Square Enix made a surprise announcement to reveal that the PC version of their action RPG Final Fantasy XVI is finally releasing on September 17 on Steam and Epic Games Store with a demo now available for free on the Steam platform. We are also given the recommended PC system requirements for the game.

Age of Empires Mobile will be launching globally on iOS and Android devices on October 17.

Bethesda announced a new mobile called The Elder Scrolls Castles, a construction and management simulation game launching on September 10. Pre-registrations are open for iOS and Android users as the amount of registrations will unlock in-game rewards.

HoYoverse announced that their free-to-play open world gacha game Genshin Impact is getting a major update at the end of the month. Version 5.0 will add the sixth nation of Teyvat called Natlan, with various content and new areas to explore. The update goes live on August 28.

Publisher Level Infinite and developer Sharkmob (Blood Hunt) finally revealed gameplay footage of their long-awaited extraction shooter, Exoborne. Playtests are planned for the future.

Sega and Two Point Studio announced Two Point Museum, the third iteration of the studio’s strategy management simulator. It’s coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.

Philippine-based studio CMD Studios announced that they are officially launching the Kickstarter campaign for their 2D Metroidvania action game Fallen Tear: Ascension on August 27.

Virtual Alchemy, A new indie studio based in Warsaw Poland, announced its debut title called Band of Crusaders, a Witcher-esque strategy RPG that’s set in a corrupted version of medieval Europe where you recruit warriors, develop your camp, and fight the demons that roam the land.

I had the chance to play a preview build of The Casting of Frank Stone, an interactive horror game developed by Supermassive Games. Set within the Dead by Daylight universe, the demo took around 45 minutes and left me with the impression that Behaviour Interactive has given Supermassive the freedom to do what they do best. The game echoes their previous work, both in gameplay and in how choices and events shape the overall story.

Publisher Krafton, best known for publishing games like PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds and the survival horror The Callisto Protocol, has acquired the Japanese studio Tango Gameworks as well as the intellectual property rights to their latest title Hi-Fi Rush from Microsoft Gaming.

Capcom revealed that their fresh new IP Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess has reached over 500,000 players since it was released on July 19, 2024. They also shared that the game will be updated with new fun Mazo Talismans and that they’ve released a new video sharing insight on the development process of the game.

Capcom is slowly rolling out new details for their upcoming action RPG Monster Hunter Wilds by dropping quick videos describing the game’s new combat mechanics and featuring the new features of each weapon type available. This is in preparation for their big showing of the game in the public at Gamescom 2024.