[News] Roguelite Dungeon Crawler Cryptical Path Releasing on PC on Jan. 29

 Old Skull Games officially revealed the release date for its roguelite dungeon crawler, Cryptical Path. Launching on Steam on January 29, 2025Cryptical Path sees players controlling the Architect, building their own path and navigating an ever-changing labyrinth within which they’ve been summoned. The game pushes the boundaries of the roguelite genre as it is the very first action roguelite builder that allows players to add a new creative angle to their style of gameplay.

An action roguelite that makes you the Architect of your adventure

In Cryptical Path, players dive into a universe where every run is theirs to shape. The goal is simple: reach the boss and defeat him. But there is a twist. Thanks to a unique feature, players can place their own rooms in the dungeon, creating their own path and influencing the challenges ahead. This gameplay mechanic adds a new layer of optimization and a unique depth to the roguelite genre.

A journey designed by roguelite fans

Aimed at action roguelite enthusiasts, Cryptical Path stands out with its dynamic and ever-evolving gameplay, where every decision in configuring the dungeon can reshape the course of the adventure. This modularity gives players control over their experience while preserving classic genre staples like progression through repeated attempts, diverse enemies, and intense combat. 

Cryptical Path’s key features:

  • Rogue-builder: The ability to carve your dungeon, increasing the replayability and the control you have in each and every run.
  • Immersive world: Explore a 2D side-scroller within beautifully crafted 3D environments.
  • Fast paced action: Embody the Architect, a dynamic character that can dodge, dash and slash in the blink of an eye!
  • Constant progress: Unlock powerful items and choose which talents to master.

V Rising hits 5 Million Sales!The Vampire Revolution Continues with Exciting 2025 Expansion

Below is new information released from Stunlock Studios, Also they have sent me a review copy to personally check out so stay tuned for my full review coming probably in the next couple weeks!

Stunlock Studios celebrates a monumental achievement as V Rising, the open-world vampire survival game, surpasses 5 million copies sold! This milestone cements the game’s status as one of the most popular survival games of recent years, captivating players with its addictive blend of survival mechanics, intense combat, and gothic world-building.

Since its launch, V Rising has drawn millions into its hauntingly beautiful world, garnering critical acclaim and overwhelming community praise. With over 89% positive reviews on Steam, it has become a beloved staple for fans of survival action RPGs and vampire lore alike.

Watch out Vampires! The Future of V Rising Burns Brighter than the Deadly SunlightPrepare for a vampiric evolution as Stunlock Studios is set to redefine the vampire experience with a big update coming in 2025. A brand-new biome awaits, teeming with uncharted territories, a deadly new faction, and ancient technologies ready to be claimed.
Players can also look forward to a revamped progression system featuring stat caps, a Fusion Forge for crafting ultimate builds, and risk-free PvP options like dueling, customizable castle arenas, and much more. These updates promise endless experimentation and thrilling battles, solidifying V Rising as a must-play title in the survival genre.
What Awaits You in V Rising:Awaken as a Vampire:
Rise from centuries of slumber as a weakened vampire. Feed on blood to regain your strength, avoid the burning sunlight, and dominate in intense PvE and PvP combat as you carve your path to power.Explore a Gothic Open-World:
Venture into a vast and dangerous realm filled with mythical horrors and hidden treasures. Traverse lush forests, haunted ruins, and shadowy caverns, battling supernatural foes and unearthing the secrets of Vardoran.Build Your Vampire Kingdom:
Construct and customize a gothic castle to serve as your stronghold. Gather resources, recruit loyal thralls, and expand your domain to become the ruler of a growing empire. Defend your treasures from rival vampires and claim your place as a true lord of the night.Master Sword and Dark Sorcery:
Wield deadly weapons and master unholy abilities in skill-based combat. Combine spells and armaments to create your perfect blend of power, adapting your strategies to conquer formidable enemies and claim their abilities.Compete or Cooperate:
Play solo or join forces with friends to take on the challenges of Vardoran. Raid enemy castles, forge alliances, or dominate in PvP battles. The night is yours to conquer, whether through cooperation or betrayal.Haven’t joined the vampire horde yet? Now is your time to claim the night on Steam or PlayStation 5.
Join the Vampire Community:V Rising has a thriving community of over 5 million players worldwide. With overwhelmingly positive reviews on Steam and a dedicated fan base, the game continues to evolve with new content and features shaped by player feedback.

