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If you miss Descent’s aerial first-person gameplay, you’ll want to keep an eye out for Sublevel Zero, a new six-degree-of-freedom shooter.

If you haven’t played Descent before, it’s a lot like other straightforward first-person shooters from the ’90s, only you’re in a spaceship, so you’re able to fly around the level, stop on a dime, turn in any direction, and change course very quickly.

Developer Sigtrap describes the game as a roguelike shooter set in a universe where reality is falling apart. You’ll take control over a gunship and travel through a procedurally-generated labyrinth, solving puzzles, collecting artifacts, and fighting enemies. The developer added that the game is focused on survival, with little ammunition that will make you carefully approach every enemy encounter.

“Sublevel Zero has been inspired by our favorite games of our formative years like Descent, Forsaken and modern shooters like Teleglitch,” Sigtrap designer Luke Thompson said.

Sublevel Zero will launch summer 2015 for Windows PC, Mac, and Linux.

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Games Workshop and developer Whitebox Interactive have announced Warhammer 40,000: Dark Nexus Arena, a new multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

Whitebox Interactive describes the game as a blend of the twin stick shooter and MOBA genres. Players will go into battles in teams of four, choosing “Veteran warriors” from the Space Marine, Ork, and Tay factions. Players will also be able to customize their characters with different wargrear and special abilities. Eldar, Dark Eldar, Chaos Space Marines and other factions you’ll recognize from the original tabletop game or many of its video game adaptations will be added to Dark Nexus Arena in the future.

Whitebox Interactive says that it’s been working on the game since 2012, even before it officially partnered with Games Workshop, which owns the right to Warhammer 40,000.

“We are thrilled to be working with Games Workshop to launch the first MOBA in the Warhammer 40,000 universe,” CEO of Whitebox Interactive Jonathan Falkowski said. “We are hard-core MOBA players with a shared passion for the Warhammer 40,000 intellectual property here at Whitebox. Our aim is to deliver a highly-polished experience that a player of any skill level can step into and find success and enjoyment.”

Warhammer 40,000: Dark Nexus is set to launch on PC in 2016.

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House of Cards protagonist Frank Underwood is a fan of video games, and his hobby doesn’t take a backseat in the recently premiered third season.

Earlier in the series, Underwood–played by Kevin Spacey–expresses his delight in seeing a PlayStation Vita in a moment that felt a lot like paid product placement. Later, he’s seen playing Call of Duty against other people. online (After Spacey starred in Advanced Warfare, there was some talk of having him play it on the show.)

Now, in the third season, he’s spending time on an iPad playing the critically acclaimed Monument Valley. And lest you think the appearance was paid for, developer Ustwo has denied that is the case, stating on Twitter, “People have been asking, so we can confirm that MV appearing on House of Cards wasn’t paid product placement, just a cool collaboration.”

That isn’t the extent of the video game talk in season three. As Polygon reports, a video game reviewer–the fictional Thomas Yates–is hired to write Underwood’s biography during the course of the show, and the subject of his reviews come up.

Underwood notes that he “tend[s] to play shoot ’em ups” while shying away from indie games. However, Yates’ review of Monument Valley prompts Underwood to give it a try, which is why we see him playing it–and it’s why he wants Yates (whom he deems a good writer) to pen his biography. Underwood is also later exposed to The Stanley Parable, another game that doesn’t fit in the shooter category.

Season three of House of Cards is available for streaming now through Netflix.

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