Rescue Drone Simulator: Second Chance announced by The Farm 51 and Anraga Studios. Last updated: September 18, 2026 9:57 pm Anraga Studios and developer The Farm 51 have announced Rescue Drone Simulator: Second Chance, a story-driven rescue action simulator set in the near future in which the drone is the player's primary tool. Across the campaign, players are sent wherever a situation spirals out of control, from fires and explosions to natural disasters, infrastructure failures, missing persons cases, and extreme weather events, and must assess the threat, choose the right machine, and carry out the operation under time pressure. Release Window: Rescue Drone Simulator: Second Chance is set to debut in Q1 2027 on PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with Anraga Studios planning a simultaneous release across all three platforms. When a person can't go in, you send a drone. The drone in Rescue Drone Simulator: Second Chance is built as a physical machine rather than a flying camera. Mass, inertia, thrust, aerodynamics, battery life, damage, and weather conditions all affect how it behaves: wind can push it off course, extra weight changes how it responds to controls, and a configuration prepared in advance in the workshop can matter during an operation. The game offers two control models: Simulator, which aims for an experience closer to real drone piloting, and Arcade, which adds assistance so players without drone experience can jump in. Four drones, four ways to save a life. * Rescue Drone: Tracks the cell signals of missing civilians, drops medical kits, and marks targets from the air. * Firefighting Drone: Puts out fires with a powder extinguisher operated from a safe distance or water balloons dropped from height, clearing the way for the rest of the team. * Police Drone: Issues voice commands through a megaphone and uses smoke grenades and a taser to keep situations under control without putting people at risk. * Interceptor Drone: Intercepts and neutralizes hostile drones with a net launcher, securing the airspace above the operation zone. Workshop and campaign. Between operations, players can fully customize their fleet in the workshop, with motors, propellers, batteries, arms, wiring, and cooling systems each having a real effect on a drone's speed, thrust, flight time, and durability. The story-driven campaign is split into four acts and 20 missions played across 5 maps, each available in different weather variants, with locations ranging from forest trails and the coast to city centers and industrial districts. The developers estimate the campaign takes about 10 to 15 hours to complete. The game supports both controller and keyboard-and-mouse input, with first- and third-person views and on-screen speed and wind indicators. Second Chance, for the rescued and the rescuers. The title's "Second Chance" refers to more than the people rescued during missions. The in-game rescue unit is made up of experienced specialists who, due to accidents, illness, age, or trauma, can no longer do their former jobs in the traditional way; drone technology lets them keep using their knowledge and instincts to save others from a safe distance. "Rescue Drone Simulator gives us the chance to collide very modern drone technology with the aesthetics and musical sensibility I grew up with in the '80s and '90s," said Wojciech Pazdur, CEO and co-founder of The Farm 51, who leads art direction on the game and composes its music. Pazdur previously worked at People Can Fly and co-created Painkiller. "We want to create a believable near future with an analog soul, something more physical, industrial, and human." The game's story is written by Artur Fojcik, Game Director at The Farm 51, known for his work on Chernobylite and the BAFTA Games Award-nominated Get Even. "A disaster becomes more than a spectacle once the player understands who they're trying to save and who's helping them on the other end of the radio," Fojcik said. "Second Chance is the shared theme of these characters. Each of them has lost something important, and each is trying to find a new role for themselves." "In our story, technology doesn't replace people. It lets them make use again of experience and skills that, for various reasons, seemed already lost," said Radoslaw Kalisz, CEO of Anraga Studios. "We want to combine spectacular disasters and the pressure of rescue operations with the satisfaction of mastering a drone and a very human story." Platform availability. | Platform | Release Window | Notes | | PC (Steam) | Q1 2027 | Wishlist now on Steam | | PlayStation 5 | Q1 2027 | Simultaneous release planned | | Xbox Series X|S | Q1 2027 | Simultaneous release planned | Rescue Drone Simulator: Second Chance arrives amid a strong year for the simulation genre. This week alone brought a free Pumps N' Hoses update for Farming Simulator 25 and the 1.0 launch of TCG Card Shop Simulator, alongside new sim racing gear from MOZA Racing at Gamescom 2026. arrow_forward_ios Powered by GliaStudios Boss Mac Suba is the driving force behind Back2Gaming.com, a leading authority in PC gaming hardware and video game reviews. 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Outriders studio People Can Fly cuts "more than 120" jobs in second round of layoffs this year. Outriders developer People Can Fly has announced its second round of layoffs in less than a year, this time affecting "more than 120" people. The move accompanies the cancellation or downsizing of several projects, with the studio blaming "external market pressures".

