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: Sintopia Update: Imployee Retention Update Developer: Piraknights Games Publisher: team17 Genre: Management Sim · Dark Comedy Platforms: PC — Steam & Epic Games Store Sale: 20% off until August 10 Status: Live now 😈 Sintopia’s first major post-launch update, the ‘Imployee Retention Update’, is live now. Piraknights Games and team17’s Hell management sim adds a new facility, new tools, balancing changes, and a batch of quality-of-life improvements — and the game launches on the Epic Games Store today alongside it. 🏷️ 20% Off Until August 10 Alongside the update, the base game is discounted 20% for a limited time,…

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Game: Mistfall Hunter Genre: Co-Op Extraction · Dark Fantasy Action Platforms: PC · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S Players: Solo or 3-player squad Classes: Six Launched: July 29, 2026 Model: No pay-to-win Content: Seasonal updates 🌫️ Mistfall Hunter launched on July 29 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. A new gameplay trailer showcases the dark fantasy extraction game’s mist-choked world, its six playable classes, and the risk-it-all loop at its centre. The gods are dead, and the Gyldenmist is devouring the world. Revived by a mysterious girl named Dew, you awaken as a Gyldhunter — sent into…

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Game: Total Chaos Update: Retro Mode (free) Genre: Psychological Survival Horror Platforms: Steam · GOG · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Switch 2 Game Pass: Yes Endings: Five Composer: Akira Yamaoka Status: Available now 📺 Total Chaos’ Retro Mode update is available now, free, across every platform. The update lets you experience the game through a pixelated lens inspired by its award-winning DOOM II origins, and adds a fifth ending, an in-game map, and a batch of quality-of-life improvements. Total Chaos began life as a DOOM II total conversion mod. Now it can look like one again — and…

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Game: Follow Us Developer: Game Atelier Genre: Asymmetrical Two-Player Horror Platform: PC (Steam) — Early Access Players: 2 (co-op, asymmetrical) Languages: 13 supported Update: Reworked Level 2, controller & Steam Deck support Status: Playable — active development on hold 📡 Follow Us has received its first major Early Access update, featuring a completely reworked second level, full controller support, Steam Deck support, and character skin selection. It’s also the last planned update for now — Game Atelier has confirmed active development is going on hold. ℹ️ The Short Version The update is real and substantial, and Follow Us remains available…

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Game: Permafrost Developer: SpaceRocket Games Publisher: Toplitz Productions Genre: Survival · Post-Apocalyptic · Open World Early Access: October 9, 2026 Platforms: PC — Steam · GOG · Epic Games Store Showing At: gamescom, Aug 26–28, 2026 Steam App: 2254990 ❄️ Permafrost enters Early Access on October 9, 2026 across Steam, GOG, and the Epic Games Store. Toplitz Productions and SpaceRocket Games have released a new Deep Dive video, hosted by the game’s lead producer, taking a closer look at its frozen post-apocalyptic world. The moon shattered. The Earth froze. Predators reclaimed the top of the food chain and the survivors…

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Game: RUNT Developer: Grimtaste Publisher: DreadXP Genre: Adventure-Mystery Visual Novel · Horror Release Date: August 6, 2026 Platform: PC (Steam) Endings: Multiple Steam App: 4141350 🩸 RUNT arrives on Steam August 6, 2026. The psycho-goth adventure-mystery visual novel from developer duo Grimtaste and horror publisher DreadXP has a date, and a new release trailer showing off its eerie, slow-burn cult mystery. An ominous warning has appeared within the walls of the boarded-up town of Skipclaw — a vague countdown, written in blood, across the pulpit of your father’s old church. It arrives on the fifth anniversary of his death. You…

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