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EGGCELLENT ADVENTURE SPRINGS TO LIFE IN ARK: SURVIVAL ASCENDED

Seasonal Event Now Live Through April 30th – Hop to It Before It’s Gone!

SEATTLE, WA – April 16, 2025 – Hop into spring with the Eggcellent Adventure, now live for the first time in ARK: Survival Ascended! This festive in-game event brings vibrant new cosmetics, returning seasonal favorites, and eggciting in-game bonuses. Players can track wild Bunny Dodos and Bunny Oviraptors to collect Bunny Eggs scattered across the ARK. These eggs can be painted or used to craft a wide variety of holiday-themed cosmetics, including new skins, costumes, chibis, and even a new Flower Toss Emote.

The limited-time ARK: Survival Ascended Eggcellent Adventure in-game event starts today and ends Wednesday, April 30th, 2025. Check in at Club ARK for a spring redesign and a special Easter egg-hunt!

Eggcellent Adventure brings colorful chaos and community fun to the ARK with plenty of ways to personalize your creatures, gear, and overall look of your Survivor while enjoying boosted rates and whimsical challenges.

FEATURED EVENT CREATURES include the Bunny Dodo and Bunny Oviraptor.

CHIBIS include a Bunny, an Easter Chick, a Jerbunny and a Spring Shinehorn.

NEW COSMETICS include a Flower Wreath (Chibi Cosmetic), Shepherd’s Crook Spear Skin, Egg Grenades Skin, Lamb Costume Skin, Spring Tiara Skin, Round Sunglasses Skin, Dino Round Sunglasses Skin, Flower Feeding Trough Skin and a Flower Vase Skin.

RETURNING FAVORITES include, Bunny Costume, Bunny Ears & Tail Skins, Chocolate Rabbit Club Skin, E4 Remote Eggsplosives Skin, Marshmallow Hat, Dino Easter Egg Hat, and more!

EMOTES include Flower Toss (new) and Bunny Hop Dance Tail.

The definitive survival experience returns better than ever with ARK: Survival Ascended! Create a Survivor, form a tribe, and then tame, train, breed & ride dinosaurs within a living ecosystem. ASA is now available on PlayStation 5Xbox Series X|SWindows PC and Steam.

For the latest updates, join the ARK Survivor’s conversation on Discord, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, subscribe to us on YouTube, visit our website at playark.com and watch us tame ‘n train leviathan dinosaurs on Twitch.TV.

ABOUT STUDIO WILDCARD

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

Drug Dealer Simulator now available on Xbox

Drug Dealer Simulator, an addictive criminal simulator, is now available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles. So far on PC, the game has found about one million buyers. Drug Dealer Simulator will also be released on PlayStation 5 in the coming months.

The game by Polish studio Byterunners debuted on PC in 2020, and was published by Movie Games S.A. On PC, Drug Dealer Simulator has so far found about one million buyers. Ultimate Games S.A., in turn, is responsible for the development and release of Drug Dealer Simulator on Xbox consoles.

Drug Dealer Simulator finally on Xbox

As of April 16 this year, Drug Dealer Simulator is now available on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles. The console version includes all key updates from the PC.

On the Xbox Series X, the simulator offers 60 frames per second at 1440p resolution. On the other consoles (Xbox Series S and Xbox One), the title runs at 30 frames per second at 1080p resolution.

The standard price of the game is 24.99 USD/EUR or the equivalent amount in other currencies.

Release date: April 16, 2025 (Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S), 2025 (PlayStation 5), April 16, 2020. (PC Steam)

Addictive criminal simulator

Drug Dealer Simulator is a unique game with a first-person perspective. The player’s goal is to build a shady business, which requires, among other things, establishing relationships with suppliers and customers, as well as fulfilling orders for larger and larger batches of increasingly powerful goods.

In a criminal career, it is important to avoid service and to gain new contacts. In Drug Dealer Simulator you have to take care of organizational and economic matters. The scope of “duties” here includes not only dealing with supplies, hideouts and relations with the underworld, but also preparing unique recipes and recruiting new associates.

