Viking survival builder ASKA getting a closed beta in April

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CCP Games have shared a few more details about Project Awakening, a new game or at least, "survival experience" set in the Eve Online universe, which is getting a closed playtest from 21st May 2024. Project Awakening is a single-shard affair - that is, one in which all players inhabit the same world, rather than being split up across servers or instances. It's "built upon the principles of freedom, consequence, and mastery within a living universe", and "represents the next step in CCP Games' journey to create virtual worlds more meaningful than real life", which, you know, wind your neck in.

TopSpin 2K25 is going to be launching on April 26th, 2K Games has confirmed. That is unless you buy the Deluxe or Grand Slam editions, which come with three days earlier access.  There has been confirmation of some of the tennis superstars that will be present in the game including Roger Federer, Serena Williams, as well as Carlos Alcaraz, Iga Świątek, and Francis Tiafoe. All in all there will be 24 playable players on TopSpin 2K25 roster.

Fortnite’s Holo-Back Back Bling has recently gotten an exciting new improvement as the rare purchasable item can now display animated emoticons. Previously, the Holo-Back only allowed Fortnite characters to show static emoticons on their backs.

All things are not equal in the world of’s companions with some getting significantly more love than others. With 10 potential companions to recruit, it’s hardly surprising that some have had a little more attention and care put into them than others. However, when the numbers are actually broken down, the discrepancies become staggeringly obvious, leaving some companions clear winners and others the losers.

Tactical Breach Wizards is having a beta playtest, with space for around 2500 players over the next month or so. New to Tactical Breach Wizards? It's a grid and turn-based room-clearance puzzler in which you control a gang of door-kickers who happen to be armed with spells and magical artefacts, rather than plain old riot shields. It's the work of Suspicious Developments, the studio founded by former videogames journalist and - *engage mystic rite of disclaiming* - RPS contributor Tom Francis, and lets you do things like chain lightning bolts around cover and knock people into mystic portals or out of windows (a Suspicious Developments staple).

Three months after the release of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, developer Massive Entertainment unveiled Title Updates 3 and 3.1, two major patches that add various quality-of-life improvements and fix gameplay issues. With the regular addition of new features and bug fixes, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora keeps on improving the overall gameplay experience for players who want to explore the main planet from the Avatar universe.

, the story-driven, sanity-testing sandbox survival game from developer DRAGO Entertainment, embraces the bitter chill of a brutal winter as it launches on PC via Steam Early Access.

Clockwork Labs has announced that BitCraft will begin its closed alpha on April 4th. The team revealed the news along with the survival crafting MMORPG’s first official gameplay trailer.

As more Palworld players reach the end of the survival game, more of them are getting stung by its steep repair costs.

The long-awaited sequel to Frostpunk, the popular strategy game that combines elements of survival, city-building, and the 4X genre, is almost here. Today's Xbox Partner Preview event revealed that Frostpunk 2's release date is set for July 25, 2024. and that it will also be available on day one on PC Games Pass

Synduality: Echo of Ada is getting a closed beta on PS5, allowing players a chance to pilot armoured mechs to become Drifters and face off against the xenomorphic threat of the Enders after the world was washed away by a poisonous rain known as «The Tears of the New Moon».