Voice Of Belldona Launches on PC May 20th, A Sci-fi Deckbuilder Inspired by Warhammer 40K’s Dark Cosmic Aesthetic
Developer Storycrop and publisher Okasan’s Recipe have announced the official release of Voice of Belldona, a sci-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder, launching on PC via Steam on May 20th.
Blending strategic deckbuilding with a dark, cosmic atmosphere, Voice of Belldona challenges players to shape their builds through high-risk decisions and tactical combat. The full release features expanded content, refined gameplay systems, and deeper progression, further enhancing the game’s depth and replayability.
Players will be able to experience the complete version of the game starting May 20th.
When chaos knows no end, what kind of fate will you choose? In a world where the only constant is war, Voice of Belldona draws you into an endless cycle of conflict and survival.
In an effort to overcome the turmoil, the people decide to create a little warrior. But this white-haired, god-like entity has a major case of social anxiety?! She turns the once apocalyptic, barren world into a new one filled with races and civilizations previously known only from mythology and fairy tales, and grants the mysterious power of The Source to its inhabitants, including humans.
Voice of Belldona takes place in this fantastic world created by Cheryl and tells the story of her adventures after being unexpectedly awakened again.
Key Features
Deep Deckbuilding System: Build powerful and diverse strategies with a vast pool of 120+ cards, enabling endless combinations and playstyles.
Training & Legendary Blessings: Customize your runs with permanent upgrades and powerful one-time blessings that shape your stats and combat approach.
High Build Variety: Discover over 50 unique blessings that unlock deep synergy, allowing each run to feel fresh and highly customizable.
Expansive World & Enemies: Explore multiple areas filled with challenging enemies, hidden stories, and evolving threats.
Rich Narrative Events: Encounter 40+ story-driven events that add unpredictability and emotional depth to every run.
Summon Unique Allies: Recruit distinct units with specialized combat roles, enabling strategic positioning and team-based gameplay.
“Wish” System: Unlock high-risk, high-reward mechanics that can dramatically alter the outcome of your run.
Advanced Challenge Modes: Test your mastery with harder modes featuring modifiers such as fixed decks and ambush encounters.
Gameplay Overview
Voice of Belldona features roguelike deckbuilding where you build and evolve your deck each run through combat and choices, summon allies to shape your strategy, and control battlefield formations to maximize positioning and combos. With multiple playstyles between aggressive combat and summon-based control, dynamic synergies that grow over time, branching paths filled with events and risks, and procedurally varied encounters, every decision becomes a high-risk choice that can define or break your run as you adapt your strategy in real time.
Jeff Minter is back with another unique take on a 1980s Atari arcade game: I, Robot. Reimagined in Minter’s signature assault of colors, shapes, and sounds, this new take on the eclectic arcade title is built from the ground up with new challenges, new twists, and a whole lot of llamas.
The premise of I, Robot is simple: You take control of an ox-headed robot on a mission to outwit the all-seeing eye. In each level, you’ll navigate across tiles, flipping each tile to proceed to the next. Make sure you don’t jump while the eye is watching, or you’ll be zapped away in a flash. If you make it across the tiles, you’ll race down a tube blasting away any enemy shapes that move into your path and try to stop you. And you have to do all this inside the 3D space of Minter’s kaleidoscopic visualizer.
At its core, it is a game that only Lamasoft could have made. A cacophony of colors dazzles your eyes as the music gradually builds up based on your progress. If you want to take a break from the arcade action, jump into the game, where you can channel your inner Jeff Minter and play around with all the sights and sounds from the game.
Features
55 levels, encompassing the platforming/tile-changing and arena ones
● Unique tube-shooter bonus stages between each level
● Llamasoft’s unique brand of mind melting visuals
● Procedural music that builds as you do better in the game
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About Atari
Atari is an interactive entertainment company and an iconic gaming industry brand that transcends generations and audiences. The company is globally recognized for its multi-platform, interactive entertainment, and licensed products. Atari owns and/or manages a portfolio of more than 400 unique games and franchises, including world-renowned brands like Asteroids®, Centipede®, PONG®, and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. The Atari family of brands includes game developers Coatsink, Digital Eclipse, Early Morning Studios, Implicit Conversions, Infogrames, Nightdive Studios, Stormteller Games, and the community-based sites AtariAge and MobyGames. Visit us online at www.Atari.com.