Drug Dealer Simulator – main features:

  • a career in the criminal underworld;
  • the struggle for influence and territories;
  • unique mechanics;
  • taking care of supplies and hiding places;
  • preparing your own recipes.

Drug Dealer Simulator was released on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S consoles on April 16, 2025. The game will also hit PlayStation 5 in the coming months.

Kill It With Fire 2’s Big SpiderHunt Update Brings Back Fan-Favorite PvP Mode & Maps, Version 1.0 Coming This Summer For PC & Consoles

Check out the latest devlog, recapping the final early access update ahead of full release

SEATTLE — April 16, 2025 — Kill It With Fire 2, the sci-fi-inspired sequel to the first-person spider-hunter from developer Casey Donnellan Games and publisher tinyBuild, sets classic maps ablaze in “SpiderHunt,” the final early access update available now on PC via Steam. The 1.0 release arrives this summer on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.

Spider eradication returns it to its roots with two web-gendary maps and the fan-favorite SpiderHunt PvP mode, where a team of eradicators faces off against a team of spiders. The eradication team’s goal is to find and exterminate all spider players – easier said than done, as the little pests are quick and hard to spot. As eradicators explore the map in search of spiders (and crazy weapons – try using a minigun for pest extermination), the crawlers use the environment to fool enemies and make their lives harder with web traps. 

Revisit the iconic House from Kill it with Fire, combining the original First Contact, Close Encounters, and Domestic Duties levels into one gigantic infestation. Bask in the enhanced lighting effects, and demolish a newly destructible shower surely hiding creepy crawlies between its tiles. 

Fan favorite level Paper Trail makes a glorious comeback with spruced-up lighting and a plethora of spider friends. Remember a certain little CEO office from Kill it With Fire? Oh yeah, the popular Contingency Omega level is back too. Returning maps’ smaller design feature more time to squash those pesky eight-legged freaks. 

The SpiderHunt update ushers in a host of spider-annihilating quality of life updates. Select from up to six maps when hosting a match, choose the number of players, and go for unlimited rounds to one’s spider-slaying heart’s content. Casey did some exterminating himself by crushing those annoying arachnids interrupting those crucial saves, along with fixes for weapon ammo.

Kill it with Fire 2 exits Early Access Summer 2025, with a 1.0 content drop called “Spider Hell”. Welcome a new class of exterminators into the fray as Kill it With Fire 2 launches onto PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch alongside PC. Prepare for a thrilling community event, inviting all exterminators to eliminate spider-kind in an out-of-this-world face off.

Kill It With Fire 2 is available now on PC via Steam Early Access with a limited-time discount to commemorate the launch of the update. Spider-hunters around the globe can play with English, French, German, Spanish (Spain), Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese language support.

To stay up to date with the latest updates, visit Kill It With Fire’s official website and follow @tinyBuild and @KIWF_Game on X (formerly known as Twitter).

About tinyBuild

tinyBuild started as an indie game developer and morphed into a developer-publisher you can’t miss. Our dedication to creating long-term partnerships and elevating recognizable franchises has resulted in many successful collaborations with talented developers from all over the world. The company has released dozens of games, including Hello Neighbor, Graveyard Keeper, SpeedRunners, and more. Although headquartered in the Seattle Area, USA, the company has established a strong global presence with studios across the US, Netherlands, Latvia, and throughout Eastern Europe.

About Casey Donnellan Games

Casey Donnellan is an independent game developer and former AAA developer. After graduating from SMU Guildhall in 2012, he spent several years as an engineer at Certain Affinity before helping to found Rooster Teeth Games. Shipped titles include DOOM (2016), RWBY: Grimm Eclipse, Vicious Circle, and Age of Booty: Tactics. Casey lives with his wife, daughter, dog, and cat in Knoxville, Tennessee. He does not like spiders.

The Moon Rises and the Hunt Begins. Bathoryn Returns in Slain 2: The Beast Within, Unleashed for PC in 2025.

