In Eclipse Breaker, you play as Ember, a guardian on a mission to reclaim her power in a fallen world that’s been evolving for 25 years. Every fight feels like a boss battle thanks to its modern twist on the Active Time Battle (ATB) system, inspired by Final Fantasy VII, Chrono Trigger, and Parasite Eve. Players must balance timing, strategy, and quick reactions to survive each encounter in a world that rewards adaptability over brute force.

Between battles, fragments of a mysterious narrative begin to surface—written by Mike Sennott (Wintermoor Tactics Club, Astronaut: The Best). The story shifts between runs, exploring themes of loss and memory as Ember reconnects with the spirits of fallen allies who can grant new powers and devastating abilities.

Described by Entertainment Geekly as “one of the more adventurous roguelikes out there,” Eclipse Breaker aims to bridge nostalgia and innovation, fusing the texture of late ‘90s JRPGs with the tight pacing and replayability of today’s roguelites.

Key Features

• Modernized ATB Combat – Queue, parry, and strike with perfect timing in a battle system built around precision and strategy.

• Evolving Builds – Develop Ember’s powers through meaningful upgrades and run-based progression.

• Boss Rush Roguelite – Every encounter plays like a mini-boss fight, keeping the tension high from start to finish.

• Retro Aesthetic, Modern Edge – A “remastered” PS1-era roguelike that never actually existed—until now.

Eclipse Breaker is available now on Steam, bringing retro-inspired roguelite action to players ready to rediscover a lost classic that never was.

In Botany Manor, players take on the role of Arabella Greene, a retired botanist whose grand estate houses a unique collection of rare and unusual plants. As Arabella, players will explore the manor’s detailed rooms and scenic grounds, searching for the knowledge and resources needed to cultivate each plant. Solving puzzles and deciphering clues hidden in her notes, books, and artifacts scattered throughout the estate, players will reveal the specific conditions each plant needs to thrive.

Key Features of Botany Manor

• Explore a Historically Inspired Setting: Wander through the beautiful, 19th-century English manor and its tranquil gardens, rendered with stunning detail.
• Puzzle-Solving for Growth: Interact with various objects by flipping, rotating, and examining them closely to gather the information needed to solve each plant puzzle.
• Uncover Arabella’s Story: Learn more about Arabella Greene’s life and the obstacles she faced as a female scientist in the 1800s.
• Immersive Soundtrack: Enjoy a soothing musical score that perfectly matches the game’s peaceful exploration and the joy of bringing each rare plant to full bloom.

Botany Manor will launch on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on December 17 for $24.99, adding to its current availability on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. Xbox Game Pass subscribers can access the game at no extra cost.

The game supports English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and both Simplified and Traditional Chinese across all platforms.

For updates, be sure to follow Botany Manor on TikTok, Twitter, and Instagram. Keep up with Balloon Studios on Twitter, and visit their official website. You can also stay connected with Whitethorn Games on BlueSky, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitch, or join their Discord community.

About Balloon Studios
Founded by Laure De Mey, previously part of the BAFTA-winning ustwo games, Balloon Studios is committed to creating welcoming experiences for underrepresented audiences. Laure’s passion for tranquil, historical game worlds inspired her to launch Botany Manor and share her love for relaxed, meaningful exploration.

About Whitethorn Games
Whitethorn Games is an indie publisher with a mission to create approachable, accessible games that anyone can enjoy. Focusing on easygoing experiences, they aim to widen the gaming community, creating games that respect players’ time, value inclusivity, and foster enjoyment without the pressure of high-stakes challenges.

For more information, visit whitethorngames.com.

Join Faye on Hemsk Island:
Navigate the mysterious Hemsk Island as Faye, a fiery university freshman. Form friendships and relationships with eccentric peers, investigate supernatural incidents, and balance classes, training, and demon-hunting to seal the breach between worlds.

Tactical Combat:
Face demonic enemies and eerie bosses in a chess-like dimension where 2D and 3D visuals merge. With 15 students to choose from, create a demon-busting team, form strong bonds, and perform flashy combos to send the creeps back to Hell!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to dive into the world of Demonschool and experience a unique blend of school life and tactical RPG action!

In a never-ending pursuit to deliver meaningful entertainment, 11 bit studios is proud to announce its partnership with British BAFTA-winning studio State of Play and to add another jewel to its burgeoning publishing portfolio. South of the Circle is a visually impactful and compelling narrative experience featuring a cinematic story set in the midst of the 1960s Cold War and it will be coming soon to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series S|X, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4.

In South of the Circle, you follow the story of Peter. Tangled in life-defining choices and torn between pursuing either career or true love, he finds himself in the middle of behind-the-scenes strife between military powers. Set in a Cold War reality, the game is defined by its story, stretching between past and present, minimalist aesthetics, and exceptional writing and voice acting which delivers an experience resembling top-tier cinema. Among talents heard on-screen are Gwilym Lee (“Bohemian Rhapsody”), Olivia Vinall (“The Woman in White”), Richard Goulding (“The Crown”), Anton Lesser (“Game of Thrones”), Adrian Rawlins (“Chernobyl”), and Michael Fox (“Downton Abbey”).

“South of the Circle is one of those love-at-first-sight things,” says Marek Ziemak, External Development Director at 11 bit studios. “The game’s narrative and artistic sensitivity immediately captivated us. South of the Circle is heavily-focused on storytelling inspired by world-class cinema, which makes it a bit different from our previous titles. Once players experience its instantaneously engaging, emotion-packed narrative, we’re convinced they’ll understand why we wanted to have it in our publishing portfolio. And we’re thrilled to be able to start working with State of Play since it’s a studio that has been on our radar for a long time”.

