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  • A supernatural detective mystery, FMV terror and other new indie games worth checking out

    Welcome to our latest roundup of what’s going on in the indie game space. As always, we have a bunch of new games for you to check out this weekend, along with fresh looks at some upcoming projects and a release date or two.

    But first, I really enjoyed this week’s edition of The Guardian‘s Pushing Buttons newsletter. The publication’s video games editor, Keza MacDonald, wrote about spending a day in a theater playing what sounds like the ultimate pass-the-controller game with dozens of other people.

    The attendees were there to experience Asses.Masses, which is designed to be played collaboratively. The aim is to help a herd of unemployed donkeys get their jobs back. Audience members take turns to pick up the controller, and everyone else in the room can offer advice. It sounds like a fascinating social experiment.

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    ‘Tis the season for scares, so of course we have to include some creepy games in this week’s roundup. There was some buzz this week around The Séance of Blake Manor from Spooky Doorway and publisher Raw Fury. This is a supernatural detective mystery game in which you investigate a woman’s disappearance in 19th century Ireland.

    To solve the case, you’ll have to interrogate suspects and keep track of environmental clues and other evidence. You’ll encounter strange goings-on as you conduct the investigation amid a gathering of mystics who are looking to speak to the dead on All Hallow’s Eve. The art style is quite fetching, and the vibes remind me of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and Blue Prince.

    The Séance of Blake Manor is out now on Steam. The regular price is $20, but there’s a 10 percent discount until November 10.

    The Run is a choose-your-own-adventure-style interactive film from PRM Games, Benacus Entertainment and RNF Productions. It’s an FMV experience in which you help a fitness influencer (played by Roxanne McKee, who appeared in Game of Thrones) make decisions and try to survive the masked figures who are hunting her in northern Italy. There are 20 possible deaths and around five endings. Legendary giallo filmmaker Dario Argento makes a cameo appearance too.

    It’s neat to see more FMV games popping up (and we’ve got another one to highlight momentarily). The Run is out now on iOS for $10. It’s coming to Android and Steam soon. You’ll also be able to check it out at the Genesis Cinema in London. A two-month residency of The Run just started there. The audience votes on choices using glowsticks.

    Solo developer Yannick Audéoud (aka Misty Whale) spent a decade making his debut game, Orbyss, and now it’s out in the wild. This is a puzzle game that sees you switching between orbs to solve puzzles — bit like in Cocoon. Instead of a beetle that carries such spheres, you technically play as “a firefly of energy” that can bounce between the objects.

    Orbyss has time-manipulation puzzles and ones that involve drones. Audéoud has included accessibility features as well, such as visual cues to represent sound-based mechanics on screen. This self-published game is on Steam. The regular price is $15 and there’s a 15 percent discount until November 12.

    Death by Scrolling is the latest game from Ron Gilbert’s Terrible Toybox and publisher MicroProse Software. The famed director of the first two Monkey Island games (who has had a hand in so many other great games over the years) has now created a vertically scrolling roguelite.

    The idea here is to stay alive long enough and earn enough gold to pay a ferryman and escape purgatory. I’m probably not going to jump into another roguelite for a minute since I’m still recovering from my time with CloverPit and Ball x Pit, but I definitely want to try out Death by Scrolling at some point. It’ll typically run you $8 on Steam, but there’s a 10 percent discount until November 11.

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    Here’s another FMV game for you. This one is all about taking care of a very, very good dog.

    Golden Retriever Simple Life features Pichu, the pet pooch of developer Pablo Coma (Rablo Games). You’ll feed, train and play with the doggo. Going on walks and learning tricks is part of the fun too.

    There’s no release window as yet for Golden Retriever Simple Life, which is coming to Steam. In the meantime, you can stay up to date on the game’s progress with developer updates Good Boy Diaries from Pichu.

    I’ve seen Egging On pop up from time to time and I’ve been looking forward to checking it out. I won’t have to wait much longer to do that as it’s coming to Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC (Xbox app and Steam) on November 6. It’ll hit Game Pass on day one.

    In this precision platformer, you play as an egg (yes, a hen’s egg) that tries to escape a farm. Fall too far and… well, you can probably guess what happens. Egobounds developed Egging On, and Alibi Games and IndieArk are the game’s publishers.

    Anchor takes the format of games like Rust and Valheim and plunges you into the depths of the sea in the wake of a nuclear holocaust. The multiplayer survival game is slated to support more than 150 players per server and there are plans to expand that.

    You and your friends will take charge of genetically engineered beings and build a base that you have to defend from threats such as “failed clone experiments” and raids from other players. Things will change in this world even when you’re not playing the game, so you’d better make sure your base is secure.

    Sharks are a major factor in Anchor as well. They aren’t always necessarily hostile. But, as in real life, they’re attracted to blood, so any damage you sustain could spell doom.

    Fearem is the developer of Anchor, which doesn’t yet have a release window. It has set course for Steam.

    There’s a lot going on in this trailer for Agni: Village of Calamity, which premiered during the ID@Xbox indie showcase this week. In this debut title from Separuh Interactive, you play as Agni, an investigator who undertakes an unauthorized investigation in a remote village. You’ll need to solve puzzles and fend off monsters as you try to uncover the village’s secrets and find your missing partner.

    Agni: Village of Calamity is steeped in Indonesian folklore. The one large monster that speaks in a childlike voice is quite unsettling. I’m intrigued to learn more about this survival horror game. It’s coming to Xbox Series X/S, Xbox PC and Steam in 2026.

    Let’s wrap things up for this week with one more survival horror tale. There’s often horror in beauty and vice versa (take a look at Silent Hill f, for instance). The Florist leans into both as well.

    As Jessica Park, you deliver a flower arrangement to a lakeside town. But an affliction takes over the area, causing the spread of flora that snares victims and turns them into monsters. For what it’s worth, the teaser in that final shot of the trailer reminds me of a certain sequence from The Last of Us Part II.

    Unclear Games is taking an old-school approach here as it’s using a fixed-camera design. You likely know the drill here: solving puzzles and defeating foes is your only way to stay alive. Finding out information about floral specimens will be helpful too. The Florist is coming to Steam in 2026.

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  • 13 years after it was announced, sci-fi horror game Routine has a release date of December 4

    Sometimes, game development is a labor of love. Other times, it’s an agonizing experience akin to pulling teeth. More than a decade after first announcing the project, Lunar Software and Raw Fury appear to be in the home stretch with their project Routine. The sci-fi horror game has been given a December 4, 2025 release date. For their sakes, I hope it comes to pass.

    The duo first announced Routine all the way back at Gamescom in 2012 and gave it a 2013 release date. After that window came and went, the project went dark until Summer Game Fest 2022, with promises that the game a) still existed and b) had been fully remade for the new generation of gaming hardware. If the current schedule holds, Routine will be on Steam and Xbox, including day one availability on Game Pass, by the end of this year.