Stay connected and follow V Rising on social media for the latest updates and community events:Buy now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1604030/V_Rising/Buy now on the PlayStation store: https://store.playstation.com/concept/10007965Visit our Website: https://playvrising.com/Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@playvrisingFollow us on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/VRisingGameLike us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VRisingGameJoin the Discord server: https://discord.gg/vrising

Signal Space Lab’s latest Human Within Dev Diary

Signal Space Lab and Actrio Studio are proud to release their second Dev Diary for their upcoming multimedia sci-fi interactive VR project Human Within, coming to Meta Quest 2 and 3 on January 9th, and coming soon to SteamVR. Titled Human Within: An Original and Thrilling Branching Storyline, this Dev Diary discusses the ways in which decisions and choices have consequences in Human Within, introducing the main characters and how different selections affect what is and isn’t seen along the journey.
Read the Human Within: An Original and Thrilling Branching Storyline Dev Diary HERE
The second Dev Diary introduces the world of Human Within alongside the main characters of the experience: Linh, who the player experiences the entire story from as their consciousness in the digital world; Nyla, Linh’s sister; and Blake, Linh and Nyla’s boss. Throughout the thrilling narrative, memory sequences unfold where you focus on Linh’s relationship with either Nyla or Blake. Who you focus on determines which backstory you follow, each backstory containing flashbacks that task you to make either a selfish or compassionate choice. An amalgamation of choices influences what happens at the end, and with a total of nine decision points and five different endings, each with around a 90 minute playthrough, technology and Linh’s fate is entirely up to you.

About Human Within

Directed by Avi Winkler and Anne Weigel, Human Within unfolds in a modern world where Nyla, a cyber engineer, and her sister Linh, are employed at Forward Industries. Together, they pioneer a groundbreaking supercomputer by harnessing the human brain’s processing power. However, when Nyla seeks to disengage from the project, both sisters are detained, compelled to continue their work amidst suspicions of their employer’s hidden motives. In a daring bid for freedom, Nyla is forced to connect the technology to Linh, and use it in the very way she feared it would be.

Signal Space Lab began pre-production of Human Within, in 2019, including script writing and prototyping the experience under the creative direction of Avi Winkler. Director Anne Weigel and award-winning German producer Actrio Studio joined the project and wrapped principal photography in December 2023. Human Within then began its festival tour in October premiering at FIVARS in Toronto on October 3rd and Beyond The Frame Festival in Tokyo on October 25th-27th, 2024. Supported by Meta, Canada Media Fund, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, and Filmstiftung NRW Germany, Human Within aims to raise the bar for interactive narrative VR experiences.

Breath of Death VII: The Beginning: Reanimated Out Now on PC

This game came out years ago on the X-Box Live Arcade and I know many of you would have missed it. So great news, for about $5 ( or your regional equivalent) you can check this one out now on PC. Here is a quick blurb they sent me about the release, and who knows maybe I will have a review up soon. Stay tuned to find out.

An true upgraded 16-bit retro experience!

Unlockable Adventure-like minigame “Dragonduck Mode”

New OST by HyperDuck SoundWorks (Dust: An Elysian Tail, Cosmic Star Heroine)

Specifically designed to streamline the turn-based RPG experience

Comedy-focused writing and a light-hearted parody of the genre

Low PC specs, HIGH performance!

Chained Echoes Ashes of Elrant DLC 2025

Deck13 Spotlight are ending 2024 with some incredible news.

Chained Echoes was nominated game of the year in Germany 2023 and was acclaimed throughout the world as one special JRPG. Now the awesome announcement of a new experience with DLC that will be released in 2025 across all platforms!