Silver Lining Interactive joins the fray to publish the blood-soaked sequel.

Macclesfield, UK – 16th April, 2025 – The night is endless. The hunger is insatiable. Silver Lining Interactive is proud to announce a publishing partnership with Steel Mantis to bring Slain 2: The Beast Within, a relentless, blood-drenched pixel-art action platformer, to PC via Steam in 2025.

A successor to the brutal Slain: Back From Hell, Slain 2: The Beast Within plunges you into a world consumed by darkness and carnage. In the ongoing saga of the sentient sword Bathoryn and its many wielders, the battle rages on against the demonic forces of Lord Vroll, spanning the vast reaches of the galaxy. 

Take on the role of Prince Akran, last of the Wolf Knights, a blood-bound warrior imbued with the feral power of the Beast. Armed with Bathoryn, carve through monstrosities and wage war against the abyss itself. Vroll’s corruption festers in the land, an infection that must be purged in fire and steel.

Will you rise, or will the darkness devour you?

Slain 2: The Beast Within descends upon PC via Steam in 2025. Wishlist now – the fury of the full moon calls your name.

In more exciting news, Silver Lining Interactive has officially taken over publishing rights for Steel Mantis’ entire game catalogue. This includes the pixel-art action classics Slain: Back From Hell, Valfaris, and Valfaris: Mecha Therion. With this partnership, fans can expect even more support and future opportunities to dive into these beloved, action-packed worlds.

Embrace the Fury of the Full Moon – Enter the World of Slain 2: The Beast Within

Ferocious, Blood-Drenched Combat

Cleave through horrors with brutal melee strikes and deadly counterattacks in a visceral dance of steel and slaughter. The sentient sword Bathoryn grants dominion over fire, ice, and raw devastation, letting you carve a path of destruction through the abyss.

The Blood of the Wolf Knights

The full moon is a curse. The full moon is a gift. Unleash the Beast within and transform into a nightmarish werewolf, ripping enemies apart limb from limb with blinding speed and merciless fury.

Three Quests, Three Doomed Paths

The road ahead is steeped in blood and ruin. Sail ghostly seas, storm-haunted castles, and descend into the abyss itself to claim three sacred relics – The Eye, The Heart, and The Dagger. Each path, a new horror. Each step, a new sacrifice.

Confront the Dark Gods

The abyss births monstrosities beyond reason – vengeful witches, abyssal warlocks, and grotesque nightmares await. Every battle is a test of skill, endurance, and sheer savagery.

A Kingdom in Decay

From the corpse-strewn streets of Wolftown to the fog-choked highlands and cursed catacombs, the world of Slain 2: The Beast Within is a gothic nightmare drenched in blood and despair.

The time for waiting is over. The moon rises. The hunt begins.

Join the Wolf Knights – Wishlist Slain 2: The Beast Within on Steam Now and expect more news on this exciting launch soon! 

About Silver Lining Interactive 

Silver Lining Interactive is a brand new independent game publisher based in the North of England. Founded by a team of seasoned professionals for two decades, this studio has been a cornerstone of the indie game scene. With a passion for fostering creative talent and great games, Silver Lining Interactive is committed to bringing innovative, high-quality games to players worldwide, physically and digitally.

“Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost” Launches on PS4, Multiple Song Packs Coming This Year

TOKYO – April 16, 2025 – Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost, the rhythm bullet hell in the Touhou universe developed by UnknownX and published by Alliance Arts, launches on PlayStation 4 today alongside the announcement of four upcoming song pack DLCs arriving throughout 2025. 

Tap to battle on beat with new Touhou tunes in four DLC track packs arriving this upcoming June, August, October, and December. Enjoy an original track in each song pack alongside nine added musical inclusions, including fan-favorites such as “Sake Monster☆RaiRai!!” by Shinra-Bansho and “Absolute Queen” by Laur, and many more.

