Coming to PlayStation 5 on April 30 is I Am Your President, a political survival game from the creators of the popular and highly rated Crime Scene Cleaner. The title allows you to become the president of the United States of America. I Am Your President is a game full of political clashes, crisis situations and geopolitical struggles. This unique simulator has also been released previously for PC and Xbox.

The game was developed by the independent President Studio from Poland, which is known for its well-received Crime Scene Cleaner. I Am Your President was released in 2023 first on PC, and later the title also hit Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Ultimate Games S.A. is responsible for developing and releasing the console version.

PlayStation Store Link – https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10013879

Grand challenges and political survivalism

I Am Your President is an intriguing political survival game with the mechanics of a narrative strategy game. The player begins his adventure as the newly elected president of the United States, who must face the realities and challenges of big politics.

The gameplay includes making political decisions, talking to people, attending press conferences and conducting foreign policy, among other things. Presidential activities also include preparing various speeches and addresses, as well as running social media channels. The game combines serious topics with satirical and humorous elements.

Decide, divide and rule!

The creators of I Am Your President have prepared a special political compass, which shows exactly how specific decisions of the player place themselves on the ideological map. The player gets a lot of freedom in conducting domestic and foreign policy. So you can, for example, lavigate around the center or be closer to the Democratic or Republican line.

There is also no shortage of random events in I Am Your President, and references to real-life political figures and events, as well as conspiracy theories, add further flavor.

I Am Your President – main features:

• political survival simulator;
• domestic and foreign policy;
• different ideological currents;
• random events and crises;
• conspiracy theories.

The release date for I Am Your President for PlayStation 5 has been set for April 30, 2025.

Fans Are Encouraged to Indulge in All Things ANI-MAY With Activations Available Across Retail, AVOD, Crunchyroll Games, Home Entertainment, Crunchyroll Store, and More

Sydney, Australia 30 April 2025 – Crunchyroll®, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, is kicking off the third annual Ani-May celebration with global retail, digital, and streaming activations. New and exclusive products and promotions will be available at JB Hi-Fi and EB Games & Zing Pop Culture in Australia and at several retail locations across the globe. New and exclusive product launches and exciting promotional deals will also be available on the Crunchyroll Store all month!

“Anime isn’t just an entertainment medium; it’s a lifestyle. To celebrate anime’s explosive growth, we’re giving fans a variety of ways to express their anime passion during Ani-May – from all-new products across apparel, collectibles, global activations, game collaborations, and new series streaming for free on Crunchyroll,” said Anna Songco Adamian, Vice President, Global Consumer Products. “Whether it’s through wearing their fandom on their sleeves or streaming their favorite series, Crunchyroll will have fans covered this Ani-May.”

Throughout May, fans can expect a wide array of new, officially licensed merchandise from internationally beloved series! Solo Leveling, which was the top series streaming on Crunchyroll in 2024 will be back, alongside sci-fi monster series Kaiju No. 8, the wonderfully adorable series featuring kittens living in bananas, Bananya, and supernatural comedy Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. Of course, merchandise will also feature smash hit shonen series My Hero Academia, video game fantasy Overlord, and The Apothecary Diaries, a historical romance mystery set in a fictional country based on the Tang dynasty of Imperial China. These are just a few of the multitude of shows available—fans can expect more across many global retailers.

Australia and New Zealand-based fans can look forward to the following retail activations:

• In Australia, JB Hi-Fi will be celebrating with dedicated Ani-May end caps in stores, encompassing anime home video and collectibles, with unique in-store signage created by talented store staff! The May edition of STACK Magazine will feature an editorial piece on anime, and will be available in all stores and also online.
• EB Games & Zing Pop Culture – the Home of Pop Culture & Gaming will be joining the Ani-May fun! Customers who sign up to EB WORLD PLUS will receive a 30-day Crunchyroll Premium trial membership*. EB Games will also celebrate with digital signage, ceiling banners, and exclusive products available for purchase across fan-favorite shows, including JUJUTSU KAISEN, SPY x FAMILY, Chainsaw Man, and My Hero Academia.

