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Stonegate: The Mad Baron makes retreat the key to dungeon survival

Every dungeon party begins with confidence and ends with somebody insisting they can survive one more room. Stonegate: The Mad Baron appears to understand this problem very well. Stonegate is a first-person dungeon crawler about heading underground and knowing when to turn back.…

Horde survival and PvE extraction hybrid NightRunner announced for PC

Projekt Z: Beyond Order developer 314 Arts has announced NightRunner, described as “the next evolution …

Where Winds Meet adds giant bosses and haunted survival mode in upcoming Heaven's Threshold update

Mountains are useful landforms. More so in 10th-century ancient China, where they even contain enough ancient machinery to keep a small civilisation busy for a very long time. Where Winds Meet heads higher on August 20th, when the second chapter of its Hidden Mountain expansion,…

Nicktoons & The Dice of Destiny gets Zim's Tower of Doom DLC bringing in Invader Zim and new survival mode

The endless survival game mode and Invader Zim are available on all platforms through the DLC.

Ghost of Yotei narrative expansion, new combat survival mode launch October 1 alongside Complete Edition

Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Sucker Punch Productions have announced Ghost of Yotei narrative …

My Hero Academia United Survival hits one million downloads in less than a month since launch

My Hero Academia may have wrapped up its print and screen run more than a few years ago, but it seems that fans of Kohei Horikoshi's superhero manga are still eager for more. As if you needed any other indication, the recently released My Hero Academia United Survival just hit ov…

Crafting is becoming the backbone of survival in YAARRGH! Battle Island!

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be revealing our expanded crafting systems for Battle Island!

X-Men '97 Season 2 Finale Review & Recap: "Survival of the Fittest"

X-Men '97 again becomes a victim of its relentless pacing in the Season 2 finale, as the final battle with Apocalypse fails to impress.

The Pocket Gamer Podcast Episode 90 - Survivors-like ducks, My Hero Academia United Survival, and AI buying games for you

How would you like an AI assistant that makes seamless purchases for you? Would you have enough self-discipline, or will your in-app purchases spiral out of control? We ponder the consequences of automated sales in this week's (New and Improved!) Pocket Gamer Podcast, where we ta…

Fancy Some Far Cry-Style Survival At A Cheaper Price? Meet Iridio

There is something rather familiar about Iridio. An island, hostile criminals, an indigenous tribe, a collection of weapons, wild animals, crafting and plenty of things to set on fire - if that sounds a little bit like Far Cry, you're not imagining it. The post Fancy Some Far Cry…

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival launches September 18

Side-scrolling beat ’em up game The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival will launch for PlayStation …

The Walking Dead: Streets of Survival gets Sept. 18th, 2026 release date, pre-orders and deluxe edition revealed

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Alia Domus Brings Civilization-Building Survival to Steam in Early 2027

Cat Crate Games has announced that Alia Domus, its upcoming pixel art survival RPG, is scheduled to launch on Steam in early 2027.

My Hero Academia UNITED SURVIVAL Is Smashing Onto Mobile Devices on 6th August

KLab Inc. has officially confirmed that My Hero Academia UNITED SURVIVAL will launch worldwide on August 6 for mobile devices.

Stoneguard Arrives on Steam Early Access With Sandbox Survival and Strategy

ThornSpire Games has officially launched its medieval sci-fi horde survival game, Stoneguard, into Steam Early Access

Former Xbox Studio Forced To Layoff 23 Employees To Ensure 'Survival Of Our Studio'

"The people we are losing were all important". It's been just over three weeks since Psychonauts and Kiln developer Double Fine announced its independence from Xbox Game Studios , and the team has now been forced into letting go of 23 employees to avoid complete closure. Studio H…

Newly Independent Double Fine Has to Lay Off 23 Devs to Ensure Survival of the Studio

Only considered the move to make sure the team survives. Psychonauts developer Double Fine, having just returned to independence to avoid closure by Xbox, has been forced to let go of 23 employees to ensure the studio can stay afloat. The cuts were confirmed in a social media pos…

After escaping Xbox, Double Fine lays off 23 people as Tim Schafer says "only the survival of our studio would ever make us consider such a painful action"

"The people we are losing were all important"

Don't Starve Together brings cross-progression and co-op survival to mobile

Charlie, the thing that kills you the second your torch goes out, apparently smells like roses. Charming right up until it is not, which sums up most of Don't Starve Together fairly well. After we told you it was on the way last month, Don't Starve Together is now properly out on…

The Planet Crafter Launches on XBOX July 21: Co-op Survival With No Enemies, Timers, or Pressure