The Talent Behind Calvin and Faye | Main Voice Cast Revealed

12 August 2026, Kyiv, Ukraine | Today, Frogwares has released a new game overview trailer for The Sinking City 2, its upcoming Lovecraftian survival horror game launching on August 18, 2026, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

The new trailer offers a narrated tour through the world of The Sinking City 2, introducing its dark Lovecraftian setting and the horrors lurking beneath the surface. Step into Arkham, a flooded and decaying city now overrun by monsters, and discover the story of Calvin and Faye, as well as the reasons driving Calvin to remain in a place everyone else has abandoned. 

Along the way, the trailer dives into the game’s core gameplay, showing how tense survival horror and investigation come together as players explore Arkham, uncover its mysteries, and fight to stay alive.  A deeper look at combat is also highlighted, with an understanding that resources are scarce and ammo is precious.

Store Pages and Social Links: https://link.frogwares.com/tsc2

Meet the Voices of Arkham

At the heart of The Sinking City 2 are two characters whose stories are deeply intertwined with Arkham and its growing nightmare. Bringing them to life are Andrew Wheildon-Dennis and Gemma Elizabeth Whelan, who lend their voices to Calvin Rafferty and Faye Bennett respectively.

Andrew Wheildon-Dennis takes on the role of Calvin Rafferty, a man who finds himself drawn deeper into Arkham’s mysteries as the city descends further into chaos. His credits include Baldur’s Gate III, The Invincible, 007 First Light, Blue Prince and Dragon’s Dogma III, among others. The bold and highly intelligent character of Faye Bennett is voiced by Gemma Elizabeth Whelan, best known for her role as Yara Greyjoy in Game of Thrones. Whelan has also brought her talents to major games, including Elden Ring, Mass Effect: Andromeda and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III.

About The Sinking City 2

The Sinking City 2 is set in a Lovecraftian vision of 1920s America, in the infamous city of Arkham. A supernatural flood has driven out all but the most deranged residents, leaving decay and eldritch horrors that roam the streets. Step into the role of Calvin Rafferty, an occult adventurer whose cavalier actions have led to devastating consequences. After a dreaming ritual goes wrong, his girlfriend, Faye, is left trapped in a mysterious sleep. Now Calvin must navigate the drowned streets of a derelict city in a desperate attempt to bring her back. On his quest, he’ll come face-to-face with a plague of otherworldly creatures, the Slither, who possess and twist the dead into lethal, walking puppets.Game Features

• Fight to Survive: Use an arsenal of 1920s-inspired weapons to fight against Eldritch abominations.
• Explore The Decaying City of Arkham: A world of rotting apartments, flooded markets, and abandoned hospitals that you’ll explore by foot and by boat. 
• Find and Use What You Can: Scrounge for limited resources and balance a finite inventory as you decide what to bring and what to leave behind.
• Choose to Investigate Further: Explore your surroundings more deeply and solve optional cases and puzzles to uncover secrets, upgrades, and lore.
• A Twisted Lovecraftian Tale: Experience a captivating and morally gray story of personal loss, woven through the Lovecraftian mythos of occultism and incomprehensible creatures 

ABOUT FROGWARES

Founded in 2000, Frogwares is an independent game development studio based in Ukraine and Ireland. We are behind the Sherlock Holmes series and a Lovecraftian detective-horror game series, The Sinking City. Thanks to the work of our talented team of artists and programmers, our games are available for all major platforms, including PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC, and Nintendo Switch

London, United Kingdom & Tokyo, Japan (12^th August 2026) – Today, a new video in Nintendo’s ‘Creator’s Voice’ series was released featuring interviews with some of the creative minds behind the upcoming Nintendo Switch™ 2 exclusive Orbitals. Developed by Tokyo-based developer Shapefarm, and published by video game publisher and creative studio Kepler Interactive, Orbitals is the highly anticipated upcoming intergalactic co-op adventure inspired by classic retro anime, launching on 3^rd September 2026.

Watch ‘Orbitals – Creator’s Voice (Nintendo Switch 2)’ here:

Today’s video features new behind-the-scenes insight from Shapefarm’s Creative Director Marcos Ramos and Game Director Jakob Lundgren, plus Storyboard Director Hidetoshi Yoshida.

