Zen Studios Will Release Tables Based on Borderlands, Brothers in Arms and Homeworld Along With More Than 70 Other Tables When Pinball FX Launches in February

SAN FRANCISCO – Jan. 26, 2023 – Zen Studios today announced a partnership with fellow Embracer Group developer Gearbox Software to bring classic game series to life in pinball form with Gearbox® Pinball. This three-pack of digital tables is set for release when Zen’s new Pinball FX platform hits PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One in February 2023, also exiting early access on the Epic Games Store.

Borderlands®: Vault Hunter Pinball Trailer: 

Brothers in Arms®: Win the War Pinball Trailer:

The Pinball Show:

The collection adapts classic Gearbox series with these tables:

• Borderlands®: Vault Hunter Pinball: One of today’s most popular first-person shooters is now a pinball game full of hootin’, lootin’, and jackpot shootin’! As a Vault Hunter searching for the biggest prize of your life, take out any Psychos, Skags, and Bosses that stand in your way.
• Brothers in Arms®: Win the War Pinball: Stick close to your brothers as you complete missions and liberate towns within France and the Netherlands – now armed with a silver ball and your skills. Help SSgt Matthew Baker and the 101st Airborne in day and nighttime missions and claim your place on the leaderboards.
• Homeworld®: Journey to Hiigara Pinball: Use your skills to strategize, build up your fleet, and carry out missions. Fight in huge space battles inspired by the Homeworld games, and use your armada to great effect as you earn jackpots and the high score.

Gearbox® Pinball will be available for $14.99 as a three-pack or as part of Pinball FX’s monthly Pinball Pass subscription, along with more than 70 other tables at launch. Homeworld: Journey to Hiigara Pinball is the only one of the three tables currently playable via Pinball FX early access through the Epic Games Store.

Pinball FX evolves the world’s leading digital pinball brand with stellar original tables as well as many based on entertainment’s biggest brands, allowing players to customize their own 3D dream game room – the Pin Hall – full of collectibles and rewards unlocked by playing the game. Pinball simulation is now powered by Unreal Engine and features Pro Physics, 4K HDR visuals, and ray tracing. In the months and years following Pinball FX’s initial release, players can expect exciting new features – most notably Pinball Royale, a frantically exciting multiplayer action mode incorporating battle royale-style gameplay.

Keep up with the latest updates, weekly challenges and grand tournaments by visiting www.PinballFX.com and following the team on Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

About Zen Studios

Zen Studios is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for all major digital game platforms. Recognized as one of the premier gaming studios in the world, Zen has worked with some of the most iconic entertainment studios, including Lucasfilm, Marvel Entertainment, NBC Universal, Funko and FOX Digital Entertainment.

Zen’s Pinball FX franchise has defined video game pinball excellence since 2007, and critically acclaimed titles like Circus Electrique and Operencia: The Stolen Sun have proven its devotion to creating captivating RPGs. Zen Studios joined Saber Interactive in November 2020. For more information on Zen’s library of titles, visit https://zenstudios.com.

About Gearbox Software

Gearbox Software is a Frisco, Texas-based, award-winning, independent developer of interactive entertainment. It was founded in 1999 by game industry veterans, and its first release was Half-Life: Opposing Force. Since then, the company has become known for successful game franchises including Borderlands, Brothers in Arms, and Battleborn, as well as acquired properties Duke Nukem and Homeworld. For more information, visit www.gearbox.com. The Gearbox Entertainment Company is a proud member of the Embracer Group AB family of companies, which is publicly traded at Nasdaq First North (EMBRAC B).

About Embracer Group

Embracer Group is a parent company of businesses led by entrepreneurs in PC, console, mobile and board games and other related media. The Group has an extensive catalog of over 850 owned or controlled franchises.

