The Wholesome Games Direct just concluded, after showing off over 90 (!) games focused on cozy, welcoming, and generally, well, wholesome aesthetics. We got a handful of new game reveals, several announcements of release dates or windows, some free demos, and a whole heck-ton of new trailers. Everything was pretty rapidfire, but here's the basic rundown of what we just saw:

New Game Reveals

Three brand new games were revealed for the first time at the Wholesome Direct:

Bubblegum Galaxy

From the same studio as Wholesome Game alum Teacup, Bubblegum Galaxy is a city-builder of sorts…except you’re building galaxies and planets instead. It’s planned for release sometime in 2023 for PC and consoles.

Little Bear Chef

Little Bear Chef is a game about a very, very small bear working in a very large kitchen, trying to start a successful restaurant. In the first trailer, we get a look at the bear (really a sentient, bear-shaped honey container) trying to cook in a human sized kitchen. The game is being developed by BananaBox, and is coming to PC and consoles in 2023.

Melodyssey

Developed by Nel Pastel, Melodyssey follows the story of a child journeying through a musical landscape, looking for inspiration. Its gameplay uses block moving puzzles to progress, and is set to relaxing, ASMR music and sounds. It’s intended as a stress-free, exploration adventure game, and is headed to PC next year. A free demo is out now on Steam.

Games Getting Release Dates/Windows for the First Time

Several games that have previously been announced elsewhere received new trailers in tandem with new release dates and windows, and a few are even out right now. They are as follows:

LumbearJack

An exploration/puzzle game about a bear wrecking human-made objects that threaten to destroy nature and harm the habitats of its friends. You don’t have to wait long, as it’s out now on Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam, and is coming to Xbox on June 14th, in just a few days.

Freshly Frosted

A puzzle game where you build conveyor belts to decorate and frost donuts and guide them to the exit. It’s out today on Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox, and PC.

Lonesome Village

A combination puzzle-solving and social simulator wrapped in a fantasy adventure with no combat. As Wes the coyote, you’re tasked with solving the mystery of a calamity that’s befallen your village. It’s coming to PC, Xbox, and Switch this fall.

A Walk With Yiayia

A light adventure game/visual novel about taking a walk with your grandmother, exploring the neighborhood, and talking with her as you help her regain her confidence after she has a scary fall. It’s out on PC and Nintendo Switch on August 20 of this year.

Melatonin

A story about self-reflection told through rhythm mini-games that merge reality and dreams together. It uses animations and sound cues to keep you on the beat, rather than overlays or interfaces. Melatonin is coming to PC and Switch on September 16, 2022.

Pekoe

A tea making simulator where you make tea for cats, take time for self-care, and bond with new friends as you build and customize your own tea house. It’s coming to PC in Q2 of next year.

Chicken Journey

Play as a chicken on a platforming quest to figure out what came first: the chicken, or the egg? Coming in Q4 of 2022 to PC and Switch.

Updates to Existing Games

A handful of already-released games got announcements of new content shown at the Wholesome Games Direct. They are:

Calico

The slice of life sim game about running a cat cafe is getting a new and improved cooking system with its “Pawsome Update” in Q3 of this year. The update also includes rug and wallpaper customization, and new collectible farm animals.

Princess Farmer

An upcoming DLC to this visual novel/match-3 game sends its characters off on an island vacation that is quickly interrupted by a shell-matching tournament. The Guardian’s Beach Break Part 1: Swimsuits and Shells and a Tournament, Oh My! launches as a free update later this summer.

Skatebird

The skating game about little birds trying their best has a ton of new, free content available right now, including a new Playground level, a new secret skater crossover from Among Us, and a ton of new hats to deck out your birds with. Skatebird is out now on PC, Switch, and Xbox.

Ooblets

The farming, town life, and creature collection game Ooblets is leaving early access and getting its 1.0 launch at last later this summer on Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The update will include new regions, settings, characters, and systems.

First Look at Gameplay

A number of previously-announced games appeared at the Wholesome Direct that had, until today, not shown any actual gameplay yet. Here are all the games that debuted a first look at gameplay during the Direct:

Pixelshire

A farming sim/slice-of-life game that includes farming, animal raising, terraforming, and life sim elements, including cooperating with your neighbors to accomplish tasks and build a more beautiful town. It’s headed to PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox next year.

