Watch the all-new trailer from today’s Nintendo Indie World showcase!
PARIS — April 19, 2023 — Focus Entertainment and developer Rundisc are thrilled to announce that their upcoming title Chants of Sennaar, an enchanting indie puzzle adventure game, will release on Sept. 5, 2023. The date was revealed as part of a new trailer in today’s Nintendo Indie World presentation, featuring a small snippet of fresh gameplay. The team is also excited to reveal that the game will be available on PlayStation and Xbox platforms at launch, in addition to PC and Nintendo Switch.
Divided since the dawn of time, the Peoples of the Tower no longer speak to each other. But it is said that one day, a Traveler will find the wisdom to break down the walls and restore the Balance. Discover and explore an enthralling world in a colorful, poetic setting inspired by the myth of Babel, where men have forgotten their past. Travel the endless steps of a prodigious labyrinth, uncover an ominous truth, and unveil the mysteries of this fascinating city where ancient languages are both the lock and the key.
Embark on a captivating journey with ancient languages to decipher and a soul-stirring soundtrack to guide you when Chants of Sennaar releases on September 5. The game is available to wishlist now on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, Xbox, Epic Games Store and Steam.
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With Rockay City experiencing a massive power vacuum in the criminal underground Travis Baker is ready to make the city his own even if it means taking on numerous other gang leaders and the police to do it. With heists, turf wars, and managing Travis’ criminal enterprise, Crime Boss: Rockay City’s celebrity cast is in for a rude awakening.
Crime Boss: Rockay City is an organized crime game combining first-person shooter action and turf wars, playable solo or with friends. Take on the role of Travis Baker – a man with his sights set on becoming the new King of Rockay City, one crime at a time…
Crime Boss Rockay City Developer: INGAME STUDIOS Publisher: 505 Games Platform: Windows, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 (coming soon) Release Date: 29th, March 2023
Not Recommended – “Crime Boss: Rockay City has some potential but lack of polish across the board combined with repetitive gameplay does more harm than its poorly included celebrity cast could ever help.”
London (April 19, 2023) During today’s Monster Hunter™ Rise: Sunbreak Digital Event, the valiant knight Dame Fiorayne announced Free Title Update 5 arrives on April 20, 2023 for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. This update features two challenging new monsters to face, including Risen Shagaru Magala and the Looming Calamity itself, Amatsu. Alongside these imposing combatants, the Anomaly Investigations level cap has been increased, two Risen Elder Dragons will be added to Anomaly Research Quests, an update is coming to the Melding Pot, new Special Investigations were unveiled, and even more Event Quests are on the way.
Amatsu is a fearsome Elder Dragon that bends the weather to its will, and when confronted is capable of summoning storms and lightning strikes that are rumored to have wiped a city completely off the map. As if a god of destruction was not enough for Kamura’s “The Fierce” to handle, Risen Shagaru Magala has managed to use its overwhelming power to dominate the Qurio, infecting it to achieve an even more fearsome form. Amatsu will be available from MR10, and Risen Shagaru Magala will be unlocked at MR180. Hunters able to topple these towering tormentors will be rewarded with materials and components to craft new gear complete with unique skills.
In addition to contending with these titans, hunters are also able to tackle two additional Risen Elder Dragons in Anomaly Research Quests, and face even more challenges with the new Anomaly Investigation level cap of 300. All of the afflicted materials from these hunts can be used at the Melding Pot with the new “Qurious Melding” feature that allows for even more skill customization. You’ll want a perfected loadout before attempting the new Special Investigations that unlock after completing an Anomaly Investigation at level 300. These Special Investigations feature monsters with a variety of power-ups including increased strength and more far-reaching attacks.
More Event Quests are also on the way, offering various rewards including poses, the Bloodmalice Layered Armor, the Buff Body Layered Armor, and even Lagombi Ears. The new “Monster & Elgado Music: Chill Version” paid BGM pack offers an assortment of laid back songs for hunters to relax and study the blade to. There are also other new paid DLC options for face paint, layered armor, hairstyles, and more! The voices of Sir Jae and Oboro the Merchant will be made available to hunters, alongside the hairstyle of the one and only genius scientist, Bahari.
