Find your clan as you return to Magic: The Gathering’s most draconic plane and brave the dragonstorms alongside iconic heroes.

April 4, 2025 — Wizards of the Coast today launched Prerelease events for Tarkir: Dragonstorm, the latest set for the world-renowned trading card game, Magic: The Gathering (MTG). Return to the iconic plane of Tarkir, where wild dragons and fearsome clans clash in immense battles for power and survival. Tarkir: Dragonstorm will be released for MTG Arena on April 8 and available everywhere for tabletop on April 11.

A New Age of Tarkir Tarkir is embroiled in massive and terrifying dragonstorms, raging across the land and spawning wild dragons, the likes of which Tarkir has never seen. New and powerful Spirit Dragons have been summoned from the storms, forcing out the previous dragonlords and emboldening the five clans into a battle for supremacy of the land. Now, amidst the draconic maelstrom, Narset and Elspeth seek to end the dragonstorms spreading beyond the plane, whilst Sarkhan Vol stands in their way. Meanwhile, Jace seeks something deep in the Meditation Realm which may threaten the multiverse!

New Mechanics 

Emblaze your decks with a flight of new Dragon cards and bring destruction from above with two brand new dragon-themed abilities:

• Dragonstorms are enchantments with powerful enters abilities that you return to your hand for recasting when you play a Dragon.
• Omen is a new card subtype that lets you choose whether to cast a small spell that then shuffles into your library, or a big Dragon. Talk about an imposing presence!

The five clans of Tarkir are back, each with their own vibrant culture and immersive gameplay. Find your clan and join the fight with a playstyle that fits you, including a new keyword for each clan:

• Endure, the Abzan (White, Black, Green) keyword focuses on counters. When playing creatures with Endure players may add N +1/+1 counters or create N/N Spirit tokens.
• Flurry, the Jeskai (Blue, Red, White) keyword allows for mini combo turns with multiple spells. Cards with Flurry trigger an additional effect when you cast your second spell each turn.
• Renew, the Sultai (Black, Blue, Green) keyword allows players to exile cards from their graveyard as a sorcery for fun and profit. To Renew, spend some mana and exile the card for a powerful result.
• Mobilize, the Mardu (Red, White, Black) keyword aims to boost a go-wide strategy for the turn. Creatures with Mobilize trigger when attacking and create more attackers with menace that are sacrificed at the beginning of the next end step.
• Harmonize, the Temur (Green, Blue, Red) keyword is all about big creatures reducing costs. You may cast a card with Harmonize from your graveyard for its Harmonize cost and may tap an untapped creature you control to pay its power in generic mana.

Battle Alongside Your Clan Each clan’s unique three colour gameplay and new abilities offer fresh strategies to wield as you fight for survival. Choose your clan and prepare for battle with five new Commander decks, each featuring a legendary clan leader of Tarkir and a Spirit Dragon. Each deck is ready to play right out of the box and contains everything you need to play Magic’s most popular multiplayer format.

Collecting Tarkir: DragonstormTarkir: Dragonstorm features a trove of relics for your clan to claim with coveted cards, new card treatments, and thematic foils that bring Tarkir to life. The pride of Tarkir’s treasures is Mox Jasper, a powerful addition to any dragon deck. Regular and Draconic treatments can be found in Play Boosters and Collector Boosters. The serialised version, limited to 500, features exclusive Dan Frazier artwork and Retro frame, can be found in Collector Boosters only.

Tarkir has a rich history, and the latest set features a range of showcase treatments that honour the legacy of the clans and dragons. The Dragonic cards celebrates the wild dragons of the plane with a themed frame, while the Borderless Clans Cards bring the five factions to life with a unified theme. The elder dragon Ugin’s influence over Tarkir is manifest in new Ghostfire cards, special art and card frames imbued with Ugin’s ethereal presence

Deadly dragons can have a cute side. There are six new Borderless Reversible cards each featuring a fearsome and adorable version of your favourite winged creatures.

Fetch lands are back in the Special Guest slot! Pull powerful enemy fetch lands for your favourite decks, with a Tarkir twist. New textured Dragonscale Foil fetch lands bring an immersive visual and tactile experience to the storied landscapes of the plane. These are exclusive to Collector Boosters.

