Enter the arena in an online 4v4 competition and battle it out to see who can survive the longest using specially concocted dishes. Skirmish against random opponents or alongside friends through a delectable assortment of food-themed maps. Dish out damage in style, sliding across maps and bouncing away from adversaries. Cook up a spicy dish of agony, from tasty dumplings to pan-fried sausages, and launch it at foes’ faces.
Dash around in an eclectic array of messy food-based game modes. Compete in different locations around the globe with a weapon of choice, from slappin’ mackerel swords to rapid brat-ling guns. Participate in the Sudden Death mode where players can fight alone or with friends in an all-out brawl!
Get ready for Meatball mode, where you push giant meatballs through goalposts. In Claim Chowder, eat as much soup as possible before the end of the match. Or, fight in traditional deathmatches with tasty weapons in Broth Battle mode.
Keep cooking up wins to unlock access to charming culinary-inspired cosmetics. Pop those collars with all the latest shop accessories, from wacky tattoos to oversized meat mittens. Razzle and dazzle the arenas in stylish attires fit for a chef ready to serve a five-course meal. *Chefs’ Kiss*
RAWMEN: Food Fighter Arena is free to play and available exclusively on PC via Epic Games Store today.
ANIMAL is a multi-talented studio home to creative storytellers, artists, conceptual thinkers, and a crew that understands the meaning of a good joke. They take pride in providing stunningly designed worlds with well thought out animated content for the masses.
About tinyBuild
tinyBuild is a Seattle-based indie label behind the Hello Neighbor franchise and over 30 renowned titles, including Hello Neighbor, Graveyard Keeper, SpeedRunners, Happy’s Humble Burger Farm, and Party Hard. With additional development offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Riga, Latvia, tinyBuild is rapidly building a portfolio of fun, high-quality games across multiple platforms.
Break genre boundaries with your creations using the Tiled Map Editor
Kitsune Tails, the platformer styled after beloved classics and steeped in Japanese mythology, reveals details on the minigames and modding support available at launch.
Developer Kitsune Games and publisher MidBoss™ brings their platformer with queer relationships to PC (Steam), Linux and Steam Deck on Thursday, August 1.
Showcasing the flexibility of Kitsune Tails’ handmade engine, play minigames strewn throughout the world map to earn powerups or play minigames for coins at the arcade in town. Play Haunted Heist, a first-person maze-crawling experience inspired by early FPS games like Wolfenstein 3D with the chase-and-escape tactics of Pac-Man. Dodge ghosts with their own personalities, deploy a Yuzu decoy inspired by a community meme, and earn coins to buy helpful powerups for the main game. Other minigames include breaking bricks as a cute fox in the Barkanoid minigame, and a take on the classic Boulder Dash in Beetle Dash.
Expand the Kitsune Tails experience with powerful, simple-to-use modding tools to create custom minigames through an easy-to-use Lua script framework. Use built-in or custom images, sounds, and music, and create custom maps and levels with the free and open source Tiled Map Editor.
Kitsune Games is an inclusive indie video game development studio led by Emma ‘Eniko’ Maassen and James Yarrow. Set apart by its queer founder, the studio strives to make the world a better place by offering quality entertainment with representation of people from all walks of life.
Based out of San Francisco (although not the Neo kind), MidBoss aims to make the world better, safer and more inclusive for marginalized people, especially those across the gender and sexuality spectrum, by creating cool experiences through games and other forms of media which diversify representation, as well as becoming a platform for queer content around the world.
MidBoss expanded on the world it created in 2064: Read Only Memories with a Read Only Memories comic series in late 2019. The studio is also responsible for the creation and curation of Summer of Pride, an annual month-long celebration of diversity in games featuring titles with good LGBTQ+ representation and an array of queer and POC content creators.
