Thunderful and Sand Sailor Studios’ Viking survival tribe builder ASKA launched its June update today, which adds Smolkr Farming, a Cheesemaker Building, two brand-new armor sets, a Happiness System overhaul and plenty more to help players continue carving out their community!  For a detailed breakdown on the update, check out the latest dev diary video:

Highlights of the update include:

• Smolkr Farming – With Smolkr farming, players will now be able to capture and tame Smolkrs in the new Smolkr pen building, and farm (s)milk, meat and leather scraps.
• Cheesemaker Building – Players will be able to build the new Cheesemaker building, allowing them to produce cheese, the latest ASKA delicacy.
• New Huskarl and Hauberk Armor Sets – Players can now suit up with two brand-new armor sets, giving them and their villagers another stylish option for protective outerwear.
• Happiness System Overhaul – Villagers will now have a tier based on their top proficiency and will require related-tier food items. Houses now also feature a new attribute – area desirability – which will affect villager happiness.
• Miscellaneous – This update also adds a range of UI improvements, optimizations, and general bug fixes.

Additionally, to kick off the summer season, ASKA will be 40% off for its biggest discount yet! 

About ASKA

Currently in early access on PC via Steam, ASKA compels players to establish a thriving Viking village by collecting resources, building outposts, fighting off threats, and more, either solo or with up to three friends. This indie studio brings a new edge to the survival genre, where intelligent NPC villagers each have their own traits, strengths and weaknesses. It’s up to players to decide what work they’re best suited for and how to complete their tasks. Players can follow @ASKAthegame on X for the latest news throughout 2025.

Forge your legend as an Arboranger in this heartfelt action RPG visual novel

Boulder, Colo. (June 26, 2025) – Today publisher Serenity Forge (Doki Doki Literature Club Plus, LISA, Fractured Blooms) and developer Gratesca Studio revealed that Noctuary will also be coming to Xbox when it makes its console debut next month. This narrative-driven action RPG will launch on Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation 5 on July 30, 2025, at 9 a.m. PT.

Noctuary is a visual novel that fuses rich storytelling, fast-paced action, and deep character progression into a customizable and satisfying RPG. Step into the dual roles of Fancia Dream and Alina Nightsong, two bright-eyed Illuminators training to become legendary guardians of light in a world teetering on the edge of shadow. Engage in thrilling real-time combat and challenging boss fights while mastering distinct combat styles for both characters, tailoring your playstyle with strategic skill loadouts.

Following its “Overwhelmingly Positive” Steam release in November 2023, Gratesca Studio began crafting additional content to further develop the in-depth characters and fairy-tale world of Inlixaland. Noctuary’s console release will introduce a massive wave of new story and battle content, as well as highly requested features and language options from its community. This substantial content addition will also be available as a free update for PC players on July 30th.

New Content & Features:

• Expanded Story: Adventure through six new stories to uncover the pasts of fan-favorite characters, explore untold history, and meet Krosa from “Far Away“
• More Playable Characters: Jump into battle with three brand-new playable characters across ten riveting combat scenarios
• Japanese Voice Acting: Full Japanese voice acting for the entire main story, in addition to the original Mandarin and Cantonese VO options
• New Features: Customize your experience with new community-requested UI features and the ability to skip battles or story segments

Keep up with Serenity Forge’s latest digital and physical releases by visiting the team’s website, Twitter, and Bluesky pages.

About Gratesca Studio

Gratesca Studio, located in Chengdu, China, achieved success with their visual novel Far Away on Steam in the Chinese market. Emphasizing development expertise, the studio aims to provide enhanced gaming experiences for players worldwide, spanning from visual novels and JRPGs to future diverse game genres.

About Serenity Forge

Based in Boulder, Colorado, video game development and publishing studio Serenity Forge prides themselves on the care and dedication they put into their work, creating meaningful games that challenge the way you think. Firm believers in the artistic, cultural, and educational power of video games, Serenity Forge aims to craft unique interactive experiences to broaden players’ horizons and expand their perspectives.

Walnut Creek, California – June 26, 2025 | Maximum Entertainment and Polychroma Games are excited to announce that Until Then, the acclaimed cinematic visual novel, brings its emotional, mysterious journey to a new platform. Previously released on Steam and PlayStation 5, the game that has captivated audiences since its release last year is now available digitally on Nintendo Switch. Watch the official Nintendo Switch launch trailer here: 

Additionally, Until Then will be getting a physical release on Nintendo Switch. The physical version will launch globally on December 4th. Pre-orders will start to go live across major gaming retailers in the coming weeks.