Orbitals will launch exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2 on 3^rd September and is available to pre-order now. A physical edition will launch alongside the digital edition of the game, and fans can also purchase the Digital Deluxe edition, which includes additional bonuses. For more information about Orbitals, follow the game’s official social channels or sign up for the newsletter at www.orbitalsgame.com.

About Shapefarm: 

Shapefarm is a Tokyo-based studio comprised of an international team of creative talent turning dreams into games.

United by a deep love of classic Japanese visual design and storytelling, the studio’s first original project, Orbitals, embodies the studios’ passion for creating enduring and universally resonant experiences crafted with the highest level of artistry.

About Kepler Interactive:  

Kepler Interactive is a video game company and creative studio headquartered in London. With games like Pacific Drive, Sifu, Rematch and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kepler curates its partnerships with developers worldwide to showcase some of the newest and most brilliant ideas in gaming that combine experimental game design with unique art direction. 

Alongside its game portfolio, Kepler’s creative studio seeks to bring games to life in areas such as art, fashion, music, architecture and design through development of lifestyle products and collaborations with artists like fashion designer Robyn Lynch. Kepler explores the creative spaces that inspire games and the people who make them – challenging perspectives and elevating the medium to a new level. 

About Nintendo:

Nintendo Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, has been providing a wide range of entertainment products and experiences since its founding in 1889, beginning with the manufacture and sale of Hanafuda playing cards. Since the 1983 release of the Family Computer (Famicom) system in Japan, and continuing through Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo’s focus has been the development, manufacturing, and sale of its gaming systems and software. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 6.1 billion video games and over 870 million hardware units globally, and has created franchises such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, The Legend of Zelda™, Pokémon™, Metroid™, Kirby™, Animal Crossing™, Pikmin™, and Splatoon™. Nintendo’s continuing mission is to create reasons to choose Nintendo for unique, family-friendly entertainment that puts smiles on the faces of everyone it touches.

A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Frankfurt, Germany, serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in Europe. For more information about Nintendo of Europe, please visit the company’s website at https://www.nintendo.com/eu.

Grace Tao died 3 years ago. This is her quiet ghost story. 

VANCOUVER – August 12, 2026 – Remaining Grace, an intimate non-linear ghost story about chosen family, human connections, and the mosaic of quiet moments that bind them, is set to release on PC and Mac via Steam. This is the debut project from developer ambedo studios, formed by the Lead Designer of Dreamfall Chapters, Quintin Pan. Remaining Grace will also be playable for the first time at PAX West 2026!

Explore the untold ghost story of Grace Tao through the interconnected lives of those she left behind. Piece together a non-linear mosaic of lives and relationships, and unravel the mystery surrounding Grace’s death across three time periods. Through the eyes and perspectives of a diverse ensemble, explore a multi-layered tale that delves into a beautiful mess of complex relationships and chosen family.

Grace’s ghost shifts bodies through physical contact. Guide her spirit across a constellation of relationships: her Chinese immigrant parents, her adopted sister, the father of her child, her dad’s new wife, and the childhood bestie that never got over her. Roam with Grace’s spirit through parks, tea houses, and her childhood home while exploring the intricacies of this ghostly world. Conveyed through a pencil sketch art style, the world of Turtle Island is an alternate-history North America that was never colonized. In this timeline, Christopher Columbus failed in his westward mission, and we re-imagine a multi-cultural Turtle Island where the ethnic mix of Indigenous and diaspora live under a very different set of cultural norms from our world.

“Our goal is to create an intimate, raw, and honest exploration of complex lived experiences, and use an alternate-history setting to ask pointed and provocative questions,” said Quintin Pan, Creative Director at ambedo studios. “Remaining Grace is the culmination of our immigrant stories, our Indigenous stories, our wrestlings with faith, race, gender, and culture all into a complex non-linear narrative tapestry for the player to unfold.”

Remaining Grace will release on PC and Mac via Steam. A hands-on demo will be playable at PAX West as part of the PAX Rising booth! Follow ambedo studios on X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Bluesky, and subscribe to the official YouTube and Twitch channels for the latest updates. 