Design, recruit and develop your way to the top of the sport in the quintessential F1® management experience
Cambridge, UK (23 July 2024) – Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV, ‘Frontier’) today invites players to create their own team and take total control of the big decisions as their career unfolds in F1® Manager 2024, which launches digitally today across PC, PlayStation® 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation® 4 and Xbox One for a suggested retail price of £29.99/$34.99/€34.99.
Fans can enhance their experience with F1® Manager 2024: Deluxe Edition, which expands their creative options with five additional classically inspired Create A Team livery patterns, whilst an additional five fictional Race Replay scenarios offer unique single-race challenges, all for a suggested retail price of £39.99/$44.99/€44.99.
F1® Manager 2024 turns F1® fantasy into reality with the new Create A Team mode, where players can experiment with detailed logo and livery creation tools, choosing their challenge level using editable Team Origins to live out their own story and set the starting parameters of their career. Taking their team to the top will require careful management of both talent and resources, from negotiating sponsorships to maintaining their driver and staff mentality, ensuring every aspect of their constructor is ready for race day.
With enhanced AI decision-making ensuring each team is always in the hunt for success, leaving a lasting legacy on Formula 1® requires effective decision making over multiple seasons. Players can cement their position by building a successful stable of up and coming affiliated drivers, or shake up the system by departing their team to take on their legacy with one of the established 10 constructors. The future of the sport is theirs to decide, with the option to simulate races bridging the gap between vital upgrade packages, or bringing tomorrow’s talents to the fore to see who will reign over the next chapter of F1®.
Race weekends place simulation and strategy at the fore, as players react to every moment of tension; from a sudden downpour of rain and a late safety car, to the managed risk of new mechanical failures. Team Principals are required to weigh the cost of every decision and instruct their drivers to deliver the best possible results. Using the new Heli-cam to strategise from the skies or immersing themselves in the action with broadcast style cameras and an impressive 70,000 lines of real team radio, F1® Manager 2024 brings the sport to life like never before.
Frontier is a leading independent developer and publisher of videos founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the iconic Elite game. Based in Cambridge, Frontier primarily uses its proprietary COBRA game development technology to create innovative genre-leading games for personal computers and videogame consoles.
About Formula 1
Formula 1® racing began in 1950 and is the world’s most prestigious motor racing competition, as well as the world’s most popular annual sporting series. Formula One World Championship Limited is part of Formula 1® and holds the exclusive commercial rights to the FIA Formula One World Championship™. Formula 1® is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LSXMA, LSXMB, LSXMK, FWONA, FWONK, LLYVA, LLVYK) attributed to the Formula One Group tracking stock. The F1 logo, F1 FORMULA 1 logo, FORMULA 1, F1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX, PADDOCK CLUB and related marks are trademarks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula 1 company. All rights reserved.
Fresh off the heels of participation in this year’s Guerilla Collective showcase and a highly successful June NextFest, colorful JRPG Ova Magica launches into Early Access on Steam today, July 23rd, at 10am EST / 3pm BST.
Billing itself as “Pokemon-meets-Harvest Moon”, the game has had a long history of development originating as far back as 2019. Developed by a primarily woman-led team, the game has received extensive hype online, and became the #6 most funded game campaign of 2021 on Kickstarter (as well as received the “Big K” community award from the site). The game has had significant attention directed toward it since then from multiple locations, including being spotlighted in an edition of the 2022 PC Gaming Show thanks to its publisher, Top Hat Studios, Inc. The game received significant attention in recent months thanks to its participation in the Steam Cozy Celebration, Guerilla Collective, Woman-led Games Showcase, Games Baked In Germany, and the most recent Steam NextFest.Players have given extremely positive feedback on the prior-available extensive demo, which showcased 4-5+ hours of content.