With its head office based in Karlstad, Sweden, Embracer Group has a global presence through its eleven operative groups: THQ Nordic, Plaion, Coffee Stain, Amplifier Game Invest, Saber Interactive, DECA Games, Gearbox Entertainment, Easybrain, Asmodee, Dark Horse and Embracer Freemode. The Group has 120 internal game development studios and is engaging more than 12,750 employees and contracted employees in more than 40 countries.

PARIS — Jan. 26, 2023 — Focus Entertainment and Two Horizons are excited to announce that Hotel Renovator, the simulation game where you design the hotel of your dreams, will release on March 7 on PC and later this year on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The wait will soon be over for fans of the genre eagerly anticipating this collaboration between two experts in developing and publishing top simulation experiences. Pre-orders are now open on Steam and will grant access to special in-game items with the “Palace Furniture Set” DLC.

Embrace the endless possibilities

Let your creative instincts run wild in Sandbox Mode, or uncover your grandfather’s past and carry on his legacy in Story Mode, taking matters into your own hands after you inherit a run-down hotel, using smart management and sharp investment to take your hotel on a journey from shabby to glory! From interior architecture to decoration and hospitality, draw upon over 2,000 furniture items and elements to turn your unique vision of hotel design and customer experience into a 5-star business.

Hotel Renovator will offer mod support at launch, giving players endless possibilities to create unique content and share their designs to inspire a vibrant community of renovators! That community will grow to include console players later this year, with a PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S launch scheduled for 2023.

On behalf of Behaviour Interactive, the studio behind the hit horror multiplayer game Dead by Daylight, we’re thrilled to share with you all of the details surrounding the upcoming Meet Your Maker open beta that will be part of Steam NextFest. See below for full details.

Open Beta Details

As part of Steam NextFest, the Meet Your Maker beta will begin on February 6^th at 6am PST/9am EST and last for 7 days, ending on February 13^th at 11:59pm EST. As this playtest is an open beta, any player with a Steam account can jump right in. No pre-registration required. No NDA. No fuss. Just pure fun! Well… as much fun as one can have in a post-apocalyptic future where humanity is on the brink of extinction, that is.

Meet Your Maker’s brutal wasteland welcomed thousands of players during our Fall Closed Playtest, generating tons of amazing community insights for our team. As such, we’re pleased to introduce new features and improvements to this open beta experience. Here are a few of those:

• New social and progression systems: Systems around sharing Outpost and connecting players.
  • Champion Outpost: A curated system which puts forward Outposts that have performed well;
  • Social Raid: The social raid menu will allow players to search for and raid outposts set to the Social active state;
  • Ranking: Players earn Ranking Points by Raiding Outposts and Activating Outposts in the World Map.

• New Building features: Focus on quality of life to build Outposts more efficiently.
  • Drag and Drop: When building, players can quickly place several blocks of the same type all at once;
  • Trap Range Preview: When building, players can trigger a preview showcasing trap range / area of effect;
  • Delete everything: When building, players can delete blocks and other elements all at once.

• Improvements on the following features:
  • Replay system;
  • Burial sites Store;
  • Matchmaking;
  • Onboarding / Tutorial;
  • User Interface;
  • And more!

Watch the NEW Meet Your Maker Open Beta Trailer here!

Register to Be Part of the Meet Your Maker Community

Players interested in getting exclusive content ahead of the open beta along with a first-look at Meet Your Maker updates en route to our April 4^th, 2023 launch can register right here.

***Exclusive Open Beta Early Access***

We’re also reaching out today to offer you and your team the opportunity to get early access to the open beta before it becomes available publicly. You’d be among the first to get your hands on it and have the chance to write a preview of your experience.

If you’re interested in receiving early access, please confirm with us that you agree to an embargo on posting any previews or first-impression articles about the open beta until February 6^th, 6am PST/9am EST. Given the game offers a co-op experience in both building and raiding, if you also require an extra key for a fellow colleague, we’re more than happy to provide you with one. We will add you to our list and share the download keys as soon as they become available next week.