The Crunchyroll Store, the ultimate one-stop shop for anime fans, will also dive into the Ani-May fun with new and exclusive product launches, unbeatable deals, and an exciting gift-with-purchase offer: a new Crunchyroll-exclusive Ani-May pin. Each week in the month of May will highlight a different genre of product – fans can look forward to deals on popular products for collectors, action / adventure titles, shonen shows, and finally fantasy fan-faves. Additionally, those tuning into the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards® celebration on May 25th might also want to take a peek at the Crunchyroll Store the next day to celebrate this year’s nominees for Anime of the Year.

In the world of home entertainment, Crunchyroll will be releasing Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 1 Part 2 in a Limited Edition Blu-ray™ box set with preorders beginning on May 16. Crunchyroll will also be rereleasing Perfect Blue and Paprika director Satoshi Kon’s psychological thriller series Paranoia Agent and the dark action fantasy GOBLIN SLAYER Season 1, both on Blu-ray in SteelBook® cases, available exclusively for purchase in the Crunchyroll Store on May 1. And to help organize these new SteelBooks at home, the Crunchyroll Store has exclusively debuted the SteelNook, an open display case made from premium SteelBook metal designed to fit four standard SteelBooks from anime series to movies. The SteelNook will be available for purchase on the Crunchyroll Store starting tomorrow.

Crunchyroll Game Vault®, a library of premium games available to Mega and Ultimate Fan members globally, also joins the Ani-May celebration with the launch of Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, available on April 30 today. The tactical role-playing game (“RPG”) is just one of several titles dropping each week throughout May — from acclaimed visual novels like Grisaia Phantom Trigger to cult horror classics such as Corpse Party — all tailored for anime fans.

The fun doesn’t stop there! Beginning on May 2 and continuing through the end of the month, 20 hit series will be available to stream on Crunchyroll for free with ads. These series include Cowboy Bebop, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Haikyu!!, Jujutsu Kaisen, Shangri-La Frontier, the first seasons of Solo Leveling and The Apothecary Diaries, and many more. Please note that movies and OVAs are excluded from the promotion and regional restrictions may apply.

As always, fans can celebrate anime all year long with a Crunchyroll membership, which grants access to the world’s largest dedicated anime streaming library of over 50,000 episodes, 2,000 unique titles, and 25,000 hours of content—available subbed and dubbed worldwide in more than 12 languages and across over 15 platforms.

About Crunchyroll^®

Crunchyroll is the global anime brand that fuels fans’ love of anime. With the ambition to make anime an even bigger part of pop culture, Crunchyroll offers fans the ultimate anime experience and destination centered around a premium streaming service. Crunchyroll has the largest dedicated anime library, an immersive world of events, exciting theatrical releases, unique games, must-have merchandise, timely news, and more. Anime is for everyone and is accessible to stream across territories through Crunchyroll—whether on the go on mobile, through gaming consoles and big-screen devices at home, or on desktops anywhere.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 30 April, 2025 – Cardboard Sword, and PLAION, are excited to today reveal their debut title The Siege and the Sandfox will be releasing next month. The wait is over for this noteworthy 2D stealth Metroidvania and to celebrate the team have released a new trailer for the adventure. The Siege and the Sandfox will be available on 21^st May 2025 on Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and Humble for $20.99 AUD.  

The Sandfox, known as the Kasha’I, is famed across the land as part of the legendary line of faithful protectors and servants to the crown. In this ‘Stealthvania’ adventure players will explore the majestic palace in the ancient desert city Kariman, under siege by its neighbouring kingdom, and venture into the ruins below to overcome a threat from a sand-borne evil. In The Siege and the Sandfox players will master dynamic parkour abilities and use cunning and stealth to discover the true threat lurking within.

“We are excited for our debut title The Siege and the Sandfox to finally get into players’ hands! Developing a meaningful 2D stealth game has been an ambitious undertaking for the team, and we are eager for our fans to play and enjoy it.” shares Olly Bennett, Cardboard Sword CEO.