After much hard work and years of effort, the team is extremely proud to be able to present its initial early access. The early access version of the game is feature complete and features an estimated 20-30+ hours of gameplay, if not more. It is planned to feature the majority of content minus end-game content. The game will launch today at a price of 25 USD/EUR/GBP and maintain a 10% discount for 2 weeks. A trailer for the game’s early access launch can be viewed below:
The game features an extensive, highly interwoven mixture of Creature Collector,JRPG, and Simulation elements. You’re the new resident of Clover Town, and your new life awaits you! Befriend blobs, explore themed dungeons, and maybe meet the love of your life! When not battling fellow blob trainers or making friends with (or doing errands for) the other residents of the town, tend to your very own customizable farmstead, where you can grow and craft ingredients & materials to not only strengthen your blobs and make money but also unlock beautiful new worlds full of adventures.
The goal of Ova Magica is to combine the charm of classic genres with new, modern and intuitive twists on staple mechanics. After moving to take care of a farmstead in the aforementioned quaint little hamlet Clover Town, you’re introduced to something that changes your life forever: Blobs! Blobs are cute, wobbly, and rotund creatures which hatch from eggs. Treat them with care and they can become your greatest companions!
Coming in dozens of varieties (with all of them being cross-breedable, for hundreds if not thousands if not more results!), Blobs can face off against rival blob trainers and help you out around the farm and in the wider world with their unique abilities. As your relationship with the locals (some of whom you might choose to settle down with!) and the town increases, the secrets of Clover Town start to unlock in front of you. And by secrets, we mean hidden temples, dungeons, and portals to exotic dimensions!
These new worlds contain strange items and priceless artifacts that hold the key to the town’s – and your own – future. Tame and raise blobs, battle trainers or wild dungeon blobs, build your homestead, explore the secrets of the world, and win the hearts of the residents of the townfolk. What will you write in the history book of Clover Town?
Skinny Frog (formerly ClaudiaTheDev) is a small woman-lead German studio run by Claudia Gorsky, a programmer and mom from Germany dedicated to the creation of fun, colorful, and family-friendly games. Claudia started as a solo developer in 2019-2020 and established her studio, Skinny Frog, alongside several other diverse team members. After running a highly successful Kickstarter in 2021, Claudia went full-time through her studio, transitioning to a full time professional game developer.
About Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Top Hat Studios is your favorite publisher of fine indie delicacies, primarily supporting Japanese-inspired, retro-themed, and highly creative titles. As a company started by and working with grassroots developers and incubating developer talent, Top Hat Studios focuses on supporting games all the way from blockbuster productions through to niche and boutique experimentations.
Top Hat Studios’ diverse portfolio includes hits such as Athenian Rhapsody, Frogun, Ova Magica, SONZAI, Labyrinth of the Demon King, and many more. Unique in its relationship to its partnered developers, Top Hat Studios is more than just a publisher but rather a strategic long-term partner, and provides a suite of resources to its developers, which include publishing, business development, corporate advisory, product & long-term strategy, creative media, tools, co-development, and engineering & porting expertise working with all major engines and codebases.
You think your day to day job is already anomaly detection? Take the test and check if Shift 87 is like vacation to you! It is out today on Steam!
HAMBURG, Germany (July 23rd, 2024) – Thank you for taking on the role of “Anomaly Detection Expert” here at Norn Corp. We are thrilled to have you on board after the mysterious events of March 24 at the Nelson Bros Circus, also known as REVEIL. Your primary responsibility is to report anomalies and observe horror elements, so it might not be that different from your previous job! Shift 87 is out today on Steam so request your key right away. But please, read on! There’s more exciting stuff yet to come!
As an “Anomaly Detection Expert,” you will experience more variety, more environments, and more details than in comparable jobs. You will be able to find up to 66 anomalies. The shift duration, or total playtime, is about 2-3 hours, meaning you’ll have plenty of free time after your shift! However, there is one caveat: 50% of the anomalies may be creepy but easy to spot, while the other 50% are more subtle and easy to miss. Sounds doable? Great! Good luck with not getting paranoid!
Thank you for being a part of NORN Corporation! ❤️
About Pixelsplit
Pixelsplit is a fully remote indie game dev studio based in Germany. They’ve launched several distinctive titles, including Indoorlands, Virtual Rides 3, and Deadly Days. Their latest addition, REVEIL, further demonstrates their strong commitment to crafting unique and engaging gaming experiences.
