- The Calling won the Best Studio award at the CGM Video Game Awards! - 24 June 2026
We were very honored that BuriedCandy Entertainment / The Calling won the award for Best Studio at the CGM Video Game Awards during Game Con Canada this year!Congrats to all of the other winners, very well deserved. There were some incredible games on display at Game Con Canada!
- Steam Next Fest ft. The Calling! - 15 June 2026
We are now on the precipice of the 96th iteration of The Calling, the annual fight to the death for MegaCorp supremacy and the contestants that represent them. The Intergalactic Gaming Commission welcomes all Megacorp Contestants... "Fortune Favors the Called."We’re excited for everyone to jump into The Calling demo and play online with others during the event. Whether you're trying out different characters, battling for the top spot, or climbing the leaderboards with friends, we can't wait to see how you play. The Leaderboards have been reset for Steam Next Fest. Who will be the one to climb to the top? We’re also looking forward to hearing your feedback. Your thoughts, suggestions, and/or bug reports help us craft your experience and make it better. Please join our Discord and help us shape the game together! Steam Next Fest will showcase our brand-new Scrapyard map, a desolate earth…
- 🚨 Calling all Streamers! 🚨 - 11 June 2026
Leave your mark on The Calling! Stream at least 1 hour of The Calling during Steam Next Fest (June 15-22) and we'll graffiti your name onto a new map!A VOD submission form will be available when Steam Next Fest begins.Who's claiming their spot? ːwinter2019coolyulː
- The Calling is coming to Steam Next Fest! - 10 June 2026
Jump into the demo for our anime-inspired free-to-play PvP arena shooter with online multiplayer. Every playable character is based on a real streamer! Check out our socials for Mega Corp Contestant reveals to get to know the playable characters!
- v0.0.0.58d - 10 June 2026
We've now switched the multiplayer backend from EOS to Steam, so now everyone can play online! Leaderboards are now live!Welcome Screen addedNew Loading ScreensNew Map: Urbex (Elimination)New Map: Scrapyard (Elimination)Updated lockdown mode HUDNew sniper zoom and overlayFixed a bug where the debug messages were showing on screen all the timeFixed the personal rank stats on the leaderboard screenFixed look driftFixed Xbox Controller BugFixed music volumeHigher visibility of Control Point Known Issue: Change Teams during warm-up phase appears to be broken, on our list to fix
- V0.0.0.53 is now available! - 11 May 2026
RELEASE NOTES: New Playable Character: BraveOkami (plus alt skin)New Character Skin: SullyMacchi default skinUpdated Character Skin: New NullifyVT default skinNew Character Skin: New NullifyVT premium skinNew Voice Lines Added: Aristrella, ArkticArtz, BraveOkami, ChynaMakes, CobaltCodex, KirstenRia, Korvus Castille, LidiaVTuber, LuvCalypsian, MelindaEsperanza, NekoMikki, NullifyVT, PearDoll, PixieBluey, ScarletDarkmoon, SullyMacchi, TrixieFae, twitchyxginger, Zag queen of chaosRedesigned Portals: There's a brand new look for the portals, and I think they look really nice!!! I haven't replaced all of the portals yet, still need to replace them in the Cargo Killzone, and Mainframe, and the Lost Mines, but looks really good!
- Playtest V0.0.0.48 is now live! - 17 March 2026
New Character: InfritxNew Character: WilleothyNew Character: MusemallowNew Character Skin: Officer Infritx New Character Skin: CloudyClairity (Fearity)New Character Skin: CloudyClairity (OG)New Character Skin: Kii_Tsune (KSE)New Character Skin: Pidge (KSE)New Character Skin: KJ Styles SummerNew Character Skin: ABitOfJoy Cyber (new default skin)New Voicelines for Match Victory, Match Defeat, Low Health, Health Pickup, Weapon Pickup, Taunt, Character Select, and new voicelines for too many characters to list here, haha.New Ability: Taunt! You can now hit the "T" key to taunt your foes, triggering a taunt voice line.New Ability: Testing out initial special abilities! You can now do a quick test by pushing the "4" key (which will change eventually once we fully launch the abilities system). For now you can test out the new Shadow Step ability! UI and more abilities to come in the future!Upd…
- PLAY ONLINE During Steam PvP Fest + Massive Update! - 9 February 2026
Hey everyone!It's been a while since I posted an update here. Things have been crazy the last several weeks, between myself getting hacked and tons of work put into the game. This is a MASSIVE update for you guys who have been testing out the offline playtest version of the game: - Dozens of new characters and skins - 2 brand new maps - BRAND NEW Parkour movement (climbing objects, vaulting over rails, etc) - More powerful dash (for those who have been requesting Warframe-like Bullet Jumping) - Smarter AI (they will now take cover from you when they spot you) - Lots of bug fixes (including the bots sliding around the ground... they now walk properly again!) - NEW: Split-Screen mode for local multiplayer! - Brand new character select screen - You can now swap the camera from Left to Right view (NOTE: there is a known bug when you try to ADS when you are in left camera view where it swaps…
- SPECIAL LIVESTREAM w/ the OG Calling Members - 17 December 2025
Hey everyone!We're in the final stretch of the Kickstarter and we've currently got less than 24 hours left to back The Calling on Kickstarter! Award Winning Game...?Before we get into celebrating our final stretch of the Kickstarter, we've got some amazing news if you haven't heard yet: The Calling was named one of the Top 100 Indie Games of 2025, and we are currently in the running for Indie Game of The Year against massively popular and award winning games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Hades 2, Dispatch, PEAK, Deltarune, and many many others!We have been getting incredible support and it seems like our game has been getting a decent amount of votes, we might possibly just win the title of Indie Game of the Year, and with your help we could win this! We would love your support, and it doesn't take much time. You can cast your vote for The Calling here: http…
- Special Livestream Collab Events! - 10 December 2025