Set in a beautifully stylized pixel-art world, Until Then follows Mark Borja, a high school student trying to make sense of daily life—school, friendships, piano lessons, and social media—while confronting a creeping sense that something isn’t quite right. As strange events begin to ripple through his reality, Mark finds himself on the edge of a life-changing mystery.

Players will explore an immersive, narrative-rich world filled with memorable characters, clever mini-games, and interactive storytelling. With a dynamic soundtrack and gripping, emotional storyline, Until Then challenges players to uncover the truth hidden beneath the surface—before time runs out.

Until Then is available now on Nintendo Switch, PC and PlayStation 5. Learn more at https://untilthengame.com.

About Maximum Entertainment

Maximum Entertainment is a global entertainment company dedicated to crafting indie to AA video game experiences through original content and licensed partnerships. A fully integrated group with a broad portfolio of content, the company emphasizes collaboration and inclusivity in its partnerships to produce the highest level of interactive entertainment. With more than 300 titles in its catalog, Maximum Entertainment has joined forces with talented creators and renowned franchises around the globe to deliver magic to the gamer in everyone. Maximum Entertainment employs experienced professionals across the entire value chain of video games including development, publishing, transmedia, sales, and operations.

About Polychroma Games

Polychroma Games is an independent game studio based in the Philippines seeking to explore and push the envelope of story in play. Our team believes that video games hold awesome potential as a medium of storytelling. We entwine the interactivity of play and the power of narrative into one.

The new content update brings a Swiss aviation subtree, new battleships and more

Gaijin Entertainment announces that the major content update “Leviathans” for the military online action War Thunder is already available to the players. While battleships like Yamato are literally the largest part of it, the update also introduces a completely new type of military vehicle: multi-vehicle SAM systems. The Swiss aviation subtree and the legendary Comanche helicopter will also fire many players up.

As War Thunder is gradually adding more and more sophisticated modern weapon systems to the virtual battlefield, the time has come for the advanced SAM systems that consist of multiple vehicles that work together, including one with a radar for surveillance and fire control, and one or more launchers. War Thunder players will be able to field those two machines at same time, cycling between them and driving them around independently.

A good example of a multi-vehicle SAM system is the German IRIS-T SLM that consists of one radar vehicle and two launchers. All vehicles have no armor and are truly large in size, so they can be easily spotted and destroyed if an enemy comes close enough. On the other hand, this SAM fires IRIS-T SL medium-range missiles that feature an all-aspect thermal imaging homing head with an inertial guidance system, offer improved noise and IR countermeasure immunity and are capable of totally clearing up the sky at distances of up to 40 km.

Other multi-vehicle SAM systems in War Thunder include Japanese Tan-SAM kai and American CLAWS based on the famous Humvee chassis.

The Swiss aviation subtree is added to the German aircraft tree, offering more tactical options to the players. It includes the Mirage IIIS C.70 export modification, a new variant of the Hawker Hunter F.58, as well as two variants of the formidable F/A-18 Hornet. The highlight of this subtree is the C-3604 piston-engine strike aircraft, fully designed by Swiss engineers. Equipped with a total of three 20 mm cannons and backed up by a pair of 7.5 mm machine guns, it can also be fitted with suspended ordnance up to a maximum payload of 600 kg.

RAH-66 Comanche is a stealthy reconnaissance and attack helicopter developed during the late Cold War to counter high-tech threats, but ultimately abandoned due to cost overruns. Thanks to the specific geometry, the Comanche is capable of alluding radar detection until it closes in much more to its target compared to conventional helicopters with the same size. The sleek design and use of lightweight composite materials allows it to attain top speeds of over 324 km/h, earning its place among War Thunder’s most nimble helicopters. The Comanche has a selection of most proven American ordnance options, ranging from Hellfire and Stinger missiles to Hydra rocket pods, as well a nose-mounted 20 mm rotary cannon.

More information on the “Leviathans” update is available at War Thunder official website

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.

About War Thunder

War Thunder is a free-to-play, cross-platform, massively multiplayer military masterpiece with millions of fans worldwide, that allows players on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Mac and Linux to fight their way across air, land, and sea in the same battlefield. War Thunder offers 2000+ playable aircraft, armored vehicles and ships from the 1900s to the 2010s. The US, Russian, British, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Swedish, Israeli, South African and French military vehicles represented in game are carefully researched, historically accurate recreations of their real world counterparts. Fans can expect hundreds more added as Gaijin Entertainment commits to ongoing development via regular updates.