As Reimu Hakurei, join forces with other Touhou heroines to solve the mystery of Gensokyo’s sudden destruction. Cast iconic spells during intense rhythm-based battles, and piece together memory fragments to discover the source of evil behind Gensokyo’s turmoil.

In classic rhythm game fashion, hit falling notes and aim for perfect precision in Kagura mode, racking up consecutive combos to earn a high score. Or, mix up the beat-based action with action-packed bullet hell combat — dodge enemy fire that rhythmically pulses in every direction to match melodies in Danmaku mode. Customize gameplay elements including note designs, note speed, and screen arrangement.

“We are beyond grateful for the long-term support we’ve received from the Touhou community, and it’s a great feeling to return the favor with many months of new content on the horizon,” said JYUNYA, leader of Unknown X. “It’s a pleasure to bring Phantasia Lost to a brand-new audience on the PlayStation platform. We would like to thank the many artists, our team members, ZUN, Touhou fans, and everyone who continues to breathe life into this beloved series.”

Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost is now available on PlayStation 4 (with backwards compatibility on PlayStation 5), PC via Steam, and Nintendo Switch with language options in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese. Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost is an officially approved derivative work.

About Touhou Project

Touhou Project, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the “most prolific fan-made shooter series,” is a collection of games set in the world of Gensokyo and using a recurring cast of familiar characters. Predominantly consisting of vertical shooters, the Touhou Project games are developed by the original creator, one-man studio Team Shanghai Alice.

About Unknown X

Founded by Aquastyle game developer JYUNYA and composed of handpicked members of the DANMAKU KAGURA development team, Unknown X aims to enhance Touhou Project and propel its recognition in the world. Unknown X’s current name was created by none other than the original Touhou Project creator himself, ZUN.

About Alliance Arts

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

Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? Review

Is this Game Trying to Kill Me?

Developer: Stately Snail
Publisher: Sometimes You
Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S (Reviewed), PC
Release Date: Available Now
Price: $19.99 USD – Available Here

Overview

Creating a unique blend of genre has made for some interesting games in the past. In fact, many indie games have the ability to take some risks, experimenting with concepts that try and push the mold a little and we have seen many such titles over the years see quite a lot of success. This is especially true when a developer tries to blend horror into a different package than expected and Stately Snail has tried just that with Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?. With Sometimes You bringing the indie game that blends horror and unique reality bending puzzles all centered around an ancient computer game, does it make for a spooky brain scratcher that is just as ready to punish players with death as it is with advancing further into its unknown depths?

Story

With no knowledge of how they got there, players wake up in an incredibly strange cabin scattered with odd decorations, a mish-mashed door, a computer, a few random pieces of puzzles laying around, and oh yeah, a skeleton laying right next to them. After a little looking around, a balloon floats by the window only for a terrifying being to slide through the window and threaten the player, saying that their only hope for escape, and great treasure, is to complete their little game, activating the “Castle Serpentshtain” video game on the computer. It quickly becomes clear that the cabin itself is tied to the events happening within the game, with one of the first things players do is piercing their hand on a spike, revealing the blood stained solution to unlock the door in the game only it is painted on the cabin wall to their right.

Things only grow more dire as players try to navigate through the game and find themselves needing to solve puzzles both in the real world of the cabin and within the computer game, blending items together to craft puzzle solutions and allow for progression. Oh and failure? Results in a painful death that mimics that same death in the game. Pierced by spikes in the floor in the computer? Those same spikes will shoot through and slaughter the player. Slip into the water and the bottom will fall out of their chair, leaving them to drown helplessly. Even stumbling into a bomb will send their body flying to a separate corner of the cabin. Only by solving these puzzles and making their way through the twisted creature’s game and defeating the “Evil Wizard” in the tower of the castle may the player survive this stormy night, but what awaits them is far more twisted than they could have ever expected.

