FA Games is excited to announce that their highly anticipated post-apocalyptic MMO shooter, PIONER, is out now worldwide via Steam Early Access! The game’s Standard Edition, priced at $29.99, is available with a 10% added launch discount for a limited time. Players can also purchase Deluxe Edition content featuring a range of in-game bonuses on Steam.

Launch is only the beginning for PIONER, as the developers will soon unveil an extensive update roadmap featuring new content and in-game events.  Players can expect the first expansion of the story as early as January 2026!

Players who choose PIONER’s Deluxe Edition will receive special in-game rewards, including:

• Unique Skin: “Renegade”:  A unique, exclusive armor and gear design
• Weapon Skin with VFX: A unique weapon skin for the entire AR platform, including AR-12, AR-16 and AR-16 Ifrit
• Exclusive Founder Title: A status symbol for social interaction
• Premium Currency: 500 Efritanium Crystals 
• Weapon Accessory: “Creepy Charm”: A cosmetic trinket for a weapon
• Gadget: “Katana” Watch: Inspired by the iconic ‘80s Japanese watch design, a retro-futuristic style that fits the world of PIONER

Key Features

• Immersive Open World: Explore an alternate reality inspired by the Soviet era, filled with atmospheric landscapes, unique architecture, and captivating world-building.
• Rich Sci-Fi Lore: Delve into a narrative deeply influenced by classic science fiction, with complex characters, powerful artifacts, and mysterious anomalies shaping the story.
• Story Campaign: Embark on a story-driven campaign with deep lore and engaging quests.
• Intense PvP Modes: Defeat your rivals while climbing to the top.
• Unique Progression System: Raise your influence by completing quests, defeating monsters, and exploring. Greater influence makes merchants more inclined to sell you better items, allows higher quality materials to drop, and even allows you to improve your non-combat abilities.
• Diverse Game Activities: Engage in a range of activities, including PvE missions, PvP arenas, events, story-driven locations, and engaging mini-games like fishing and Carnage, a unique tactical card mini-game, featuring collectible decks, rewards and ranked matches.
• Factions with Unique Personalities: Align with charismatic factions, each offering distinct characters, viewpoints, and special rewards.
• Extensive Weapon Customization: Customize militarized weapons with a wide array of unique modules and designs never seen before in MMO games.
• Realistic Survival Mechanics: Maintain your character’s strength by managing hunger, rest, and resources, adding a strategic layer to survival.
• In-Depth Crafting System: Utilize artifacts, anomaly energy, and scavenged materials to craft powerful weapons and equipment at workbenches.

Gorillaz will be making their way into Fortnite starting tomorrow as the games announced they’ll be the focal point of the next Fortnite Festival. Band members Noodle, 2D, Russel Hobbs, and Murdoc Niccals are the new Icons of Fortnite Festival Season 10, making their debut on August 26th.

“It’s an honour for all of you that I am finally to be immortalised in my own fiefdom. Watch out serfs, here I come.” – Murdoc Niccals, Gorillaz

Before we dive into the Season 10 details, be sure to look out for Fortnite Festival IRL at the Fortnite x Gorillaz Pop Up at Hackney Bridge Garden in London. Open now through September 3rd, the Fortnite x Gorillaz pop-up merges the worlds of Gorillaz and Fortnite into an immersive activation filled with gaming stations, giveaways, live game streams and DJ performances.

What’s New in Gorillaz x Fortnite Festival:

• “DARE,” “Clint Eastwood,” and “On Melancholy Hill” are coming to Fortnite as a playable Jam Track.
  • “DARE” will also be available as an Emote, which is choreographed to and plays part of the song!
• Fortnite Festival’s “Main Stage” – where players and their bandmates perform – has transformed. Complete with towering buildings, a street train, and enough graffiti to make this band feel right at home, the new Main Stage channels Gorillaz through and through!
• Gorillaz band members Noodle, 2D, Russel, and Murdoc will all be playable characters in Fortnite (via Outfits), complete with themed matching in-game accessories.
  • Gorillaz in-game Cosmetics will be available in the Fortnite Shop or through the Music Pass as Free or Premium Rewards.

Its 2025 and we are getting another new original Goosebumps game and that sounds just great for me.

New town, new monsters – new Goosebumps! Goosebumps: Terror in Little Creek is an original stealth-adventure game inspired by the series’ iconic scares, coming to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on August 29, 2025! Step into the spooky town of Little Creek and uncover the web of mysteries and dangers behind its hauntings…if you dare!

Enter the spine-chilling world of Goosebumps: Terror in Little Creek! As Sloane Spencer, a young teen caught in a town of nightmares, you’ll unravel eerie enigmas, confront sinister monsters, and navigate haunted locations inspired by R.L. Stine’s legendary book series.

Uncover the dark forces lurking in the shadows as you solve fiendish puzzles and evade frightful creatures — all while experiencing the signature blend of playful scares and twists that have captivated millions of Goosebumps fans, both young and young at heart, for decades.

KEY FEATURES

• SURVIVE AN ORIGINAL GOOSEBUMPS STORY – Experience a brand-new Goosebumps mystery, crafted exclusively for the game. Encounter fresh terrors inspired by the book series while uncovering the supernatural secrets hidden within Little Creek.
• EXPLORE THE HORRIFYING UNKNOWN – Traverse fog-filled streets, creep around abandoned theaters, and sneak through dark libraries teeming with mystery. Every shadow hides a new spooky surprise waiting to be discovered.
• FACE MYSTERIOUS CHALLENGES – Test your wits with mind-bending puzzles, interactive contraptions, and clever riddles that stand between you and the ultimate truth.
• STAY AHEAD OF DANGER – Use stealth and cunning to evade a dreadful menagerie of monsters inspired by classic Goosebumps frights, reimagined for an all-new monster-filled experience. Or fight back with your trusty slingshot!
• EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE ENDINGS – Your choices shape the fate of Sloane and her friends. Can you unearth the full truth behind Little Creek’s horrors, or will the town’s mysteries consume you?

The Standard Edition of Goosebumps: Terror in Little Creek launches August 29 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam for $39.99. Players will also be able to purchase the game’s digital-exclusive Frightmare Edition for $49.99, which includes the full game plus five in-game wearable masks, five slingshot skins with special trail VFX, a Concept Art Viewer, and a 3D Model Viewer featuring in-game characters, monsters and more.