The studio behind the Steamworld franchise, Thunderful Games, has unveiled its new digital games showcase, Thunderful World. Taking place on November 10th at 7pm GMT, the event will be hosted by Star Wars’ Mark Hamill and streamed via Twitch, YouTube and the Thunderful World website.

The Luke Skywalker actor will reveal upcoming titles including Planet of Lana, the Summer Games Fest hit, in the build-up to its 2022 release date. Thunderful Group CEO Brjánn Sigurgeirsson, and corporate vice president at Xbox Sarah Bond are set to make appearances with other surprise guests joining them on-screen.

Sigurgeirsson said, “Thunderful World is the perfect way for us to reach our existing fans and a global audience as we showcase our growing influence in the games development and publishing industry. When we shared our plans with Mark, he instantly understood our vision and we are delighted he wants to help us share it with the world”.

Event host Mark Hamill evidently shares Sigurgeirsson's enthusiasm saying, “When I saw the passion and artistry behind all the incredible games Thunderful are going to present, I was blown away”.

The Gunk

The event will also provide updates on Games Pass exclusive The Gunk as well as other titles such as Firegirl, Cursed to Golf, Source of Madness, Tinkertown and White Shadows.

Bond said, “Bold, beautiful, and fun. Those were my first impressions of The Gunk when we first revealed it to the world. I’m so pleased to share more about it at Thunderful World and happy to work with the team to help bring the game exclusively to Xbox and Windows PC, day and date on Game Pass”.

European publishing firm Thunderful recently acquired games consultancy Robot Teddy.