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Wolcen Studio’s upcoming game, Project Pantheon, is a free-to-play Extraction ARPG blending hack-and-slash combat with high-stakes extraction gameplay.

It features a dark fantasy world inspired by diverse mythologies, starting with a Nordic-themed Realm of Fate.

Players will engage in dynamic PvPvE battles, exploring varied maps to restore order in a shattered reality.

Wolcen Studio will be at Gamescom 2025, taking place in Cologne, Germany, from August 20 to 24.

Burgee Media has unveiled the 2025 development roadmap for Erenshor, a single-player MMORPG simulator.

The roadmap, shaped by community feedback, includes plans for larger party sizes, smoother combat, and zone reworks.

A new class and the game's first raid are slated for winter 2026.

These updates aim to enhance the nostalgic, solo MMORPG experience, allowing players to enjoy the game at their own pace without the pressures of traditional online MMORPGs.

Classic arcade game Slime Volley relaunches with vibrant multiplayer action.

It features bouncy slime characters in fast-paced volleyball matches.

Players can enjoy 2-player keyboard or controller-supported gameplay.

Seven music tracks enhance the energetic arcade experience.

Scopely’s mobile game, MONOPOLY GO!, launches a crossover event with Marvel’s Fantastic Four starting July 13.

Players join the superhero team in a retro-futuristic adventure featuring themed mini-games like Fantastic Racers and Fantastic Treasures.

Collect Fantastic Four-themed tokens, emojis, and shields while exploring Marvel artifacts in Reed Richards’ lab.

The event promotes the upcoming film, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, debuting July 25.

In the narrative-driven adventure OPUS: Prism Peak, players control a weary photographer lost in an ethereal realm.

Using a camera, they uncover mysteries to find a way home, guided by a mysterious girl.

The game features magical realism, photography-based gameplay, and choices leading to multiple endings.

It launches on PC and Mac via Steam in Fall 2025, offering a poignant journey of memory and self-discovery.

Alkimia Interactive is reimagining Gothic 1 Remake with modern graphics while preserving its iconic atmosphere.

The remake features a detailed art style, capturing the original’s gritty Valley of Mines.

Developers aim to balance nostalgia with contemporary visuals, enhancing the cult classic RPG.

With over 1,000,000 Steam wishlist entries, anticipation is high for its 2025 release.

Relive the final day of Pompeii in Danger in Pompeii, an adventure puzzle game launching on July 25th.

Players explore the historically accurate city, solving puzzles and helping citizens escape Mount Vesuvius' eruption.

Guided by a Pompeii expert, the game features a comic book art style and educational content from Institut le Rosey students.

Available on Steam for PC, it offers side quests and interactive storytelling.

Pearl Abyss hosts the Heidel Ball 2025 for Black Desert Mobile, celebrating its community with new content announcements.

The event unveils exciting updates, including new classes, regions, and enhanced gameplay features.

Players can expect immersive adventures, improved graphics, and expanded life skills like fishing and trading.

The Heidel Ball fosters community engagement with exclusive rewards and interactive activities for attendees.

The latest Tekken 8 patch has drawn criticism from players for failing to address core gameplay issues.

Despite introducing balance changes, new DLC character Fahkumram, and collaborations like Atelier Yumia and Pac-Man, fans argue the patch prioritizes cosmetic additions over fixing Season 2's aggressive gameplay and balance problems.

Players highlight the nerfs to characters like Anna and Rage Arts, but many feel the changes are superficial, with ongoing complaints about oppressive mechanics and lack of skill expression.

Explore a dystopian world in Rhythm of Resistance, a rhythm-based Metroidvania game.

Players control a rebel navigating vibrant, music-driven environments to overthrow a tyrannical regime.

Combat and platforming sync with dynamic beats, enhancing gameplay immersion.

Developed by NetherMoon Game Studio, it blends retro pixel art with modern mechanics for a unique experience.

Microsoft's Xbox Game Pass faces growing criticism for its impact on the gaming industry.