The presence of dragons can be felt across Tarkir, their approach heralded by ominous shadows depicted in Full-Art Basic Lands that show the scale of these wild creatures. Tarkir: Dragonstorm offers a second treatment of Full-Art Basic Lands, offering a close and personal look at the plane’s dragons. Count yourself either very lucky, or unlucky, to stare into these eyes!

Magic: The Gathering: Tarkir: Dragonstorm includes Play Boosters, Collector Boosters, Commander Decks, Prerelease Packs, and Bundles. 

For more information on Tarkir: Dragonstorm, visit: https://magic.wizards.com/en/products/tarkir-dragonstorm

ABOUT MAGIC: THE GATHERING

Magic: The Gathering’s compelling characters, fantastic worlds, and deep strategic gameplay have entertained and delighted fans for more than 30 years. Fans can experience Magic through the tabletop trading card game, the digital game Magic: The Gathering Arena, a New York Times bestselling novel, and a critically acclaimed comic book series. With more than 50 million fans to date, Magic is a worldwide phenomenon published in more than 150 countries.

About Hasbro

Hasbro is a leading games, IP and toy company whose mission is to create joy and community through the magic of play. With over 164 years of expertise, Hasbro delivers groundbreaking play experiences and reaches over 500 million kids, families and fans around the world, through physical and digital games, video games, toys, licensed consumer products, location-based entertainment, film, TV and more.   

Through its franchise-first approach, Hasbro unlocks value from both new and legacy IP, including MAGIC: THE GATHERING, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, MONOPOLY, HASBRO GAMES, NERF, TRANSFORMERS, PLAY-DOH and PEPPA PIG, as well as premier partner brands. Powered by its portfolio of thousands of iconic marks and a diversified network of partners and subsidiary studios, Hasbro brings fans together wherever they are, from tabletop to screen.  

For more than a decade, Hasbro has been consistently recognized for its corporate citizenship, including being named one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media, a 2025 JUST Capital Industry Leader, one of the 50 Most Community-Minded Companies in the U.S. by the Civic 50, and a Brand that Matters by Fast Company. For more information, visit https://corporate.hasbro.com or @Hasbro on LinkedIn.    

About Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast develops and publishes legendary games that inspire creativity, forge friendships and build communities of global fans. A division of Hasbro, a leading games, IP and toy company (NASDAQ: HAS), Wizards delivers premium experiences for gamers across tabletop, video games, and digital platforms based on both new and time-honored brands, including its best-known franchises MAGIC: THE GATHERING and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, and from Hasbro’s unparalleled portfolio of thousands of iconic marks.  

Wizards’ diverse studio network includes first-party developers Archetype Entertainment, Invoke Studios, Atomic Arcade and Skeleton Key as well as co-venture and license partners. Headquartered in Renton, Washington, Wizards fosters world-class talent to create unforgettable play experiences on all platforms. To learn more about Wizards, visit https://company.wizards.com or Wizards of the Coast on LinkedIn.  

Deepest discount to date — $1.64 on PC until April 17

TOKYO — April 3, 2025 — BOKURA, the reality-bending co-op-only adventure downloaded more than 800,000 times since debuting in February 2023, wanders onto PS5 and PS4 PlayStation this summer. Experience developer tokoronyori and publisher Kodansha Games Creators’ Lab’s mind-melting journey at a 70% discount ($1.64, BOKURA’s best sale yet) on PC via Steam from now until Thursday, April 17, 9:59 AM PDT.

In anticipation of the launch of the sequel BOKURA: planet (coming to PC via Steam Thursday, April 24, 2025), try out the original hand-in-hand branching narrative adventure with a friend on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android, thanks to cross-platform support. 

Two adventurous boys run away from home, only to be stopped in their tracks by the haunting sight of a dead deer—a moment that renders them unconscious. Upon awakening, they discover a startling truth: though they stand in the same place, their realities have split. One sees a vibrant, verdant world teeming with life, the other, a mechanical dystopia ruled by machines.

Will the boys find a way back to the same reality, or will their perceptions keep them forever apart? Observe details from both worlds, interact with mysterious artifacts, and form a shared strategy to progress past peculiar puzzles that manifest differently on both players’ screens.

Only communication provides a path forward. Using voice chat, verbalize details of each environment while navigating mind-bending puzzles across both realities. BOKURA never provides rigid solutions; collaborate to determine next steps and keep moving. Explore diverging storylines, uncover unexpected twists, and experience a deeply emotional narrative with multiple endings—each shaped by the duo’s decisions.