    The Aliens vibes are strong in the brief release date teaser. Think film grain effects, janky gadgets and of course the looming threat of death around every corner. The player will explore an abandoned lunar base to try and figure out how everything went horribly wrong before your arrival. The answer seems to involve murderous robots that would make Weyland-Yutani proud.

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  • Mouse: P.I. for Hire arrives in March 2026

    We finally have a release date for Mouse: P.I. for Hire. The delightfully animated game, which marks Troy Baker’s first time playing a rodent private eye, is slated for March 19, 2026.

    Based on its trailers, you’d be forgiven for viewing Mouse: P.I. for Hire as Cuphead meets Doom. Although it does include FPS action, Engadget’s Jessica Conditt discovered surprising depth behind its whimsical brutality. The game “has more to offer than shock-value cartoon violence,” she wrote. “This is a clue-gathering, photo-snapping, girlfriend-avenging, noir detective simulator that happens to star a bunch of slick-talking mice and rats, and I’m fully into it.”

    Baker plays Private Investigator Jack Pepper, the game’s protagonist. When he isn’t hunting clues or sneaking around during the game’s quieter moments, he’ll have a delightful arsenal on hand. This includes wacky ones like a turpentine gun that melts the inked “skin” of your foes. Fun stuff.

    Like Cuphead, Mouse‘s most obvious point of comparison, it uses hand-drawn frames to recreate that old-school style. It also deploys an original jazz soundtrack recorded by an orchestral ensemble. It’s all presented in a gritty, film noir aesthetic.

    You can check out the release date trailer below. Mouse: P.I. for Hire will launch next March on PC, Switch 2, Switch, PS5/4, Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One.

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  • Survival climbing game Cairn has been delayed until 2026

    The survival climbing game Cairn has been delayed until the first quarter of 2026. Development studio The Game Bakers had previously announced a release date for .

    The delay is so the team can spend more time on “optimization, debug and polish.” Creative director Emeric Thoa said that “after 5 years of work, it makes no sense to rush it” as “we want to be proud of the game we launch.” Delays are never fun, but they are a whole lot better than .

    We don’t have an actual release date yet, but the game’s still coming to both PC and PS5. There is a demo available, which has racked up 600,000 players on both platforms. The Game Bakers are beefing up that demo on October 13, adding ghost recordings of speedrunners and staffers. The company says these ghosts can be followed to “check new techniques or discover new routes and hidden areas.” Mario Kart and other racing games have been doing something similar for years.

    For the uninitiated, Cairn is a tough-as-nails rock-climbing game with a . There’s no UI feedback, so players have to pay attention to the avatar’s breathing and body language. It feels like a more intense cousin of the , which is another rock-climbing sim.

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  • Patapon’s spiritual successor, co-op Lego and other new indie games worth checking out

    Some of the year’s biggest blockbuster games have just dropped or are coming very soon. But among the likes of Borderlands 4, EA Sports FC 26 and Battlefield 6, there are a ton of neat indie games popping up. We’re here to tell you about some of ’em and what else is going on in the space with our weekly indie games roundup.

    There were showcases this week from Critical Reflex (which was packed with neat oddities), Game Devs of Color, Six One Indie and Convergence. There’s far too much cool stuff in these for us to highlight everything — during the Six One Indie preshow alone, I added three games to my Steam wishlist. So, if you’re into indie games and have the time, I recommend checking these streams out.

    If all of that isn’t enough for you, there’s another indie showcase coming next Wednesday called Indie Fan Fest from The Mix and Digital Bandidos. That’s not all: a Capcom stream is taking place on September 24 (not exactly indie, but Pragmata looks interesting) and rumors of a PlayStation event are ramping up ahead of Tokyo Game Show next week.

    Elsewhere, I’ve been keeping an eye on an Itch.io game jam that’s been running this past week. It’s all about falling block games. I’m really enjoying the updates that a developer named Wallaber is sharing on Bluesky for a project called Jelly Well.

    A quick note for any indie developers who are joining us before we check out some of this week’s new releases: submissions for the December edition of Day of the Devs are open. Landing a spot in that showcase is one of the highest-profile spotlights an indie developer can get these days, so if you have a cool game to show off, shoot your shot.

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    The team behind Patapon is back with a spiritual successor to that classic rhythm game series. There are strategic and roguelike elements in Ratatan, which is from TVT Co. Ltd., Ratata Arts and publisher Game Source Entertainment. There’s co-op for up to four players as well.

    You’ll need to match the beat of the soundtrack to defeat enemies, and battles can feature more than 100 characters. It all looks quite charming, though I can’t help but think of that song by Babymetal and Electric Callboy whenever I read the game’s title (the immensely catchy “Ratatata” is rarely far away from my thoughts anyway). Ratatan is out in early access on Steam for $25, but there’s a 10 percent launch discount until September 28.

    Lego Voyagers is a lovely-looking co-op adventure from Light Brick Studio (Lego Builder’s Journey) and publisher Annapurna Interactive. It’s out now on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, Steam and Epic Games Store.

    Here, you and a partner (there’s local co-op and online support) will go on a journey to rescue an abandoned spaceship. Your lil’ bricks can snap together and combine with other Lego pieces to solve puzzles as you make your way through this land. It’s said to be a fairly short game, clocking in at between three and five hours, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing given how much bloat there is in many games.

    I’ve had my eye on Henry Halfhead — from Lululu Entertainment and co-publisher Popagenda — for a while and I’m looking forward to checking out this sandbox adventure. You play as Henry, who is just the top half of a human head. You can transform into any nearby object and play around with things in the environment. A narrator will react to your escapades as you solve challenges and guide Henry through life. There’s a co-op mode too.

    Henry Halfhead is available on Steam, Switch and PS5. It typically costs $13, but there’s a 25 percent launch discount until September 30.

    11 Bit Studios’ Frostpunk 2 has now landed on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 after debuting on PC this time last year. It’s a city-building survival sim that starts 30 years after a blizzard ravaged the planet and caused an eternal winter.

    I dig the set up and aesthetic here. City builders in this vein aren’t usually my kind of thing, but since Frostpunk 2 is on Game Pass, I might give it a try.

    Don’t Die, Collect Loot hit early access on Steam this week. This is a vertically scrolling Vampire Survivors-esque roguelite from solo developer Dan Marchand (aka Dan Makes Video Games) and indie.io.

    If you’ve been looking for a new way to watch numbers go up and live out a power fantasy, this one might be of interest. For what it’s worth, I love the chiptune music in the trailer. Don’t Die, Collect Loot costs $10 and there’s a 10 percent discount until October 3.

    A trailer for Troleu hooked me in during publisher Critical Reflex’s showcase. At its essence, this is a trolleybus conductor simulator, but it looks like things will get very much out of hand. You’ll get into fist fights with unruly passengers (who may include aliens) and punt them from the vehicle if necessary. There are multiple routes, leaderboards and even a T. rex. It all seems quite chaotic.

    Troleu, which was made by solo developer andrground, is out now on Steam. You can get it for 20 percent off the regular price of $10 until September 29.

