Join Jae on an Epic Journey
Embark on an adventure with Jae, a determined character on a quest to mend the past. Accompanied by loyal friends, Jae’s journey is filled with laughter, tears, and the enigmatic Elemelons. Set in the beautifully animated world of Yimmelia, a mythical land on the moon that can grant any wish, “Cricket” draws inspiration from JRPG classics while introducing fresh gameplay that will keep players captivated for hours.

Key Features:

• Hand-Animated Artistry:** Enjoy a visually stunning adventure with hand-drawn animations that bring the story to life.
• Unique Combat System:** Engage in battles that require timing, strategy, and teamwork, featuring a dynamic meter system for executing powerful combos.
• Interactive World:** Explore diverse environments, from serene forests and bustling cities to rock concerts, with interactive elements that shape the narrative and combat.
• Influential Choices:** Your interactions with characters and the environment will have meaningful impacts on the game’s events and outcomes.

Get Ready for Laughs, Tears, and Elemelons
“Cricket: Jae’s Really Peculiar Game” is more than just a game; it’s an emotional rollercoaster that combines humor, storytelling, and innovative JRPG mechanics. Prepare to embark on a peculiar adventure that will leave a lasting impression.

Stay tuned for more updates as the release date gets closer!

A Unique Twist on Prehistoric Survival
“The Ancients” reimagines the core mechanics of real-time survival games like “Dawn of Man,” transforming them into a compelling turn-based experience. Players will explore deep skill trees, encounter diverse wildlife, and navigate authentic Ice Age biomes. The game’s challenging migration routes will continuously test your strategic survival skills.

About The Ancients
In “The Ancients,” you lead a prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribe through the harsh realities of the last Ice Age. Your goal is to survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate across continents, advance technology, make crucial social and political decisions, and ultimately evolve your civilization. Here’s what you can expect:

• Survival: Navigate through various biomes, adapting to different climates, weather, and seasons. Forage for food and hunt historically accurate animals—or become their prey.
• Tribal Life: Manage one or more clans within your tribe. Monitor their happiness based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
• Technological Advancement: Explore an expansive tech tree of primitive technology and craft new tools and weapons tailored to your environment.
• Society: Make decisions that shape your tribe’s cultural, political, spiritual, and moral identity.
• Migration: Strategize your tribe’s movements across the globe, thriving in new biomes and climates.

Meet the Creators
Gorilla Softworks is a dedicated team passionate about creating innovative and high-quality games. Their expertise and enthusiasm are evident in every aspect of “The Ancients.”

Camlann Games, a new video game publisher from Boston, is committed to delivering meaningful, fun, and highly replayable games. With industry veterans at its helm, Camlann Games supports passionate developers and brings vibrant, unforgettable stories to life in the indie PC gaming scene.

Prepare to lead your tribe through the ultimate survival challenge when “The Ancients” hits Early Access on June 5th. Whether you’re a fan of survival strategy games or looking for a new adventure, “The Ancients” promises a rich, immersive experience you won’t want to miss.

Immerse yourself in mastering resources, tending to your people’s needs, and expanding into neighboring territories to pave the way for your realm’s prosperity. Whether you prefer solo exploration or thrilling cross-platform multiplayer sessions with friends, Rising Lords challenges your tactical skills in epic, turn-based battles. Customize your experience by creating custom maps, shaping battlefields, and adding a personal touch to shared adventures.

From its Early Access beginnings, Rising Lords has evolved significantly, featuring a complete overhaul of systems and visuals, introducing factions, new game modes, and a compelling story campaign. The result is a finely balanced experience seamlessly blending tactical gameplay with charming card and board game elements.

Prepare for a massive content update with the continuation of Tankred of Tannheim’s tale in the story campaign. Navigate four new chapters filled with compelling characters, unexpected plot twists, and challenging quests that test your wits and strategic abilities. The adventure awaits, and the story is yours to discover!

Rising Lords, now available in its full version, invites you to join the ranks of Lords and Ladies in this epic medieval strategy game. Immerse yourself in the vibrant community and shape the destiny of your realm.

Deck13 Interactive, a leading developer based in Frankfurt, passionately creates award-winning, large-scale productions for consoles and PC. Through Deck13 Spotlight, they extend their support to independent developers, aiding them in reaching wider audiences.

Argonwood, an independent game development studio in Cologne, disrupts stagnant game mechanics across various genres with fresh ideas. Led by brothers Chris and Manu Fernholz, the core team, deeply rooted in pen-and-paper and board games, confidently presents Rising Lords as their first large-scale strategy title, marking a significant milestone in their game design journey. Dive into the medieval world they’ve meticulously crafted and shape the destiny of Rising Lords!