Toroa

Toroa’s trailer was elusive, but it showed a playable waterfowl taking off from floating in the water and soaring through the skies. It’s coming to consoles and potentially other platforms at an undetermined future date.

Paper Animal RPG

An RPG/roguelite homage to the Paper Mario games with a real-time, time-based battle system, cute characters, and pet dinosaurs. Headed to PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Android, iOS, and Xbox in 2023, with a Kickstarter campaign launching this summer.

Soulitaire

A relaxed, roguelike future game where your character can look into the future via games of Solitare. Interpret the future you read in the cards to tell the future of those who come to you to read it. It’s coming to PC, Switch, iOS, and Android at a future date.

Paper Trail

A top-down, puzzle adventure game about leaving home, where you solve puzzles by folding and tearing the paper world. It’s planned for release on PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox in Q1 of next year, and there’s a demo out now on Steam just for this weekend.

Passpartout 2: The Lost Artist

An adventure game where you play as a struggling artist, drawing and selling art to revive your lost art career, unlocking new studios and tools as you progress. It’s coming to PC at a future date, and there’s a public demo available on Steam from June 13 through 20.

Usagi Shima

A cozy, relaxing game about finding and collecting hidden rabbits, decorating an abandoned island, and befriending the found bunnies that inhabit it. It’s coming to PC, iOS, and Android.

Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley

A musical adventure game about restoring harmony and balance to Moominvalley, based on the Moomin comics and books created by Tove Jansson. It’s coming to PC and consoles in 2023.

Demo Announcements

Several games were shown that have free demos available either now or very, very soon, most through PC via Steam. They are:

Potion Permit

As the best alchemist around, it’s your job to care for the residents of Moonbury by diagnosing their symptoms, finding ingredients, and brewing potions to cure their various ailments. Potion Permit is planned for PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox later this year, and a demo is available now.

30 Birds

An exploration game about finding thirty missing birds in a hand-painted city that mixes 2D and 3D views. Coming to PC and consoles in 2024, with a demo available now on Steam.

The Spirit and the Mouse

Playing as a mouse, you’ll explore the town of Sainte-et-Clair and help those you meet by doing good deeds. The Spirit and the Mouse is headed to PC and Switch this year, and there’s a free demo available on Steam now.

Kokopa’s Atlas

After crash landing on an undiscovered planet, Kokopa and his friend Pollimero explore the new world, build, garden, and meet new friends while discovering the mysteries of their new home. It’s coming to PC and possibly other platforms next year, and there’s a free demo out now on Steam.

Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to

An action-puzzle game with a mixture of match-3 gameplay and story, focused on lovable, queer characters. A new demo is out now on Steam with updated art, music, and story moments. It’s headed to PC in 2023.

We Are OFK

A musical biopic game of the band OFK, telling the story of how four friends came together to release their music. It’s coming to PC, Switch, PS4, and PS5 in Q3 of this year, and there’s a free demo planned in conjunction with Steam Next Fest.

Tracks of Thought

A (self)-exploration RPG set on a train where by speaking to your fellow passengers via card-based conversation, you learn more about both yourself and where the train carrying you is going. It’s coming to PC in 2023 and there’s a new demo available now on Steam.

New Trailers

The following already-announced games also got brand new trailers during the Wholesome Direct, some of which showed off new gameplay or features:

• Terra Nil - Planned for PC
• The Garden Path - Out this year on PC and Switch, with a limited early access available on itch.io
• Mika and the Witch’s Mountain - Coming Q1 2024 to PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox
• Mail Time - Coming to PC and Switch in Q4 of 2022
• PuffPals: Island Skies - Coming to PC, Switch, iOS, and Android in 2025
• Freeride - Coming in 2023 to PC and Switch
• How to Say Goodbye - Coming to PC, Switch, iOS, and Android in Q3 of 2022
• Fall of Porcupine - Coming to PC and potentially other platforms at a future date
• The Last Clockwinder - Out now on Meta Quest and Steam VR
• Lovebirb - Headed to itch.io and potentially other platforms in Q4 of this year
• Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly - Coming to PC and consoles next year
• Oddada - Coming to Steam at a future date
• Frogun - Headed to PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox later this year
• Garden Witch Life - On PC and consoles at a future date
• Here Comes Niko! - Planned for PC and Switch at a later date
• Feed All Monsters - Out on PC later this year
• A Frog’s Tale - Coming to PC and possibly other platforms next year
• Kaichu: The Kaiju Dating Sim - Out in the coming months on PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox
• Wholesome - Out and About - Headed to PC, Switch, Xbox, and possibly other consoles next year
• Paradise Marsh - Planned for PC, Switch, Xbox, and possibly other platforms in Q3 of this year
• Gaucho and the Grasslands - Coming to PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox in Q4 of this year
• Lil Gator Game - Coming to PC and Switch this year
• Schim - PC and consoles at a future date
• Bilkins’ Folly - PC and possibly other platforms at a future date
• Kitori Academy - PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox next year
• Togges - PC and consoles, coming in Q3 of this year
• DokiToki: Time Slows Down When You’re in Love - Headed to PC next year
• Critter Crops - PC and Nintendo Switch, planned for 2023
• Snacko - Planned for PC, Switch, and now also PS4 and PS5 later this year
• A Little to the Left - PC, Switch, iOS, and Android in Q4 of this year
• The Wandering Village - PC and Xbox Series X, coming in Q3 of this year

