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Pokémon Pokopia is going underwater. The cozy Pokémon life sim is getting its first expansion, Bubbly Basin, on August 5, 2026, and a new seven-minute trailer has revealed what awaits beneath the waves. Bubbly Basin introduces a brand-new underwater area where players can build their own aquatic communities alongside their Pokémon companions. The expansion is part of the Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass and adds a surprisingly deep selection of new activities to the game's already relaxed formula. New ways to explore The biggest...

The Emperor has apparently decided that Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 still doesn't contain quite enough ways to make its players question their life choices. Saber Interactive has officially unveiled the Confrontation Update, the latest major content drop for the third-person shooter and the grand finale of its second year of post-launch support. What's in the Confrontation update? The new update arrives with a fresh trailer showing off what awaits players, and there's plenty packed into this final Year 2 offering. The...

The Alley takes the familiar anomaly-spotting horror formula and gives it a nasty little twist: every strange detail is not just something to notice, but something you must judge correctly before the situation gets worse.     A routine walk becomes a supernatural nightmare  Players step into the shoes of Soyeon, a high-school student whose ordinary journey...

Mahou Arms throws players into a world where humanity is barely holding on. Earth has been devastated by an alien force known as the Locks, and conventional armies are no longer enough to stop them. The last line of defence is GARDA, a military organisation that sends magically powered fighters into battle against the invasion. Players take on the role of GARDA’s commander and follow the story of Amelia and Susan, two magical girls with very different personalities and fighting styles....

Forensics: Crime Scene Detective offers a grounded take on crime-solving by placing players in the role of a professional forensic investigator instead of a traditional detective. Developed by Binary Impact and Alchemical Works, the simulation emphasizes scientific evidence collection, laboratory analysis, and logical deduction over action or interrogation. If you are a fan of Shadows of Doubt or Crime Scene Cleaner, then you will feel at home since in Forensics: Crime Scene Detective, each case begins at a carefully recreated crime scene...

Nioh 3 is about to open another very unpleasant chapter in its history. Koei Tecmo and Team NINJA have unveiled Hell Rising, the first DLC expansion for the samurai action RPG, with a new trailer showcasing the enemies, environments and gameplay additions waiting for players. The expansion will arrive on August 19 for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam. A new era Hell Rising takes protagonist Takechiyo somewhere the series has never quite gone before: Edo in 1651, during the Keian era....

NBA 2K27 is getting ready to replace NBA 2K26, and 2K Games has finally given us a proper look at what this year's installment in the most popular basketball video game series woll offer to the fans. A new gameplay video reveals a sizeable collection of tweaks and additions across several modes, including MyCAREER, MyTEAM and MyNBA. In short, there are plenty of reasons for virtual basketball addicts to start clearing their schedules. So, what's new in NBA 2K27? One of...

Some games are built by hundreds of developers with massive budgets behind them. Others are shaped by years of perseverance and passion from a small team determined to bring their vision to life. Forsaken Realms: Vahrin's Call belongs to the latter. First conceived in 2014 by Titan Roc, a seven-person indie studio that also self-published the project, the game has finally reached players after more than a decade of development.  ...

Meccha Chameleon has built its reputation around colourful camouflage, silly poses and players desperately pretending to be part of the scenery. However, the cheerful hide-and-seek game recently faced a much more serious kind of hiding problem after malicious mod maps, malware and a hacked Discord server created plenty of confusion across its community.     Malicious...

Carnival Hunt may look like another entry in the increasingly crowded asymmetrical horror genre, but its wind-up key system gives every match a wonderfully tense identity of its own. Instead of simply copying the familiar “one monster versus a team of survivors” formula, Beer Night Studio has built the entire game around a single resource that controls sound, movement, survival and cooperation. Players take the role of clockwork Bunnies trying to escape a deadly carnival while being hunted by a powerful...

City States: Medieval is an indie strategy hybrid developed by Reverie World Studios and published by indie.io that was released into Early Access on April 20, 2026. Set across 12th-century Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, the game focuses on surviving as an independent city-state between massive neighboring kingdoms.  Unlike traditional grand strategy titles (like Crusader Kings or Europa Universalis) that force you to paint the map and build sprawling multi-continent empires, City States: Medieval focuses on a...

Santa Monica Studio has finally stopped teasing us and put an actual date on God of War Laufey. The upcoming PlayStation 5 adventure will launch on February 16, 2027, giving fans a little over six months to prepare for a God of War game in which Kratos is, surprisingly, not the one doing all the smashing. Yes, the franchise is putting its famously grumpy Greek-to-Norse murder machine on the sidelines for a moment. Instead, God of War Laufey puts the spotlight...