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• Raz is back in the first Psychonauts 2 story trailer

  Psychonauts 2, which was delayed earlier this year, launches in 2019 and Double Fine officially revealed the game to the world at The Game Awards last night.

• Atlas is a 40,000 players pirate MMO from the creators of Ark: Survival Evolved

  Atlas is a new game from some of the developers behind Ark: Survival Evolved.

• Scavengers is a PvPvE shooter from former Halo devs

  Scavengers, the connected multiplayer shooter from Midwinter, was officially unveiled at The Game Awards.

• Bastion and Transistor developer Supergiant announces Hades, and it's available now

  Supergiant Games, the indie team behind Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre, has revealed – and released – its newest project.

• Souls-like RPG Ashen gets stealth release on Xbox One and Epic Games Store

  Ashen, the Souls-inspired action RPG from A44, and Annapurna, has officially launched.

• The Last Campfire: a new indie title from Hello Games

  No Man’s Sky creators Hello Games announced The Last Campfire at The Game Awards on Thursday and it looks super sweet.

• Stranger Things: The Game revealed at the Game Awards

  If you’ve got a Netflix subscription, you’ve probably watched all of Stranger Things, a nostalgia-tinged mystery show about alternate dimensions.

• The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is coming to console with new content

  The Stanley Parable is quite unlike anything else, full of fourth wall-breaking humour and reactive gags.

• 5v1 co-op survival adventure Last Year: The Nightmare launches on Discord soon

  Last Year: The Nightmare is a 5v1 co-op horror survival game starring five teens in 1996.

• Ape Out, the game where you control a rampaging gorilla, is coming to PC and Switch in 2019

  Devolver Digital, and Gabe Cuzzillo have announced a release date for Ape Out.

• Over 5 years after it was first announced, Below finally has a release date

  Below, Capybara’s top-down dungeon crawler, is finally, actually, definitely coming out.

• Insurgency: Sandstorm open beta kicks off this weekend

  Ahead of Insurgency: Sandstorm’s impending launch, developer New World has announced one final beta test.

• Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries gets September release date - watch new gameplay here

  At Mechcon 2018, Piranha Games unveiled a new trailer for Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries and set an official release date for the mech action game.

• Steam's new tiered revenue share system draws backlash from indie devs

  Valve gives Steam devs a bigger slice of the cake for bringing in the big bucks, and receives backlash from indie studios.

• Override: Mech City Brawl launch trailer has a high number of mechs getting punched through entire city blocks

  The Balance Inc.’s mech action fighter, Override: Mech City Brawl, is out next week and the team has prepped one last reminder of what to expect.

• Path of Exile PS4 release delayed to 2019

  The PS4 version of Path of Exile, which was initially set to launch next month, has had its release date pushed back.

• WW2 tactical shooter Hell let Loose comes to Steam Early Access in 2019

  Hell Let Loose, the indie WW2 shooter which you may remember from its impressive Kickstarter campaign in 2017, will be available next year.

• See the expanded scale in Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2's new trailer

  Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2’s bigger and more tactical space battles are showcased in a new video.

• Lovely indie side-scroller Battle Princess Madelyn gets a release date and new trailer

  The lovely indie game Battle Princess Madelyn has a release date and really nice gameplay trailer accompanying the announcement.