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS:We've got some special streaming events coming up this weekend that I'm pretty excited about!KayPikeFashion Body Painting Collab w/ Special GuestsFirst event is a collab with KayPikeFashion, one of the streamers featured in the game. Kay is an incredibly talented body painter who's worked with massive clients like Marvel, Disney, Warner Bros, Riot Games, Bandai, and a whole lot more. This Friday (December 12th) Kay will be doing a special event stream where she will be doing a live body painting session of her first skin that was recently launched in The Calling live on stream! Since these sessions can be very long, the stream will be broken up into 3 different parts with each session featuring additional special guests who will be chatting and playing the game with me while Kay works on her body art.Check out the schedule below:You can tune in live on any of the…
- Kickstarter Launch + Art Contest! - 19 November 2025
Good morning everyone!Exciting news: the Kickstarter for The Calling officially launched yesterday morning with a bang! It's already over 200% funded within the first 12 hours of the campaign, and we've got some amazing stretch goals we're reaching forward to, including the highly requested "Bald Mode" and the major prize of The Calling Anime!Come check it out, consider supporting the Kickstarter and nabbing some limited time KS-exclusive skins!Support The KickstarterAnd... we're launching an art contest! See below...Read the full details and enter via our Discord Server
- First Early Pre-Alpha Playtest has been released! - 12 November 2025
Hey everyone!I'm excited to announce that the first public playtest of our super early pre-alpha prototype has been released! I'm excited to see what you all think of what we have of the game so far!Please keep in mind, I'm a solo developer without the big AAA budgets that most studios making games like this have (and TBH while this isn't the first video game I've worked on, it's my very first I've done not only solo, but also in the role of the developer... apart from a little mini game I made over a weekend to try learning coding), so definitely expect some bugs, etc A few important things to note:This is an offline playtest, so you'll only be able to test the game offline against bots. This is because at the current stage, the online multiplayer is handled by Epic Online Services. Since the game hasn't been officially released yet, I have to whitelist everyone manually for access but…
- The Calling Live @ ReachConf - 28 October 2025
The Calling is coming to ReachConf 2025!Super exciting news! If you've ever wanted to meet some of the streamers featured in The Calling, you can meet many of them at ReachConf 2025 taking place from Nov 6th - 8th in Florida. There are about a dozen streamers that will be wandering the con floor throughout the event, including:JemiRokaMelindaEsperanzaOkamiraVTSullyMacchiJuniPurwoodSeraphimMiinVTKJStyles8311VTAristrella_LightTwinsVTJateLivePreePoneeIf you'd like to go to the live event but don't have your tickets yet, go to https://reachconf.org and use the promo code CANDY to get $5 off your ticket price.Also, we will be debuting for the first time a brand new trailer featuring most of those who will be at the live event! If you're going to be at Reach, be sure to check out the Opening Night Live event where the new trailer will have it's worldwide debut!Kickstarter coming soon!On a sep…
- Roster has doubled! - 20 September 2025
Even more streamers to battle as!I may have been quiet, but definitely have been busy the last several weeks! Not only have I been working hard at trying to get Steam authentication working so that I can open the game up to a larger play test here on Steam, but we've also more than doubled the roster of streamers that will eventually be featured in the game! There are now over 90 streamers who have we are collaborating with to be featured in this game! I've been working behind the scenes to get them game ready, several of which are already in and tested in the game and look amazing! More details about them to come!PS: We're launching a Kickstarter soon to help raise funds so I can hire a team to help me take this game to the next level (for those of you who don't know, I've mostly been developing this game by myself, though lately I've been getting some incredible aid from some of the s…
- New Lore Drop Trailer! - 6 August 2025
Hey everyone!Behind the scenes, several of us have been working on the lore/world building for The Calling, and we wanted to give you a little teaser of what's to come -- so we made a little Lore Drop Teaser Trailer that we premiered on stream last night. Huge shoutout to KatanaTenshi for all of the amazing work she put into making this happen, as well as to WillSleepsNot for his incredible world building work, as well as PearDoll, CloudyClairity, Taka, and several others for their contributions so far to the lore of The Calling. We hope you like it! PS: There are a few easter eggs hidden in the game to tease some of what's to come. Can you spot them?
- LIVE DEV: Adding Pets To The Calling - 21 July 2025
Pets are now a thing in The Calling! As someone who started my streaming career playing Genshin Impact, there is so much inspiration from that game that I wanted to bring into The Calling. I first started off with adding in a dynamic weather system, and now I've added in the little pet companions that can accompany you into battle. I'll be working on the pets system more live during my Twitch stream tonight (and stream every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday nights) at 8pm Eastern. Watch the my livestream here: https://twitch.tv/buriedcandy Check out The Calling Stream Team: https://twitch.tv/team/thecalling
- Streamer's are already having a blast playing The Calling on Twitch - 20 July 2025
Since the first day of development, The Calling has been streamed on Twitch every week for the past almost 4 months since I started developing the game. Mostly by me granted (I am a streamer myself granted), but what's been cool is that since the very first day of development, this game has always been focused on showcasing and involving streamers through the whole process of development. Over the weeks, as the cast of streamers involved in the game grew from 5 on the first day, to over 80+ now, it's been amazing to see streamers hoping on and streaming the game. So, to celebrate this, we're going to kick off a series called "The Calling Creator Clips" where we will feature clipped moments from streams featuring The Calling! Let's check out the first clips to kick off this series! NOTE: These first clips come from the pre-alpha version of the game, and keep in mind that I'm currently bu…
