Author: CtrlQueen

Developer Double Eleven has renamed their pitch-black FPS Blindfire to Blindfire: Lights Out, made it completely free to download and play across all platforms, and pledged to keep the servers running for years — not because it was a commercial hit, but because they believe it deserves to exist. Released in Early Access in October 2024 with a genuinely unique premise — an online shooter where the lights are off, and you navigate by sound and gadgets rather than sight — Blindfire never found the audience it deserved. Double Eleven hadn’t actively worked on the game for about a year…

Jackbox Games has officially announced The Jackbox Party Pack 12, the latest entry in the beloved party game series that has now been played over 826 million times since December 2022. The pack arrives later this year with five new games across a wide range of platforms: PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Apple TV, iPad, and the Mac App Store. As usual, specific details on the five included games are being held back for now, with more information coming next month. What’s confirmed is the usual Party Pack formula…

Devolver Digital and Doinksoft — the retro pixel wizards behind Gato Roboto and Gunbrella — have announced that Dark Scrolls launches on PC and Nintendo Switch on May 28. The game is a fantasy-themed action platformer that mashes shmup-style scrolling combat with roguelite progression, procedurally generated levels built from hand-crafted rooms, and a roster of nine playable characters ranging from the expected (axe-throwing warrior, spell-slinging magician, knife-hurling thief) to the genuinely unhinged (a cute dog, an alien, and yes — a rat playing a saxophone). Each character has unique skills, side objectives, and customizable trinkets to experiment with across runs.…

Acclaim and Mexican indie studio Wabisabi Games — the team behind RKGK / Rakugaki — have dropped a new gameplay trailer for HYPERyuki: Snowboard Syndicate during the Latin American Games Showcase, and it’s looking like exactly the SSX fix the genre has needed for a long time. The new footage gives the best look yet at the game’s ramp-stacked tracks, colorful cast of characters, over-the-top tricks, and the kind of vibrant Y2K energy that made the original SSX and Jet Grind Radio so beloved. Wabisabi clearly knows the assignment. The game features four modes: Challenge for objective-based high score runs,…

Far Far West has had a remarkable launch. Publisher Fireshine Games and developer Evil Raptor have announced that their co-op cowboy bounty hunting shooter crossed 250,000 copies sold within its first 48 hours on Steam Early Access, landing at the top of Steam’s Top Sellers chart for premium games. The game launched with over 700,000 wishlists built up through multiple betas and a strong showing at February’s Steam Next Fest. In its opening two days, it hit 26,000 concurrent players and is currently sitting at a 97% user review score — one of the strongest launch receptions for an Early…

Kraken Express has announced that Windrose, their co-op pirate survival-adventure game, has crossed 1.5 million copies sold since launching into Early Access earlier this month. To mark the milestone, the team released a new accolades trailer today showcasing the reception the game has received so far. Watch the accolades trailer here: That’s a remarkable number for an Early Access launch, and the team isn’t slowing down. A substantial patch dropped alongside the announcement, adding over 40 new building pieces for more flexible and consistent base construction, plus more than 50 fixes and quality-of-life improvements covering connectivity issues, SSD load reduction,…