Teased during Warhammer’s Skulls Festival last month, today’s update brings an endless new PvE game mode and two new cosmetic DLCs

PARIS – June 26, 2025 – Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive are excited to celebrate the release of the new Siege Update for the blockbuster third-person shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2. Available now for free to all PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC players, this update comes with a new PvE game mode and two new cosmetics DLCs for Season Pass owners. There’s also a new trailer to get you ready for even more action!

Tear down endless waves of Tyranids and Heretics

Fight against impossible odds in Space Marine 2’s Siege Mode, a new PvE experience available for free to all players today. Set on Kadaku, this three-player game mode pits you against ever deadlier waves of Tyranid and Thousand Sons, daring you and your squad to hold an imperial fortress for as long as you possibly can.

Earn points with each wave you defeat and spend them at Requisition Terminals to stay in the fight. Ammunition, equipment charges, and Medicae Stimms will keep you upright, but as the going gets tough, spending your points on reinforcements like Cadian regiments or Dreadnought support will prove invaluable. Every five waves, you and your squad will be called upon to defend a new area of the fortress – if you’re able to defeat the Carnifexes, Neurothropes and Helbrutes throwing themselves at you, that is!

Extract before it’s too late to earn Requisition Points, Armoury Data and XP, or fulfill your duty to the Emperor, for only in death does duty end.

The White Scars and Blood Angels enter the fray

In addition to the new Siege Mode, today’s Patch 8 update comes with two new DLCs for Ultra Edition, Gold Edition, and Season Pass holders. The White Scars Chapter Pack includes a new Champion skin for the Assault class; three exclusive White Scars-inspired weapon skins for the Occulus Bolt Carbine, Stalker Bolt Rifle, and Combat Knife; and a host of cosmetic options and heraldry markings for their Successor Chapters. The Blood Angels Cosmetic Pack offers three new armour pieces which may be equipped on any playable class, plus a suite of heraldry symbols and rank markings celebrating eight of the Blood Angels’ Successor Chapters.

Heed the call of battle once again with Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2’sSiege Update, available for free on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Join the Space Marine 2 community, share feedback, and get exclusive rewards on our new Focus Together platform.

Shanghai, China — 26 June, 2025 | Etheria: Restart is adding a powerful new SSR Animus character, Eternal Night – Yeli, alongside a brand new Cage Rumble game mode in its latest update, available now. 

A crimson-winged assassin, Eternal Night – Yeli is ready to deal devastating damage in Etheria: Restart. A high-impact DPS unit who can chain additional pursuit strikes after landing a critical hit, leaving his enemies like dust in his wake. Combined with innate critical buffs, self-dispel, and team-wide defence-breaking abilities, Yeli is a dangerous contender in both PvE and PvP.

Alongside Yeli’s debut, players can dive into the brand-new, limited-time Cage Rumble boss challenge mode. In Cage Rumble, players build teams of Animus and take on a series of opponents as gladiators within a combat cage, and at high ratings can even unlock the ability to take on three bosses at once. Rewards for taking part in Cage Rumble include Shadowprint, Hydra Crystal, and Anima Prototype, based on daily ratings and challenge completion.

Official Launch Summon: June 26 – July 9

Players can participate in limited-time summon for this new SSR Animus character: 

Butterfly Waltz – Yeli

• Guarantees SSR Yeli
• Available June 26, 00:00 – July 9, 23:59 (UTC–5)
• Guaranteed pull within 80 summons 

Etheria: Restart is set in a future where humanity’s minds have been uploaded into a digital sanctuary called Etheria, the game’s story explores themes of memory loss, corrupted identities, and digital permanence. It’s now officially live with players able to join on the Apple store, Google Play, or via the official website.  

Recruit the new SSR Yeli and rise through the ranks in Cage Rumble!

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.

Wired Productions’ Summer Sizzling Spectacular Sale Showcase Starts Now!

Watford, UK – June 26th, 2025 – Independent publisher Wired Productions are kicking off the summer with a Sizzling Spectacular Sale Showcase (say that four times fast!). Starting today and ending July 10^th, there will be up to 80% off Wired acclaimed titles including Deliver Us the Moon, Gori: Cuddly Carnage, Arcade Paradise, and more. Check out the Steam sale page to see the full suite of sizzling sales.

And to celebrate the showcase, Wired’s three most recent titles – Hotel Architect, Warhammer: 40,000: Speed Freeks, and KARMA: The Dark World – will be receiving brand new content updates!