Deck13 Spotlight and Umami Tiger, the newly founded Studio from Matthias Linda, areproud to announce Ashes of Elrant, the official DLC for the masterpiece and award winning indie JRPG Chained Echoes. The expansion will launch in the second quarter of 2025 for PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
The Crimson Wings are needed once more!
Ashes of Elrant takes players to a new land, away from Valandis. It is set right before the final fight of Chained Echoes so you can prepare yourself for meeting your beloved heroes once again. The Clan of the Crimson Wings has to answer a call for help from the land of Elrant. A land where nothing is as it seems.
Get yourself ready for a new playable character – the White Wolf, visit new areas, fight over 40 new monsters and bosses and listen to 15 new tracks by mastermind Eddie Marianukroh. And also grab yourself a fishing rod – you will need it.

Let Me Out” Release Date Announced!

Indie developers 4Happy Studio from Indonesia, in partnership with publisher PID Games, are excited to announce the release date for their action-horror mystery game, Let Me Out!

Mark your calendars for August 8th, 2024, when Let Me Out will be available on Steam for 9.99€

Dive into a gripping tale set in 1960s Indonesia, where you will help Alvin, a 10-year-old indigo child, navigate through a cursed village, brew potions, exorcize demons, and uncover the dark secrets that haunt his past. Join the adventure and unravel the mysteries shrouded in this captivating horror experience.

 Available on 8th August on Steam 

Play as Alvin, a 10-year-old indigo child, in search of his mother and escape Mata Koetjhing, an ancient Javanese village. Get help from your little sister’s spirit, your pet spider and brew potions to exorcize mysterious creatures.


Let Me Out is a mystery puzzle game set in Indonesia in which you play as Alvin, a 10-year-old indigo child. Find a way to escape an ancient village, uncover the secrets behind its curse with the help of your endearing little sister’s spirit and your pet spider. Find ingredients to brew potions and exorcize the demons populating your journey.

You woke up from a nightmare, but it is far from over. Everyone is gone, from villagers to your own mother. With the help of your sister Jane, you will have to find a way out of your house and discover the origin of a mysterious event unfolding as ghosts appeared out of nowhere in your village.

  • Discover Indonesia’s mythology

Explore a cursed village, set in the 60s, filled with demons ready to hunt anybody whose presence disturbs them. Will you succeed in evading them and finding out what happened to your mother?

  • Brew potions to exorcize demons

Find ingredients and follow the instructions of your guidebook to make the right potions to exorcize the demons that appeared in your village.

  • Solve puzzles with your sister

Alvin always looked over Jane, his sister, and loved her. Since her tragic death at the age of 5, her spirit has accompanied him. Get some help by whistling and your sister will appear, she might have some clues on how to solve puzzles!

  • Explore with Poko, your pet spider

Can’t reach a specific object with Alvin? Take control of your pet spider Poko to explore your environment, reach objects and solve puzzles.

Discover the truth behind this curse.

DROVA –  Forsaken Kin Reveals Release Window Trailer

 Deck13 Spotlight and Just2D are proud and excited to announce the release window for their upcoming grim dark Pixel RPG DROVA  – Forsaken Kin which is set in a mystic celtic world is drawing closer.  The brutal open world will welcome new travelers soon on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch as the freshly revealed release window trailer shows.
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Enslave the spirits of nature – or save them. Welcome to the promised land of Drova, where the priests have praised this new world. Full of hope you travel through a portal into this new otherworld – just to realize that you are on your own and no one seems to appreciate the paradise. Instead, Drova is a grim world where every man is for himself.
Two factions  – one trying to enslave the spirits of nature, one trying to save the spirits to keep the world alive – which path will you choose? And more importantly, will you be able to survive in a world which will always try to kill you?

A journey to grow uponNext to the release window the just released Trailers has more to offer: Progression. “One of the core ideas of DROVA has always been that the players have to survive in a world which just hates them,” says Christian Sandkämper, Co-Founder of Just2d. “We really want to offer a journey which will make them feel the progression over time, going back to an enemy which murdered them with one strike before and just beating it up!” The new Trailer focuses on that journey. A journey which will be available to all players in ***ber.
Grab your axe, sharpen your blades and explore a grim dark world when Drova – Forsaken Kin will launch on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in 2024.

