PAX Unplugged Houston Debuts June 25-27, 2027

Show co-organizers ReedPop and Penny Arcade reveal PAX Unplugged Houston, the fifth in their series of annual international PAX expos, and the second tabletop-focused Unplugged event. The new showcase debuts at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, from Friday, June 25, through Sunday, June 27, 2027. Badges go on sale later this year.

Fire and Ice Board Game Coming This Winter

Dynamite Entertainment is uniting two legendary artistic families, as the realm of Fire and Ice transitions to the tabletop with a board game that allows fans to roleplay and enjoy its enchanting universe. Originally launched through crowdfunding on Kickstarter, the game will be available in retail stores this November for those who didn't get a chance to back it earlier.

PAX West 2026 Full Expo Hall Features SEGA, Larian Studios, More

Co-show organizers ReedPop and Penny Arcade reveal the complete expo hall lineup for PAX West 2026. The West Coast’s most-attended gaming event returns to the Seattle Convention Center this Labor Day weekend from Friday, Sept. 4, through Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. 

PAX West 2026 Welcomes Magic Sword to Concert Lineup

Show organizers ReedPop and Penny Arcade reveal one night of epic concerts at PAX West 2026. The West Coast’s most-attended gaming event returns to the Seattle Convention Center this Labor Day weekend from Friday, Sept. 4, through Monday, Sept. 7, 2026.

On Friday night, bask in the power of the synthwave jams of Magic Sword, known for their hit song “In the Face of Evil,” with more than 30 million streams on Spotify. The three masked members — The Keeper, The Seer, and The Weaver – bring live instrumentation into their electropop melodies for a thrilling experience.

Jason Voorhees Enters Dead by Daylight’s Fog Next Month

After years of speculation and demand, Dead by Daylight, in partnership with Jason Universe, is officially welcoming Jason Voorhees into The Fog. One of the most iconic horror villains of all time, Jason’s gameplay delivers a bone-chilling blend of stealth scares and brutality for players looking to embody the same relentless presence and power that have defined the character’s 45-year legacy. Available on May 26 as part of the Steam public test build, and officially releasing on June 16, Dead by Daylight: Jason is here at last.

Kingdom Legacy Gets the Big Box Treatment

Kingdom Legacy was designed to be easy to store, easy to pack, and easy to travel with. However, sometimes it’s just a lot more fun to own your favorite game in a more premium, deluxe package… and that’s exactly why FryxGames unveiled its Kingdom Legacy Big Box today: a deluxe collector’s edition designed for avid gamers, design lovers, premium package hunters, campaign players, completionists, and board game shelves everywhere.

Capcom’s PRAGMATA Blasts Off Today

Today, Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, is proud to announce the long-awaited PRAGMATA™ is out now across the globe. After years of anticipation, the highly acclaimed sci-fi action-adventure game is now available across PlayStation®5 (PS5™), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch™ 2*, and PC via Steam.

ThunderCats Roleplaying Game Live on Kickstarter

Dynamite Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP) today announced the launch of a roleplaying tabletop game book based on the beloved characters and world of the ThunderCats franchise. It’s available to preorder now on Kickstarter!

The Witcher: Legacy Board Game Campaign Launches On Gamefound

CD PROJEKT RED and Go On Board today announce that the crowdfunding campaign for The Witcher: Legacy, a story-driven board game set in the universe of The Witcher, has now launched on Gamefound!

Developed in close collaboration between Go On Board and CD PROJEKT RED, The Witcher: Legacy is a story-driven board game for 1 to 4 players, set during a pivotal moment in history of the Continent. Kaer Morhen has been attacked, many witchers of the School of the Wolf have fallen, and the survivors seek answers. Players take on the role of these remaining witchers, deciding who to trust as they search for those responsible.

Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game Kickstarter

Launching next March with a Kickstarter campaign, Godzilla: The Roleplaying Game, reunites three Warhammer gaming legends – Jervis Johnson, Mark A. Latham, and Gav Thorpe for their first co-created tabletop game! Godzilla puts a team of players in the midst of kaiju attacks with character sheets, collaboration, and playing cards as their tools to defend humanity. This unique new game system uses standard 52-card decks, rather than dice. The Godzilla RPG Kickstarter campaign will be a 30-day pledge launching early 2026, and will feature limited edition tiers with expected fulfillment by fall 2026. Fans can sign up for more information on IDW Games HERE.

NYCC 2025: Army of Darkness The Board Game Available on BackerKit Now

Dynamite Entertainment has been publishing Army of Darkness comic books for two decades, feeding hungry fans with further tales featuring Ash Williams and the entire extended mythos. The comics and collectibles publisher has gone one step further in developing an all-new, miniature-heavy board game based on the action-packed third act of the cult classic film. Every tabletop fan will enjoy playing as the iconic hero, Ash, or one of his allies, as they battle it out against a relentless army of the undead who will stop at nothing to control the Necronomicon.

