Haarlem, The Netherlands, September 12 2024

Today at 7pm CET, Dutch games developer Gamious releases Turmoil: Deeper Underground on Steam, offering players a brand-new DLC experience for the popular tongue-in-cheek oil-tycoon strategy game Turmoil.

Turmoil: Deeper Underground brings the successful Turmoil franchise into the Roaring Twenties with a completely new campaign centered on refining oil into petrol. This DLC introduces new mechanics and unique upgrades, where players can not only uncover new resources such as water, dynamite and rubies, but can also create the highly profitable petrol.  

Other highlights are:

• Dig deeper into the ground in special new Deep Mode levels
• New playable characters and NPC’s
• All-new areas and levels
• A new Town with new shops (and even a new Saloon mini-game called Dice Dice Dice!)

Turmoil: Deeper Underground provides a deeper experience within the trusted Turmoil gameplay we’ve come to know from previous campaigns. Creative Director Jos Bouman: “Creating this new DLC was not planned, but interesting ideas just popped into our heads. A few experiments validated the juiciness and fast forward two years later: Deeper Underground is here!” So get ready for a new era in the oil drilling business, and start earning that cold hard cash! 

Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America. Find the new Deeper Underground DLC on Steam now, or buy it in the ‘All You Can Drill’ bundle on Steam which also features the classic Turmoil game and the existing Turmoil: The Heat is On DLC.

Happy Drilling!

Link to Steam store page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3106610

About Gamious

We are Gamious, a game developer based in Haarlem, The Netherlands. We aim to create original games with pure gameplay – games we love to play ourselves. We’re known for creating Turmoil, Lake, Lines and Words in Progress.

LOS ANGELES – SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 – Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality mobile games, has released a new update for Solo Leveling: ARISE. A new round of content awaits players, including a new story update, new hunters, new events, and in-game improvements to enhance the gameplay experience. 

Players can now enter Main Story chapters 19 and 20, where they will face the formidable Baran, the Demon King. The new episodes invite players to experience story highlights from the original webtoon through dynamic, action-packed, top-quality animation.

Additionally, two new hunters are coming: Harper is a Dark-element SSR Tank that players can recruit starting today. Known for her hammer skills, Harper gets up close and personal to attack her enemies. Her sister, Charlotte, will be arriving on September 19th. She is a Dark-element mage who uses magic dolls during combat.

Other content updates include exclusive weapons for the new hunters (“Mischievous” for Harper and “Prankster” for Charlotte). The max level for Sung Jinwoo has been expanded to Lv. 90, and the maximum Activity Fund Tier and Gate Difficulty have been extended to Tier 43 and Difficulty 38 respectively. The new Shadow Soldier Bigrock is also on the way!

Several in-game improvements have been made allowing players to experience fresh Instance Dungeons and Encore Missions as well as enhancements to Battlefield of Time Mode, Power of Destruction Mode, and the Guild system. Guild Skills can provide various new buffs to guild members and guild members can now challenge the Guild Boss repetitively.

Solo Leveling: ARISE has rolled out multiple events to commemorate the new update, including the:  

• Full Moon! Check-In Gift (September 12 – October 3): Receive various rewards including Rate Up Draw Tickets simply by checking in the game during the event period. 
• Full Moon Daily Missions (September 12 – October 3): Clear daily missions to obtain [Hunter] Mana Power Elixir III, Mana-imbued Fabric, and more. 
• Full Moon Collection Event (September 12 – October 3): Clear Gates, Instance Dungeons, and Encore Missions to earn event items that can be exchanged for valuable rewards such as Mana Power Extract.

Solo Leveling: ARISE is an action game adaptation of Solo Leveling based on the hit webtoon. Taking on the role of Jinwoo, players can experience his level-ups and progress through the beloved webtoon tale firsthand, taking on dynamic battles and creating their own combat styles, relying on various combinations of skills and weapons. Not only can players team up with hunters from the webtoon, they can also summon their own “Army of Shadows” just like Jinwoo did when he first uttered the famous line “Arise!” in the webtoon.

Please visit the official website, X, Facebook, Instagram, Discord, official YouTube channel and Steam to stay up-to-date with the latest information about Solo Leveling: ARISE.