The Montage Segment!

And finally, there was a rapidfire montage of games near the end of the presentation. Everything went by fairly fast, and the official Wholesome Games website has links to more information about everything shown during the event. The montage included the following titles, in order:

• Hamster on Rails
• Garden of the Sea
• Olliefrog Toad Skater
• With You
• Miska
• Bread & Fred
• Kity Builder
• Garden In!
• Petit Island
• Flore
• Pine Hearts
• Hello Goodboy
• Harmony’s Odyssey
• Seal World
• Love, Ghostie
• Potion Prodigy
• Moonstone Island
• Super Mini Mart
• Ova Magica
• PaperKlay
• Puzzles for Clef
• Lemon Cake
• Star Stuff
• San Zoolin
• Townseek
• Skye Tales
• Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo
• Tiny Witch
• The Courier
• The Hundred Year Kingdom
• Lost Twins 2
• Bloom

The Wholesome Games Direct has been a part of a smorgasbord of gaming events and news this week. You can catch up on the latest news and find out what's coming next by checking out our Summer of Gaming hub page.

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Guerrilla Collective is back again this year, and the latest new showcase highlighted games from across the industry - and it brought a truckload.

Check below for over 40 new trailers and game announcements from the Guerrilla Collective:

Ugly - New Game Reveal

Ugly is a game that looks to mix something of Braid, Celeste and psychological horror to create a dark puzzle-platformer. It will arrive in 2023.

Rain World: Downpour - DLC Details Revealed

Rain World: Downpour, is a new DLC expansion for the challening 2017 action-platformer Rain World. Five new playable characters were introduced – the Rivulet (better able to explore, but with penalties for its food consumption), the Spearmaster (a slugcat that can summon spears), the Saint (a pacifist character with a tongue grappling hook), the Gourmand and the Artificer.

Industria - Surprise Console Launch

This surreal first-person shooter begins in East Berlin before taking you to an alternate universe, set in the dark of the Cold War, with added aggressive robots. It's unexpectedly out now on Xbox Series X/S and PS5 after a PC release last year.

Symphony of War - Out Now

This Fire Emblem-like tactics game sees you play as a new graduate who must lead an army against a dangerous enemy in a war-torn land. It's just been released on PC.

Arkanoid: Eternal Battle - New Modes and Release Window

This new version of the classic brick-breaking arcade game is arriving in October, and adds multiple new modes. Online and split-screen multiplayer, Versus mode, Neo and Retro versions, and even 25-player battle royale. It's coming to PC, Xbox, PlayStation and Switch.

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist - Release Date

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is quite the mash-up of ideas, looking something like a narrative-survival-card game-life sim...thing – and we'll get to experience it for ourselfve when it arrives on August 25. Decide your future, whether you want to become an engineer, botanist, or soldier, with each life decision changing how your life unfolds on a new planet.

Signalis - Release Date

This deeply moody, very pretty survival horror will arrive for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One (including Game Pass), PS4, and PC on October 27.

Time on Frog Island - Release Date

Time on Frog Island sees you play as a castaway on a deserted island, exploring and finding ways to fix their broken ship. The game will be released on July 12 for Xbox, PlayStation, Switch, and PC.

