At 5 locations of the Alamo Drafthouse you will be able to see and play the game in the theater.
The Future Games Show Summer Showcase is back this year with a look at over 50 upcoming games. You can catch the show live on June 7 at 1 pm PT/4pm ET/8pm GMT.
This year's Summer Showcase is hosted by notable voice actors and Critical Role streamers Matthew Mercer and Laura Bailey and will give us a peek at a whole slate of new games. There will be world premieres, game demos, developer interviews, and trailers of both indie and big-budget games.
You can expect to see new trailers for Directive 8020 from Supermassive Games, Herdling from Okomotive and Panic, Crisol: Theater of Idols from Vermila Studios and Blumhouse Games, Embark Studios' The Finals, and more.
The Future Games Show Summer Showcase will be viewable almost everywhere: Twitch, YouTube, X, Facebook, TikTok, GamesRadar, Steam, PC Gamer, IGN, Gamespot, BiliBili, Ginx TV, ESR and more.
There will be localized subtitles on specific streams in Spanish, German, French, Polish, Portuguese, Italian, Thai, Hindi, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and Korean. And on YouTube you can watch the show in ASL and BSL.
Watching the show on the Future Games Show Twitch channel for more than 15 minutes will get you an exclusive Twitch Drop for The Finals.
Categories:
2025 games: This year's upcoming releases
Best PC games: Our all-time favorites
Free PC games: Freebie fest
Best FPS games: Finest gunplay
Best RPGs: Grand adventures
Best co-op games: Better together
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A desire to both protect and to learn has led to terror in Firmament's Harrow - but can that terror be contained?
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Last we left off, our troupe of fresh Delvers (from the small village of Desperloch here in the Halcyon Domain) have discovered that a rather practiced troupe had just returned from the depths of Luzal Vaults, half of their team slain or missing. Those who remained too wounded to pursue. You managed to convince the head of the Delvers (Rascelo) to go in their stead. To seek the missing member of their team, one of which you have some past relationship with.
Velk Dravenmoor.
You then went into the depths of these vaults, utilizing a map that was provided for you. A little lost at some point, but after tearing through some rising, shambling skeletons and some burning oozes that called that domain their own, you eventually came to the great gates that were recently discovered that supposedly lead to the long-sealed Luzal Monastery, the target of much of Desperloch's research and hope.
Upon arriving, you discovered that the gate guardian they had thought before which had been laid low, had begun to recover, and while still damaged, rose up and assailed your troop, tearing through you quite horribly in but a matter of moments. But nevertheless, through the majesty of an empowered boomerang you cut it down as well as the skeletons that it had risen out of the slain Desperloch delvers that remained.
You noticed that the gates were partially ajar and where a bloodstained hand smear, a series of blood pools, and a small trinket were left, and you believe that this insulates that your target, Velk, may have traversed beyond these gates towards the monastery himself. As such, hurt and winded, you closed the gate behind you just in case the guardian was still giving chase. You catch your breath here in the darkness, barely noticing the stone steps that ascend into shadow, up, up into the depths of the mountain. To where, no one yet knows. It is here inside this dark cave, as you catch your breath in silence. What would you like to do?
JETRUNNER is a parkour FPS, with cel shaded, comic like visuals, and a gameplay loop that can be best described as Trackmania meets Titanfall. Rich, expressive movement, and tight gunplay is what JETRUNNER is all about.
In a dazzling near-future where gravity is optional and style is mandatory, JETRUNNER is the planet’s most thrilling sport: a pulse-pounding fusion of first-person parkour, fluid controls and fast-paced FPS action, designed for only the boldest contenders. Run, jump, slide, and blast your way through hand crafted arenas as you climb the ranks and etch your name into the annals of Jetrunning history.
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Go behind the scenes of Tales from the Stinky Dragon Campaign 3: Kanon with the cast and crew as they discuss each episode, player decisions, DM secrets, and life stories in this exclusive bi-weekly show!
Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe deep dive into their lives as the Weird Kids! This is a formal invitation to all the misfits, outcasts, and weirdos to take a seat at our table and join these former child actors as they embrace their unique upbringings and celebrate all things weird and wonderful.
