Author: CtrlQueen

Publisher: CRITICAL REFLEX Event: gamescom 2026, Cologne Headline Reveal: TANUKI: Pon’s Summer animated trailer Also Announced: Militsioner — 2027, Xbox, Game Pass day one Award News: Inkblood — Best Visuals nomination Playable Now: 3 Steam demos + 1 playtest sign-up 🎪 CRITICAL REFLEX had a busy gamescom. A new animated trailer for TANUKI: Pon’s Summer at the Future Games Show, a 2027 window and day-one Game Pass confirmation for Militsioner, a Best Visuals award nomination for Inkblood — and four things from the show floor you can actually play or sign up for right now. 🦝 The Headline: A Tanuki…

Game: Stream Train Developer: Half Past Yellow (Copenhagen) Publisher: Self-published Genre: Co-Op Horror Adventure Release Date: October 15, 2026 Platform: PC (Steam) Players: Solo or up to 6 online co-op Language: English only Price: TBA 🚂 Stream Train launches on Steam on October 15, and the playtest is taking sign-ups right now. Half Past Yellow’s co-op horror game puts up to six players on a steam train through cryptid country, livestreaming the whole thing in pursuit of virality. Hit “Request Access” on the Steam page to get in the test. ⚖️ Chat Is the Resource, and Chat Gets Bored The…

Game: Tattie Bogle Developer: PineFog Studios Publisher: Self-published Genre: Farming-Defense Roguelite Release Date: Later in 2026 Platform: PC (Steam) Players: Solo or 2–4 online co-op Language: English only Price: TBA 🎃 PineFog Studios have announced Tattie Bogle, a co-op farming-defense roguelite where you play the scarecrow. Cozy by day, overrun by folklore after dark — and it’s coming to Steam later this year, solo or with up to three friends. ⚖️ You’re the Guardian, Not the Gardener That’s the whole inversion, and it’s a good one. Farming games almost always cast you as the one doing the growing. Tattie Bogle…

Game: Jujutsu Kaisen RUMBLE: SURVIVATON Developer: poncle Publisher: Shueisha Games Genre: Survivors Royale Release Date: 2026 Platforms: Switch 2 · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Steam Players: 1–8 (online) · solo mode available Roster: 20+ characters Price: TBD Rating: TBD 🎴 Three things landed at Juju Fes 2026: new key art drawn by MAPPA, two new boss characters, and a playtest date. Shueisha Games announced Kenjaku and Naoya Zen’in as bosses, and confirmed the world’s first public playtest build will be at Tokyo Game Show 2026, running September 17–21. ⚖️ The Mechanic Nobody Is Talking About The announcement calls…

Game: Gate Zero Developer: Templar Media Publisher: Templar Media Genre: Story-Rich Action-Adventure Release Date: Spring 2027 Platforms: PC (Steam) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox Series X|S Players: Single-player Engine: Unreal Engine 5 Setting: First-century Judea & Galilee · 2072 ⚔️ Gate Zero has a release window and its first combat footage. Templar Media have put out a new gameplay trailer showing the EON World and the game’s combat for the first time, and confirmed a Spring 2027 launch on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. ⚖️ The EON World Is Where the Rules Break This is the part of…

Game: Vikings Dynasty Developer: Digital Daredevils (Wrocław) Publisher: Toplitz Productions Genre: Norse Survival & Settlement Builder Release Date: To be announced Platform: PC (Steam) Players: Single-player Setting: The Steineyjar archipelago 🪓 Vikings Dynasty premiered a new trailer at the Future Games Show Summer Showcase, and Toplitz say it kickstarts the next phase of development. The game is playable at gamescom for press and creators, with more news promised in the coming weeks — but there’s still no release date. ⚖️ You Start With Absolutely Nothing Toplitz open the announcement with a line that does a lot of work in six…