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Game: John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando Developer: Saber Interactive Publisher: Focus Entertainment Update: Retrieval — second major update Cost: Free for all players Out: Now Platforms: PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · Steam · Epic Base Game: Released March 12, 2026 Sale: 30% off base · 35% off Blood Edition ⚠️ Content note: Toxic Commando is age-gated on Steam and built around heavy gore. This is a grindhouse zombie shooter in the most literal sense — worth knowing if you’re buying it during the sale for someone else. 🧟 The Retrieval update is live now and it’s free for everyone. Saber…

Game: Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest Developer: Bamtang Games (Lima, Peru) Publisher: TRAILMARK Games IP Holder: Coolabi Group Genre: Turn-Based RPG / Action-Adventure Release Date: October 23, 2026 Platforms: Switch 2 · Switch · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S · PC Price: $29.99 Standard · $39.99 Feral Edition Rating: ESRB E10+ (Fantasy Violence) 🐾 Warrior Cats: Clans of the Forest launches October 23 across five platforms. Console pre-orders are live now at $29.99 for the Standard Edition and $39.99 for the Feral Edition — PC pre-orders follow at a later date. Erin Hunter wrote four new storylines exclusively for…

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…