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Game: Monster Cuisine Developer: Team Machiavelli Publisher: TARK Genre: Action-RPG / Tavern Management Release Date: Not announced Platform: PC (Steam) Biomes: Five Playtest: Registration open Price: Not announced 🍖 Team Machiavelli have announced Monster Cuisine, an action-RPG about hunting monsters and then serving them for dinner. You hunt fabled creatures in a Forbidden Forest by day and run a fantasy tavern by night, all in detailed pixel art. It’s on Steam to wishlist now, with playtest registration open. ⚖️ Cook What You Kill The loop is four words long and it explains the entire game. The beasts you slay become…

Game: Food Devils Developer: Studio Daimon Publisher: Studio Daimon (self-published) Genre: Tactics-RPG Roguelite Release Date: November 5, 2026 Platform: PC (Steam) · consoles to follow Players: Single-player Demo: Free, available now Price: Not announced 🌶️ On the tone: Studio Daimon’s marketing for this leans hard on innuendo — “thirst,” “salacious,” “satisfy some desires of your own.” For clarity, the Steam page carries no mature content disclosure, and the tags are Anime, Romance and Tactical RPG. This appears to be flirty and suggestive rather than explicit, but the romance is a genuine pillar of the game rather than a side activity.…

Game: TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants – Ninja Edition Developers: Cradle Games & Raw Thrills Publisher: TRAILMARK Games Genre: Arcade Beat ‘Em Up Out Now: North America, digital EU/AUS Digital: October 9 Physical: October 9, global Platform: Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive Price: $29.99 Players: 1–4 local couch co-op 🐢 TMNT Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants – Ninja Edition is out now on Nintendo Switch 2 in North America for $29.99. The Switch 2 exclusive adds Master Splinter and Casey Jones as playable fighters for the first time, alongside improved graphics and enhanced performance. EU and Australian digital releases land…

Game: Astonishia Story Developer: Daewon Media & Waycoder Publisher: NIS America Genre: Grid-Based Tactical RPG Release Date: February 11, 2027 Platforms: Switch 2 · Switch · PS5 · Steam Players: Single-player Original: South Korea, 1994 Rating: ESRB Teen ⚔️ Astonishia Story arrives February 11, 2027 on Switch 2, Switch, PlayStation 5 and Steam. NIS America announced the updated version of the classic Korean RPG at PAX West 2026, with enhanced visuals, refined mechanics, and a Special Edition bundling a soundtrack, card set and acrylic keychain. ⚖️ This Is a Genuine Piece of Korean Gaming History NIS America call it a…

Game: The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster Developer: Nippon Ichi Software Publisher: NIS America (West) Genre: Hand-Drawn Storybook Adventure Western Release: 2027 Japan Release: April 30, 2026 Platforms: Switch 2 · Switch · PS5 · Steam Players: Single-player Audio: Japanese with English text Rating: ESRB Everyone 10+ 🕯️ Worth knowing going in: despite the Everyone 10+ rating and the picture-book presentation, this is a game about a child trying to save a dying sibling from an incurable illness — and each storybook you enter reportedly contains a traumatic story about the girl who became it. Nippon Ichi’s previous two…

Game: Gray Zone Warfare Developer: MADFINGER Games Publisher: MADFINGER Games (self-published) Update: 0.5 — the Alpha transition Arriving: Fall 2026 Platform: PC (Steam) — Early Access Sale: 30% off all editions until September 15 Milestone: 1.7 million copies sold Engine: Unreal Engine 5 ⚠️ Content note: Update 0.5 adds narcotics production and smuggling as a core gameplay loop. Gray Zone Warfare is a mature tactical shooter set in an armed-conflict zone, and this content is a deliberate part of that setting rather than an aside. 🪖 Gray Zone Warfare’s Update 0.5 lands this fall and takes the game from Pre-Alpha…