About ambedo studios

ambedo studios is an indie arthouse studio focused on creating heartfelt, interactive narrative experiences. Based in Vancouver, Canada, on the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, the team hails from a wide range of cultures, ethnicities, and faiths, and aims to tell the untold stories of lived experiences that are often overlooked on our screens and pages.

Experience hard-hitting, fast-paced brawling inspired by classic ’80s and ’90s toys and arcade games on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S in 2027

DETROIT – Aug. 12, 2026 –Bit Bot is thrilled to announce it is publishing Knock Off: The Battle for Imagination, a 2D toy-box fighting game where action figures come to life in a world inspired by ’80s and ’90s playtime mayhem. Developed by Mecanimal with developer and publishing support from Bit Bot, this hard-hitting brawler with modern fighting game mechanics, a fistful of retro nostalgia, a complete arcade mode, and online and local multiplayer will come to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam in 2027.

“Everything about Knock Off‘s era of tactile nostalgia and deep yet simple VS combat speaks to me as a gamer and the kid I once was,” said Frank O’Connor, former Halo Franchise Creative Director and current Creative Director at Bit Bot. “Action figures, toys and video games have always been about kindling and energizing imagination – not replacing it – and that notion is absolutely incandescent in Knock Off‘s DNA. Combining those things and lensing it through a child’s eyes has been inspiring and above all else, fun.”

Johnny’s toys were never name-brand, but they were always legendary. When Maximus, Johnny’s first official brand-name action figure, arrives and shakes up the arena, Johnny’s beloved bootleg toys must prove that off-brand doesn’t mean outmatched.

Enter a world of old-school action figures and retro attitude in Knock Off: The Battle for Imagination, where plastic warriors inspired by your favorite ’80s and ’90s toys and action figures come to life and clash in ultra-stylish playtime pugilism. Every fighter brings their own unique strengths, techniques, and playstyle into the arena with strategic matchups, distinct move sets, and awesome skill-based combat.

“Knock Off is the game we dreamed about as kids, where our favorite toys came to life and settled everything with a fight,” said Joshua Viola, co-owner of Bit Bot. “We wanted to capture that feeling of dumping your toys on the floor and creating an entire universe in your head. It’s nostalgic and packed with personality.”

Key Features

• Master Fast-paced Combat: Smash your enemies with air combos, launchers, EX moves, and spectacular supers in 2D action that’s easy to pick up yet challenging to master.
• One-of-a-Kind Heroes: Choose your favorite fighter from a roster of epic characters influenced by classic ‘80s and ‘90s toys and cartoons – and the knock-offs they inspired – with handcrafted playstyles, rich move sets, fun assist sidekicks, deep fighting mechanics and each toy’s own knock-off lore.
• Arcade Mode: Choose your fighter and take on a gauntlet of opponents in an arcade-style single-player mode with a fully voiced narrative.
• Head-to-Head Online Battles: Take on all rivals in state-of-the-art online play, with rollback netcode, customizable matchmaking, and global ranking systems. Jump into a casual match or prove your skills in tournament play.
• Vintage ’80s & ’90s Nostalgia: Discover battle arenas packed with hidden Easter eggs and an unlockable retro beat-’em-up minigame with classic side-scrolling arcade action.
• Playtime Is Back: The mayhem will keep going after launch with roster expansions featuring new fighters and special guest characters, new stages, and much, much more.
• Retro-Fueled Soundtrack: Turn up the fight with an original soundtrack by Celldweller and Scandroid, packed with high-energy tracks inspired by the sounds of the ‘80s and ‘90s.

“It would have blown my little mind if I had known that as an adult, I’d have the chance to write a theme song and full soundtrack for a game that perfectly captured those moments of my youth,” said Klayton, co-owner of Bit Bot Media and the musician behind Celldweller and Scandroid, who composed the game’s soundtrack.

Knock Off: The Battle for Imagination is coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S in 2027 and is available to wishlist now on Steam. For the latest game info and updates, visit the game’s website, join the community on Discord, and follow along on Instagram and Facebook.