“BOKURA is a conversation-driven journey that deepened many friendships across the globe, and we hope thousands more get a chance to experience the special journey thanks to this major discount,” says tokoronyori, creator of BOKURA. “BOKURA: planet offers a different kind of surprise when compared to BOKURA’s beloved gameplay formula, and we can’t wait for teams to try out the full version in the coming weeks!”

BOKURA is now available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android for $5.49, with support for 29 languages in total, including English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Korean, Ukrainian, Spanish (Latin America), Thai, Portuguese (Brazil), Polish, Russian, Dutch, Swedish, Czech, Danish, Portuguese (Portugal), Indonesian, Greek, Turkish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Finnish, Bulgarian, Vietnamese and Romanian language options.

For more information, please visit the tokonyori official website and follow tokonyori on Twitter.

About tokoronyori

Known for his unusual visual creations, distinctive world-building and deeply emotional stories within his games, tokoronyori first introduced his peculiar style with Farewell Planet, a game filled with mysteries where machines wage war by attacking each other. 

Tokoronyori creates memorable gaming experiences by incorporating specific mechanics only gaming can bring. BOKURA is published as part of the Kodansha Game Creators’ Lab project.

About Kodansha Game Creators’ Lab

Established in 2021, Kodansha Game Creators’ Lab is the fourth department of the prestigious entertainment publishing company Kodansha Ltd., founded in 1909. Its motto is “Everything for the creator,” reflecting the company’s goal to support young talents and introduce indie creators to the wider public.

Developers plan for new content, continued optimization, and Steam Workshop support

HANGZHOU, China – 3 April 2025 – Sultan’s Game, the twisted narrative-driven card-based RPG that crowdfunded over $275,000 in its first week from developer Double Cross Studio and publisher 2P Games, has sold over 100,000 copies within 48 hours of launch. Sultan’s Game quickly soared to the top of the Steam bestseller list, thanks to its distinct setting and gameplay. At the time of writing, Sultan’s Game has received over 2,800 user reviews on Steam, with an 85% positive rating. To celebrate the 100,000-copy milestone, Double Cross Studio has released a special illustration and revealed its plans to expand and improve the experience over the coming two months.

New story content, an epilogue, and Steam Workshop support are in active development, and updates on the horizon include music enhancements, improvements to card management, and clearer indicators that can be changed in settings as well as warnings for mature content.

[What’s Next: Updates and Steam Workshop Support]

The developers are also sharing details about upcoming improvements based on extensive community feedback. Five core areas are:

Quick Execution

• For repetitive events like Managing the Estate and Court sessions, there will soon be a new feature called Quick Execution, which can be manually switched on and off. Players can enable this feature for daily events, skipping them during the reward period.

Card Organization

• This upcoming feature will empower players to assign specific card categories to particular hand slots, as well as setting hotkeys for automatic organization.

Music & Sound Effects

• The team will fine-tune disruptive sound effects and musical transitions, alongside further optimization based on community feedback.

Sensitive Content Warning

• Upcoming new game icons will help identify choices leading to sensitive storylines. As some players like this kind of unpredictable fun, this feature will be added into the Settings, so it can switch it on and off.

Game Save

• A manual Save/Load feature will also be added.

Over the next few months, the team also plans to optimize controller and Steam Deck support, introduce a gallery mode to review unlocked endings and cards, add crowdfunding supporter-designed characters and gears, expand support to the Steam Workshop, and continue rolling out new character episodes and epilogues.

“We have so much more planned for the future, but will focus on fixing current issues and keep the promises we made to our crowdfunding backers” said Munan LV, Lead Writer at Double Cross Studio. “Thank you again for your support of Sultan’s Game!”

Sultan’s Game is now available on PC via Steam for $24.99 USD alongside a 10% launch discount. Language support includes English, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. 

To learn more, check out 2P Games’ official web page, follow on social media, check out Double Cross Studio’s X/Twitter, Instagram, and Threads, and don’t forget to search #SultansGame on X/Twitter.

About Double Cross Studio

Double Cross Studio,based in Hangzhou, China, started a humble crowdfunding campaign in China for its debut title, Sultan’s Game, and received overwhelming support from the global community. After raising over 500,000 Chinese Yen in only 10 minutes and one million in the first 24 hours, the developers are dedicated to polishing every aspect of the game for its highly anticipated upcoming release.

