There are those Lovecraftian horrors to deal with, for starters. They’re nasty and surprisingly nimble, given their deformities. They’re also quite intelligent, responding to any sounds you make with fear-inducing ferocity. This one leaves little room for error, we’d say.

However, those errors seem to be inevitable, as it isn’t just monsters that are stalking you. Cthulhu looms large in the background, messing with your senses as you venture deeper into the forest. Your friends are going to be of little comfort if they happen to die at your hand, which is a very strong possibility given that you can’t trust your own eyes once the jungle’s corrupting influence takes hold.

This one could be one hell of a party if you’re into horror titles that make your hair stand on end. But we’re going to make sure we play in a brightly lit room when The Mount: Omen of Cthulhu launches on July 15th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC.

While we don’t really get many details on the game itself, the video gives us a look at the team working on WRC 2027 at Grit Games, with 12 members of the studio eagerly waiting for the kick-off of a new nighttime race.

“Grit Games is Nacon’s newest studio, led by an experienced quartet with a strong racing games background: Hardouin Pouzet, Alexandre Assier, Laura Gayet, and Pierre-Nicolas Moreau,” explains the video. “The studio is growing fast. Built by passionate racing game veterans. Nacon has reclaimed the WRC license and entrusted it to Grit Games with the ambition to bring a new vision for the 2027-2032 cycle.”

While no other details about WRC 2027 have been revealed, its name indicates that Grit Games is looking to release the game either in late 2026 or some time next year. As for how future titles are handled – whether we will see yearly releases going forward or simply continued long-term support for a single game – remains to be seen.

It is worth noting that the last racing game in the WRC franchise was EA Sports WRC, which came out all the way back in 2023 and was developed by Codemasters. In our review of the title at the time, we gave it a score of 8 out of 10 thanks to it being easy to pick up and difficult to master, the unique driving feel offered by each vehicle, and realistic race courses and weather conditions, among other reasons.

The title had done well enough for EA to announce post-launch support going into 2024, bringing in additional vehicles and a host of new stages to drive through.

Nacon acquired the WRC license in May last year, and at the time, it was believed that KT Racing would resume development on the franchise. At the time, the publisher said that its unannounced WRC game will be a “complete reboot” and “based entirely on a fresh vision.”

“We are thrilled to renew our collaboration with WRC Promoter. This iconic license provides an exceptional playground to build a highly refined driving experience that lives up to the expectations of rally fans,” said Nacon CEO Alain Falc last year. “Between 2015 and 2023, we had the opportunity to work closely with the championship’s official teams and many drivers, allowing us to gain solid and unique expertise in translating rallying into a video game experience. This new venture marks a major milestone: a fully reimagined project driven by a passionate and specialized team, with a clear ambition to elevate rally games to new heights.”

The last WRC game released while the rights were still with Nacon was 2022’s WRC Generations. Developed by Kylotonn, the entry brought along a few new additions to the franchise, including hybrid cars and a competitive Leagues mode.

You’re tasked with exploring in search of treasure that you must collect and bring back to your galleon. If only it were that simple, though. The jungle houses many horrors, and you’re going to have to really try and keep your wits about you as you navigate and try to resist its reality-warping properties.

Cooperating with your teammates is definitely a good idea, but it might be easier said than done in a world where you’re going to have to fight for every advantage you can muster. You can bring firearms along, but you might want to think twice about using them lest you wake up more horrifying terrors with the noise. Caution and a rational approach are ways to survive, but can you sustain them well enough to ensure you come out alive?

You won’t have to wait too long to find out, as The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu launches on July 15th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Stay tuned for even more details and gameplay, or rewatch the showcase with the lights on. We won’t tell anyone.

The team at Kylotonn has designed Galeao Track to test your driving skills, working alongside professional racers in Brazil, where the fictional track is located. It features quite a few tough corners and turns, but we’re certain that racing fans are up to the task. Of course, you must fulfil the roles of both a driver and an engineer, managing your ride as well as you drive it to stay at the top of your game.

Endurance Motorsport Series is slated to bring a bunch of game modes and a lot of fast vehicles, from Hypercars to LMP2, to try them out with, and could be quite welcoming if you aren’t a hardcore racing fan.

The trailer for the new track is cool and all, but it’s rather scarce on important information like a release date for the game, which remains an elusive secret (aside from “Summer”). It’s open for wishlisting on your platform of choice, though, so that’s a bit of a win. Endurance Motorsport Series will be available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.

That’s the central premise of Dracula: The Disciple, announced at Nacon Connect 2026, and making its debut sometime next year on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. It puts you in the shoes of Emile Valombres, a French archivist, who’s on the clock because of a deadly disease, and searching for a cure to his condition. This leads him to a visually resplendent take on Dracula’s castle.

It’s a first-person puzzle-solving adventure, so don’t expect any epic confrontations with vampires, but what’s on offer looks like it could be a lot of fun. As players make their way through the castle’s distinctly gothic design, they must try to uncover Dracula’s immense knowledge and secrets in the hope of stopping an abrupt end to their lifespan. How do the vampiric powers come into play?

The reveal trailer, showcased below, should give you some ideas and suffice it to say we’re going to be keeping an eye out for more news about it. Dracula: The Disciple is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.