ABOUT BIT BOT

Bit Bot is a multi-platform entertainment studio focused on developing original and licensed video games, comics, collectibles, film, and television projects. The company has worked with properties including Legacy of Kain, Thief, The Dark Crystal, The Terminator, Evil Dead 2, The Rocky Horror Show, Cyberpunk 2077 and more. For more information, visit https://www.bitbotmedia.com/.

ABOUT MECANIMAL GAMES

Mecanimal Games is a Dominican Republic-based indie studio co-owned under the Bit Bot umbrella, bringing technical production values to interactive entertainment through expertise in 3D animation and movie visual effects. Mecanimal collaborates with Bit Bot on select projects — including Knock Off: The Battle for Imagination — while also developing their own original titles with strong visual identity.

New infographic and video look back at months of new content, community-driven improvements, and refinements since the game’s worldwide launch

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands — 12 August 2026 — Pearl Abyss today released a retrospective look at major additions added to Crimson Desert since its worldwide launch on March 19, 2026, a period that has seen the open-world action-adventure grow patch by patch while earning major industry recognition around the globe. An all-new infographic and accompanying video chart the game’s evolution across 17 update patches, spanning new content, quality-of-life improvements, and technical refinements shaped by community feedback.

Since launch, players have seen the world of Pywel grow patch by patch. Highlights include: 

• 20+ new pieces of content and features 
• 120+ new pets and mounts 
• 70+ new outfits, equipment, and items 
• And many more updates across customization, housing, combat, skills, and beyond

Crimson Desert’s momentum extends beyond the game itself. At the 2026 Develop:Star Awards in Brighton, UK, Pearl Abyss took home Best Technical Innovation for its proprietary BlackSpace Engine — the in-house technology powering the game’s seamless open world and advanced visuals — winning out over a field that included Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, DOOM: The Dark Ages, and Ghost of Yōtei.  

The recognition continued in China, where Crimson Desert was named Best Innovative Overseas Game at the 2026 China Game Innovation Awards (CGIA), hosted by the China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association. The judging panel selected the title for its outstanding visual presentation, exhilarating combat, and the freedom of its open-world gameplay — a testament to the game’s growing presence in one of the world’s largest gaming markets, where Pearl Abyss has engaged players through appearances at ChinaJoy and Bilibili World. 

That same energy is reflected in the game’s community. Pearl Abyss recently announced the winners of “Beyond the Abyss: Community Challenge,” its global gameplay video contest held since June. Ten winning entries: six long-form and four short-form videos from creators across France, Spain, the United States, China, and South Korea, were selected for their gameplay, storytelling, and editing, showcasing everything from weaponless combat to journeys across Pywel on the game’s many mounts. Winners receive a trip to Pearl Abyss’ headquarters, commemorative Crimson Desert golden coins, and special merchandise. 

Crimson Desert is available on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, Epic Game Store and Apple Mac.  

For more information and all the latest news, please visit the official website.

ABOUT CRIMSON DESERT
Crimson Desert is an open-world action-adventure game developed by Pearl Abyss, released globally on console, PC, and Mac platforms. A devastating ambush in the deep of night by their sworn enemies the Black Bears leaves members of the Greymanes dead or scattered across the continent. The Greymane Kliff is determined to reunite with his surviving comrades and rebuild what was lost. On a journey where alliances are forged, dangers abound, and mysterious factions are uncovered, Kliff comes to realize that an unprecedented threat and a destiny greater than he imagined await him.

ABOUT PEARL ABYSS
Established in 2010, Pearl Abyss is a leading developer in the game industry with its renowned MMORPG franchise Black Desert and the open-world action-adventure game Crimson Desert. All of Pearl Abyss’ games are built on the company’s proprietary engine and are renowned for cutting-edge graphics. Pearl Abyss is currently developing DokeV and PLAN 8 using its next-generation game engine, “BlackSpace Engine”, and is poised to grow its overseas market. More information about Pearl Abyss is available at: www.pearlabyss.com. 