While we won’t spoil the exact details about what most of the puzzles involve nor the reveals that eventually happen as players progress through the game, it is worth noting that there is something of a plot to Is This Game Trying to Kill Me?, but it is rather thin. Throughout completing the various “in-cabin” puzzles players will uncover numerous signs of past victims and hear more about the dark experiments that the “wizard” has conducted over their time here. It also must be said that players will need to find the optional (but mostly hard to miss except one) floppy disks that serve as extra lore. Not only do they provide extra information about what is happening, but they are required to obtain the “best” ending.

Again, while we don’t want to spoil things, Is This Game Trying to Kill Me? offers three different endings depending on what players do, as there are hints throughout the game as to how to obtain separate endings. There is of course a “bad,” “good,” and “best” ending with the latter two having additional puzzles and even confrontations to solve but it is also worth noting that while there are extra endings in the game, the actual lore itself is left for players to mostly try to figure out for themselves, especially in regards to the final section. While it is good to keep things vague sometimes to let players come up with their own ideas, a little extra lore here and there couldn’t have hurt.

Gameplay

Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? is a unique blend of adventure puzzler thanks to its dual-world design. Players will find themselves needing to solve puzzles both within the computer game and the cabin itself to progress through both locations. This may mean something like traveling through a new area and opening up a treasure chest only to find that it is empty inside the computer game and then finding that exact same chest in the cabin is no longer locked and instead contains items that can then be used to solve a puzzle within the cabin instead. Similarly, players may need to use things like light bulbs in sockets to activate torches within the computer game to help them navigate through a room filled with spike traps, shifting the bulbs around as they progress.

This makes for some clever little puzzles and solutions, especially since a few can be figured out in different ways and very few are as simple as they initially seem. In fact, a few involve clever little workarounds to trick the in-game characters and cheat the system in interesting ways and constantly keep players guessing as to how the puzzle might need to actually be solved. Thankfully for those who are stumped with how to solve a puzzle, most have “hints” that players can unveil if needed. Some are simply nudges in the right direction while others can directly spell out the answer to the player if needed with puzzles having anywhere from three hints total that players can unveil to just a single one and there is no punishment for taking a hint.

Despite being almost entirely a puzzle game, Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? does feature a handful of boss battles throughout the game’s fairly shot runtime. Clocking in at anywhere to two to three hours depending on how stumped players might get, they will find most of these boss encounters are rather simple such as needing to dodge spinning blades, moving to a non X marked tile to avoid spears, or dodge bombs and then run into an elemental tile that is meant to target an enemy’s weakness, though players will need to remember what certain enemies are weak to via a board in a separate or rely on trial and error. These little boss fights help mix things up and add some extra variety to an already bursting with variety game, though do feel a little easy. In fact, the second to final boss’ biggest challenge was actually finding how to “attack” it, not dodge its attacks. 

Audio & Visuals

Is This Game Trying to Kill Me? does a great job splitting the difference between the 3D environment of the cabin and the 2D sprites within the computer game. The cabin itself is filled with a blend of spooky and silly elements that provide a great atmosphere, something similar to a haunted house, especially whenever players unlock a new room, while the 2D sprites within the computer work quite well, though they could have used a bit extra color in some instances pertaining to a boss battle. The animations within the cabin are minimal but used to great effect especially when the player is suddenly slaughtered by something happening in the computer game. The 3D models of the few things players will interact with are also similarly eerie, be it the unknown man or others that we won’t spoil here.

There is no voice work of any kind throughout the game but it is nice to note that there is a solid set of haunting background music playing in the background throughout every part of the game, including sped-up versions during the few action moments such as boss battles and a certain game of hide-and-seek.

Overall

Is this Game Trying to Kill Me? finds a satisfying balance between providing a unique set of challenging puzzles with plenty of variety and satisfying solutions all while ensuring that, even if players are stumped, they can still find a way to advance through hints. The storyline may be a bit too thin for its own good, but the interesting setting and blend of computer game and cabin adventuring makes for a solid blend conceptually, even if it may not be quite as long as some would hope for given the price tag.