Enter the exclusion zone today; launch discount available for early birds

Bristol, United Kingdom – September 12, 2024 – Solo developer Headware Games, is today thrilled to announce that after three-years in development, its tech-noir survival horror title Hollowbody is now available for PC via Steam and GOG for $16.99 / £14.29 / €16.49.

A 10% launch discount is live for those that purchase Hollowbody during launch week, and the game’s haunting soundtrack is also available separately for $4.99 / £4.29 / €4.99. To coincide with the launch, a new trailer has been released which showcases just some of the horrors that await within the exclusion zone.

A dystopian love letter to survival horror, Hollowbody effortlessly evokes classic titles of yesteryear, while carving out its own distinct take on the genre. Grimy and abandoned urban locations sit toe-to-toe with an eye-catching futurist aesthetic, while a mysterious, tech-noir narrative will grip players as they explore a long abandoned British city.

Set in the near-future, players take control of Mica, an unlicensed black market shipper who will stop at nothing to find her missing partner. After her hover crashes deep within the exclusion zone, she is left alone and stranded with limited resources at her disposal. She will have to push her way through the zone, solve environmental puzzles, manage resources and fight for her life as she tries to find a way to escape beyond the wall.

She needs to find a way out. Call for evac, scale the walls. Something. Anything. Survive.

Hollowbody Features

• Classic survival horror gameplay inspired by early 2000s horror titles.
• Cinematic blend of dynamic and fixed camera angles.
• Logic puzzles, resource management and limited combat with a focus on narrative and exploration.
• Full voice acting.
• An emphasis on strong world building set in a dystopian near-future.
• Carefully paced save points ensure tension is maintained whilst respecting the player’s time.
• Difficulty options to aid players who prefer exploration over combat.
• Post-game unlocks and features.

Hollowbody is now available for PC via Steam and GOG priced $16.99 / £14.29 / €16.49.

For more information, please visit the official Headware Games website.

About Headware Games

Headware Games is a UK based solo developer making narrative driven experiences with a strong focus on atmosphere and art direction. In 2021 it released the acclaimed psychological horror game Chasing Static, and has just launched Hollowbody – a tech-noir homage to survival horror.

Available across PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch

Walnut Creek, Calif. (Sept. 12, 2024) — Wild Bastards, the western adventure spanning the galaxy, is available now from Maximum Entertainment and Blue Manchu. Lead a ragtag crew of outlaws through the galaxy as you flee from magnate Jebediah Chaste. It’s time to test your tactical expertise in Wild Bastards across PC, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch for $34.99: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1660840/Wild_Bastards/ 

Today’s news was accompanied by a gripping trailer showcasing the Bastards in action. If they hope to make it out alive, they’ll need to utilize their rare abilities to make their way through a variety of strategic shootouts all in one piece as they’re tailed through the cosmos.

Wild Bastards finds its lawbreakers hunted and nearly eradicated by the menacing Jebediah Chaste. After killing all but two of the Bastards, his final targets are miraculously saved by a mysterious, sentient spaceship known as The Drifter. The Bastards are fleeing an unwinnable standoff, exploring an ever-changing and lawless galaxy rife with precious weapons and spoils, as well as grisly fates, in a grand attempt to resurrect their compatriots while living to steal another day.

Amass a gang of 13 playable and uniquely talented criminals, manage the relationships between them and guide their growth. Juggle injuries and feuds while plotting a planetary path and, of course, shooting anyone or anything who gets in the way. Prevailing through Wild Bastards’ campaign also unlocks a Challenge Mode which adds modifiers and a steadily ramping challenge to keep outlaws on their toes.

For the latest intel on Wild Bastards keep @MaximumEntmt and @BlueManchuGames in your sights on X and visit http://www.wildbastards.com/.

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About Maximum Entertainment

Maximum Entertainment is a global entertainment company dedicated to crafting indie to AA video game experiences through original content and licensed partnerships. A fully integrated group with a broad portfolio of content, the company emphasizes collaboration and inclusivity in its partnerships to produce the highest level of interactive entertainment. With more than 300 titles in its catalog, Maximum Entertainment has joined forces with talented creators and renowned franchises around the globe to deliver magic to the gamer in everyone. Maximum Entertainment employs experienced professionals across the entire value chain of video games including development, publishing, transmedia, sales, and operations.

