There are few better feelings than completely losing yourself in a video game. Wandering aimlessly through fantastical lands, discovering new secrets when you thought you’d already uncovered everything, partying up with friends for “one more match” well into the night… all the while completely losing track of time, but not caring one iota for it.

The last five years have been a bit like that for us at My.Games! As we celebrate our fifth anniversary, we want to thank our wonderful Xbox community for the time they’ve spent lost in our worlds, be it Earth’s battlefields or the mystical treasure island of X-Isle.

For a limited time, Xbox players can take part in special events and earn freebies in Hawked and Warface: Clutch on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One. Enjoy the party!

Hunt for Hidden Treasure in Hawked

Issue #2: Dark Arrival just got started, and while there’s already plenty of treasure kicking around X-Isle, a Renegade can never have too much!

Join the celebrations with three daily rewards just for playing Hawked. That includes a bounty of 10,000 Hawks, 750 Wonderium, and a special My.Games Anniversary Player Banner.

Hungry for more loot? There’s a tasty cake Souvenir with your name on it if you complete 50 Encounters during the event! Band together with Renegades worldwide to finish off 1,000,000 Encounters, and you’ll all receive 2,000 Wonderium. Sniff out treasure in Hawked between now and June 3.

Press the Attack in Warface: Clutch

The eternally warring Warface and Blackwood factions need your help! Choose your side and take the battle to the enemy in the PvP Brawl Team Deathmatch mode, waged across the Port and Yard maps.

If you’re more into the PvE side of things, you can complete different Special Operations in rotation every week during the event.

Every PvP victory and Special Operation completion will net you Event Points and Black Market Coins. Win Event Points for your faction to earn collective rewards like the formidable Rivalry M1911A1, a sleek, deadly Katana, and an exclusive Achievement set. You can also redeem your Black Market Coins to collect even more weapons from the Rivalry set!

Anniversary Arena festivities are live in Warface: Clutch until June 13.

Hawked and Warface: Clutch are available to play for free on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.

HAWKED

MY.GAMES

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Embark on the ultimate treasure hunt in HAWKED, a free-to-play online Extraction Shooter full of daring adventures, boundless exploration, and all-out PvPvE action in pursuit of ancient treasures.

Adventure through a mysterious world where roguish Renegades battle monsters — and each other — to reclaim powerful relics from a lost civilization. Time to flip the page on your Renegade origin story!

OUTFOX & OUTGUN! Play solo or team up in 2- or 3-player squads. Fight monsters and rival Renegades in explosive PvPvE combat. Switch up your loadout for the heist at hand with powerful weapons and superpowered abilities.

EXPLORE AN UNCHARTED WORLD! Traverse X-Isle, a world lush with verdant vistas, dense jungles, gorgeous beaches, and ancient ruins to raid. Use your Traverser and Hoverboard to get around while dodging traps and enemies!

RECLAIM ANCIENT TREASURES! Solve puzzles to collect Glyphs, unlock the Treasury, and claim the Artifact. Get it to an Extraction Point to cash out and upgrade it — wield extracted Artifacts to unlock new powers!

BECOME A RENEGADE! Experiment with different playstyles by combining weapons, Gear, Artifacts, and Boosters in your loadout. You can also change your look with hundreds of customization options like Outfits, Weapon Skins, and more!

FIND FORTUNE IN AN EPIC, EVOLVING ADVENTURE! Join the adventurers guild GRAIL, complete quests to unlock exclusive rewards, and witness X-Isle change and evolve as new threats rise, alliances shift, and adventure calls.

FORTUNE FAVORS THE BAD

Greetings, Xbox community! I’m Joe Henson, Creative Gameplay and Marketing Director at Digital Cybercherries. Today marks a thrilling milestone: the launch of Hypercharge: Unboxed on Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One. Our tiny team has poured heart and soul into creating this game, and we’re ecstatic to finally share it with you!

Xbox enthusiasts are in for a treat with Hypercharge: Unboxed—a game where family-friendly fun meets exhilarating first and third-person action. Our game transports players into the world of sentient action figures, tasked with defending the Hypercore against a battalion of rogue toys.

Introducing Hypercharge: Unboxed

Hypercharge: Unboxed combines the nostalgia of action figures with the excitement of modern gaming. Whether you’re teaming up for the online cooperative story campaign, engaging in local split-screen play, or playing offline with player bots, there’s something here for everyone. Our player versus player offerings are equally robust, with modes like Capture the Battery, Infection, and King of The Hill, designed to test your skills against other players.

