Beautiful Desolation launches on PS4 and Nintendo Switch

Untold Tales has released Beautiful Desolation on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch. The sci-fi game promises players a thrilling adventure that will undoubtedly captivate. If you haven’t heard anything about the game, don’t worry; you’ve come to the right place. In Beautiful Desolation, you are thrown into a future, alternate-reality South Africa governed by superior … Read more

Alien: Isolation is free at Epic Games Store for 24 hours

Starting today, Alien: Isolation is free at Epic Games Store. The free game offer runs until December 22 at 11 AM Eastern. Once you claim it, it’s yours to keep. Alien: Isolation comes from Creative Assembly and Sega. Here’s how they describe it: When she left Earth, Ellen Ripley promised her daughter she would return … Read more

The Outer Worlds is now available on Steam

If you’ve been holding off for the Steam version of The Outer Worlds, the wait is over. The sci-fi role-playing game just launched on Valve’s platform. The Outer Worlds launched last year on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. It has been available exclusively on PC via Epic Games Store for the past year. There’s also … Read more

Destroy All Humans Review

It has been just over 15 years since Destroy All Humans debuted on PlayStation 2. A lot of game design elements have changed in that time, and playing this redone version of Destroy All Humans really helps highlight how far the industry has come. There have been some absolutely incredible remakes and remasters during this … Read more

TauCeti Unknown Origin demo out now; new videos show off mobile gameplay

The studio behind Dead Effect is out with a new tech demo for an upcoming sci-fi shooter. It’s called TauCeti Unknown Origin. Bad Fly Interactive has released the new demo as a technology benchmark containing the first two levels of the game. It is meant to demonstrate the technological capabilities of high-end smartphones. A device … Read more

Hellpoint launches today

The Souls-like RPG Hellpoint is out today on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. A Nintendo Switch version is coming later in 2020. Hellpoint is a Kickstarter-backed project from indie developer Cradle Games and publisher Tiny Build. It is described as an “intense, dark sci-fi RPG set on a derelict space station orbiting an ominous supermassive … Read more

Release date confirmed for Souls-like sci-fi RPG Hellpoint

The dark sci-fi role-playing game Hellpoint finally has a release date. We previously covered Hellpoint back in April, noting its inspiration from games like Dark Souls and Dead Space and movies like Event Horizon. The game comes from developer Cradle Games and publisher Tiny Build. “Hellpoint is set in the aftermath of a massive quantum cataclysm called the Merge,” the … Read more

Halo Infinite trailer teases the return of the Banished

It looks like an enemy from Halo Wars 2 will make an appearance in Halo Infinite. In a new teaser trailer released today, a mysterious signal is received. A menacing voice is heard delivering an ominous message: The hour approaches. Forces occupy the ring. Within hours, it will be under our control. Humanity will burn. … Read more

The Ascent runs at 60 fps in 4K HDR on Xbox Series X

The developer of the upcoming sci-fi action RPG The Ascent revealed that the game will not only run at 4K resolution in HDR but maintain 60 frames per second on Xbox Series X. We covered The Ascent a few weeks ago. The game is set in a free-roaming cyberpunk dystopia where players customize their character … Read more

The Persistence launches May 21 with a physical version planned for July

Indie developer Firesprite Games has announced a boxed version of The Persistence. The sci-fi horror experience will launch physically for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in July. Meanwhile, the digital version of the game is still due to launch on console and PC on Thursday, May 21. The physical versions will be released a … Read more

Eve Online spinoff Eve Echoes to launch in August

Fans of Eve Online will soon be able to take their sci-fi MMORPG on the go. Eve Echoes has just been confirmed for Android and iOS devices in August. Eve Echoes is a sandbox MMO for mobile devices based on the spacefaring Eve Online. The mobile MMO is said to feature a “vast persistent universe of … Read more

XCOM: Chimera Squad Review

XCOM: Chimera Squad is the latest entry in the long-running XCOM series from Firaxis Games and 2K. Set after the events of XCOM 2, the story primarily deals with the aftermath of the world in the wake of the routed alien presence and the coexistence of species that were not too long ago bitter enemies. … Read more

The Ascent brings cyberpunk action RPG gameplay to Xbox Series X

The Ascent is a new action-oriented sci-fi RPG coming to Xbox Series X as well as PC and Xbox One. Set in a free-roaming cyberpunk dystopia, players will customize their character with cyberwear and augmentations. The Ascent utilizes classic RPG mechanics and looting. And you won’t have to play alone, although you can. The game … Read more

Sci-fi RPG Hellpoint delayed until late Q2 2020

The Kickstarter-backed role-playing game Hellpoint has been delayed. The new release window extends through the end of June. As we’ve mentioned before, Hellpoint is “an intense, dark sci-fi RPG set on a derelict space station.” It takes inspiration from games like Dark Souls and Dead Space and movies like Event Horizon and Hellraiser. According to indie developer Cradle Games, they are planning to … Read more

Moons of Madness launches on PS4 and Xbox One

After two delays, the console version of Moons of Madness is out today. The game is a Lovecraftian horror set on the surface of Mars. You play as the chief engineer on a Martian research facility. Your job is to make sure that the systems run optimally. Basically, the crews’ life is in your hands. Moons … Read more

Journey to the Savage Planet is out now

The adventure game Journey to the Savage Planet is out today on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. The game will have you explore the uncharted planet AR-Y 26 either solo or online with a friend. While I have yet to get my hands on it personally, the colorful and vibrant world looks like it will … Read more

Sci-fi shooter Disintegration gets beta on PC, PS4, Xbox One

The sci-fi first-person shooter Disintegration is getting both a closed and an open beta at the end of January. The betas will be available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. V1 Interactive has confirmed that the closed beta will run from January 28-30. Click here to sign up now. If you don’t make the closed … Read more

Lightmatter is a new Portal-like first-person puzzle game

Indie developer Tunnel Vision Games has released a first-person sci-fi horror puzzle game called Lightmatter. If you’re a fan of puzzle games like Portal and The Talos Principle, Lightmatter looks like it might be right up your alley. Instead of an AI, there’s a maniac inventor who has created the ultimate power source capable of … Read more