    Speaking of aliens, here’s a theme park (and zoo?) simulator with a difference: it’s set in the universe of Mars Attacks. In Mars Attracts, you can abduct humans and experiment on the lowly primates for the entertainment of Martians, who come for the cruelty. The Convergence Games showcase featured a short look at the early stages of the game — experimenting on the loely specimens is your path to unlocking upgrades.

    Outlier’s Mars Attracts is in early access on Steam. The $25 game has a 10 percent discount until September 22, and I might just pick it up.

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    Relooted was one of the more exciting games that caught our attention during Summer Game Fest. South African developer Nyamakop is creating a heist game that sees your crew setting out to reclaim plundered African artifacts from the hands of private collectors. It’s a terrific setup, and you can now find out how the game actually plays thanks to a demo that dropped this week on Steam.

    You’ll get to play through the tutorial and one mission while getting a sense of the game’s story. Before you grab any of the valuable artifacts, you’ll need to spend a little time planning your escape from a given area with the help of your crew. You can replay the mission to try different options and routes.

    I enjoyed the demo quite a bit. The movement is slick (it reminds me a bit of Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield) and the light strategy and puzzle solving sits just right for me. There’s no release date for Relooted as yet, but I’ll absolutely be playing it. The game is coming to Steam, Epic Games Store and Xbox Series X/S.

    Dispatch is a game we’ve covered a few times, and now it has a release date. This is a superhero workplace comedy from AdHoc Studio, a team of former Telltale developers. It’s about a sidelined hero who becomes a superhero dispatcher.

    The animation and art look sumptuous, and there’s an outstanding cast that includes Aaron Paul, Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer and Jeffrey Wright. Dispatch is coming your way on October 22 on Steam (where you can check out a demo) and PS5.

    Jupiter Junkworks had flown under my radar, but it’s firmly on there after a gameplay trailer was featured in the Convergence showcase. It’s a Tetris-style game in which you can slam parts of each tetromino into gaps further down the screen.

    This arcade puzzler from Pixel Drake has a narrative that involves a trio of ragtag travelers learning to work together and make something of a spaceship salvage yard. Jupiter Junkworks is coming to Steam and Switch, and there’s a demo on the former.

    It wouldn’t be an indie game roundup without a Metroidvania, and this week Critical Reflex showed off one that’s also a dating sim. There’s a new Steam demo available (but no release date as yet) for 2Awesome Studio’s Altered Alma, the trailer for which is drenched in a lovely “cyberpink.”

    Okay, how about another Metroidvania? Solo developer Eric Manahan (aka The Matte Black Studio) is billing Lucid as the first “Celestoidvania” — take a wild guess which platformer it’s taking inspiration from.

    One other reason to get excited about Lucid is that it features music from bearbot and the legendary David Wise, who famously worked on the Donkey Kong Country series. Fingers crossed that the crystalpunk aesthetic of this game will lead Wise to create a piece that’s on par with “Aquatic Ambiance.” In any case, a demo for Lucid is available on Steam now. There’s no release date as yet for this game, which Apogee Entertainment is publishing.

    A Heavy Morning was the most compelling game to me in the Game Devs of Color showcase. It’s a narrative adventure focused on mental health. The aim is to help a young woman who is struggling to get out of bed to start her day. Among other things, you’ll enter her mind to help remove mental blocks with the help of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques.

    The latest trailer for this game from Saf Interactive and co-publisher Bright Gambit features an absolutely lovely art style. You’ll be able to play it on Xbox and Steam this fall.

    I’ll take any excuse I can to write about Skate Story. Every time a new trailer pops up (as was the case during the Game Devos of Color showcase), I think it’s one of the coolest-looking games I’ve ever seen. Publisher Devolver Digital has now confirmed that along with the previously announced Steam and PS5 releases, Sam Eng’s Skate Story is coming to Nintendo Switch 2.

    Alas, there’s still no release date for Skate Story. But Devolver says it will arrive by the end of the year, so I’m glad it hasn’t been pushed back to 2026.

    Kris Holt

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  • Surfing sand and sea, herding beasts and other new indie games worth checking out

    Welcome to our latest recap of what’s going on in the indie game space. It’s been a very busy week in that realm, thanks to Gamescom. Before we jam through a few of this week’s new releases and some of the many, many Gamescom reveals, there’s one game that has risen high above the din to the point where it’s drowning out many of the smaller announcements.

    Yes, Hollow Knight: Silksong has a release date, and it’s very, very soon. September 4, in fact. I feel for all the developers who have games coming out around the same time, such as Cronos: The New Dawn, Hell is Us, Baby Steps and even NBA 2K26. Sure, Silksong may primarily be for a different audience than the latest edition of a massive basketball franchise, but it’s going to take up much of the oxygen in the gaming space for a while. As such, some developers are delaying their games to give Silksong a wide berth.

    CloverPit was scheduled to drop on September 3, but it’s getting the hell out of Silksong‘s way. The grimy, slot machine-based roguelike is now going to arrive on September 26. “We like a gamble, but this one is too risky lol,” developer Panik Arcade said. “We want to give ourselves and our fans some time to enjoy Silksong, so we’re launching a few weeks later and will use the time to polish CloverPit even further.” Meanwhile, Talegames is pushing back the 1.0 release of its adventure RPG Faeland and Aeternum Game Studios is delaying a Metroidvania called Aeterna Lucis from September into 2026.

    There’s no doubt that Silksong’s arrival is a big deal. It’s been the most wishlisted game on Steam for yonks, was a focus of Microsoft’s Xbox Ally handheld reveal and is a sequel to an indie blockbuster that has now sold more than 15 million copies. In any case, we’ll soon find out if that very, very long wait was worthwhile. Years of Silksong memes sure were. I’m going to need some other long-awaited game to joke about before every showcase now.

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    I have no earthly idea why it took me so long to try this, but I tested my PlayStation Portal by my building’s pool for the first time this week and it turned out that the Wi-Fi was, in fact, strong enough there for me to use the handheld. It was a fitting place to check out Sword of the Sea, which hit PS5 (including on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium) and PC this week.

    I’m only an hour or so into this $30 game from Giant Squid, but I’m enjoying the relaxed approach to exploration here. As you’d might expect from developers who have worked on The Pathless, Abzu and Journey, the movement in Sword of the Sea is delightful. You’ll take off from wavy dunes and pull off tricks like you’re in an SSX game as you surf across sand and water on a sword in the aim of restoring life to the barren landscape. Sword of the Sea is a looker, and I’ll surely be getting lost in it some more over the coming days.

    Speaking of games that have an eye-catching aesthetic, Herdling is another exploration and adventure title that dropped this week. This one’s from Okomotive (Far: Changing Tides, Far: Lone Sails) and publisher Panic.

    Here, you’ll be guiding a ragtag herd of beasts across hilly terrain toward the summit of a mountain. You’ll have to solve some “light” environmental puzzles and even endure some stampedes along the way. Herdling typically costs $25, but there’s a 25 percent launch discount. It’s available on Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. It’s on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass too.

