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Game: 1666: Amsterdam Studio: Panache Digital Games (Montréal) Creative Director: Patrice Désilets (Assassin’s Creed, Ancestors) Genre: Third-Person Story-Led Action-Adventure Full Game Release: Early Access PC — 2026 (Consoles TBA) Free Prologue: Available now — Steam & Epic Games Store (~30 minutes) Revealed At: Summer Game Fest 🎮 Play the Prologue Now — Free A standalone ~30-minute narrative teaser is live right now on Steam and Epic Games Store. No purchase required. Panache Digital Games has unveiled 1666: Amsterdam during Summer Game Fest — a dark, third-person story-driven action-adventure game from creative director Patrice Désilets, the mind behind the original Assassin’s…

Game: Last Harbor Developer / Publisher: tinyBuild Genre: Open-World Zombie Survival / Multiplayer / Tactical FPS Platform: PC (Steam) Release: 2027 Revealed At: Summer Game Fest Setting: Post-Apocalyptic Pacific Northwest tinyBuild has revealed Last Harbor during today’s Summer Game Fest showcase — a persistent open-world multiplayer zombie survival game set in a post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest where the undead have overrun the land and your boat on the open sea is the last safe place left. The game is targeting a 2027 PC release and is available to wishlist on Steam now. The hook is immediately compelling for zombie survival fans:…

Event: Steam Bullet Fest Dates: June 8 – June 15, 2026 Start Time: 10 a.m. Pacific on June 8 Platform: Steam Genres on Sale: Bullet Hell · Shoot ‘Em Up · FPS · Roguelite Shooters and more Steam’s next themed sale event is Steam Bullet Fest, running from June 8 through June 15 at 10 a.m. Pacific. The event covers every kind of bullet-centric game going — bullet hell, shoot ’em ups, twin-stick shooters, run and guns, FPS titles, and anything else that can be broadly described as involving a lot of projectiles flying in a lot of directions. If…

Game: Utopia Must Fall Developer: Pixeljam Update: The Escalation Update Update Date: June 4, 2026 Genres: Arcade / Roguelike / Base Defense Platform: PC (Steam) Pixeljam’s base-defending arcade roguelike Utopia Must Fall just received its biggest update to date. The Escalation Update, live now on Steam, overhauled the game’s meta-progression, added new weapon trees, enemies, bosses and music, and retuned the difficulty curve to better serve both newcomers and long-time players. It’s a substantial expansion to an already sharp and distinct shooter that doesn’t get nearly enough attention. For those unfamiliar: Utopia Must Fall is a fixed-position shooter from the…

Game: Puppergeist Developer / Publisher: Serenity Forge (Boulder, CO) Genre: Rhythmic Visual Novel Release Date: July 16, 2026 Platforms: Nintendo Switch · Xbox · Steam · Epic Games Store Revealed At: Women-Led Games Showcase Serenity Forge has announced that Puppergeist, a rhythmic visual novel about a young witch’s journey into the Doggie Underworld to find her lost pup, will launch on July 16, 2026 across Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. The announcement came today during the Women-Led Games Showcase and was accompanied by a new trailer — the game’s first public look — which also revealed…

Game: Tossdown Developer: Fer Factor (Nigeria) Publisher: Acclaim, Inc. Genre: Chaotic Roguelike / Action Platform: PC (Steam) · Consoles (TBA) Release: Early 2027 Shown At: Black Voices in Gaming Summer Game Fest Showcase Acclaim and Nigerian solo developer Fer Factor have debuted a new trailer for Tossdown during the Black Voices in Gaming Summer Game Fest Showcase — the seventh annual event dedicated to spotlighting games and creators from Black developers around the world. The trailer offers the clearest look yet at the game’s delivery-courier chaos: a rogue-like action game where you dash, crash, and smash through biomes packed with…