About Blue Manchu

Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Canberra, Australia, Blue Manchu’s storied team of veteran developers shares a mission of building genre-merging original titles integrated with elements of strategy. Known for its acclaimed, spaceship-boarding strategy FPS Void Bastards as well as Card Hunter, a collectible card game homage to retro RPGs, Blue Manchu is currently developing the intergalactic tactical FPS Wild Bastards.

Be inspired and save the day in Barbie Project Friendship™ and catch up with the Boo Crew in Monster High™: Skulltimate Secrets™ with brand new never-seen-before gameplay footage released today in a bumper announcement! 

These two upcoming video games made by Outright Games, the leading publisher of family-friendly interactive entertainment, in partnership with Mattel, Inc., will all be released later this year. I have included all key information as well as assets, trailer links and further details on the new video footage for each game below: 

• Barbie Project Friendship™
• Take a heartwarming journey of fun and friendship with Barbie “Malibu” Roberts and Barbie “Brooklyn” Roberts in the latest Barbie Project Friendship™

• Barbie Project Friendship™ will be available to play on  Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC available on Steam and the Microsoft Store on 25th October 2024.
• Monster High™: Skulltimate Secrets™
• Investigate a spooktacular school mystery with Boo Crew in new gameplay footage for Monster High™: Skulltimate Secrets™

• Monster High™: Skulltimate Secrets™ will be available to play on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC available on Steam and the Microsoft Store, on October 29, 2024 – just in time for Halloween.

Both of these great titles will also be released as physical retail editions and are available to pre-order from specialist stores now.  

About Barbie Project Friendship™ Gameplay Trailer 

Barbie Project Friendship™ has a brand new gameplay trailer that showcases the heartwarming adventures of Barbie “Malibu” Roberts and Barbie “Brooklyn” Roberts as they work together to save the Malibu Waves Community Center. The vibrant new trailer gives a first look at the gameplay, set in the backdrop in their bright and beautiful community. The multiple co-op minigames are a highlight of the new trailer, showcasing all the fun players can look forward to. Fans can play as the Barbies on a variety of mini games, from showing off impressive skateboarding tricks on the half-pipe to working together to fill ice cream orders or practising their swing in tennis. With their most fashionable foot forward, players can look forward to expressing their creativity with room customisation and dressing the Barbies in stylish outfits for their adventure.

About Monster High™: Skulltimate Secrets™ New Video Content 

For gamers looking to spook things up, the new Monster High™: Skulltimate Secrets™ gameplay footage provides a creeptastic sneak peek at a massive recreation of the Monster High campus, ready to explore. During gameplay, boos and fiends will encounter recognisable campus landmarks, including the creepeteria, classrooms, liscary and auditorium. On a mission to discover the mystery behind a chaotic magic overtaking the school, players will become beasties with the Boo Crew, encounter hidden rooms and find ancient keys to bring the school’s magic back to balance. Making the 3D platformer even more fun and fashionable, players will uncover clothing, hair and accessory options along the way, and earn Monster Points to unlock further customisation items. 

About Outright Games: Outright Games is a global video games publisher with a focus on bringing quality family entertainment to a worldwide audience. Founded in 2016, Outright Games has established its place in the market delivering engaging interactive games of beloved entertainment licences globally. Outright Games brings stories and characters to life with titles including favourites such as Peppa Pig: World Adventures with Hasbro, DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos with Warner, Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova and Paw Patrol: Grand Prix with Nickelodeon, and DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of The Nine Realms with NBC Universal. With an Outright Games title there will be fun for all the family to enjoy. 

Fly into Quacktion in the PvPvE survival shooter’s final open beta, live today on Steam!

SEATTLE – Sept. 12, 2024 – DUCKSIDE, the quacktion-packed persistent-world survival shooter from tinyBuild, is launching into Steam Early Access on Sept. 25, 2024! As the team gets their ducks in a row, they’re holding a final open beta on Steam starting now, inviting ducks of all types to test the waters before release later this month. This latest and greatest open beta runs until September 17 and builds on the tons of feedback the team has received from players, introducing many fan-requested fixes and egg-citing improvements, including a resource balance rework, new weapons (traps, axes, and land mines), night-vision goggles, a mixing table, and colorblind profiles for greater accessibility.

