Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look is now playing on Netflix and coming to our official YouTube channel and the Grand Theft Auto VI site later today at 9 p.m. ET.
Captured entirely from in-game footage on PlayStation 5, this extended look at Grand Theft Auto VI showcases the biggest, most immersive evolution of the series yet — arriving November 19 to PlayStation 5 and XBOX Series X|S.
LONDON (Aug. 27, 2026) – Publisher Fireshine Games (Denshattack!, Far Far West) is serving up a feast of tasty new announcements for the Awesome Indies Show during Gamescom 2026, including the management simulator Food Truck Empire, adorable survival crafting adventure Isle Goblin and brand new details on the first major Far Far West update, Frostburn. Those on the showfloor can demo all of the above, as well as Denshattack!, Duskfade, Husk Protocol and AEROMACHINA in the Indie Arena Booth (Hall 10.2, Booth 31-32).
Food Truck Empire | Lichthund | PC: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1872970/Food_Truck_Empire
Fire up your grills and take to the streets in the economic strategy/management simulator Food Truck Empire heading to PC via Steam with a brand-new public demo out now. Craft new and delicious recipes, outfit your fleet of trucks and grow your business while racking in those coveted 5-star reviews.
Isle Goblin | Kilowatt Games | PC: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1688640/Isle_Goblin
Step into the shoes of a friendly goblin whose island is under attack by the nasty humans. It’s up to you to explore, craft, build and fight to protect your goblin family in this adorable sandbox adventure playable solo or with up to seven goblin buddies.
Far Far West | Evil Raptor | PC | Available Now in Early Access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3124540/Far_Far_West
Time to get back in the saddle, because a whole host of fresh horrors are making their way to Far Far West today. The Frostburn update will test your resolve on the new Hellfire map, which is packed with new quests and secrets, but also a giant volcano ready to blow at any moment to light a fire under your feet. Gear up with a new shield system, a new spell element, melee weapons and more.
Keep up to date on these and all other Fireshine Games titles here: https://fireshinegames.co.uk/
About Fireshine Games
Fireshine Games is a global publisher of digital and physical video games based in London, England, with a focus on finding fun and bringing innovative indie gems to players around the world. Originally established in 2014, Fireshine Games has built a portfolio of acclaimed and award winning digital titles, including Far Far West, Core Keeper, Denshattack!, Duskfade, Voyagers of Nera and Popucom. Fireshine Games is part of the EG7 group of companies. For more information on Fireshine Games and its titles, visit the official website at fireshinegames.co.uk.
WARSAW – Aug. 27, 2026 – Odd Town, the retro-styled first-person sandbox adventure from solo developer The Flying Baguette and publisher HYPERSTRANGE, brings an off-kilter open-town adventure to PC via Steam in September 2026, as revealed during today’s Awesome Indies Showcase.
There’s never a dull moment in Saint Sectaire, a small town with strange secrets. Left stranded in town after their car breaks down, Odd Town’s protagonist quickly finds themself at the center of a conspiracy as residents start to disappear. Short on cash and careful to avoid the cops, there’s little else to do other than finding work and tracking down allies who can help unravel what’s really happening in Saint Sectaire.
Take on odd jobs by day and cause chaos at night. Earn dough as a baker, supplying Saint Sectaire with delicious treats. Clean up the town’s movie theatre, or take a walk on the wild side by selling drugs to residents looking for a fix – whatever it takes to make some money. When the sun goes down and shops close for the day, enterprising thieves will find plenty of ill-gotten gains to pilfer. Break into stores, shake down unsuspecting townsfolk for extra cash, or use an arsenal of pliers, crowbars, and a shovel to access locked locations.
Odd Town’s open-ended, highly interactive town provides a focused, semi-open-world experience that respects your time. Featuring a compact world design full of secrets to uncover and trouble to find, Odd Town distills the thrill of open-world games into a bite-sized package. Chat with locals to uncover narrative breadcrumbs leading to the heart of the town’s conspiracy. Make friends – and enemies – that remember your actions, and recruit a team of specialists capable of uncovering the truth of Saint Sectaire.
No matter the approach, avoid the cops at all costs. Lay low, avoid patrols, and buy new clothes to avoid detection and become anonymous again. When all else fails, use a tool to break out of jail. Just be careful, because each escape technique can only be used once. Run out of options, and it’s game over.