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak will release for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, PlayStation®5, and PlayStation®4 on April 28, 2023. At launch it will contain content up to Free Title Update 3 (Ver.13), which includes harrowing encounters such as Chaotic Gore Magala. Ver.14 and onward will be made available after Summer 2023, so keep an eye out for more updates!
About Capcom
Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1983, the company has created hundreds of games, including groundbreaking franchises Resident Evil™, Monster Hunter™, Street Fighter™, Mega Man™, Devil May Cry™ and Ace Attorney™. Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Tokyo, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. More information about Capcom and its products can be found at www.capcom.com or news.capcomusa.com.
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Early access launch includes two expansive regions to explore
LOS ANGELES – April 19, 2023 –Survival: Fountain of Youth, the single-player survival game set in the 16th-century Caribbean islands from developer Odinsoft and publisher Twin Sails Interactive, makes landfall with its Steam Early Access launch for Windows PC today. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions will dock at port alongside the full future 1.0 launch.
What started as Juan Ponce de Leon’s legendary 16th-century expedition for the Fountain of Youth leads to waking up disoriented on an unfamiliar island after a terrible storm. Shipwrecked and stranded with limited resources, get to work securing shelter, scavenging food and water, and staying healthy as diseases and predators loom.
Create a base of operations to store materials and craft tools before adventuring outward. Search for points of interest and clues relating to both the missing crewmembers and the mysterious civilization that once called these islands home. Could the Fountain of Youth lie here somewhere?
Traverse two expansive regions in the early access version of Survival: Fountain of Youth, with plans for two major content updates adding new regions and islands during early access, and a fifth region arriving at the 1.0 and console launch.
Scour for materials to assemble an arsenal of weapons and tools from simple spears to gunpowder muskets, transform basic lean-tos into cozy cabins, and develop skills to spend survival points that unlock valuable perks. Surviving and escaping the islands requires careful planning and preparation, with wild animals and tropical storms throwing a spanner in the works.
Set sail on a range of seafaring ships to explore new islands and locations. Start with a primitive raft before upgrading to capable Spanish vessels that cut through waves. Use ships as a floating base or set up camps on different islands to facilitate longer exploration missions to uncover secrets and clues related to the story experience. Survival: Fountain of Youth encourages both player-defined adventuring and story-driven questing, allowing everyone to play at their own pace.
The teams at Odinsoft and Twin Sails Interactive are huge fans of the survival genre and the specific setting and story of Survival: Fountain of Youth. In understanding the complexity of choices and interactions they aim to offer players, both teams are eager to launch the game in early access to fine-tune the experience and improve the game based on player feedback. Today’s launch represents the beginning of a journey. Content and features will be added regularly, and bugs will be resolved as they are discovered. Working together with the playerbase and community, Odinsoft and Twin Sails Interactive look forward to receiving precious feedback during early access and will implement ideas and concepts introduced by conversations with the community.
“Survival: Fountain of Youth blends a historical setting with open-ended survival mechanics to create a challenging and rewarding experience for those that love exploration,” said Stas Ignatov, Head of Publishing, Odinsoft. “Entering early access is an adventure unto itself, and we look forward to embarking on this journey with players today on Steam!”
Survival: Fountain of Youth is now available on Steam Early Access for Windows PC for 20.69 USD / 17.38 GBP / 30.22 AUD after a 10% launch discount available through April 26 (22.99 USD / 19.32 GBP / 33.58 AUD before discount). Survival: Fountain of Youth features English, French, German, Russian, and Simplified Chinese language support.
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 AA titles such as Survival: Fountain of Youth, indie gems Wantless, Innchanted, News Tower and Amberial Dreams, with more yet to be announced.
Odinsoft is an independent game development studio based in Los Angeles, Calif., with development offices in Turkey. Composed of numerous game-industry veterans, Odinsoft seeks to create highly immersive experiences for players across the globe. Survival: Fountain of Youth is Odinsoft’s debut title.
For more information about Odinsoft, please visit the official website.
