If you’re looking for a game that perfectly blends atmosphere with high-stakes tension, you need to keep Docked on your radar.
Developed by No-Brake, this indie title isn’t just another horror game—it’s a masterclass in “liminal space” dread. You play as a caretaker tasked with maintaining a massive, eerily silent sea dock. Your only job? Make sure the lights stay on.
Why It’s Grabbing Everyone’s Attention:
The Sound Design: The creak of the metal and the distant roar of the ocean do more to unnerve you than any jump scare ever could.
The Aesthetic: It captures that low-fi, industrial gloom that feels both nostalgic and deeply claustrophobic.
The Mystery: What exactly is lurking under the waves, and why does the dock feel like it’s waiting for something?
The Verdict: It’s a short, punchy experience that proves you don’t need a massive budget to create a massive amount of anxiety. Perfect for a late-night session—if you don’t mind feeling a little uneasy the next time you’re near the water.
Have you played it yet, or are you looking for tips on how to survive your first shift?
If you’ve been itching for a co-op shooter that feels like a 1980s fever dream, the John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando demo is exactly the shot of adrenaline you need.
Saber Interactive isn’t just leaning into the “over-the-top action” trope; they’re driving a spike-covered truck right through it. Here’s the breakdown of what makes this demo a gore-soaked delight:
The Vibe: Pure 80s Horror-Action
Imagine if Big Trouble in Little China had a baby with World War Z. The demo highlights Carpenter’s signature influence—think pulsing synth soundtracks, neon-drenched environments, and a healthy dose of “don’t take yourself too seriously” humour.
The Gameplay: Mass Carnage
The Swarm Tech: Using the Swarm Engine (the same tech behind World War Z), the demo throws hundreds of “Sludge” mutants at you simultaneously. It’s chaotic, but incredibly satisfying to thin the herd.
The “Commando” Classes: You get a taste of different roles—from the heavy hitter to the medic—each with abilities that feel distinct but necessary for survival.
Vehicle Mayhem: This isn’t just a “boots on the ground” shooter. The demo features vehicle-based combat that feels heavy, crunchy, and surprisingly polished.
Find out more here – https://community.focus-entmt.com/focus-entertainment/toxic-commando
Few names conjure up images of gritty, synth-drenched, and utterly chilling horror like John Carpenter. The maestro behind classics like The Thing and Escape from New York is now lending his distinctive vision to the world of video games with the upcoming co-op shooter, John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando.
Set to launch on March 12, 2026, this title from Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment is shaping up to be the chaotic, over-the-top, 80s-inspired action-horror blast we’ve been craving.
The Sludge God Rises
The premise is pure Carpenter-esque pulp: A disastrous experiment to harness the Earth’s core energy backfires spectacularly, unleashing an eldritch entity known as the Sludge God. This monstrous force quickly terraforms the world, turning the soil into toxic scum and the populace into undead, mutated horrors.
The only hope? A team of highly-trained mercenaries, which, due to budget cuts, is replaced by The Toxic Commandos. You are this squad—a rag-tag bunch of cannon fodder who must fight the unending hordes and send the Sludge God back to the underworld.
Left 4 Dead Meets 80s B-Movie
At its core, Toxic Commando is a four-player co-op first-person shooter, drawing clear inspiration from titles like World War Z and Left 4 Dead. But it injects a heavy dose of vehicular mayhem and class-based abilities to stand apart:
Horde Chaos, Powered by Swarm Engine: Saber Interactive, the team behind the frenetic action of World War Z, is utilising its proprietary Swarm Engine. Expect unbelievably dense waves of enemies that move with terrifying, fluid momentum.
Vehicular Vengeance: The semi-open maps encourage driving, and your favorite ride isn’t just transport—it’s a weapon. Find vehicles with mounted guns, winch tools for prying open resource caches, or even an ambulance for AoE healing. Turning zombies into roadkill has never been so satisfying.
Teamwork is Survival: With full crossplay across PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, you and your friends will need to coordinate. The game is said to be stingy with resources, forcing players to rely on their unique class abilities and smart resource management to survive the overwhelming enemy swarms.
The Synth-Sational Score
What truly makes this a John Carpenter game is his involvement as both a consultant on the story and, crucially, the composer of the game’s musical score. Carpenter’s signature synth-heavy, brooding, and rhythmic soundtracks are synonymous with dread and atmospheric tension.
If the music delivers that classic, minimalist Carpenter vibe, the action on screen will be elevated from a mere zombie shooter to a genuine throwback horror experience. It’s the perfect sonic backdrop for blasting sludgy abominations with a shotgun.
Final Verdict (So Far)
John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando promises an explosive cocktail of visceral FPS action, over-the-top 80s humour, and relentless, wave-based survival. It’s loud, it’s bloody, and it’s embracing the kind of schlocky-yet-cool aesthetic that only the horror master himself could inspire.
Load up your weapon, call up your squad, and prepare to face the Sludge God. The world needs saving, and frankly, the cheap commandos are all that’s left.
Are you ready to join The Toxic Commandos?
