1.0 release date & content confirmed for hit survival colony sim

London, UK – February 25, 2026 – Rebuild civilization from the ashes of a rampant plague and start a new life in a lawless post-calamity world in GOING MEDIEVAL, when it leaves Early Access and launches into 1.0 on Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG on March 12th.

With over 1 million units sold during Early Access, GOING MEDIEVAL is a Middle Ages survival sandbox colony sim that sees players build and manage their own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by nature.

Going Medieval – 1.0 Release Date Trailer – The Journey Through Early Access: 

Help survivors settle and thrive in a dangerous wilderness. Build them a home using freeform construction tools, shape their lives, and defend them from bandits and beasts. Research and craft medieval tech, construct, furnish, and decorate your chambers, workshops, chapels, and libraries, and build impenetrable defenses to survive raids and create the perfect stronghold, all in a dynamic sandbox world. The Dark Age is yours to rebuild.

Arriving in a huge 1.0 content update on March 12th, the full release of GOING MEDIEVAL introduces a variety of new features and functionality, including Renown, campaign-concluding Grand Objectives, new items, buildings and roles for your settlers, and major quality of life improvements.

NEW FOR 1.0:

• Renown & Global Stats – Renown overhauls in-game progression with a deep, global stats system that tracks progress across a variety of different factors, including trade, military, intellect and more, each increasing or decreasing in response to the player’s actions.
• Grand Objectives – Providing a route to each campaign’s conclusion, Grand Objectives become available once a player reaches 100% Renown in an individual stat. Become a master of trade or turn your settlement into a sanctuary: with six Grand Objectives available at launch, decide your settlement’s destiny with these unique, epic goals.
• Starting Conditions – Choose from four different scenarios to shape each campaign – ‘A New Life’, ‘Pioneer’, ‘Peaceful’, and ‘Lone Wolf’ – each with unique gameplay modifications tailored to your preferred experience.
• New Buildings, Rooms, Roles & Events – Allocate new roles to your settlers including Librarian, Broker, and Sergeant-at-arms; build new rooms like the Training Room, Treasury and Fellows’ Library; and discover new events to buff your skills.
• New Tutorial – Start a temporary map with step-by-step instructions on how to start and thrive in GOING MEDIEVAL, from constructing buildings to directing your villagers.
• Quality of Life Improvements – Look forward to a variety of improvements that streamline and enhance medieval life, including a redesigned & more intuitive management panel, an overhaul to production and stockpile control, refined meal preparation, and improved gameplay tips.
• And More!

“GOING MEDIEVAL’s combination of city building, strategic combat and medieval life management has been a huge hit with players during Early Access, and we’re very excited for new and returning players to get their hands on the content we have coming up for the 1.0 launch,” said Stuart Morton, Publishing Director at Mythwright. “The support, feedback and mind-blowing player builds we’ve seen during Early Access has driven us and the incredible team at Foxy Voxel to make GOING MEDIEVAL’s 1.0 launch the very best it can be. Thank you so much for joining us on this journey – we can’t wait for you to experience 1.0 on March 12th.”

Play the demo today on Steam. For more info on GOING MEDIEVAL.

ABOUT FOXY VOXEL
Foxy Voxel is an independent game development studio that brings together a group of seasoned developers to work on games they’d like to play themselves. Since late 2018, the team has been working on its first project – Going Medieval.

ABOUT MYTHWRIGHT
Mythwright is an independent publisher founded by industry veterans. Established in 2024, Mythwright has already signed a range of exciting titles including Thronefall, Kaiju Cleanup, TerraTech Legion, TerraTech Worlds, TerraTech, Going Medieval, Cozy Marbles, Galacticare, War for the Overworld, Bladesong, Innkeep, Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts, Deadstick – Bush Flight Simulator and Touch Type Tale – Strategic Typing.

Solve The Mystery of An Exploded Tea Shop and Dice-Roll Through Political Chaos in This Upcoming Isometric CRPG

STOCKHOLM – Feb. 25, 2026 – Today during IGN Fan Fest 2026, Swedish indie publisher Raw Fury and developer Christoffer Bodegård announced that their fantasy CRPG, Esoteric Ebb, will launch on March 3 for PC.

Players will soon be able to step into Esoteric Ebb’s isometric, Disco-inspired TTRPG-turned-CRPG gameplay, which features deep, branching dialogue and staggering player choice, in a richly imagined Arcanepunk fantasy world. 

In Esoteric Ebb, the player is the Cleric, one of many menial laborers of the city of Norvik. Tasked to solve the mystery of an exploded Tea Shop, players will roll dice against the voices in their head, explore a fantasy city on the brink of its first-ever election, and strive to become a hero of legends. Or completely ruin the campaign. 

