Game: Dying Light: The Beast Developer: Techland Milestone: First anniversary Report: UNFOLDED — Chapter 1: One Year in Castor Woods Physical Edition: PS5 Definitive Edition Pre-orders: September 18 – October 16 🧟 Dying Light: The Beast is one year old, and Techland has marked it with UNFOLDED — a look back at how players spent their first year in Castor Woods. Alongside it, a physical PS5 Definitive Edition is open for pre-order until October 16. ⚖️ More Than a Third of All Playtime Was Co-op The headline figure is 8.6 billion enemies eliminated, and it’s a good one. But the…
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Event: Steam Autumn Sale Starts: Thursday, October 1 — 10 a.m. Pacific Ends: Thursday, October 8 Where: Steam — every category 🍂 The Steam Autumn Sale runs from Thursday, October 1 to Thursday, October 8. Valve says you’ll find discounts in every category on the store — and with Halloween around the corner, the timing couldn’t be better for horror fans. 10 AMPacific (PDT) 1 PMEastern (EDT) 6 PMUK (BST) 7 PMCentral Europe (CEST) ⚖️ Eight Days, and a Spooky-Season Head Start Valve’s announcement is short and sweet: sales on a ton of games in every category, starting Thursday at…
Game: Nocturnal 2 Developer: Sunnyside Games (Switzerland) Genre: Metroidvania Launch: November 10, 2026 Platform: PC (Steam) Price: $9.99 · €9.99 · £7.99 · 10% launch discount Voice: Full English voice acting 🔥 Nocturnal 2 launches on Steam on November 10. Sunnyside Games’ sequel is a hand-drawn Metroidvania set in the darkened city of Ytash, where your burning sword is both your weapon and your way forward — for under ten dollars. ⚖️ One Flame, Two Jobs Metroidvanias usually keep their fighting and their exploring in separate boxes: a combat moveset over here, a collection of traversal upgrades over there. Nocturnal…
Game: Agent of Strange: Arrival Developer: Studio Sever Publisher: HypeTrain Digital Genre: Narrative Sandbox Thriller / RPG Release: October 8, 2026 — during LudoNarraCon Price: Free Length: ~1.5–2 hours per playthrough Full Game: No date yet — news expected in 2027 🕵️ Agent of Strange: Arrival is free on Steam from October 8. It’s a standalone prologue — a complete first chapter with its own beginning and ending — for the next game from the studio behind The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante. ⚖️ “You Won’t Miss Point-Blank at 95%” Studio Sever have published an unusually detailed FAQ about…
Game: Ratacombs Lead Developer: Noemi Genre: Social Deduction · Light Horror Players: 3–8 online (P2P) Engine: Unity Status: In production, nearing Alpha Target Release: Late 2027 – 2028 First Seen: GDC 2026 🐀 We first met Ratacombs at GDC earlier this year — a social deduction game about cultist rats, pitched to us by its lead developer, Noemi. She’s since sent us a packet of new material, and the game has changed enormously. Here’s what’s new. ⚖️ Everyone Is Preparing a Sacrifice — and the Sacrifice Doesn’t Know At GDC, Ratacombs was a strong premise: a lobby of cultist rats,…
Game: Wild West Pioneers Developer: EmpireCraft Studios Publisher: Toplitz Productions Genre: City Builder with Survival Elements Status: Early Access — out now Platforms: PC · Steam · GOG · Epic Games Store Setting: The American West, Gold Rush Era 🤠 Wild West Pioneers is out now in Early Access on Steam, GOG and the Epic Games Store — a classic city builder set during the gold rush, with a published content roadmap and a personal mystery running underneath the town-building. ⚖️ The Gold Rush Is the City-Builder Loop The Wild West is a surprisingly rare setting for a city builder…
