New Free Cursed Captain Class Update for Torchlight III 

Perfect World Entertainment and Echtra Games are excited to announce that a brand new update for Torchlight III has pulled into port. The hack’n’slash dungeon crawler set in the beloved Torchlight universe welcomes the Cursed Captain aboard, a new mid-range class that blows down enemies with huge cannons and powerful ghostly summons. Available today for free to those who own the game on Steam, Xbox One, PlayStation®4 and Nintendo Switch, the latest update also introduces quality-of-life updates, four new species of pets, an added contract and more. 

Check out the trailer for Torchlight III’s Spring Update:

For those who haven’t had a chance to explore the frontiers just yet, Torchlight III is on sale this week across most platforms:

• Starting today – 50% off (Regularly $39.99) on Nintendo Switch
• Starting May 26 – 50% off (Regularly $39.99) on PlayStation®4
• Additional sales will be announced on Thursday, May 27! 

Torchlight III is currently available for free to those who are Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. Details available here.

Walking the plank between life and death, the Cursed Captain is the undisputed commander of the high seas. This corporeal new class can summon a crew of undead swashbucklers during combat or blast enemies with twin sabers, powder kegs and other classic pirate weapons. Plus, those who take control of the Cursed Captain can collect doubloons from combat to power his skills. The Cursed Captain has two unique skill trees: Cursed and Piracy. Along with these unique skills, the class also introduces a new class-specific armor type to Torchlight III: capes. 

Today’s new update for Torchlight III also brings other exciting new content and quality-of-life updates to the hack’n’slash ARPG. This includes updates to the pet system, a new “Fur and Fashion” contract, UI improvements, additional pet slots and four new species of companions with over 40 new variants (Stag, Shiba Inu, Bulldog and Fox). Adventurers will also discover new fort items, such as the Fox Arch, Wyrm Skull, and Netherim Specimen, which can be used in a potential new laboratory.

For additional details on today’s update and the Cursed Captain class, visit Torchlight III’s latest blog: https://www.torchlight3.com/en/news-article/11488543

Torchlight III is the latest successor to the ARPG cult classics, Torchlight I & II, originally developed by Runic Games. This fast-paced dungeon crawler brings fans back to the beloved Torchlight universe to hack and slash their way through a brand new world filled with hordes of goblins, undead and other dangerous Netherim creatures. Adventurers can party up with friends or venture into the vast wilderness alone, where they will find loot, explore dungeons, collect epic gear and build their very own fort to show off to the world. Torchlight III features four unique hero classes (Dusk Mage, Forged, Railmaster and Sharpshooter), plus a myriad of new and familiar combat pets to help players fight their way to fame and glory.

Learn more about Torchlight III at Torchlight3.com. Follow the game on Twitter (@PlayTorchlight) and Facebook.com/PlayTorchlight for the latest updates.

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It’s a big day for Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid as nWay announced that their highly-anticipated Street Fighter Packand digital version of the brand-new Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid – Super Edition, created with their partners at Hasbro and Lionsgate, are now available!

The Street Fighter Pack, featuring Ryu and Chun-Li, is now available for $12.50 across PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Steam, and Stadia. Players can also buy each character individually for $5.99. The Street Fighter Pack contains:

• Ryu, Crimson Hawk Ranger
• Chun-Li, Blue Phoenix Ranger
• Angel Grove Class of 93 skins for both characters

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid – Super Edition, is a collection of all the game’s DLC released thus far, plus the newly announced Street Fighter Pack, along with some exclusive items available only in this very special edition. The Super Edition will launch digitally on May 25 with a physical boxed version to follow in August. The Super Edition will be sold for $49.99 and available on PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Steam and Stadia. Upgrade Kits to the Super Edition will also be available to those who already own Battle for the Grid. The Super Edition will contain: 

• The base Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid game
• Season One Pass 
• Season Two Pass 
• Season Three Pass
• Street Fighter Pack
• 4 Bonus Character Skins

For more information, visit battleforthegrid.com.

Castle Flipper, a unique simulator of a medieval renovator and builder, will debut on May 26th this year. The developers explain that it’s not just a “medieval House Flipper”, but also a builder game allowing players to, among others, build whole castle complexes from the ground up. Later this or next year, the game will also hit PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch.

Castle Flipper is a game developed by the Polish studio Pyramid Games S.A., known for games such as Rover Mechanic Simulator and Occupy Mars: The Game. The new simulator will be published by Gaming Factory S.A. and Ultimate Games S.A.