In Hypercharge: Unboxed, you don’t just play as a toy—you become one. From the moment you break out of your packaging, the game is a playground of imagination. Build defenses, gather resources, and discover hidden treasures across expansive, interactive environments.

Our design philosophy centres on simplicity and fun, reminiscent of classic shooters but without overcomplicated gameplay mechanics. Players will feel the nostalgia of their childhood toys, with the added twist of strategic combat and exploration.

Additionally, it includes several accessibility features, such as customized volume controls, adjustable difficulty, pause functionality, adjustable input sensitivity, no quick time events, adjustable text size, and steady camera.

Key game features include:

• 1-4 player online/local cooperative play.
• Full split-screen support, including online/local.
• Single player/offline play with player bots.
• Difficulty scales based on the number of players.
• Wave-based shooter with a story campaign.
• Classic player-versus-player game modes (up to eight players).
• First and third-person camera perspectives.
• Cross-platform support.
• Optimized for Xbox Series X|S.
• Xbox achievements.
• 60 fps+.

Join Our Community

We’re eager to connect with you and hear your thoughts on Hypercharge: Unboxed. Join our community on Discord: to share feedback, get updates, and engage with other fans. Hypercharge: Unboxed is available for wishlist or pre-order now. The list price is $29.99, and pre-orders receive a 10% discount. Get in on the action today.

HYPERCHARGE Unboxed

Digital Cybercherries Limited

☆☆☆☆☆

★★★★★

$29.99

$26.99

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HELP SGT. MAX AMMO TO DEFEAT MAJOR EVIL AND SAVE THE HYPERCORE!

There was once an ancient line of action figures, who created a magical power source that would allow humans to keep their favourite childhood memories of their toys. This ancient power source is known as the Hypercore.

Inside the Hypercore are the beloved memories of our favorite toys. If Major Evil destroys it, these memories will disappear forever. Defend it with everything you’ve got, or see our cherished toys turn into lost treasures of the past!

Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you’ve always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!

PLAY CO-OP WITH YOUR FRIENDS
Work together as a team to defend the Hypercore. Grab a friend, break out of your toy packaging, and get ready to fight waves of classic toys. Prepare for each wave by searching for weapons, resources, and even hidden secrets.

OFFLINE PLAY FOR SOLO PLAYERS
Not everybody likes to play online. Hypercharge supports Offline, Split-Screen and Local play. You can progress and unlock everything in-game while playing solo.

PLAYER BOTS
Don’t have a team to play with? Don’t worry, we’ve got you solo players covered. Player bots listen to your commands, collect resources, and even help to build defences.

UNLOCK ACTION FIGURES
In Hypercharge, hundreds of unlocks are available, all of which can be earned directly in-game without any microtransactions.

PLAYER VERSUS PLAYER MODES
Go head-to-head against other action figures as you fight to become top of the scoreboard! Classic PvP modes include Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Battery, Infection, and King of the Hill.

Hello, Xbox community!

I’m Ahmin Hafidi, game designer at Polylabo, a micro (emphasis on the micro) game studio based in Tokyo, Japan.

Today, I would like to introduce you to Polylabo’s first game, Grappin.

Grappin is a first-person adventure game focused on exploration, action and grappling hook action.

You wake up alone in your village, heavy rain and it’s dark. Your only way is forward and soon enough, you will stumble upon the Grip, a mysterious artifact that you also can use as a grapple hook. Very convenient, right?

Your goal is set: you need to bring back the Grip to the Grip Shrine, perched on top of the highest mountain. Easier said than done, believe me!

In Grappin, you’ll embark on an epic first-person adventure to reach the top of the mountain. A variety of biomes are waiting for you to explore, each with its own unique challenges. Start your journey in a wide valley at the base of the mountain, navigate through blazing hot lava caves and brave a dangerous icy ridge as you make your way to the summit. And more!

The core of Grappin‘s gameplay revolves around the versatile grappling hook called the Grip. The Grip has two distinct forms: the Normal Grip, which allows you to hookshot yourself to clay surfaces, and the Trace Grip, which also hook to clay surfaces but capable of covering very long distances at high speed, making it ideal for backtracking and exploration.

There are over 50 relics scattered throughout the world waiting to be discovered. The legend says that getting them all will uncover the mystery surrounding the mountain and the Grip itself, rewarding those who take the time to explore every nook and cranny. Exploration is key!

