Serious Sam: Siberian Mayhem became one of the main surprises of the beginning of the year. The fourth part was controversial, and no one expected revelations from the add-on — only the Siberian setting was intriguing. However, the result was impressive: the gameplay turned out to be action-packed, the level design was fascinating, and the battles with bosses became much more interesting. How did the Russian developers from Timelock Studio achieve such a result? And how did they become the authors of the add-on? The creators of Siberian Mayhem will answer these questions!

The first-person shooter STRAFTAT has just been released on Steam, and it has already garnered 98% positive reviews from gamers on its first day. Additionally, the game follows an F2P (Free-to-Play) model, which means you can download and play it for free.

Voidwrought, a platformer-action game inspired by Hollow Knight, has been released on PC and Nintendo Switch. Early reviews on Steam are positive, with the game currently holding an 86% rating.

Publisher Maximum Entertainment and developer 314 Arts have unveiled a new gameplay trailer for the first-person shooter Projekt Z: Beyond Order, set in an alternate version of World War II.

Motion Twin, the studio behind Dead Cells, has released their new game Windblown in early access on Steam. The project has already garnered a 93% positive rating from players.

The post-apocalyptic survival game The Last FARMER has been released on Steam. The game is available with a 30% discount until November 7th.

Alan Wake 2: The Lake House is a story expansion for Alan Wake 2, dedicated to the adventures of FBI agent Kiran Estevez in the spirit of Control. One of the types of puzzles in the DLC are tasks that require determining the correct code to unlock devices with important information. Let's take a look at all the necessary passwords for this.

Electronic Arts has released a launch trailer for Dragon Age: The Veilguard, scheduled for release in late October. As a reminder, the game will be available on PC and consoles.

The developers of the unofficial Fallout: New Vegas remake, which is being built on the Fallout 4 engine, have released a selection of new screenshots. The new images show updated locations.

The Epic Games Store service has announced a new week of freebies. This time, players can get the Moving Out simulator for free, and in a week, two games will be given away at once, including Ghostwire: Tokyo.

Developers from the Pearl Abyss studio shared new information about Crimson Desert, an ambitious open-world RPG. The project will be quite long and will have a multiplayer mode like in GTA Online.

Indie development is a difficult, painstaking and risky business. It is therefore all the more interesting to learn about the success of a domestic author who managed to break into Steam trends. We talked to Oleg Kazakov, the author of the open-world adventure RPG Gedonia. How can you «capture» Steam on your own? What do you need for this? What difficulties will you face? All about this right now.

The free top-down tactical shooter Return Alive, which was previously an Epic Games Store exclusive, has been released on Steam. The game is in early access and has collected 51% positive reviews.

Bad Vices Games studio has released an unusual game called While We Wait Here for PC and consoles, where players must wait for the impending end of the world while staying in a diner.

The full version (1.0) of the post-apocalyptic survival game ZERO Sievert has been released on Steam, after previously being available in early access. As of the time of writing, the game has garnered 85% positive reviews. Gamers are calling it a blend of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Escape from Tarkov, and Stardew Valley.

Recently, the DLC for Alan Wake 2, titled The Lake House, was released, and it turns out it contains a teaser for another upcoming Remedy game: Control 2.

Rabbit Studio announced that gamers can now claim their survival game set in a frozen post-apocalypse, Ice World, for free on Steam. The game entered Early Access on October 1st this year and has received mostly negative reviews, currently holding a 27% rating.

The early access release of the horror game From Hell, reminiscent of the Resident Evil series, has taken place on Steam. The game is on sale for 10% off until October 30th.

The seasonal Steam Next Fest has recently concluded, offering small and independent studios the opportunity to showcase their projects without expensive advertising and PR. For several days, players had the chance to try out demos of unique projects and unusual indie games, discovering new genre branches and mechanics. We couldn't miss such an event and tested most of the projects presented at the festival. In this article, we will talk about the most interesting games, in our opinion, that are worth waiting for no less than big-budget blockbusters.

Our editorial team spoke with the lead developer of Achilles: Legends Untold and found out interesting details about working in the indie sphere, the difficulties of development, and prospects for young specialists.