    With Ball x Pit on the horizon, I figured we were all taken care of for the foreseeable future as far as Breakout-esque roguelites go. Not so fast, said the team behind Vampire Survivors.

    Poncle has spun up its own publishing arm and the second game it’s releasing (after Berserk or Die) is Kill the Brickman from Doonutsaur. Poncle released the game on Steam and Xbox without prior warning this week, and it costs five bucks.

    You’ll collect and augment various bullets that you use to destroy bricks from outer space. There’s a lot going on in the minute-long trailer, but I particularly love how some of the bricks “cry” when a bullet smacks into them.

    Discounty is a life sim about managing a supermarket in a small town. Hopefully, you’ll be a more magnanimous proprietor than the operators of the JoJa Mart in Stardew Valley, but you’ll still have to deal with some folks who are none too pleased about the effect of the business on their town.

    Developer Crinkle Cut Games and publisher PQube suggest there are some secrets to discover in Discounty, which is out now on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Steam and Epic Games Store. It’s coming to GOG as well at a later date. The game typically costs $20, though there’s a 20 percent launch discount on PC.

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    Engadget senior reporter Igor Bonifacic spent a few hours with Absolum, a fantasy beat-’em-up with a roguelite spin from co-developers Guard Crush Games and Supamonk and publisher Dotemu (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Streets of Rage 4). I highly recommend reading his write up for the full lowdown as Absolum sounds like a real treat.

    The demo for this slipped through the cracks for me during the early June chaos of Summer Game Fest and Steam Next Fest, but it’s still available and I’ll absolutely be checking it out to get a taste of Absolum before it arrives on October 4. It’s coming to Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PS5.

    As I mentioned in our liveblog for Gamescom Opening Night Live this week, any new Ron Gilbert game is worth getting excited about. He’s the director of the first two Monkey Island games and Return to Monkey Island, as well as a developer and producer of so many other projects over the years. Death by Scrolling. is something completely different for Gilbert.

    It’s a vertical-scrolling, action-heavy roguelite in which you need to stay alive and earn enough gold to pay a toll to a ferryman to escape from the afterlife. The look is very heavily reminiscent of Stardew, so if plundering the mines in that game was more your jam than farming and fishing, this might be up your alley.

    There’s no release date as yet for Death by Scrolling, which Gilbert started working on back in 2019, but it’s said to be coming this year. In the meantime, you can read updates about the game’s development on Gilbert’s terrific blog.

    It’s fun that we had mentions of two John Carpenter-related projects at Gamescom this week. Not only was there another look at John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando during Opening Night Live, there was the reveal of Halloween the Game from IllFonic and co-publisher Gun Interactive.

    Set to arrive in 2026, Halloween the Game follows the likes of Friday the 13th: The Game (from the same teams) and the Gun-published The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It has a 1 vs. 4 asynchronous multiplayer mode in which the quartet will have to use anything at their disposal — from wielding weapons to calling the cops — to survive the threat of the unkillable Michael Myers. There’s going to be a single-player aspect to this game as well, as you’ll be able to control the legendary mass killer in an adaptation of the original film’s story. Halloween the Game is coming to PlayStation, Xbox, Steam and Epic Games Store.

    A game about a guy with a brown backpack who scours ruined, overgrown suburban homes in search of valuable resources that can help him survive a bunch of zombies in the post-apocalypse? It has to be Long Gone, of course! What other game could you possibly be thinking of?

    This is a linear pixel-art narrative adventure from Hillfort Games and co-publisher Outersloth (Among Us studio Innersloth’s publishing wing). The developers seem to have been influenced by a little game you might have heard of called… Gone Home, as you’ll look through the belongings of people who used to live in this world and learn the truth about what happened. There’s no combat here. Instead, zombie encounters require puzzle solving. There’s no release window as yet for this point-and-click game, which is coming to Steam.

    Fittingly enough, I’ve had my eye on Militsoner for some time, so I was delighted to hear that there’s a two-week playtest on Steam that’s open to everyone. This is an immersive sim in which you’ll try to escape a town, but that may not be too easy as there’s an enormous policeman watching your every move. The playtest is limited to a slice of the town, but I’m really looking forward to getting in there and finding out what this is all about.

    I have to hold my hands up here and admit I’m not familiar with puzzle game maker Rusty Lake. But when the trailer for their next game popped up this week, it had me utterly captivated, because Servant of the Lake looks very, very pretty.

    This is a point-and-click puzzle adventure that will see you carrying out tasks as seemingly innocuous as straightening picture frames to helping with experiments and cleaning up afterward. You’ll play as a housekeeper of an estate, but it’s not entirely clear whether you’ll be able to survive the weekend… Servant of the Lake is coming to Steam, Itch.io, iOS and Android in Spring 2026.

    BPM: Bullets Per Minute developer Awe Interactive is back with another rhythm-based shooter, albeit one that has a top-down perspective instead of a first-person one. BPM Bitcrushed (which is being published by Kwalee) is a roguelite, pixel art dungeon crawler that syncs shooting, jumping and dodging to the beat. The dungeons are procedurally generated and there’s a “wide variety of powerful weapons, unique items and rhythm-based abilities” to discover.

    What’s most interesting to me here though is that, along with the game’s own soundtrack, you can load in your own tunes via the custom music feature. Perhaps setting the action to some slow-tempo sludge metal will make things a bit easier.

    Couch Planes is an arcade plane racer from Skylab Interactive that’s coming to Steam, Epic Games Store and consoles next year. There are a few different modes, 15 maps with environmental hazards and collectable power ups including homing rockets, mines and speed boosts. There’s support for four-person local multiplayer and 12-player online action.

    From Starfox and Grand Theft Auto V to The Falconeer and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, I’ve never been much good at flying in games. But hey, Couch Planes looks like it could be a fun time with friends.

    Let’s close out this bumper post-Gamescom edition of our indie games roundup with something that might not be for me, but could be for you. Canvas City is the first project from Disc 2 Games, which is self-publishing the game with help from Dredge studio Black Salt Games.

    Turn-based tactics games aren’t typically my jam, but I’m always going to have at least some interest in one that’s about a group of upstarts rebelling against an oppressive force. In this case, you’ll take charge of skaters and street artists who are fighting back in a “vibrant yet suppressed urban world” (which sounds a little similar to Unbeatable, which this week got a November 6 release date).

    What caught my attention here is that fluid movement is a key part of the game. When it’s your turn, you can use rails, ramps and other parts of the environment to pull off combinations of tricks and attacks. These chained actions can also earn you Style Points that can enhance your abilities.

    Disc 2 hasn’t revealed a release window for Canvas City as yet. It’s in development for Steam and Nintendo Switch.

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  • How to watch Gamescom 2025 and what to expect

    It feels like Summer Game Fest is only just in our rear view mirror and yet there’s another video game extravaganza on the horizon. Gamescom is the planet’s largest gaming event and we’re sure to find out about a bunch of interesting new games at the Opening Night Live showcase. Xbox is broadcasting from the show floor across two days, and there will be other presentations that are worth keeping an eye on, including a “special announcement” for Hollow Knight: Silksong.