The new features don’t end there! Ducks can look forward to many new features when DUCKSIDE launches into Steam Early Access on September 25:

New in Early Access:

• New Horizons: Ducks love migrating to new areas! To ensure our feathered friends have access to exciting new types of weather, desert and snow biomes will be added to the game.
• Dexterous Ducks: Updated animations for holding, shooting, and gathering will be added (at the cost of the ducks losing telekinetic control of weapons and objects).
• The Iron Age (for Ducks): A brand-new, extra-large furnace is on its way, specifically designed to smelt large amounts of ore and create Chainsaws and Jackhammers, some of the new tools coming in early access.
• New Weapons: Our feathered physicians have told many ducks never to use alcohol while operating heavy weaponry. To ensure this never happens, a Distillery is being added to the game along with a recipe for Molotov cocktails, as well as Bazookas (a new raid weapon which will replace the old boring grenade launchers).
• Watery Resources: Platforms have appeared on the water’s surface. No one really knows where they came from, but ducks can gather supplies from them.
• Dynamic NPC Behavior: The human NPCs (Non-Plumed Characters) will become smarter, faster to act and more aggressive.

In DUCKSIDE, you’ll fight against feathered and featherless foes while gathering loot and materials to create a base, solo or with a flock. Other ducks may be looking to steal your items from under your beak, so protect your territory! Build a giant base, team up with friends to hunt, or simply steal from other ducks. The possibilities are endless in this persistent-world survival shooter filled with ducks, guns and never-ending quacking.

For more information, visit tinyBuild’s official website, and follow @PlayDUCKSIDE and @tinyBuild on Twitter/X for the latest news and announcements.

Besiege, the best-selling PC game from British indie developer; Spiderling Studios, is now available on Nintendo Switch in Europe & America! (With Asia coming 12th December).

Spiderling has teamed up with Ultimate Games S.A. to bring the Top-250 rated Steam game (95% positive) to the Nintendo Switch, with Ultimate Games acting as the console game’s publisher. PlayStation 4 & 5 versions are set to release later this year, as well!

Besiege is already available on Xbox One & Series X|S, but the Switch version has received extra attention, offering the seamless integration of the Switch’s Touch Controls, to the classic gameplay experience.

Besiege (Nintendo eShop): https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/besiege-switch/
Besiege (Microsoft Store): https://www.xbox.com/games/store/besiege-console/9ppfbqg81q5j
Besiege (Steam): https://store.steampowered.com/app/346010/Besiege/

Core Features

• Singleplayer Campaign with 55 Levels
• 3 Sandbox Environments
• 70+ Weapons, Blocks, Devices & Mechanisms to build machines
• A suite of Advanced Building Tools
• A “Workshop” to download other player’s machines or upload your own to share
• Touch controls for interactive building and destruction

About Besiege

Besiege is a physics-building game about constructing mechanical machines to annihilate armies, obliterate castles and overcome challenging obstacles. Players can conquer their way through a 55-level campaign or experiment & explore in expansive sandbox environments. Create tanks, planes, helicopters, sports cars, catapults, rockets, giant mechs- anything you can imagine- with Besiege’s intuitive & flexible building system and extensive 70+ block collection!

Besiege’s intricate physics system creates a satisfying building & simulation experience, whether you’re the harbinger of destruction or your machine is falling apart. Conquer your way through a singleplayer campaign of 55 destructible levels. Spanning across four island nations, each with its own environment, the campaign will pit you against unique civilizations ripe for conquest.

Cruise through Besiege’s huge sandbox levels, terrorizing their inhabitants, honing your craft & testing your ingenious prototypes. The console version also includes its own “Workshop” where players can browse through machines created by other players or upload their own creations to share with the community!

Touch Controls

Besiege on Nintendo Switch offers a new way of playing the classic game, with the portability of the Switch allowing players to enjoy the creative sandbox anywhere, anytime. The intuitive controls and touch-screen capabilities of the Switch have been seamlessly integrated, offering new ways to interact with and build your machines. Place blocks with a tap of your finger and use the drag god tool to smash enemies and fling your machine about.

Get a Crash Course in Warhammer 40,000 Lore with Space Marine 2’s Clive Standen in the First Episode of Titus Talks!