Witch Strandings - Release Date

This dark, strange top-down open world game got a curious new trailer, in which a player is sucked into the game themselves. Developer Strange Scaffold promises meaningful choices, permadeath, and even says this is a new Strand game, the genre famously coined by Hideo Kojima. It will arrive for Steam on July 7.

Monster Outbreak - Release Date

Monster Outbreak is a pixel-art wave defense game where players build structures to fend off waves of monsters – it's comng to PC on August 25.

Gravewood High - Multiplayer Update

A stealth horror game set in high school, Gravewood High has been available as a single player game for some time, but a multiplayer update is coming this summer, seeing players team up as surviving students... or throwing each other to the demonic teacher haunting the halls.

Boundary - Beta Announcement

Boundary, a tactical shooter set in the zero gravity expanse of space sees you team up with other players in low-gravity operations against enemy astronauts for fights that require as much mastery over physics as weaponry. It's getting a beta this summer.

Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms - Early Access Release Date

Alaloth is a mix of deeply old-school and modern CRPG gameplay. After years in development, the game will hit early access on Steam and Gog on June 30.

The Fridge is Red - Demo Out Now

This collection of first-person horror games is now beig published by Tinybuild, and a free demo is out now on Steam. Each game features with experimental gameplay inspired by PS1-era horror games as well as the SCP and Twilight Zone – and the trailer looks appropriately bewildering.

Alterium Shift - Demo Announcement

Alterium Shift is a retro-inspired RPG which looks to adopt some of Square's 2D-HD looks of recent years. You'll play as one of three heroes assigned to prevent a catastrophic conflict between two worlds as they train – and a demo is coming in Q3 2022.

South of the Circle - Console and PC Trailer

South of the Circle is a narrative adventure exploring the relationship of two Cambridge academics during the Cold War. Already available on iOS, the game will now be coming to PC and console.

Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure - Beta and Early Access Release Window Announced

This new adventure crafting game is set on a mysterious island full of magical creatures and dangerous pirates. Explore the island's multiple biomes and collect resources, hunt monsters, and fight enemies to make Ikonei your home. The game will begin a Steam open beta on June 17, with an early access release this summer.

Contract Killer - Switch Platform Announcement

A new trailer for Contract Killer, a beat 'em up inspired by arcade classics like Streets of Rage but with the look of something far more friendlier. Contract Killer is now coming to the Nintendo Switch.

The Last Worker - Developer Walkthrough Trailer

We got a developer walkthrough for this first-person narrative adventure about a lonely human in an automated world. After activists ask for your help, you'll be weighing up choices between doing your job and uncovering the truth of a corporate conspiracy – with an all-star cast including Jason Isaacs.

WrestleQuest - Developer Walkthrough Trailer

This pro-wrestling RPG sees your party of wrestlers taking on opponents across a bizarre world. Side quests are based on real-life wrestlers – and your summons here are the likes of Jake The Snake and other icons. It arrives later this year.

Keylocker - Developer Walkthrough Trailer

A rhythm, turn-based JRPG starring BOBO the singer who fights authority alongside the Jukebot drummer Rocket. We got a look at combat in action, how the complex upgrade systems work, and more.

Zoeti - Developer Walkthrough Trailer

This turn-based roguelike game is played using a deck of cards. That may sound a bit familiar – except this is a true deck of cards, and your skills are activated by real-life Poker hands. We got a look at how that works in this walkthough.

Batora: Lost Haven - Developer Walkthough Trailer

A new walkthrough trailer was shown for this unusual hack-and-slash / twin-stick shooter, which powers a story-driven RPG. Hop across different, colorful planets and make decisions that will determine how your journey unfolds.

Asterigos: Curse of the Stars - Developer Walkthrough Trailer

This action-RPG is inspired by Greek and Roman mythologies. The new trailer introduced us to Eulalia, a singing, birdlike boss, showing off the game's combat in the process.

Frogun - Developer Walkthrough Trailer

Frogun is an old-school platformer evoking the N64 era. Traverse a retro 3D world in your quest to become the greatest archaeologist in the world. This trailer showed off how the titular Frogun is a weapon, grappling hook, and friend alike. We also got a look at some classic boss battles, costume unlocks, and more.

MADiSON - Gameplay Trailer

This new gameplay reveal for MADiSON shows off more of PT-inspired first-person psychological horror game. As you might expect, it looks absolutely horrific, with the player constantly forced to contend with breaking lights, locking doors, sudden noises... and a demonic presence stalking them through shifting corridors. It's out on July 8.

