Kepler Interactive and Ebb Software announced that pre-orders for their highly anticipated atmospheric first-person adventure game, SCORN (@scorn_game), are now available on the Xbox Store for Xbox Series S/X and PC, ahead of the games October 21st release. Play it day one with Xbox Game Pass!
SCORN is designed around the idea of "being thrown into the world". Isolated and lost inside this dream-like world, you will explore different interconnected regions in a non-linear fashion. The unsettling environment is a character itself.
Every location contains its own theme (story), puzzles and characters that are integral in creating a cohesive world. Throughout the game you will open up new areas, acquire different skill sets, weapons, various items and try to comprehend the sights presented to you.
Watch the brand spanking new gameplay & release date trailer from the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase 2022 below.
SCORN will be available for Xbox Series S|X and PC on October 21st, 2022. You can pre-order and pre-download the game on XBOX today, but it will not be playable until the official release date (check the Xbox Store for release date in your region).
110 Industries (@110industries) and Japanese studio Soleil announced that their limb-severing action game, Wanted: Dead, is coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS5, PS4, & PC in Q4 2022.
Wanted: Dead is a high-octane third-person action game that seamlessly mixes swordplay with gun combat. Developed by talent that created Ninja Gaiden, players should expect that series’ hardcore DNA to shine through, with intelligent enemies pushing you to master the game’s systems. Wanted: Dead forces players to learn how to use combos, parries and the other tools it gives you to full effect to overcome the inevitable ass-kickings the game will be dishing out. The reward will be aesthetically pleasing bouts of blood and violence and the sense of satisfaction that comes with becoming a flawless fighting machine.
Watch the extended version of the new story trailer below.
Imprisoned as one of the losing combatants in a global war, Lt. Hannah Stone is given one final chance to escape her imprisonment as she takes charge of an elite team who work outside the purview of the traditional police force known as “Zombie Squad”. Taking on the role of Hannah, players will step into a retro-cyberpunk vision of Hong Kong where synthetic workers and advanced weaponry exists alongside VHS tapes and cars that look like they are straight out of the 90s.
Wanted: Dead’s world is one dominated by a single company: Dauer Synthetics. Lt. Stone and her team soon find themselves embroiled in the shady dealings and underhand politics that swirl around the company that controls the world. Who is the mysterious mercenary outfit that attacks them? What do they want? And how will the world respond when Dauer Synthetics leaves a power vacuum no one could have anticipated.
Wanted: Dead brings its stylish John Wick-esque violence and a twisted look at a dark retro-cyberpunk future to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Playstation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC in Q4 2022.
Kwalee and Damage State announced that their adrenaline fueled, classic FPS, Scathe, will launch on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on 31st August, 2022. The console versions will follow in early 2023.
Scathe is an adrenaline fueled, classic FPS with big guns and even bigger demons. You play as Scathe, Enforcer of the legions of Hell, forged from the earth by the Divine Creator themself. And you, like your fallen kin before you, must prove your worth by navigating a deviously crafted maze, entangled with demonic evil at every twist and turn. So, grab your Hellhammer, lock’n’load and get ready to unleash your almighty fury!
Key Features
ESCAPE THE MAZE - Your task is simple; collect the three Hellstones and get to the centre of the maze. Choose your own path by navigating expertly handcrafted zones - each filled with danger around every corner. Collect runes the need to progress, and smite all that stand in your way.
BULLET HELL - Scathe is not your ordinary FPS… Get ready for bullet-hell where you must dodge countless waves of deadly projectiles. By utilising Scathe’s incredible speed, you can dash through attacks, leaving you unharmed. Keeping on the move is the key to survival.
LOCK’N’LOAD - Rip through your enemies with Scathe’s insanely powerful arsenal of weapons, each equipped with a devastating secondary fire. Spew hellfire with the Hot Hatch or slice through endless evil with the buzz saw launcher, Bow Blade.
DROP IN/DROP OUT ONLINE MULTIPLAYER - Scathe will support full crossplay online multiplayer where players can drop-in and drop-out at any time. Already lost deep within the labyrinth? Call upon up to three friends to join the fight. Choose your kin wisely, because in Scathe, everyone shares the same pool of lives.
Check out the new blood-soaked gameplay trailer showcasing Scathe’s Dark Magic powers and how they can be used in the battle against the evil lurking deep in the pits of hell.
Scathe will launch on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on August, 31st 2022. Consoles to follow in 2023!
SOEDESCO announced that Lemon Cake will release on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and Nintendo Switch in September this year.
Developed by Cozy Bee Games, also known as solo indie developer Éloïse Laroche, Lemon Cake first launched on Steam back on February 18, 2021. Lemon Cake is a café management game about restoring an old bakery and turning it into a café with the help of a friendly ghost. There are various recipes to learn and master so players can serve them to customers, as well as a greenhouse where they can grow plants and care for their cows and chickens.
While the bakery might initially be broken down, overgrown and even haunted, don’t worry! You’ll be able to repair, furnish and decorate every room in the bakery. Gather honey from your beehive, raise a cow to collect fresh milk and adopt a few chickens to add eggs to your recipes. You’ll also be able to grow trees and plants to harvest a variety of fruits.
As Dusk Falls from Interior/Night and publisher Xbox Game Studios is now available for pre-order on the Xbox Store, ahead of its release next month for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC/Steam on July 19th. One town. Two families. Three decades of secrets. Check out the release date trailer!
As Dusk Falls is an original interactive drama that explores the entangled lives of two families across thirty years. Starting with a robbery-gone-wrong in small town Arizona, the choices you make will have a powerful impact on this epic story of sacrifice, betrayal, and resilience.
The cinematic story is brought to life by the performance of actors that are digitally rendered into a beautiful art style, creating a unique experience that plays like a motion graphic novel.
Can you break free from your family’s toxic influence? What will you sacrifice for the ones you love? Can you overcome your past? Your decisions will shape the characters’ fates.
Striking Distance and KRAFTON announced that The Callisto Protocol, a new sci-fi survival horror game from the creator of Dead Space, will launch globally for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC on December 2, 2022. Watch the new gameplay trailer.
Built by a team of industry veterans led by iconic game director Glen Schofield, The Callisto Protocol is a next-generation take on survival horror that fuses brutal combat with a deeply human story in a terrifying sci-fi world.
Set on Jupiter’s dead moon Callisto in the year 2320, The Callisto Protocol challenges players to escape the maximum security Black Iron Prison and uncover the terrifying secrets of the United Jupiter Company. Players will need to search their surroundings and adapt their tactics, using a unique blend of shooting and close-quarters combat to survive a mysterious outbreak that has thrown Callisto into chaos.
The game stars Josh Duhamel as Jacob Lee, a cargo ship pilot trapped deep within Black Iron Prison, and Karen, star of The Boys, who plays a mysterious fellow inmate. More details about the game’s cast and story will be revealed later this year.
“As a game director, there’s nothing more satisfying than taking players on a terrifying ride that stays with them long after they’ve put the controller down,” said Glen Schofield, CEO of Striking Distance Studios. “Survival horror games have been my passion for decades, and I’m excited to take advantage of the latest consoles to take the genre to terrifying new places when we ship The Callisto Protocol later this year.”
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