Latest gaming announcements, leaks, and stories
Megapop and publisher Kasedo Games launch their underwater reef-building city-sim Life Below on Steam today, putting Rhianna Pratchett's Thalassa campaign, biologist-vetted species systems, and a WDC charity supporter pack in front of PC players worldwide.
World of Tanks: HEAT is live today on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and GeForce NOW. Wargaming's free-to-play hero-driven tank shooter launches with eight agents, fifteen vehicles, eight maps, four PvP modes, and a fully CGI cinematic trailer directed by Ilya Naishuller of Hardcore Henry and Nobody, scored by Biting Elbows.
007 First Light hits 24-hour Advanced Access at 7:00 a.m. PT today for pre-order holders, ahead of its May 27 worldwide launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. IO Interactive's first Bond title brings Patrick Gibson as a 26-year-old 00 candidate, with Gemma Chan, Lenny Kravitz, and a Lana Del Rey theme song.
Battlefield 6 Update 1.3.1.5 is live as of 08:00 UTC today, with Battlefield Studios patching Hagental Base and Railway to Golmud exploits, reworking REDSEC lobby cosmetics and Ranked UI, and fixing the MTN-55 Proximity Detector, the L115, and AH-6 Little Bird squad deployment.
Epic Games and Psyonix used the RLCS Paris Major's Championship Sunday on May 24 to unveil Unreal Engine 6, with Rocket League - still running on the 2015-era Unreal Engine 3 - confirmed as the first announced game to make the jump. Tim Sweeney's earlier comments put a developer preview two to three years out, pointing at 2028 for a stable release.
NetEase's mid-season Savage Adventures event for Marvel Rivals runs May 21 through June 25 with a free track that unlocks the Ultron Cybernetic Drip costume and paid bundles for Hela's Savage Monarch and Luna Snow's Sonic Trailblazer.
EA Sports has dated F1 25's 2026 Season Pack for June 3, adding Audi, Cadillac, and the all-new MADRING circuit alongside lighter, smaller cars built around 2026's active-aerodynamics regulations.
Bloomberg's Jason Schreier reports Sony's Bungie is planning a 'significant' layoff round once the June 9 Monument of Triumph update closes out Destiny 2 development - no Destiny 3 greenlit, senior staff pivoting to Marathon, and Sony's books carrying in single-year Bungie write-downs.
Everstone Studio and NetEase locked in Where Winds Meet's Imperial Palace expansion for a May 28 worldwide launch, using a dedicated Gilded Lament world boss trailer to anchor the marketing - a Cold-Palace-born fight, a second Cat Emperor world boss, and a cross-platform drop across PC, PS5, and mobile.
Helldivers 2's third licensed Legendary Warbond is officially Warhammer 40,000 - Arrowhead's Mikael Eriksson confirmed the May 21 Skulls 2026 announcement with a 1,500 Super Credit price tag and a late-2026 launch window, after Killzone and Halo: ODST tested the crossover model.
Path of Exile 2's 0.5.0 Return of the Ancients patch locks in May 29 across PC and consoles - Grinding Gear Games confirms the Runes of Aldur challenge league, two new ascendancies, a full Atlas Tree rework, and the final Early Access content beat before 1.0.
Atari and Fabraz ship Bubsy 4D worldwide on May 22 across PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, Xbox One, Switch 2 and Switch. The Fabraz-developed 3D platformer leans on speedrun-friendly movement and a Pawsome Edition tie-in, and the reviews are genuinely split for the first time in the bobcat's 30-year history.