From Space - Gameplay Trailer

From Space, a new solo and co-op top-down shooter, lets players squad up in a team of four to liberate planets from an alien infestation. It's coming in Autumn 2022, and it looks weirdly cute for a game about the apocalypse.

Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle - Gameplay Trailer

We got a look at new gameplay for Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle, another throwback to '90s action horror like its predecessor Daymare 1998. We see lots of combat and puzzles, seemingly with a focus on using environmental effects.

Slope Crashers - Gameplay Trailer

Slope Crashers is an arcade snowboard combat game where a crew of animals must become the world's best snowboarders. Pick an animal and hit the slopes while aiming to get the highest score by chaining together combos and tricks – and taking out your opponents.

Cassette Beasts - Gameplay Trailer

This very pretty, Pokemon inspired RPG got a new look, showing off how any two monsters in the game can be combined to make new creatures. We also got a sense of the game's exploration – and what seemed to be a hint at something darker, right at the end.

The Cub - Gameplay Trailer

Inspired by classic Sega platformers like Aladdin and Lion King, The Cub sees players take on the role of an abandoned Earth child, who travels through the ruins of a crumbling world while solving environmental puzzles – and avoids human tourists from Mars at all costs.

Xel - Gameplay Trailer

A 3D sci-fi adventure game, Xel follows Reid as she uncovers her mysterious past while collecting new gadgets to master. This trailer showed off more of the puzzling side of the game, with the player travelling seamlessly between different time periods to solve challenges.

Rytmos - Gameplay Trailer

This abstract puzzle game has you travelling through a solar system by way of solving musical challenges, each based on specific instruments from around the world.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Extended Gameplay

We saw a new co-op gameplay video for the classic arcade revival Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. Like the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game, you can pick your fighter and fight your way through Shredder's Foot Clan — and we saw full 6-player combat across a boardwalk and funfair.

Skald: Against the Black Priory - Gameplay Trailer

We saw a new trailer for this retro-style RPG set in a Lovecraft-inspired world. Turn-based combat and branching storylines are both core gameplay elements, and we saw elements of both in action, as well as its charming pixel art looks.

Nine Years of Shadows - Gameplay Trailer

This action-platformer – highly influenced by Castlevania – showed off its ability changing armour sets, high speed combat, pixel-art good looks... and the fact that you work with a powerful spellcasting teddy bear.

Greedventory - Gameplay Trailer

Greedventory is a pixel-art narrative RPG controlled using only your mouse in which you guide a hero across a dark comedy fantasy world, constantly looting and upgrading as you go.

Spells & Secrets - Gameplay Trailer

A new gameplay trailer for a rogue-like inspired action game set in the wizard school of Greifenstein. We got a look at character creation, spell us, and unlocks.

River Tails: Stronger Together - Gameplay Trailer

New gameplay trailer for River Tails: Stronger Together, a 3D co-op adventure platformer with a cartoon art style. Solve puzzles together as either a cat or a fish who must team up to climb up an icy mountain.

Flat Eye - Gameplay Trailer

We saw a new gameplay trailer for Flat Eye, a story-driven adventure set in a futuristic fill-up station, combining a management sim and dystopian corporate sci-fi story.

I Am Future - Gameplay Trailer

A new gameplay reveal video for I Am Future, a game set in the sunken ruins of an old civilization. The game sees you build your shelter and create new tools as you chart a future in the post-apocalypse (and make friends with a talking fridge).

Mira: The Legend of the Djinns - Gameplay Trailer

This combat-heavy Metroidvania follows Yuba, a treasure hunter who explores the Desert Ocean alongside Mira, a Djinn who lost her memories. A trailer gave us a sense of the hardcore boss battles coming our way when it arrives on Steam.

Garden In! - Gameplay Trailer

We got a new look at this relaxing fanatsy gardening game, which is as much about creating the prefect environment for you plants as it is the plants themselves.

Exo One - Gameplay Trailer

This trailer showed off the PlayStation versions of the surreal exploration game. The PS5 version will have advanced haptic feedback based on weather patterns and the terrain of each planet, and has been enhanced to hit 120 FPS.

Shashingo: Learn Japanese with Photography - Gameplay Trailer

Shashingo is a smart new edutainment game that uses virtual photography to teach players the Japanese language. The trailer showed off how taking photos will teach you the Japanese words for the objects within, will translate the world around you, and will set you challenges around its locations to find and photograph items.