Take a look at Sunsoft’s upcoming releases for 2023 in a new livestream broadcast tomorrow
Nagoya, Japan -–April 19, 2023 — Sunsoft is back with even bigger plans in 2023, and you can get a glimpse at what the legendary team has in store soon. Sunsoft is pulling back the curtain on its upcoming releases in a new digital showcase airing April 20, 2023, on the official Sunsoft YouTube channel with Vtuber Sunsoft Nosuke as your host.
2022 was the year of Sunsoft’s resurrection after years of silence, and 2023 is shaping up to be even busier. To start, Sunsoft will be sharing more information on their upcoming release of the iconic NES platformer Gimmick and the standalone release of its equally iconic soundtrack.
Additionally, Sunsoft will preview two more upcoming games during the broadcast
The Sunsoft broadcast will air live at 7 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on April 20, 2023, but you can also catch the VOD recording with support for English captions at any time.
Live streaming in Japanese will be held at 3:00 pm (JST) on Apr 20. English version will be released at 6:00 am (PST):
About SUNSOFT
SUNSOFT is the video game division of Japanese electronics manufacturer SUNCORPORATION, established in 1971. In October 1978, SUNSOFT began to develop video games in arcades with two titles, Block Challenger and Block Perfect. We had several arcade hits in the early 1980s such as Arabian, Ikki and Kangaroo. On July 25, 1985 we released the first Famicom (NES) title Super Arabian in Japan under the SUNSOFT brand. SUNSOFT is known for being a retro-game developer and publisher of such titles as Gimmick! , Blaster Master, Spy Hunter , BATMAN , Tripwprld , Uforia the Saga, etc. For more information, visit sunsoft.jp/en and follow us on Twitter. (@sunsoftgames) https://twitter.com/sunsoftgames
Unleash the power of the beat in this fast-paced rhythm-action FPS featuring dazzling firefights, an original multi-genre soundtrack, and custom music gameplay!
STOCKHOLM – April 19, 2023 – Indie developer Jaw Drop Games and publisher Raw Fury are ready to hit play on a musical uprising! GUN JAM, the fast-paced, rhythm-action first-person shooter where you’ve gotta blast, dash and kick to the beat to survive, is out today on PC via Steam for $19.99, with a bonus 10% limited-time launch discount making it $17.99 until April 26. Groove out to action-packed firefights with unique beat-matching mechanics synced to a multi-genre original soundtrack – or import your favorite music and create your own custom beatmaps to play along to!
Inspired by classic retro shooters and arcade games, GUN JAM delivers over-the-top rhythm action featuring a variety of characters with distinct abilities and vibrant maps that sync to the music. Rack up high scores with an array of powerful weapons against hordes of challenging enemies and bosses, all set to a high-energy soundtrack running the gamut from EDM to heavy metal to trap, or whatever mix you import from your personal music library.
Key Features
Survive dazzling firefights synced to an original, multi-genre soundtrack of EDM, heavy metal, and trap.
Import your favorite music and shoot to the beat of your own custom gameplay soundtracks! Use GUN JAM’s music importer* to create personalized beatmaps and play along to whatever tunes you like on any map.
Master GUN JAM’s signature beat-pattern mechanic – shoot, dash, kick and rocket jump to the beat against waves of foes to claim the high score.
Play as different characters, each with their own unique attributes and Overdrive ability.
Dish out heavy damage with powerful weapons like the Railgun, Double-Barrel Shotgun, Rocket Launcher and Plasma Rifle.
Take on hordes of challenging enemies and bosses featuring distinct attacks and behaviors.
GUN JAM VR, a deeply immersive spin on the core GUN JAM experience, is also available now on Meta Quest 2.
*GUN JAM supports MP3, WAV, FLAC and OGG files.
Warning: GUN JAM contains flashing images. If you experience epileptic seizures or blackouts when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights, please immediately stop playing and consult a doctor.
About Jaw Drop Games
Jaw Drop Games is an independent game studio based in the U.K. and a collective of experienced, award-winning game development professionals. We blend AAA production values with independent originality and creativity. Our goal is to create games with jaw-dropping moments.
Raw Fury is a boutique indie (un)publisher founded in 2015 by Jonas Antonsson, Gordon Van Dyke, and David Martinez. We don’t care about genres or mechanics. We care about experiences and emotions. We want to help developers make magic.
