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Thursday 11th June, 2026 – Team17 and Sassy Chap Games have today released the Self Care Update for dating narrative sandbox game Date Everything! Available Across PC and consoles, the update addresses a host of community-requested issues and features, giving players the ultimate Date Everything! experience. 

Date Everything! lets players explore a world where even the most ordinary objects hold romantic potential. Equipped with “Dateviator” glasses, players explore relationships with anything and everything – from their laundry basket to the very air itself – discovering unique personalities and untold outcomes as they get to know their inanimate household objects better. 

The Self Care update comes packed with community-requested features and quality of live improvements; a complete list can be found [here]. The updates include:

• Key Rebinding: Change any buttons for ones that suit you better.
• Screenshot Mode: Temporarily Remove Textbox-Chan! to take pictures of your beaus. 
• Player Pronoun Change Option: Players can change their preferred pronoun at any time through Skylar Specs
• SPECS UX Update: Better visibility on SPECS updates, plus a new description for every level.

• Content Aware Support for Hector, Friar Errol, and Farya 
• Updated Content Aware Descriptions: Based on player feedback, each existing Content Aware has additional detail and updated language
• Subtitles for Songs and Musical Pieces for Hearing-Impaired: Miranda, Bodhi, and Keyes will display lyrics and descriptions during their most musical moments.

• Curt and Rod Player Pronouns: We brought in Davied and Jacquis into the studio for new lines that address the player with correct pronouns!
• Daisuke/Gaia Interaction: We brought Daisuke (Tsuji) into the studio for special Traveller dialogue with Gaia!
• Community Sourced Sensitivity Feedback These are almost too numerous to name, but we thank players for giving us the feedback to make these changes for better player character options!
• Eddie has an additional line that remembers if the player doesn’t drink alcohol.
• Players no longer have to be mean to Barry to win Bathsheba’s affection.
• Players can confidently say that they already know about ‘shade’ with Curt and Rod, skipping the concept’s tutorial.
• Player is able to more confidently say where Travellers are from with Gaia (info found in Date-a-Dex)

• More sensitive player choices in general for: Farya, Arma, I, Ronaldini, Freddy, Mitchell, Maggie, Scandalabra, Stefan, Stepford, Teddy, and Zoey
• Removal of negative references to multiple personalities in Lyric.

Date Everything! is currently 66% off on all platforms and available from today in a bundle on Steam with cult classic, Doki Doki Literature Club. 

For more information on Date Everything!, please check out the Date Everything! website, and follow on X and Instagram.

Montréal, Canada – June 5, 2026 – Panache Digital Games, the studio behind Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, today unveiled 1666: Amsterdam, a dark third-person story-led action-adventure game from creative director Patrice Désilets, with a world premiere trailer showcased during Summer Game Fest.

A free playable prologue is available now on Steam and Epic Games Store. This standalone narrative teaser, lasting approximately 30 minutes, introduces the world, characters, and core mystery of 1666: Amsterdam.

The full game is set to launch in Early Access on PC in 2026, with console versions planned for a later date. Store pages for both the prologue and the full game are now live.

What will unfold in Amsterdam did not begin there.
It was set in motion long before the first canal was dug, before the first stone was named.

In the year 1333, the contracts were sealed.
And ever since, the city has lain under their influence.

The Collector now stands invested.
As the cycle reaches its end, another begins. 

A city built on wealth, power, and sheer will, yet shaped by forces it did not forge.

Entities known as the Originals have lived among its people for centuries, granted time, granted power, and the freedom to abuse both. That power is now owed.

Noa Brooklyn was born the Collector, raised by the Zaindaris for a purpose she did not choose.
Aaron, drawn from 1999, now sees the world through the eyes of a cat.

This is where the cycle begins.

Before the first Esbat. Before the Collector realizes what awaits her.

The Prologue of 1666: Amsterdam offers a first glimpse into a world shaped by centuries of hidden influence. Step into Noa’s Commencement as she takes on the mantle of the Collector, and begins to understand the role she was born to fulfill.

A choice must be made. A companion will walk beside her.

This is only the beginning.

Key Features

• Three timelines, one mystery
  • Glimpse a story unfolding across 1666, 1999, and the present day, each era revealing fragments of a larger truth.
• Choose your companion
  • A decision must be made early. Choose the one who will walk beside you, bound to your path.
• Step into Noa’s Commencement
  • Take on the mantle of the Collector and discover the role you were meant to fulfill.
• The world behind the world
  • Uncover the foundations of a universe shaped by centuries of unseen influence, where nothing is quite what it seems.

A Word from Patrice Désilets

“It’s been a long time coming, and I couldn’t be prouder of our team of nearly 70 talented developers in Montreal. For the past six years, we’ve focused on one thing above all else: the game itself. No fake footage, no vertical slices, just a playable experience evolving build after build, day after day.

Today, we’re finally ready to invite players into that process. The free prologue available now on Steam and Epic Games Store is only a small taste of what’s to come, an amuse-bouche before a nine-course dinner, an introduction to the world, its characters, and its different time periods. We hope players will enjoy discovering it as much as we’ve enjoyed creating it.
Merci and Panache Coliss!”

Patrice Désilets, Creative Director at Panache Digital Games

The new trailer shows that the wait for Lost in Tandem is almost over, with a release set for later this summer!

27 May 2026 – Grab a friend and step into the world of Lost in Tandem, a colorful and heartfelt 2D adventure-puzzle game where a young girl and a lost “Mech-ute” robot journey together through a post-apocalyptic world.

Featuring relaxed-paced exploration and cooperative gameplay, the game blends emotional storytelling with clever puzzle-solving as the duo uncovers forgotten relics and looks to complete the Mech-ute’s mission. Lost in Tandem is currently in development and planned for a PC (Steam) release in July 2026.

Everything in Lost in Tandem was hand-painted and animated using traditional art techniques. The art style follows from Tempete Studio‘s “artist-forward” philosophy. You can check out Tempete Studio‘s prior games here. ​

Lost in Tandem is a co-op puzzle adventure by the developers Tempete Studio. You play as a girl and a Mech-ute, a friendly robot tasked with completing its mission, journeying together in a post-apocalyptic world.

The gameplay in Lost in Tandem is divided into five distinct chapters where you explore breathtaking biomes by uncovering new abilities to solve puzzles and collect relics from the past to either decorate the Mech-ute with stickers or gain new lore. The game can be played solo but was designed for couch co-op.

Key Features

• Hand-painted by real humans: Everything in Lost in Tandem was painted, created, and developed by real humans. No AI here!
• 2D puzzle platformer journey: Complete complex puzzles in a cozy environment as you navigate in this beautiful but apocalyptic world that mixes beauty and mystery. ​
• Stickers!: Look for stickers throughout the game to place on the Mech-ute!
• Secret Items and Lore: Look for items, news clippings and left behind bread crumbs to learn more about this seemingly humanless world.
• Upgrades: Upgrade your Mech-ute to unlock new power-ups that help in continuing the journey.
• Couch Co-op: Enjoy this game with friends, family or a partner. In a journey about being lost together, it is always better to be with a friend.

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