Meet Your Maker – Overview

Meet Your Maker is a post-apocalyptic first-person building-and-raiding game where every level is designed by players for players. Gameplay revolves around the creation and infiltration of stand-alone levels called Outposts. Players will switch between roles as they mastermind devious maze-like Outposts filled with traps and guards, then gear up for methodical fast-paced combat raiding other players’ creations.

The World of Meet Your Maker and Gameplay Features

In this dying world, players take on the role of the Custodian, servant to the Chimera: a living experiment created as a last resort to save life on Earth. They’ll enter a tactical battle for the planet’s most coveted resource and the key to the Chimera’s evolution: pure Genetic Material (GenMat). But acquiring it won’t be easy. Players will need to build and fortify maze-like Outposts that extract and guard the precious GenMat, or infiltrate and outsmart other players’ creations to gather more. With every Outpost in the game built by players, user-generated content is the driving force of the experience.

• Create to Destroy: Builders must create Outposts designed to lure, outwit, and kill trespassing players. To do so, they’ll combine a huge array of customizable blocks, traps, and guards as they strategically construct their deadly masterpiece.
• Outwit to Survive: Players will also need to raid the Outposts created by others. Each Outpost will test their grit, wit, and reflexes as they try to get in, grab the GenMat, and make it out alive. No two Outposts will ever be the same, making for a highly replayable experience.
• Cooperate and Connect: Those looking to play together can combine their creativity and build with a friend or join forces to raid Outposts as a team of two.
• Unlock and upgrade: Players can invest collected GenMat to grow their arsenal of traps, guards, weapons, suits and more.

More details about the game and the latest news can be found at meetyourmakergame.com.

Drop Rate Studio partners with Twin Sails Interactive to publish Wantless, a psychological turn-based tactical RPG in which players fight off the woes and torments inside their patients’ minds

PARIS – Jan. 26, 2023 – Twin Sails Interactive announced today that it has partnered with French independent developer Drop Rate Studio to publish its upcoming game Wantless. This turn-based tactical RPG, releasing in early access in fall 2023, will pit players against their patients’ worst nightmares and woes.

On the cusp of Steam Next Fest, a free demo of Wantless is now available for players to try the game. This demo, featuring over a dozen enemies and bosses, will give players a glimpse of the skill-crafting potential in the game, with several thousand available combinations to play around with in the abilities creation menu.

Discover more about Wantless with its new trailer

Wantless is a fast-paced tactical RPG mixing extensive skill-crafting and challenging turn-based combat. Donning the coat of Eiris, one of the last Transposers, players will have to face horrors made manifest and walk the fine line of morality in a dying world. Players will warp inside their patients’ tormented minds to deal with their woes while trying to preserve their memories, or suffer the consequences.

Each action undertaken by Eiris will empower every enemy in the room. The more the player acts, the more resources their opponents will have, creating a delicate balance of actions. Players must mindfully use the environment to their advantage to even the odds. From carefully placed explosives to pools of noxious poison, there is no ignoring the terrain in this merciless tactical combat.

To prevail, Eiris will have access to a deep skill-forging system, allowing players to modify their skills’ effect, form, range, and more. Specializing in close-combat combos, raining death from afar, or manipulating the battlefield, players can forge their own playstyle, improving it after each run!

“For Wantless publishing, we primarily sought communication and marketing expertise. However, it was also important for us to work with people that understand development and who, like us, would keep the game’s quality as their highest priority,” said Théo Maudet, Founder of Drop Rate Studio. “Twin Sails was exactly what we expected. They’re going above and beyond their publishing mission to act as a considerate extension of the team – supporting us with consistent feedback on game design, production, and organization.”

“When Drop Rate Studio approached us with Wantless, we immediately felt we had uncovered the type of design gem that talented, ingenious indie teams are typically able to create,” explained Nicolas Godement, Managing Director of Twin Sails. “We were seduced by the motivation and passion that shine through the studio’s work, which perfectly match our own culture. We are also delighted to be able to work once again with a French developer and support local independent creators.”

