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Four video game veterans launch Raze and Rebuild Studio, a cooperative owned by its employees, after years of industry layoffs.

1666 Amsterdam launches in early access on August 25 — the game Ubisoft shelved in 2013 before its creator Patrice Désilets won back the rights and finally built it himself.

Mortal Shell II launches on August 20 with no stamina bar. An 85 on OpenCritic, a 9/10 from Shacknews, and a combat system rebuilt around posture breaks.

The Sinking City 2 is out. A Kyiv studio of 90 people finished it under air raids, sold it below AAA price, and scored 81 on OpenCritic.

A demo theatre presentation rather than a hands-on queue, fifteen years after the last entry, and a 2027 release that includes PS5.