Reptilian Rising was recently released on Steam, and Numskull Games was nice enough to send me a copy. The thing to know about Reptilian Rising is that you shouldn’t take a deep dive into the story. It isn’t supposed to make sense, kind of like when you play Dungeons and Dragons with your friends and the bard wants to seduce the dragon, and your other friend wants to donate weapons and drugs to the orphanage.
The story is simple: a bunch of reptiles from another time invade, and the only way to stop them is for the greatest heroes from all of Earth’s history to gather and kill them. You can see how it falls apart quickly when you start asking how Winston Churchill is going to kill a T. rex, right? Right, glad you are going with me on this one. It is, however, a lot of fun to watch Albert Einstein kill a triceratops.
Ok, now admittedly, the game has some issues. For example, the combat can be slow at times, and it can be quite janky. It definitely needed some more polish for the price they are asking. This is honestly where my issue with recommending it comes in. The game isn’t bad, and it is quite unique; it many times feels like something you would play with your friends in the basement at a table, which I am sure is what they were aiming for.
The real issue is a $30 game being maybe 10-15 hours long, while having so many issues, from camera angles and things being blocked by the UI, while minor issues just seem hard to justify for me. This is a 6/10 title that, while a good pick up on sale, I can’t recommend with a clean conscience. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
Monster Crown: Sin Eater is the newest game in the Monster Crown series, and Red Art Games was nice enough to send me a copy of this one early. I always appreciate this, and they are quickly becoming a joy to work with.
Now I don’t want to give anything away or spoil anything, that has never been my thing, but right out the gate, I do want to warn you that if you go into this thinking this is a Pokémon clone like Nexomon, you will be in for a shock. The game deals with far more complex and adult issues. It isn’t anything you haven’t seen in games before, but things will die in front of you on screen, and there is a sort of religious tone to things. Not in a mocking tone or preaching tone. It is just something that exists in the world.
So while your main character is out on his quest, which I won’t discuss for spoiler reasons, he will be creating pacts with monsters and even demons. There is, of course, the usual rock, paper, scissors type battle system where one type of attack is good against one type of monster, and so on and so forth. What makes Sin Eater so complex is that while your levels matter, you won’t be “evolving” your monsters. See, monsters aren’t so much viewed as companions in this world, tho some certainly are, they are quite literally viewed as monsters to be used as tools. People breed them to create new monsters, and you can fuse two together to create a new monster that will average out the levels of the monsters you used. The game even keeps track of which generation the monster is for you.
This brings me to my one and only issue with this game. I thought we, as gamers moved past the concept that grinding is what made games hard? Every time I breed monsters yea they get stronger, but I have to level them up from level one all over again. Yes, there are items you can buy to make this go faster, but they are kind of expensive, and they aren’t exactly unlimited. This definitely killed much of the fun in what should have been the best part of the game for me. It is still a 7/10 game for me, and one I plan to spend even more time with. It is definitely a viable alternative to Pokémon for those who want a more adult story and more of a challenge. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
Under Par Golf Architect hit PlayStation 5 recently, and Broken Arms Games was nice enough to send me a copy to check out. Don’t worry if you have no clue how to play golf, this is a game about builing an running a golf course. The game assumes you can’t really do that and will teach you how, and more importantly, it grades each aspect of the holes as you build them independently. You will discover fast what you are good at and what you aren’t good at, and hopefully, how to fix it.
The game is also really good about not tossing it at you too fast. It won’t be asking you to build 18 holes right out of the gate. The first area starts with placing down your clubhouse, building a hole or two, and opening your course. From there, it will teach you how you can use your avatar to play on your holes and how to place things like benches and water fountains. There is also very little guesswork involved in this, since the game will show you the effective range of these as you place them. This is something I wish more of these games would do.