BATS: Bloodsucker Anti-Terror Squad - Physical Edition

We're getting a physical release of this fast-paced, ludicrously bloody arcade action game. The new edition physical edition version, courtesy of Limited Run, will include the game, soundtrack, a comic book, traditing cards, pin, and standees. Standalone PS4 and Switch physical bersions are available too. It's out now.

This War of Mine: Final Cut - Gameplay Trailer

The final version of the critically-acclaimed game with new scenarios, new characters and locations remasted in 4K for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. It's out now.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.

Boba Fett actor Temuera Morrison has opened up about the legendary Star Wars bounty hunter and has revealed he would love to see him get "back to his badass ways."

Speaking to ET, Morrison discussed the future of the iconic character he first played in season 2 of The Mandalorian and then again in The Book of Boba Fett.

While he admits his fate is "out of my control," he does have some thoughts, especially now that Fett is the new Daimyo of Mos Espa after he moved in on the late Jabba the Hutt's territory.

“We’ve got to bring him back somewhere. We’ve got to see the old Boba Fett," Morrison said. “We reintroduced him. We found out some stuff. But I think it’s time to get him back to his badass ways. No two ways around that. So, I think we sort of have that scope to go back there, but that’s out of my control. I’ll just see what happens.”

In our review of The Book of Boba Fett's first season, we shared the sentiment that the team behind the series may have "softened [Boba Fett's] edges too much"

"Morrison’s grounded delivery, dry wit, and physical prowess in battle help to flesh out a previously unreadable character, but this trend of ameliorating classic villains has maybe softened his edges too much," IGN's reviewer Hanna Ines Flint wrote. "He’s still a crime boss after all, so it’s a shame we’re getting more Maleficent than Omar Little with this antihero reboot."

As of this writing, there is no word as to whether The Book of Boba Fett will return for a second season or if we will potentially learn more of the bounty hunter's story in The Mandalorian or otherwise.

We do know that The Mandalorian's third season will arrive in February 2023, so hopefully, we won't have to wait too long to see what the future holds for Boba Fett.

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VergeWorld is a new combat racing game with a beautiful, PS1-inspired look - and it's coming to PC this fall.

Revealed at IGN Expo, the game has a roguelike structure, sending you dogfighting, racing and violently exploding through procedurally generated courses. Between runs, you'll be able to use collected resources to upgrade your post-apocalyptic flying machine.

Aiming to mix the speed and precision of WipeOut with bullet hell combat, the game initially started as a fan project aiming to recreate Amiga and Sega Genesis style games, but blossomed into a full project for developer Bad Bones. Furthering the retro homage, the game features a 16-bit synthwave soundtrack, and pixel art story sections.

You'll be able to play a demo on Steam from June 13. This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

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Developer Pixelated Millk has announced that its upcoming action JRPG, SacriFire, will release on PC in 2023. Console releases will follow later.

Revealed as part of IGN Expo, the news of a 2023 release came accompanied by a brand new trailer that shows off three of the game's vibrant locations. First up is Ivanstone, one of SacriFire's hub locations, which is located in the underground city of Antioch. The trailer then showcases Erebus, a forest haunted by the spirits of both the living and dead. Finally, we're shown Bohemond's Office, a room where missions are assigned to protagonist Ezekiel.

SacriFire is described as "Vagrant's Story meets Octopath Traveler", and will see Ezekiel explore the worlds of Antioch and Erebus, two very different lands with different stories. Those locations are realised through a combination of hand-drawn pixel art characters and 3D backdrops, which lends SacriFire its own distinct look. Dungeons full of hellhounds, imps, lemures, and more set the stage for a battle system that weaves together elements of turn based and real-time combat. Ezekiel's DIVOS gauntlet can transform into six different weapons, which can influence fighting styles alongside your companions.

For more, check out our Summer of Gaming 2022 schedule, which is your full guide to every gaming event this month, including IGN Expo and beyond.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Features Editor.

Buckshot Software and Retrovibe has announced that '90s-style FPS Project Warlock 2 is available now on PC in Early Access via Steam and GOG.

