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Watch the First Gameplay Showcase for Hot Wheels Unleashed

Mattel, along with Italian developer Milestone, released a 30-minute gameplay stream showcasing pre-alpha gameplay of upcoming racing game Hot Wheels Unleashed. Hot Wheels Unleashed is launching on PlayStation 4, PlayStation...Read More

Defend a Skyscraper from Night Zombies in Highrisers, Coming in May

Highrisers was one of our 12 best demos from the Steam Game Festival, and now we have a release date. Assemble Entertainment and developer Solar Powered Games have announced that...Read More

Explore a Mysteriously Abandoned Fantasy City in Tasomachi

Publisher Playism and developer Nocras have announced a release date for Tasomachi: Behind the Twilight. The 3D platformer will launch on April 14 on Steam and GOG. In Tasomachi, explorer...Read More

Pac-Man 99 is Tetris 99… but with Pac-Man

Bandai Namco has announced that free-to-play Pac-Man 99 is going live this evening, 6 pm Pacific/9 pm Eastern, on Nintendo Switch. Pac-Man 99 is a multiplayer version of Pac-Man in...Read More

E3 2021 Going Virtual-only this Year

The Entertainment Software Association has confirmed that E3 2021 will be a virtual-only event, due the on ongoing global pandemic. This is the second year the event has been relegated...Read More

Tactical Deck-Builder Trials of Fire Launching from Early Access this Week

Indie developer Whatboy Games have announced their debut game, Trials of Fire, will leave Steam Early Access and fully launch on April 9, for $15.99. The first week will feature...Read More

Outriders Developer Apologies for Rocky Launch

Stop me if you’ve seen this before: big online-only game suffers a bad case of Too Many People Trying to Play At Once, leading to a messy launch of angry...Read More

Civ-like Strategy Game Humankind Delayed to August

Amplitude Studios announced that they’re delaying the release of highly anticipated strategy game Humankind by several months. It was previously scheduled to release in April. Based on feedback from closed...Read More

Blast Through the Planet Enoch in RPG-Shooter Outriders, Out Now

Square Enix and developer People Can Fly (Gears of War: Judgement) have released Outriders, a co-op RPG-Shooter, for PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series...Read More

Knockout City Cross-Play Beta Throwing Down this Weekend, April 2-4

Electronic Arts and developer Velan Studios (through EA Originals) have announced an open beta taking place this weekend for Knockout City on PC (Origin, Steam, Epic Games Store), PlayStation 4,...Read More

Dorfromantik: Charming Tile-Building Sim Is One of the Best Games of the Year

I’m not sure what the German-sounding word “Dorfromantik” means, but I can tell you it’s the best $10 you’ll spend this year. Developed by four German students, Dorfromantik is a...Read More

Pokémon GO Adds Friend Referral Program Nearly Five Years Later

Be honest, who hasn’t played Pokémon GO at this point, and would still be willing to? Nearly five years after its explosive release on mobile, Pokémon GO has an official...Read More

Free-to-Play Genshin Impact Coming to PlayStation 5

MiHoYo has confirmed that popular free-to-play action-RPG Genshin Impact is coming to PlayStation 5. Unfortunately we don’t have a release date beyond “soon.” “The PlayStation 5 is an ideal platform...Read More

Twirl Your Mustaches: Evil Genius 2 Out Now on PC

European developer and publisher Rebellion has released Evil Genius 2: World Domination on Steam PC ($39.99). A 10% launch discount is available through April 6. Watch the new launch trailer...Read More