Latest gaming announcements, leaks, and stories
Teyon used NACON Connect 2026 on May 7 to drop a Pillars of the Hunt dev diary for Hunter: The Reckoning – Deathwish. The first-person, single-player action-RPG sets you loose in an open New York where you can finish missions with stealth, gunplay, or a non-lethal Persuasion-and-Investigation build that talks vampires down instead of shooting them. Summer 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC, with Game Pass day one.
RGG Studio's Xbox Presents showcase confirmed Stranger Than Heaven's 50-year saga across five Japanese cities, a per-arm combat system, a full Showman entertainment sub-game, a cast led by Snoop Dogg and Tori Kelly, and the bombshell that protagonist Makoto Daito eventually becomes Makoto Tojo — founder of the Tojo Clan.
Nintendo's surprise 15-minute Direct on May 6 unveiled a Star Fox 64 remake with full voice acting, 4v4 Battle Mode, Joy-Con 2 mouse aiming, and a $49.99 June 25 launch on Switch 2.
Descenders Next arrives on Xbox Game Pass as a Game Preview with a brand-new career mode. The extreme sports sequel swaps bikes for snowboarding and mountainboarding across four biomes with physics-driven freestyle controls.
The annual Summer Game Fest showcase returns June 5 at the Dolby Theatre in LA, with an Xbox Games Showcase confirmed days later and Sony expected to follow. Keighley’s hype trailer teases Tomb Raider, Control Resonant, and potential GTA 6 reveals.
After three years of false leads and community obsession, players have cracked the code to Diablo 4's Secret Cow Level using the Lord of Hatred expansion's Horadric Cube — and the Cow King drops a Mythic helm with hilariously specific day-based affixes.
Unknown Worlds underwater survival sequel enters Early Access on May 14 with four-player co-op built from the ground up, cross-platform play, day-one Game Pass access, and no microtransactions at 29.99 dollars.
Beethoven and Dinosaur’s narrative adventure launches May 7 across all platforms with day-one Game Pass access, a killer 90s licensed soundtrack featuring The Smashing Pumpkins and Joy Division, and a coming-of-age story set on the last night of high school.
EA Sports UFC 6 dropped its first reveal trailer on May 5, confirming a June 19, 2026 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Alex Pereira covers the Standard Edition while Max Holloway fronts the $99.99 Ultimate Edition with seven days of early access from June 12. The trailer also teased a possible Conor McGregor return.
Resident Evil Requiem producer Masato Kumazawa says the fan backlash to Nvidia’s AI-yassified Grace Ashcroft from the DLSS 5 demo was actually ‘a positive.’ The intensity of the negative reaction, he argues, proves the original character design was successful enough to make players genuinely defensive of her appearance.
Valve’s redesigned Steam Controller launched May 4 for $99 and sold out in roughly 30 minutes. The controller introduces TMR magnetic thumbsticks, capacitive Grip Sense for automatic gyro activation, dual angled trackpads, four rear buttons, and 35+ hours of battery life. A magnetic charging Puck doubles as a wireless 2.4GHz USB-C transmitter.
Kill It With Fire 2 hits Nintendo Switch on May 7 for $14.99 with full four-player online co-op and the new Humans vs. Spiders PvP mode. The chaotic spider extermination sim from tinyBuild brings its full arsenal of absurd weapons to portable play.