Homid form is ideal because you can use long-range firearms. Crinos is ideal for brawling, and Lupus is more like a traditional wolf with far more agility than either option. Shifting between these forms will significantly expand your exploration and combat capabilities. For example, drones that fly above the player may not go down easily if you’re in Werewolf form, but are easy pickings in human form, thanks to your guns.

This also plays a role in boss fights, including the Security Core. It’s essentially a confined lab environment with laser wires and other hazards. Even navigating the base it’s contained in becomes much easier if you’re using Lupus form, since you can gross gaps more easily.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Rageborn launches in 2027 for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PC, and Nintendo Switch 2. Here’s hoping for more details soon, and that it doesn’t turn out like 2022’s much-maligned Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood.

Released last year for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, the story follows Remi, an Organized Nations Peacekeeper who returns to his childhood home in Hadea to find his parents. The region is currently in the midst of civil war, and the resulting strife fuels the Calamity, creating Hollow Walkers that hound the countryside.

Each harnesses different emotions – something which Remi can also do, unleashing powerful attacks with different benefits. Of course, the biggest appeal of Hell is Us is the lack of handholding. There’s no overarching map or guidance, as players must go through documents and unearth clues to solve puzzles and figure out where to venture next. Hadea has a rich history, but little does Remi know that strife and conflict run much deeper than he realizes.

It’s a pretty compelling adventure, complete with some stunning hand-crafted dungeons (even if there’s an inordinate amount of backtracking involved). To learn more, check out our review – we gave it a seven out of ten, praising the exploration and world-building.

As part of the greater World of Darkness setting, players control a Hunter who must face the creatures of the night to protect humanity. After customizing their character and setting up a base, you decide how to hunt werewolves, vampires and other threats. A good first step is to find out more about them, whether it’s investigating crime scenes, sneaking around, or interrogating those who may know more.

Alongside tools such as guns, silver blades, and whatnot (each with different consequences), you’ll meet other humans and form bonds, which can lead to them helping out on missions. However, it seems they can die as well, so you’ll need to be careful. Bonding can lead to various benefits and there’s no denying the extra firepower that they can provide.

Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish launches in Summer 2027 for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC. Stay tuned for more details and coverage from Nacon Connect in the meantime.

The teaser includes a host of games made by studios owned by Nacon, including The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu, Edge of Memories, Endurance Motorsport Series, and Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish. The showcase will bring with it a host of new trailers, and many titles will also likely get release dates.

A couple of month after the showcase, The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu will be coming out on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S on July 15th. Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish is slated for a Summer 2027 release, however, and is unlikely to get a solid release date just yet. The title was unveiled last month with a trailer.

In February, Nacon had announced that it was filing for insolvency, leading to the trading of its shares on the Euronext Paris markets being suspended. The company said in a press release that it needed a “rapid implementation of a financial restructuring,” and noted that it didn’t have enough available assets that could be used to pay its debts off in a timely manner.

Following the announcement, a report indicated that the company had put a pause on paying employees working at Cyanide Studios, Spiders, and Kylotonn. An estimated 320 employees had been seemingly affected by this decision.

This, in turn, had led to the French game industry union—Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Video—to call the company out for making decisions that would lead to its studios also needing to file for insolvency.

“Years of mismanagement and strategic nothingness, both at the group and company levels, have blocked studios from modernizing, organizing, and developing themselves,” said the union in a statement. “Today, even after completely emptying its studios’ coffers – dozens of millions of euros which should have ensured studio stability and safe jobs! – Nacon comes out with a deficit.”

“Makeshift solutions like canceling all recruitments and raises for more than a year, or snake oil solutions like ‘AI,’ which Nacon is gradually forcing on its studios without even knowing what for, will not save money and clean up the company accounts. The deterioration of working conditions in the last years, and the creation of new studios with the barely hidden goal of sabotaging existing ones, were already convoluted ways of reducing headcount, and they only made matters worse.”

Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Video went as far as to call for the removal of Nacon’s executive team from their leadership positions. The union has also demanded better working conditions, a policy put in place to prevent more talent drain across studios, and updated tools and processes to aid developers with their work.

Chief among the affected studios has been Spiders, which recently released its RPG GreedFall: The Dying World. In March, Nacon had announced that it was looking to sell Spiders and that the studio had been told that a bidding process for its acquisition had begun.

The post is a showcase of how the team behind titles like SteelRising and, of course, GreedFall, has always held us in high regard, and that we’re going to be missed as it ceases operations.

“We’re going to cut straight to the chase so you’re not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated…We’re sorry that it’s come to this, and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years. ”

There’s more to the statement in the original post, but we’re going to focus on its reassurance that the DLC for GreedFall: The Dying World is coming, and that it’s going to be published by Nacon. Even a cursory look at all the comments will tell you that Spiders being forced to walk away is definitely something that the gaming community at large hasn’t taken very well.

The liquidation of Spiders comes in the wake of Nacon’s own financial troubles and its inability to find a buyer for the studio. Nevertheless, we’re going to remain optimistic and believe that the talented minds behind some of our favorite experiences over the years will manage to land on their feet.

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