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Bloober Team Debuts First Gameplay Trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn

Survival is Not Guaranteed

KRAKOW, Poland – April 16, 2025 – Bloober Team, the studio behind the iconic SILENT HILL 2 remake, has unleashed thefirst full gameplay trailer for Cronos: The New Dawn, the studio’s all-new original survival horror IP. This eerie first look at full gameplay showcases THE MERGE, an innovative new mechanic that changes the way players confront enemies, turning every encounter into a mind-bending nightmare and struggle for survival. The game will be releasing later this year for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®5, and PC via Steam.

Set across two time periods – the grim ruins of a post-apocalyptic future as well as in 1980s-era Poland – Cronos: The New Dawn thrusts players into the decaying district of New Dawn, inspired by real-life Nowa Huta. You play as a Traveller, an agent of the mysterious Collective, emerging from a dystopian future to dive back into time and extract key people before they perish in the apocalypse. As you explore a world on the brink of annihilation, you’ll encounter grotesque enemies known as the Orphans — twisted, body-horror monstrosities born from humanity’s darkest nightmares.

Kill Them. Burn Them. Don’t Let Them Merge.

In this latest reveal, the tagline “Don’t Let Them Merge” points to one of the game’s core mechanics: downed enemies don’t stay dead for long! If you don’t burn their bodies, these fallen monsters can be absorbed by existing enemies. Through a grotesque process known as Merging, enemies evolve into faster, stronger, more resilient, and far more horrifying abominations, gaining additional abilities in battle.

Jacek Zięba, Co-Director and Producer at Bloober Team, warns: “Imagine this: a distorted mix of sci-fi, time travel, retro-futuristic dread, and body horror—all set against the gritty backdrop of 80s Poland. What a ride, right? And whatever you do… don’t let them merge.”

Wojciech Piejko, Co-Director and Designer at Bloober Team, adds: “How do you fight them? Fire! Burn the fallen before they merge with living creatures. The merge changes the game, adding a whole new layer of strategy to combat. Push your survival instincts to the max.”

A World Warped by Time and Terror

Alongside the newly revealed combat system, Cronos: The New Dawn shows many upcoming and exciting features. Players will get a sneak peek of the game’s ferocious weapons and terrifying new enemies, all set against the backdrop of Brutalist architecture falling apart, twisted by the anomalies that warp reality itself. There are also glimpses of enigmatic new characters, all with their own agendas and hidden secrets. Cronos: The New Dawn promises a story packed with cryptic secrets and a creeping sense of dread that doesn’t let up.

Adding to the tension is the game’s soundtrack, created by award-winning composer Arkadiusz Reikowski. The result of a collaboration between Arkadiusz and the Polish-Ukranian indie folk band Zazula, this track in particular features haunting traditional vocals, creating an ethereal soundscape that blends synth horror with surreal, avant-garde textures. The result is a score as eerie and immersive as the world you’ll explore.

Cronos: The New Dawn is set for release in 2025 on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®5, and PC via Steam. Wishlist now on Steam, Microsoft Store, and PlayStation to receive updates on this one-of-a-kind survival horror experience. Stay tuned for more horrors to follow soon.

The game will be releasing later this year for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam with an anticipated ESRB rating of ‘M’ for Mature.

For more information go to www.cronosnewdawn.com or visit the following social media channels: X, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Discord

About Bloober Team:

Founded in 2008, the Kraków-based studio Bloober Team specialises in creating deep and immersive horror games. With a team of over 250 creative specialists, the studio continuously pushes the boundaries of storytelling, delivering rich and complex narratives to players worldwide.

The studio’s award-winning portfolio includes titles such as the Layers of Fear series, Blair Witch, Observer: System Redux, and The Medium. Bloober Team’s most recent project, developed in collaboration with Japanese publisher KONAMI, was the highly anticipated remake of the iconic horror game SILENT HILL 2. The game has received widespread acclaim, earning positive reviews and numerous nominations and awards, including Game of the Year at the Horror Game Awards and Best Game of 2024 by IGN Japan.

In October 2024, the studio announced its newest title – Cronos: The New Dawn – a sci-fi survival horror set to launch in 2025.