In Castle Flipper, the player takes on the role of a medieval renovator and builder, who starts with an inherited piece of land, and dreams of his own kingdom. The gameplay involves both carrying out orders (such as cleaning, repairing and furnishing various buildings and castles), as well as developing your settlement as you see fit. As you progress through the game, you’ll also unlock additional types of tools and skills.

Castle Flipper – Official Release Trailer:

“We are transporting players into the European reality at the turn of the 16th and 17th century. In addition to medieval buildings, the game also features architectural solutions known from the Baroque and Renaissance period, which opens even more possibilities. We have focused on calm, relaxing gameplay, which also features elements stimulating the players’ creativity. We have developed, among others, a proprietary freebuilding system that allows you to freely create a variety of structures” – said Jacek Wyszyński, CEO at Pyramid Games S.A.

The developers have prepared a dozen or so highly diverse locations, where you will find not only the eponymous castles, but also barns, mansions, palaces and even pirate ships. The simulator allows you to, among others, clean, renovate, repair and decorate interiors, as well as design and construct a variety of structures.

“The Pyramid Games S.A. team has combined the relaxing gameplay similar to House Flipper, the ability to create basically any structures you wish from the ground up, and the medieval setting. Castle Flipper also offers many other elements. You can, for example, build houses for rent, choose the animals for your farm, but also completely destroy your own building, if you happen to be dissatisfied with it. Players can expect a lot of attractions. Castle Flipper is a game that can bring you many hours of good fun” – said Rafał Jelonek, COO at Ultimate Games S.A.

Castle Flipper – features:

• castle renovations;
• various locations and challenges;
• many tools to choose from;
• build castles and other structures;
• develop your skills;
• our own freebuilding system;
• the Middle Ages, Baroque and Renaissance.

The release date for PC (Steam) is set for May 26th, 2021. Later this or next year, Castle Flipper will also hit PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch.

Castle Flipper (Steam):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/944250/Castle_Flipper/

Basic information:

title: Castle Flipper
genre: medieval, simulation, action, casual, builder, lifestyle
producer: Pyramid Games S.A.
publisher: Gaming Factory S.A., Ultimate Games S.A.
languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Simplified Chinese
release date: 26.05.2021 (PC – Steam), 2021/2022 (PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch)

Anna, Texas, May 25, 2021 – Drox Operative 2 is now in Beta!

Drox Operative 2 is nearing the end of Early Access after 48 patches of improvements and new content. It is now in beta and should be fully released in the 3rd quarter of 2021!

In the meantime, you can still pick it up and have some input in Early Access.

Steam Store here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1305310/Drox_Operative_2/

GOG Store here: https://www.gog.com/game/drox_operative_2

Drox Operative 2 is a starship action RPG with warring alien races, fierce space battles, a dynamic, evolving galaxy, and co-op multiplayer for Windows and Linux.

Eons ago the Drox crushed and enslaved the ancient races and ruled the galaxy through their mighty Operatives. These elite starship captains were trained to accomplish the impossible at whatever cost. Whether employing stealth or brute force, they were always deadly. Using these Operatives, the Drox ruled the galaxy with an iron grip for over 100,000 years. Eventually realizing their Operatives were a threat, they attempted to assassinate all of them. They failed. The following Galactic Civil War was so devastating that the Drox are now extinct. The Drox Operative guild, now fully independent, survived.

Newer races emerged and thrived in the power void … for a while. Then the ancients returned. The wars were devastating, but with the Drox Operatives on their side, the ancients were beaten back and a truce was established.

Since the devastation, a 4th wave of sentient races are emerging in the galaxy. Unlike previous waves, there are thousands in this one and no one knows anything about them. In the new space race, the ancient, mature, and young races are all scouting, colonizing, and expanding, trying to take over the galaxy through diplomacy, technology, war, and any other means necessary.

As a Drox Operative it’s NOT your job to manage an empire, you are after all the captain of a single starship. It IS your job to pick the winning side and maybe even help them conquer the galaxy if you’re being nice, more importantly though is to rake in as many credits as possible, well that and build the deadliest ship in the known universe. Who will you back as an Operative? The ancient, mature, or young races? The pacifist or militaristic races? The xenophile or xenophobe races? The races that value freedom or the races that use slave labor? The strong or the weak? Your actions and inactions will impact trillions of alien lives!

