The June 2024 edition of Steam Next Fest is officially underway, with hundreds of free demos just waiting to be played!

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

• Colossal Cave [Android]
• Dragon is Dead [PC]
• Homeworld 3 [PC] v1.1 Update
• Kamaeru: A Frog Refuge [PC]
• Level Zero: Extraction [PC] Open Beta
• Overrogue [PC]
• RuneScape [PC] Archaeology Dig Site: Daemonheim Update
• SacriFire [PC] Steam Playtest
• Simpler Times [PC]
• Valheim [Mac]

Assassin's Creed Shadows immerses players in 16th century Japan. The country is heading toward a brutal path to unification, where unrest grows as new coalitions appear and corrupt foreign influences infiltrate the land.

The next installment in the city-builder franchise, Anno 117: Pax Romana will immerse players in the Roman Empire at its height.

XDefiant is a free-to-play, fast-paced arena shooter that combines intense gunplay with personalized loadouts and specialized factions, as teams of gunfighters – called Defiants – battle for domination.

A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time, which can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

In Star Wars Outlaws, fans play as Kay Vess, who is attempting to pull off one of the greatest heists the Outer Rim has ever seen.

skate. is a new installment on the skateboarding franchise.

Metal Slug Tactics is a fresh take on the iconic series adapting its signature shoot 'em up action to tactical, grid-based battlefields.

Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater will be a faithful remake of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater originally released in 2004 for the PS2.

Based on Bernard Werber’s best-seller, Empire Of The Ants will offer a strategic experience close to the iconic books series where you embark on a fantastic journey through the infinitely small and lead your colony to a hopeful horizon.

Sports Interactive signed a four-year licensing partnership with The Premier League which will bring Premier League clubs into Football Manager.

Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn is an open-world action/RPG where you'll utilize guns, magic and your animal companion to fight for the fate of humanity.

Fallout 76 is an online prequel where every surviving human is a real person. Work together, or not, to survive. Under the threat of nuclear annihilation, you'll experience the largest, most dynamic world ever created in the legendary Fallout universe.

Killing Floor III invites players to Join the fight against hordes of Bioengineered monstrosities.

Core Keeper is a mining sandbox adventure where players mine relics and resources to build a base, craft equipment, defeat giant monsters, and survive.

Cygni: All Guns Blazing ­­is a twin-stick, vertical-scrolling shooter hybrid with cinematic flair.

Fable is an upcoming open-world Action/RPG and new beginning for the legendary and much-loved franchise.

Gears of War: E-Day is set 14 years before the events of the original Gears of War and tells the story of the first Locust emergence on Sera.

Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:

• Assassin's Creed Shadows [PS5/XSX/PC] First Look Gameplay Trailer
• Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater [PS5/XSX/PC] Official Trailer #1
• Mecha Break [PS5/XSX/PC] Blitz, Brawl, Blaze Gameplay Trailer

Diablo IV draws players into a grim story line and gives them the freedom to explore and forge their own path across the most expansive and intense vision of the world of Sanctuary—a bleak and shattered hellscape bereft of hope and beset by demons.

The explosive combination of first-person shooter, immersive sim and horror is back in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, unprecedented in scale, advanced graphics, freedom of choices and the thickest atmosphere of a deadly adventure.

Some see visions of resplendent light, while others are taunted with ominous warnings from the shadows. One thing is clear: something is coming, as a sinister threat rises from within Azeroth itself.

Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is an action/RPG that puts you in challenging encounters with battle crazed bandits, deformed human giants and massive demonic monsters with two-handed swords, axes, and ancient gunpowder weapons.

Avowed is Obsidian Entertainment’s next epic, first-person RPG set in the fantasy world of Eora.