Key features in Esoteric Ebb include: 

• Make choices that may come back to bite – Complete open-ended quests, low and high-stakes alike, set in the streets, towers, and dark tunnels of Norvik. Become the city’s savior or its demise.
• Roll the dice – Roll to wrestle dwarves, steal anything in sight, or keep from looking like a complete fool. But remember, in true TTRPG fashion, failure can often be way more interesting.
• Warp reality to your whim – Use The Cleric’s innate magical power for unique narrative choices. Control minds for fun and profit. Detect secrets in the tunnels below or within the minds of enemies. 
• Master turn-based combat sequences – Clerics in Norvik are taught to use violence as a last resort. When the need does arise, a roll of the dice determines success or failure ala the best tabletop RPGs. 
• Progress through the story to complete the Questing Tree – A quest log, skill tree, and mind map all at once. Each Quest Branch can take root in your mind and alter the Cleric’s playstyle through game-changing feats.

To keep up with the latest on Esoteric Ebb, follow the game and its developer on X.

About Christoffer Bodegård

Christoffer Bodegård is a story-first game developer working on his first major title, Esoteric Ebb. 

About Raw Fury

Raw Fury is an indie (un)publisher dedicated to connecting games with players by creating unforgettable experiences. With over 50 games published, including the Kingdom series, Blue Prince, Cassette Beasts, Norco, and Sable, Raw Fury has been consistently recognised as a top 10 publisher in Metacritic’s annual rankings. With an unwavering commitment to being the best partner for indie developers, Raw Fury continues to champion unique games and bring exceptional experiences to players worldwide.

TOKYO — Feb. 25, 2026 — Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis, the psychological rhythm adventure co-developed by WHO YOU alongside publisher Alliance Arts, escapes reality with a new demo available now on PC via Steam ahead of its launch slated for April 2026, as revealed during today’s IGN Fan Fest.

In the newest demo, rock out to the newest and most difficult track in Qtie’s delulu-posting playlist, “winter is machine gun” alongside the addition of new conversation events throughout gameplay. Plus, spread the love of Yunyun around the world with new language support in French, Spanish (Spain & LATAM), Italian, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Russian, Turkish, and Thai, in addition to the existing support for English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Traditional & Simplified).

Join Qtie, an anonymous internet poster, on a denpa song adventure in service of the great and wonderful internet sensation Yunyun – a fictional character and subject of Qtie’s obsession. Join Qtie in her self-imposed shut-in lifestyle to avoid the troubles and responsibilities of the real world and immerse in internet brainrot instead.

Lock in to the beats of more than 30 curiously catchy denpa songs as Qtie posts all over online forums to spread the unwavering love of Yunyun. Is Yunyun even real? Not important. Grab a pair of headphones and groove to the beats while posting online. Spread enough Yunyun love and bring about the world’s very destruction as a result!

Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm Psychosis infects the whole world with Yunyun love on PC via Steam with an updated demo today. Anticipate maximum denpa delulu posting in the full game coming April 2026.

For more information, wishlist Yunyun Syndrome!? Rhythm PsychosisonSteam, and join the official Discord.

About Alliance Arts Inc.

Alliance Arts is a new Tokyo-based publishing company committed to the creation of captivating games, and behind titles including The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily, Touhou Dungeon Maker: The labyrinth of heart, and Marisa of Liartop Mountain.

Five-Headed Hydra Boss, The Grand Tortugar Mobile Fortress, and New Desert Wasteland Arrive – Gameplay Trailer Debuts at IGN Fan Fest

SEATTLE, WA – February 25, 2026 – Studio Wildcard today unleashes the “Astraeos Mega Update,” a massive expansion to the mythic, Greek Odyssey-inspired world in ARK: Survival Ascended. This massive update introduces the Pyranthos landmass, a tamable amphibious fortress, and a brutal five-headed Hydra boss encounter. During today’s IGN Fan Fest, the first gameplay trailer revealing the new Pyranthos region debuted and the update is available now to play on PlayStation 5, Xbox X|S, Epic Games Store and Steam.

Originally launched as a community mod by acclaimed creator Nekatus before becoming an Official Partner DLC, Astraeos continues to evolve with new creatures, bosses, cosmetics, and myth-inspired gameplay challenges. The Astraeos Mega Update marks the largest expansion to the map since its debut. This week the Astraeos map is 67% off on Steam and Xbox ($4.94 USD) – the biggest discount yet! 

WHAT’S NEW IN ASTRAEOS?