About 2P Games

2P Games is a Chinese publisher specializing in simulation, strategy, and Metroidvania games for PC and consoles. Since 2019, they’ve helped bring titles like the million-sold The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty, Immortal Life, Dust to the End, The Chrono Jotter, Time Walker, worldwide hit Showa American Story, and others to global audiences.

Oslo, Norway – 3 April 2025 – Opera GX is launching a new standalone Roblox game called Hell’s Obby, a competition where up to 25 players have to race up a desolated and obstacle-filled wasteland in a high-stakes battle. Players are equipped with a variety of weapons and gadgets with which to shoot, chop, slap, and outwit their opponents as they summit the realm of Rust and Fire. On top of the in-game rewards, every player gets a chance to earn up to 800 free Robux to spend on their toons. Hell’s Obby is a game produced by Opera GX and developed by Game Changer.

Reach the top of the realm and become the ultimate badass

Welcome to Hell’s Obby – a fierce high-stakes tournament and relentless race. In a post-apo world engulfed in flames and dominated by bandits, your aim is to become the badass. This journey throws you into the treacherous realm of Rust and Fire, where you face off against other formidable players. Here, only true badasses will earn titles and achievements by showcasing their unique skills. But in order to win, you must face more than your opponents. The course is chaotic, filled with a myriad of traps that can take you down for good – mistakes are not an option. The goal is simple: reach the summit first or take down all of your opponents. The leaderboard will show who the ultimate badass really is. 

Assemble weapons and choose your tactics

Players have to be quick and cunning when they start Hell’s Obby. At the outset, they have one weapon and two item slots available in their inventory. Between matches they can upgrade the number of slots in order to increase their winning chance. The choice of weapon and item is up to them, with more weapons and items available: cannon, guitargun, shotgun, crossbow, lucky shot revolver, meat-grinder gun, baseball bat, axe, petrol scythe, bear trap glove, chopper, grenade, flashbang, oil spill, cryo mine, shield generator, adrenaline shot, and rocket fuel. 

Weapons and items can give an edge, but are not the only important elements in the game. With lava on their heels, players have to make quick decisions about whether to slow opponents down, push them into traps, or take them out completely. The lava advances every minute, progressively narrowing the playable area and pushing players toward the finish line. Players must stay on the move while competing against each other, because touching the lava means instant elimination.

Connected UGC item distribution and free Robux

By winning in Hell’s Obby, players earn coins which they can spend on various character cosmetics like jackets, t-shirts, trousers, shoes, and special GX items. These GX items and skins are UGC items compatible with other Roblox games and game modes. Opera GX has an additional reward for all new players: by completing daily quests, they can earn 800 free Robux to spend in the Roblox store. 

Hell’s Obby was produced by Opera GX and developed by Game Changer (part of Group One), a metaverse agency specializing in creating gaming experiences and innovative solutions for brands.

To play Hell’s Obby, install Roblox and select the game from the menu, or follow this link.

About Game Changer

Game Changer operates in the fields of future marketing: gaming, e-sports, and the metaverse. It specializes in creating advanced digital solutions for advertising and brand engagement in the Web 3.0 era. The agency has delivered projects for leading brands such as ING Bank Śląski, Generali, Trefl, and Škoda. Game Changer is part of Group One – the largest independent marketing and technology group in Poland, integrating strategic, media, creative, technological, inclusive, and event competencies under one roof. Since its establishment in 2021, Game Changer has been recognized multiple times in prestigious industry competitions, including Effie Awards Poland (1 x silver, 5 x bronze), MIXX Awards (2 x Best in Show, 3 x gold, 7 x silver, 3 x bronze, honorable mention), KTR (4 x silver, 3 x bronze), Innovation Awards (3 x gold, 1 x silver, 4 x bronze, Best of the Year 2022) and YT Works Awards (Grand Prix, 2 x gold).

About Opera GX

Since its inception in 2019, Opera GX has quickly become the browser of choice for gaming enthusiasts seeking a more customized internet experience. Only Opera GX allows users to fully personalize the browser with over 9,000 mods, transforming its look, themes, and audio effects to match their preferences. And with CPU, RAM, and Network Bandwidth limiters, GX minimizes resource usage to optimize gaming with additional tools like Hot Tabs Killer for managing resource-heavy tabs and GX Cleaner for clearing unwanted files.

