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Event: Wholesome Snack 2026 Organizer: Wholesome Games Date: Saturday, December 5, 2026 Time: 9:00 AM PT · 12:00 PM ET · 5:00 PM GMT Where: YouTube and Twitch Games: 25+ announcements 🍪 Save the date: Wholesome Snack returns on Saturday, December 5 at 9:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM ET. The cozy digital showcase will feature 25+ joyful, hopeful games, with world premieres, demo announcements and more, streaming on YouTube and Twitch in coordination with The Game Awards. 🌱 Wholesome Direct’s Little Sister Is Back Wholesome Snack, the sister showcase to Wholesome Direct, highlights the most exciting upcoming games for…

Game: Truck World: Australia Developer: Truck World Studio Publisher: HypeTrain Digital Release: Out now in Early Access (Xbox, Microsoft Store, Epic) Steam: First half of 2027 Price: $29.99 · £24.24 · €29.99 · AU$44.95 Genre: Trucking simulator 🚛 Truck World: Australia is out now in Early Access on Xbox, the Microsoft Store and the Epic Games Store for $29.99. The Steam version is coming later, with the studio targeting the first half of 2027. One thing to know up front: the game’s famous road trains aren’t in this first Early Access release. They’re planned for a future update. 🦘 You…

Game: Blood & Canvas: Bareknuckle Boxing Developer: Thiefcatcher Games Publisher: Thiefcatcher Games Release: Out now (November 4, 2026) Price: $24.99 Platforms: PC (Steam) · PS5 and Xbox Series X|S planned for 2027 Genre: Single-player bareknuckle boxing career Content note: the developers say the game contains realistic depictions of bareknuckle boxing combat, including blood, cuts, bruising and knockouts, plus mature themes involving performance-enhancing drugs and underground fighting. 🥊 Blood & Canvas: Bareknuckle Boxing is out now on Steam for $24.99. The single-player boxing career from Thiefcatcher Games, a six-person team of AAA veterans, launched on November 4. It features official BKFC…

Game: REANIMAL Developer: Tarsier Studios Publisher: THQ Nordic Released: February 13, 2026 Nominations: 10 at The Horror Game Awards 2026 Public Voting: Closes November 11 Platforms: PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Switch 2 Content note: REANIMAL is a mature horror game. Its Steam content descriptors list violence and gore, nudity, depictions of suicide, frightening scenes and psychological horror. 🏆 REANIMAL has 10 nominations at The Horror Game Awards 2026, including Game of the Year. Public voting is open until November 11, and in most categories it decides which games the juries get to choose from. The same…

Event: MAGFest Indie Retro Homebrew Showcase 2027 Organizers: MAGFest · Indie Retro · Mega Cat Studios Dates: January 7–10, 2027 Location: National Harbor, MD Finalists: 22 announced · 1 more coming Platforms: NES · Game Boy · Game Boy Color · Genesis · TurboGrafx-16 🕹️ The MAGFest 2027 Indie Retro Homebrew Showcase finalists are here. Twenty-two brand-new games for the NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 will be playable on real hardware at MAGFest in National Harbor, Maryland, from January 7–10, 2027, with one more finalist still to be revealed. 📺 A CRT-Filled Celebration of Homebrew Now…

Game: Die or Die Developer: Ao Norte (Galicia, Spain) Publisher: Acclaim Release: 2027 Platforms: PC (Steam) · consoles Genre: Top-down shooter roguelike 🎲 Acclaim is publishing Die or Die, a dice-driven roguelike shooter coming to Steam and consoles in 2027. The game is from Galician indie studio Ao Norte. It made its playable debut at L.A. Comic Con last week, and Acclaim has released a new reveal trailer to celebrate the announcement. You can wishlist it on Steam now. 🚕 Roll. Die. Repeat. Lil’ Demon is tired. Tired of his life, tired of his job as a taxi driver, tired…