NYCC 2025: Overpower Rising at Comic Con

Lazarus Rising Games (LRG) continues its 2025 showcase tour of the surging collectible card game OverPower with a spotlight panel and highly interactive booth at New York Comic Con over the October 9-12 weekend in the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Entitled “OverPower Rising: Bringing Skybound, Top Cow & Edgar Rice Burroughs to CCGs!,” the panel will take place on Friday, October 10 from 2:45-3:15pm on the Community Stage of Hall 1E. Attendees will get an inside look at the current evolution of the popular CCG of the 1990s and 2000s, driven by a small group of players of the original game who bonded together to purchase the company and reinvigorate the game. Today, they are currently producing new sets that include hot pop culture IPs like Skybound (e.g. The Walking Dead, Invincible), Top Cow (e.g. The Darkness, Witchblade, Cyberforce) and Edgar Rice Burroughs (e.g. Tarzan, John Carter), and utilizing the stellar artistry of comics superstars including Phillip Tan, Marc Silvestri, Joe Jusko, Jae Lee, Adam Kubert, Casey Parsons, Jon Lam, Ito and more.

GLITCHERS: A Genre-blending Indie Launching Demo on Steam Next Fest

Imagine fighting side by side with your avatar inside your favorite game! That’s the premise of “Glitchers”, a hack-and-slash that innovates the genre by combining combat with a puzzle mechanic that “hacks” the game to create powerful combos.

In “Glitchers”, you play as Trix, a girl trapped inside her favorite game. Her mission? Survive anomalies, find a legendary armor set, and defeat a frustrated villain determined to turn all warriors—including Trix—into scrap. Add in handsome orcs, striking dwarves, and glitches everywhere, and you’ve got a chaotic, hilarious world where nothing works as it should.

Critical Role Headlines MomoCon 2026

MomoCon, the largest celebration of anime and gaming in the Southeast United States, returns to the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta from Thursday, May 21, to Sunday, May 24, 2026, featuring the cast of the American web series Critical Role.

Known for its famous web series, Critical Role began as a group of voice actors coming together to play the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. In the years since, it has evolved into a multi-platform entertainment behemoth that includes comic series, art books, novels, campaign setting books, animated series, miniatures, and other collectibles.

The Witcher: Legacy Board Game Announced

CD PROJEKT RED and Go On Board today announced the next board game set in The Witcher universe, The Witcher: Legacy.

The Witcher: Legacy is a story-driven adventure that can be played either solo or cooperatively with up to four players. The game features a rich, branching narrative with consequences that carry over from session to session.

New FragPunk Preview Trailer

NetEase Games, the online games division of NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES, HKEX: 9999) and Bad Guitar Studio are proud to unveil a brand-new preview trailer for FragPunk, showcasing what players can expect from the game's inaugural season: Wild Dawn. The team also shared a long-term operational roadmap for the game. FragPunk will be launching on March 6th, 2025 on PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation®5. Players will receive free bonuses as a welcome reward and can wishlist the game now on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2943650/FragPunk/

Survival Horror Nightmare “Total Chaos” Screams onto Steam July 24

Total Chaos, a relentless survival horror experience developed by Trigger Happy Interactive (the New Zealand-based creator of Turbo Overkill) and published by Apogee Entertainment, descends into madness on July 24, 2025 on PC via Steam. For those daring enough, a special VR edition will be included with the base game for an even closer brush with terror.

Awaken to a living nightmare as a wayward Coastguardman, adrift at sea and slipping into a fractured reality. Take refuge on the haunted shores of Fort Oasis, a long-abandoned coal mining community cloaked in mist and decay. Venture ahead with only one guide: a distant, crackling voice on a walkie-talkie. But can it be trusted?

HEROES OF MOUNT DRAGON Launching on PC in June /Nintendo Switch in September

Indie studio RuniQ today announced its co-op side-scrolling brawler, Heroes of Mount Dragon, is launching this June on PC and on Nintendo Switch in September, with the first playable demo now available on Steam as part of this week’s Steam Couch Co-Op Festival.

Heroes of Mount Dragon is a nostalgic blend of fantasy and colorful Saturday morning cartoons with hand-drawn 2D realms and textures seamlessly integrated into a vibrant 3D environment. Players can experience thrilling side-scrolling action in this fast-paced brawler, selecting from an array of dragon-morphing heroes and battles alongside or against friends, both locally or online. These heroes unleash unique powerful abilities, utilize strategic power-ups and even sabotage opponents with mischievous curses!

Toy Fair 2025: Neopets Bounding Into The New Year

Neopets (https://www.neopets.com) is embracing its roots and 2024 has been pivotal for the gaming brand, with daily active users (DAU) reaching new peak at nearly 250,000 and monthly active users (MAU) surpassing 400,000, reflecting a 3X growth since the company has become a small independent studio and the highest in the past decade. While these milestones are early signs of renewed connection with fans, Neopets sees this as the beginning of its community-driven journey to revive one of the most iconic gaming titles in history.

Cthulhu’s Reach: Devil Reef Opens Act II

Cthulhu’s Reach: Devil Reef, the Lovecraftian action-roguelike co-op dungeon crawler from developer The Fine Arc, conjures up a publishing partnership with First Break Labs and crawls into Act II, available on PC via Steam Early Access Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. Hunt down a sweet deal while the game is 15% off in Steam’s Autumn Sale from Nov. 27 to Dec. 4.

Stuck with enormous debt and a greedy gangster to pay off, it’s time to accept misfortune and risk it all to find the hidden treasure of Devil Reef. Travel to the creepy seaside town of Innsmouth and venture deeper and deeper into the daunting unknown, where piles of gold may await… under the watchful eye of lurking eldritch horrors.