    Gamescom is taking place between August 20 and 24 this year, and we’re learning bits and pieces about what to expect from the various showcases. The affair will kick off with Opening Night Live, a showcase hosted by Geoff Keighley that bridges the gap between his two other major events, Summer Game Fest Live and The Game Awards. That will be followed by two days of Xbox broadcasts, the latest edition of the Future Games Show and three days of Bethesda streams.

    There will also be news from Ubisoft on what’s next for The Division 2. The company will host two panels related to the franchise during Gamescom. One will include more info about The Division Resurgence (a delayed mobile game), as well details about a “big Division 2 project.”

    We’ll update this preview with more Gamescom details as we get them, and embed video versions of each stream as they become available too. Here’s our breakdown of how to watch Gamescom 2025 and what to expect from the event.

    Gamescom schedule

    • Opening Night Live — August 19, 1:30PM ET (pre-show), 2PM (main show)

    • Xbox @ gamescom 2025 Broadcast — August 20, 9AM ET

    • Future Games Show — August 20, 2PM ET

    • Xbox @ gamescom 2025 Broadcast — August 21, 9AM ET

    • Hollow Knight: Silksong – Special Announcement — August 21, 10:30AM ET

    • Awesome Indies — August 21, 12PM ET

    • Bethesda — August 22-25

    How to watch Gamescom Opening Night Live – August 19, 2PM ET

    Watch on YouTube

    Opening Night Live perhaps won’t feature as many heavy hitters as Summer Game Fest Live or The Game Awards typically have, but one thing’s for certain: Call of Duty fans will definitely want to tune in. The two-hour showcase will feature the “worldwide reveal” of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. We’ll almost certainly get a release date here too. Reports suggest we won’t get a release date for Hollow Knight: Silksong at ONL, but we may not have to wait much longer… (more on that in a bit).

    You can also expect a trailer for multiplayer RPG Honor of Kings: World, along with new looks at Ghost of Yotei, The Outer Worlds 2, Resident Evil Requiem, Silent Hill f, Ninja Gaiden 4, Daemon X Machina: Titanic Scion and The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin. You’ll get to see the opening cinematic for the World of Warcraft: Midnight expansion as well.

    It won’t all be game reveals and announcements, though — there’ll be a performance of music from Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 featuring composer Lorien Testard and vocalist Alice Duport-Percier. Additionally, you’ll get a peek at season two of Prime Video’s Fallout series, which will arrive in December.

    We’ll be keeping tabs on all the news from Opening Night Live right here on Engadget. Myself, senior editor Jess Conditt and editor-in-chief Aaron Souppouris will be live-blogging our way through ONL. Join us! It should be fun.

    How to watch Xbox @ gamescom 2025 Day 1 Broadcast — August 20, 9AM ET

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    One major piece of news we’re likely to get from Xbox during one of its streams (if it isn’t revealed at ONL beforehand) is the release date and pricing for the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X handheld systems. Leaker billbil-kun has reported the devices will arrive on October 16, at least in Europe, costing €599 for the Xbox Ally and €899 for the higher-end Xbox Ally X.

    Microsoft had already confirmed these handhelds would be available in time for the holiday season, so that rumored release date makes sense. Either way, we should get confirmation during Gamescom of when to expect these devices, especially since the company says it will discuss the handhelds during its August 20 stream.

    This particular event will feature the likes of Grounded 2, Keeper and Call of Duty: Black Ops 7. The Order of Giants, an expansion for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, will be showcased alongside Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, Dying Light: The Beast, World of Warcraft: Midnight, Hotel Barcelona, Invincible Vs., Cronos: The New Dawn, Outbound, Powerwash Simulator 2 and Starsand Island.

    Along with the English-language broadcast, Xbox’s streams will be available in other languages on regional Xbox channels on the likes of YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Facebook. The streams will be available in Traditional Chinese, German, French, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese and Mexican Spanish, as well as with ASL and English audio descriptions.

    How to watch Future Games Show — August 20, 2PM ET

    Watch on Twitch or YouTube

    Actors David Hayter (Snake in the Metal Gear series) and Maggie Robertson (Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village) will be hosting this edition of the Future Games Show. This installment will feature more than 50 games across world premieres, new trailers and sudden demo releases.

    Capcom, Bandai Namco Entertainment, EA and NACON are among those who’ll be represented in this one, which will feature projects from AAA and indie publishers and studios. Several games have been confirmed to make an appearance here, including Skate (which is slated to hit early access this year), Resident Evil Requiem, Cronos: The New Dawn, Hotel Barcelona, Deer & Boy, The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin and Katanaut. Not only that, there will be a post-show that will run for 40 minutes and feature more trailers, world premieres and demo announcements.

    How to watch Xbox @ gamescom 2025 Day 2 Broadcast — August 21, 9AM ET

    Watch on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok or Facebook

    Xbox will be broadcasting live from the Gamescom show floor for a second straight day. This particular stream will include details on Ninja Gaiden 4, The Outer Worlds 2 and Overwatch 2 (perhaps with more info about Season 18, which is set to start on August 26).

    You can also expect looks at Onimusha: Way of the Sword, At Fate’s End, Age of Empires IV, High on Life 2, Jurassic World Evolution 3 and Fragpunk. In addition, the lineup for this stream includes Silent Hill f, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Lego Voyagers, Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles, Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, Mistfall Hunter and My Hero Academia: All’s Justice.

    How to watch Hollow Knight: Silksong – Special Announcement — August 21, 10:30AM ET

    Watch on YouTube

    This is not a drill. Team Cherry has scheduled a “special announcement” for maybe the most anticipated and hyped-up game this side of Grand Theft Auto VI. The developer and publisher hasn’t revealed exactly what it plans to announce regarding Hollow Knight: Silksong, but it’s gotta be a release date, right? A deeper dive into the game would be most welcome too.

    It’s been six long years since we had some hands-on time with Hollow Knight: Silksong. However, Gamescom attendees will be able to try it out at the Microsoft and Nintendo booths on the show floor. I hope the two companies have lots of space to accommodate what are sure to be long lines.

    How to watch Awesome Indies — August 21, 12PM ET

    Watch on YouTube and Twitch

    The Indie Arena Booth will host more than 200 games for Gamescom attendees to check out, but you won’t necessarily need to be there in person to see them. Many will be featured in an hour-long showcase called Awesome Indies. Here, we’ll see “exclusive trailers, first peeks at never-before-seen gameplay, amazing premieres and exciting newcomers,” according to Gamescom.

    There are a lot of interesting games being featured at the booth, including Cairn and Strange Antiquities. I’m particularly hoping the showcase will include some more details about Ball x Pit, which is one of my most anticipated games right now, Militsioner and the creepy-looking Fractured Blooms.

    How to watch Bethesda broadcasts – August 22

    Watch on Twitch

    There will be plenty from the Bethesda side of the Xbox division as well. The publisher will be broadcasting from the Xbox show floor at Gamescom for three days, starting on August 22. According to Microsoft, these streams will include “developer interviews, game showcases, community segments, crafting highlights and live IRL tours.”