Learn the ins and outs of a living low-poly world that never overstays its welcome. Navigate through tight streets lined with alleys, apartments, shops, and restaurants. Encounter peculiar characters, taking on quests and jobs that unfold across Saint Sectaire and the surrounding area. Investigate a morgue for clues, cause mischief in the town’s cemetery, or poke around other interesting locales.
“Every little thing players do in Odd Town bears weight,” said Przemysław Miliński, co-founder of HYPERSTRANGE. “There are no flippant mechanics or meaningless meters to fill up, just mysteries to solve in whichever way you want. Go ahead and extort that shopkeeper, just remember that they will not forget. But that won’t matter if you manage to escape! Fix your car and get out of town.”
Descend slowly into a pixelated madness when Odd Town launches on PC via Steam in September 2026. For more information, visit the official website, follow HYPERSTRANGE on X/Twitter, BlueSky, Facebook, and join the community in the official Discord server!
About HYPERSTRANGE
Hyperstrange is a game development and publishing studio based in Warsaw, Poland. Founded on the day of the 2015 Solar Eclipse, the team continues to bring Metal, Fantasy, Action, and Hyper-strangeness to gamers worldwide. Some of Hyperstrange’s works include Blood West, an immersive stealth FPS horror set in the wicked Wild West, and POSTAL: Brain Damaged, an action-oriented take on Running With Scissors’ cult game series.
About The Flying Baguette
The Flying Baguette is a one-man indie games studio based out of France, twisting old school gaming aesthetics into modern open worlds as seen in their debut first-person adventure, Odd Town.
GAMECOM 2026: COLOGNE, GERMANY – AUGUST 27, 2026 – Studio Wildcard today launched ARK: Astraeos ‘Heaven & Abyss’ the massive update that completes the Greek mythology-inspired adventure. Spanning more than 264 square kilometers of breathtaking marble cliffs, ancient temples, cherry blossom paradises, and mythological landscapes, Astraeos invites players to prove their worth in new divine trials stretching from floating island peaks to the darkest depths of the abyss.
Astraeos Heaven & Abyss Key Features
Originally created in partnership with Nitrado and by popular ARK modder Nekatus – who has now officially joined the Studio Wildcard team – the ARK: Astraeos Heaven & Abyss update is now available on PC via Steam and Epic Game Store, Xbox and PlayStation. The ARK: Astraeos DLC is available for a limited promotional price of $4.94 (67% off MSRP) on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation. Step into the pantheon, brave the open waters, and master the final chapter of Astraeos today.
But That’s Not All – More New Adventures Added Today Across ARK!
The horizons of ARK: Survival Ascended continue to expand with brand-new creatures, naval warfare, and coastal raids, as part of today’s major update:
Available now on ARK: Survival Ascended
Available now with ARK: Tides of Fortune
Lastly, ARK: Survival Ascended and other DLCs are on sale on Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation for up to 75% off for a limited time!
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 5, Xbox Series X|S, Epic Games Store 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
COLOGNE, Germany – Aug. 27, 2026 –After a long slumber, HE wakes! CRITICAL REFLEX and TALLBOYS announced during the Xbox @ Gamescom Showcase that the surreal, kafkaesque first-person immersive sim Militsioner will launch in 2027 on PC via Steam and the Microsoft Store, Xbox Series X|S, and Game Pass for PC and console. Explore an expansive city at your own pace, negotiate with its suspicious residents, avoid the watchful eye of the Colossal Policeman, and do whatever you must to escape.
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 Colossal Policeman. Navigate the city and escape by using your wits – and remember, every problem has multiple solutions. Run, hide, lie, steal, snitch, sneak… But keep on guard. The town and the Policeman are watching.
Key Features
Militsioner is available to wishlist now on Steam, Xbox and the Microsoft Store. For more info and updates, follow TALLBOYS on X/Twitter and CR Channel on X/Twitter. 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. The team grew during the development of Pandemic Express and, after its release, 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. Join the Discord here: https://discord.gg/FrzN8srBfy
LOS ANGELES – AUGUST 27, 2026 – Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality games, has rolled out a new update for its action game Solo Leveling: ARISE. The update features a new SSR hunter, new gameplay updates, and more.