The Precinct is Delayed, coming out in Fall 2024

As the title states, The Precinct has been delayed. I will simply copy and paste the news release so you can see it for yourself and join me in disappointment. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

We have an update regarding The Precinct’s release date. The game was planned to release on August 15, 2024, but we’ve decided to give it a little more time for some final polishing and bug fixing. We want to ensure we can give our players the best experience possible.The game is now delayed until Fall 2024.

Cities Skylines 2: Broke Young People

  As we get closer to the release of Cities Skylines 2, coming in October, we are getting new information that makes the game sound better and more exciting than the first. For example the people of our cities will be called agents.

Agents will obviously be going from place to place and according to new dev diaries that have been covering things like traffic and such, cost and distance will also play a part in how agents decide to get places. While older agents will be wanting to save time with how they get places, the younger agents will have less money and want to save it preferring to walk or take busses instead of spending the extra cash.

This to me is actually quite amazing that they put this sort of extra detail into the game. Best wishes and may the gaming gods bring you glory.

Last Labyrinth + Lucidity Lost (VR & No VR) PS5/Switch (pre-order)

Just a quick news update from my friends at Strictly Limited Games for my fans of Physical copies of games. Enjoy my friends.

Strictly Limited Games, in partnership with Amata K.K., is excited to team up and release the limited boxed editions of Last Labyrinth for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5. In Last Labyrinth Players must escape a mansion full of hidden dangers alongside a mysterious girl named Katia, who is unable to speak or understand their language. Katia is voiced by Stefanie Joosten, known for her role as Quiet in Metal Gear Solid 5. Previously a PlayStation VR exclusive, this new version adds the option to turn-off VR, to make it accessible to players worldwide who do not own a VR Headset. Additionally, Last Labyrinth now supports PlayStation VR2 on the PlayStation 5, enhancing the immersive gameplay experience even more.The Nintendo Switch version will be named Last Labyrinth -Lucidity Lost- and will remove the VR functionality.

Since we had the pleasure to release the original Last Labyrinth in its physical form on PlayStation 4, creating a physical Edition for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 was an obvious choice for us.


These editions will exclusively be available at Strictly Limited Games  and will be the ONLY physical version of the game worldwide.

About Last Labyrinth:

In Last Labyrinth, you awaken in an unfamiliar mansion. You find yourself vulnerable and tied up, with your arms and hands bound, immobilized in a wheelchair. Your only hope for escape lies with Katia, upon whom you are dependent. Katia relies solely on nonverbal cues to interact with you and navigate through the game. 

This unique form of communication adds an extra layer of challenge and immersion. You must rely on subtle gestures, eye contact, and body language to convey your intentions and understand Katia’s instructions. This communication style creates a sense of intimacy and cooperation between the characters, requiring a deep understanding and trust to unravel the mysteries of the mansion. Katia presents you with a series of intensive, meticulous, and inventive escape room puzzles. These riddles progressively grow in complexity and diversity, encompassing challenges related to numbers and brain-teasing tasks. Each puzzle must be solved in order to advance in your venture.

Features: Soundtrack by Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana, Soulcalibur V)Theme Song and Voice for Katia by Stefanie JoostenA unique and original nonverbal escape adventureBrain-teasing puzzles and riddlesMultiple endings to uncoverCreated by a team whose previous works include Shadow of the Colossus, ICO, and PuppeteerOption to turn-off VR on PlayStation 5Compatible for PlayStation VR2
The Limited Edition is limited to a maximum of 1999 copies for Nintendo Switch and 999 for PlayStation 5 at a price of 39.99€, including a colourful game manual.
The Special Limited Edition is limited to a maximum of 999 copies for Nintendo Switch and 666 for Playstation 5 at price of 59.99€, including lots of additional collectibles: 
Game for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5Special Edition BoxColorful Game Manual Making of Blu-RayA3 PosterArtbookAutograph by Stefanie JoostenTwo Postcards