Get ready to master the machine and battle the elements on September 6th with Train Sim World 3, available on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Xbox Game Pass and Epic Games Store.

Over the coming weeks, we want to talk about and show you more from Train Sim World 3. We are creating a short series of dev-blogs that will give you more details and insights into the new features coming with Train Sim World 3, highlighting the hard work that’s gone into building them! This week we talk about the all-new Training Center, UI changes, and what’s happening to all the add-ons you currently own for Train Sim World 2. Read on to find out more and watch the dev-blog to hear from the Dovetail Games team:



A new place to learn

Operating a train is tough and the trains in Train Sim World 3 are as close to the real thing as we can get. This is why we have introduced the new Training Center, a safe environment where you’ll be able to learn how to drive the locomotives featured in Train Sim World 3. You will practice on a brand-new route, inspired by the Wildenwrath Test Track - albeit with our own scenery - and all Train Sim World 3 owners will have access to this. This route is ‘free-roam’ in nature and the first of its kind in Train Sim World 3 as you have complete freedom to drive round the test track, walk about the complex, or even just sit on a bench and soak up the atmosphere. Not to forget it even has ‘Off the Rails’ mode permanently enabled! For new players, Off the Rails mode allows you to drive any train on any route, free from restrictions such as electrification, era, even country!



Having this new ‘onboarding’ process will help new players get more enjoyment out of the different styles of locos available. The Training Center is the perfect place to learn without the pressures of signalling and other traffic on the line, giving you have the freedom to learn at your own pace. There are nine locos available included in the Standard Edition from the three routes, giving you a wide variety of driving experiences from the get-go in the Training Center.



Your Content

When we announced Train Sim World 3, we shared that your Train Sim World 2 collection would be coming with you when you make the jump to Train Sim World 3. On September 6th, you will no longer see Train Sim World 2 on your preferred platform store page, and you will only see Train Sim World 3, the new editions and most of the add-ons from Train Sim World history*. This doesn’t mean Train Sim World 2 will disappear from your library, it just means you won’t be able to purchase it in store. The three routes included in Train Sim World 2 (Bakerloo Line, Schnellfahrstrecke Köln-Aachen and Sand Patch Grade), as well as New Journeys Expansion will also be available to purchase separately shortly after launch, if you don't already own them. Going forward we are also removing the ‘Preservation Collection’ branding and introducing a new Train Sim World Compatible logo on previously released add-ons.



When you see the Train Sim World Compatible logo you will know that that particular add-on will work within Train Sim World 3. Plus, your favourite Train Sim World 2 routes can look forward to the brand-new dynamic weather system. Other new features such as the volumetric clouds and new lighting effects are exclusive to the Train Sim World 3 core routes and add-ons released after September 6th.

Looking further forward from Train Sim World 3 you will no longer be required to own a certain route in order to purchase a new loco add-on. With the Training Center in mind, we want players to have the freedom to practice with any train released after Train Sim World 3 has launched. We will be able to explain more on this in the future.

New UI

Train Sim World 3 will bring a refreshed UI built from scratch, making it much easier to jump into the action when you load up the game. The development team have made a whole host of changes including new search and filter functions, meaning you can search for the route or loco you want to experience by selecting different options such as regions, diesel, electric and more. You can also sort your collection based on newest-oldest, A-Z alphabetical and vice versa. However, your last played route/train will always be the first on the list, and second will be the newest add-on in your collection.



We also now give you the option to select your train first, then choose the route on which you would like to travel. As your collection grows this may yield more opportunities for you to use your favourite trains in more places.





If you’re having one of those days where you aren’t sure what route you want to explore you can try Train Sim World 3’s new quick-play mode. Pressing the quick play button randomly selects a scenario or service you haven't completed depending on the length of service you chose from the add-ons you have installed, this new mode could introduce you to a route that you own and haven’t explored before!



Previously the livery designer page was just an unsearchable list of text-only selections, now it has all the same search and filtering functions as per gameplay selection, and a visual representation of the rail vehicles you will be editing. Also, this can be found under the Creators Club button on the main menu, you no longer have to select a route in order to access the creation tools

Be sure to watch the Railfan TV team tonight on Twitch and YouTube at 19:00 pm UTC with the first Q&A stream of the Train Sim World 3 era. They will be answering your questions that you submitted on our forums plus also showing you the new UI (and menu music!) in action.

You can also look forward to our first Train Sim World 3 gameplay stream starting at 19:00 UTC, August 18. JD will be joined by Lukas and together they will be showcasing the first of the three Train Sim World 3 routes, Kassel-Würzburg.