Industry leaders, including Arkane Studios founder Raphael Colantonio, argue the subscription model is unsustainable, devalues games, and cannibalizes sales, especially for AAA titles.

Critics highlight financial uncertainty for studios, with some major games avoiding day-one Game Pass releases to preserve sales.

Recent Microsoft layoffs, affecting 9,000 employees, have intensified scrutiny, with some blaming Game Pass's focus.

Players can dive into Cave Crave, a VR spelunking game offering realistic cave exploration.

It features challenging climbing, crawling through tight spaces, and tool-based navigation like hammers and chalk for marking paths.

The game includes Story, Tourist, and optional Horror modes for varied experiences.

Available on Meta Quest and soon on PS VR2, it delivers immersive environments without cheap scares.

Online co-op action adventure Monster Hunter Wilds continues to face significant performance issues on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, including frame rate drops, crashes, and high CPU usage.

The recent Title Update 2 and a July 1 hotfix aimed to address these problems but failed to fully resolve them, leading to "Overwhelmingly Negative" Steam reviews.

Despite record sales, the game struggles with stability, prompting Capcom to commit to further updates, though player frustration persists.

Released on November 26, Gladio Mori is a physics-driven gladiator combat game on Steam Early Access.

Gladio Mori checks yet another big feature from the roadmap, with last few updates focusing on dismemberment and blunt damage, the game becomes more and more realistic to play.

Create custom movesets or use community-crafted ones for unique fighting styles.

With realistic weapons and armor, it emphasizes strategy and precision.

From July 10-13, Polterguys: Possession Party is free to play on Xbox during Free Play Days.

Players control mischievous ghosts possessing objects to sabotage opponents in chaotic multiplayer battles.

With 10 unique levels, 20 costumes, and daily challenges, the game offers spooky fun.

Available on PC and consoles, it supports up to eight players in thrilling chases.

Embark on a cozy journey as Boris, a curious baby boar, in Adorable Adventures, exploring vibrant forests with a unique scent-tracking mechanic.

Developed by Wild Sheep Studio, this third-person exploration game offers ambient soundscapes and a heartfelt story told by a Forest Guard.

With handcrafted visuals and relaxing gameplay, it’s designed for all ages by a passionate indie team in Montpellier, France.

Players can now enhance their experience in RATSHAKER with two new PS5 DLCs.

The Supporter Pack offers seven new rat skins for customization.

The Ultimate Gamer Pack, exclusive to PlayStation 5, includes four unique rat skins.

This quirky indie horror game delivers a bizarre, satisfying solution to virtual rat problems.

In the mystery adventure game Flower in Us, players awaken in a dark basement with no memory, tasked with escaping by cooperating with a bound woman.

Releasing on July 25th, this story-driven puzzle game by Chalkseagull involves cracking codes and uncovering secrets.

Surreal elements, like hallucinatory flowers, transform the eerie setting as players question the woman's motives and the shifting reality.

Netmarble announced Solo Leveling: KARMA, a roguelite action RPG for PC, iOS, and Android.

The game explores a 27-year gap in the Solo Leveling universe, featuring Sung Jinwoo in an original story.

It offers procedurally generated dungeons and dynamic combat with an isometric perspective.

No release date was confirmed, but it promises to expand the franchise’s narrative.

The psychological horror game Total Chaos, developed by Trigger Happy Interactive, has been delayed to Q4 2025 for further polishing.

The game, set in the decaying Fort Oasis, blends survival horror with resource management and combat.

Players control a Coast Guardsman navigating a nightmarish island, guided by a cryptic radio voice.

A demo is available on Steam, with VR support planned.

Explore a surreal dreamscape in NIDANA, a first-person walking simulator launching on July 28th on Steam.

Developed by lvl374, this text-free adventure immerses players in a geometric, abstract world to uncover hidden mysteries.

The game, published by PLAYISM, offers a unique, atmospheric journey through a dreamlike realm on Steam for PC.

Out now on PlayStation, Cooking Simulator expands with Shelter, Cakes and Cookies DLCs.