Hotel Architect – New York Update 
Construction and tycoon management game Hotel Architect takes on the Big Apple in a free New York content update launching today. Currently in Early Access, Hotel Architect invites players to step into the role of a hotel owner, offering creative freedom and strategically organize logistics, whilst experiencing the chaotic, yet satisfying and cozy gameplay loop.

The New York content update arrives with a brand-new map which introduces the ability to build towering skyscrapers for the first time. From here, players can build, design and manage over 20 floors with a whole new range of cosmetic items and rewards tailored to create the ultimate New York hotel. The New York scenario, alongside the sandbox mode, starts from an empty plot giving players complete creative freedom as they build a hotel from the ground up.

Hotel Architect is out now in Steam Early Access.

Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks – Supporters Update
Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks keeps its foot on the gas as it races toward its first update since joining Wired last month. To mark the occasion, the game is offering a 20% discount, along with new bundle deals, including the Gladius + Speed Freeks bundle and the GRIP bundle. 

The Supporters Pack DLC is now available on Steam, and community items – such as trading cards and avatars – have also gone live. A newly revealed roadmap confirms that new vehicles, maps, game modes, and player-requested features are on the way. A game update with general fixes is rolling out, and the Double Scrap event is now live as part of the Summer Steam Fest. The next major game update is set for July 1st. Stay tuned for even more announcements coming soon. 

KARMA: The Dark World – Photo Mode Update
Dive deeper into the psychological-horror of KARMA: The Dark World with the launch of the all-new Photo Mode on PC and PS5. This new feature allows you to capture and share the eerie atmosphere of Daniel McGovern’s journey through an Orwellian dystopia like never before.

KARMA: The Dark World is available on PlayStation and PC. Players can Wishlist the upcoming Xbox version with more details to follow in the coming months.

The Wired Productions Summer Sizzling Spectacular Sale Showcase starts today, June 26^th and ends on July 10^th. For more information check out the Steam sale page.

About Wired Productions

Wired Productions is a true Indie Publisher proudly presenting a diverse range of specially curated games from some of the greatest storytellers and independent developers. Named as “Indie Publisher of the Year” at the MCV / Develop Awards, Wired is home to an award-winning collection of titles including: Hotel Architect, Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks, KARMA: The Dark World, DIG VR, Gori: Cuddly Carnage, Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, Arcade Paradise VR,  Martha Is Dead, The Falconeer, and Deliver Us the Moon. Beneath is an upcoming title.

Find @WiredP on YouTube, Discord, and X or search Wired Productions on Google.

About Pathos Interactive

Pathos Interactive is a game studio founded in 2015, headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company is driven with a deep passion by gamers with an ambition to make the best games, striving for excellence and releasing one quality game at a time. Having released the real-time strategy game, Bannermen, on Steam, Pathos are currently working on Hotel Architect, a management and simulation game.

About GAMES WORKSHOP
Games Workshop® Group PLC (LSE:GAW.L), based in Nottingham, UK, produces the best fantasy miniatures in the world. Games Workshop designs, manufactures, retails, and distributes its range of Warhammer®: Age of Sigmar® and Warhammer® 40,000® games, miniatures, novels, and model kits through more than 553 of its own stores (branded Games Workshop® or Warhammer®), the www.games-workshop.com web store and independent retail

channels in more than 50 countries worldwide. More information about Games Workshop and its other related brands and product ranges (including our publishing division ‘Black Library’ and our special resin miniatures studio ‘Forge World’) can be found at www.games-workshop.com. 

Warhammer 40,000: Speed Freeks © Copyright Games Workshop Limited 2024. Speed Freeks, the Speed Freeks logo, GW, Games Workshop, Space Marine, 40K, Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, 40,000, the ‘Aquila’ Double-headed Eagle logo, and all associated logos, illustrations, images, names, creatures, races, vehicles, locations, weapons, characters, and the distinctive likeness thereof, are either ® or TM, and/or © Games Workshop Limited, variably registered around the world, and used under licence. All rights reserved. Developed by Caged Element Inc. Caged Element logo and Speed Freeks programming code copyright Caged Element Inc. All rights reserved. Published by Wired Productions Ltd

About Caged Element

Caged Element is a passionate and independent game development studio that specializes in intense vehicular combat titles. With their previous title GRIP, they unleashed a flurry of speed and chaos upon the gaming world and are excited to extend that experience through SPEED FREEKS. WAAAGH!

About Pollard Studio

Pollard Studio, based in Shanghai, China, is an independent game development studio composed of industry veterans with experience at EA, Virtuos, and other major game studios. Founded in 2018, the studio specializes in narrative-driven experiences that blend psychological depth with stunning visuals. With a core team of 20 developers, including one based in Los Angeles, Pollard Studio is dedicated to crafting unforgettable gaming experiences.

