The new update brings the most powerful and famous battleships ever built and more

Gaijin Entertainment announces that the “Leviathans” major content update for the military online shooter War Thunder will be released in early June. It will feature the most powerful battleships ever built including the legendary Bismark, Yamato and Vanguard, as well as dozens of other interesting military vehicles for all nations.

IJN Yamato is arguably the most powerful battleship ever created. It is equipped with nine 460 mm guns in three turrets, the largest caliber ever fitted to a warship.·It had some of the thickest armor, a sophisticated fire control system, and over 150 anti-aircraft guns. Yamato was built as an apex battleship killer, and it took literally hundreds of US aircraft to overwhelm the air defenses and sink her at the very end of WW2.

German Bismarck became a legend during her very first operations when she sank the battlecruiser HMS Hood after only five salvos and damaged the Prince of Wales battleship. It took the entire Royal Navy Home Fleet to pursue, damage, surround and make a wreck of the lone Bismarck. Bismarck is equipped with eight 380 mm guns, known for their high power, accuracy and extremely good reload speed.

HMS Vanguard was the last battleship ever built, and was commissioned shortly after WW2 ended. Featuring 15 inch guns, decent speed and  armor, it has fantastic air defenses and an air recon radar. It was also the British warship with Remote Power Control for her many guns, which meant that the aim of the guns could be controlled from within the armored fire control center.

Badger is the new, modern IFV developed to replace the ageing Ratel IFV in the South African army. The Badger’s turret features a 30 mm GI-30 automatic cannon that is capable of firing sabot, APFSDS and HEI rounds. This is all backed up by a laser rangefinder and thermal imagers, making precision shots at longer ranges easier. Badger is capable of reaching 100 km/h on roads and rough ground, allowing the crew to reach strong positions fast.

The Japanese F-2A fighter jet is an aircraft derived from the American F-16 and designed for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces. While maintaining basic aerodynamics, the aircraft received an enlarged wing utilizing composite materials, a reinforced fuselage and locally developed avionics, including an AESA radar and an integrated fire control system. The F-2A will receive ASM-1 and ASM-2 anti-ship missiles that are new to the game, as well as locally designed short-range AAM-3 anti-air missiles and medium-range AAM-4.

More information on the “Leviathans” update is available on the 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. Official website: http://gaijinent.com/

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. Official website: http://warthunder.com

Rice is still power!Marvelous Europe today released a new trailer showcasing the free ‘Sakuna DLC’ for Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma ahead of its release on the Nintendo Switch™ system, Windows PC via Steam, and as part of the launch lineup for the Nintendo Switch™ 2 system on June 5, 2025. 

Harvest Goddess Sakuna and her guardian Tama, from the Edelweiss-developed Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, will be available as a villager and party member when the title releases. Don’t be fooled by her diminutive size and choice of weapons, Sakuna has more experience fighting with farming implements than most warriors and is a capable companion on any adventure. Back at the village, don’t miss out on conversations with the Harvest Goddess featuring all-new voice over. Plus, Sakuna and Tama can assist with village tasks, including farming her specialty, rice!

Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Key Features:

Bold New Abilities and Weapons: As an Earth Dancer, use the power of dance, sacred treasures, and fresh weapons like the Bow and Talisman to purify the land, farm, and undo the Blight’s damage.

It Takes a Village: Don’t just mind the farm—rebuild entire villages! Construct and place buildings strategically to entice people to return to the villages and contribute. Revive the gods to bring vitality and valuable resources back to the plagued lands. Work in third person view or use a top-down view supporting mouse functionality on Windows PC and on Nintendo Switch™ 2 with the Joy-Con™ 2.

Your Fantasy Japanese Life: Experience beautiful Japanese-inspired character designs and aesthetics—from festivals to events to monsters. Explore Azuma’s natural landscapes and its seasonal-themed locales steeped in tradition.

Classic Romance and Relationships: Choose between male and female protagonists, then befriend or romance any of the eligible candidates—god and mortal alike—in fully voiced scenarios. Recruit these new friends to aid in dynamic battles, too!

The Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma physical edition for the Nintendo Switch™ 2 version is available for pre-order for an RRP of €69.99 via the Marvelous Europe website, at participating retailers. Physical editions for Nintendo Switch are also currently available for pre-purchase with both the standard edition for an RRP of €59.99, and the Limited Edition, which comes in a custom outer box and includes a physical copy of the game, an original soundtrack consisting of 56 tracks across two CDs, a 160-page art book, an Azuma-inspired folding fan, a plush Woolby keychain, and a substantial DLC pack, which includes the “Seasons of Love Bundle,” the “Festive Attire and Dark Woolby Bundle,” the “Rune Factory 4 Hero Outfit Bundle,” the “Rune Factory 4 Bachelorette Outfit Bundle,” and the Useful Item Bundle, for an RRP of €99.99. 

Along with physical editions, Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is available for pre-purchase on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch in a standard edition for €59.99; a Digital Deluxe edition, which includes the game, the “Seasons of Love Bundle,” and the “Festive Attire and Dark Woolby Bundle” for €69,98; and as a Super Digital Deluxe edition, which includes the game, the “Seasons of Love Bundle,” the “Festive Attire and Dark Woolby Bundle,” a digital soundtrack, and digital art book, for €79.98. All digital versions of the game will come with the “Rune Factory 4 Hero Outfit Bundle” as a special bonus. The Nintendo Switch™ version can be updated to the Nintendo Switch™ 2 version digitally with the Upgrade Pack for €10, and the Nintendo Switch™ 2 version is available for pre-purchase digitally for €69.99. The title will also be available at launch on Windows PC via Steam for $59.99 for the standard edition, $69.98 for the Digital Deluxe edition, and $79.98 for the Super Digital Deluxe Edition, each containing the same content as the Nintendo Switch™ versions.

Developed by Marvelous and published in Europe and Australia by Marvelous Europe, Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is scheduled for release globally on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and Windows PC via Steam on June 5, 2025 The title will be published in Japan by Marvelous Inc. and in the Americas by Marvelous USA. More information can be found on the official website, https://marvelousgames.com/games/rune-factory-guardians-of-azuma, and on X @RuneFactory.

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Enter the cybernetic nightmare of the RedSky Corporation in ESDigital’s newest PlayStation Xbox release

Limassol, Cyprus (June 2, 2025) | Today, video game publisher ESDigital Games and developer Magic Hazard are excited to confirm the upcoming console release date for their high-octane top-down shooter, Memory Lost. The game is coming to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One on June 12, 2025. Meanwhile, PC players can already dive into the action-packed cyberpunk experience — Memory Lost is available now on Steam.

Discover a dystopian metropolis ravaged by unrelenting corporate battles where survival is only possible by shifting your consciousness into the bodies of your enemies and using their unique abilities to adapt and overcome. First-aid kits are not available. There is only one magazine in your weapon. Change bodies to survive your mission!

About Memory Lost

Memory Lost is a thrilling story-driven action shooter where the battles are built around the mechanics of mind capturing and moving into the enemy’s body. Dive deep into the depths of Detraxis, a dystopian metropolis full of technological miracles and cruel corporate battles, and use your unique ability to shift your consciousness into your enemies, capturing their minds and mastering their abilities. This mechanic will allow you to instantly and tactically adapt to the situation and overcome obstacles standing between you and your objective. 

• New body, new gameplay: There are 60 unique enemies in the game, each with their own characteristics and skills that you can take over to affect the battle’s outcome!
• Powerful bosses: There are 10 boss encounters with a variety of mechanics and challenges to overcome. 
• Endless configurations: Having five skill trees gives you the opportunity to try different combinations of strengths and find the one best suited to your playstyle.
• Relocation is the basis of survival: If you don’t want to run around in a half-dead state, look for a healthy body! Are the weapons out of ammo? Move into enemies with full ammunition and higher health!
• Copy enemies’ memories: Capturing consciousness is impossible without capturing memories. With each new migration, the Neural Network, the main character of Memory Lost, will collect more and more material to develop its own independent personality, after which it will process the knowledge gained and reap the benefits of its actions at the Mind-Map hub location.
• Karma in a top-down shooter: The neural network is also shaped by your interaction with the surrounding world. Kill for the common good or kill for mercy. Your actions will unlock one of three possible endings. Play again with new tactics to see how Karma reacts!
• An immersive cybernetic world: 3D cinematics, animated cutscenes, and a deep plot with three possible endings will take you deep into the world of Memory Lost, and allow you to shape who you will become on your warpath to freedom.

Memory Lost is available now on PC via Steam. The game will launches on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One on June 12, with a Nintendo Switch release coming at a later date. 