All the twists and turns of an episode of Critical Role in half the time! In Critical Role Abridged, the rich tapestry of a Critical Role campaign is lovingly distilled to its most pivotal, hilarious, and poignant moments in about 60-90 minutes per episode.
Daggerheart is out in the world! Join our Senior RPG Producer Elise Rezendes and Game Designer Matthew Mercer as they answer everything you need to know about Daggerheart!
After their voyage of exploration goes awry, the crew of the Ship find themselves adrift in an unfamiliar realm where everything they know is called into question. With their beliefs, their bonds, and their lives at stake, they must decide how much they’re willing to sacrifice to find a way home.
Small communities hold fast against the darkness of a dying world in Age of Umbra, a dark, survival fantasy 8-part Daggerheart mini-series with Game Master Matthew Mercer and players Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, and Travis Willingham. Death lurks around every corner, but five characters of the small community of Desperloch must band together to fight for hope for their community, risking it all for those they love.
Get a backstage pass to Age of Umbra! You’ll be right there at the table immediately after Matt says “Is it Thursday yet?”, experiencing the cast’s post-show reactions.
The Enduring, safe beneath the pyre fire of Desperloch, brace against the harsh realities of their world all while holding onto hope for a brighter future...
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This is the Halcyon Domain.
A once golden realm of verdant valleys, majestic mountain cities, and the expansive golden city of Amber Reach (where the seat of the God-King Othedias and his Grand Ordinants oversaw the rule of law, faith, and magic) under the guiding miracles of the Veiled Gods.
It is said by many who scrounged the shreds of history that it was the clandestine machinations of the God-King and his constituents that sundered the divine laws and caused the Veiled Gods to punish the realm and abandon our world. Others speak of misuse of the Aetherweave itself that spurned their retribution. What is know is that the century since the Apostasy (when the Veiled Gods blanketed the lands in shadow before vanishing into the dreams beyond) this realm has been dying.
Society has slowly crumbled under an ever-desperate populace, the clergy and nobility shutting themselves within their strongholds and cathedrals, while nightmarish magic and heinous creatures arose to feast upon the surviving citizens of the domain, the ashen sea spilled into the valley to leave a sinking marshland, host to mutating beasts and horrid demonds. Holy heroes and great warriors combated the swelling evils, galvanizing the scattered peoples to defend their villages, or found new ones where the burning flames of the miraculous Sacred Pyres could keep the darkness at bay.
Some became great leaders, while others succumbed to the howling evil force known as the Umbra that now spreads and corrupts the realm. Those that survived, despite this divine death sentence, now call themselves The Enduring. Over these few generations defined by hardship, survival, and a gently-kindled hope, new heroes arise to protect their families, to reassemble the truths of the past, to change the tides of fortune for all, or die trying.
The Old World is dead. Welcome to the Age of Umbra.
It is here, in the Halcyon Domain, where we instead come in the midst of a dark night. Here in the jungles of Aveidoora, the sounds of heavy breathing push through the dense, hanging vine and canopy tangle.
Snyx, what do we see as you rush through the jungles?
In this powerful episode of The Harder To Breathe Podcast, Ryan Dusik and Brian “Duck” Maillard welcome voice acting legend Sam Riegel (Critical Role, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) for a candid and moving conversation. Sam shares his extraordinary journey, from childhood fame to a career in voice acting, his 9/11 survival story, and his recent battle with cancer.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
[00:00:42] Duck’s Shoutout: A huge congratulations to Duck’s son's team for winning in the playoffs.
[00:02:13] Navigating Realities: Discussion of where the balance is between helping someone face their realities versus finding peace to keep them happy.
[00:05:00] Compartmentalize: The hosts dive into how compartmentalization can help and hurt people.
[00:15:45] Welcome Sam Riegel: The guys officially welcome Sam to the show
[00:16:08] Early Days: Listen to Sam and Duck reminisce about when they first met in New York.