CRITICAL REFLEX TO PUBLISH TALLBOYS’ KAFKAESQUE IMMERSIVE SIM MILITSIONER

Watch an extended trailer featuring new gameplay and witness what it takes to survive under the watchful eye of a Giant Policeman

THE CITY April 16, 2025 – Publisher CRITICAL REFLEX (Mouthwashing, Buckshot Roulette) is thrilled to announce its publishing partnership with indie developer TALLBOYS on Militsioner, a surreal immersive sim in which you must escape a city for a crime you didn’t commit under the oppressive eye of a Giant Policeman. Watch the new extended trailer, showcasing the game’s dynamic world and exploration, choice-driven action, reactive relationships and more!

You’re an ordinary nobody who hasn’t done anything noteworthy, let alone…a crime. Must be a mistake, but this morning you were arrested. Pack your stuff and leave as fast as possible, but be wary – every move you make is being followed by a Giant Policeman. Navigate the city and escape in an engaging experience where every problem has multiple solutions. But keep on guard. The town and the Giant are watching your every move.

Militsioner’s new trailer offers an extended look at its expansive world and gameplay, including:

  • Non-Linear Action:You have tons of freedom to find your own solution to each obstacle. Decide how to spend your time, where to go, who to trust…or snitch on. Run, hide, sneak around, bribe, lie, and manipulate others to get what you want, or break the law and steal what you need. The risks – and the rewards – are yours to discover.
  • Tamagotchi-like Relationships: Every character – including the Giant – has their own mood you can influence with a reactive conversation system. Keep the townsfolk happy with flattery and gifts, but be careful not to upset them or they may try to turn you in. You can even go on a date with the Giant! Just be mindful when he’s on duty…
  • Dynamic World & Exploration: The city is alive and constantly changing, with new people, places, and secrets around every corner. Each character has their own schedule, and you can change the time of day to find new ways forward. Real-time flooding opens up new areas to discover, and even the eclipse comes with its own intense surprises.

Militsioner is available to wishlist now on Steam. For more information, follow TALLBOYS on Twitter, CR Channel on Twitter, and join the CR Channel Discord community for the latest news, engaging discussions and more.

About TALLBOYS

TALLBOYS was founded by developers who came together to create Where The Clouds End, an atmospheric adventure game. Encouraged by the positive feedback from showcases, they shifted their focus to Pandemic Express, a multiplayer survival game that combined asymmetrical mechanics with player-driven action. During the development of Pandemic Express, the team grew, and after its release, they began working on Militsioner.

About CRITICAL REFLEX

CRITICAL REFLEX is an indie game publisher obsessed with genre-blending, rule-breaking, brain-melting games. We help devs polish the weird, sharpen the wild, and launch their projects loud. Known for titles like Buckshot Roulette, Lunacid, Mouthwashing and No, I’m not a Human, we champion the unforgettable experiences. Genre is a prison and we ate the warden.

About CR Channel CR Channel is the CRITICAL REFLEX publishing label focusing exclusively on indie horror.

Augmented Empire, A Compelling Sci-Fi Narrative Featuring Shaun Of The Dead and Star Trek Stars, Out Now on PC

Acclaimed strategy RPG starring Kate Mulgrew, Nick Frost and Garrick Hagon makes the leap from VR to flatscreen

Gateshead, United Kingdom – April 16th, 2025Coatsink are thrilled to announce that their turn-based RPG set in a compelling cyberpunk world and featuring an all-star cast that includes Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager, Orange Is The New Black), Nick Frost (Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz) and Garrick Hagon (Star Wars: A New Hope, Batman: Arkham Knight) is available now on PC via Steam with a 15% launch discount until April 26th. This new flatscreen version of the game allows everyone to experience the gripping story and tactical gameplay that made the title a hit on VR.

In Augmented Empire, you step into the divided city of New Savannah in 2058. Citizens are graded, with those deemed to have the highest societal value living in luxury at the top, which outcasts and criminals languish in squalor below. Playing as the former poster-child of civil obedience, circumstances turn your world upside down and force you to lead a team of misfits and criminals to survive.