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  • Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions’ first gameplay shows off multiplayer, character creator

    Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions’ first gameplay shows off multiplayer, character creator

    One of the more notable missing elements from the Harry Potter prequel game Hogwarts Legacy was the high-flying sport of quidditch. Publisher Warner Bros. Games will address that exclusion later this year with Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, a new single-player and online competitive multiplayer game based on the wizarding sport.

    Developer Unbroken Games revealed the first gameplay from its Harry Potter quidditch video game this week, showing off some familiar faces, like Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy. There’s also a glimpse of multiple arenas, including the Quidditch World Cup Stadium.

    Quidditch enthusiasts will also be able to create the young wizard of their choice. Unbroken Games shows off the Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions character creator in the video above, highlighting the choices in houses, clothing, broomsticks, and more. Publisher WB Games says there are “no plans for microtransactions in the game at this time,” which hopefully means what you see is what you’ll get, forever.

    Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions will be released digitally for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC (via Steam and the Epic Games Store), Xbox One, and Xbox Series X on Sept. 3. A physical deluxe edition will be available for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X on Nov. 8. A Nintendo Switch version is also coming, and will be released sometime this holiday season, WB Games says.

    PlayStation Plus subscribers will get Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions (and a Firebolt Supreme Broom Skin) as part of September 2024’s downloadable games. The game will be available to keep from Sept. 3-30, if you have an active PS Plus membership of any tier.

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  • Unfrosted Release Date, Trailer, Cast & Plot

    Unfrosted Release Date, Trailer, Cast & Plot

    Unfrosted is a comedy film directed by and starring Jerry Seinfeld, set to release soon on Netflix. Set in 1963 Michigan, the plot explores the humorous rivalry between the Kellogg’s and Post cereal companies as they compete to invent a revolutionary breakfast pastry. With a star-studded cast, the trailer promises a tale of ambition, betrayal, and sugary delights.

    Here’s everything you need to know.

    Release date — when is Unfrosted coming out?

    The Unfrosted release date is May 3, 2024.

    The project was announced in June 2021, with filming commencing in May 2022 after receiving a tax credit for production in California. Despite initial projections for an early 2023 release, the film’s release date was postponed until 2024, most likely due to the 2023 Hollywood strikes.

    Trailer — watch it now

    You can watch the Unfrosted trailer below:

    The trailer for Unfrosted showcases the comedic rivalry between Kellogg’s and Post as they race to create the revolutionary pastry: the Pop-Tart, in 1963 Michigan. Noteworthy is the star-studded cast, bringing humor and nostalgia to the absurdity of the breakfast innovation race. With witty banter and chaotic scenes, the trailer promises a hilarious exploration of ambition, betrayal, and sugar-fueled shenanigans.

    Cast — who is in Unfrosted?

    The cast of Unfrosted includes:

    • Melissa McCarthy as Donna Stankowski
    • Hugh Grant as Thurl Ravenscroft
    • Amy Schumer as Marjorie Post
    • Max Greenfield as Rick Ludwin
    • Jerry Seinfeld as Bob Cabana
    • Jim Gaffigan as Edsel Kellogg III
    • Andy Daly as Isaiah Lamb
    • Christian Slater as Mike Diamond
    • Bill Burr as President John F. Kennedy
    • Cedric the Entertainer as Stu Smiley
    • James Marsden as Jack LaLanne
    • Jack McBrayer as Steve Schwinn
    • Thomas Lennon as Harold von Braunhut
    • Bobby Moynihan as Chef Boyardee
    • Adrian Martinez as Tom Carvel
    • Fred Armisen as Mike Puntz
    • Mikey Day as Crackle
    • Kyle Mooney as Snap
    • Drew Tarver as Pop
    • Tony Hale
    • Felix Solis
    • Maria Bakalova
    • Dean Norris
    • Kyle Dunnigan
    • Sebastian Maniscalco
    • Beck Bennett
    • Sarah Cooper
    • John Slattery
    • Jon Hamm
    • Aparna Nancherla
    • Sarah Burns
    • Dan Levy
    • Peter Dinklage

    Plot – what’s the story about?

    In the world of breakfast cereals, a corporate rivalry erupts over a groundbreaking new pastry innovation, sparking a comedic battle for dominance in the breakfast industry.

    Unfrosted humorously chronicles the intense rivalry between Kellogg’s and Post Cereal in 1963 Michigan, as they compete to invent a groundbreaking breakfast pastry. Led by writer-director Jerry Seinfeld, the film satirizes corporate culture, blending absurdity with ambition and betrayal. The story navigates the comical world of cereal boardroom discussions and the quest for breakfast innovation.

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  • Henry Cavill’s New War Movie Promises Blood, Guts, and Guy Ritchie Antics Galore

    Henry Cavill’s New War Movie Promises Blood, Guts, and Guy Ritchie Antics Galore

    2024 is shaping up to be a big year for Henry Cavill, who starred in Matthew Vaughn’s (albeit, ill-fated) Argylle and will shoot his highly-anticipated Highlander reboot in July. Until then, however, the actor is setting his sights on the high seas in The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare.

    Sometimes, true stories are simply too outlandish to believe. Such is the case with director Guy Ritchie’s upcoming spy-comedy based on Damien Lewis’ 2014 book, Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII. That title doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, now does it?

    Starring Henry Cavill as Major Gus March-Phillipps, the film sees Cavill’s character (and his very curly mustache) leading a covert group of soldiers as they fight against Nazis during World War II, featuring all the witty humor, explosions, and high-stakes action sequences we’ve come to expect from a Guy Ritchie production. Alan Ritchson, Eiza González, Henry Golding, and Alex Pettyfer also star in the film.

    The movie tackles the “untold” true story of Operation Postmaster, a mission executed by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) under the command of Winston Churchill. The crew was ultimately successful in stealing Italian and German boats off the coast of West Africa, thus cementing the SOE’s reputation as a formidable espionage organization.

    From the looks of it, The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare seems to be a completely original take on your typical World War II movie which, if executed well, could bring a much-needed revival to the genre. Still, box office analysts don’t exactly have high hopes for the film’s performance, with experts predicting an opening weekend range of $6 million to $10 million, given it will be competing against A24’s Civil War.

    Although big names like Ritchie, Cavill, and Ritchson (Reacher fans are legion) might help usher moviegoers through the doors, April has been a loaded month for blockbusters. This could spell trouble as The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare gears up for its premiere.

    When does The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare come out?

    Fans can look forward to seeing Guy Ritchie’s World War II action flick soon, as The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare is scheduled to premiere in the U.S. on April 19, 2024. Although The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Amazon Prime Video secured distribution rights in Europe, Central and South America, Europe, and India last year, the movie has yet to receive a streaming release date.

    It’ll be interesting to see how much of the true story Guy Ritchie chose to adapt to the big screen, and if he may or may not have taken a few creative liberties along the way. Regardless, one thing’s for sure: Henry Cavill is certainly adding fuel to all those James Bond casting rumors.