Swashbuckling survival adventure with over 350,000 wishlists sets sail with first public alpha playtest

TORTUGA — June 26, 2025 — Indie studio Crosswind Crew announced today that Crosswind, the upcoming survival adventure game set in an alternate Age of Piracy, has launched its highly anticipated first public alpha playtest on Steam. To celebrate, the team has released an exciting new trailer, giving a deeper look at what to expect in Crosswind!

Amassing over 350,000 wishlists since its first reveal in March, Crosswind reimagines the classic “build, craft, survive” formula with souls-lite boss fights, broadside sea battles, and seamless ship-to-shore exploration. The new alpha focuses on core survival systems and offers roughly 30+ hours of content.

Key Alpha Features:

• Explore three expansive biomes, each packed with resources, enemies, and dungeons
• Defeat three memorably epic bosses in souls-lite combat, offering unique challenges and available in multiple difficulty tiers
• Captain three playable ships – and plunder a bonus NPC merchant vessel
• Fight on land, at sea and during dynamic boarding actions
• Team up in experimental online co-op for up to three players – or play solo!

The Crosswind hands-on alpha test is expected to run for the next several weeks. Players will be let in via the Steam playtest system, but if you miss the chance to set sail this time around, there will be other playtests in the future!

Request access to the Crosswind alpha playtest and wishlist the game on Steam now! To stay up to date about all things Crosswind, subscribe to the official Crosswind YouTube channel, join the Discord server, and check out the website.

About Crosswind Crew

Crosswind Crew is an experienced team of developers dedicated to bringing the open seas to fans around the world with their upcoming pirate survivaladventure game Crosswind. To learn more about Crosswind Crew, join their Discord server.

Zurich, Switzerland, June 26, 2025 – Swiss-Polish indie developer Blindflug Studios has officially announced the release date for its strategy base-building game Ground of Aces: The game will launch in Early Access on July 10, 2025 for Windows PC and Mac.

Ground of Aces on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2308690/Ground_of_Aces

Ground of Aces puts players in command of an airbase during World War II, where they must build, manage, and lead their base through the hardships of war. The Early Access version features the British Royal Air Force as the first playable faction and offers a wide selection of iconic British aircraft to collect for your base.

Following the successful release of the playable demo earlier this year, the team is now ready to take the next big step. Executive Producer Moritz Zumbühl explains: “Over the past few months, we’ve worked closely with our community, and we’re incredibly excited to launch the Early Access version of Ground of Aces exactly on the 85th anniversary of the start of the Battle of Britain. July 10 is our D-Day – and we can’t wait to send players on their mission.”

Ground of Aces will offer players a unique view into World War II, highlighting the challenges faced by air bases and their crews, including historic events such as the Battle of Britain. It is inspired by free form base building games like Rimworld and Going Medieval, as well as historical strategy games like Hearts of Iron IV. The art style will pay homage to the “ligne claire” style of Franco-Belgian comics like Biggles and Buck Danny.

The main pillars of Ground of Aces:

• Engulf yourself in the Second World War: Step into the shoes of an air base commander and witness the war from a new perspective. Build and defend your base, send pilots on critical missions, and play a vital role in shaping the war effort.
• A base builder at heart: Design and expand your air base with complete freedom. Your base is laid out by your own choices and thus unique.
• A dream for aviation enthusiasts: Take command of a fleet of historically significant aircraft. Carefully select the right planes for each mission, maintain your fleet, and ensure your base is always ready for action.
• Your crew’s personal stories: Your crew is more than just numbers—they are individuals shaped by war. Witness their struggles and triumphs, and feel the weight of every loss.

About Blindflug Studios

We are an indie game studio founded in 2014 by Jeremy Spillmann and Moritz Zumbühl, based in Zürich, Switzerland and Poznań, Poland. Our mission is simple: We want to create beautiful, imaginative and fun games that centre around real-world dilemmas. We believe that games are an incredible medium for allowing players to experience the most complex of problems while being hugely entertaining too! Our first title, First Strike, a nuclear war RTS game, has been played by more than eleven million players so far. It was followed up by the critically acclaimed Cloud Chasers that explores the topic of migration, the dieselpunk action game Airheart, and the Apple Arcade launch title Stellar Commanders. With over 50 nominations and prizes at international awards and festivals, like the Best GDC Pitch and German Developer Innovation Prize, Blindflug is one of the standout indie game studios in Europe.