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Tokyo's City Experience Timed Research goes live May 25 ahead of the May 29 in-person park weekend, with ticket holders unlocking Shiny Wash Rotom, a citywide spawn pool, and the runway to Mega Mewtwo X and Mega Mewtwo Y at GO Fest Global.
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.
Brawl Stars' 103rd Brawler is live today as Starr Nova - a Mythic Assassin built around a Sailor-Moon-coded cosplayer named Stella - unlocking free through Nova Drops during the Season 50: Starr Patrol event window that wraps June 4 on iPhone and Android.
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.
Mega Falinks makes its Pokemon GO debut today during the Falinks Super Mega Raid Day from 2 PM to 5 PM local time. Niantic stacks the three-hour window with boosted shiny odds, six free raid passes, a Mawile timed research, a 20-slot Remote Raid cap, and a $4.99 ticket that adds 14 more passes plus a 50 percent Rare Candy XL boost.
Take-Two's Q4 FY26 earnings call locked Grand Theft Auto VI to November 19, 2026 and confirmed a summer-starting, digital-first marketing campaign. Strauss Zelnick ruled out a May Trailer 3, contrasted the rollout with GTA V's 2013 TV-heavy push, and tied the publisher's $7.9-to-$8.1 billion FY27 bookings target to the Rockstar launch holding its slot.
Kwalee Labs' first-person bullet-hell shooter launched yesterday on PC, Xbox Series X|S and PS5 -- day one with Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass -- and the official launch trailer paired with an 80 Metacritic aggregate has reviewers calling the brutalist sci-fi platformer a sleeper indie hit.
Cococucumber's launch-window trailer for Echo Generation 2 lands five days out from the sci-fi deckbuilder RPG's May 27 release on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC and Steam, with day-one Xbox Game Pass availability, six playable heroes, 150+ cards and full Xbox Play Anywhere support.