The year was 2021, the height of a world changing event that we still don't know if we can talk about without getting flagged. Druid City Games tried to get Bloodstone off the ground, but the campaign was halted by production costs, material pricing and ocean freight rates. Needless to say, the world wasn't ready for Bloodstone, because the world wasn't ready for anything. After cancelation, Bloodstone is finally coming. 

Bloodstone has you play as a captured champion forced to fight in an arena for Vanira's amusement. Then Varina gets bored and decides to test you, and other champions to survive. Using a custom dice mechanism, you will get to move, attack, outwit, and survive. There are boss fights, and as you move your miniature around the arena, the fights tend to be endless, with no escape in sight. 

Druid City is pleased to announce that the campaign will be released on Gamefound in Q2, to help reinforce the energy, clarity, and and excitement for the game. You can get more details, as they come, here.

Fireside Games has claimed that you all wanted Hotshots to come back, and they have officially announced their kickstarter in order for you to prove your Firefighting co-op mettle. 

Touted as a press-your-luck board game, you and your crew are living your dream of firefighters against a raging forest fire. You can have up to four people in your squad, and you all will have different roles and abilities. Your fate is determined with every dice roll, and you can either put out the fire as the heroes, or burn as one. And both of those outcomes happen to everyone, which means you truly have to work together. 

The 2017 Origins award winning game will release the kickstarter to it's deluxe edition on April 21, 2026. This edition of the game includes LED Light up Flame Tokens, Uograded Firefighter miniatures, Tile Frames with connectable edges, and expanded content.  

if you want to join the crew, and be notified for the kickstarter, you can do that here. Doing that will net you a Hotshots Badge Patch, and day one rewards. You will obviously get all the updates leading up to the release of the game.

"Only you and your crew can defeat forest fires." Justin and Anne-Marie De-Witt said, probably. 

WWE 2K26 is releasing in a few days and 2K have released a trailer for the Monday Night War edition of the game. 

The Monday Night War edition of the game comes with goodies such as the DX version of Shawn Michaels, nWo version of Macho Man Randy Savage, Roddy Piper '98 and the WCW Thunder arena. This edition of the game also comes everything that's included in the King of Kings and Attitude Era edition as well as the Wrestle Mania 42 pack which will release later in the year.

Early access for WWE 2K26 launches this Friday on PS5, Series X, PC and Switch 2 for those who own the King of Kings, Attitude Era or Monday Night War editions of the game. 

Developer BlackMill Games is continuing its trek through the various theaters of World War I, now moving to the Ottoman front with its new entry in the WWI game series — Gallipoli. Moving from the Italian front of Isonzo to Lower Mesopotamia, Gallipoli will continue to evolve the series’ gritty FPS multiplayer combat.

Gallipoli Key Features:

• Authentic WW1 battles: fight through history with accurate maps, weapons, music and uniforms as a soldier of the British or Ottoman Empire.

• Varied Ottoman theatre: engage in expeditionary warfare across coastal dunes to dry deserts, urban areas & more.

• Realistic combat: get to grips with highly detailed weaponry & equipment and survive through suppressive fire and dust.

• Squad-based multiplayer FPS: join a squad as one of many classes with distinct specializations and work as a team across PC and Consoles with crossplay.

• Never fight alone: AI bots will join the fight over the future of the Ottoman Fronts in public matches, and optionally in custom matches.

This week, BlackMill revealed a first look at one of the Ottoman front maps we’ll be playing on — the Siege of Kut Al Amara. Here, you’ll fight across dunes, trenches, and even the British mud fort. You can check out a glimpse of it in the trailer below.

Today's Pokémon Presents showed off quite a few things to celebrate the franchise's 30th anniversary, but the biggest reveal of the presentation for a lot of people is probably that of Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves. The trailer gives us our first look at the latest core entry in the franchise including two specially-dressed Pikachus, the games' main characters, and the three new starter Pokémon in Browt, Pombon, and Gecqua. While the trailer doesn't go into much detail about the new region, the description on the official Pokémon website mentions going on a new adventure "through an open world of windswept islands and an ocean of glittering waves"...and there is a lot of water shown in the trailer.

Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves will launch globally in 2027 for the Nintendo Switch 2.

It turns out that this coming April is for more than just new Masters of the Universe toys to coincide with the new movie. Limited run Games has also announced that the end of April is also when gamers will be getting their hands on He-Man Masters of the Universe:  Dragon Pearl of Destruction.

This 2D side-scrolling brawler was revealed a few months back and I know that I have personally been waiting with bated breath to see when it would get a release date or window. A new trailer for the game shows off not only a new character, but a firm release date of April 28, 2026.