Lee Joohee, Pilgrim of the Labyrinth joins the roster as a Light-element Buster with a combat style built around prisms. Her skills include Reflecting Chain, which allows her to reflect a damaging beam through a prism to attack enemies, Lucent Release, that strikes the area ahead with concentrated light, and Prism Blast, which focuses light from multiple magical prisms onto a single point, triggering a powerful explosion.
The update expands story content with Hard and Reverse Hard difficulties for Hidden Chapters 11 and 12. Players can also obtain the new Sung Jinwoo-exclusive SSR weapon “Spirit Blade: Snowstorm.” Moreover, a new season of the Simulation Gate is now underway, with higher difficulty levels added. Balance adjustments have been made to select Sung Jinwoo weapons, hunters, and artifact set effects.
Looking ahead, the new “Hall of the Monarchs” challenge content is scheduled to open on September 3. Players face increasingly stronger bosses and aim for high scores. Clearing a stage grants a base score, and additional points can be earned through the Proof of Mastery system that allows players to adjust the difficulty by selecting custom challenges.
The Hall of the Monarchs will be unlocked after clearing Workshop of Brilliant Light Tier 10 and will operate on a two-week seasonal cycle. Each season will feature enemies from the Workshop of Brilliant Light appearing at random, and players will be able to earn a special Title and Frame based on their rank.
Solo Leveling: ARISE is an action game adaptation of the hit webtoon, Solo Leveling. Taking on the role of Jinwoo, players can experience his journey through the beloved webtoon tale firsthand, leveling up, taking on dynamic battles, and creating their own combat styles by selecting various combinations of skills and weapons. Not only can players team up with hunters from the webtoon, they can summon their own “Army of Shadows” with the iconic phrase: “Arise.”
Please visit the official website, X, Facebook, Instagram, Discord, and official YouTube channel to stay up-to-date with the latest information about Solo Leveling: ARISE.
About Netmarble Corporation
Founded in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a leading global game developer and publisher. Through acclaimed franchises and strategic partnerships with top-tier IP holders, the company delivers innovative and engaging gaming experiences to audiences worldwide. As a parent company of Kabam, SpinX Games, Jam City, and a major shareholder of HYBE and NCSOFT, Netmarble’s diverse portfolio includes Solo Leveling:ARISE, Seven Knights Re:BIRTH, RAVEN2, MARVEL Future Fight, and The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com.
Cologne, Germany, 27th August, 2026 – Bossa Games and team17 have announced physics based 1-4 player co-op puzzle game, What Goes Up for Xbox Games Pass, as part of the Xbox gamescom Showcase. Also coming to PC and PlayStation 5 later this year, What Goes Up sees players employed by GALACTIC REFUSE CO, the galaxy’s most ambitious provider of high-risk junk removal solutions. They are tasked with scouring planets in search of Earth’s finest discarded garbage, cleaning up the mess they find, and then turning it into titanic towers of trash.
Equipped with their grav gun and hover pack, and ready to go toe to toe with gravity, players will explore dangerous planets in search of top-tier trash with which to create their masterpiece of misalignment – building up, down, and sideways to ensure the junk reaches the recovery ship. Players can approach the task at hand however they wish – with careful, methodical planning, each item providing load-bearing support for the next – or, as a mad dash to the top, flinging bathtubs and campervans into the mix and hoping for the best.
Going Up?
Players can grab up to three friends to join them on their What Goes Up adventure (or take to it solo), working together to plan, build, and – probably – panic when it all comes tumbling down because somebody put the hot dog cart in completely the wrong place…again.
Anthony Kyne, Head of Studio, Bossa Games said “What Goes Up started life in a game jam, with a simple goal: give friends a playground where they could build, experiment and cause chaos together. Team17 understood the vision from our earliest demo, and we were thrilled to welcome them on board as publisher. Together, we’ve created a game about ingenious ideas, impossibly tall towers and the hilarious consequences when everything comes crashing down.”
Harley Homewood, General Manager, team17, said: “Bossa Games are renowned in the world of creative co-op experiences, and What Goes Up is, once again, testament to their creativity. We’re delighted to partner with them, and to bring this over-the-top and chaotic piece of puzzle game fun to life on Xbox Games Pass.”
