Sabotage Studio has teased a new three-player co-op mode for its 2023 RPG Sea of Stars alongside news the game has surpassed 5 million players in less than a year. This new mode, dubbed Single Player+, lets three players journey together through the story of Sea of Stars, and it will feature new traversal and combat mechanics to accommodate playing with friends. 

Sabotage announced this news today with a special teaser trailer you can watch below. In it, you'll get a glimpse of what Sea of Stars' Single Player+ mode looks like, how it works, and what to expect. Check it out: 

"Staying true to the game's core turn-based roots, each player will engage in traversal and combat with a new 'co-op timed hits' mechanic as they embark with friends on Sea of Stars' grand adventure," a press release reads. "The new mode is currently in development and more details are set to be released soon." 

As you can see, Sabotage isn't quite ready to reveal when this new mode will hit the game. After all, the team is still working on Throes of the Watchmaker, a new DLC coming to the game sometime in the future. 

For more about the game, read Game Informer's Sea of Stars review, and then read Game Informer's Sea of Stars cover story for behind-the-scenes details about the game's development. 

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V Rising hit Early Access on PC in 2022, selling more than 1.5 million copies in just two weeks. Since then, the game has continued to garner attention from players for its great mix of survival mechanics and action-RPG combat. Now, just shy of two years in Early Access, V Rising will launch into 1.0 in May. 

More specifically, V Rising transitions into 1.0 on May 8. We learned during a State of Play in January that developer Stunlock Studios' vampire game would be coming to PlayStation 5 this year, and today's announcement further affirms the team is confident it will hit the platform in 2024. 

Check it out in the official V Rising release date trailer for yourself below, courtesy of IGN: 

V Rising is currently available to purchase via Early Access on PC before it launches into 1.0 on May 8. It hits PS5 later this year. 

Are you going to check out the 1.0 release of V Rising? Let us know in the comments below!

This year's Summer Game Fest livestream returns to Los Angeles' YouTube Theater for announcements, first-looks, trailers, and more this June. More specifically, the livesream will begin at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET on June 7. There will be a live audience like last year's, but you can also watch the stream live from a variety of services such as YouTube and Twitch. 

Public ticket sales to attend this year's showcase begin on May 7, according to a press release. Confirmation of the livestream's date follows news from last year that Summer Game Fest will return to LA this June. Following the June 7 showcase, an invite-only media and influencer event in downtown LA for hands-on gameplay with upcoming games will return from June 8 to June 10, produced by iam8bit.

Plus, Day of the Devs: SGF Edition returns with an online livestream immediately following the official Summer Game Fest stream on June 7, with more than a dozen games to highlight.  The full lineup of participants and activities will be announced in the coming months, according to the press release. 

Last year's Summer Game Fest brought in more than 34 million global livestreams, which is 26 percent more than the previous year, with a peak concurrent viewer count of 3.8 million. 

For a recap of the last year's event, check out the coolest games we played at Summer Game Fest 2023. 

Are you excited for Summer Game Fest 2024? Let us know in the comments below!