This is the entire flow of the game: make customers happy so they return, take their money, and they become better customers. This is represented by them having ratings from bronze to silver or higher. There is a story involved, but truth be told, I wasn’t too interested in the guy who kept showing up. I think he was the mayor, but he seemed like kind of a dick.
The important part is that the game functions extremely well on consoles, and the graphics are cute. I really enjoyed watching people yell about all my sand traps. The game is an 8/10 experience for people who enjoy business simulators and designing things. It truly felt like an old Theme Park type title. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
I won’t bore you with any of the insane details, like how the Joneros .17HMR is perfect for game levels 1 and 2, and we finally have a fun that is just as good at shooting birds as it is at shooting all the little animals floating around the various maps.
And I certainly won’t sit here and tell you that the Richardson .500 can easily take down level 8 and 9 game at long range, regardless of whether you prefer soft or solid rounds. No, what I am going to say is simply that the four guns in this pack are technically all you will need to hunt basically everything in the game with a firearm. Truthfully, with the $6 price tag attached to this, it is a must-buy for fans of this game. I can no longer imagine myself going on a hunt without at least one of these on my loadout going forward. It is a 9/10 DLC, with the only flaw being that while rifle and shotgun hunters get something, handguns were left high and dry. Best wishes, and may the gaming gods bring you glory.
Control the Chaos, Secure the LootHellforged puts players in the boots of the legendary survivors of a shattered expedition. Your mission: battle through hordes of bloodthirsty demons to loot epic gear with powerful modifiers. But in Hellforged, the greatest challenge isn’t just surviving the bullet-heaven – it’s knowing when to leave.Players must navigate a unique mid-battle extraction mechanic. At any moment, you must decide: do you safely extract your hard-earned equipment now to secure your progress, or do you risk everything for even greater rewards? One wrong move could cost you the ultimate haul, but fortune favors the bold who stay to break the Blackpyre once and for all.Deep Progression and the Eternal TreeSuccess in Hellforged depends on mastering diverse character classes, each wielding wildly unique and devastating powers. Players can further customize their playstyle through the Eternal Tree, a massive talent system where spending points unlocks synergies that perfectly complement individual combat styles.To ensure no two runs are the same, players can use the Arsenal to influence their mid-battle upgrade pool, tilting the scales of fate in their favor. As players grow in power, they can channel gathered chaos to summon and challenge devastating bosses. These encounters test the absolute limits of a player’s build but reward the victors with the most powerful loot in the game.
Game Features:Extraction Bullet-Heaven Action: Experience the tension of a loot heist combined with the sensory overload of a bullet-hell shooter.Risk vs. Reward Extraction: Safely recover gear mid-battle or push deeper into the corruption for legendary rewards.The Eternal Tree & Arsenal: Customize your fate with deep talent trees and an upgrade pool you can influence to match your combat style.Diverse Survivor Classes: Play as distinct heroes with devastating abilities and unique progression paths.Colossal Boss Encounters: Summon and defeat powerful Stygian threats to prove your supremacy and claim the world’s most overpowered gear.
Publisher Kalypso Media and Developer Kite Games are proud to announce the official launch of Sudden Strike 5, marking a triumphant return for the beloved real-time strategy franchise. Sudden Strike 5 sets a new benchmark for tactical WWII gameplay with greater complexity, larger battlefields, and more ways to achieve victory with sandbox gameplay.
The game is out now for PC, Xbox on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation®5 in Standard Edition (€49.99 / $49.99 / £44.99) and Deluxe Edition (€59.99 / $59.99 /£54.99) with a 10% launch discount available for the first 7 days on Steam, the Epic Games Store and the Kalypso Media Store.
Step into the commander’s seat, where every decision shapes the fight in the official Sudden Strike 5 launch trailer.
Sudden Strike 5 unleashes a slew of new features and quality-of-life upgrades over its predecessor, designed to give commanders more control and tactical choice. Players can construct bridges over rivers to open new routes to catch enemy forces by surprise, call-in reinforcements via sea or railroad, and coordinate large-scale maneuvers with improved visibility and streamlined unit management, allowing for the deployment of overwhelming force!
