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Game: Blasterbug: Last Bug Standing! Developer: Dotemu Publisher: Dotemu Genre: Bomb-’em-up Party Game Status: Shadowdropped — out now Price: Free, permanently Platform: PC (Steam) Players: Up to 8, local 🆓 It’s Free. Not Free-to-Start. Free. Dotemu have shadowdropped Blasterbug: Last Bug Standing! on Steam with no prior announcement, and it costs nothing — permanently, with no strings attached. Fifteen playable characters, fifteen arenas, five modes and eight-player local multiplayer, given away as a thank you to retro gaming fans. The only paid content is a single $1.99 Absolum crossover pack, which is entirely optional. Dotemu’s own framing is worth repeating:…

Game: CLUTCH Developer: Maverick Games (Royal Leamington Spa, UK) Publisher: Focus Entertainment Genre: Open-World Action Driving Release: Spring 2027 Platforms: PC · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S Writer: Jamie Brittain (Skins) Studio Founded: 2022 🏎️ Focus Entertainment have signed a publishing partnership with Maverick Games for CLUTCH, an open-world action-driving game arriving Spring 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S — and the studio behind it is built from the people who made Forza Horizon. 🏁 This Is Forza Horizon’s Creative Director Building a Rival Maverick Games was founded in 2022 by Mike Brown — former creative director…

Game: NAUTUS Developer: Magic Design Studios (Montpellier) Publisher: Arc Games Genre: Underwater Adventure · Crafting · Co-Op Beta Starts: August 31, 7 AM PDT Platform: PC (Steam) Players: Solo or 4-player online co-op Feedback: Via Discord 🌊 Closed Beta Starts August 31 — Sign Up Now The NAUTUS Closed Beta Playtest opens on Monday, August 31 at 7 AM PDT, and sign-ups are live right now at playtest.playnautus.com. Magic Design Studios are explicitly after feedback — selected players will report through Discord and help shape the game from the earliest stage. 📖 We Covered the Reveal NAUTUS was announced earlier…

Game: Kitaria Fables 2 Developers: Secret Level Studios · Twin Hearts Publisher: PQube Genre: Action RPG · Farming · Co-Op Beta: September 7–21, 2026 Sign-Ups Close: September 4 Full Release: Spring 2027 Platforms: PC · PS5 · Xbox Series · Switch 2 ⏰ Sign-Ups Close September 4 — Register Now The Kitaria Fables 2 closed beta runs 7–21 September, but registration closes on 4 September. If you want in, that’s the date that matters — not the beta dates themselves. Selected players get access to a special build, and their feedback goes directly into refining the game ahead of its…

Game: Brigador Killers Developer: Stellar Jockeys Publisher: Stellar Jockeys Genre: Isometric Insurgency Simulator Status: Early Access — out now Platforms: Steam · GOG Setting: Mar Nosso Soundtrack: Makeup and Vanity Set 💥 Brigador Killers is out now in Early Access on Steam and GOG. Stellar Jockeys’ long-awaited continuation of the cult-classic Brigador brings the series’ isometric destruction down to street level — you’re on foot now, and you have to go and take a vehicle before you can drive one. 100,000+Wishlists 93%Demo Rating 400+Demo Reviews ~10 YrsIn Development ⚠️ This Is an Early Access Launch Brigador Killers is available now,…

Game: Echoes of Elysium Developer: Loric Games Publisher: Snail Games USA Genre: Airship Survival RPG Update: Tempest — out now Platform: PC (Steam) Players: 1–6 co-op Adds: Rain, wind, rebalancing, QoL ⛈️ The Tempest update is live for Echoes of Elysium, adding long-requested rain and wind effects to Loric Games’ airship survival RPG — plus a rebalance of thrusters, sails and weight, and a run of quality-of-life fixes. 📖 We’ve Already Reviewed This One Echoes of Elysium came through our reviews section earlier — you can read our full Echoes of Elysium review here for the complete picture on the…