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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.
Pokemon Champions, the franchise's first PvP-only battle game, launched on iOS and Android on June 17 after arriving on Nintendo Switch in April. It offers cross-platform play, deep Pokemon HOME integration with Scarlet and Violet, and - most significantly - becomes the official VGC software for the Pokemon World Championships starting in 2026.
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.
Where Winds Meet Version 1.8 'Companions Make Home' launches free on June 25, 2026 across iOS, Android, PC and PS5. The update adds the Homestead village-building system, interactive pet companions, the 20-floor Martial Path Domain and the PvPvE Tomb Raiders mode.
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.
Honkai: Star Rail 4.3 Phase 2 goes live June 24, 2026 with reruns for Ice Remembrance unit Cyrene and Physical Remembrance unit Phainon, running through July 14 on iOS, Android, PC and PS5.
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.