Step into the world of Wantless, a fast-paced tactical RPG that combines intricate skill crafting and challenging turn-based combat. As Eiris, you’ll confront nightmarish creatures brought to life and navigate the precarious line between morality in a dying world. Dive into the troubled minds of your patients to confront their fears while safeguarding their memories, or face the consequences of your actions.

Each move you make as Eiris will bolster your adversaries in the room. The more you act, the more resources your enemies will possess. Strategically utilize the environment to level the playing field during each transposition. From strategically placed explosives to toxic pools, the terrain is a crucial factor in this unforgiving tactical combat.

To emerge victorious, Eiris has access to a comprehensive skill-forging system that enables you to modify each skill’s effects, range, and more. Whether you specialize in close-combat combos, long-range destruction, or battlefield manipulation, create your unique playstyle and refine it with each playthrough. Each transposition offers randomly generated objectives, biomes, and rewards, so be prepared for defeat, gear up for success, and keep your fears in check!

Twin Sails Interactive and Drop Rate Studio have chosen to release the game in early access, allowing for continuous refinement and improvement based on player feedback. The team acknowledges that this is just the beginning of a journey in collaboration with the Wantless community, not the final product. Regular updates will introduce new content such as bosses, enemies, biomes, patients, and gameplay mechanics, all influenced by the community’s input. Bugs will be promptly addressed to ensure the best possible experience upon full release, which will include a complete storyline, additional unique patients, and undisclosed features.

“This game began as a love letter to the outrageous sci-fi action movies of the 1980s, and we wanted a new title that truly honors its reality show roots while highlighting its fast-paced strategy and gameplay,” said Kacper Szymczak, CEO/Creative Director at Artificer. “So, welcome to Showgunners! We love our new name, we’re incredibly proud of everything we’ve put into the game, and we hope you’re as excited for its upcoming launch as we are.”

Starting today, the free Showgunners Steam demo sports an exciting new feature that lets the crowd directly impact the action: Twitch mode*! Twitch streamers can invite their viewers to join the carnage, acting as showrunners and voting in real time on events they’d like to see in game across an array of maps, each varying in scope, environment, and level interactivity. Will your fans help you out in a pinch and keep the hype train rolling? Or will they choose violence and send you to your doom?!

In a future society torn apart by extreme income inequality, climate change, and civil unrest, one show has taken the masses by storm, giving desperate competitors a shot at fame and glory. But first they’ll have to survive the arena. Each live-streamed broadcast delivers a hellish new obstacle course with a unique theme, traps and challenges. As a contestant with your own score to settle, you’ll have to battle other heavily armed combatants, explore for life-saving sponsorship packages, and outwit especially devious surprises from the show’s director if you hope to become the next champ.

KEY FEATURES

• A Classic Revenge Story: Experience over-the-top, American Gladiators-style action and attitude inspired by sci-fi epics like RoboCop, Escape from New York and The Running Man.
• Become a TV Legend: Defying death through skillful play will grow your fame and make you a star! Record confessionals, sign autographs for fans, and unlock sponsorship deals for bonus rewards to help you win the show.
• Challenging Strategy Gameplay: Dive into a full single-player campaign featuring deep tactical combat mechanics that will test your skills across a variety of hand-crafted levels.
• Create the Perfect Squad: Build your team from a range of classes with their own skill trees, and customize their loadouts with powerful weapons, implants and utilities. Level up your characters and discover new strategies to take on each episode’s uniquely devilish trials.
• Survive the Future of Entertainment: Face off against fierce rivals outfitted with heavy weapons and cyborg augments, but watch out for surprise traps and twists from the show’s director, who’s more than willing to throw out the rules to boost ratings for his corporate overlords!

Showgunners is available to wishlist now on Steam and GOG.com. For more on the game, visit www.showgunners.com, and follow along with the latest updates on Discord.

*Twitch mode is a separate game mode not connected to the main single-player campaign. Your story progression does not impact your options in Twitch mode.

About Good Shepherd Entertainment

Good Shepherd Entertainment is an award-winning independent game publisher based in the Netherlands. The company has built a robust global footprint, shepherding talented development teams to create impactful games that innovate, challenge, and – most importantly – entertain. We’ve done this by pairing creators with writers, musicians and IP powerhouses and through strategic partnerships with some of the industry’s most notable names, including Devolver Digital, Croteam and Perfect World. In addition to the acclaimed John Wick Hex and Monster Train, GSE’s selection of titles includes Hellboy Web of Wyrd, Showgunners, Phantom Doctrine, the Transport Fever series, and the Hard West series. For more information, visit www.GoodShepherd.games.

About Artificer

Artificer is a Warsaw-based studio founded by the team responsible for Hard West and Phantom Doctrine. Artificer is equipped to punch above its weight class: the studio consists of over 40 talented developers, including many award-winning veterans who have previously worked on numerous acclaimed titles, including Call of Juarez, Outriders, The Witcher, Dying Light, Shadow Warrior 3 and the Dead Island series.