The Pyranthos Wasteland
Astraeos expands with a vast new desert region shaped by myth and ruin. Shifting sands reveal forgotten structures, buried pathways, and unexplored artifact caves, while powerful creatures roam both surface and subterranean depths. This hostile new zone is built for exploration and punishes the unprepared.

The Grand Tortugar
To survive the dangerous wasteland, you’ll need more than shelter. The Grand Tortugar is a colossal amphibious living fortress built for endurance. Traverse land and ocean floor while harvesting valuable resources, open its armored carapace to create a roaming command post, or seal it shut to transform into a nearly unbreakable bastion. It’s not just a mount – it’s a war machine.

A Herculean Challenge Arises!
Buried deep within the Pyranthos ruins lies Astraeos’ greatest threat yet! The five-headed Hydra will demand teamwork, timing, and overwhelming firepower. Severing each head from the body changes the flow of combat, forcing teams to work together or fall to the beast.

ARK: Survival Ascended includes access to all of ARK’s worlds, including Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, ARK Genesis Part 1 and Part 2. Available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Windows PC and Steam, players will create a Survivor, form a tribe, and then tame, train, breed & ride dinosaurs within a living ecosystem.

Visit our website at playark.com and watch us tame ‘n train leviathan dinosaurs on Twitch.TV.

ABOUT STUDIO WILDCARD
Since revealing its flagship game ARK: Survival Evolved in 2015, Studio Wildcard has tirelessly strived to bring its dinosaur-filled vision to the masses. With millions of players worldwide, the team has delivered an amazing amount of new content and leveraged cutting-edge technology to keep fans engaged. With a transmedia universe, the ARK story can be discovered on all gaming platforms, within spin-off titles, and now as a new epic narrative featuring a star-studded cast in ARK: The Animated Series on Paramount+. www.studiowildcard.com

A Legendary Holy Garment Granted to All Players Reaching Level 60

LOS ANGELES – FEBRUARY 25, 2026 – Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality games, has released a major update for its brutal dark fantasy MMORPG RAVEN2. The update introduces the game’s first-ever boost server, along with special events and additional content.

The newly launched BURNING is a limited-time boost server designed for rapid progression that will be available for several months. Following about two months of advancement on BURNING, players will transfer to existing servers to continue their journey.

On BURNING, players can accelerate their growth through server-exclusive events and progression rewards. Upon reaching Level 5, players can obtain a Heroic Holy Garment and a Heroic Familiar. They will also earn a Heroic Equipment Set and BURNING Level Chests at designated milestones, featuring a variety of items and EXP support to help speed up progression as they continue leveling up. Players who reach Level 60 will receive a Legendary Holy Garment which will also be granted to all players across every server who reach Level 60.

Players on BURNING can also earn BURNING Summon Chests by completing daily missions  that offer a chance to summon rewards daily during the event period. Other BURNING server-only benefits include bonus EXP, Gold, and Stat gains, along with multiple growth-support events. Full event details are available on the official forum.

Additional updates include the new content “Familiar Expedition” and the world content Abyss 2F that expands gameplay and other opportunities.

An official sequel to Raven (EvilBane: The Iron King), RAVEN2 is a blockbuster MMORPG set in a dark fantasy realm reimagined with unrivaled graphics. As a member of the Special Corps, players will onboard on a journey to investigate dangerous and bizarre incidents under royal order, and engage in a large-scale, cruel war.

For more information about RAVEN2, stay tuned to the game’s official forum,  YouTube channel and Facebook . Players can also visit the official website to find out more about the game. 

About Netmarble Corporation

Founded in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a leading global game developer and publisher. Through acclaimed franchises and strategic partnerships with top-tier IP holders, the company delivers innovative and engaging gaming experiences to audiences worldwide. As a parent company of Kabam, SpinX Games, Jam City, and a major shareholder of HYBE and NCSOFT, Netmarble’s diverse portfolio includes Solo Leveling:ARISE, Seven Knights Re:BIRTH, RAVEN2, MARVEL Future Fight, and The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com.

Nerial and Devolver Digital have teamed up with CD PROJEKT RED to create Reigns: The Witcher, a fresh dark-fantasy take on the multi-million-selling Reigns series, available now on PC and mobile platforms.

Step into the muddy boots of professional monster slayer Geralt of Rivia — but this time, from a different perspective. Throughout CD PROJEKT RED’s The Witcher series of games, players have followed Geralt’s adventures on the Path. Now, in Reigns: The Witcher, the legends take on a life of their own through the gilded tongue of Geralt’s oldest friend: Dandelion the bard. Every choice is a verse, every misstep a stanza, and every bath an opportunity for a ballad.