For more information about Drox Operative 2 head over to http://www.soldak.com/Drox-Operative-2/Overview.html

Features:

* Explore a dynamic and evolving galaxy
* Explore a unique sector of the galaxy in every game, with different “monsters”, ship components, quests, and even races
* Fight in the galactic war between the various alien races
* Battle hundreds of different enemy starships
* Build the coolest and deadliest starship in the galaxy
* Outfit your ship with thousands of components and crew
* Adventure with your friends with co-op multiplayer
* Essentially play an action RPG inside a universe of alien races playing a 4X game

About Soldak Entertainment, Inc.

Soldak Entertainment, Inc. is a small independent developer, focused on creating unique gameplay. Soldak was founded by Steven Peeler, a former Technical Director of Ritual Entertainment. Drox Operative 2 is the seventh Soldak game, joining Depths of Peril, Kivi’s Underworld, Din’s Curse, Drox Operative, Zombasite, and Din’s Legacy.

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New map and live event coming soon to Hunt: Showdown

A sneak peek into the upcoming update is available in the game’s new “Dark Sight” trailer

FRANKFURT, Germany – May 25, 2021 – Following Hunt: Showdown’s “As The Crow Flies” live event, which saw the game break its record for peak concurrent users, Crytek announced today that more content is coming soon. A future game update will bring a new map – a much-requested expansion from the community  – alongside a brand-new live event that will offer players the chance to unlock more rewards. You can get a sneak peek at the new map and content coming to the game in the “Dark Sight” trailer, which also features several Easter Eggs for eagle-eyed hunters to spot.

This substantial new content is part of an ongoing series of updates to the game, including quality-of-life upgrades to enhance performance and stability, plus matchmaking improvements to deliver more balanced matches for both newcomers and experienced players alike. Hunt: Showdown has been regularly expanded since launch, and the game now features 30 Legendary Hunters, over 90 Legendary weapons, over 35 tools and consumables, and over 80 guns. The “As The Crow Flies” live event saw the arrival of a new boss, Scrapbeak, in the bayou. Regular releases of DLC packs also serve the game’s growing community, which recently passed the 100,000 member mark on Discord.

“The response to our ‘As The Crow Flies’ live event was phenomenal,” said Fatih Özbayram, Senior Producer, Hunt: Showdown. “Building on that success, we’re excited to announce that a new live event will come to the game soon, plus a new map which will present Hunters with new challenges and enemies. In addition to creating new content, we’re always looking to improve every aspect of the game to serve our friendly and welcoming community, which continues to grow with every update. There’s never been a better time to play Hunt.“

Hunt: Showdown is out now for PC, PlayStation ® 4, and Xbox One. Find out more about the game by visiting www.huntshowdown.com or checking it out on Steam.

About Hunt: Showdown

Hunt: Showdown is a competitive first-person bounty hunting game that packs the thrill of survival games into a match-based format. Set in Louisiana in 1895, the game boasts a mixture of PvP and PvE elements that creates a uniquely tense experience. It’s not just the creatures who are a threat — it’s every Hunter on the map. In the classic game mode, a match of Hunt pits 12 players — playing solo or in teams of two or teams of three — against each other as they race to take out gruesome beasts for a bounty they must collect and get off of the map, while Hunt’s quickplay mode offers a shorter match for solo players to scavenge for weapons as they compete for a diminishing pool of bounty. The higher the risk, the higher the reward — but a single mistake could cost everything. For more information, visit www.huntshowdown.com.

Phoenix Point: Year One Edition’s “Festering Skies” DLC Is Now Available

Take the fight to the skies in the newest major content update for Snapshot Games’ hit turn-based strategy sim

SOFIA, Bulgaria — May 25, 2021 — Snapshot Games has launched “Festering Skies,” the third major DLC for Phoenix Point: Year One Edition, the hit turn-based strategy game from X-COM creator Julian Gollop. This latest update introduces new story missions, cinematics, mission types, a new air-combat minigame, and much more, available now for $9.99 on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and the Microsoft Store.

In “Festering Skies,” the Phoenix Project must rise to the challenge against its biggest foe yet and face off against flying Pandorans. This exciting content update features:

• All-new tactical enemies on the ground and, of course, the Behemoth, a monstrous threat that must be stopped before it crushes humanity.
• All-new mission type: “Infested Havens,” tasking players with rescuing factions from new Pandoran threats.
• Interception: an air-combat minigame in which players can research weapons and modules to counter assaults in the skies.
• A new original storyline and cinematic cutscenes.

“Festering Skies” also rolls out with the new “Behemoth” content update, free for all players, including a range of quality-of-life and balance changes, as well as code for a new cosmetic skin Snapshot will be providing on its social channels.