Train Sim World 3 Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition are available to pre-order now on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox (Deluxe Only) and Epic Games Store. When you pre-order on your selected store you will have 4-day Early Access to Train Sim World 3 as well as a bonus decal pack to use within the livery editor to share on Creators Club, the home of player customization in Train Sim World.


*The following Train Sim World 2020 Add-Ons: CSX GP40-2, Northeast Corridor New York, and Amtrak SW1000R & Metroliner Cab Car will not be available for Train Sim World 3

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WELCOME TO LOOP 2.0!

Major update Ver 2.0 is here!

• New Mean Difficulty! There is very little room for error. Please be careful!
  
• Arrange Mode is added! The better you play the harder it gets! Can you persevere under the pressure?
  
• New Arranged Tracks done by crisp, Jasson Prestiliano (JP Soundworks) and Scowsh! You can adjust which arrangement to use on which mode via the Options menu.
  
• New languages added: Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese!
  
• 2 new wallpapers are added!
  
• 8 new endings are added! The new endings are for Arcade Mean and Arrange Mode.
  
• 8 new Achievements are added!
  
• Several bug fixes.

Have fun!

Dear Commanders,

Thanks to your feedback we have many changes incoming to help your journey on Shoal. We’re pleased to be providing you with local support as well as some changes that ought to make life a little easier down on the planet. We’ve also been hearing that there have been some changes made to the local life forms that are worth keeping an eye on.

We’re expecting there to be some skirmishes in the near future for you to cut your teeth on and some larger amendments to how you give orders.

As always, keep up the good work and we’ll see you out there.

The Exec

• Hotseat Multiplayer! If you want to play multiplayer with someone locally, you can create your own scenario and add another Human player!

• Summoner is now better at summoning than the Talisman
  
• It is no longer free to summon with the Talisman
  
• Talisman is now built by Summoner
  
• They Wait in the Fens as well as units built by the Shepherd can now be summoned
  
• You can now unload Hunger as The People of Sun and Shadow

• Fix issue where The Animator used Alloys for Producing instead of Motherboards
  
• Fix issue where Scatterbirds, Finback, and Octopus cost no Population
  
• Fix issue where Storage Requirement in Projects wasn't reflecting storage amounts available in a region
  
• Fix issue where Mining Icon for tall buildings was way off scale
  
• Fix issue where we were showing the explored enemy display X for units like Scrap and Remains
  
• Fix issue where if you had more Current Population than your Population Limit, you wouldn’t be able to Transform

(Reminder: these are visible in the controls section in the game menu)

• You can now temporarily disable tooltips by holding Left Control. Letting go of Control will show tooltips again
  
• You can now cycle through units that have unused attacks with Tab + 1
  
• You can now cycle through units that have unused moves with Tab + 2
  
• You can also “Wait” a unit (it will not show up in your tab cycling) by clicking Z with unit selected. "Waiting" means the unit will be skipped over when tab-cycling units.
  
• Control menu updated to reflect a hotkey for both Unloading and Loading (previously only one was listed)

• On the Unit Tooltip, you will now always see: Control Range (even if 0), Move Range, Vision Range
  
• If you save and exit the game, the game will load with the camera at the last location you were looking at
  
• You will now see every Action a unit has available to it, including Surge Move and Surge Attack, in its tooltip
  
• When using a Heal Project, you will see the new HP of the unit you are going to heal
  
• Unit XP Sliders have a tooltip now that show you your accumulated XP, and how much more XP to get to the next level
  
• Both Move and Attack outlines will turn orange if you will use a Surge
  
• Infrastructure tooltips are much more obvious about whether or not a building / unit will contribute to the Region Infrastructure Limit, and states extremely clearly under which Region Ownership they can be built
  
• Experience Cantata Maps in Full Detail (Tile names now prioritize Detail names if there are Details on the tile. Enjoy looking at much Colony Debris, Wreckage, and Carnage!)
  
• Some very small nit-picky formatting that moonstone suggested

Thanks to all your comments, we've been working hard on adding new features (hello multiplayer!), fixing bugs and so much more.

We'd love to hear more about what you think in our official Cantata Discord.

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We're excited to announce that your adventure in Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince starts NOW!



The Minotaur King has returned...and it's all your fault! Lily's back for a new "classic" action-adventure set hundreds of years after The Sleeping King!