Divers on mobile will enjoy popular expansions ‘In the Jungle’ and ‘Dredge’ on day one

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – August 12, 2026 — A reel big adventure is headed to iOS and Android devices next month, as Mintrocket announced today a September 17, 2026 launch date for the critically acclaimed RPG-management-simulation mashup DAVE THE DIVER. 

Straight from the Blue Hole to the palm of your hand, fans will be able to enjoy all of Dave’s multi-award-winning antics alongside the cast of eccentric friends, business partners, and unexpected allies. Some of the most popular DLC packs will be available at launch on mobile platforms, including the DREDGE content pack and the recently launched ‘In the Jungle’ expansion. DAVE THE DIVER Digital Extra is also provided for all users who purchase the base game, and can be accessed within the game.

Players on mobile will also enjoy a handful of newly added features and optimizations for handheld devices. The tea-pouring motion at Bancho Sushi is operated through a gyro tilt control, meaning players will be able to tilt their phone to pour, just as if it were a real teapot. Mintrocket has also added a handy three-level view distance option, and while playing as Dave in the Sea People’s Village, players will be able to fast travel to different NPCs for quicker progression. 

For anxious divers eager to get hooked, pre-registration is open across both platforms: 

• iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/dave-the-diver/id6759962259
• Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mintrocket.drmobile

About DAVE THE DIVER 

DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, single-player adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.

Explore and unravel the mysteries in the depths of the Blue Hole by day, discovering over 200 kinds of sea creatures, and run a successful exotic sushi restaurant by night.

Dive into the ever-changing Blue Hole and use a harpoon and other weapons to catch fish and various creatures. Upgrade and forge equipment with collected resources and sushi restaurant profits to prepare for the dangers that lurk in the unknown. Running out of oxygen means leaving collected items and fish behind!

Quirky but lovable characters and a story full of in-jokes, spoofs, and other humorous scenes provide an approachable and enjoyable gameplay experience. A combination of pixel and 3D graphics provides a stunning art style that showcases breathtaking underwater scenery. Minigames, side quests, and multiple storylines provide many hours of entertainment and varied gameplay.

Key Features:

• Award-Winning Adventure, RPG, & Management Hybrid – Explore the Blue Hole by day, serve sushi by night. A unique gameplay loop that’s easy to get hooked on.
• Deep-Sea Exploration & Rogue-like Elements – Use harpoons, weapons, and upgrades to face the ever-shifting dangers of the depths. Beware: run out of oxygen, and your hard-earned catch is lost to the sea.
• Quirky Cast & Humorous Narrative – Meet eccentric characters, enjoy playful storytelling, and uncover a treasure trove of in-jokes and spoofs.
• A Stunning Underwater World – Pixel-meets-3D art brings the ocean to life, with breathtaking scenery and over 200 species of sea creatures to discover.
• Hours of Extra Content – From side quests and mini-games to branching storylines, there’s always more beneath the surface.

About MINTROCKET: 

MINTROCKET is a South Korea–based game studio dedicated to delivering fun, memorable interactive experiences. Guided by a passion for creativity across genres, the studio strives to contribute to a world where new, imaginative games can coexist. MINTROCKET believes that great games are defined by the players themselves, a philosophy reflected in the global success of the hybrid marine adventure with a sushi twist, Dave the Diver. With a focus on engaging gameplay and immersive worlds, MINTROCKET continues to develop unique, inspiring titles that resonate with gamers everywhere.

This adventure by a solo dev brings a classic feel back to the survival crafting genre.

[August 12, 2026] – Solo developer Unknown Hex is proud to announce the Early Access launch date for Until North Ends! Arriving on August 31st, this survival crafting adventure sends you on a journey through harsh nordic lands. Fight, farm, and forage on your own or with friends to withstand the elements and the enemies in procedurally generated worlds where each island hosts its own unique dangers and resources.

Paying homage to classic top down adventures with its stylized low poly design and overhead point of view, Until North Ends delivers a more relaxed survival crafting tale that is yours to shape. Battle with whatever weapons and powers you choose. Create a character as outrageous or down-to-earth as you can imagine. And collect everything you need to craft, build, upgrade, and survive a world that’s as soothing as it is treacherous.