Snapshot has also released the Phoenix Point Expansion Pass, a discounted bundle featuring “Festering Skies” and two future DLC campaigns, available now for $14.99. Experience even more gameplay modes, enemies, weapons, and tons of additional content for Phoenix Point: Year One Edition. Check out the game’s 2021 roadmap for a closer look at what’s coming up.

Phoenix Point delivers a new breed of turn-based strategy and action against alien invaders. Build global alliances, manage your base, and command your forces in intense battles with dynamic objectives and destructible environments. Procedurally generated maps, branching storylines with multiple endings, and enemies that mutate to counter your tactics ensure no two playthroughs are ever the same. That experience has grown even further post-launch with new DLC featuring bonus story missions, cinematics, maps, weapons, factions and more.

The “Festering Skies” DLC is also coming soon to GOG.com and Google Stadia. For more from Phoenix Point, follow the game on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Discord and the official forums.

About Snapshot Games

Snapshot Games is a video game development studio founded in 2013 by Julian Gollop and David Kaye and headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria. Gollop is recognized for creating the X-COM video game franchise in the 1990s with UFO: Enemy Unknown and X-COM: Apocalypse. Gollop also is the CEO of Snapshot Games. The company’s developers include industry veterans with years of prior experience working for studios like Ubisoft Sofia, Crytek Black Sea and more.

Istanbul, May 25 – Mayhem Brawler is an urban fantasy themed beat ’em up that brings back the 90s arcade vibe to the present day. With comic book style art and kick-ass soundtracks, it offers a unique experience that you can tackle solo or as co-op with friends while defining the next step in the story with your choices.

TO PROTECT AND SERVE

While answering a routine call on a patrol, Dolphin, Star, and Trouble -the most popular officers of the super-powered law enforcement agency, Stronghold– find themselves in a sequence of events that will alter the fate of the entire city.

EXCESSIVE FORCE

Let’s get one thing straight; if you ever think that a day in the life of a super-powered law enforcer is easy, you couldn’t be more wrong, as there are greater threats than street gangs in urban fantasy themed Mayhem Brawler. Using your arsenal of combos and special abilities, you and your co-op teammates should make life miserable for those super-powered criminals, fend yourself from the fury of werewolves, resist the hexes of street wizards and confront the megacorp led by vampire houses that enforce their goons to do their dirty deeds.

THE MAYHEM UNIVERSE

Comic book inspired hand-drawn backgrounds and frame-by-frame animations coupled with a kick-ass soundtrack will deliver a jolt of adrenaline to your controller. With the choices you make, you will shape the flow of the story and finally reach one of the three different endings in Mayhem Brawler universe, where each corner has a story to tell.

EARLY PREVIEW!

Steam Next Fest event on June 16-22, and Xbox Summer Game Fest event on June 15-21, will feature Mayhem Brawler for an early preview. With the game’s complete full features, it will include 3 Stages with 2 of them being players’ choice.

Steam, PlayStation 4, Xbox One / Series X, Nintendo Switch, and iiRCADE versions of the game will be available to gamers worldwide on August 18, 2021.

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground’s developers unveil 15 minutes of epic strategy gameplay commentary!

PARIS — May 25, 2021 — Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground, the action-packed, turn-based strategy game developed by Gasket Games and published by Focus Home Interactive based on Games Workshop’s iconic fantasy IP, launches with full cross-play support on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on May 27. But today you can check out 15 new minutes of gameplay showcasing the game’s fast-paced battles with insight from the developers.

Join Jeff Lydell (Game Director) and Ian Christy (Design Director) from the dev team at Gasket Games as they take a deeper look into the many strategic options of the Stormcast Eternals army during a mid-to-late critical battle of the campaign against the chilling Nighthaunt forces. Your units can be used in a variety of ways and customized to fit your preferred playstyle. Before each battle, you’ll get to choose between unique weapons, armor, spells and passive abilities for your units and create your own powerful synergies, with over 500 items available to collect.

Pre-order Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground today to get a special discount and the Spoils of War Weapon Pack, featuring one exclusive weapon for each of the game’s three armies. Visit the official store for more information.

IRVINE, Calif. – May 25, 2021 – Reawaken your inner demon! A modernized version of the acclaimed ATLUS classic, Shin Megami Tensei® III Nocturne HD Remaster, is out now for PlayStation®4, Nintendo Switch™ and Steam®.