The Olympic Exclusion Zone just got weirder

LONDON (April 3, 2025) – Following an incredible milestone of 1 million copies sold, Ironwood Studios has released their most substantial update to Pacific Drive today. Endless Expeditions is packed with a trunk full of new features and improvements headlined by the addition of Expeditions and the introduction of the Suspend feature, both of which redefine how players will experience the Olympic Exclusion Zone. There’s no better time to get behind the wheel of your own station wagon, Pacific Drive is on sale for 40% off on Steam until April 15 and PlayStation until April 23.

The Endless Expeditions update brings two highly requested features to Pacific Drive. Expeditions start in the garage with an ever-changing set of challenges and restrictions, generating new routes, and ramping up the difficulty to ensure that every journey feels fresh. This new way to play is perfect for roguelite fans, offering players endless possibilities to keep playing. For a more in-depth look at Expeditions, check out the forthcoming deep dive on the Ironwood YouTube channel. Players are also now able to save their progress at any time, exit the game and return safely when they’re ready to continue – another major change to how they play.

Other quality of life improvements includes upgrades to essential tools like the Plasma Scrapper and Thermal Vacuum, UX features and Ida’s Exchange, a trader where players can get new parts while in the Zone in exchange for scrap material without needing to go back to their garage. No road trip would be complete without the perfect soundtrack, and Pacific Drive’s radio playlist is now even better with 21 new tracks from new and returning artists. The Pacific Drive Radio Soundtrack Vol. 2 is also available to listen to on your actual road trips via Spotify too.

Endless Expedition Highlights: 

• Expeditions – Roguelite style trips with unique routes and restrictions
• Suspending Your Game – Save and exit at any time and resume when you wish
• 21 New Songs – Over an hour of new radio music from new and returning artists
• Ida’s Exchange – A new character and vendor available during expedition runs for players to purchase unique parts, cosmetics and resources
• New Cosmetic content – Spruce up your garage with new cosmetics found in the Zone and by trading scrap material at Ida’s Exchange
• Tool Updates – Improvements to the Plasma Scrapper and Thermal Vacuum
• Improved Route Planner – Refreshed UI for better readability

Pacific Drive is available for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. It has also been shortlisted for Best Debut in this year’s BAFTA Game Awards and Best Game Writing at the 2025 Nebula Awards. To find out more, visit: https://www.pacificdrivegame.com/

About Ironwood Studios

Since its founding in 2019, Ironwood Studios has been hard at work on Pacific Drive and are extremely proud to be working with PlayStation to bring it to life. The team’s passion stems from a love of road trips and the relationship between the driver and the car, always dreaming about surreal worlds and the Pacific Northwest – two things that feature prominently in the game. Ironwood’s goal is to create games that inspire players to tell their own stories, with systems that work together to create unexpected and unique experiences.

About Kepler Interactive

Kepler Interactive is a video game company and creative studio headquartered in London. With games like Pacific Drive, Sifu, Rematch and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kepler curates its partnerships with developers worldwide to showcase some of the newest and most brilliant ideas in gaming that combine experimental game design with unique art direction. Alongside its game portfolio, Kepler’s creative studio seeks to bring games to life in areas such as art, fashion, music, architecture and design through development of lifestyle products and collaborations with artists like fashion designer Robyn Lynch. Kepler explores the creative spaces that inspire games and the people who make them – challenging perspectives and elevating the medium to a new level.

Savoie based Piraknights Games, have shared a wickedly good Sintopia gameplay trailer, so you can settle in for your 9 to 5 job as an adminstator of Hell. Maybe not much different that some of your previous jobs but the perks are hotter (literally)

Sintopia is a mix of builder and God game, with an asymmetrical loop. On the OVERWORLD, watch a silly civilization of chickpea people make their mark on the world and unfortunately for them, damn themselves by committing a host of sins. Punish those poor dead squishy souls, keep your receipts for expenses and generate profit to help you build and sustain your Hellish empire. 

Key Features:  

Be A Big Bad Boss 

Being the administrator of Hell comes with many perks. Some of these include the ability to wield administrative magic to influence the world above you. 

Hell Your Way  

Mold the caves of Hell to your own deepest and darkest desires. Yes there will be paperwork but one of the Imployees you hire will take care of it. You need more time to live out your hellish architect fantasies.   

Seven Deadly Sins  

Make sure your souls go through an effective “re-education” to avoid a buildup of their Sins across many lives… no one wants to face the demonic invasion that will inevitably result from having too much corruption in the world. 