The campaign to save humanity begins, and a new hero emerges inAge of Darkness: Final Stand’sbiggest update yet.
Melbourne, Australia – 11PM AEST 19 April, 2023– The fight for humanity begins today with PlaySide Studios and Team17 releasing Flames of Retribution, the latest – and largest – update for the critically-acclaimed dark fantasy survival real-time strategy game, Age of Darkness: Final Stand.
Flames of Retribution includes: Act I and Act II of Final Stand, the game’shighly-anticipated and long-awaited campaign mode; a new hero for The Order in Survival Mode, Merek; alongside new Survival Mode improvements. In Flames of Retribution,players will cast back The Veil to reveal secrets of the grim, dark world of Erodar across the prologue and seven engaging campaign missions, confronting monsters both human and Nightmare in the process.
Watch our thrilling launch trailer now
Additionally, PlaySide Studios and Team17 are pleased to announce the follow-up content update, Exile’s Return will launch later this year. This upcoming content update will include the world-shattering conclusion of the campaign and addition of an aggressive new Survival Mode hero.
Read the full patch notes here, check out a new showcase trailer for Merek, and read breakdown of his hard-hitting abilities below:
Drinks on Me! (Level 1): Merek’s passive Skill is unlocked from Level 1. Drinks on Me! will activate once Merek takes enough damage, whereby he will then heal allies around him for 5% of his maximum HP. When Merek’s Ultimate, Holy Protector, is active, Drinks on Me! will also heal Merek.
Crushing Weight (Level 2): At Level 2, Merek leaps into action with his active Skill, Crushing Weight. This Skill gives Merek the ability to jump forward, slamming into the ground to damage and stun enemies within an Area of Effect radius. Merek also regains armour for each Nightmare slain, scaling per level.
Halberd Hurricane (Level 4): Merek comes in like a destructive force at Level 4 with Halberd Hurricane! The Bolstering Might sweeps his Halberd in a 360 degree arc, damaging all units in the area. There is also a chance to proc Drinks on Me! when he kills an enemy using this skill. Halberd Hurricane can be used multiple times in quick succession and the amount of uses that can be stored increases as Merek levels up. The time it takes for each use to be stored also reduced with each level.
Holy Protector (Level 6): At Level 6, Merek gains the ability to buff and support his loyal comrades with Holy Protector. When this Skill is activated, Merek temporarily grants nearby allies Armour equal to his maximum and recovers it to that maximum if it has been damaged – this applies even to units that don’t ordinarily have Armour. While Merek’s Ultimate is active, Drink’s on Me! also restores health to Merek. Holy Protector also buffs Merek’s other skills by temporarily increasing the area of effect.
Currently in Steam Early Access, Age of Darkness: Final Stand features proprietary SwarmTech technology allowing over 70,000 enemies – the Nightmares – to be rendered on screen simultaneously, as they try to overcome player’s attempts to defend humanity’s last vestiges of hope.
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is available in Early Access on Steam now for USD$21.99 / AUD$31.95. Flames of Retribution is free for all owners of Age of Darkness: Final Stand.
PlaySide Studios Limited is Australia’s largest publicly listed video game developer. It provides titles in a range of categories, including self-published games based on original intellectual property and game development services in collaboration with studios such as Take-Two Interactive, Activision Blizzard, Meta, Disney, Pixar, Warner Bros, and Nickelodeon. The company’s portfolio consists of 60 titles that are delivered across 4 platforms, which include mobile, virtual reality, augmented reality, and PC. The company was incorporated in 2011, is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, and is headquartered in Port Melbourne, Australia
About Team17 Digital:
Founded in 1990, Team17 Digital is a leading developer, video games label, and creative partner for developers around the world. Part of Team17 Group plc, which floated on AIM in 2018, Team17 Digital has an extensive portfolio comprised of over 120 titles, and fully encapsulates the spirit of independent games. Team17 Digital’s portfolio of multi-award-winning and award-nominated in-house brands include Hell Let Loose, Golf With Your Friends, The Escapists, and the iconic Worms franchise, alongside its games label partner titles, including the award-winning games Blasphemous, Greak: Memories of Azur, and Overcooked! franchise.