This reawakening of Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster features dual Japanese and English audio, remastered models and backgrounds, and a refreshed localization for a modern experience of a legendary ATLUS classic for both new and returning players.

What begins as a normal day in Tokyo turns out to be everything but, when the Conception – an ethereal apocalypse – is invoked. The remains of the world are swallowed by chaos, as a demonic revolution descends into a broken city. Caught between a battle of gods and demons, the choices you make can bring life, rebirth, or death, and determine who triumphs. 

Check out the new Launch Trailer on the official ATLUS West channel:

This genre-defining, infamously punishing RPG is back and now includes:

• Remastered 3D models and backgrounds
• Additional difficulty settings for players of all skill levels
  • Including an easier difficulty level MERCIFUL as free DLC
• Suspend save – save your progress whenever you need! 
• Voiced audio – choose between Japanese and English VO
• An alternate branch featuring Raidou Kuzunoha

This release features fixes as well as patches implemented since the Japan release. Information about the game can be found on the official site: www.atlus.com/smt3/ 

SEGA and ATLUS have also revealed retail listings and bonus items for the game:

Digital Deluxe Edition – $69.99

Order the Digital Deluxe Edition from PlayStation Store, the Nintendo eShop, or the Steam Store! The Digital Deluxe Edition includes:

• Full Game Download
• Maniax Pack
  • Adds Dante from the Devil May Cry™ Series
• Chronicle Pack
  • Adds Raidou from the Devil Summoner Series*
• MERCIFUL Difficulty
  • Adds an easier difficulty mode
• Mercy and Expectation Map Pack
  • “Little Master’s Mercy”
  • “Master’s Expectation”
• Shin Megami Tensei BGM Pack
  • “BGM Pack 1: Shin Megami Tensei®” (2 songs)
  • “BGM Pack 2: Shin Megami Tensei® II” (2 songs)
  • “BGM Pack 3: Shin Megami Tensei® IV” (2 songs)
  • “BGM Pack 4: Shin Megami Tensei® IV: Apocalypse” (2 songs)

*Note: The Chronicle Pack is available in the base game for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions. The Chronicle Pack is free DLC for the Steam version only.

Standard Edition – $49.99

Purchase Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster from digital and physical retailers now! Physical preorders can be made at these retail partners:

• Amazon
• Best Buy
• GameStop

About ATLUS

With a wealth of award-winning titles, such as the Game Awards 2017 “Best RPG” winner and “Game of the Year” nominee, Persona® 5, the legendary cult classic JRPG Shin Megami Tensei® series, the groundbreaking action-adventure/puzzle game Catherine™, and many more, ATLUS delivers unforgettable, story-driven gameplay experiences to enthusiastic and dedicated fans around the globe. ATLUS titles are developed by ATLUS Co., Ltd. in Japan. Learn more about ATLUS at www.atlus.com.

About SEGA of America, Inc.

SEGA® of America, Inc. is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA CORPORATION, a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. SEGA of America’s website is located at www.sega.com.

Humble and Silly Platformer Brings Retro Action to the Young Generation of Gamers

May 25th, 2021 — Independent developer DosoSoft is excited to announce today that Snake Man’s Adventure will make its Steam debut on June 8th, available for 14.99USD / €12.49 / £11.39. Snake Man’s Adventure is a colorful mix of offbeat comedy, an oddball cast of characters and easy to pick up and play mechanics packaged into a humble 2D platformer inspired by 90s retro platformers.

A wouldbe hero if only people would take him seriously, Snake-Man is on a mission to prove his super skills by saving the planet Earth from an invasion of Grandiots. Setting off on a quest for greatness, Snake-Man teams up with the Professor, Sophia and her dog, “Doggo”, and Liam to save humans from intergalactic catastrophe. Travel through photo-based, layered nature environments on a colorful adventure, collecting items, power ups and achievements along the way. With an outlandish story filled with laughs, Snake Man’s Adventure pays tribute to classic platformers while not taking itself too seriously and keeping it fun and simple for a younger audience.

Wishlist Snake Man’s Adventure on Steam: 
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1500300/Snake_Mans_Adventure/
Visit the Snake Man’s Adventure website: 
https://www.dososoft.com/snake-mans-adventure
Visit the DosoSoft website: 
https://www.dososoft.com/

About DosoSoft
Founded in 2020, DosoSoft is an independent video game development studio based in Germany. With the aim of making fun, colorful titles with a light-hearted sense of humor, the studio’s first game, Snake Man’s Adventure will launch on Steam in 2021.