Take control of the battlefield in one of three major factions: the Western Allies, Soviet, or Axis forces, across an expansive 25-mission campaign. From the frozen landscapes of the Eastern Front to the harsh deserts of North Africa, each battlefield presents unique challenges demanding careful planning, adaptability, and tactical mastery.
Sudden Stike 5 Features:
Command massive battles: Sudden Strike 5 delivers a truly immersive strategy experience 25 missions across huge, diverse maps and the highest unit counts ever seen in the series, setting the stage for large-scale tactical warfare.
Deploy a vast arsenal of WW2 units: Command over 300 authentic units – including more than 190 vehicles and 110 infantry units – such as the Sherman tank for the Western Allies, the Messerschmidt Bf 109 for the German troops, and the T-34 for the Soviet troops.
Shape your strategy in dynamic mission gameplay: Utilize unprecedented strategic freedom by choosing your own tactics, units, and objectives to complete the mission goals. Seize and defend key locations like Field HQs, Supply Depots, and Train Stations to gain critical advantages, while using recon, sabotage, alternative routing, and smart unit combinations to outmanoeuvre your enemies.
Adapt your tactics with customisable commanders: Choose the Commander that best fits your playstyle and tactics – whether offensive, defensive, or more tactical. Each brings unique skills that can turn the tide of battle, such as deploying smoke grenades to provide cover on the battlefield or boosting the accuracy of your artillery.
Take full control of the battlefield: Extended camera options let you zoom out for full strategic oversight or zoom in for a closer look at the frontline action, giving you better control over every aspect of the battlefield.
Challenge yourself and others: Test your strategy against real opponents or AI enemies across multiple difficulty levels, offering competitive PvP challenges.
Spanish independent publisher Entalto Publishing and North American independent developer Forgotten Bastions have revealed today their upcoming game Fear Tall Grass a dark fantasy roguelite monster battler that blends strategic planning and creature-based combat and progression, in development for PC and PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch. Fear Tall Grass is set in a world consumed by Vilekin, evil creatures that are destroying civilization. As Gray, the last steward of the Oathguard, you must brave the tall grass to learn to tame these creatures and protect what remains of humanity.
The game combines the strategic depth of autobattler turn-based combat with the relentless pace of a loop-based roguelike. Movement is determined by the roll of the dice, and after each victory you will be able to convert the land to obtain buffs. In the Sanctuary of Light you will be get permanent upgrades for future runs.
Create the perfect team to defeat your enemies and make them stronger to end every Boss battle. Manage your Command Points to change the course of the combat or strategize around type effectiveness to swap your fighters at the right time.
MAIN ELEMENTS
The Loop: Strategic movement using a 2-dice roll system where every step forward changes the board.Reclaim: Clear lethal tiles to construct permanent buildings that provide vital run-buffs.Command: Spend Command Points to trigger manual backline abilities and turn the tide of automated battle.Vilekin: 100+ unique creatures across 6 elemental paths: Hydro, Pyro, Nature, Physical, Volt, and Rock.Sanctuary: Return home to manage your Oathguard rank, craft magical items, and exalt your team.Legacy:An epic story of family and duty following Gray’s struggle with his father’s legacy.
RYPTIC STUDIOS LAUNCHES “QUICK START” EVENT FOR ALL PLAYERS, UNVEILS CONTENT ROADMAPS & NEW PARTNERSHIP
“Quick Start” Event Accelerates Progress for New and Returning Players Across Cryptic Studios’ Long-Running MMOs
Roadmaps Released for Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, Revealing What’s Coming Up for These Epic MMOs
Cryptic Studios Partners with Beadle & Grimm’s on Star Trek Games Kickstarter Campaign
LOS GATOS, Calif. – April 21, 2026 – Following the return of Cryptic Studios veterans like CEO Jack Emmert, Arc Games and Cryptic Studios are excited to announce three major updates for the long-running MMO studio:
“Quick Start” Event: This limited-time event across the studio’s epic MMOs (Star Trek Online, Neverwinter and Champions Online) gives players permanent access to a high-level character for free, so they can experience the content in each MMO with ease.