About Daedalic Entertainment
Daedalic Entertainment is a renowned publisher that has supported indie developers for over 17 years, bringing their titles to every major gaming platform. The line-up of games includes a diverse variety of unique titles, focusing on four distinct areas: storytelling, strategy, co-op games, and wholesome games. With an international team of around 45 employees, Daedalic is currently working with various development studios to create a new line-up of innovative games across consoles and PCs to market. Recent hits include New Cycle, Barotrauma, Capes, Unrailed!, REVEIL, Potion Tycoon, Deponia, Shadow Tactics, Inkulinati, Hidden Deep, Fling to the Finish! and more.
Please look out for upcoming games like Reveil, Capes, Woodo, Magin: The Rat Project Stories, Edge of Sanity, Wild Woods, and many more. Since April 2022, Daedalic Entertainment has been a subsidiary of the French publishing house Nacon.
CONSCRIPT takes players deep into the trenches of World War 1, offering a survival-horror experience inspired by the classics of the genre. Set in the Battle of Verdun in 1916, players take on the role of a lone French soldier searching for his missing brother, scavenging for supplies, surviving intense combat with enemy soldiers, and solving complex puzzles.
“It’s a dream come true to see CONSCRIPT finally released,” says Jordan Mochi, founder and solo developer at Catchweight Studio. “I poured my heart into creating a game that blends the harsh realities of World War 1 with the tension and thrill of survival-horror. I can’t wait to hear how players respond to the game and see it on the shelves.”
CONSCRIPT Features:
Play: Experience classic survival-horror gameplay set during the Battle of Verdun with high replayability, various difficulty settings, multiple endings, unlockable costumes, and bonus weapons.
Survive: Survive against enemy soldiers using WW1 melee weapons and firearms in an intense, harrowing atmosphere enhanced by pixel art aesthetics and oppressive sound design.
Explore: Navigate intricate, interconnected WW1-themed areas while solving environmental puzzles and managing resources effectively.
Catchweight Studio is a one-man game development studio based in Melbourne, Australia. Currently developing World War 1 themed survival horror game CONSCRIPT. CONSCRIPT was developed with support from VicScreen, Screen Australia, and Austrade, along with backers on Kickstarter.
About Team17 Digital:
ounded 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 of over 120 titles, and fully encapsulates the spirit of independent games. Winner of the ‘Publishing Star’ award at the 2023 Develop: Star Awards, Team17 Digital has assembled a 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, DREDGE, and the Overcooked! franchise.
The fast-paced, covert action title comes to Steam on August 15 and iOS August 28
El Paso, TX – July 23, 2024 – Developer Strange Scaffold, best known for critically acclaimed games like CLICKOLDING, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, and El Paso Elsewhere, is excited to unveil the newest trailer and rap song for their upcoming shortform action sandbox first-person shooter I Am Your Beast.
I Am Your Beast “TYRANTS BETTER RUN” Trailer:
I Am Your Beastplaces you deep within the North American wilderness, fighting against the Covert Operations Initiative (COI) who are hunting you down. You play as retired secret agent Alphonse Harding, who refuses to keep being used after completing a series of “one last jobs.” Declining his latest mission sets in motion a guerilla war against the COI, littering the forest with bodies and bullet casings. Defeat your enemies in arcade-style levels that favor speed and efficiency: Kick opponents to the bloodied ground, snipe explosive tripwires from the treetops, and use the equipment of the military-industrial complex against it.
Key Features
Lightning-fast “he’s-in-the-walls” player fantasy, complete with superhuman tree climbing and head explosions
Fully voiced story campaign with 20+ levels
Lush comic book-inspired art style
Chase side objectives while getting the fastest times possible in replayable micro-sandboxes
Wield pistols, sniper rifles, bear traps, and more
Heart-slamming soundtrack from award-winning composer RJ Lake (CLICKOLDING, Unbeatable, El Paso, Elsewhere)
Innovative “kinetic typography” cutscene system
I Am Your Beast launches on August 15 on PC through Steam, and November 19 on iOS.
