Lead your team to glory in F1 Manager 2024. A new Formula 1 season has arrived, packed with 24 races, new cars, new Team Principals and an updated F1 Sprint race format. Start your career at one of 10 official F1 teams or create your own for the very first time.
F1 Manager 2024 features
Create A Team – For the first time in the series, create your own team to challenge the grid and forge a new legacy. Customize every element of your team from your setup and livery design to logo and racing suits. Recruit the right staff and drivers and negotiate with sponsors for placement on your car.
Deeper Management – Keep your drivers and staff motivated using the comprehensive new mentality system and dynamic contract negotiations. Take control of your team’s facilities and focus your driver’s development as you execute your vision. Improved rival team AI, including the new threat of staff and driver poaching, provides an unpredictable and dynamic challenge year-on-year.
F1 Races Brought To Life – Experience the thrills of an F1 race from a new perspective, with improved racing behavior and dynamic new cameras bringing the racing simulation to life. Devise a winning strategy for every race and give your drivers commands to maximize results but be wary of mechanical failures disrupting even the strongest of strategies.
F1 Manager 2024 launches later in 2024 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and PC (Steam, Epic Games Store).
System Shock is the fully fledged remake of the ground breaking original from 1994, combining cult gameplay with all-new HD visuals, updated controls, an overhauled interface and all-new sounds & music; it even has the original voice actor of SHODAN, one of gaming’s most iconic villains. Witness the rebirth of one of the greatest and most influential games ever created.
Players were trapped aboard Citadel Station as they fought to survive against the cyborgs and mutated crew members corrupted by a maniacal A.I. known as SHODAN, one of the most treacherous antagonists ever conceived. System Shock offered an unparalleled experience that would solidify it as one of the greatest games of all time.
System Shock remastered will be available for Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.
OPEN, the AAA Multi-IP blockbuster battle royale from Walker Labs and publisher Readyverse Studios has been announced for latest-gen consoles and PC. The game emerges from a creative partnership with Ernest Cline, author of 'Ready Player One'. Get your first look at OPEN with the official trailer!
Enter OPEN’s immersive multiverse filled with nostalgia-infused biomes featuring characters and cultural legends across iconic franchises. Challengers embark on game show-styled, multi-round collaborative, and competitive game modes, but only one hero can emerge victorious. Hone and showcase a vast array of gaming disciplines, where tactical positioning, sly movement, strategic shooting, and driving skills take center stage, as you join forces with worthy allies, plan together for strategic advantages, and engage in intense gameplay sessions.
OPEN derives its name from the principles that The Readyverse will champion including asset interoperability, digital ownership, decentralization, and security. Among additional globally recognized IP, such as Reebok and DeLorean featured in the teaser, OPEN will feature a Ready Player One biome where fans can engage in competitive experiences born from the novel and film itself; including branded environments and skins.
Readyverse Studios recently announced its partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery to exclusively bring the Ready Player One franchise to the metaverse. Readyverse Studios is a first-of-its-kind studio co-founded by Futureverse Co-Founders Shara Senderoff and Aaron McDonald, as well as Ernest Cline, the best-selling novelist and renowned creator of the groundbreaking franchise Ready Player One and Dan Farah, Ready Player One film producer.
OPEN is in development for current-generation consoles and PC.
Indie publisher Firenut Games announced Chrysolite, a narrative-driven, pixel-art 2D Metroidvania-inspired platformer, coming to Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch and PC later this year.
Developed by solo developer José Manuel Conesa Hernández, Chrysolite is a lovingly crafted platformer that engages players with its intriguing narrative and simple, yet challenging gameplay and uses hand-drawn illustrations to advance the narrative.
A brooding knight sits in front of a fire, the darkness surrounding him. His sword plunged into the ground, covered in the dried blood of his enemies. He warns you against going any further, but the intrigue of what lies beyond far surpasses your instinct of self-preservation.
Play as a young thief and explore the dangerous remains of a once-prosperous kingdom. Fight against hordes of terrifying monsters and make your way through challenging platforming sections to uncover the clues to unlock the dark story of the last days of the kingdom.
Chrysolite is participating in the Metroidvania Fusion Steam Event running from 4 -11 March, where fans can download the very first demo for the game for free as well as try out other exciting indie Metroidvana inspired indie games.
Chrysolite will launch for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam) later in 2024.
INDIE Live Expo (@INDIELiveExpoEN), the leading online digital showcase series for indie games in Japan, announces the date for its first 2024 event happening on Saturday, May 25th, 2024. With more than 10 million views during INDIE Live Expo Winter 2023, and 98.7 million views since the series inception in 2020, this May’s upcoming showcase marks the 10th ever INDIE Live event, commemorated by an all-new logo.
Serving as a gateway between indie scenes across the globe, INDIE Live Expo offers English, Japanese, and Chinese broadcasts. Viewers can tune in for the return of the rapid-fire “INDIE Waves” segment showcasing dozens of short-form content updates across a plethora of titles, and witness a deep dive into a new local indie scene with the return of “Indie Studios Around the World”.
“Our favorite time of year is when submissions open!” Said Ryuta Konuma, Founder and CEO, Ryu’s Office. “The possibilities within indie gaming are truly endless, which was the main inspiration behind our new logo. Every year we are wowed by such innovative indies that we could have never imagined. Many thanks to our supporters who make our show possible every year!”
Developers and indie game enthusiasts interested in information about future INDIE Live Expo events and opportunities can sign up for the INDIE Live Expo Letter here.
Fans who cannot wait until May can rewatch DAY1 and DAY2 of INDIE Live Expo Winter 2023 on YouTube.
Demolish Games (@DemolishGames) confirmed that its physics-based construction and demolition simulator, Demolish & Build 3, will be released on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch in 2025. The game will be released on PC in Q2 2024. A free prologue is also available on Steam from March 1.
Demolish & Build 3 is a new installment of the simulator in which you are the owner of a construction and demolition company. The gameplay focuses primarily on performing various demolition and construction works, as well as developing and managing the company.
The game’s outstanding feature is its realistic destruction system. Each fragment consists of a specific material with unique parameters, like resistance to various types of damage. Even greater realism is ensured by taking into account the mutual influence of individual objects and structures.
In Demolish & Build 3 Prologue, players will find the first 3 missions from the full version of the game, which take an average of 1-1.5 hours to complete. In the free prologue you can try, among others: a skid steer, an excavator, as well as learn the basic mechanics.
Demolish & Build 3 Prologue features
realistic destruction system;
various locations;
digging and building;
skid-steer and excavator;
vehicle control based on real machines;
physical simulation of vehicle tracks;
vehicle attachments;
controller support.
The full version of Demolish & Build 3 will also include:
running and developing the company;
randomly generated missions;
more vehicles and tools;
new locations;
concrete pouring.
Demolish & Build 3 is set to release on PC (Steam) in Q2 2024. The game will be released for Xbox Series, Xbox One, PS5, PS4 and Switch in 2025.