Grandpa's latest tale takes you on a journey through haunted forests, pirate shores, and other mysterious lands! You'll visit charming towns, meet terrible enemies, encounter tricky puzzles, and discover powerful weapons. Learn abilities like alchemy, where you can brew 10 unique potions out of over 40 collectables found throughout the world. Keep an eye out for witch huts to learn new potions!

Gather your courage, it's time to help Lily defeat the Minotaur King and save her brother!

Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince is available on Steam and Nintendo Switch for $14.99 / £11.39 / 12.49 euros, and currently has a launch discount on Steam for a whole week!

If you’re as excited about Blossom Tales 2: The Minotaur Prince as we are, follow the developer's Castle Pixel and publisher Playtonic Friends on Twitter for more Blossom Tales content, and don't forget to tag us in screenshots of your favourite moments.

Happy adventuring!

Greetings Harvesters,
Another free update for you this summer. We hope you’ve all been enjoying the weather and gaming. But, if you hate the sun, here are two good reasons to play inside.




We’ve a great response since launching our world map campaign mode. Turn-based and real-time strategy is a great mix. This mode offers a lot of replayability and we are happy to increase this with another map: Archipelago.



Archipelago is a small continent. Regions within it are connected along the continents exterior with multiple bodies of water separating regions on the interior. One capital is located in the west and two in the East. The continent’s center provides access to all parts of the map, making it a hard-fought for strategic target.

On Archipelago you can choose your starting scenario or customize your own:

Us or them – The single enemy faction in the west is slowly expanding and getting dangerously close to two areas of importance on this archipelago. While the enemy is not significantly stronger than we are, we must stay on pace I order for us to have a fighting chance. Do you have it in you to beat one key opponent?

Pioneers – The major factions are in a race to colonize and conquer new lands. Native nations will fight for their independence. You have been sent to conquer as many regions as possible before the other factions take the new lands for themselves.

Scattered Kingdom – The natives of the archipelago have revolted against the major factions following their annexation. As a result each factions territory is fragmented. You must put down the uprising and reunite our realm. Keep an eye out for opportunities to seize lands formerly held by our competitors as well.

Custom – Play your way, select which faction begins where, their starting strength, difficulty and victory goals. We’d love to hear the story behind your scenario.



Personally, I love island hopping in my strategy games and deciding which paths to take and which choke points to hold. Have fun, and as always, we looking forward to your feedback,
We have one last world map in development which we plan to release at the end of this summer.
Enjoy strategizing macro along with your micro and good luck commanders.



It’s a hot summer and well, just be glad you’re not bumping around inside a mech cabin. However, you can take command of those who are for free this weekend. Iron Harvest’s base game we’ll be available to all between August 18th and 21st.

And should you enjoy the game and wan to play it for longer than the free weekend, it'll de on sale for uptp 70%!
Bargin!
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In a few days we will be in Cologne for the largest and most anticipated event in Europe!

Stormind Games will be at Gamescom August 24-28 to let you try an updated version of Batora: Lost Haven in Hall 10.2, the Indie Arena Booth. You could find our new game at the Team17 booth in the consumer area too, at Hall 7.1 / B-040.

Come and visit us and experience our new interplanetary action RPG, speak with the team and know more about Avril's journey waiting for the release this fall!

The Tower of Titans has been spotted! Challenge the danger within and unlock new powers for your heroes!

A mysterious structure looms over the horizon’s edge… the Tower of Titans! This time-limited dungeon challenges your Heroes to scale its 30 floors featuring brand new strategies and mechanics.

Though each floor is tougher than the last, the many boss encounters will pit your party against monsters with random abilities. “Murder Princess” the heavily armored monster proved to be a cakewalk for your spellcaster squad? Meet “Extreme Overlord”, a magic-resistant monster that particularly enjoys attacking Spellcasters…

While climbing your way through the tower and claiming its many rewards, keep your eyes set on its peak. The tower’s Titan awaits your challenge!

Get ready to master the machine and battle the elements on September 6th with Train Sim World 3, available on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Xbox Game Pass and Epic Games Store.

Over the coming weeks, we want to talk about and show you more from Train Sim World 3. We are creating a short series of dev-blogs that will give you more details and insights into the new features coming with Train Sim World 3, highlighting the hard work that’s gone into building them! This week we talk about the all-new Training Center, UI changes, and what’s happening to all the add-ons you currently own for Train Sim World 2. Read on to find out more and watch the dev-blog to hear from the Dovetail Games team:



A new place to learn

Operating a train is tough and the trains in Train Sim World 3 are as close to the real thing as we can get. This is why we have introduced the new Training Center, a safe environment where you’ll be able to learn how to drive the locomotives featured in Train Sim World 3. You will practice on a brand-new route, inspired by the Wildenwrath Test Track - albeit with our own scenery - and all Train Sim World 3 owners will have access to this. This route is ‘free-roam’ in nature and the first of its kind in Train Sim World 3 as you have complete freedom to drive round the test track, walk about the complex, or even just sit on a bench and soak up the atmosphere. Not to forget it even has ‘Off the Rails’ mode permanently enabled! For new players, Off the Rails mode allows you to drive any train on any route, free from restrictions such as electrification, era, even country!