Roadmap Releases: 2026 content roadmaps for two of its flagship games, Star Trek Online and Neverwinter, have been revealed.
Partnership with Beadle & Grimm’s: A champion of tabletop game experiences, Beadle & Grimm’s has recently launched a Kickstarter for two new Star Trek games and Star Trek Online is teaming up with them.
This limited-time event for each of Cryptic Studios’ games lets all players – from newcomers to returning players across PC, PlayStation and Xbox – jump straight into the heart of the action. Experience everything the games have to offer and go on epic adventures with a fully equipped, high-level character.
For the next 30 days, starting today until May 21, every player can log in and claim a high-level character designed to give players a streamlined tutorial and a refresher on the game. Experience each game’s content at ease; from content geared towards beginners all the way to the content aimed at high levels. This high-level character will be available to claim for a limited time during the Quick Start event, but once claimed, it’ll be a permanent character that a player can keep forever after the event ends.
Check out the Quick Start Sizzle Trailers for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter and Champions Online:
With the Quick Start event starting today across Star Trek Online, Neverwinter and Champions Online, players have access to:
High‑level Character: Available to claim for all players who log in during the time of the Quick Start event! Once claimed, players can keep the character permanently, and players will find the character has the following:
Pre‑equipped endgame gear,allowing players to easily experience all the content in each game
Streamlined onboarding,including a focused tutorial tailored for advanced play
All content unlocked,meaning players can go on any adventures they’d like – including all content available in each game, even the most recent content
Notes for the character:
One‑time claim per account per game, with the character being kept permanently once claimed
Dedicated character slot included with the claim, additional character slot granted if the player is already at maximum capacity
Permanent retention of the bonus character slot, even if the Quick Start character is deleted
For Neverwinter, players must have an existing level 16 character to be able to have access to and claim the high-level character that’s part of the Quick Start event
“When I returned to Cryptic, the first initiative I wanted to kick off right away for our games was this Quick Start event,” said Jack Emmert, CEO of Cryptic Studios. “One of our key initiatives this year and beyond is to make our epic worlds even more accessible and welcoming to every type of player – whether you’re a new player who’s just starting your adventure or a long-time veteran player who’s played our games since launch. By offering a fully equipped, high‑level character that players can keep forever, we’re removing long‑standing barriers and giving returning veterans, curious newcomers, and time‑strapped fans a direct path to the heart of our games. At the end of the day, we want players to experience the pinnacle of what our MMOs offer — without feeling like they have to climb a mountain to get there.”
Future 2026 Roadmaps Revealed for Star Trek Online & Neverwinter
In addition to the exciting Quick Start event introduced across Cryptic Studios’ titles, the studio is thrilled to unveil content roadmaps for the next several months of this year for their Star Trek MMORPG, Star Trek Online, and Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG, Neverwinter.
For this year, the studio plans to continue to be committed to bringing popular properties to life with innovative content inspired by franchises that players love. Star Trek Online is celebrating Star Trek’s 60th Anniversary with a year-long, timeline-order set of releases themed around the history of the show, including starships, characters, locations and so much more – along with quality-of-life updates that will improve the overall experience for players. In Neverwinter, adventurers will encounter Dungeons & Dragons-inspired content, including adventure zones, dungeons, heroic encounters, and more – and also quality-of-life improvements to make adventuring even better. An exciting future awaits for both titles, and stay tuned for what’s to come for Cryptic Studios’ superhero MMO, Champions Online.
Partnership with Beadle & Grimm’s on Star Trek Games Kickstarter Campaign
Cryptic Studios is excited to partner with Beadle & Grimm’s on their Kickstarter campaign to help bring two new Star Trek murder mystery and escape room games to life: Deep Space Nine: Holosuite Homicide and Lower Decks: Chaos Protocol. As part of the Kickstarter campaign, Beadle & Grimm’s is collaborating with Star Trek Online to create exciting offers for fans of all types of Star Trek games. Kickstarter backers will gain access to a complimentary Hysperian Intel Battlecruiser Pack if they pledge at the Kickstarter’s higher tiers.
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