Meet a fascinating cast of characters, across a range of sci-fi locales that span the breadth of the city. Learn the backstories of the characters that join your team and turn their unique abilities to your advantage as you lead them in turn-based RPG battles on your quest to overthrow the corrupt elite. Unlock and upgrade your character’s abilities as you progress to improve your performance in combat and give you new ways of tackling your enemies.

“Bringing Augmented Empire to Steam was a happy accident and we are excited to share the story of New Savannah to a larger audience,”  said programmer Tom Elliott. “The VR community has been screaming for years for a re-master of Augmented Empire. We decided to finally give in and dust off the code and rework the game from the Oculus Gear VR and onto the Meta Quest. While we were working on the VR port, we curiously decided to see how the game would feel in a more traditional format.”

Cult Hit Storage Hunter Simulator Gets Huge Easter Update

Garage auction simulator where you turn trash into treasure gets new tool, warehouses, tutorials, Easter event and more

Warsaw, Poland – 16th April, 2024 – Raccoons Studios and co-publisher BeardedBrothers.Games will drop a big new Easter update today for its cult hit, Storage Hunter Simulator. The new update adds a host of new features to the game, including the new lockpicking tool, interactive map icons, outside decoration, more NPCs traffic, an Easter-themed event, new achievements and quality of life improvements. With the introduction of new tutorials for better onboarding, this update also means now is a better time than ever for new players to jump into the game.

Saving up the cash for the new lockpicking tool is an investment that means you will no longer have to visit the locksmith to open those intriguing locked chests you can find in storage units and find out what’s waiting inside yourself. With this update, you can also now decorate your space outside your house in architect mode, find new items and enjoy quality of life improvements, like a new item glossary, interactive map icons that provide detail on what you have in your warehouse or pawnshops and the ability to select what items from your car are moved to a warehouse.

The Easter Update also has some fun themed additions for players to enjoy. You will be set the challenge of rummaging through storage lockers to get your hands on 30 easter eggs collectibles. Find them all and you can turn them in with a collector to get a bunny suit and egg suit for your character to wear. There are also themed items, decorations and achievements.

In Storage Hunter Simulator, you take risks and compete with other bidders to win garages and find hidden treasures that will help you turn a profit. There are thousands of unique items to discover, which you’ll have to properly identify with experts until your business grows enough for you to obtain the tools to value them yourself. Build your auction empire and you will eventually get the opportunity to purchase your own pawnshop that you can upgrade over time. Manage your resources efficiently as you invest in tools, upgrades and employees, take risks on locked containers that might contain treasure or trash, and make your way from rags to riches.

Easter Update Features

  • New Lockpicking tool – cut out the locksmith and open locked chests yourself 
  • Interactive map icons – click icons on the map and get detailed info, such as what you have in warehouses or are selling in pawnshops
  • Item glossary – a list of all items that u can find in game. Once items are verified, you won’t have to verify them when finding them again
  • NPC traffic – more cars on the streets and more variation
  • Moving only selected items to warehouses – a quality of life improvement that allows you to select what items you want to store from your car
  • Outside decoration – in architect mode you can now decorate the space outside your house
  • New tutorials – better onboarding with new tutorial content
  • Egg collector challenge – find 30 easter eggs collectibles and get outfit rewards
  • Bunny outfit – unlock a bunny outfit by completing the egg collector challenge
  • New Achievements 
  • New Items
  • New decorations
  • Improved UI

About Raccoons Studios

Based in Warsaw, Poland, Raccoons Studios strives to create experiences that everyone from casual players to gaming aficionados can enjoy. They are currently working on Storage Hunter Simulator.

About BeardedBrothers.Games

BeardedBrothers.Games was founded in 2018 by brothers Darek and Lukasz Skrzypkowski in Warsaw, Poland. The company makes games that use procedural generation to create immersive gameplay with high replayability and prides itself on creating projects together with the gaming community.