Revealed at IGN Expo, a new trailer showed a rapid-pace glimpse of the content available during Project Warlock 2's Early Access version. This smaller slice of the full game contains six levels that Buckshot Software describes as being up to 10 times bigger than any level in the original Project Warlock. Each level is a multi-floor structure with platforms and buildings that add a new layer of verticality to the run-and-gun gameplay.

Project Warlock 2 is inspired by the likes of Quake and Doom 64, and features an arsenal of upgradable weapons including swords, guns, magic staffs, cannons, and a range of special skills. The Early Access version will begin with playable warlock Palmer, but he's just the first of three characters. In the coming months, chapters featuring warlocks Urd and Kirsten will be added.

Buckshot Software expects Project Warlock 2 to be in Early Access for about a year, with player feedback from this first chapter being used to refine the gameplay and help develop the remaining two chapters.

For more, check out the first 10 minutes of Project Warlock 2. If it looks like your kind of thing, there's currently a 10% discount on both Steam and GOG to celebrate the launch. And if it's more announcements you're searching for, check out our Summer of Gaming 2022 schedule, which is your complete guide to all the big events happening this month.

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IGN Expo is pleased to announce that No Place for Bravery, a 2D pixel art game with Sekiro-inspired combat, will launch this September.

A new trailer reveals that No Place for Bravery will be available on PC (via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG) and Nintendo Switch from September 22.

The 2D soulslike features fast combat that places a strong emphasis on parries, much like FromSoftware's Sekiro. As Thorn, you'll explore a wretched, grim world where death lurks behind every corner. Your journey to investigate your daughter's disappearance will see you accompanied by your disabled foster son, Phid. The concept promises themes of compassion and parental responsibility amidst the encrounching darkness, so perhaps we'll see parallels to God of War as well as Sekiro and Dark Souls.

No Place for Bravery was shown as part of the Guerrilla Collective back in 2020, and here on IGN developer Pedro Machado also walked us through how the game works.

For more from this months biggest shows, be sure to check out our Summer of Gaming 2022 schedule, which is our complete guide to every live stream and announcement show of the season.

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Core Keeper, the mining sandbox adventure game from Pugstorm and Fireshine, has revealed its first major update, The Sunken Sea – and has added dedicated server support today.

Shown off at IGN Expo, The Sunken Sea update has players navigating a brand new water-based biome, filled with aquatic threats and treasure-filled islands. The update adds boats for the first time, as well as new enemies, weapons, valuables, ores, base building items, and more.

An exclusive teaser trailer gives us a hint at what's to come, including a gigantic three-eyed turtle... thing, which fires whirlwinds. No date has been given for the update, other than that it's coming soon.

Today also sees the addition of dedicated server support for the up-to 8-player game. Players will now be able to host their own multiplayer worlds and have friends join at any time.

"Dedicated servers have been requested since the start of the game's launch into Steam Early Access," said Pugstorm CEO Sven Thole, "and we'd like to say a huge thank you to the members of our incredible community who have helped test this feature ahead of its official launch today."

IGN helped announce Core Keeper at last year's Expo. The procedural mining adventure has since garnered almost a million players, and looks set to grow further. This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

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There Is No Light - a brutal, pixel art hack 'n' slash - will be released in September.

The news was revealed in a brand new animated trailer shown during IGN Expo, showing the game's haunted hero dispatching enemies - and revealing a healthy slice of gameplay too.

Set in a grimdark underworld, There Is No Light has you exploring a world left shattered after the Church of the Great Hand massacres humanity. You'll help survivors and get into punishing, high-speed fights against the Church's enforcers. The game looks to mix the rewarding challenge of the Souls games with the speed of classic action games.

This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

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IGN Expo saw the reveal of Ground Divers, a brand new game in the style of classic arcade game Dig Dug – but filled to the brim with systems more familiar from an RPG. It arrives for Nintendo Switch on June 30.

Described as a "slapstick discovery game", Ground Divers sees you guide the rabbit-like mining robot Tsuruhashi into increasingly complex mine shafts of your own creation. The game sees you not just digging for "rare matter", but fighting off underground enemies, building Pit Relay Systems to help offer upgrades and supporting units along the way, and more.

Both Tsuruhashi and your home base can be upgraded over time, lending it something of the feel of XCOM. There are even special moves built in for cheering on Tsuruhashi enough. It looks truly unusual, and markedly different from anything out there right now.

This was just one of dozens of announcements and trailers revealed during IGN Expo 2022 - make sure to check them all out.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.