Key Features:

• New Worlds Bring New Adventure: Sail across the waters to find new islands, dive into caves and dungeons to plunder loot or travel through peaceful meadows. Explore procedurally generated worlds full of unique encounters. 
• Face Your Foes with Style: Take down dangerous creatures in melee combat while dawning heavy armor, or use distance to your advantage while shooting them with a bow, harness a powerful chain lightning as it’s up to you how you approach combat.
• Build Your Safe Haven: Construct your home to protect and prepare for your next adventure. Relax, watch your plants grow, and decorate your cozy corner.
• Refine Precious Resources: To survive in this harsh world you will need to craft the best equipment possible, but wooden swords will not cut it. Refine ores, combine materials, extract plants in the alchemy table, cure leather, and much more to gain access to rare materials.
• Unique Character Customization: Create your own character that will stand out. From hair color to tattoos, you and your fellow adventurers can customize your look to suit your style.

Prepare for adventure by adding Until North Ends to your wishlist on Steam and join the Discord to find fellow survivors ahead of launch!

About Unknown Hex

Unknown Hex is a solo developer striving  to create games that are something more than just a product. Capturing emotions in the game’s atmosphere while listening to the community to provide the best experience. Unknown Hex is currently working on their debut title, open-world survival crafting adventure Until North Ends!

Build and defend your settlement solo or in local co-op, with new gameplay coming August 13

[August 12, 2026] – The horde is coming, and a strong axe alone will not save you. Publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer Null Pointer Games have announced Hordeguard: Winds of the North, a brutal 3D action tower defense that blends fast-paced combat, RPG progression, exploration, and strategic tower defense in a fight for survival inspired by Norse mythology. Players can also tune into the Daedalic Showcase on August 13 for a brand-new look at the game.

In Hordeguard: Winds of the North, every battle is a race against time. Gather resources, expand your Viking settlement, and strengthen your defenses before increasingly powerful waves of mythical enemies descend upon your village. Before each assault, players must decide how far they are willing to venture from the safety of their settlement. Every resource gathered can strengthen the village, but every moment spent exploring brings the next enemy wave closer. 

Whether fighting solo or alongside a friend in local co-op, every decision shapes the outcome of battle. Earn experience, unlock powerful upgrade cards, recruit your warband, and specialize as a fierce warrior, master builder, or resilient defender while adapting your strategy to survive each relentless assault.

Key Features:

• Action Meets Tower Defense: Combine real-time combat, strategic base building, and RPG progression in a Viking survival experience.
• Build an Unbreakable Settlement: Gather resources, expand your village, and upgrade fortifications to withstand increasingly dangerous enemy waves.
• Shape Your Viking Hero: Earn experience and unlock upgrade cards that enhance your combat abilities, defenses, and overall strategy.
• Explore the World of Norse Mythology: Battle relentless hordes of mythical creatures across a harsh world inspired by Viking legend.
• Fight Together in Local Co-op: Team up with a friend, divide responsibilities, and work together to gather resources, build defenses, and protect your village.

Hordeguard: Winds of the North will be featured during the Daedalic Showcase premiering on August 13. Wishlist the game on Steam today and prepare to withstand the horde.

About Daedalic Entertainment

​Celebrating its 20th publishing year, Daedalic Entertainment is a renowned publisher with nearly two decades of experience supporting indie developers across all major gaming platforms. The lineup of games includes a diverse variety of unique titles, focusing on four distinct areas: storytelling, strategy, co-op games, and wholesome games. With an international team of around 35 employees, Daedalic is currently working with various development studios to create a new lineup of innovative games across consoles and PCs to market. Recent hits include Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown, The Occultist, New Cycle, Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Bloodgrounds, Into the Emberlands, Deponia, Shadow Tactics, Inkulinati, Hidden Deep, Fling to the Finish!, and more.

Please look out for upcoming games like Woodo, Barotrauma Home & Harbor Expansion, and many more. Since April 2022, Daedalic Entertainment has been a subsidiary of the French publishing house, Nacon.

Will you raise hell in the halls or make it to your seat and be saved by the bell?