Wishlist Sintopia today on Steam and to stay up to date with Piraknights and Sintopia news you can follow the developers on  X. 

About Piraknights Games 

Piraknights Games was founded in 2022 by five colleagues, all professionals of the video game industry and covering the skillset necessary to make a game from scratch: artists, game designers, programmers, managers. Part pirates part knights, we learnt how we like to work (and what we don’t like). Thus was born Piraknights, a company supported by the ideas of passion, respect, share and care. 

About Team17 Digital 

Founded in 1990, Team17 Digital is a leading developer, video games label, and creative partner for developers around the world. Part of Team17 Group plc, which floated on AIM in 2018, Team17 Digital has an extensive portfolio comprised of over 140 titles, and fully encapsulates the spirit of independent games. Team17 Digital’s portfolio of multi-award-winning and award-nominated in-house brands include Hell Let Loose, Golf With Your Friends, The Escapists, and the iconic Worms franchise, alongside its games label partner titles, including the award-winning games Blasphemous, Greak: Memories of Azur, and Overcooked! franchise.

Interactive, branching narrative experience explores AI and tech’s influence on humanity

Montreal, Canada, April 3rd, 2025 – Signal Space Lab and Actrio Studio are proud to reveal that their multimedia sci-fi interactive VR project Human Within is out today on SteamVR, for $19.99 / £16.75 / €19.50 with a 25% discount through April 17th. This follows its launch last month on Meta Quest 2 and 3. Human Within is a one-of-a-kind VR interactive experience that explores the profound influence of AI and advanced technology on society, highlighting the potential threats if misused. 

Directed by Avi Winkler and Anne Weigel, Human Within unfolds in a modern world where Nyla, a cyber engineer, and her sister Linh, are employed at Forward Industries. Together, they pioneer a groundbreaking supercomputer by harnessing the human brain’s processing power. However, when Nyla seeks to disengage from the project, both sisters are detained, compelled to continue their work amidst suspicions of their employer’s hidden motives. In a daring bid for freedom, Nyla is forced to connect the technology to Linh, and use it in the very way she feared it would be.

Human Within combines a thrilling branching storyline with video game playability. Its blend of original storytelling and gameplay features offer players a distinct interactive experience. It differentiates itself with a unique integration of technical features that includes:

• User Involvement: Experiencing the story from Linh’s consciousness within a virtual internet space provides a unique way to observe the events taking place and have a level of participation unlike anything else.
• Point Cloud Interactivity: Explore environments in digital recreations. These sequences serve as pace-breaking moments where users engage with the story even further, bringing a whole new degree of interactivity to the mix.
• Choice and Consequence: At key moments in the story the events that take place are defined by the user’s choices. These moments define how events unfolded in the past and determine how it all ends in the present.
• Style Variety: The story is told across a unique combination of three distinct visual styles: The Internet Space blending 2D film and 3D graphics, Flashback Scenes with interactive 360 degree stereo film, and Point Cloud recreations with 6DOF 3D environments.

Human Within is available with English and French audio options, with subtitles available in English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, and Italian.

“We were thrilled by the reception Human Within received when it launched on Meta Quest 2 and 3 last month, so we look forward to a whole new audience getting to discover it,” said Avi Winkler, Creative Director at Signal Space Lab. “With Human Within we wanted to explore the possibilities of storytelling using new technology. After all, it’s a story about how technology shapes our humanity, so we found its interactive VR elements thematically resonant in a way not possible with more traditional media. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on it!”

About Human Within

Signal Space Lab began pre-production of Human Within, in 2019, including script writing and prototyping the experience under the creative direction of Avi Winkler. Director Anne Weigel and award-winning German producer Actrio Studio joined the project and wrapped principal photography in December 2023. Human Within then began its festival tour in October premiering at FIVARS in Toronto on October 3rd and Beyond The Frame Festival in Tokyo on October 25th-27th, 2024. Supported by Meta, Canada Media Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and Filmstiftung NRW Germany, Human Within aims to raise the bar for interactive narrative VR experiences.

For more information on Human Within:

Own It on Meta Quest: https://www.meta.com/experiences/human-within/6218357148255323/
Buy or wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1546070/Human_Within/
Signal Space Lab website: https://signalspacelab.com/

About Signal Space Lab

Founded in 2014, Signal Space Lab is an award-winning interactive creation studio specializing in immersive XR entertainment, video games, and audio production. Our goal is to advance the art of interactive media by imagining and producing original, innovative, and memorable experiences that materialize into sound, visual, and gaming environments.

