Event: tinyBuild Connect 2026 Host: tinyBuild Date: Monday, September 14 Time: 17:00 CEST · 11:00 AM ET · 8:00 AM PT Watch On: YouTube · Twitch · Bilibili Headline: Kingmakers — 10-minute gameplay deep dive Milestone: tinyBuild’s 15th anniversary 📺 tinyBuild Connect returns on September 14. The publisher’s annual showcase brings new game announcements, demos and updates — headlined by a 10-minute gameplay deep dive for Kingmakers, the game that’s been silent since its indefinite delay last October. It streams at 17:00 CEST / 11 AM ET / 8 AM PT. ⚖️ Kingmakers Is the Reason to Watch tinyBuild’s own…
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Game: Fakin’ It XL Developer: Jackbox Games Publisher: Jackbox Games Genre: Party / Social Deduction Release Date: November 12, 2026 Platforms: PC · PS4 · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S Switch: 1 & 2, later this year Price: $8.99 Players: Up to 8 🤥 Fakin’ It XL arrives November 12 for $8.99 on PC, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Nintendo Switch 1 and 2 versions follow later this year. It’s a standalone, expanded release of one of Jackbox’s most-played party games, with new question types, eight-player support and proper remote play. ⚖️ One Person Doesn’t Know What…
Game: HORSE CLUB Ride West Developer: Wild River Games Publisher: Wild River Games Licence: Schleich HORSE CLUB Genre: Open-World Riding Adventure Release Date: October 9, 2026 Platforms: Switch · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · PC Physical: Switch & PS5 only Horses: Six rideable 🐎 HORSE CLUB Ride West has its first gameplay trailer and launches October 9, 2026. Wild River Games’ open-world riding adventure arrives on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC — with an overhauled riding system, a new art style, and Western riding as the series’ focus for the first time. Switch pre-orders are…
Game: Sunset Summit Developers: Joe & Andrew Fender Publisher: Future Friends Games Genre: Co-Op Climbing Out: Now Platform: PC (Steam) Price: $4.99 · 38% launch discount Players: 1–8 · offline solo supported Length: ~16 hours ⛰️ Sunset Summit is out now on Steam for $4.99, with a 38% launch discount bringing it to around three dollars. It’s a co-op climbing game for one to eight players from Joe and Andrew Fender — the brothers behind DEVOUR — with 16 handcrafted routes across four floating islands and roughly 16 hours of climbing. ⚖️ Fun Over Frustration — and They Mean It…
Game: Bad House Developer: Andrew Morrish (solo) Publisher: The Arcade Crew Genre: Dungeon-Crawling Auto Battler Release Date: 2027 Platform: PC (Steam) Players: Single-player Price: Not announced Based: British Columbia, Canada 🏚️ Bad House has been announced for PC next year. Solo developer Andrew Morrish — of Kingsway — and publisher The Arcade Crew have revealed a dungeon-crawling auto battler about a free house with one condition attached: stay out of the basement. ⚖️ You Set the Room, Then You Watch It Happen “Auto battler” undersells what’s actually going on here, and the distinction is the whole reason this is interesting.…
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…