About ESDigital Games ESDigital Games is a global video game publishing company specializing in premium indie and mid-core games for both PC and consoles. ESDigital Games has published and distributed original titles, including AWAKEN – Astral Blade, Unusual Findings, Cats on Duty, Deck of Ashes, and much more. The publisher’s catalog will get even richer in the coming months and years with eagerly awaited games such as Steel Seed, Sky of Tides, Island of Winds, and Memory Lost, as well as future updates of REMEDIUM, Battlejuice Alchemist, and Scholar of the Arcane Arts.

Long awaited feature adds more personalization options while roadmap simultaneously delivers two DLCs

Oberhaching, Germany, June 2, 2025 – Developer Render Cube and Publisher Toplitz Productions are happy to announce that the new update “Plant a Tree” for Medieval Dynasty will be available on June 26, 2025 on PC as well as supported current-gen consoles.

Furthermore, the development team shares an outlook on the next steps on this year’s roadmap with the announcement of two additional DLCs also being released on June 26: Echoes of Nature and Medieval Dynasty Soundtrack Vol. 2.

Plant a Tree Update

The Plant a Tree update introduces the long-awaited feature of freely moving not only trees but also buildings! Now you can fully customize the look of your village according to your own vision and needs.
Dreaming of a house in the woods? Found a better spot to settle down? Or maybe you want to completely redesign your village? Now it’s possible! Just approach with your hammer, activate the ‘Move mode’, select a building and drag it to your desired location. Your settlement lacks greenery? While cutting trees, there is a chance you’ll get a seedling, which you can plant wherever you want – take your hammer and place it like any other decoration!
These features give you even more freedom in arranging your village and allow you to create the exact space you’ve always dreamed of.

DLC: Echoes of Nature

A perfect complement to the new customisation possibilities is the Echoes of Nature DLC, which adds a set of brand-new decorations – lush trees, flowering shrubs, and stone decorative elements.
Every decoration responds to the changing seasons. Watch as your shrubs bloom in spring, grow lush and full in summer, change colors in autumn, and become frost-covered in winter. Pick saplings from the merchant’s stock, plant them wherever you want, and watch as the surroundings gradually take on a new character.

DLC: Medieval Dynasty Soundtrack Vol. 2

Medieval Dynasty Soundtrack Vol. 2 DLC, featuring the Bards Album and other tracks previously unavailable outside the game. Three albums, a total of 39 compositions, and a lot of heart put into every sound.

Three Bards Album (Disc 1)6 joyful tracks performed by the band Three Bards, inspired by the music of troubadours. Perfect for dancing, laughing, and celebrating – just like in a medieval tavern.

Special Themes Album (Disc 2)16 compositions that build the atmosphere of the game world – from the main theme, through character creator music, to village themes and important NPC motifs. Each piece highlights the uniqueness of places and key moments in the gameplay.

Gameplay Music Album (Disc 3)17 compositions designed for exploration and combat. These tracks accompany the player during daily tasks, journeys through forests and fields, and in battles with dangers.

Duration: 2 hours 26 minutes
Available formats: MP3 and WAV 44.1 kHz stereo

Medieval Dynasty on Steam
Medieval Dynasty in the PlayStation Store
Medieval Dynasty in the Xbox Store

About Render Cube

Render Cube is a Polish development studio founded in 2012. In the initial period of its activity, it focused on outsourcing works, commissioned mainly by other game producers, which resulted in cooperation with, among others, CD Projekt, Techland or Platige Image. In recent years, the company has been focusing on the production of its own games, released on PC and console platforms. The biggest title of the studio is Medieval Dynasty, a unique production that combines the best features of such popular genres as survival games, simulators, builders, RPGs and strategies.The company employs over 30 people and is listed on the Polish Stock Exchange.

 About Toplitz Productions

The German-Austrian publisher, whose name originates from the mysterious Toplitz Lake in the heart of Austria, develops and publishes games with “heart & soul” for all platforms. The company consists of a healthy mix of experienced industry veterans and young talents, all of whom are passionate gamers. They enjoy working with creative developers on many exciting titles, such as those from the “Dynasty” and “Giant” series.

Maracas Studio is proud to unveil the very first full gameplay trailer for Fish Stick Protocol, its upcoming chaotic co-op extraction game for up to 8 players. The new trailer finally showcases the complete gameplay loop, revealing how players explore unpredictable dimensions, avoid bizarre environmental hazards, and return with strange artifacts to build out their own manor.

