Author: CtrlQueen

Hi there! I’m Marie, also known as CtrlQueen. I’m passionate about keeping up with the latest in gaming news and sharing my insights. RPGs steal my heart with their rich narratives and immersive worlds, but I also love unwinding with fun, casual games. Whether you’re here for deep dives into game mechanics or just to chat about your favorite casual game, you’ve found the right place! Let’s game and explore together.

Game: Project Zomboid Update: Build 42 Developer: The Indie Stone Genre: Zombie Survival RPG · Sandbox Platforms: PC · Mac · Linux (Steam & GOG) Setting: Knox Country, Kentucky Steam Rating: Very Positive (152,000+ reviews) Status: Out now 🧟 Project Zomboid’s long-awaited Build 42 update is out now on PC, Mac, and Linux via Steam and GOG. The Indie Stone has marked the occasion with a launch trailer showcasing a heavily reworked Knox Country, animals and animal husbandry, deeper crafting and building systems, and a great deal more. This is how you died. After years of barricading windows, boiling dubious…

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Game: Crazy Taxi: World Tour Publisher: SEGA Genre: Arcade Racing · Multiplayer Release: 2027 Platforms: Xbox Series X|S · Xbox on PC · PS5 · Steam · Switch 2 Network Test: September 11–13, 2026 Applications: Open now until August 31 Cross-Play: Yes (Xbox, PC, PS5, Steam) 🚕 SEGA has announced a multiplayer Closed Network Test for Crazy Taxi: World Tour, running September 11–13, 2026. Applications are open now through August 31, and a new trailer showing off the game’s West Coast map has been released alongside the announcement. 🚖 Applications Are Open Right Now — Closing August 31 Selected players…

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Game: Guns & Dragons Developer: ABUTTON Inc. (Korea) Genre: Roguelite FPS · Magitech Fantasy Players: Solo or up to 3 co-op Platforms: PC — Steam & Epic Games Store Status: In development Playtest: First Steam playtest began July 30 Showing At: ChinaJoy 2026, July 31 – Aug 3 🐉 ABUTTON Inc. has revealed Guns & Dragons, a solo or co-op roguelite FPS set in a magitech fantasy world. A new gameplay trailer is out, the first Steam playtest kicked off on July 30, and the game is being shown at ChinaJoy 2026 from today through August 3. ⚡ Two Things…

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Game: BioEden Developer: Broken Arms Games Publisher: Focus Entertainment Genre: Cozy Nature Management Sim Release Date: September 3, 2026 Platforms: PC (Steam) · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Switch 2 Price: $19.99 (pre-order discount available) Demo: Available now on Steam 🌱 BioEden launches September 3, 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. Broken Arms Games and Focus Entertainment’s cozy nature-management game is available to pre-order now for $19.99, with a special pre-order discount. 🎮 There’s a Demo on Steam Right Now You don’t have to wait until September. The BioEden demo gives full access…

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Game: Dwarf Delve Developer: Dante Knoxx / Gloom Box (solo) Publisher: indie.io Genre: First-Person Extraction Roguelite Price: $12.99 (20% launch discount) Platforms: Steam · indie.io Store Status: Out now Steam App: 2237320 ⛏️ Dwarf Delve is out now on Steam and the indie.io Store for $12.99, with a limited-time 20% launch discount. The first-person extraction roguelite from solo developer Dante Knoxx sends you into procedurally generated mines to haul out everything you can carry — before the tunnels come down. Deep underground, there is always one more vein of ore. One more chest. One more tunnel that might open into…

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Game: Graphite Developer: RipRed Publisher: indie.io Genre: Tactical Roguelike RPG Price: $8.99 (20% launch discount) Platforms: Steam · GOG · indie.io Store Heroes: Seven Achievements: 60 Steam App: 3080560 ✏️ Graphite is out now on Steam, GOG, and the indie.io Store for $8.99, with a 20% launch discount. RipRed’s pen-and-ink tactical roguelike RPG casts you into a world drawn in the margins of a child’s notebook — and asks you to fight for it. Picture a school desk. On it, a notebook. Scattered around it, playing cards and household objects repurposed by imagination into the artifacts that will define each…

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