About Strange Scaffold
Strange Scaffold is the development label of Xalavier Nelson Jr., known for his work as a leading developer on CLICKOLDING, Life Eater, El Paso, Elsewhere, An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, and dozens of other critically acclaimed projects. For more information on Strange Scaffold, visit https://strangescaffold.com.
About Frosty Pop
Frosty Pop has developed over 30 playful original video games for Netflix Games, Apple Arcade, Nintendo Switch, Steam, the App Store, and Google Play. The studio was founded in 2014 by Faisal Sethi in Vancouver, British Columbia, and has been fully remote and distributed since its inception. Visit Frosty Pop for more information.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands — July 23, 2024 | Happy birthday, Guardian Tales. That’s right, this global hit RPG is turning four on July 23. To celebrate, Kakao Games is excited to announce a series of celebratory events filled with plentiful rewards and the new hero, Fairy Dabin.
From today, players will be able to rack up 150 free summons for a limited time. These can be used to unlock heroes including the brand-new character, Fairy Dabin! Armed with cannons, this new hero isn’t your typical fairy: a fighter for the freedom and protection of her kind, Dabin battles the Sea Witch in the hopes of blasting away this threat for good. Can she defeat this demon of the depths or will the watery witch overwhelm her?
Players can log into the game right now and claim a 3,000 Gem gift and also participate in Heavenhold Marble event and special attendance to obtain enough resources to fully max out a hero, among other unique rewards.
Moreover, players who log into the game now will receive a free Maestra Future Princess special costume, a stunning outfit that was revealed during the Symphony Tales live orchestra event (video).
Fans can also expect a series of additional community events to be held via the official Guardian Tales social media channels (X, Facebook and Discord) where even more rewards will be up for grabs, so join the Discord and follow Guardian Tales on X and Facebook to make sure not to miss out.
To celebrate the 4th anniversary, a special live stream will be aired on the official Kakao Games Twitch channel on July 23 2PM PT/5PM ET where exclusive Twitch drops will be enabled and an exclusive coupon containing the Epic Limit Breaking Hammer will be revealed to viewers just for tuning in.
With heaps of free summons, rewards, all-new characters and cosmetics, there’s plenty to encourage players to join the 4th anniversary festivities.
About Guardian Tales
Guardian Tales is a new game from Kong Studios that unites charming pixel art graphics and action-adventure dungeon crawling linked together by a journey travelling a rich diversity of worlds, inspired by the history of gaming.
About Kong Studios
Kong Studios, Inc. is a startup headquartered in Silicon Valley of the U.S. The studio focuses on developing games with unique and new gameplay perspectives. The studio has so far released Dungeon Link and is now working on Guardian Tales for worldwide service.
About Kakao Games
Founded in 2016, Kakao Games is a leading publisher of online and mobile games, responsible for releasing titles including Pearl Abyss’ Black Desert Online (serviced in North America and Europe until early 2021), KRAFTON’s PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (serviced in Korea), ArcheAge, Survival MOBA Eternal Return (service in North America, Europe and Oceania), Kong Studios’ Guardian Tales (serviced in North America, Europe, Latin America and Oceania), and Nineark’s Eversoul (serviced in North America and Europe).
Productivity has never looked so cute than in the new free-to-play release from Malaysian Indie Studio Weyrdworks
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia (July 23, 2024) — It’s time to get weyrd! Today, Malaysian indie studio Weyrdworks, whose creators are known for popular titles like Velocibox and SuperSteamPuff, are beyond thrilled to announce the launch of Weyrdlets: the innovative virtual pet game that blends entertainment with daily productivity and creative relaxation on PC via Steam.
