NEW YORK, April 13 — Fight the dimension’s best warriors in Mortal Kombat 11, fight fires ridiculously in Embr and fight your friends in Tiny Tanks; build friendly community farms in Staxel, a red planet that can support life in Surviving Mars: Green Planet and colony of pirates in Atlas.

Staxel launch trailer


Between its 2018 early access debut and April 11, the Minecraft-derived village farming simulator Staxel has added a ton of stuff including story quests, festivals, roommates, and new locations. Available now on PC with console versions a possibility for the future.

Tiny Tanks launch trailer


Sumo meets mobile infantry as up to eight players try to blast each other off the surface of a destructible play area. Shoot with oversized bullets, lay landmines, and avoid the volcano through 20 customizable game modes. Available for PC, with Mac and Linux editions to follow.

Advertisement

Embr - the firefighting un-simulator


What if, instead of requiring professional emergency services personnel to know their tasks inside out, we let any old Tom, Dick, or Harry have a go with minimal supervision? Well, then maybe it’s time to be a hero. Due late 2019 in early access on PC ahead of a mid-to-late 2020 release.

Surviving Mars - green planet terraforming tutorial


Inhospitable atmosphere, cold temperatures, frozen water, and a complete lack of vegetation make Mars a difficult place to call home—it’s one planet which, unlike Earth, would actually benefit from global warming. Or would it? An expansion for Surviving Mars, coming soon to PC, Mac and Linux.

Atlas mega-update


Pirate combat and community multiplayer Atlas reaches version 1.5 with the addition of new missions and quest lines, submarines, grappling, tameable giant crabs, and a more cooperative Colonies mode. Available now for PC, currently expected on Xbox Game Preview before mid-2019.

Advertisement

Mortal Kombat 11 tv spot


Readying for launch on April 23 across PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC (the Switch edition is due May 10), the bone-crunching, flesh-squishing fighting game franchise, notorious for its graphic nature, adds three new characters to its roster and welcomes back a ton of old favorites including Scorpion, Sonya Blade, Raiden and Johnny Cage. — AFP-Relaxnews