About 11 bit studios
A collective of talented developers and skillful publishers reaching millions of hardcore gamers all driven by the creation of meaningful entertainment. We’re seeking experienced dev teams to form publishing partnerships with – teams with which we share an artistic sensibility, and the desire to create thought-provoking games while maintaining a smart business approach to the process.

About State of Play
Makers of lovingly crafted games and animations. Established in 2008, State of Play’s work has won a number of international awards including a BAFTA for Artistic Achievement for the handmade puzzle adventure game Lumino City and an Apple Design Award for iOS game INKS. Studio also made the puzzle game KAMI and its BAFTA-nominated sequel KAMI 2.

Set on a drifting spaceship, the player faces a mysterious and deadly threat known as the “Gnosia”. Each night on the spaceship someone is put into a cold sleep in an effort to eliminate the Gnosia. Players must use their best judgement while choosing between 30 different commands to figure out which crew member – or crew members – could be Gnosia in disguise.

Gameplay consists of mostly visual novel-like commands, featuring a unique art style. Each round – or “Loop” – brings new characters, dialogues, and scenes, allowing the player to build 6 traits (sense, charisma, logic, charm, stealth, and performance). As the player meets new characters, new skills are learned and carried over to subsequent game loops. The real Gnosia changes in every playthrough, and as an exciting twist, sometimes the player will find themselves cast as the Gnosia.

Chicken Police features a stunningly peculiar visual style with artistic photo-manipulation and lifelike 3D backgrounds. The game convinces with a dark story and satire which recalls the mood and atmosphere inspired by classic film-noir movies of the 40’s. And like all the best noir detective stories, this one feels so gritty and desperate, that it can only be served with a side of cynical humor. Experience a carefully crafted world, a grim, sinister story, and absurd humor. All mixed up with elements of story-rich adventures and a visual novel style dialogue system, complete with a complex interrogation mechanic, detective gameplay and an ever-changing city.

Chicken Police is a story- and dialogue-heavy game combining elements of the visual novel and classic adventure genres. There will be more than 30 characters to talk to, with some requiring you to apply fierce interrogation tactics. Collect tons of clues, evidence and sensitive personal information from the shady characters of Clawville to be used ruthlessly against them!

Features:A thrilling, rich storylineA cinematic film-noir like experienceA complex interrogation systemLots of optional content and background loreLots of clues and collectiblesMore than 30 unique characters

About The Wild Gentlemen
“The Wild Gentlemen” is an independent game studio, working on its artistic game: Chicken Police, the “Orwellesque Buddycop Noir Adventure”. The team is based in Hungary and consists of six core members and four part-time contributors. Some team members have worked on projects like The Witcher 3, Call of Duty WWII, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos, the Crysis series, Haegemonia or Ryse: Son of Rome. While individually, most of them have been active members of the games industry for over a decade, Chicken Police is their first joint project.

Polish game studio Event Horizon is proud to share the latest trailer for their upcoming RPG Dark Envoy, giving curious players a closer look at the game’s sibling leads: Malakai and Kaela. The journey begins with tragedy and they have many tough decisions ahead of them — some that will change the course of Dark Envoy’s rich, fantasy world of Jäan. Dark Envoy is in development for PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X, PS4, and Xbox One.

Dark Envoy is a non-linear sci-fantasy RPG set in a world shaken by the dichotomy between magic and technology. Solo, or with a friend in two-player co-op, players will travel the world using a Skyship as their base of operations. Jäan shifts with the passage of in-game time, so the decisions of where to go will often be as impactful as what you do when you arrive, taking on quests or world events and tipping the balance throughout this blossoming conflict.

Once you touch down, Dark Envoy features real-time combat with the ability to slow time or pause as you make important tactical choices where every moment can make the difference between triumph or failure. With a rich collection of companions — from assassins to engineers — and robust RPG systems, players will mold the crew and its two lead characters into something that fits their preferred playstyle.

As well as including all of the original content and levels, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX catapults Alex Kidd into a new generation with striking art, improved boss fight systems and different modes! Extra levels will also be included, expanding the lore of the original title to bring a fresh dimension to Alex Kidd in Miracle World.

From Retro Mode which brings back the nostalgia from the Master System classic, allowing players to switch back to a recreated version of the original graphical style, to the new Boss Rush Mode which provides non-stop Rock Paper Scissors action, the DX version of Alex Kidd in Miracle World will include a wealth of extra content to expand on the original Master System version.

Comprising of an array of other updates such as improvements to combat, movement mechanics and new menu systems, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX adds a new level of fluidity to the original classic!

Can you return The Kingdom of Radaxian to its former glory and destroy the evil Janken the Great, who has turned every citizen of the kingdom to stone? Get ready to charge your Power Bracelet and save the kingdom on consoles and PC!

• A Legend Reborn – Dive into a stunning recreation of Alex Kidd in Miracle World with striking new art and tighter, more fluid controls.
• New Modes – New modes such including ‘Classic Mode’ and ‘Boss Rush Mode’ will be available for players alongside the standard game.
• New Levels – Experience new levels which expand the lore of the original.
• Alternative Boss Fights – New and improved boss fight mechanics with more intuitive combat.
• Classic Mode – Experience the original game with boss fights, dialogue, levels and functions remain true to the original Master System version.
• New and remastered music – A wide array of reimagined music tracks as well as remastered tracks from the original classic game!

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground lets you lead one of three highly customizable armies — the eternal Stormcasts, the ghoulish Nighthaunt and the rotting Maggotkin — to glory in rogue-like single-player campaigns or against real players in online PvP. With each new battle, you’ll collect new cards granting new units, skills, weapons and gear to strengthen your armies and let you define your own style of conquest.

Pre-order Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground today on PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One to receive a special discount and the “Spoils of War Weapon Pack,” featuring one exclusive weapon for each of the game’s three armies. Visit the official store for more information.