Harkening to the nostalgia of the early 2000s, Weyrdlets melds the best of titles like Nintendogs and Tamagotchi while also aiding players in day-to-day tasks. What’s better than a kawaii little creature keeping them company? Helping with completing the dreaded to-do list, of course!
While raising their pets up, players can collect charming items, personalize their pet’s appearance with various accessories, and embrace their inner interior designer, curating their pet’s home, furniture, and overall vibe.
There’s time for work among all the fun and games, though! When they’re not waddling around and being adorable, the Weyrdlets also assist with daily activities through features like the integrated Pomodoro Timer and To-Do list. Plus, while they idle, they accumulate coins—in-game currency that allows players to purchase even more delightful items within the game!
Key Features of Weyrdlets:
Adopt a Virtual Desktop Pet: Experience adopting a unique virtual pet with quirky behaviors. Just like in reality, engage in lifelike interactions—pet, grab, feed, and play with your companion both in-game and on your desktop!
Work and Chill Together: Turn work into play with your companion! Bring your pet onto the desktop to watch videos with you, roam around, and beat stress while you study, tackle emails, or doomscroll.
Personalize and Customize: Personalize your pet and its environment with accessories and stickers, from Viking hats and shades to charming home decor. Express your style and creativity by decorating both your pet and its home with flair!
Pet-Centric Productivity: Increase your productivity with in-game tools on your desktop, including a Pomodoro Timer and a To-Do list. Enjoy enhanced focus and efficiency while your companion keeps you company.
Mental Health Tracker: Wind down at the end of the day and log how you feel. Track your mood and mental health changes over time, and learn to practice mindfulness with your little on-screen buddy.
Weyrdlets is now available free-to-play on Windows PC via Steam.
About Weyrdworks
Weyrdworks is a Malaysian video game development studio known for its award-winning eccentric games and a penchant for tinkering with experimental interactive experiences.
Founded by Shawn Beck and JT Yean after collaborating on the hit Steam and PlayStation title Velocibox, the duo then formed Weyrdworks Studios in 2016. Their first title, SuperSteamPuff garnered numerous awards including the coveted Best of Apple App Store 2016, winning the hearts of Apple’s games editorial team.
The studio’s next title is Weyrdlets, which aims to redefine the virtual pet sim genre with a game that is adorable, accessible, and a useful tool in players’ lives.
SNIPE, BUILD AND SMITE THE BATTLEFIELD IN A NEW DEMO AVAILABLE FOR ONE WEEK ONLY
Tuesday 23rd July – 1000 Orks are happy to share that WARCANA will launch on Steam on the 15th of August, allowing players to take up the mantle of a formidable magician battling hordes of chaotic monstrous enemies. To celebrate this news, you can prepare for the upcoming chaos with the new WARCANA Demo that is live right now and will be playable for one week.
The new demo will include access to some brand-new features and game modes including Battle Royale, Stream Sniper, Deckbuilding and Smite Ability.
Key features of this demo:
In Battle Royale, players can participate in epic battles with up to 30 others, each competing against two opponents at the same time.
Stream Sniper is a 1 vs 29 mode that features a unique game experience. The host will be able to set special modifiers that impact the game’s balance along with global settings like round time, map choice and more.
The team have heard your war cry for having the ability to create your own decks. The Occultism, Void Forging and Fay Calling devotions are now available within the Deck-builder.
WARCANA is a fantasy inspired base defense, RTS game with a deck-building mechanic. Face hundreds of thousands of unrelenting monsters in a battle royale between 30 other mighty magicians. To stay up to date follow the game on Steam and X.
About 1000 Orks
1000 orks is a game studio based in Germany who are working on Warcana, a fantasy inspired real-time base defence strategy game, funded by nordmedia.
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 of over 120 titles, and fully encapsulates the spirit of independent games. Winner of the ‘Publishing Star’ award at the 2023 Develop: Star Awards, Team17 Digital has assembled a 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, DREDGE, and the Overcooked! franchise.