The trailer, shown below, shows what has been rumored since the game’s unveiling: She-Ra is going to be included as a playable character. That brings the playable roster to four characters: He-Man, She-Ra, Teela, and Mat-at-Arms. Keen eyed-fans will see a lot more in the clips show in the trailer as well. Here are some things that I noticed:

-She-Ra’s inclusion likely means that the Horde will be included… so look for Hordak, Grizzlor, Shadow Weaver and the rest of the baddies from Etheria

-a boss enemy that resembles the Orlax, which means we could see time travel to Preternia

-Granamyr and Orko appear as a summoning-type attacks; perhaps there will be others

-Eternia tower, including the side towers of Grayskull and Viper gives further fuel to the theory of Preternian time travel

Hopefully there will be a lot more content in the final game because there are a ton of possibilities. I want to see more characters, costumes / outfits (Battle Armor He-Man, Flying fists He-Man, Filmation / 200X / movie variations). Let’s not even get me started on other possible playable characters… check it out below and look to pick up the game on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch platforms on 4/28/2026:

Yes, you read that correctly. The lead singer of Imagine Dragons is making a video game, and it looks very cool. Independent game studio Night Street Games is developing Last Flag, a capture-the-flag third-person shooter launching on April 14^th for PC, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions coming later this year.

Last Flag is based on Night Street Games co-founders Mac Reynolds’ (manager of Imagine Dragons) and his brother Dan Reynolds’ (lead singer of Imagine Dragons) love of playing real-life CTF as kids. The two felt that no existing CTF modes in other games fully capture (ha!) the thrill of hiding and finding the flag. Last Flag is set within a stylish 1970s-inspired game show where players assume the role of contestants with various weapons and abilities. Matches are designed to take less than 20 minutes and not be overly sweaty while still requiring teamwork and strategy. I'm in!

You can check out Last Flag’s free demo right now on Steam until March 2^nd.

If nothing else, LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight certainly passes the vibe check by tapping into Batman’s deep cinematic history. Warner Bros. Games and DC have revealed a new cinematic trailer showcasing the game’s playful re-creation of the iconic art museum scene from Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman flick.

In the scene, Jack Nicholson’s version of the Joker and his band of rogues visit the Gotham City museum and commit some mild vandalism. Warner Bros. Games translated the scene to the LEGO style and tone, and even threw in Prince’s “Partyman” song for good measure. You can check it out below.

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight launches May 29^th for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with 72-hour early access available to those who pre-order the Deluxe Edition. A Nintendo Switch 2 version is also in the works, but no release date has been announced.

Konami and Limited Run Games doesn't care that I'm on vacation. They wanted me to tell you all about the Marvel MaXimum Collection, slated to be coming soon to practically everything. This is a surprising collection, especially since the games featured here are all from different companies. While Konami is the reason behind the X-Man Arcade game, it's only responsible for the one, and most featured game in this collection. 

X-Men Arcade will let you play with up to 6 players online with Rollback Netcode, according to the LRG website. There's also Data East's Captain America and The Avengers Arcade port here, but there is no word that this will be online play. Then it starts to get crazy. The Genesis version of Captain America and The Avengers is here, but so the platforming version from the NES. 

Then Maximum Carnage and Separation Anxiety (Acclaim, Software Creations) Spider Man beat em ups are here too, but you can switch between the SNES and Genesis versions on the fly! 

Then the Spider-Man/X-Men crossover Arcade's Revenge will be here from the SNES, Genesis, Gameboy, and Game Gear. And those are by LJN. And this ain't LJN's last entry. 

The NES version of Silver Surfer is here too, and nobody knows why. This game is unfairly hard, though the website describes it as infamously challenging. Sure, LRG. Sure. 

Within the game are scans of box art, arcade art, and manuals. There is a cheat menu, and rewind and save state features. Of course there are your display filters, and there is a music player, even to play "one of the greatest sound tracks in 8 bit history. Sure, LRG. Sure. 

There is no release date, and if you're reading this and you didn't know, then I'm happy you did. I am on vacation. Check this out. 

Gaming Nexus has been invaded with all kinds of coverage of WWE 2K26, and...The Show Never Stops. (See what I did there?) At this point, entrances, the full roster, and certain elements of the game have trickled out this week, as we prepare for the impending release of the wrasslin game. And now, you'll get the new different match types, from three different content creators. 

Bashworld presents the I quit match, where you have to wear your opponent down to a point where you play a mini game instead of pinning or submitting your opponent. Bashworld went up against 2k's own Lynell Jinks. The fix was in. 

Three stages of hell lets you pick any match type, and you have to win 2 out of three matches. Please note that if you pick a normal match, and you get counted out, submitted, or DQ'd, you lose the match. Smallafro is on the coverage with this. Not sure who his opponent was. 

The Inferno match works as follows. The more damage you do to your opponent, the higher the inferno gage rises. Once it reaches maximum capacity and the flames are high, you have to toss your opponent over the top rope, and into the flames. Note that you can throw your opponent over the top rope before this happens, but it just shuts down the ring surrounding flames until you get back in. This is no DQ, so use everything at your disposal. Jaeleeon defeated me and went on to win the World Heavyweight championship, signed by CM Punk himself. I was a worthy opponent. I think.