Swipe Your Destiny

From contracts and conspiracies to angry villagers and hotheaded sorceresses, your decisions carry weight across the Continent. A casual swipe left or right may win you renown among nobles, enrage a rabble of mages, or leave you knee-deep in drowners. As any good witcher knows, few requests are as simple as they first appear.

Familiar Faces, Tall Tales

Along the Path you’ll find the company of Yennefer, Triss, Vesemir, and a roster of other beloved allies and adversaries. But remember: when filtered through Dandelion’s quill, even the most mundane of errands can become an audacious epic — or a slightly exaggerated disaster.

Songs, Swords, and Swipes

Players will weave Geralt’s legend through branching stories, bardic embellishments, and thousands of narrative combinations, with Dandelion himself conducting the chorus of fate. Between verses, the White Wolf still gets plenty of work done: combat minigames pit Geralt against drowners, rotfiends, and other foes both real and curiously improvised.

The Bard’s Encore

From taverns to far-flung villages, Reigns: The Witcher invites players to expand Dandelion’s ever-growing repertoire. Perform new “greatest hits” across the land, twist familiar stories into fresh tales, and shape the saga of the White Wolf — in ways both dramatic and absurd — on your quest for lyrical immortality.

Whether you’re crafting an epic for the ages or just trying not to drown in a swamp,Reigns: The Witcher will offer a new perspective on one of gaming’s most storied heroes — one swipe, one song, and one scandal at a time.Reigns: The Witcher is available now on PC and mobile platforms for 5,99€. For more information, visit https://www.reignsgame.com/the-witcher.

John Carpenter lends his voice to a new animated trailer, powered by an original track from synthwave band Gunship delivering pure retro energy – John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando is playable now with a free demo on Steam!

PARIS –Feb. 25, 2026 – Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive have gone full grindhouse with a very special animated trailer for John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, the ‘80s-inspired action-horror video game arriving March 12 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. Watch the brand-new fully animated trailer, featuring the synthwave band Gunship, and let’s get this party started!

A visual work of art celebrating the John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando experience

Today’s trailer brings the game’s buddy-movie-meets-over-the-top-action spirit to life in vibrant cartoon form. Crafted by the tremendous talent at Gizmo Animation, this animated trailer features John Carpenter as a terrifying zombie party-god, with the Master of Horror himself voicing his character and setting the stage for an apocalypse unlike any other.

Powering this vibrant world and perfectly capturing the energy of ‘80s movies is the original track “Tell Me When the World Stops Ending” by synthwave band Gunship, composed specifically for the trailer. The video is a blend of animation, voice and music that flows naturally, highlighting the skill and dedication of the whole team behind it.

Grab your squad and crash the zombie party in the limited-time demo

John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando’s first playable demo is live now until March 2 on Steam. So grab your go-to carnage-minded buddies and see how good it gets blowing up endless hordes of zombies that want to eat your face!

Pre-order the Standard or Blood Edition and get free DLC

John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando will come in two editions—the Standard Edition and the Blood Edition, both available to pre-order now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.

Pre-order any edition to grab the Leon’s Secret Stash DLC for free!

On top of the base game, the Blood Edition also includes the Bloody Pass, featuring:

• Two post-launch DLCs including unique skins for characters, weapons, and vehicles to make sure you have the most fashionable crew of the apocalypse
• A golden Cosmetic Pack for weapons featuring a weapon charm and character skins

Time’s almost out. Don’t just sit there – play the new Steam demo and gear up with your edition of choice now!

John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando launches on March 12, 2026. Pre-order it before it’s too late on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store.

LONDON (Feb. 25, 2026) – Venture into an all-new region of a long-forgotten world to uncover the mechanical mysteries of Breaker’s Reach in Core Keeper’s Void & Voltage update, a major new content update available today on PC and consoles from publisher Fireshine Games and developer Pugstorm: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1621690/Core_Keeper/

Available as a free content drop to all Core Keeper players, Void & Voltage introduces a major new biome for players to unearth, bristling with brand new enemies, two colossal new bosses, automation-themed equipment and destructive new weaponry.

Discover Breaker’s Reach, a mysterious mechanical biome in which new enemies – Geobot Miners, Geobot Patrollers and Geobot Scourers – protect its valuable resources, and take the fight to the Void with the powerful new Scrap Minigun and scorching new Flamethrower. 

Engineer automated systems with tools from the all-new Advanced Automation Table, including the new Seed Extractor and Robot Farm Arm to automate farming, and the Item Collector, Critter Catcher and Proximity Sensor to improve life on the homestead.

