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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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Developer: Jackbox Games (Chicago) Titles: Trivia Murder Party 3 · The Jackbox Party Pack 12 Dates: September 17 & October 15, 2026 TMP3 Setting: Camp Mass Acres Pack 12 Contents: Five all-new games Controller: Your phone 🎉 Jackbox Games have dated two releases for this autumn. Trivia Murder Party 3 — the first standalone spin-off in the studio’s history — arrives September 17, followed by The Jackbox Party Pack 12 with five brand-new games on October 15. Sept 17 Trivia Murder Party 3 PC via Steam and Epic, in Early Access. Full 1.0 release follows next year on PC, Xbox,…

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Game: CONCRETE BURIAL Developer: Games From The Abyss (Brazil) Publisher: DreadXP Genre: First-Person Horror Release Date: September 17, 2026 Platform: PC (Steam) Length: Short / bite-sized Series: XP ULTRA — third entry 🩸 CONCRETE BURIAL arrives September 17 from Games From The Abyss and DreadXP. A knight of the Crimson Clan descends into a brutalist catacomb to collect four artifacts of desire, confront god, and be granted an irrefutable wish — armed with a single weapon that runs on their own blood. 🩸 One Weapon, and It Costs You to Fire It This is the mechanic the whole game hangs…

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