[00:20:50] Community: Sam talks about the community between all actors
[00:24:12] Career Journey: Hear about Sam's journey of being an actor and finding out what works.
[00:35:50] Survival Story: Sam tells the harrowing and empowering details from surviving 9/11.
[00:42:12] The Big Diagnosis: Sam reveals that he had cancer in his mouth
[00:48:50] Coping Through Life: Sam and the hosts dive into people’s coping mechanisms.
[01:05:26] A Reminder to Live Your Life: Sam discusses how his diagnosis has not stopped him.
Don't miss this inspiring conversation! Watch now to learn about resilience, the power of saying "yes" to opportunities, and finding humor in the face of adversity.
by Lisa/Leviatherys
The Harder to Breathe Podcast is a space to have honest and vulnerable conversations about the challenges we face and how to work through them. Hosted by founder drummer of Maroon 5, registered therapist, author and advocate Ryan Dusick, H2B will feature interviews with top performers in their respective fields of entertainment, sports, business, and more, sharing helpful tools, perspectives and insights for helping you navigate the challenges in your life.
THE OTHER ME written by Jonathan Cook starring Laura Bailey and Khary Payton.
A therapist uncovers crucial evidence in a bizarre missing person case and soon finds that knowing the truth puts her life in danger.
Timestamps
(00:00) THE OTHER ME Audio Play
(23:54) Interview with Laura Bailey - Voice Acting origin
(28:35) Laura Bailey - Difference in Videogame and Animation Acting
(29:21) Laura Bailey - Performance Capture and Motion Capture
(30:59) Laura Bailey - Playing Abby in Last of Us 2
(33:36) Laura Bailey - Noises, Grunts, and other Sounds in Voice Acting
(36:55) Laura Bailey - Critical Role to the Legend of Vox Machina
(40:18) Laura Bailey working with Khary Payton
(41:08) Laura Bailey advice to aspiring voice actors
(43:19) Laura Bailey on THE OTHER ME and GBTGL
(44:30) Outro
Launched in 2020, Gather by the Ghost Light is a part of the Broadway Podcast Network and has produced over 85 audio play productions written by playwrights from around the world and regularly has writers and voice actors as guests on the show. Hosted by Jonathan Cook and Devon McSherry.
The Character Sheet is back with more fantasy and TTRPG news, and today we are sitting down with Critical Role's legendary DM and the man who created the Age of Umbra frame for Daggerheart, Matthew Mercer, along with Daggerheart lead designer Spenser Starke, to talk about the settig for Critical Role's upcoming Age of Umbra mini series! Is Age of Umbra just set in an alternate version of Exandria? Will horse stacking return as Critical Role dives back into a soulsborne setting? Just how did games like Kingdom Death: Monster inspire Matt Mercer in the creation of Age of Umbra? Find out as we talk with Critical Role's Matthew Mercer and Spenser Starke in our exclusive Age of Umbra interview!
Timestamps
0:00 Coming up
0:23 Introducing Matt And Spenser
3:17 How Age Of Umbra Was Created
7:00 What Is The "Umbra"
11:44 Is This An Alternate Exandria
15:56 Kingdom Death Inspirations
20:52 Favorite Kingdom Death Monsters
24:13 Age Of Umbra World Guide Book
26:47 Lighting Round: Soulsborne or Salzburg!
~ 17:33
Matt Mercer: "The way it begins and kind of evolves in this terrifying, survivalist space where you don't really know why you're here and why things are the way they are, you just are being hunted. In that dark realm, what little bit of light there is, is found through community and the survival of the community. That theme to me is very cool and inspiring and terrifying especially in a world that is ever terrifying in its own right where the survival of community is so important. So, to me, if anything that was definitely the biggest element I wanted to carry over into Age of Umbra was the idea of "These small communities are all they have" and what little bit of connection they have to work together and try and work towards trying to reverse this decay, to try and find a way to save the world in the midst of this very very dark space. That sort of heroic plight was very very interesting and something we didn't quite have in a campaign frame. So that was definitely what I pulled from Kingdom Death Monster."