Launch Date Updates on Existing Platforms for Simultaneous Release

Marvelous Europe today announced an updated launch date of June 5, 2025 for Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma on the Nintendo Switch™ system and Windows PC via Steam. The latest entry in the popular action-RPG and life-simulation series will now launch alongside the Nintendo Switch™ 2version simultaneously.

Players will experience the Eastern territory of Azuma for the first time, a land of Japanese-inspired visuals and unique twists on familiar gameplay elements from the Rune Factory franchise. Those playing on Nintendo Switch 2 will experience the title in a higher resolution with improved frame rates, along with Joy-Con 2 mouse controls for village building.

The company also announced that those who have pre-ordered the Nintendo Switch version of Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma will be able to play on the new platform with the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition upgrade pack. Details regarding the upgrade pack will be available at a later date.

About Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma

Guardians of Azuma takes players on an all-new adventure in the never-before-seen country of Azuma. Here, players will assume the role of an Earth Dancer destined to return hope—and life—to the once-thriving land. Choose from one of two protagonists whose fates are closely tied together, and experience reimagined and expanded Rune Factory gameplay; as Earth Dancer, players will farm with grace, restore and build entire villages, and fight with new weapons like the Bow and Talisman. Azuma is a vast world to explore with majestic villages to uncover, each taking inspiration from Japanese culture and each with a seasonal theme. In addition to exploration, combat, and village-building, players will also cultivate relationships with the locals, recruiting them to your side in battle or to help manage the villages. Wield sacred treasures of the gods and the Earth Dancer’s power of dance to purify the land and return Azuma to its former glory. The adventure of a new world awaits.

Physical pre-orders for Nintendo Switch are currently available for 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 will be available digitally on Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch and Windows PC via Steam 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 €69,99; 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 €79.99. All digital versions of the game will come with the “Rune Factory 4 Hero Outfit Bundle” as a special bonus. Digital pre-order versions will be available soon.

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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LONDON & Montpellier, France (April 3, 2025) – New details for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, the debut title developed by French independent studio Sandfall Interactive and published by Kepler Interactive (Tchia, Sifu, Pacific Drive), have been revealed ahead of its imminent launch on April 24 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S (available day one with Xbox Game Pass) and PC via Steam and Epic Game Store. 

Fans looking forward to release can now watch the new ‘Sciel Character Trailer’ as part of an ongoing series that puts the spotlight on some of the playable characters players can look forward to discovering. Previous weeks have already revealed character trailers for Gustave, Maelle and Lune, and fans can also look forward to a trailer featuring Monoco the Gestral next week. 

The developers at Sandfall Interactive have also confirmed additional details across both PC and console ahead of launch, so players can prepare for their upcoming expedition to destroy the Paintress and end her curse of death. PC players will be able to fine-tune the game’s graphics to their liking with a variety of in-game settings and pre-sets (ranging from Low to Epic) to find an experience on their hardware that balances both incredible Unreal Engine 5-powered graphics and consistent framerate for a smooth gameplay experience. 

Additionally, console players on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X can also look forward to playing the game in either Performance or Quality graphics modes to improve framerate or image resolution respectively, depending on their preferences. For PlayStation 5 Pro owners, Expedition 33 is PlayStation 5 Pro Enhanced, meaning players on the console can also look forward to enhanced performance, whilst Xbox players can pre-load the game now ahead of launch, and also take advantage of Xbox Play Anywhere capabilities when the game releases later this month. The game’s digital release will be synced globally to launch at 12 a.m. PDT, so players around the world will be able to start their expedition and discover the game’s many secrets and surprises together. 

Those looking to complete their experience in Expedition 33 can also seek to claim the 55 Achievements available in-game, or 56 Trophies when including the Platinum Trophy on PlayStation 5. Select Achievements/Trophies players can work towards unlocking include: 

• Expeditioner – Reach level 33. 
• Overcharge – With Gustave, use a fully charged Overcharge that Breaks an enemy. 
• Follow The Trail – Find all of the journals from prior expeditions. 
• Professional – Defeat a boss without taking any damage. 
• Connoisseur – Find all 33 music records. 

Players will find many more Achievements/Trophies to discover in the game, including accolades for a variety of challenges as part of the game’s core story, mastering the full potential of each party member’s unique battle skills and overcoming challenging optional encounters that will put the players’ combat abilities to the test. 

