Game News Round-Up Special Edition — Summer Games Fest

Among Us developer launches indie fund Outersloth to give others a helping hand

Astro’s Playroom has received new content and trophies ahead of Astro Bot’s release

• The free update adds new gatchas and new "special bots"

Nightdive revives a cult 2002 survival horror with The Thing: Remastered

• The remaster will be released on PS4/5, Xbox One / S/X, Switch, and PC (via Steam) later this year

Lego Horizon Adventures has been officially confirmed for PS5, Switch and PC

• Created by Studio Gobo; a Keywords studio and Guerrilla Games
• PS5, Switch and PC holiday 2024

Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions dated and confirmed for PlayStation Plus day one

• PS4/4, Xbox One /X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store on September 3rd

Stanley Parable and Tacoma creators fight back against onslaught of coffee games with tea-themed Wanderstop

• "Coming 2024" for PS5 and PC (Steam)

Sonic x Shadow Generations get release date

• October 25th
• Pre-orders get a SA1 skin for Sonic
• Shadow doesn't seem to have guns this time, but he gets edgy wings instead (Editor's Note: a decent compromise?)

Alan Wake 2's deliciously bizarre Night Springs DLC out this weekend, physical version finally due later this year

• Physical version releases "this fall"
• Night Springs DLC launches Saturday, allows you to play as Jesse Faden (Control), Shaun Ashmore (Playing Himself?) and Rose, the Waitress

StarCraft 2 dev David Kim’s RTS hybrid Battle Aces debuts at Summer Game Fest

• Mixes "RTS elements with deckbuilding"
• No release date given

Horror film production company Blumhouse marks its arrival with SIX game announcements

• “We’re going to do independent games, we’re going to look for creators and give them a platform, and encourage these creators to be weird and subversive, and find the most F’ed up, scariest things they can, and put them into really cool games.”

Digital Eclipse is making a new Power Rangers beat ’em up

• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind will be released later this year

Terry and Mai from Fatal Fury are coming to Street Fighter 6

• Joined by M Bison and Elena

Civilization VII has officially been announced for 2025

• Civilization VII will be released in 2025, and will be released on PC, PS4/5, Xbox One / S/X and Switch