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  • When Will 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' Be Available to Stream on Max?

    When Will 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' Be Available to Stream on Max?

    Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom arrived in theaters right before the holidays. Viewers who have waited five years for the Aquaman sequel will likely be anxious for its streaming arrival.

    The sequel sees Aquaman (Jason Momoa) balancing family life with his duties as the King of Atlantis. However, the life and kingdom he has built are soon threatened by the return of his archenemy, Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). Black Manta is even more powerful than before, with an even greater thirst for revenge. As a result, Aquaman is forced to form a shaky alliance with his half-brother, Orm (Patrick Wilson), to save his kingdom.

    Despite the first Aquaman being the DCU’s biggest commercial success, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has been struggling at the box office. Additionally, its critical reviews haven’t been very favorable. While most critics agree it’s fun and entertaining, it fails to eclipse the original or add anything meaningful to the series. The film’s controversial decision to sideline Queen Mera (Amber Heard) has also added to the film’s poor critical reception and led to some Heard supporters boycotting the movie. Whether it’s because of busy holiday schedules, poor reviews, or support of Heard, there are quite a few reasons why viewers may opt to wait for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom to arrive on streaming.

    Does Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom have a Max release date?

    Jason Momoa as Aquaman in the Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom teaser
    (Warner Bros.)

    Unfortunately, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom does not yet have a streaming release date. However, since it is a Warner Bros. film, we know for certain that it will be arriving on Max, formerly HBO Max, when it does begin streaming. Meanwhile, if the film follows the pattern of the other recent Warner Bros. DCU releases, we can make an educated guess about when it might arrive.

    All of Warner Bros.’ other 2023 DCU films—Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Flash, and Blue Beetle—arrived on streaming between 67 and 90 days after premiering in theaters. The Shazam! sequel and The Flash arrived within 67 and 70 days, respectively, while Blue Beetle waited 90 days before its Max debut. All three films struggled at the box office, though Blue Beetle faired slightly better due to having a lower budget and more positive reviews from critics. Blue Beetle also premiered during the writers’ and actors’ strikes, which may have factored into its longer exclusive theatrical run since studios depended on word of mouth to advertise the film.

    Since the performance and conditions of Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom seem most similar to The Flash and Shazam! Fury of the Gods, the film could arrive on Max as early as February 27, 2024. If it follows the longer theatrical run of Blue Beetle, it may arrive closer to April 2024.

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  • Disney Delays Live-Action ‘Snow White,’ Pulls Jonathan Majors Awards Drama

    Disney Delays Live-Action ‘Snow White,’ Pulls Jonathan Majors Awards Drama

    Disney is rethinking the release strategy behind two of its upcoming titles. On Friday, Variety reported that the studio had delayed the upcoming live-action Snow White by a year and completely removed Magazine Dreams, Jonathan Majors’s assumed awards drama, from its schedule. The shifts come amid an actors strike that drags on without resolution and controversy weathered by both films.

    Magazine Dreams, which was acquired by Disney’s Searchlight Pictures out of Sundance, had been slated for release on December 8. But that date would have placed its debut in the midst of Majors’s trial for misdemeanor charges of assault and harassment stemming from an alleged domestic dispute. The trial is set to begin on November 29. Disney has not revealed any alternate plans for releasing the film, which debuted at Sundance to positive reviews, with Vanity Fair’s chief critic calling his performance a “terrifying wonder.” The actor has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The live-action version of Snow White starring Rachel Zegler will now debut on March 21, 2025, a whole year after its original release date of March 22, 2024, according to Variety. The delay follows some backlash faced by the film, sight unseen, about how it will potentially depict dwarfism, with actor Peter Dinklage previously calling the original fairy tale “fucking backward” and questioning its need to be retold. In a statement to Deadline, a Disney spokesperson replied with the following: “To avoid reinforcing stereotypes from the original animated film, we are taking a different approach with these seven characters and have been consulting with members of the dwarfism community. We look forward to sharing more as the film heads into production after a lengthy development period.”

    Zegler herself told Vanity Fair last year: “People are making these jokes about ours being the PC Snow White, where it’s like, yeah, it is—because it needed that. It’s an 85-year-old cartoon, and our version is a refreshing story about a young woman who has a function beyond ‘Someday My Prince Will Come.’” Surprising no one, some have taken issue with Zegler’s perceived critique of the 1937 animated film.

    It’s not the only Disney title on the move. Elio, an animated science-fiction film featuring voice work from America Ferrera and Jameela Jamil, has also been pushed back by a year—from March 1, 2024 to June 13, 2025.

    These films join several others to get rearranged during the actors strike, including Dune: Part Two and Challengers, both of which will now bow in the spring of next year.

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  • Ghostrunner 2 Receives Rave Reviews from Trade Press and Sets Release Date for October 26, 2023

    Ghostrunner 2 Receives Rave Reviews from Trade Press and Sets Release Date for October 26, 2023

    Release Date and Initial Reviews

    The eagerly awaited game, Ghostrunner 2, developed by One More Level, is set to hit the market on October 26, 2023. The trade press has recently published reviews, confirming the high quality of the new game, which has received positive votes.

    Critical Reception on Metacritic

    Metacritic, a renowned ratings aggregator, currently shows an average Metascore of 80 for the PlayStation 5 version of Ghostrunner 2. This score is based on 32 reviews at the time of writing.

    Excerpts from Trade Press Votes

    Here are some excerpts from the trade press votes for Ghostrunner 2:

    • Dual Shockers – 9.5
    • IGN – 9
    • Finger pistols – 9
    • VideoGamer – 9
    • Noisy pixel – 9
    • CGM Magazine – 9
    • MP1-9
    • WhatifGaming – 9
    • Game Informer – 8.5
    • Hey poor player – 8
    • District Jugones – 8
    • Prima Games – 8
    • PSX Brazil – 8
    • Eurogamer – 7
    • Click Start – 6.5
    • Press Square – 6

    Positive Reviews for Gameplay and Art Direction

    Most of the trade press reviews for Ghostrunner 2 have praised the game’s gameplay. Additionally, many reviewers have commended the game’s art direction, noting that it is consistently captivating without being cliché.

    Highlight on Motorcycle Usage

    One of the standout features identified by several editors is the use of motorcycles in Ghostrunner 2. Critics consider it to be one of the most significant additions in the new game.

    Reminders and Demo Version

    Ghostrunner 2 is set to release on October 26, 2023, for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S consoles, and PC. Don’t forget that a demo version of the game is available for those interested in trying it out.

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  • Transplant Season 4 Episode 4 Release Date & Time on Peacock

    Transplant Season 4 Episode 4 Release Date & Time on Peacock

    The Transplant Season 4 Episode 4 release date and time have been revealed. The episode will air on CTV and then will be available for streaming on Peacock. It is titled as ‘Decisions’. This series centers on charismatic Dr. Bashir Hamed, who flees from his war-torn country to build a better life in Canada. However, it is not going to be easy as Dr. Hamed rebuilds himself completely in a new environment.