“As a studio we set out on this development journey to create a new indie game IP with a unique 2D stealth element. Art led a lot of our development process, inspiring the narrative and gameplay mechanics. The hand-animated retro-style pixel art, combined with the hand painted normal maps and Unreal lighting and effects, provides an incredibly rich visual for players – really immersing them into the game world of the Sandfox.”

Features: 

• 2D stealth Metroidvania with parkour exploration
• Rich retro-style pixel art, hand animated frame-by-frame, with modern effect from Unreal Engine
• Immersive and dynamic audio builds tension and highlights danger
• An eclectic range of characters to discover and aid
• Smooth controls and fluid animations
• Avoid enemies, evade capture and find other ways to deal with threats

Fight for your city! The Siege and the Sandfox is coming to PC on 21^st May 2025. Wishlist now via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and Humble. 

About Siege and the Sandfox: 

A shining city lies besieged in the heart of a vast desert. As the moon rises over the royal palace, a notorious assassin watches the king die to a traitor’s hand. Discovered, falsely accused, and thrown into the labyrinthine dungeons below, they must escape to tell the tale – else the city will fall. 

Master dynamic parkour abilities to explore the cavernous depths of an ancient underground prison, evading detection and avoiding certain death from a sand-borne evil. Fight for your city! Foil the enemy’s attempt to strike from within the heart of the kingdom. 

About Cardboard Sword 

Cardboard Sword is a AAA-experienced multi-talented team, with over 150 years of combined experience, creating original IP and providing full-stack development services – specialising in Unreal Engine and offering strong technical expertise and powerful tools, for use in our and our client’s projects. Founded in 2013, our current team of 10 has received multiple Epic MegaGrants and other funding awards, and is working for a number of clients and on other own-IP titles. The Siege and the Sandfox is our debut game.

About PLAION   

PLAION is a dynamic and diversified business in the global entertainment sector, masterfully crafting franchises that captivate audiences worldwide. Boasting a vast network of eight game development studios, fifteen regional publishing offices, three game publishing labels including Deep Silver, and PLAION PICTURES as an independent film publisher and distributor, the company extends its influence with merchandise production and expansive distribution capabilities across the globe. Founded three decades ago, PLAION has firmly established itself within the entertainment arena. With a diverse range of services and solutions, PLAION stands as the premier publishing partner for console and PC games across both physical and digital channels. Moreover, its strong foothold in the Virtual Reality (VR) domain highlights the company’s commitment to varied gaming experiences. PLAION is an Embracer Group company. 

Battle Colossal Titans, Tame Exotic New Creatures, and Uncover Earth’s Final Secrets in this Element-Infested Map
ARK Survivors can return to Earth today as the game’s third expansion map “Extinction” is available now in ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition. This element-infested map is now available for all mobile survivors on the App Store® and Google Play Store™.

Finish your journey through the worlds of ARK in the game’s third canonical expansion map ‘Extinction,’ an Element-infested, ravaged planet filled with fantastical creatures both organic and technological. Earth holds both the secrets of the past and the keys to its salvation. As a veteran Survivor who has conquered all previous obstacles, the ultimate challenge awaits: can you defeat the gigantic roaming Titans which dominate the planet and complete the ARK cycle to save Earth’s future?

The Ultimate ARK Experience on Mobile
ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition brings the full ARK: Survival Evolved experience to mobile devices, including all major expansion packs such as Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, and Genesis Parts 1 & 2. Extinction is the latest addition to this already expansive world, ensuring thousands of hours of immersive gameplay for mobile players.

For those looking to maximize their survival experience, the ARK Pass Subscription ($4.99/month or $49.99 annually) unlocks all current and future expansions, plus exclusive in-game bonuses including:

• God Console for single-player commands
• Access to all Expansion Packs
• Bonus XP across all game modes
• Monthly in-game currency drops
• Exclusive access to premium servers

Players can also purchase each map and feature individually.

In ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition, players are stranded in a harsh prehistoric world where they must hunt, harvest, craft, build, and tame over 150 dinosaurs and creatures. Whether playing solo or online, survivors will battle to endure the elements and uncover the secrets of the ARKs.

For the latest ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition updates, join the ARK Survivor’s conversation on Discord, follow us on Twitter or on BlueSky, subscribe to us on YouTube, and visit our website at playark.com.

ABOUT GROVE STREET GAMES

Located in Gainesville, FL, Grove Street Games has been an influential game developer since 2007. They have delighted fans of the world’s greatest games with bold interpretations on new platforms and have delivered fresh and original games to millions of happy players. They have grown to be a leader in the industry because of their commitment to building incredible and accessible gaming experiences. Their games can be found worldwide across all major gaming devices, including consoles, PC, and mobile. www.grovestreetgames.com

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ABOUT SNAIL GAMES

Snail is a leading, global independent developer and publisher of interactive digital entertainment for consumers around the world, with a premier portfolio of premium games designed for use on a variety of platforms, including consoles, PCs and mobile devices.
https://www.snailgamesusa.com/

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

LOS ANGELES – APRIL 29, 2025 – Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality mobile games, has released a major content update for its squad-based RPG King Arthur: Legends Rise, developed by its North American Subsidiary Kabam. This latest update introduces a powerful new hero, along with multiple in-game events and character progression enhancements.

The mythical hero “Caliburn Arthur” joins the roster of playable characters. Forged through a fateful pact with Caliburn, Arthur awakens the full might of Excalibur—ascending to a power that rivals the gods. With Caliburn’s essence embedded within him, Caliburn Arthur’s battle style features powerful abilities, including Immortality activation upon lethal damage, attack and critical strike buffs per enemy hit, and more. These abilities position him as one of the most desirable heroes across all game content.

“Hall of Conquerors” is now available where players compete for ranking spots based on total damage dealt to bosses. Each season will feature three unique dungeon challenges, each requiring a different tactical approach. Players must carefully select heroes for each dungeon, as previously used heroes cannot be reused within the same cycle. Seasonal rewards include the item “Hero Memory Rudiment.”

This update also implements max hero level that allows heroes to exceed the previous level cap of 60 and reach up to level 70 via the Hero Chivalry system. Players can raise their heroes’ levels by using EXP Potions or by clearing dungeons.

A Challenge Event will be held to celebrate the debut of “Hall of Conquerors.” By completing missions using the new hero “Caliburn Arthur,” players can earn “Hero Memory Rudiment.” Additionally, through the [Hall of Conquerors: Hrungnir Conquest Event] and [Hall of Conquerors: Talos Conquest Event], players can earn a wide range of rewards, including Special Summon Tickets, Pedestals, and more. These rewards can be earned by dealing high amounts of damage to bosses Hrungnir and Talos.

Summoning mechanics have been significantly improved. Fragments from “Hero Memory Rudiment” obtained through events and rewards can now be used to summon a hero of the player’s choice. Additionally, the new Special Summon Wishlist System allows players to select a preferred Legendary hero, after which all Special Summons will be focused solely on that chosen character.

Finally, a new attendance event titled “Teeming with Life” will begin in May. This event will offer generous login rewards including 1,500 Hero Shard Points, 10 Special Summon Tickets, Pedestals, and more.

King Arthur: Legends Rise is the next evolution of the crossplay squad-based RPG. Bringing a dark reimagining of the King Arthur story to life through intense combat, adventurous gameplay and best in class visuals powered by Unreal Engine 5 to PC and mobile. Joining Arthur’s quest to save Camelot from the threat of dreadful villains and the ancient gods, players will adventure across medieval Britain assembling a squad of powerful heroes. Alongside this action-packed story, players will also experience how Kabam has reimagined King Arthur’s legend into a visually stunning and vast turn-based RPG featuring both PvE and PvP gameplay.

