Two games are discounted on Steam's specials shelf today, and eight new trailers landed from PlayStation, Xbox and GameTrailers, including Sam Hulick's own rescored farewell to the Mass Effect score that never made it to the screen.
Deals and sales
On sale on Steam
Dying Light: The Beast is 50% off, A$44.97 (was A$89.95), until Tuesday 10 November. It's a first-person survival horror game where you fight evolved zombies and parkour across an open world, with the option to turn into a beast-like form.
PEAK is 38% off, A$7.30 (was A$11.79), until Sunday 15 November. It's a co-op climbing game where you scale a procedurally generated mountain solo or with up to three mates, managing injuries and scavenging supplies along the way.
Source: Steam specials
Trailers
Ironholm: Reign of the Isles lands in early access
GameTrailers posted the early access launch trailer for Ironholm: Reign of the Isles, a medieval real-time strategy game from Data Innovation Lab. You expand a kingdom and command entire armies rather than individual soldiers, planning your expansion and choosing the moment to strike. Ironholm: Reign of the Isles is out now in early access.
Source: GameTrailers
Sort the Creatures gets a release date
GameTrailers shared the release date trailer for Sort the Creatures, a cozy sorting game from Orbital Fox Games. You sort thousands of animated creatures into matching terrariums, growing a colourful collection as you go. Sort the Creatures launches on Steam on 12 November 2026.
Source: GameTrailers
Sooooooooooo: Strike, Scream, Run! sets a release date
GameTrailers posted the release date trailer for Sooooooooooo: Strike, Scream, Run!, a chaotic online multiplayer party game from Humita Games. Your microphone doubles as a weapon, with ridiculous power-ups and public or private lobbies for matches with mates.
Source: GameTrailers
Honkai: Star Rail reveals Aeon Aha
GameTrailers released the character trailer for Aeon Aha, a new addition to Honkai: Star Rail, HoYoverse's strategy RPG. The trailer frames Aeon Aha as representing laughter, humour, tragedy and fate's twists. Honkai: Star Rail is available now on PlayStation 5, iOS, Android and PC.
Source: GameTrailers
Kingdom of Night launches on PS5
PlayStation released the launch trailer for Kingdom of Night, an 80s-inspired isometric action RPG. A satanic cult unleashes the ancient evil Baphomet on the small town of Miami, Arizona, and high school student John has to fight through a night of demonic chaos to rescue his friends. Kingdom of Night is out now on PS5.
Source: PlayStation
Faraway launches
Xbox shared the launch trailer for Faraway, a randomly generated arcade puzzle game about a shooting star designing constellations to stay alive. It's built around realtime visuals and interactive music. Faraway is out now.
Source: Xbox
A rescored trailer for the Mass Effect 5 that never happened
EA is shutting down BioWare, and Mass Effect 5, reportedly titled Mass Effect: Universe, has been cancelled. An internal trailer for the game leaked after that news broke, and composer Sam Hulick, who worked on the original trilogy, shared his own rescored version of it, calling it "my way of saying goodbye".
Source: Rock Paper Shotgun
Hulick: BioWare had him scoring an internal Mass Effect: Universe demo
Hulick also said BioWare had asked him to score an internal demo for Mass Effect: Universe, work that was cut short when the studio closed. He released his rescored trailer for N7 Day, describing it as "my way of saying goodbye... at least for now".
Source: PC Gamer
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