    Here’s when the episode is coming out.

    When is the Transplant Season 4 Episode 4 release date and time?

    The Transplant season 4 episode 4 Peacock release date is October 28, 2023. Episode 4 will air on CTV on October 27, 2023, and it will be then available for streaming on Peacock on the following day.

    The Transplant season 4 episode 4 release time is:

    • 6:00 P.M. Pacific Time Zone (PT)
    • 9:00 P.M. Eastern Time Zone (ET)
    • 2:00 A.M. British Summer Time (BST)
    • 3:00 A.M. Central European Summer Time (CEST)

    Where to watch Transplant Season 4 Episode 4

    Viewers can watch the upcoming episode on Peacock.

    To watch episode 4, you can sign up for Peacock streaming services. Peacock subscription plans will offer users access to its entire lineup, including NBC shows, WWE Network, Sunday Night Football, and more. It offers two subscription plans to users:

    • Peacock Premium Plan – It is priced at $5.99 a month
    • Peacock Premium Plus Plan – It is priced at $11.99 a month

    This series follows Dr. Bashir Hamed, a civil Syrian refugee in Canada, as he navigates through several challenges while building his new life. Season 4 premiered on October 6, 2023, and follows a weekly release schedule.

    The official synopsis for Transplant reads:

    “Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.”



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  • ‘The Crown’ Unveils Final Season Premiere Dates and Teaser Video

    ‘The Crown’ Unveils Final Season Premiere Dates and Teaser Video

    After five seasons of ripped-from-the-history-books palace intrigue, the final season of The Crown is upon us. Netflix announced Monday that the show’s sixth installment will debut in two parts before the end of the year: part one on November 16, and part two on December 14.

    A 50-second teaser trailer puts the constraints of the monarchy front and center. The sound of a ticking clock accompanies narration from all three actors who have played Queen Elizabeth II. Claire Foy, who played the role primarily in seasons one and two, says, “The crown is a symbol of permanence. It’s something you are, not what you do.” Olivia Colman, who held the throne in seasons three and four, continues: “Some portion of ourselves is always lost. We have all made sacrifices. It is not a choice—it is a duty.” Then Imelda Staunton, the current Elizabeth—reprising the role she stepped into last season—asks, “But what about the life I put aside, the woman I put aside?”

    The sixth and final season of The Crown will chronicle real events from 1997—the year Princess Diana tragically died in a car accident with then boyfriend, Dodi Fayed—to 2005, the year Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles. This is familiar terrain for series creator Peter Morgan, who depicted some of this same period in The Queen, his Oscar-winning 2006 film.

    According to Netflix, part one of the season will contain four episodes, which “depict a relationship blossoming between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed before a fateful car journey has devastating consequences.” The final chapter, released nearly a month later, will comprise the remaining six. In them, “Prince William tries to integrate back into life at Eton in the wake of his mother’s death as the monarchy has to ride the wave of public opinion,” per an official Netflix synopsis. “As she reaches her Golden Jubilee, the queen reflects on the future of the monarchy with the marriage of Charles and Camilla and the beginnings of a new royal fairytale in William and Kate.”

    Returning royal family cast members include Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles, Claudia Harrison as Princess Anne, and Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret. They’ll be joined by Bertie Carvel as Prime Minister Tony Blair, Salim Daw as Mohamed Al-Fayed, and Khalid Abdalla as Dodi Fayed.

    Two sets of actors have been cast in the roles of Prince William and Prince Harry. Luther Ford will play the adult iteration of Harry in part two, while Fflyn Edwards has been cast as the younger version in part one. Rufus Kampa has been cast as Prince William in the first stretch of episodes before Ed McVey takes over for part two alongside Meg Bellamy as Kate Middleton.

    Rest assured: There will be plenty for Prince Harry to fact-check come this winter.

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  • The Power of Taylor Swift Compels ‘Exorcist: Believer’ to Move Release Date

    The Power of Taylor Swift Compels ‘Exorcist: Believer’ to Move Release Date

    Even the paranormal powers of The Exorcist are no match for Taylor Swift and the legion of devoted fans she commands. Following Swift’s announcement of a concert film documenting her blockbuster Eras Tour, set to hit theaters on October 13, The Exorcist: Believer, a sequel to the 1973 original, has fled to another date.

    The Universal horror film, originally slated for Friday, October 13, will now debut a week earlier on October 6. Blumhouse head Jason Blum announced the move on social media, writing, “Look what you made me do. The Exorcist: Believer moves to 10/6/23. #TaylorWins.” The Exorcist’s new competition? Sony’s Dumb Money, director Craig Gillespie’s film unpacking the GameStop stock drama of 2021, starring Paul Dano and Seth Rogen.

    This shift has already proven to be a prudent one. According to The Hollywood Reporter, ticket presales for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour have hit $26 million after the first day for distributor AMC Theatres, breaking the record for the highest-ever single-day advance ticket sales, which was previously set by Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021 with $16.9 million. AMC has since added showtimes to the theatrical run, which will happen in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Tickets start at $19.89 for adults and $13.13 for children.

    As for The Exorcist: Believer, Ellen Burstyn, star of William Friedkin’s Oscar-winning original, is returning as Chris MacNeil, whose life was forever changed when her daughter, Regan, experienced a paranormal event. In the film, set 50 years after that possession, Leslie Odom Jr. plays Victor Fielding, a father who seeks Chris’s help when his daughter experiences a similar haunting. Halloween trilogy director David Gordon Green is helming the follow-up, the first in a planned trilogy. The second installment, The Exorcist: Deceiver, is set for April 18, 2025.

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  • ‘Dune: Part Two’ Abandons 2023 Release Date Amid Hollywood Strikes

    ‘Dune: Part Two’ Abandons 2023 Release Date Amid Hollywood Strikes

    The movie exodus from 2023 has claimed another victim. The Dune: Part Two release date has been changed from Nov. 3rd and will now move to March 25, 2024, Warner Bros. confirmed. 

    The second half of filmmaker Denis Villeneuve‘s sci-fi saga fell victim to the ongoing Hollywood writer and actor strikes, which have been expected to cause a massive movement of films to avoid being caught up in the publicity blackouts that have prevented talent from promoting their new projects. In some cases, the strikes also prevent completion of a film, since post-production can involve voice recording to fix scenes where new dialogue might be needed.

    While it’s unclear when the strikes will come to an end, there seems to be little resolution in sight between the two guilds and the networks and studios represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The most pessimistic projections forecast the strikes dragging on until the end of the year, but few expect it to go on beyond that.

    A number of high-profile films have already fled from 2023 and moved into next year to avoid having their marketing campaigns derailed by the guild-imposed ban on members promoting new projects released by struck companies. 

    Dune: Part Two is the second high profile film from Zendaya to fall victim to the strikes. One of the first movies to move away from 2023 was Challengers, the Zendaya love-triangle drama which canceled a late-August appearance at the Venice Film Festival and changed its release from September 15 to April 26, 2024.

     

    Anthony Breznican

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