The Shelter DLC immerses players in a post-apocalyptic world, cooking with mutant meat and glowing mushrooms to feed Sector 12 and find family.

Cakes and Cookies introduces a bakery setting, allowing players to bake and decorate pastries like brownies and cheesecakes, following social media trends to satisfy customers.

Explore the Frontier Sector in Orion's End, a pixel art space life sim.

Players pilot a freighter, engaging in roles like trader or pirate across 20 hand-crafted planets.

A new demo is available on Steam, coinciding with a Kickstarter campaign to fund development.

Backers can join a closed group to playtest until the early access release in January 2026.

The game offers freedom to forge relationships and uncover planetary stories.

BetaDwarf’s action RPG Vaultbreakers, a top-down adventure with intense combat, received a major investment from Square Enix to speed up development.

The game features dynamic world exploration, relic hunting, and PvE/PvPvE modes for solo or co-op play.

A new gameplay trailer and public playtest ran from July 3–9, 2025, showcasing features like Solo Queue and base upgrades.

The investment supports BetaDwarf’s community-driven approach, following 15+ tests with over 50,000 players.

The WW2 shooter Enlisted introduces British Commandos and German Werwolf units in its "Burning Sky" update.

The Commandos, elite Allied soldiers, excel in stealth and sabotage, while Werwolf units specialize in guerrilla tactics.

A new forest mission near Berlin challenges players to secure a train with V-2 rocket parts.

Enhanced destruction mechanics allow dynamic environmental interactions.

New weapons, vehicles, and improved AI deepen the immersive squad-based gameplay.

Retro-inspired beat 'em up Fallen City Brawl launches on August 12th for Steam and GOG.

Players control four characters and a wolf, battling through seven action-packed stages.

The game features pixel art, deep combat mechanics, and local co-op gameplay.

Animated cutscenes and a soundtrack by Daniel Lindholm enhance the urban mayhem experience.

Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge, a unique blend of simulator, strategy, and auto-battler, launches on Steam July 14th.

Players manage a forge, crafting weapons with magical runes to equip adventurers.

Send them on missions to gather loot, upgrade your forge, and battle chaos to save the land.

Daily challenges test your smithing skills, enhancing your team's victory chances.

Valiant Tactics, available for wishlisting on Steam, is a tactical turn-based strategy game set for release on August 4th.

Players command heroes in grid-based battles to liberate a fantasy kingdom from a usurper.

The game features deep strategic gameplay, meaningful choices, and a rich high-fantasy narrative.

Developed by Felid Entertainment, it promises engaging combat and kingdom restoration.

Sunset High, a narrative-driven RPG available on Steam, blends Disco Elysium’s dialogue depth with Donnie Darko’s surreal vibes.

Players guide a teenage amnesiac detective through a mysterious town, unraveling a murder case.

The game features choice-driven gameplay, quirky characters, and a unique 90s-inspired aesthetic.

Developed by Turnip Games, it offers a compact yet immersive experience with a haunting soundtrack.

The dark fantasy tactical RPG Knock on the Coffin Lid introduces a new Custom Mode, allowing players to craft personalized runs with tailored challenges.

This mode enhances the game's replayability, complementing its deep narrative and deckbuilding mechanics.

Players can now customize their experience in the grim world of Midian, where choices shape the fate of nations.

The update is available now on Steam, inviting players to explore new strategic possibilities.

Side-scrolling MMORPG La Tale receives brand-new Emeraldia update.

The update introduces two new regions, Dorothy Town and Oscar Road, packed with fresh NPCs, monsters, and illustrations.

Players with Ascension Level 8800+ can now embark on 13 new main scenario quests, extending the world’s lore beyond the Empire’s capital.

Drop tables have been rebalanced, Platinum Hammers and Awakening materials now exclusively come from the new dungeon, streamlining late-game growth and incentivizing group play.

Charming MMORPG La Tale is now available on Steam for PC.