Gears of War: E-Day story trailer premieres at Gamescom ONL. The Coalition's prequel showed off its grim narrative at Gamescom ONL, backed by a new campaign hands-on. October 6 can't come soon enough. Xbox Game Studios and developers The Coalition and People Can Fly premiered the official story trailer for Gears of War: E-Day during Gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live on August 25. The roughly two-minute trailer depicts the immediate chaos of Emergence Day on the planet Sera, setting up the prequel campaign ahead of its October 6, 2026 launch on Xbox Series X/S and PC. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma had confirmed ahead of the show that a story trailer for E-Day would make its "world premiere" at the event. What the story trailer shows. E-Day is set 14 years before the original 2006 game and follows young COG soldiers Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago. The pair have just returned home as veterans of the Pendulum Wars when the Locust Horde erupts through Sera's surface, tearing apart cities and killing civilians within hours. The trailer leans into the horror of that first encounter. The trailer - which earned attention for featuring two separate instances of a certain expletive - focuses specifically on the story and campaign rather than raw gameplay. It showcases familiar characters scowling and arguing alongside plenty of new faces. The footage highlights the confusion and brutality of that first night, the formation of Bravo Squad, and the beginning of the partnership between Marcus and Dom that would define much of the series. Campaign hands-on: quintessentially Gears. Alongside the trailer, Xbox published an extensive campaign preview drawing on a direct hands-on session. The preview - set from the opening of Act 2 - confirmed the new city of Kalona as the game's primary location, with Kalona's City Hall hastily converted into a COG base of operations in the hours after the Locust first surface. Bravo Squad assembles in full here: Marcus and Dom alongside franchise newcomers Lucas Reyes and Mags Carter. The preview notes that a sharp tension between the city's exhausted mayor and the hard-line Colonel Trench drives the early story beats, while the Gears themselves wait in disciplined silence rather than cracking jokes - a deliberate characterisation choice that sets this younger, less battle-worn Marcus apart from the one players know. On the gameplay side, the preview describes combat as "quintessentially Gears, augmented with a responsive, modern edge," with the classic Perfect Reload mechanic returning and Locust Drones that behave with noticeably more tactical intelligence than before - flanking, using smoke cover, and forcing audio-cue awareness from the player. The preview also confirmed Boomers and Wretches (nicknamed "Crawlers" in-game) among the enemy roster, and noted the introduction of supply caches for ammo and weapon mod management, plus Tactical Gear - rechargeable deployable items including health injectors and stun throwables. A key story moment involves Bravo Squad crossing paths with Tai Kaliso and Theta Squad, and witnessing the crude, improvised birth of the iconic Chainsaw Lancer - bolted together from a standard Lancer and an old chainsaw. The preview singles this out as a rare snapshot of early-war optimism before the full weight of the conflict sets in. The single-player AI teammates drew specific praise for their responsiveness: squad members prioritise reviving the player when downed and handle unseen flanks proactively, making them feel like a reliable unit even without human co-op partners. Editions and platforms. E-Day is an Xbox Series X/S console exclusive - the full reveal confirmed it would not come to PlayStation - but it also launches on Windows via the Xbox app and Steam. Game Pass Ultimate subscribers get access day one at no extra cost. | Edition | Price (USD) | Key Extras | | Standard | $69.99 | Base game | | Premium | $99.99 | Up to 5 days early access, Bravo Squad Signature Weapon Pack, Emergence Customization Pack, 4 Seasonal Packs, 1,000 Iron | A separate Collector's Edition launches on October 1, 2026, five days ahead of the global release. Pre-ordering before October 6 also unlocks the Exfil Dom Character Skin and Exfil Weapon Skin Set at launch, and grants early access to the Open Beta. The campaign supports four-player online co-op and two-player split-screen on console. Multiplayer includes 4v4 competitive Versus modes and a new 12-player Horde Siege mode. The game is built on Unreal Engine 5, featuring expanded destruction systems, dynamic environmental damage, and enhanced gore effects. Price and availability. Live deal tracker