PARIS — Sept. 12, 2024 — The grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000 can be daunting to dive into! Just days after the release of the critically acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive are thrilled to introduce the first episode of “Titus Talks.” Dedicated to welcoming newcomers to the rich expanse that is the 41st millennium, this three-part video series is presented by Lieutenant Titus himself, Clive Standen.

Today’s first episode focuses on introducing players to the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Who is this Emperor? What are the forces at play? Who are the Space Marines, and why is this galaxy in a state of constant war? Presented by Vikings and Taken actor Clive Standen, who voices Lieutenant Titus in game, today’s video lecture serves as the opening to a multi-part series, with the upcoming second episode dedicated to who and what the Space Marines are before the third and final episode discussing what it all means in the grand setting of the game itself.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. Get the Gold or Ultra Edition to secure your Season Pass!

Turn deckbuilding to MECHbuilding and defend Earth from an alien invasion! 

MONTREAL, Quebec – Sept. 12, 2024 – Technology, technique, and tectonic tactics combine in StarVaders, the mech vs aliens roguelike deckbuilder developed by Pengonauts (formerly StarVaders Studio) and published by Joystick Ventures. This October, get a taste of why StarVaders is quickly becoming the go-to game for deep, tactical combat and crazy combos with its new demo, coming to Steam on Monday, Oct. 7, ahead of Steam Next Fest which runs from Monday, Oct. 14 to Monday, Oct. 21.

In StarVaders, humanity’s fate rests on your strategic prowess. In this demo, defend Earth by choosing from four pilots to control one of three unique mechs on a vertical grid to subdue the alien invaders. Make a mistake? No you didn’t. Rewind time with chrono tokens to reverse pivotal errors and keep your mission on track.

Each mech and pilot combination offers unique synergies that modify the gameplay. Pair the Gunner Mecha’s board-clearing firepower with Kaia, the restless adventurer, or opt for the melee-centric Stinger Mecha led by the calm Noel. Enhance your mech’s power with over 200 unlockable cards, artifacts, and upgrades, forming fresh strategies on the fly to face new alien enemies and monstrous bosses.

Top streamers have been playing StarVaders and exploring its unique gameplay. Check out their streams here, here, here and here to see why they’re excited about the game.

Catch the new demo and Raffle Challenge during Steam Next Fest!

Be among the first to experience an exciting new class that adds more complex tactics like the Stinger Mecha’s ability to throw cards and dart around the grid as a nimble robot giant. Fans of deckbuilders and newcomers to the genre are both invited to see the captivating shimmer of StarVaders for themselves — and may even receive a free game key as a reward for successfully piloting their mech of choice.

In celebration of October’s Steam Next Fest, Joystick Ventures is hosting a raffle challenge where players can win one of 100 game keys! To enter, complete the base challenge by winning a run with at least 3 pilots, conquer the demo on “Challenger” difficulty, or follow and shout out @starvaders_game on Twitter. Share your fanart, your run times, favorite parts of the game, or even memes for a chance to win.

“We wanted every StarVaders playthrough to feel different and worked hard to offer everyone a play style that suits them. We hope players enjoy experimenting (and breaking) the game with their combinations!” says Eddie Cai, Lead Designer at Pengonauts. “Our Steam Next Fest demo in October is a development milestone, and we can’t wait to see what the community comes up with before our full release next year!”

StarVaders deploys its first line of mecha defenses on Steam with a new demo launching on Monday, Oct. 7, ahead of October’s Steam Next Fest, available from Monday, Oct. 14 to Monday, Oct. 21. For more intercepted transmissions about StarVaders, check out Pengonauts’’s official website and follow @starvaders_game and publisher @JoystickVenture on social media.

About Pengonauts

Pengonauts (formerly StarVaders Studio) is a Montreal-based three-person team delivering unique, fun, and memorable titles to share with the gaming community. StarVaders is their first commercial title and passion project.

About Joystick Ventures

Joystick Ventures is a California-based investing and publishing company whose main goal is to encourage indie developers to stay honest and promote experimentation to push the limits of game design across all genres, styles, and geographies. They are most known for their 2022 release, Lost in Play, which has sold more than 200,000 copies.