John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando – https://www.focus-entmt.com/en/games/john-carpenters-toxic-commando
For gamers and fans of sci-fi looter shooters, there’s a lot of excitement surrounding the upcoming release of Borderlands 4. Developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K, it’s the latest installment in the popular franchise.
Here’s a breakdown of what you need to know about Borderlands 4 and other similar games:
Borderlands 4: Release and Pre-order Information Release Date: Borderlands 4 is scheduled to be released on September 12, 2025, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. A version for the Nintendo Switch 2 is slated for release on October 3, 2025.
Pre-order Bonus: If you pre-order any edition of the game, you will receive the Gilded Glory Pack. This pack includes a Vault Hunter skin, a weapon skin, an ECHO-4 Drone skin, a new Vault Hunter head, and four pieces of Legendary gear.
https://borderlands.2k.com/borderlands-4/buy/
Game Editions:
Standard Edition: Includes the base game and the pre-order bonus.
Deluxe Edition: Includes the base game, the pre-order bonus, the “Firehawk’s Fury” weapon skin, and the “Bounty Pack Bundle” which will add four post-launch DLC packs.
Super Deluxe Edition: Includes everything from the Deluxe Edition plus the “Ornate Order Pack” of cosmetics and the “Vault Hunter Pack” which will feature two new playable Vault Hunters and two new story packs.
What game could be more scary and horrific than those from the Resident Evil series? Well, don’t threat because there is still life in this series with another adventure coming to mobile soon. The Resident Evil Survival Unit might be a mobile game, but it still has all of the strategies and excitement that you would expect from the game on consoles or PC. So far, the have been over a million pre-registrations for this game already. The game is set to launch sometime this year.
To find out more about Resident Evil Survival Unit, go to the official game website here https://www.residentevil-survivalunit.com/en or the App Store here https://shorturl.at/yrjlH and Google Play here https://shorturl.at/ShJlA
Welcome to an alternate timeline for the Destiny universe, it’s called Destiny Rising and will be available as a free-to-play mobile game, so saving the universe can be done anywhere. The game heralds in a new era for the game that will shape the way the future looks. Destiny: Rising will be launching on the 28th of August on iOS and Android. The game is free and can be pre-ordered now from the App Store and Google Play.
To find out more about Destiny Rising, go to the official game website here http://www.playdestinyrising.com/
Players in North America can pre-register for the Destiny: Rising closed beta test through the Apple App Store. This is a brilliant way to get to know this game before it launches mainstream. Players will enter a world a heroes and legends that will defend the future Earth and restore humanity. The Destiny: Rising closed beta testing begins on the 29th of May don’t miss out.
To find out more about the Destiny: Rising game, go to the official game website here https://www.playdestinyrising.com/
This is Split Fiction a game that really does push the boundaries of what is possible. The game uses the classic split screen just to make coop games and to make it even more exciting players will be able to play across platforms with the friends pass, just invite them in and join in the game. The Split Fiction game will be launching in March next year.
To find out more about the Split Fiction game go to the official game website here https://shorturl.at/CnS99
This is the [REDACTED] game and it is one of those games that requires the players to fight, die and respawn time after time in a relentless mission set within a state-of-the-art prison complex. In order to escape players will need to crawl the dungeons, fight off guards, security measures and other prisoners too, this is one of those games where players run the gauntlet all of the time, are you ready for this? [REDACTED] is now available for pre-order on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Steam, and Epic Games Store,
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The zombie apocalypse is here and only you and your squad stand between this terror from spreading, yes Call of Duty: Black Ops is taking players into a dark and scary place with this one. Zombies are unlike any other enemy as they seem to just keep coming for you and what could be worse than a member of your squad being infected and becoming the enemy right before your eyes? There is only one thing to do fight, survive and then repeat it all over. Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Zombies Terminus can be pre-ordered now!
To find out more about the Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Zombies Terminus game visit the official website here http://a.atvi.com/PreOrderBO6
Coming soon to consoles and to PCs is Avatar Frontiers of Pandora which takes place just after the events the original movie, so it’s a matter of skipping back in time to when the Na’vi had joined together to save Pandora from the RDA invaders. They might have thought that they had defeated them and saved the planet, but resources are rare and business is business.
It has been a long wait for Avatar Frontiers of Pandora but from the videos and storylines that have been released, it looks like the wait has been worth it. Gamers will be able to pre-order the game now before its release on the 7th of December on all consoles and for the PC too.
Find out more about the Avatar Frontiers of Pandora game to pre-order here; https://ubi.li/95QZQ
Here is something special for fans of the great game Tekken, it is, of course, the brilliant and very collectable Tekken 8 Premium Collectors Edition that includes skins, costumes, stickers, a special metal box, arcade tokens, cards and so much more, this is a Tekken players dream gift and with the festive season coming, well you know what to do!
Tekken 8 is one of those games that has a loyal following and it has to as it has been going for such a long time, it actually originally launched in 1994 so you can imagine the changes that some long-term gamers have seen over the years, so for the good and maybe some not so good, but this is a game with longevity and that is special.
Find out more about the Tekken 8 Premium Collectors Edition here; https://store.bandainamcoent.eu/tekken-8-physical-full-game-xbxsx-exclusive-collector-eu/
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