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is launching on April 24, 2025 and is available to pre-order now for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S (available day one with Xbox Game Pass) and PC via Steam and Epic Game Store with a limited-time 10% pre-order discount on the digital edition. Fans can also pre-order the digital Deluxe Edition on all platforms, which also includes the “Flowers” Collection, a “Clair” custom outfit for Maelle and an “Obscur” custom outfit for Gustave* alongside the base game. For more information, visit https://www.expedition33.com/linkhub.  

*Internet connection required for DLC items. 

About Sandfall Interactive: 

Founded in 2020 in France, Sandfall Interactive is an independent video game studio developing high-quality games for PC and consoles. With a focus on powerful narrative experiences, Sandfall Interactive aspires to deliver incredible stories with intriguing characters in gorgeous fantasy worlds inspired by French culture. The team also thrives in pushing technical boundaries by working with the latest and greatest technologies such as Unreal Engine 5. 

Their debut title, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, is currently in development for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. 

About Kepler Interactive:  

Kepler Interactive is a video game company and creative studio headquartered in London. With games like Pacific Drive, Sifu, Rematch and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Kepler curates its partnerships with developers worldwide to showcase some of the newest and most brilliant ideas in gaming that combine experimental game design with unique art direction.  Alongside its game portfolio, Kepler’s creative studio seeks to bring games to life in areas such as art, fashion, music, architecture and design through development of lifestyle products and collaborations with artists like fashion designer Robyn Lynch. Kepler explores the creative spaces that inspire games and the people who make them – challenging perspectives and elevating the medium to a new level. 

Craft Gear and Weapons, Uncover Ability Scrolls to Enhance Combat Abilities, and Conquer Enemies in Uniquely Designed Contest That Resets Every 14 Days

Sign up Today for the Closed Beta Beginning April 17th on Steam

BEIJING, CHINA – APRIL 3, 2025 – Wolfpack Games, an energetic veteran team of indie developers, are excited to announce Havenhold, a unique multiplayer survival combat game centered around a contest to ascend to the top of the mystic Kunlun Mountain that resets every 14 days. Train as a warrior monk, wield primordial powers, craft and trade, battle dark monsters and compete with other players in intense battles for access to the sacred peak.

“Havenhold is about pushing the boundaries of survival combat with a unique cyclical structure,” said Stephan Wang, Co-Founder of Wolfpack Games. “We’re excited to welcome players into our closed beta test next month, and see how they forge their own legends on Kunlun Mountain.”

Havenhold will launch a special Closed Beta Test starting on Thursday, April 17 at 10:00AM PDT. Players interested in participating in the Havenhold Closed Beta Test can sign-up on the Steam page today.

Players are descendents of the Taichu Order, warrior monks with the rare ability to Spirit Bind and use the transformative power of Primordial Spirits. Journey through the Kunlun Mountain area, search through dungeons, ruins, and sacred temples to recover ability scrolls to unlock new combat skills, as well as uncovering blueprints to craft upgraded gear and weapons. As players ascend higher towards the peak of Kunlun Mountains, boss encounters will encourage warriors to party together to co-op the much more difficult areas. In the final days of the cycle, the strongest warriors left compete in all-our war to see who is deserving of all the glory of the Kunlun Mountain… and the contest begins again with any skills and items transferred to the new cycle.

Havenhold Key Features

• Cyclical Warfare: Compete in a dynamic contest that resets every 14 days, carrying over hard-earned skills and items.
• Primordial Powers: Spirit Bind with ancient entities to unlock devastating combat abilities.
• Craft and Conquer: Discover blueprints to craft superior gear and weapons, essential for survival.
• Exploration and Discovery: Explore dungeons, ruins, and temples, uncovering ability scrolls and valuable loot.
• Cooperative Challenges: Team up with fellow warriors to overcome formidable bosses in the mountain’s treacherous higher reaches.
• All-Out War: In the final days of each cycle, engage in intense PvP battles to claim ultimate glory.

Havenhold is currently in Early Access development on Steam. For more information on the game, visit the official website. 

About Wolfpack Games

Wolfpack Games are a well-rounded team of 40 game devs, distributed across Beijing, Amsterdam, Sydney, and Johannesburg – led by a veteran core who have been solely focused on MMO genre development for the past two decades. If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go as a pack!