Led by the “measure twice, cut once” philosophy, with immense devotion to hand-crafted work and strongly established turn-based experience, Artificer is ready to present you with their latest turn-based title: Showgunners.

Capes was already in development from Spitfire Interactive for PC games. Still, with Daedalic Entertainment now publishing the game, the team is thrilled to be able to bring their tactical, turn-based game of superheroes battling to reclaim their city from the forces of evil to Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox X/S as well.

Capes is a turn-based superhero strategy game where players assemble a team of unique heroes while fighting to take back their city, now controlled by evil despots. Twenty years ago, the supervillains won. Since then, they’ve created a dystopian city where developing superpowers is a crime and no one has dared oppose them. Until now!

Play across a series of dark and gritty campaigns and patrol assignments, push the story forward, or take time to explore with side missions that unlock more heroes. Complete challenges to earn skill points to increase your hero’s powers and abilities while you learn more about the hero’s lives and backstories.

• Be Mighty: Play as heroic protectors of the innocent, each with unique skills and powers. Master your hero and unleash devastating ultimate abilities!
• Assemble Your Team: Select the right team for the right mission. Combat isn’t based on random numbers, so choose wisely to win the day!
• Level Up: Complete challenging missions and side-quests to improve your heroes with new abilities and powerful upgrades!
• Defeat Evil: Face down vile villains and criminal corporate henchmen. Do you have what it takes to free your city from the clutches of villainy?

Remain vigilant and check out more details on Daedalic’s Twitter and Discord.

Named for the greatest show in Victorian steampunk London, Circus Electrique is part story-driven RPG, part tactics, part circus management, and completely enthralling – all with a steampunk twist. When everyday Londoners mysteriously turn into vicious killers, only the circus’ lineup of Strongmen, Fire Blowers, Clowns and other performers possess the unique talents necessary to save the city.

Through tactical turn-based battles, these unlikely heroes will face Bobbies, British Sailors gone bad, aggressive Posh Girls, and other Victorian-era archetypes standing in their way – not to mention the occasional menacing Mime or Robobear. The game’s innovative Devotion morale system affects characters’ performance not only in battles, but also in actual circus shows, dutifully managed between heroic jaunts through six sprawling districts.

Key Features:

• Electrifying RPG Combat: Test the skills of Strongmen, Fire Blowers, Escape Artists, Clowns, and other classic circus performers – there are 14 playable archetypes total, each with deep tactical options in battle. Assemble the most ideal combination of acrobatic artists to fight against over-the-top enemies.
• Manage the Greatest Show in Steampunk London: Despite the chaos, the show must go on! Rebuild the circus to its former greatness and beyond, recruiting and training the most talented performers from all over the world. Performers’ skill, chemistry with one another, and overall Devotion combine to determine the success of a single show – and you’ll need every single spare Shilling you can get to keep everyone paid and happy.
• A Circus Like No Other: Immerse yourself in a striking world based on vintage circus posters, Victorian-era archetypes and classic steampunk charm.

Circus Electrique is available to wishlist now on Steam and the Epic Games Store. For the latest updates on the game, visit the official website, and follow along on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

About Zen Studios
Zen Studios is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for all major digital game platforms. Recognized as one of the premier gaming studios in the world, Zen Studios has worked with some of the most iconic entertainment studios, including Lucasfilm, Marvel Entertainment, NBC Universal, Funko and FOX Digital Entertainment. Zen’s Pinball FX franchise has defined video game pinball excellence since 2007, and critically acclaimed titles like Operencia: The Stolen Sun have proven its devotion to creating captivating RPGs. Zen Studios joined Saber Interactive in November 2020. For more information on Zen’s library of titles, visit https://zenstudios.com.

About Saber Interactive
An Embracer Group company headquartered in the U.S., Saber Interactive is a worldwide publisher and developer operating across 19 studios in the Americas and Europe, including Saber development offices in Russia, Spain, Belarus, Sweden and Portugal. Creating games for all major platforms based on both original and licensed IPs, Saber’s titles include World War Z with over 15 million players worldwide (built on the proprietary Swarm Engine™), SnowRunner, the NBA Playgrounds franchise, and the upcoming Evil Dead: The Game. Founded in 2001, Saber is known for two decades of development partnerships with AAA publishers, producing The Witcher III for Nintendo Switch and next-gen consoles, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Crysis Remastered, Quake Champions and many others.

Frostpunk meets Mad Max! Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Atompunk and Steelpunk clash on the ruins of the fallen civilization!

Fort Triumph is a challenging, yet fun fantasy-themed turn-based tactics game. It has been described as part XCOM, part Heroes of Might and Magic III, while adding unique tactical environmental interactions of its own. Explore the world, build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics while you enjoy original in-game music created by award-winning composer, Marco Valerio Antonini.

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.