2D open-world survival game Ruins To Fortress receives a massive new update.

The update consists of multiple major expansions, with New Horizons, the game world has been reimagined.

For the first time, players will explore procedurally generated maps, featuring a completely revamped biome system.

On the gameplay side, the update introduces dangerous underground bunkers for daring players to explore.

In addition, new destructible NPC bases offer fresh PvE opportunities and valuable loot.

This free-to-play early access game including the latest update is available on Steam for PC.

The anticipated Update 2.3 for Cyberpunk 2077 has been indefinitely delayed, as announced by CD Projekt Red.

The studio cited the need to ensure quality and address technical challenges as the primary reasons for the postponement.

No new release date has been provided, leaving fans awaiting further details.

This delay follows ongoing efforts to refine the game, which has seen significant updates since its 2020 launch.

The European game publisher group recently addressed the Stop Killing Games campaign, which advocates for game preservation by preventing publishers from rendering purchased games unplayable.

The group argued that the campaign’s proposals could restrict developers’ creative and operational freedom.

They emphasized the need for balanced solutions that respect both player rights and developer autonomy.

This response highlights ongoing tensions in the gaming industry regarding game accessibility and preservation, as the campaign pushes for stronger consumer protections while publishers defend their control over game lifecycles.

The Circuit Zolder comes to Project Motor Racing.

Circuit Zolder has been officially confirmed as a track in Project Motor Racing, a racing simulator set for release on PC and Consoles in November.

Known for its technical layout and rich history, including hosting the Belgian Grand Prix, Zolder’s inclusion adds a challenging, iconic circuit to the game’s roster.

Featuring in the career mode, it offers tight corners and intense racing, contrasting with Spa-Francorchamps.

The racing-sim Project Motor Racing is set to release on November 25 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.

Mark Cerny, lead architect for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro, and AMD’s SVP for Computing and Graphics recently discussed integrating AI into the PlayStation 6.

The conversation highlighted AI’s potential to enhance future console performance and gaming experiences.

While specific details remain scarce, the focus on AI suggests Sony is exploring advanced technologies for its next-generation console, aiming to push boundaries in processing power and interactivity.

This aligns with industry trends toward AI-driven gaming innovations.

Urban fantasy ARPG Zenless Zone Zero's Version 2.1 - The Impending Crash of Waves will arrive in July.

This summer-themed update introduces Season 2 Chapter 2, spotlighting the Spook Shack faction and introducing two new regions, Sailume Bay and Fantasy Resort.

With abundant events awaiting, Proxies can delve deeper into the coastal mysteries beneath the waves and embrace an extraordinary summer filled with friendship and adventure.

The summer-themed update for Zenless Zone Zero will arrive on July 16 on all platforms.

Recent Microsoft layoffs have significantly impacted Turn 10 Studios, developers of Forza Motorsport.

Former employees report that the sim racing series is being scaled back, raising concerns about its future development and support.

The layoffs are part of broader cuts at Microsoft, affecting multiple gaming projects.

This news has sparked discussions among fans about the potential impact on the quality and frequency of updates for Forza Motorsport, with fears that the franchise may face reduced resources or prioritization moving forward.

Web-based idle game Desktop Heroes is coming to Steam for PC later this year.

Desktop Heroes is a fantasy idle action game designed in a pixel art style that users can play in the background while quietly working on their desktop.

The game runs as a small window at the bottom of your screen and continues to progress without interrupting the player's daily activities such as work, meetings or classes.

The game is scheduled for release on Steam in the fourth quarter of 2025.

Hideo Kojima’s mysterious game OD has reportedly avoided cancellation at Microsoft, despite recent cuts impacting other projects.

The ongoing uncertainty surrounding Microsoft’s gaming division, with layoffs and studio closures raising concerns.

The highly anticipated project named OD from the creator of Metal Gear and Death Stranding, remains in development, offering relief to fans.

Details about the game’s content or release remain scarce, but its survival amid Microsoft’s reported scaling back of projects like Forza Motorsport underscores its significance.