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Arcade Movement FPS FIRESTARTERS Is Out Now in Early Access

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Studio Kerosene has announced that FIRESTARTERS, the lightning-fast arcade movement FPS where you skate and slay your way through a gauntlet of genocidal androids, is out now in Early Access on Steam, featuring Episode 1 of 4, with the remaining episodes arriving as free updates throughout Early Access.

Described by Rock Paper Shotgun as “a bit like Quake, a bit like Rollerdrome, and looks like good, bloody fun,” FIRESTARTERS challenges you to earn your freedom, or die trying. Episode 1 is priced at £6.99 / $9.99 / €6.99, with price increases planned as future episodes release.

You’re Kera. An ex-delinquent, current convict, and now the newest fighter for STEEL, the world’s top-rated livestreamed gladiator bloodsport, run by a crime syndicate that doesn’t care if you live or die, as long as you’re entertaining.

No health pickups. No ammo drops. This world doesn’t give you anything — you’ll have to take what you need off the bodies of the androids you tear apart if you’re going to survive. There are no participation trophies here. Just a body bag with your name on it, if you’re not good enough. Welcome to STEEL, now bleed for it.

“I wanted to build something that feels like a shot of adrenaline to the system,” says Alex Harte, lead developer at Studio Kerosene. “There are no safety nets in the arenas of STEEL. The high-speed movement mechanics force you to play aggressively and hunt down every target, because hunting is the path to survival.”

FIRESTARTERS is a fast-paced arcade movement shooter with visual novel story cutscenes. In the future, the world’s top-rated livestream is STEEL, a Japanese gladiator bloodsport owned and operated by the nation’s most notorious crime syndicate. You play as Kera, the designated fighter for the sport’s newest team of prisoners: the Firestarters. Once a formidable delinquent street kid from the back alleys of Okinawa, Kera now fights for the freedom of her newfound friends and atonement for her past sins.

Kera’s performance-enhancing STEEL Battlesuit, custom-built rocket skates, and expert-curated arsenal of Arena FPS weaponry grant best-in-class movement and fully self-sufficient gunplay to anyone brave enough to master the controls. The blood-stained arenas of STEEL are now your skatepark. And STEEL spectators won’t stand for stagnation — it’s not enough to just clear a Storm; every true competitor knows they can always play better, slay faster, and score higher.

FIRESTARTERS is a hand-crafted experience running on a fully custom game engine built in-house from the ground up, with no generative AI tools used in its creation. It is out now in Early Access on Steam (Episode 1) for £6.99 / $9.99 / €6.99.

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Hypnos Steps Out of Steam Early Access and Launches in Full Today

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October 29, 2026

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Each answer brings up more questions in this world at the edge of dreams…

The enigmatic Nameless City reveals its secrets today: Hypnos is out of Early Access and officially in 1.0 on Steam! A megastructure exploration adventure set in a world subtly changing according to your actions, Hypnos is finally complete with all 7 chapters after 5 months in Early Access, and is getting a 40% 1.0 launch discount to celebrate.

“I was quite quickly hooked on whatever Hypnos was putting down” — Rock Paper Shotgun

Set in the Maze Chronicles universe, following Redlock Studio’s previous title BLACKSHARD, HYPNOS builds on the series’ formula with an eerie atmosphere, mysterious characters, and featuring an original soundtrack by ALT236, while bringing multiple alternate endings to discover, following the different choices you make during your adventure.

Hypnos is also scheduled for a consoles launch at the end of the year!

About the game: Hypnos is a surreal narrative exploration game, set in Redlock Studio’s Maze Chronicles universe, following their previous title Blackshard. Keeping the same atmospheric focus for the series, Hypnos also weaves branching narratives into the formula. The soundtrack for the game is the creation of ALT236, a French multimedia artist and composer, in a blend of ambient, retro and dreamlike electronic music.

Features:

  • EXPLORATION: wander a unique semi-open world. Find your own way through the Nameless City.
  • BRANCHED DIALOGUES, CHOICES & ALTERNATIVE ENDINGS: Meet the strange inhabitants of the Far Reaches. Your actions influence their destinies.
  • A LAYERED WORLD: Interact with your environment. Transform the materia of dreams and the City with it. Lift the veils that conceal reality.

About Redlock Studio: Redlock Studio is a French company based in Grenoble and Lyon, France, dedicated to bringing the fictional world of The Maze Chronicles series to life. This licence has existed in the minds of its creators for fifteen years, a time spent building worlds and characters; the study of mythologies, religions, novelistic literature and pop culture (with particular influences from H.P Lovecraft, China Miéville, Frank Herbert), scientific fields and role-playing campaigns.

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