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EVO 2026 opens in Las Vegas on June 26 with 5,774 entrants across 12 games. Riot's 2XKO storms into the Arena Finals in its Vegas debut, Marvel Tokon offers playable Magneto demos ahead of its August 6 launch, and Capcom is widely expected to hold its biggest Street Fighter 6 news for Sunday's finals.
Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is playable at EVO 2026, and the demo build includes newly revealed Knights of Doom villain Magneto. Arc System Works and PlayStation Studios' 4v4 tag fighter launches on PS5 and PC on August 6 with a 20-character roster, cross-play, and a motion-comic Episode Mode.
Riot Games' free-to-play 2v2 fighter 2XKO has earned a spot in the EVO 2026 Arena Finals in its Las Vegas debut, drawing 1,080 entrants chasing a $135K+ pot. Newest champions Senna and Thresh are tournament-legal, and top names like SonicFox headline a scene that has matured remarkably fast since the game's January launch.
Nintendo's long-awaited Star Fox revival launches exclusively on Switch 2 on June 25, 2026. Built by Velan Studios, it reimagines Star Fox 64 with a full visual overhaul, orchestral score, voiced cutscenes, optional mouse aiming and a new 4-vs-4 Battle Mode - for $49.99.
Team Ninja's Dead or Alive 6: Last Round arrives June 25, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Steam. The current-gen re-release bundles 29 fighters, a new photo mode and a free Core Fighters tier, with DLC newcomer Minato and a KOF collab on the way.
Deltarune Chapter 5: The Field of Pink and Gold unlocks worldwide on June 24, 2026 as a free update on Switch, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, PC and Mac - and Toby Fox says Chapter 6 is already ahead of schedule.
Devil May Cry 5: Devil Hunter Edition launched on the Switch 2 eShop on June 23, 2026, running at 60fps docked and handheld with all DLC and four playable characters included, at a $30 launch price.
Empulse, the 6v6 movement shooter from Splitgate studio 1047 Games, hits Steam Early Access on June 24, 2026 on PC, PS5 and Xbox with cross-play, contested map-spawned mechs, and no store, battle pass or paid cosmetics.
Valve has officially priced the Steam Machine: $1,049 for the 512GB model and $1,349 for 2TB, with reservations opening June 30. A surging memory market - DRAM up over 170% year over year - pushed the SteamOS living-room PC well past early expectations. The six-inch cube packs a Zen 4 CPU and RDNA 3 GPU for roughly six times the Steam Deck's power, and launches alongside the Steam Frame headset and Steam Controller 2.
Firefly Studios' castle sim returns: a free, playable Stronghold 4 demo goes live for Steam Next Fest on June 23. The next mainline entry is a cinematic narrative prequel following shepherd-turned-leader Penryn of Wethel, with deeper siegecraft, extensive castle customization, and a Steam Early Access launch - a 22-mission campaign, skirmish and sandbox - planned for later in 2026.
Ivy Road's cozy-but-pointed tea-shop game Wanderstop arrives on Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 today for $24.99. From The Stanley Parable creator Davey Wreden, it casts you as a burned-out fighter forced to run a forest tea shop with no fail states and no clock - and quietly asks why that is so hard for her. A physical Switch 2 edition follows on August 28.
Arrowhead's Machinery of Oppression 6.3.0 update for Helldivers 2 is live on PS5, Xbox and PC, packing hundreds of balance changes across weapons, enemies and stratagems alongside a new biome, a Control Center terminal, fresh Galactic Campaigns and a reworked training program.