[August 12, 2026] – Sharpen your pencil, open your textbook, and be a model student in Agefield High: Rock the School, available on PC today! Or forget about all that and wreak havoc throughout the town. You can ace your tests and stay out of trouble, or pick fights with the bullies and spend your hard-earned cash on some ink. The choice is yours! 

In Agefield High, graduation is on the horizon and Sam and his pals are ready to rock the school in this early 2000s-inspired coming of age adventure. You’ll need to help Sam balance school and being cool in order to pull off an epic plan and become a legend. Are you up for it?

About Agefield High:

• A Senior Year to Remember (or Regret): Follow Sam’s journey through 30+ main missions filled with humor, rebellion, and teenage drama.
• Raise Hell Across Agefield: Freely roam the school campus, town center, neighborhoods, and countryside in a fully open world.
• Side Hustle Your Way to the Top: Take on side hustles, earn cash, and complete mini missions to become the talk of the school.
• Go to Class…or Don’t: Attend or skip classes while navigating schedules, routines, and consequences.
• Your Look, Your Legacy: Upgrade your look with new clothes, bikes, hairstyles, and more.
• Pop-Punk, Satire, and Zero Chill: A pop-punk soundtrack, vibrant visuals, and satirical tone bring the era to life.

Set your alarm clocks so you can be on time for class in Agefield High: Rock the School, available on Steam now! Stay tuned for updates and more, including news on when Agefield High will come to consoles.

About Refugium Games

Refugium Games is a garage-band-style indie studio creating games that explore untapped ideas. Their journey began as a solo developer with a vision centered around classic grey alien stories, culminating in the release of Greyhill Incident in 2023. After continuing to grow and learn, the team expanded following the release of Vacant’s Mine, setting its sights on its most ambitious project yet: Agefield High: Rock the School, an open-world game about teenage life and rebellion.

Help Dave in exchange for limited-time rewards like outfit pieces, furniture and more

Shanghai, China — August 12, 2026 | XD Games is excited to announce that the latest Heartopia collaboration event with Mintrocket’s acclaimed action/restaurant management game, Dave the Diver, is now officially underway. 

Players can now meet up with the titular deep-sea diver and restaurateur and assist him in exchange for in-game rewards, all of which can be obtained for free, no premium currency required. 

Watch the Heartopia x Dave the Diver collab trailer below:

After being lured into Whalefall Canyon by a beautiful mandarin fish, Dave has washed up in Heartopia, and he’s in trouble. His oxygen tank has malfunctioned, scattering his diving valve components across the seafloor, and he needs the players to recover them so his undersea adventure can continue. 

This new collaboration runs until 7 September. During that time, players can collect Diving Valves while exploring the ocean map. They also have a chance at earning extra Diving Valves during ocean cleanup activities, or while gathering ocean collectibles. 

Those Diving Valves can then be redeemed at the dedicated Event Shop for a range of crossover rewards, including Dave’s signature blue and yellow wetsuit and oxygen tank backpack, plus additional crossover-themed clothing and accessories, furniture items, and recipes that bring some of Bancho Sushi’s signature dishes to Heartopia.

All rewards can be earned via ocean gameplay and the Event Shop will remain open until 10 September to give players a chance to redeem their Diving Valves after the crossover event comes to an end. 

For more information about the Heartopia x Dave the Diver collaboration event, be sure to follow Heartopia on X.

The Heartopia × Dave the Diver collaboration event began on Saturday 8 August and runs until Monday 7 September. Heartopia is available to play for free now on PC, iOS, and Android. Dave the Diver is available on PC, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, Xbox One, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

About XD Games

Founded in 2003, XD Games is a global video games developer and publisher with extensive experience across development, publishing and operations. As of 2022, XD has 38 free-to-play and paid games with over 50 million monthly active users worldwide. In addition, TapTap — a mobile games community and app store — was launched by XD in 2016 and is estimated to currently have 44 million monthly active users.  XD’s mission is to assemble like-minded talented games industry craftspeople with a common goal of touching the hearts of players around the world. XD produces games of the finest quality with passion, offering a pure gaming experience, and encouraging players of all ages to embrace the unique joy of video gaming.