For more information and updates on King Arthur: Legends Rise, please visit the official website, Facebook, Instagram, Discord, and official YouTube channel. 

About Netmarble Corporation

Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a leading developer and publisher of top-grossing mobile games worldwide. Through powerful franchises and collaborations with acclaimed IP holders, Netmarble strives to elevate the gaming experience and entertain audiences globally. As a parent company of Kabam and SpinX Games, and a major shareholder of Jam City and HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), Netmarble’s diverse portfolio includes Solo Leveling: ARISE, Seven Knights Idle Adventure, Tower of God: New World, Lineage 2: Revolution, MARVEL Future Fight, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds and The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com.

Unravel a dark mystery in this cute psychological horror VN, set deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains

Boulder, Colo. (April 29, 2025) – Today publisher Serenity Forge (Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!) and developer Deer Dream Studios released their psychological horror “dating sim” Cooking Companions on Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4. Get a taste of the twisted adventure ahead in Cooking Companions’ new launch trailer below.

Deep in the woods of the Tatras Mountains, a group of friends find themselves trapped inside a mysterious cabin. As supplies begin to dwindle and flood waters rise, burdensome choices must be made to survive the days ahead. Spend your time carefully building relationships, exploring rooms, or uncovering the dark secrets of the cabin. Will you butter up the right person? Or will you wind up on the chopping block?

Blending Eastern European folklore into an unexpected package, Cooking Companions is a multi-ending visual novel jam-packed with lore and unlockables. This console debut introduces 15 fully animated cutscenes, hidden secrets, and full translations for English, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. These new languages and content additions are also available now as a free update for Cooking Companions on PC.

Earlier this month Serenity Forge also announced a Cooking Companions Premium Physical Edition for PlayStation 5 filled with goodies and collectibles. Pre-orders are open today at the Serenity Forge Store, Amazon, and Walmart.

Cooking Companions Premium Edition ($39.99) Includes:

• Physical copy of the game for PlayStation 5
• Illustrated inner coversheet
• Reversible chipboard standees of the Chompettes 
• Cartoon-inspired glitter sticker sheet
• A haunting lenticular kitchen conversion card

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

About Deer Dream Studios

Based out of Saint Paul, Minnesota, Deer Dream Studios’ goal is to merge real world history with the best in horror. No tedious exposition dumps or frustrating dead ends; we’re bringing it back to the basics.

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.

April 29, 2025 – Flappy Bird®, the next title in the iconic mobile gaming universe enjoyed by more than 100 million people, is launching exclusively on the Epic Games Store for Android.

Flappy Bird features Classic mode, bringing back the beloved “just one more try” gameplay featuring one-tap controls and a simple objective: tap to flap and don’t crash into the pipes. Fly into the new Quest mode and unlock new worlds with fresh themes and flap through increasingly challenging obstacles and scenarios.

The developers at Flappy Bird Publishing will continue to hatch new content, including new worlds, characters, and themes throughout 2025. The Flappy Bird app available on Epic Games Store will never have any Web3 elements, and is supported solely by ads and in-app purchases.

“Bringing Flappy Bird to the Epic Games Store made perfect sense with their great developer terms and the freedom that they offer to players,” said Jon David of Flappy Bird Publishing. “Flappy Bird is here to stay, and only going to get bigger from here on out.”

Flappy Bird is available today on the Epic Games Store for Android. For information about how to install the Epic Games Store on Android, visit Epic Games’ website. For more information on Flappy Bird, visit the official site and follow on X/Twitter.

About Flappy Bird Publishing 

Flappy Bird Publishing focuses on developing and publishing core Flappy Bird game experiences for audiences across a variety of game platforms. Flappy Bird Publishing is a subsidiary of the Flappy Bird Foundation, which wholly owns and licenses the Flappy Bird IP.  