Take on the powerful extradimensional hydra, Oblidra the Void Lord, in a brand new boss fight, and prepare for one of your greatest challenges yet in the battle against Void & Voltage’s mechanical new mega boss, S.A.H.A.B.A.R..

Void & Voltage is available today as a free title update to all Core Keeper players on PC, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.

ABOUT PUGSTORM

Pugstorm is an award-winning development studio specialising in juicy pixel art games that will make your inner dog bark with joy. For more information, please visit pugstorm.eu.

ABOUT FIRESHINE GAMES

Fireshine Games is a global publisher of digital and physical video games based in London, England, with a focus on finding fun and bringing innovative indie gems to players around the world. Originally established in 2014, Fireshine Games has built a portfolio of digital titles and indie sensations, including award-winning titles Core Keeper and Shadows of Doubt, while partnering with studio giants to bring digital hits to physical release, including Lies of P from Neowiz, Balatro from Playstack, and Planet Zoo: Console Edition from Frontier Developments. Fireshine Games is part of the EG7 group of companies. For more information on Fireshine Games and its titles, visit the official website at fireshinegames.co.uk.

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Gaijin Entertainment and Matter Team are pleased to announce the release of a new Active Matter demo on Steam, timed to coincide with Steam Next Fest. Players can try out the game’s core PvPvE and PvP modes, as well as experience the monsters and anomalies that debuted in the major “Fire Walk” update

Active Matter will enter Early Access on Steam in the first half of 2026, and you can add the game to your wishlist now. An early version of Active Matter is already available for purchase on Gaijin.Net, and it is regularly updated based on player feedback.

In the new Next Fest demo, players can explore select raids on the secret Soviet island of Dalniy and the African Quarantine Zone, teeming with dangerous anomalies, ferocious monsters, and valuable loot, hunted by the best operatives of the fractured multiverse. Additionally, the new demo features team battles for the Nexus against other players.

About Gaijin Entertainment
Gaijin Entertainment is the developer and publisher of the online games War Thunder, Crossout, Enlisted, CRSED: F.O.A.D. and Star Conflict as well as other PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, iOS and Android titles across several genres. The company’s diverse portfolio has received a range of mass media and game industry awards including such as Gamescom Award and many more. Official website: http://gaijinent.com/

Knights Peak announces that the eagerly awaited New Game Plus update for Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree is now available for Nintendo Switch. This update adds infinite replay value, along with significant quality-of-life improvements, plus extensive gameplay, UI, and graphical enhancements. Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree is available worldwide digitally and physically in both Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Windows-PC.

Ongoing post-launch updates are a cornerstone of Mandragora’s community-focused game development, enabling teams to refine, rebalance, and expand the experience in direct response to player feedback. The passionate community has played a vital role in shaping each update, and both Primal Game Studio and Knights Peak remain grateful for this collaborative journey. With this update, the game now stands as the most complete and balanced version to date, offering players a definitive experience.

Highlights of the New Game Plus-Update:

• New Game Plus: Dive into infinitely replayable gameplay with empowered enemies, upgraded weapons, and the ability to start with a fully-equipped character.
• New Weapons: Wield new weapons like Aurora, Crimson Slicer, and Reignbreaker to enhance your combat strategies.
• Quality of Life Updates: Enjoy enhanced skill management with refund and respec options, improved map navigation, and quick buy/sell features.
• Gameplay Improvements: Experience refined movement and combat mechanics, including better glide activation, ledge grabbing, and balanced stamina consumption.
• Boss and Enemy Adjustments: Face optimized boss fights with clearer mechanics and balanced difficulty, along with improved enemy hitboxes and behaviors.
• Visual and UI Enhancements: Immerse yourself in upgraded visuals for characters, environments, and effects, along with improved UI navigation and performance.
• Bug Fixes: Benefit from numerous fixes across combat, skills, quests, and general performance to ensure a smoother gaming experience.

Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree is available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation® 5 and Xbox Series X|S in both Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition. 

For more updates, please visit the official website and follow Mandragora: Whispers of the Witch Tree on social media.

About Primal Game Studio

Primal Game Studio is an independent video game developer established by industry veterans in 2012. Headquartered in Budapest, it is a global team of over 60 passionate game makers for PC and consoles. The company aims to build immersive universes across a wide variety of genres and themes.

About KNIGHTS PEAK INTERACTIVE 

Knights Peak Interactive, a division of MY.GAMES, is a game publisher partnering with diverse developers worldwide. Committed to equality, it supports both emerging and established studios in reaching new heights in global markets and brand development. Knights Peak views games as portals to immersive stories, offering players a multitude of adventures in a welcoming environment.