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A team of trained soldiers is caught in the middle of a war between distant deities and under-dwelling devils. As they turn the tide of this celestial crusade, a voice beckons them from the beyond—destiny or doom?
Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe deep dive into their lives as the Weird Kids! This is a formal invitation to all the misfits, outcasts, and weirdos to take a seat at our table and join these former child actors as they embrace their unique upbringings and celebrate all things weird and wonderful.
All the twists and turns of an episode of Critical Role in half the time! In Critical Role Abridged, the rich tapestry of a Critical Role campaign is lovingly distilled to its most pivotal, hilarious, and poignant moments in about 60-90 minutes per episode.
Step into the Daggerheart game master’s seat! Whether you’re learning to GM for the first time, are a new-to-Daggerheart GM, or are just looking for ways to hone your GM craft, Matthew Mercer has all you need to know to run an epic Daggerheart game for your team of players.
The UNEND-ing wait for Season 2 is coming soon…
Small communities hold fast against the darkness of a dying world in Age of Umbra, a dark, survival fantasy 8-part Daggerheart mini-series with Game Master Matthew Mercer and players Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, and Travis Willingham. Death lurks around every corner, but five characters of the small community of Desperloch must band together to fight for hope for their community, risking it all for those they love.
Get a backstage pass to Age of Umbra! You’ll be right there at the table immediately after Matt says “Is it Thursday yet?”, experiencing the cast’s post-show reactions.
What happens when Tav strikes out on adventure but leaves Astarion and Karlach from Baldur's Gate 3 behind? You get a romp through the Underdark with new friends and unexpected challenges!
Dungeons & Dragons hosted a star-studded D&D Live show at Gen Con to celebrate the game's 50th anniversary. Fans gathered to a surprise cast including Dungeon Master Aabria Iyengar and players Anjali Bhimani, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Neil Newbon, and Samantha Béart. The ensuing adventure showcased the 2024 rules update and gave fans an early look at Project Sigil, the immersive 3d sandbox from Wizards of the Coast.
Astarion and Karlach from Baldur’s Gate 3 strike out on their own adventure after Tav doesn’t choose them for their adventuring party, meeting new friends and encountering challenges as they explore the Underdark.
Astarion by Miss Fidonyo
Karlach by Rikudompo
~ 00:19:40
Matt Mercer: I will say the more so than most of their systems and this definitely leans into kind of the new school game design facet incorporating questions as a GM to a player as a main narrative focus and empowering players to to build in those questions.
You know if a player's actively trying to search uh you know an abandoned shack in case something interesting is down there and they successfully break the lock and open the door and then you turn to the player and say
"What do you find?"
And let the player go "Oh well I find the..." and give them the opportunity to kind of build that hope and expectation then you know as the GM you can temper it a bit and kind of rein it in you know back in that push and pull you learn more trust in each other as the game progresses uh because some players might be like
"Well then I find a million gold pieces and I win the game!"
and you're like and then you break from your daydream and look within the empty shack and find there's nothing.
You know it's an opportunity to build that trust over time but also for players that are already in that space it it's a really cool invitation to kind of build the world from there. And as a GM that's that's an option whenever a player is wanting to do something very risky in the game and you can you can offer them the opportunity like if you really really want this even though you failed the role I'll give it to you but this is the consequence if you take it and then you leave the choice to the player and kind of you know you have the opportunity to kind of lean into that that devil's bargain aspect of the story uh within the actual game mechanics and the way that it's presented to you which leads to some really really fun tense moments at the table
ROUND 3 turns up the heat with a rapid-fire gauntlet of hot takes so deranged, they should probably be illegal. Meatball, Matt Mercer, Ify Nwadiwe, and Jonnie Reinhart go head-to-head defending points like: "Is Meryl Streep the worst actor of her generation?" and "Is it okay to date someone who looks like your sibling?" These freaks seem to think so. It’s part philosophy, part trash fire, and 100% unhinged fun.
🌟 Featuring:
💄 Drag Queens - Meatball, Jonnie Reinhart, & Pickle
🐉 Dungeon Masters - Matt Mercer, Damien Haas, & Ify Nwadiwe