LOS ANGELES – APRIL 29, 2025 – Netmarble and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announce the launch date for the highly anticipated action-adventure RPG title Game of Thrones: Kingsroad – currently scheduled for May 21. A new trailer was released today to celebrate the upcoming release across all mobile platforms, as well as on PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store, and Windows Launcher. Game of Thrones: Kingsroad is set to launch across various territories in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Oceania and the Middle East. Launch timing for Asia will be announced this year.

Steam players who would like to start their journey now can purchase a Founder’s Pack that offers Early Access and other exclusive in-game content. Details about the Founder’s Packs can be found on the official  game page on Steam. Mobile players can pre-register through the App Store and Google Play store on iOS and Android devices ahead of the grand launch.

Game of Thrones: Kingsroad is Netmarble’s upcoming action-adventure RPG officially licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on behalf of HBO®. Fans of the HBO Original drama series Game of Thrones will be able to explore the seven kingdoms that make up Westeros in the game’s vast open world, discovering vivid landscapes, massive cities, backwater towns, untamed wilderness, and the uncompromising lives of the people that inhabit them.

Players can freely roam iconic regions, such as ‘King’s Landing’ – the capital of the continent of Westeros, the stronghold ‘Castle Black’ located at the Wall, ‘Highgarden’ basking in its warm climate, and the massive icy ‘Wall’ that stretches along the northern border of the Kingdom of the North. Through exploration, players will encounter familiar characters from the series on a truly immersive journey through Westeros. 

For the latest information and updates, visit (https://gameofthrones.netmarble.com/).

ABOUT NETMARBLE CORPORATION

Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a leading developer and publisher of top-grossing mobile games worldwide. Through powerful franchises and collaborations with acclaimed IP holders, Netmarble strives to elevate the gaming experience and entertain audiences globally. As a parent company of Kabam and SpinX Games, and a major shareholder of Jam City and HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), Netmarble’s diverse portfolio includes Solo Leveling: ARISE, Seven Knights Idle Adventure, Tower of God: New World, Lineage 2: Revolution, MARVEL Future Fight, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds and The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com.

ABOUT WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all platforms, including console, handheld, mobile and PC-based gaming for both internal and third-party game titles.

ABOUT HBO LICENSING & RETAIL

HBO Licensing & Retail, a division of Home Box Office, Inc., partners with best-in-class licensees around the world to give HBO’s global audience new and exciting ways to engage with their favorite shows. The division leverages iconic, award-winning HBO programs such as Game of Thrones, VEEP, Sex and the City, Silicon Valley, Insecure, The Sopranos, Big Little Lies, True Blood and more to create officially licensed consumer products, innovative merchandise programs, retail activations and live immersive experiences. HBO Licensing & Retail works across a broad range of product categories, including collectibles, apparel, publishing, live branded experiences, digital gaming, fashion and beauty collaborations, luxury accessories, and beyond. Officially licensed HBO merchandise can be purchased in retail stores around the world, online in the US at http://store.hbo.com, and at the groundbreaking HBO retail hub, the HBO Shop®, located at 42nd and 6th Avenue in New York City.

ABOUT GAME OF THRONES

Based on George R.R. Martin’s acclaimed book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, the Emmy® Award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones follows kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and noblemen who are engaged in a deadly cat-and-mouse game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. The epic series’ storylines of treachery and nobility, family and honor, ambition and love, and death and survival have captured the imagination of fans globally and made it one of the most popular shows on television.

GAME OF THRONES, HOUSE OF THE DRAGON and all related characters and elements ©️ & ™️ HOME BOX OFFICE, INC. (s25) All rights reserved.

GAME OF THRONES: KINGSROAD, GAME OF THRONES and all related characters and elements ©️ & ™️ HOME BOX OFFICE, INC. (s25) All rights reserved. ™️ & ©️ Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (s25)

DALLAS – April 29, 2025 – Wizordum, the retro first-person spellcaster developed by Emberheart Games and published by Apogee Entertainment, exits early access and unleashes elemental fury with the launch of Episode 3 and 1.0 on PC via Steam today for $19.99 with a 15% launch discount until Tuesday, May 6th, 2025.