Having this new ‘onboarding’ process will help new players get more enjoyment out of the different styles of locos available. The Training Center is the perfect place to learn without the pressures of signalling and other traffic on the line, giving you have the freedom to learn at your own pace. There are nine locos available included in the Standard Edition from the three routes, giving you a wide variety of driving experiences from the get-go in the Training Center.



Your Content

When we announced Train Sim World 3, we shared that your Train Sim World 2 collection would be coming with you when you make the jump to Train Sim World 3. On September 6th, you will no longer see Train Sim World 2 on your preferred platform store page, and you will only see Train Sim World 3, the new editions and most of the add-ons from Train Sim World history*. This doesn’t mean Train Sim World 2 will disappear from your library, it just means you won’t be able to purchase it in store. The three routes included in Train Sim World 2 (Bakerloo Line, Schnellfahrstrecke Köln-Aachen and Sand Patch Grade), as well as New Journeys Expansion will also be available to purchase separately shortly after launch, if you don't already own them. Going forward we are also removing the ‘Preservation Collection’ branding and introducing a new Train Sim World Compatible logo on previously released add-ons.



When you see the Train Sim World Compatible logo you will know that that particular add-on will work within Train Sim World 3. Plus, your favourite Train Sim World 2 routes can look forward to the brand-new dynamic weather system. Other new features such as the volumetric clouds and new lighting effects are exclusive to the Train Sim World 3 core routes and add-ons released after September 6th.

Looking further forward from Train Sim World 3 you will no longer be required to own a certain route in order to purchase a new loco add-on. With the Training Center in mind, we want players to have the freedom to practice with any train released after Train Sim World 3 has launched. We will be able to explain more on this in the future.

New UI

Train Sim World 3 will bring a refreshed UI built from scratch, making it much easier to jump into the action when you load up the game. The development team have made a whole host of changes including new search and filter functions, meaning you can search for the route or loco you want to experience by selecting different options such as regions, diesel, electric and more. You can also sort your collection based on newest-oldest, A-Z alphabetical and vice versa. However, your last played route/train will always be the first on the list, and second will be the newest add-on in your collection.



We also now give you the option to select your train first, then choose the route on which you would like to travel. As your collection grows this may yield more opportunities for you to use your favourite trains in more places.





If you’re having one of those days where you aren’t sure what route you want to explore you can try Train Sim World 3’s new quick-play mode. Pressing the quick play button randomly selects a scenario or service you haven't completed depending on the length of service you chose from the add-ons you have installed, this new mode could introduce you to a route that you own and haven’t explored before!



Previously the livery designer page was just an unsearchable list of text-only selections, now it has all the same search and filtering functions as per gameplay selection, and a visual representation of the rail vehicles you will be editing. Also, this can be found under the Creators Club button on the main menu, you no longer have to select a route in order to access the creation tools

Be sure to watch the Railfan TV team tonight on Twitch and YouTube at 19:00 pm UTC with the first Q&A stream of the Train Sim World 3 era. They will be answering your questions that you submitted on our forums plus also showing you the new UI (and menu music!) in action.

You can also look forward to our first Train Sim World 3 gameplay stream starting at 19:00 UTC, August 18. JD will be joined by Lukas and together they will be showcasing the first of the three Train Sim World 3 routes, Kassel-Würzburg.

Train Sim World 3 Standard Edition and Deluxe Edition are available to pre-order now on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox (Deluxe Only) and Epic Games Store. When you pre-order on your selected store you will have 4-day Early Access to Train Sim World 3 as well as a bonus decal pack to use within the livery editor to share on Creators Club, the home of player customization in Train Sim World.


*The following Train Sim World 2020 Add-Ons: CSX GP40-2, Northeast Corridor New York, and Amtrak SW1000R & Metroliner Cab Car will not be available for Train Sim World 3

Z.O.Z. uses the fire element. He presents a wide range of skills, such as explosive long-distance projectiles and bombs.

Josh Journey: Darkness Totems is coming to consoles soon!