Latest gaming announcements, leaks, and stories
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.
The second Frostpunk 2 expansion, Breach of Trust, arrives June 23 on PC, PS5 and Xbox. It swaps the series' signature cold for a volcanic crisis in New Edinburgh, adding two maps, five factions, a new 'Vote of Trust' mechanic and Tremor and Volcano Night systems.
Devolver Digital and doinksoft launched roguelite shmup-platformer Dark Scrolls on June 22 for PC and Nintendo Switch, with nine playable heroes, solo and co-op runs, and a limited-time deal that hands buyers Gunbrella and Gato Roboto for free.
Cygames released a free, save-carryover demo for Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok on June 18 across PS5, PS4, Switch 2 and PC, previewing the expansion's new Conflux solo mode, bosses and master traits before its July 9 launch.
inZOI Update 0.9.0 launched June 19 on PC and Mac, adding the long-requested active high school life stage — classes, clubs, prom and graduation — alongside clothing stores, an expanded baby system, and experimental first-person and advanced driving modes.
Game PassBellring Games' extraction ARPG Mistfall Hunter blew past 10,000 concurrent Steam players in its open beta (June 14–22) on PC, Xbox and PS5, debuting the Withered Knight class and Hallowgrove map ahead of a July 29 launch that hits Game Pass day one.
Season 20: Custom Seas launched June 18, 2026, giving Sea of Thieves players a full level editor to build and share their own game modes - from Rowboat Royale to flame-cannon deathmatch - plus new cinematic camera tools, free for all owners on PC, Xbox and PS5.
Monument of Triumph, Destiny 2's final major content update, has arrived - reviving the Sparrow Racing League, adding the Pantheon boss-rush and new Distortions, refocusing the Director and Portal, and dropping Legendary Marks and Exotic overhauls as Bungie ends active development to focus on Marathon.
Desborde Games' free narrative game Control, I'm Not Coming Back is climbing Steam's charts with a 98% Overwhelmingly Positive rating, telling a 45-minute, Voyager 1-inspired story about hope and human connection.