With the Closed Beta Test approaching and the release of the game on June 16th, it’s time for players to get to know more about the intricate mechanics involved in creating and managing a park in Park Beyond.
After discovering the campaign of the game, its colourful cast, and the mind-boggling concept of impossification, this new trailer will dive into all the possibilities and resources at the hands of the players to make their business a success. How do shops and their inventory work? What are the visitor’s needs? How about staff? All in-depth management functions are accessible in specific tabs to keep an eye on, for a safe, fun and profitable park!
Start planning your dream park by watching the trailer here:
Creativity is also in the spotlight using your imagination and the thousands of assets provided in Park Beyond. Players looking to make their inspiration come to life, can access the Sandbox mode, create a custom game and get to work with building and decorating. Each creation can be saved and reused in future parks and contributes to the atmosphere with customized colours, light and even music! The layout of the land is also under the players’ control with terraforming and tunnelling giving an extra dimension to the parks and even rides.
Management magnates, creative visioneers or a bit of both, all playstyles can thrive in Park Beyond.
Park Beyond will release on June 16th for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Register now for the Closed Beta Test starting May 9th: https://bnent.eu/BetaPB
The Last Journey Edition includes all DLCs, including the Better Save Soul expansion, launching simultaneously on consoles
SEATTLE — 18 April 2023 —Graveyard Keeper, the dark comedy cemetery management sim from developer Lazy Bear Games and publisher tinyBuild, sends souls off with the Last Journey Edition, which includes the base game plus all DLCs on Playstation 4 and Xbox One today. The Better Save Soul expansion also cleanses sins simultaneously on consoles today.
A critically acclaimed, cult classic title since its launch in 2018, Graveyard Keeper’s Last Journey Edition celebrates the franchise by combining all of its previously released content plus the Better Save Soul DLC, now available to consoles, into one bundle, perfect for long-time fans or players looking for a new (and incredibly funny!) experience.
Awaken with bloodshot eyes and a foggy head, surrounded by raunchy townspeople in an unfamiliar medieval land as their newest… Graveyard Keeper? Brush up on some average everyday embalming, tombstone creation, and lot management. Make critical decisions with incredibly relatable ethical implications, like harvesting the organs from bountiful corpses and selling them to the local butcher for some extra dough.
Modify and upgrade zombies’ organs with the previously released Breaking Dead DLC, while trying a hand on how to run a tavern with Stranger Sins. Face the vampire terrorizing a peaceful village (or live to become a snack) with the Game of Crone expansion, bringing more horrible secrets, and allowing players to create their own refugee camps in hours of brand new gameplay.
Save souls for the sake of The Ancient Contract (and personal gain) in the Better Save Soul DLC. Help a shady new friend named Euric remove the shards of sin from his soul in return for the invaluable knowledge of remote workbench management to maximize mortuary efficiency.
“The cemetery beckons for new employees, so we’re looking forward to adding PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players to our Graveyard Keeper roster,” said Nikita Kulaga, Co-Founder, Lazy Bear Games, “We hope these new-hires pick up their shovels and enjoy our otherworldly mix of the stranger side of the medieval times, raunchy and playful dark humor, and compelling management sim.”
Graveyard Keeper Last Journey Edition launches on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One today. It includes the base game plus Breaking Dead, Stranger Sins, Game of Crone and Better Save Souls DLCs for USD $49.99. The Better Save Souls can be purchased separately for USD $9.99. It supports English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Spanish – Spain, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Italian, and Polish languages. Graveyard Keeper and all DLCs are already available on PC via Steam. Starting today until Tuesday, 25 April, Steam users will enjoy a 80% discount on all Graveyard Keeper-related products.
tinyBuild is a global video game publisher and developer focused on creating long-lasting, sustainable franchises across multiple media formats. Responsible for over 70 titles including Hello Neighbor, Graveyard Keeper, and Potion Craft, the company has a dozen development studios spread across the US, EU, Serbia, and Ukraine.
About Lazy Bear Games
Lazy Bear Games is an international studio based in Lithuania, founded 13 years ago as a ‘Game Jam’ Studio! In this time, they’ve created 3 beloved IPs, Graveyard Keeper, Swag and Sorcery, and Punch Club!