Me and Benoit, the game composer, have poured our hearts into the making of this game and we hope that you will enjoy your journey to the top of the mountain.

It has been a dream of mine of releasing my own independent title on consoles and I’m beyond happy to finally say this:

Grappin is now available for pre-orders on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC!

Launching on June 6!

Enough talk, now go on sharpening your grapple hook, put on your polar coat and scarf!

Are you ready for a gripping adventure?

GRAPPIN

POLYLABO

☆☆☆☆☆

★★★★★

$12.99

$11.04

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HOOK INTO ADVENTURE

Experience the thrill of adventure and put to the test your climbing and platforming skills in GRAPPIN, the first-person adventure game that takes you to new heights.

EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN

After a mysterious awakening, you discover the Grip, an artifact that serves as your grappling hook. Your mission is clear: return the Grip to the Grip Shrine, located at the summit of the highest mountain.

CLIMB TO NEW HEIGHTS

Navigate through challenging environments and overcome obstacles as you journey to the top of the mountain. From blazing hot lava caves to treacherous ridges, you’ll need to master the use of your grappling hook to survive. As you explore, uncover more than 50 Relics to unravel the mystery surrounding the Grip and the mountain.

Are you ready for a gripping adventure?

How Digital Eclipse Preserved and Enhanced One of the Most Important RPGs of All Time

Originally released for the Apple II in 1981, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord literally defined the video role-playing game. The dungeon-crawling, monster-slaying, level-upping gameplay would inspire nearly every designer of every role-playing game that followed.

Ian Sherman, our lead engineer, understands the importance of this game more than most. He’s leading Digital Eclipse’s all-new remaster of Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, which is now available on Xbox.

“Designers like Hironobu Sakaguchi (Final Fantasy) and Yuji Horii (Dragon Quest) have said, ‘Wizardry was an influence for our game,’” Ian said. “When you get to play it, it’s just so clear how directly elements of Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy or Pokemon were inspired by features in Wizardry. I understand why everybody is trying to recapture that feeling.”

This is the first time in decades that a version of the first Wizardry has been available. A new initiative between Digital Eclipse, Wizardry’s original publisher SirTech, and current trademark owner Drecom (which publishes new Wizardry games made in Japan) untangled the web of legal permissions required to make this remaster possible. It features all-new graphics and sounds and a variety of quality-of-life enhancements – but it’s all based on the original 1981 game’s source code.

Original Code Meets Modern Gameplay

“At Digital Eclipse, we’re historians and preservationists,” Ian said. “We had access to the Pascal source code for the original Wizardry, so our goal was to get that code running on modern hardware.” Since Pascal is a programming language created in 1970 that’s no longer in regular use, this itself was a challenge.

Fortunately, Ian is a DigiPen graduate who is no stranger to remasters – his journey with Digital Eclipse began in 2005. He enjoys what he calls the “code forensics” of bringing back classic games.

What began as a research exercise ended up in the final product. “Ultimately, we ported the Apple II game to Unreal Engine,” he said.“The game that you play in our Wizardry is the Apple II version of Wizardry – that’s where we started, and we built up from there.”

That means all the decisions, difficulty, and dice rolls in our remaster come straight from the original code, recreating the original dungeon-crawling experience. Want proof? Even while you slay gas dragons and frost giants with the all-new 3D visuals, you can view the Apple II graphics at any time during gameplay.

“We also wanted to preserve the brutality of the original game, because it is what inspired games like Dark Souls – their difficulty and the permanence of their progress is inspired by Wizardry,” Ian said. “So, we added some quality-of-life features in a way where, if you absolutely wanted the original experience, you could just turn them off.”

Creating an authentic yet accessible version of Wizardry for modern players required a deep level of digital archaeology. “As an engineer, you can see the flow of the original creative decisions just by looking at the code,” Ian said. “Wizardry’s code was authored well, which made it easy to read and understand. So, you can see things like a half-implemented feature, or something that was a feature that they removed.”

Looking into Wizardry’s original code, Ian could see all the information that the original game hides from players’ prying eyes. As RPGs have evolved over the last 40 years, players have grown to expect to be able to see this data up front, so we decided to reveal it.

“In the Apple II Wizardry, when you encounter an enemy, it’s unidentified, so you roll to try to identify it,” Ian said. “We thought: is there a way we can expand on that without interfering with the way the original system works?”

