The announcement was revealed during the latest Xbox Partner Preview showcase, where a new trailer offered a closer look at the game’s signature Time Freezing mechanic. Players can stop time mid-battle, allowing them to plan attacks, select upgrades called “Tech Chips,” and set up devastating combos before unleashing chaos once time resumes.

The game will launch day one on Xbox Game Pass and support Xbox Play Anywhere, enabling players to seamlessly continue their progress across Xbox consoles, PC, and cloud gaming.

According to Flyway Games director Huh Taewook, the team is excited to bring the game to the broader Xbox ecosystem and ensure the experience feels fast, impactful, and optimized across multiple devices—from living room consoles to portable handheld play.

Set in the ruins of a collapsed technological civilization, Ascend to ZERO blends fast-paced action with roguelike progression and time manipulation. Players take control of powerful avatars capable of bending time while using a wide variety of weapons, gadgets, and upgrades to reshape their combat style with every run.

Key Features

• Master Time to Rewrite Fate
  The game’s core mechanic allows players to freeze time, reposition, plan attacks, and strike with precision as they fight to survive in a dangerous world.
• Unique Characters and Perspectives
  Players can unlock a roster of voxel-styled avatars, each with distinct weapons, skills, and combat approaches. Battles unfold from a dynamic 3D top-down perspective.
• Ultimate Build System
  Combining avatars, weapons, gadgets, Tech Chips, and time-bending abilities creates endless build possibilities, ensuring that every run plays differently.

Ascend to ZERO is available to wishlist now on the Microsoft Store ahead of its July 13 release.

Developed in collaboration with Activision and Blizzard, Retro Classics brings a nostalgic punch with games like Pitfall!, Kaboom!, Commando, and Mech Warrior 2. These timeless titles are now playable across a wide range of platforms—including Xbox consoles, the Xbox PC app, and even streaming through LG and Samsung Smart TVs, Amazon Fire TV, and Meta Quest headsets.

Antstream Arcade isn’t just bringing old-school games to new hardware—it’s enhancing them. Retro Classics includes modern features such as cloud saves, global leaderboards, challenge modes, and multiplayer tournaments, making it easier than ever for players to compete, connect, and relive the classics with a new twist.

“We’re thrilled to bring decades of iconic gaming to modern audiences and proud that Xbox trusted Antstream’s proprietary platform to make this possible,” said Steve Cottam, CEO of Antstream.

Xbox Game Pass members also have the option to unlock the full Antstream library of over 1,300 retro games with a special limited-time offer: just $9.99 / £9.99 for the first year of access on console.

Whether you’re revisiting childhood favorites or exploring gaming history for the first time, Retro Classics on Xbox is the ultimate trip down memory lane—no dusty cartridges required.

After racking up over 350 million downloads worldwide, *Crossy Road Castle* brings its charming chaos to new platforms. Assemble your crew and dive into vibrant castles packed with towering challenges, tricky obstacles, and a whimsical cast of characters. Whether you’re tackling the towers solo or teaming up with up to three friends, *Crossy Road Castle* offers endless replayability with local and online multiplayer, including cross-platform play.

With ten towers filled with dynamic, procedurally-generated levels, you’ll never face the same run twice. The game is designed to cater to all skill levels, making it the perfect pick-up-and-play experience for players of all ages. Plus, with new content and limited-time events dropping regularly, there’s always something fresh to discover.

Mark Your Calendars: September 11, 2024!
Join the *Crossy Road* classics like Chicken and the rest of the crew as they celebrate ten years of hopping madness by expanding onto new consoles. Choose from a vibrant roster of characters, each with their unique flair, and conquer the ever-growing list of challenges across the game’s colorful towers. Leap across chasms, dodge deadly traps, and blast out of cannons as you climb your way to the top.

Unlock over 150 collectible characters, deck them out with stylish hats, and show off your skills as you race to the next challenge. The game’s homage to the golden age of arcades is beautifully reimagined in a vivid voxel aesthetic that will delight both new players and longtime fans. With support for English, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, and Turkish, *Crossy Road Castle* is truly a global experience.

We love making fun games for everyone to enjoy, no matter their background or experience level… Said Clara Reeves, CEO of Hipster Whale. “We’re excited to see how console players take on the challenge and can’t wait to watch them conquer the castle.”

Where to Get It
Crossy Road Castle launches on September 11, 2024, for $19.99 USD across all supported consoles. Stay tuned for updates by visiting the official website and following the game’s official channels on X/Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and Discord.

About Hipster Whale
Melbourne-based Hipster Whale is an award-winning studio that shot to fame with their viral hit *Crossy Road*. Since then, they’ve partnered with giants like Bandai Namco and Disney to create top-charting titles like PAC-MAN 256 and Disney Crossy Road. The studio continues to produce bright, funny games with broad appeal, including Piffle, Crossy Road Castle, and Crossy Road+.

Get ready to hop, skip, and jump your way to victory in Crossy Road Castle—a delightful platformer experience that promises hours of fun for everyone!

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!

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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!