What Goes Up Key Features
About Bossa Games
Bossa Games is a multiple award-winning independent studio based in London, UK, with over a decade of great games made by its team. Bossa is recognized as one of the most creative game companies in the world, with titles such as Surgeon Simulator, I Am Bread, and I Am Fish cementing our reputation for disruption. Bossa Games has a shared mission to ‘Forge the best co-op experiences friends will ever share together’ and their values are their guiding principles and beliefs to get them there.
About team17
Founded in 1990, team17 is part of everplay group plc, and a passionate and creative developer and publisher dedicated to its pioneering independent partners and games. Team17 has an extensive portfolio of over 150 titles that players around the world love for a lifetime, including DREDGE, Date Everything!, and Overcooked!, together with multi-award-winning and award-nominated in-house brands such as Hell Let Loose, Golf With Your Friends, The Escapists, and the iconic Worms franchise.
COLOGNE, GERMANY — August 27, 2026. Every survivor aboard your sand-ship can be worth more dead than alive. Announced today from the Gamescom show floor, Dunebound Tactics launches on Steam on Monday, September 14. It is a roguelite, turn-based tactical RPG of caravans, sacrifice, and terrain you can tear apart, built by Terahard Studios and published by indie.io, and a free demo is live now on Steam and playable at Booth F011g, Hall 10.2, this weekend during Gamescom.
The world runs on Elios, a resource that rewrites life and death and leaves crystals where the dead used to be. It powers the engine that drags your caravan across the Sands. It also sits inside every member of your crew. When a battle takes its toll, the infirmary is one option. Extraction is the other, and it leaves a survivor as a husk while the engine keeps turning. Neither choice is free, and the dunes rarely make the first one easy.
That pressure lands in combat, where the battlefield is something you build rather than something you find. Obliterate cover or drag it out of position. Summon ice pillars to choke enemy movement or explosive ones to trap them. Lay mines, set traps, then shove an Imperial into the pitfall you dug two turns earlier. Caravan skills reach in from off the field to buff your party or clear the way for it. This is not a cover-and-shoot affair. It is a game about deciding what the ground is going to do next.
Legend places Haven somewhere beyond the Sands, a sanctuary for anyone desperate enough to go looking. Nobody who has gone has come back. Each attempt feeds the next one, with the wrecks of previous caravans yielding modules and sometimes survivors, and dynamic world generation reshaping the route every time. Fifteen classes, sixteen traits, and more than fifty modules go into a crew, and thirty-eight enemy types stand between it and the horizon as the Imperials and the Arcanists fight over what is left.
The demo is playable on the show floor at Gamescom this week at the indie.io booth in Hall 10.2, Stand F011g, running through August 30. It travels to PAX West next, September 4 to 7 in Seattle, on indie.io Booth #316. Members of the Terahard team are at Gamescom and available for interviews on request.
For everyone not in Cologne, the demo is live on Steam right now and was rebuilt around player feedback after Steam Next Fest, with reworked encounters, smarter enemy AI, and a full balancing pass. Dunebound Tactics launches on Steam on September 14, 2026.
[August 27, 2026] — Security 51, the security checkpoint simulator set deep beneath Area 51, has received a major free update headlined by the long-requested Endless Mode, allowing agents to keep working through an unlimited number of shifts until their sanity or hunger runs out.
The update also introduces 3 new difficulty settings. Easy removes the shift timer for a more relaxed experience, Medium retains the original balance, and Hard gives experienced agents less time and harsher penalties. Tool upgrades now persist across repeat playthroughs, giving players more room to develop their security setup over time.
A new fingerprint scanner expands the inspection process on the third floor, challenging players to verify visitor identities and detect subtle anomalies. The update also adds new story characters – the mysterious mushroom cultists – alongside strange notes that may appear on the security desk with hints about the facility, its mechanics, and the choices ahead.
Security 51 puts players behind a security desk deep inside Area 51, where every visitor must be inspected before being allowed further into the facility. Check documents and clearances, scan personnel for anomalies, manage hunger and sanity, and decide who – or what – can be trusted.
The Endless Mode Update is available now as a free update for Security 51 on Steam.