Wantless will release in early access in fall 2023 on PC and is now offering a free Steam demo for every player that wishes to try it out.

To learn more about Twin Sails Interactive, feel free to check: Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and the official website.

About Twin Sails Interactive

Twin Sails Interactive is an international video game publisher, part of the Asmodee Group, an Embracer company since March 2022. Based in Paris, our team of passionate professionals partners with developers to help drive their titles to success. Originally known as a specialist of digital board-game adaptations under the name Asmodee Digital, Twin Sails expands Asmodee’s reach into original, creative titles aimed at a wide audience on PC and consoles. Following the release of the acclaimed Gloomhaven adaptation and the well-received early access launch of Ember Knights, Twin Sails is publishing indie gems Wantless, Innchanted, News Tower and Amberial Dreams, with more yet to be announced.

To learn more: www.twin-sails.com

About Drop Rate Studio

Drop Rate Studio is a French indie game development studio founded by two former industry producers. Our goal is to create unique worlds where players are free to build their characters however they like, and where these creations are put to the test against unforgiving challenges. We want to create games that reward you for spending time with them.

A DARK NARRATIVE ADVENTURE WHERE CHOICES MATTER

Riga, Latvia – January 26th, 2023 – Developer Olafs Osh of SEKTAHOUSE today announced that his handcrafted, fully voice-acted adventure game GRUNND is available now on PC via Steam and GOG.com for 12,49€, 11.39£ and 14.99$. In this bizarre and captivating adventure, inspired by the works of David Lynch and Franz Kafka, you decide how the dialogue progresses throughout the game to unravel the mystery. As much as GRUNND is about its characters, it’s about the protagonist’s introspective journey.

“I’m excited to see how my approach with less focus on puzzles and more on exploration and experiencing the story will be received, and how the players like the world I’ve created for them.” Said Olafs Osh, the developer and director of SEKTAHOUSE.

In GRUNND you find yourself having overslept on the train ride home from work; In a panic, you jump off at the next station and find yourself in Bytown, a seemingly ordinary town just before the sundown. As it happens, you soon find out that the last train back to civilization has just left and you have no other choice but to explore the surroundings.

The people you encounter in Bytown are bizarre, and while some may seem helpful at first, it quickly becomes apparent that many have their own agenda. Realising things aren’t quite as they seem, you come to terms that sleep isn’t in the cards for you this evening.

FEATURES

• RICH STORY. Branching dialogues with different outcomes and stories with multiple endings.
• 100% HANDCRAFTED. All what your eyes will see is 100% handcrafted for GRUNND.
• FULLY VOICED English version of the game. Hear the characters.
• ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK from a British composer Edward Watkins alongside southern vibes from Vudu Sister

ABOUT GRUNND
GRUNND is SEKTAHOUSE’s debut title and combines stunning graphics and a captivating story in an adventure akin to something between a really captivating movie or book and a fever dream. GRUNND is one of six indie titles funded under the Bright Gambit Initiative. Bright Gambit was launched in January 2022 with the aim of supporting small indie developers and studios by helping them to fund their debut titles.

ABOUT SEKTAHOUSE
SEKTAHOUSE is an award-winning one-man game studio from Riga, Latvia. GRUNND is the studio’s debut PC title launching on January 26th.

The new and improved server will reflect community feedback, including tweaks to boosting!

Amsterdam, The Netherlands — January 26, 2023 | Following the positive response to ArcheAge: Unchained’s previous Fresh Start Server, Kakao Games and XLGAMES are delighted to announce the launch of an all-new Fresh Start Server for the beloved MMO title. The new server will be accessible to ArcheAge: Unchained players on February 9 and will include a host of new improvements to server specifications based on user feedback. 