What resulted from those discussions was the all-new Bestiary, a detailed visual guide to the hundred and one creatures, monsters, and enemies encountered in the maze. The Bestiary also features exclusive lore for each creature, written by Benny Matsuyma, a novelist and game writer who was a noted contributor to Japan’s Wizardry games.

This greater revelation of details hiding in the original game’s code extends to combat as well, which Ian points out could be particularly obscured in the original Wizardry.

“What is a longsword? Well, it’s more expensive than a short sword or a dagger. That’s literally all the information the Apple II version gave you,” he said. “You don’t know how much damage something does, how many times it can hit, or its likelihood of hitting – but that information is invaluable to players.”

In our remaster of Wizardry, you can see percentages during combat, which will help you make smarter choices. Before you attempt to disarm a booby-trapped treasure chest, you can see your chances of success.

But as any adventurer will tell you, knowing the odds and surviving the maze are two very different things. Even if you’re more informed, venturing too far into the maze before your party is ready will still be met with a tragic ending!

Hey, Folks!

We’re so excited to be able to say our new Cassette Beasts

Multiplayer Update is now out!

This new update brings some cool new ways to play together with friends:

• Party-up with up to eight players, all visible in your world as you travel.
• Battle your friends in 1v1, and even assign custom rules to your battle such as enabling/disabling sticker attributes.
• Trade tapes with each other.
• Team up for raid battles against Rogue Fusions.

Exciting right? Let’s get into it!

Feeling lonely? Now you can bring your friends!

Eight players can connect via a shared code (even across different platforms) to play together in Online Mode as you all progress through the story of Cassette Beasts – even if you’re in wildly different places! You can follow along with everyone’s progress by watching them on the world map, you’ll even receive progress notifications on how other players are doing and what milestones they’ve completed. What a perfect time to text them a bunch of cryptic emojis or knowing winks. If you get stuck in any section, your buddies can track you down and give you a helping hand on how to progress. Don’t worry, though, even when connected, your game is safe from outside interference and does not impact the story or cutscenes in the current game.

By easily locating your friends on the map, you can even send them direct invitations for the next neat features coming with this whopper of an update, so without further ado, let’s talk about Raids!

Now you can take on Roaming Fusions with your friends! These are powerful Beasts waiting to take on your team in the open world of New Wirral. Only by teaming up with your fellow adventurers will you have a chance to defeat them. Surely, you’re asking, why risk life and limb on these titans of Beast-kind? Great rewards, is why! From challenging, and defeating, these Rogue Fusions you will receive the new “Cyber Material” item, which, after showing it to Captain Codey, can be used to “hack” a Rogue Fusion to turn it into a bootleg. If you’re looking for a specific Bootleg, what better way to collect them than with the help of a buddy!

Speak of your buddies, it’s time to move on to… 1v1 Battling!

Have an on-going bet with your friends about who has the best Beast squad? Now you can settle it with in-game, 1v1 battles! Take on another and prove your Beast-besties have nothing on your team!

Not only can you go head-to-head with your rivals, you can also set custom rules to make things interesting. Just off the top of our domes, here are some ways to make things a little more challenging when battling your buds:

• Levels: You can keep your current levels or temporarily set both players to either level 50 or level 100 to make the battle fair.
• Fusion: You can enable or disable fusion for battle, as well as set whether players can use “Fusion Power” (if they’ve unlocked it with their current partner)
• Sticker Attributes: You can enable or disable Sticker Attributes for a battle.
• Duplicate Stickers: You can enable or disable the effects of having multiple versions of the same sticker applied to a tape.

And on Stickering, the next to tackle on our list is… Trading!

Have you been drooling over your friend’s custom starter Beast with the +1 slot but have yet to find that sticker in your game? That’s where Trading comes in. You’ll now be able to swap Beasts with your friends, or even random players in Randomizer Mode. If you’ve connected via Online Play, you can select the player you’d like to trade with on the world map and ask them to swap Beasts (which includes any stickers placed on the tapes). Finally, no more Beast-envy when you can share your prized Cassettes!

Well, you get the jist – experiment and see what fun restrictions you can set for yourselves!

We’re so excited to see your screenshots and best team moments! Share your Multiplayer memories with us by tagging us @byttenstudio or, better yet, join our Discord where you can chat with other friends, find groups to join, and share your biggest and best moments.

See you in New Wirral!