Alawar is an independent video game developer and publisher founded in 1999. Specializing in midcore and casual games, the company extends its creative influence across PCs, video game consoles, and mobile devices. Alawar’s key titles include the Beholder series, Do Not Feed the Monkeys, Karate Survivor, Necrosmith, Wall World series, and an array of other releases.
MONTREAL (August 27, 2026) – Tribute Games, in collaboration with Universal Products & Experiences and Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley, today released the first major content expansion for Scott Pilgrim EX, the brand-new original game that launched in March 2026. The new release arrives as two clearly separate offerings: Scott Pilgrim EX – Back in the Band, a paid DLC priced at $3.99 USD, and Coin-Op Chaos, a free title update available to every owner of the base game. Both are available now on PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch.
The new content is divided into two complementary releases:
Watch the Scott Pilgrim EX – Back in the Band & Coin-Op Chaos Update Launch Trailer:
Get the DLC and the game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4861470/Scott_Pilgrim_EX__Back_in_the_Band/
SCOTT PILGRIM EX – BACK IN THE BAND: PAID DLC
The band is finally back together. Alternate versions of Stephen Stills, Kim Pine and Knives Chau warp into the fight, completing the full band lineup in Scott Pilgrim EX. Each fan-favorite fighter arrives with a distinct combat style, original animations, character-specific abilities and new ways to build over-the-top combos across Toronto.
Three New Playable Characters
New Assist Characters
COIN-OP CHAOS: FREE TITLE UPDATE
Available free to all Scott Pilgrim EX owners, Coin-Op Chaos introduces the Arcade Mode, a fast-paced new way to experience the entire game. Inspired by the golden age of arcade brawlers, the mode streamlines progression from stage to stage and adds lives, credits, score chasing and local rankings.
LAUNCH OFFER
To celebrate the release of both the DLC and the free title update, the base game is available at 20% off through Sept. 9 on PC and consoles, marking the first discount for Scott Pilgrim EX.
Keep up with the latest from Tribute Games and Scott Pilgrim EX at https://linktr.ee/tributegames
A BRAND-NEW SCOTT PILGRIM ADVENTURE, RELEASED IN MARCH 2026
Scott Pilgrim EX is a brand-new original game that launched in March 2026. It is not a remaster or re-release. The game sends Scott Pilgrim, Ramona Flowers and an all-star playable crew through a warped Toronto in an original story co-written by Bryan Lee O’Malley and Tribute Games. Players can unleash creative combos, wield wild weapons, customize fighters and take on the adventure through chaotic four-player co-op action with full cross-platform support.
About Tribute Games
Tribute Games is a Montreal-based developer and publisher known for crafting genre-defining, pixel-perfect action titles. With games including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Scott Pilgrim EX, Mercenary Kings, Flinthook, Panzer Paladin and MARVEL Cosmic Invasion, Tribute blends nostalgic artistry with modern design to create unforgettable gameplay experiences that feel just like we remember them.
About Universal Products & Experiences
Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) globally drives the expansion and elevation of NBCUniversal’s iconic collection of brands, intellectual properties, characters and stories based on the company’s extensive portfolio of properties created by Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. The division executes this through innovative physical and digital products, as well as engaging retail and product experiences across its expansive global theme park destinations, location-based venues, e-commerce product platforms and retailers around the world. Along with global brand strategy and creative, UP&E’s lines of business include Consumer Products and Games, along with Theme Parks Products & Retail. UP&E is a division of Universal Destinations & Experiences, part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. More information is available at universalproductsexperiences.com.
About Scott Pilgrim
Scott Pilgrim is a genre-defying cult classic that has grown into a beloved multimedia universe. Created by Bryan Lee O’Malley as a six-volume graphic novel series published by Oni Press, the story combines romance, music and video game-inspired action in a uniquely heartfelt and irreverent way. Its popularity sparked the critically acclaimed film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright, followed by a video game adaptation developed by Ubisoft. Most recently, the franchise was reimagined in the Netflix anime series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, bringing new life to the characters with the original film cast returning. Across each medium, Scott Pilgrim continues to resonate with fans through its bold storytelling, unforgettable characters and unmistakable punchy style.
Scott Pilgrim EX – Back in the Band © 2026 Universal City Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved. “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World” graphic novel and related characters TM & © 2026 Bryan Lee O’Malley. Game Software © 2026 Tribute Games inc.