The new server is designed to retain the elements previously praised by ArcheAge: Unchained’s playerbase, while also offering additional nuance and enhancements asked for by users to further ease gear progression. Much like the previous Fresh Server Start, there will be basic boosting buffs for XP as well as Conflict, War, Siege, Quest Honor Points, and Vocation, ultimately allowing access to higher-level content quicker. 

Among the changes in the upcoming Fresh Server Start is an increased loot drop rate, which will rise from 200% to a whopping 300% to help players acquire higher-level gear faster. Unlike the previous server which tailored its boosting specifications to the levelling of Hiram gear, these buffs now also apply to Disciple equipment. In a similar manner, the Double Weekly Quest Event will now expand to aid in the progression of Hiram and Disciple gear alike. 

Free server transfer tickets will also be up for grabs for any players who participate in the existing Fresh Start Server (one per account), with a further offering of graduation rewards, including Bound Lucent Serendipity Stones and Akasch Token Crates for those who successfully transfer their characters to other servers. These will be distributed once the server closes. An operating schedule detailing specific boosting and events will be shared as a separate announcement at a later date. For updates, please visit the official ArcheAge: Unchained website.

In the meantime, players also have an opportunity to earn themselves a Cute Malamute Battle Pet as they prepare for the launch of the new server. By subscribing to the Kakao Games newsletter before February 9, they will receive the trusty sidekick “Striker” to their collection, available via the Web Inventory.

There’s plenty of incentive to join the fun once the Fresh Start Server drops on February 9, with a number of exciting reward boosting events taking place, allowing players to earn even more loot when taking part in the Western/Eastern Hiram Weekly Quest or Abyssal Library Daily Quest. This further extends to those who dare attempt to best the Ipnysh Sanctuary or Noryette Challenge. 

For more information on ArcheAge: Unchained, please visit the official site.You can also follow ArcheAge on Discord and Twitter.

About ArcheAge
ArcheAge is a highly-lauded MMORPG developed by XLGAMES, featuring deep customization of skills and experiences across the mystical land of Erenor. Launched in 2013, ArcheAge has gone on to become a mainstay in the world of MMOs. ArcheAge: Unchained was released in 2019. 

About Kakao Games
Founded in 2016, Kakao Games is a leading publisher of online and mobile games, responsible for releasing titles including Pearl Abyss’ Black Desert Online (serviced in North America and Europe until early 2021), KRAFTON’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (serviced in Korea), MMORPG Elyon, ArcheAge, Survival MOBA Eternal Return (service in North America, Europe and Oceania), Kong Studios’ Guardian Tales (serviced in North America, Europe, Latin America and Oceania), and Moonlight Sculptor (serviced in North America and Europe). 

About XLGAMES
XLGAMES was established in 2003 by Jake Song, the developer behind the classic MMORPG, Lineage. In 2006, it developed XL1, an online racing game, and in 2013, the online MMORPG ArcheAge, currently in service worldwide. In 2019, Moonlight Sculptor was released in Korea, based on the light novel The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor, successfully reiterated into a mobile game. Moonlight Sculptor was released globally in 2021. XLGAMES has a vision of linking the beginning and the end of RPG games, and hopes to achieve its mission of enriching lives through its games.

Today, Microsoft announced the next wave of titles coming to Xbox Game Pass for Console, Cloud and PC libraries this month. Upcoming additions include:

Week of January 23:

• Hi-Fi Rush, Available Now (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• GoldenEye 007, January 27 (Cloud and Console)

Week of January 30:

• Roboquest (Game Preview), January 30 (Console)
• Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, January 31 (Cloud and Console)
• Inkulinati (Game Preview), January 31 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle R, January 31 (Cloud, Console, PC)
• Darkest Dungeon, February 2 (Cloud, Console, and PC)
• Grid Legends, February 2 (Cloud)

Week of February 6:

• Hot Wheels Unleashed – Game of the Year Edition, February 7 (Cloud, Console, and PC)

For more information, including news about other titles and the latest Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks, head over to Xbox Wire.

