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Microsoft's Xbox division is bracing for another wave of layoffs and studio closures as its fiscal year ends June 30. Ninja Theory (Hellblade) is reportedly being shut down, while Compulsion Games and Double Fine negotiate to spin off - and XGS head Craig Duncan is said to be stepping down.
Square Enix's HD-2D style goes fully real-time on June 18 in The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales - a new action RPG from the Octopath Traveler team that follows a boy and his fairy across a thousand-year, four-age journey. Here is everything launching this week.
Pokemon Champions, the Switch competitive battle simulator, launches on iOS and Android today (June 17) with cross-play and cross-save - plus a launch campaign handing out a free Raichu and the new Raichunite X and Y Mega Stones through September 2.
Mintrocket's In the Jungle expansion for Dave the Diver lands June 18, swapping the Blue Hole for a freshwater lake and a hidden village - and bringing full isometric movement, a new Bancho Grill and roughly ten hours of fresh content.
Triple Espresso's football tycoon Copa City launches June 16 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, putting you in charge of staging matches for real clubs across Berlin, Warsaw and Rio de Janeiro.
R-Type's two cult turn-based strategy spin-offs return on June 18 in R-Type Tactics I II Cosmos, with NIS America bringing the long-Japan-only sequel West across PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and Switch 2.
Sonic Rumble Party's sci-fi Season 6 is live through June 25 with Space Ranger skins, a new Skin Fragment Challenge system and a Popeye crossover, across iOS, Android and Steam.
The biggest Steam Next Fest ever opened June 15 with roughly 4,931 free demos - a new record - running through June 22. Standouts include Paper Cult's Tears of Metal, Innersloth's Among Us Story: On Guard and 1047 Games' EMPULSE.
1047 Games, the Splitgate studio, brings its Titanfall-inspired 6v6 movement shooter to Steam Next Fest with a free demo - wall-running, grapples, Holojumps and mechs included - ahead of a June 24 Early Access launch that promises no microtransactions.
ZZZ's Season 3 update, Version 3.0 'A Sleepwalker's Confession,' arrives June 17 with the new sky-island region Roscaelifer, the first Wind Agent Velina, S-Rank Norma, a free Z-Rank Pyrois plus 1,600 Polychromes, and a simultaneous Steam launch with cross-save.
Innersloth marks eight years of Among Us with its first-ever single-player game: a story-driven murder mystery starring Guard, the ship's security officer. The free demo is live now as a Steam Next Fest highlight.
Supercell's June 2026 Clash of Clans update is here, led by the new Hero Journey progression system, the Town Hall 16 Ruin Witch troop and her Ruin Knights, the targeting-focused Angry Spell, +5 hero levels, a 4x battle speed option and a shared Clan Capital Treasury.