Until now, the tone and world of Fish Stick Protocol had only been hinted at. Today’s trailer offers the first in-depth look at what it feels like to jump into a mission, improvise with your team, and embrace the game’s absurdity.

“We’ve poured so much of our weird creative energy into this game,” says Sophie Schiaratura, CPO and cofounder of Maracas Studio. “The new trailer finally gives people a sense of how unpredictable, strategic, and downright absurd our missions can get. It’s the chaos we love, wrapped in a world you want to explore.”

About the Game

In Fish Stick Protocol, players take on the role of expendable workers tasked with entering procedurally generated dimensions to recover valuable artifacts. These unstable environments are filled with killer plants, dangerous creatures, and bizarre anomalies. Between runs, players upgrade and decorate the galleries of an ever-growing manor that acts as their headquarters.

Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3367500/Fish_Stick_Protocol

Key Features

• Online co-op for 1 to 8 players
• Open, procedural dimensions full of unpredictable hazards
• Persistent and customizable hub area
• Physics-driven chaos and emergent problem-solving
• Visual style that blends cuteness with gore
• No horror, no permadeath, just fun
• Localized in English, French, German, Spanish, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Polish, and Brazilian Portuguese

About Maracas Studio

Maracas Studio is an independent eight-person team based in Charleroi, Belgium. Founded by industry veterans, the studio creates video games with the ambition to connect players and leave a mark on a generation. Like the maracas, which were once ritual instruments used to awaken spirits, Maracas Studio aims to shake up the video game world through bold, energetic, and emotionally resonant creations.

Coming to Steam and Nintendo Switch Later This Year

Lausanne, Switzerland — June 2nd, 2025 – Indie game developer Sunnyside Games is happy to reveal the first gameplay trailer for their upcoming Metroidvania, Nocturnal 2.

The game is set to launch later this year on Nintendo Switch and Steam, offering non-linear exploration through a city plunged into deep slumber. The main objective: awaken the city from its Sleep.

To break the puzzle of the city of Ytash, players must recover the scattered verses of a forgotten poem and carry the flames across the entire city—relighting everything in their path, from dormant engines to ancient shrines, and burning through obstacles and foes.

Built around fast-paced aerial combat and juggling, the game challenges players to master a burn-out system to progress and defeat the fierce enemies lurking throughout the ruins of this ancient place.

• Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2847780/Nocturnal_2/
• Official Studio website: www.sunnysidegames.ch
• Official Game Website: www.nocturnal-game.com

Key Features:

• Carry your flames carefully across the island, steering clear of anything that might extinguish them.
• Wield your blade to ignite ancient mechanisms and torches, gradually awakening the island god, Ytash.
• Collect fragments of a forgotten poem to piece together the tragic story of a long-lost, self-consuming city.
• Explore a compact, focused island adventure built around a singular core mechanic—with plenty of secrets waiting to be discovered.

About Sunnyside Games

Sunnyside Games is a Swiss-based company founded in 2013 and composed of sorcerers, artists, and engineers that are working hand-in-hand to create challenging, immersive and well hand-crafted 2D games for PCs and consoles. Previous games from Sunnyside Games include Nocturnal, Towaga: Among Shadows, and The Firm.

Step into a world where reality decays, nightmares breathe, and the dead are never truly silent. PC demo available now on Steam

Barcelona, Spain – 2 June 2025. Publisher SelectaPlay and developer Dark Council Studio are thrilled to unveil a new gameplay trailer for Dark Atlas: Infernum, the upcoming first-person psychological horror survival experience. Premiered during Saturday’s Horror Game Awards Summer Showcase, the trailer tears open a glimpse into the nightmare: claustrophobic rooms, crumbling environments twisted by unseen forces, and grotesque entities watching from the shadows, waiting for your fear to ripen.

Coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S|X in late 2025, Dark Atlas: Infernum invites players to descend into a world where the boundary between reality and nightmare has shattered. Humanity teeters on the brink of annihilation as memories rot, truths burn, and the skies fall silent. Storms rage across the Earth, leaving behind something worse than death: Imprints, hollow remnants of the dead, staring into the void without purpose or peace.