Sofia, Bulgaria / Sydney, Australia, January 26^th, Anno Domini 2023: Your Excellency, we have great news to share: The people have shown their appreciation for your leadership, as evidenced by the accolades and praise they have bestowed upon you!

The release of Knights of Honor II: Sovereign in December 2022 has been met with widespread acclaim from both critics and players. We invite you to view the new accolades trailer to see the positive feedback for yourself. Moreover, as a special treat, we have arranged for you to have an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the game’s soundtrack.

Check out the Accolades Trailer on YouTube:

The Making of Video on YouTube:

If you want to deep-dive into every aspect of the game, check out our Dev-Streams on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Wvt5EO

Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is out now on PC.
Get it on Steam: https://thqn.net/koh2-steam

Get it on GOG.com: https://thqn.net/koh2-gog

We are also excited to announce that Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is ready to be played on GeForce Now — giving gamers instant access to GeForce PC performance, on nearly any device.

About Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Choose your kingdom and be the king as you wrestle over control of Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Knights of Honor II: Sovereign includes all the depth players desire while being the gateway game to the grand strategy genre, presenting the world as a living, breathing miniature, alive and ripe for the taking. Choose your royal court carefully and determine the destiny of your people, be it riches, conquest, intrigue, trade, or defeat! Raise armies to defend your lands or take war to the enemy – even jump into battle directly in action-packed RTS combat. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people.

Features:

• Accessible Grand Strategy – From religion to city development, experience exciting depth with better approachability than ever
• Real-Time Gameplay – Medieval Europe comes alive, no turns needed
• Royal Court – Appoint Marshalls, Clerics, Merchants, Diplomats, and Spies to exert your will across the land
• RTS Battles – Directly lead your armies in riveting RTS combat
• Robust Multiplayer – Join with multiple friends to take on the challenges of medieval Europe

Notes for Editors: Review codes for Knights of Honor II: Sovereign are now available, please get in touch with us to request yours!

About Black Sea Games

Black Sea Games® Ltd. is an independent game development company based in Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in November 2016. Their mission is to create hard-core games that will entertain you over and over again. Black Sea Games believes the best gaming experiences are coming from challenging the players with meaningful choices, while giving them the freedom to create (and share) their own in-game stories. Whether it is a “sandbox” or an “open world”, these are just words. You would know they did their job right, when you feel like: “Ah,… just one more hour”.

Black Sea Games Website

About THQ Nordic

The THQ Nordic official boiler plate can be found here: https://thqnordic.com/company/about

THQ Nordic Website

Sydney, Australia, January 26^th, 2023 – Fight the root of all evil – on the go! Remnant: From the Ashes comes to the Nintendo Switch on March 21^st, 2023. Available for purchase at AU$ 59.95.

Explore dynamically-generated worlds that change each time you play through them. Each of the game’s four unique worlds is filled with monstrous denizens and environments that will provide fresh challenges with each playthrough. Adapt and explore – or die trying. The hostile environments will greet you with tough-as-nails enemies and epic bosses. Slay the monsters, earn experience, grab the loot and upgrade materials to prepare and approach each encounter in dozens of unique ways.

Remnant: From the Ashes is coming to Nintendo Switch™ on March 21^st, 2023, and is already available for PC, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X.

About Remnant: From the Ashes
The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.

• Explore dynamically-generated worlds that change each time you play through them, creating new maps, enemy encounters, quest opportunities, and in-world events.
• Overcome enemies and epic bosses to earn experience, valuable loot and upgrade materials you can use to build a wicked arsenal of weapons, armour, and modifications.
• Team up with up to two other players to increase your chances of survival. Teamwork is necessary to make it through the game’s toughest challenges… and unlock its greatest rewards.

About THQ Nordic

The THQ Nordic official boiler plate can be found here: https://thqnordic.com/company/about

THQ Nordic Website

Today at the Developer_Direct, Xbox and Bethesda development teams showcased extended gameplay and revealed key information for some of the games coming to Xbox, PC and Game Pass, including Forza Motorsport, Minecraft Legends, Redfall, and the next chapter reveal for The Elder Scrolls Online. 

