manager 2022 delivers the leading simulation experience for fans of tennis everywhere.
“These are exciting times for the game of tennis in general, with a new generation of players shaking up the real world rankings. These are the stars that players will engage with and guide to success in the virtual world of Tennis Manager 2022.” said Augustin Pluchet, CEO of Rebound CG. “We’re thrilled that we have been able to build on the success of the first game to deliver an experience with so much more for our players to enjoy.”
Tennis Manager 2022 is available now via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and the Mac App Store for a full price of €39.99/$35.99. The game is discounted for a limited time, including a special Steam discount available for owners of Tennis Manager 2021. See below for a full list of the promotions and discounts available during the launch period.