In Infernum, you’re not just surviving. You’re unravelling. Trapped in a personal purgatory, stalked by the Word, and haunted by the sins of a broken world, your only hope is to escape. But every door you open leads deeper into yourself, and what’s buried there is hungry.

For those ready to confront the abyss, the PC demo is now live on Steam. This is your first step into the infernal spiral, into a place where truth is punishment, knowledge is a noose, and the Corona Radiata is the forbidden scripture that might damn or deliver the world.

About Dark Atlas: Infernum

The world is unravelling. Electrical storms scour the Earth, leaving behind ghostlike remnants called Imprints, silent echoes of the dead, haunting the ruins of cities. Civilisation is burning. And something far worse is coming.

You are trapped in a nightmare where truth is a curse. Hunted by the Word, your memories twist into mazes, and reality decays into ash. The past demands answers. The future offers only torment. And the Corona Radiata, a forbidden book of unspeakable power, is the key everyone wants… including you.

You must escape. Through shadows. Through guilt. Through hell itself.

Key Features:

• First-person, single-player survival horror soaked in dread.
• Psychological horror, stealth, and intricate puzzles drive a deeply immersive experience.
• A rich narrative set in Álvaro Aparicio’s Saga Radiata universe, part of the Dark Atlas meta-anthology.
• Spanish voice acting led by Alberto “Láudano” Martínez (Noviembre Nocturno).
• A haunting original soundtrack that lingers like a curse.
• Collectables and Steam Achievements hidden in the darkest corners, if you’re brave enough to search.

Dark Atlas: Infernum will be released on PC via Steam, PlayStation and Xbox consoles in 2025. Wishlist the game on Steam and PlayStation now. 

About Night Council

Night Council Studio is an independent videogame developing company based in Spain. Dark Atlas: Infernum —succesfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter, nominated in the category of Best Narrative, Best Soundtrack and Game of the Year of the VII edition of the PlayStation Awards, selected by the Comunidad de Madrid (Spain) with an economic grant and finalist of the Feelmotion 21 Trailer Awards— will be its first videogame.

About SelectaPlay

SelectaPlay is SelectaVisión’s video games publishing branch. The company works with talented studios on unique video games and helps them publish their titles in both physical and digital formats in Europe and worldwide.

About SelectaVisión

SelectaVisión is a video publishing company founded in 1984. Based in Spain, SelectaVisión’s catalog includes anime and live-action feature films, TV shows, and movies. Publishing both anime classics and the latest Japanese productions since 1997, SelectaVisión has built a long relationship with fan-favorite Japanese producers and distributors, becoming the major publisher of anime content for Spanish audiences. 

With hundreds of heartwarming discounts, there’s no better time to refresh your cozy game collection.

Darmstadt, Germany – 2 June 2025. Indie publisher rokaplay warmly invites players of all ages to snuggle up and join the Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration 2025, now live on Steam! Running until June 9, this special event brings together a delightful mix of comforting, creative, and family-friendly games, both beloved favourites and charming upcoming titles.

Explore a lovingly curated lineup of relaxed sims, story-rich adventures, wholesome crafting games, and more, all hand-picked to spark joy and soothe the soul. Whether you’re after something solo and serene or perfect for the whole family, this celebration has something for everyone, and at a discount!

Enjoy cozy deals on titles like:

• Planet Zoo – 70% off
• Travellers Rest – 25% off
• My Time at Sandrock – 50% off
• And many more indie darlings and hidden gems!

From digging holes with meditative precision in A Game About Digging A Hole, to floating through survival crafting in A-Loft, building your dream park in Jurassic World Evolution 2, or swapping stories in the D&D-inspired Tavern Talk, there’s a friendly, cozy corner of Steam waiting just for you.

But hurry! This heartwarming celebration wraps up on June 9, so don’t miss your chance to discover your next feel-good favourite.

Browse the full event on Steam now https://store.steampowered.com/sale/CozyFamilyFriendlyGamesCelebration2025

Want more cozy in your life? Subscribe to the Cozy Games Celebration Newsletter for the latest updates, upcoming releases, and wholesome gaming vibes all year round. 

About rokaplay

“We make Cozy & Family Friendly games” – rokaplay GmbH, based in Darmstadt, Germany, is an indie games developer and supports other indies in realizing their dream games. Inspired by Nintendo, rokaplay offers cross-platform entertainment for all people of all ages. To them, proactive and transparent communication with their community is a crucial and indispensable part of their work.