In addition, we surprised fans with the announcement – and launch – of an unexpected and new game from Tango Gameworks, Hi-Fi RUSH, a rhythm-action game that is now available through Game Pass on Xbox Series X/S and PC.

To dedicate the proper amount of time for a deep dive into Bethesda Game Studios’ Starfield, a standalone show is in the works. In addition to this, our teams are working hard and look forward to sharing even more of what is next for our fans when we return to Los Angeles for our Showcase this Winter.

For full details, please visit Xbox Wire or Bethesda.net.

HI-FI RUSH – AVAILABLE NOW 

Tango Gameworks surprised viewers with the announcement and launch of a never-before-seen game – Hi-Fi RUSH. Unlike anything previously released by Tango Gameworks, Hi-Fi RUSH is an over-the-top, single-player rhythm action game in which the entire world moves to the beat. 

Players take on the role of Chai, a free-spirited slacker with rockstar ambitions whose music player is fused in his chest. Chai must defend himself through rhythmic combat featuring licensed tracks from iconic rock bands including Nine Inch Nails and The Black Keys, with the help of a motley crew of allies. 

Hi-Fi RUSHis availableNOW through Game Pass on Xbox Series X|S and PC, as well as through the Microsoft Store, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. 

MINECRAFT LEGENDS – LAUNCHING APRIL 18

Mojang Studios, in partnership with Blackbird Interactive, announced that the upcoming action-strategy game Minecraft Legends will release on Tuesday, April 18! Within the story-driven campaign, players can explore a world filled with treasures and perils, reunite with familiar mobs, meet new mysterious characters, and strategize with allies in epic battles against the piglins. Minecraft Legends will also introduce a PvP mode where two teams of up to four players each work together to collect resources, build a base, and lay siege to the opposing team’s forces. Minecraft Legends will release on Tuesday, April 18 on Xbox Game Pass, PC Game Pass, Windows 11/10 PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5|4, Steam, and Nintendo Switch.

REDFALL – LAUNCHING MAY 2

Arkane Austin pulled back the cloak on Redfall, with new, extended gameplay showcasing the open world, the wicked vampires (including a sneak peek at the mighty Vampire Gods), player customization, psychic Vampire Nests, and much more.

And the best part: Arkane’s story-driven first-person shooter hits on May 2, bringing single- and multi-player vampire hunting to the bloody streets of Redfall, Mass. Redfall will be available through Game Pass for Xbox Series X/S and PC.

THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE: NECROM – LAUNCHING IN JUNE

ZeniMax Online Studios revealed the key details ESO players have been waiting for about this year’s massive Chapter update. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom, launching this June, will return players to the alien lands of Morrowind, to adventure in the unexplored eastern regions. The Chapter will also introduce fans’ most requested feature: a new playable class, the Arcanist. The Arcanist will bring new abilities and mechanics and marks only the third new class introduced since the game launched.

ZOS also announced, starting today and for a limited time, a free trial for ESO Plus, which will make all past Chapters (excluding High Isle) and past DLC available to any players with the ESO base game, including those playing through Game Pass. The Elder Scrolls Online: Necrom will launch on PC/Mac, as well as Xbox and PlayStation consoles this June.

FORZA MOTORSPORT – LAUNCHING 2023

Turn 10 Studios showed how they’re making Forza Motorsport look, sound and feel real – through its cars, tracks and audio – all while delivering a generational leap in fidelity, immersion and realism. Forza Motorsport is the most technically advanced and authentic racing game the team has ever made; built to take full advantage of the Xbox Series X|S consoles. Forza Motorsport is coming to Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox Game Pass including console, PC and Cloud Gaming (Beta) this year, featuring an incredible new online racing mode and all-new car building focused single-player career.