Embark on a perilous crusade to save the land of Terrabruma as one of the last remaining mages in Wizordum’s final act. Battle the Guardians of Chaos in an epic, spellbinding battle of good versus evil. Wield three new elemental weapons and hone wizarding prowess to survive the perils of six new levels.

“Wizordum falls into new territory: a modern retro fantasy FPS. It looks like a simple game at first glance, but the depth of gameplay, puzzles and content is striking, including complex levels that I’ve seen good players take two hours to complete…including me,” says Scott Miller, Founder and CEO of Apogee Entertainment. “This is not a game you can judge properly just from its trailers. Although this is a retro mimicking game, I doubt it could have been made in the early 90’s era it appears to come from.”

Prepare for frigid and boiling climates as two brand-new biomes pave the way to the doorstep of Chaos. Dodge falling icicles when navigating subterranean ice caverns and trekking across snow-blanketed towns. Traverse the Inferno Citadel’s lava pits while avoiding magma traps and walls of flame covering every corridor. Weave satisfying spellcasting and deft movement together as the mage’s journey crescendos in a battle to banish Chaos once and for all.

Master the mighty magic-infused Faewood Crossbow to slay devilish necromancers, fiery imps, ice golems, and frost goblins. Eliminate groups of foes by tossing poison vials to discharge clouds of toxic gas. Harness the mage’s full potential with the new Staff of Chaos, unleashing the indescribable power of ice, fire, and storm onto nearby enemies. 

Wield the unholy power of the Grimoire, a spellbook forged in the forgotten shadows from the remnants of a fallen necromancer, seething with ancient, chaotic magic. A relic of darkness… now bound to your will — unleash devastating energy, obliterating anything foolish enough to stand before its might. 

Uncover Terrabruma’s history by uncovering Lore Scrolls scattered throughout the realm. Experience enhanced versions of previous episodes with quality-of-life upgrades, and develop speedrun-friendly challenges or even full-length adventures with the versatile in-game level editor. Enjoy epic melodies in Wizordum’s original soundtrack featuring music composed by Tim Stoney, coming soon to all streaming platforms.

“Every step of our Wizordum journeyhas been massively fulfilling, and with the upcoming 1.0 launch, we’re eager to welcome new mages to confront Chaos,” said Primož Vovk, developer at Emberheart Games. “With new locations, weapons, and the conclusion of the epic story, we’ve succeeded in creating a fitting ending to our homage to fantasy shooters of the past.” 

Wizordum Episode 3/1.0 is available today on PC via Steam for $19.99 with a 15% launch discount until Tuesday, May 6th, 2025. To learn more about the magical world of Wizordum, check out the official Wizordum X / Twitter account and Discord. For more information on the legendary publisher Apogee Entertainment, visit the official Apogee Entertainment website and follow @Apogee_Ent on X / Twitter.

About Emberheart Games 

The lead developer on Wizordum is Primož Vovk of Emberheart Games, whose previous work includes recent remasters of past Apogee hits from the ‘90s, like Crystal Caves, Secret Agent, and Monster Bash. Wizordum is an all-new IP and collaboration between Apogee and Emberheart on an IP owned by Emberheart Games.

About Apogee Entertainment

Apogee is featured in John Romero’s new book, Doom Guy, along with Masters of Doom, the new FPS documentary, the book Shareware Heroes (2022 release), and many others – because Apogee was a critical player in the rise of the PC gaming, essentially creating the indie scene.

Apogee also funded, produced and published Id Software’s Wolfenstein 3D, the first ever FPS game, and also created pioneering games like Duke Nukem 3D, numerous Duke console games, Prey, Shadow Warrior, Rise of the Triad, and co-owned/co-created Max Payne 1 & 2. These games all earned over $1.5 billion commercially. (Apogee used the “3D Realms” label for many of these releases, but the company was always Apogee.)

The renamed Apogee Entertainment, with original founder Scott Miller still at the helm, continues to empower today’s incredibly talented indie developers. Apogee currently has nine other games currently in development.