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Forza Horizon 6 launched worldwide on May 19 across Xbox Series X|S, PC, Cloud, and Game Pass. Playground Games' Japan-set racer arrives with a 92 Metacritic, 100 percent OpenCritic recommend rate, and the title of 2026's best-reviewed game already secured. The PS5 version still has no firm date beyond a fall 2026 window.
PS PlusSony's May 19 PlayStation Plus Game Catalog refresh is live, headlined by Star Wars Outlaws and Red Dead Redemption 2 returning to the cloud library for Extra and Premium subscribers. Eight titles total, with Premium also getting a fully remastered Time Crisis with gyro aiming on PS4 and PS5.
PlayStation Studios CEO Hermen Hulst reportedly told staff in a Monday town hall that narrative single-player games will no longer be ported to PC. Ghost of Yotei, Marvel's Wolverine, Saros, and Intergalactic are locked to PS5; live-service titles like Marathon and Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls remain on PC. Existing PC ports stay for sale and supported.
PS PlusSony confirmed a third PS Plus Essential price hike since 2022, lifting monthly to $10.99 (from $9.99) and 3-month to $27.99 (from $24.99) effective May 20 for new subscribers. PS Plus Extra, Premium, and the 12-month Essential plan are unchanged. India and Turkey catch the hike on every renewal regardless of subscription tenure.
Dotemu and Tribute Games shadow-launched the first paid DLC for MARVEL Cosmic Invasion today, adding Cyclops and The Thing for $3.99 across PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, Switch, and Switch 2. The drop coincides with the brawler crossing 1.5 million players, with a second DLC and a new game mode confirmed for Fall 2026.
Ubisoft revealed Rainbow Six Siege Year 11 Season 2 - Operation System Override - on May 17 at the BLAST R6 Major Salt Lake City finals, with a CGI trailer showing the new Dokkaebi Jegeo Payload, the Calypso Casino map rebuilt from Rainbow Six Vegas, and Ranked 3.0 killing off hidden MMR. Test Server opens May 18 with full launch on June 2, 2026.
Forza Horizon 6 hit a peak of 172,093 concurrent Steam players during its $120 Premium Edition advanced access, more than doubling Forza Horizon 5's all-time peak of 81,096 before the worldwide launch even arrives on May 19.
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book lands exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2 on May 21 for $59.99 digital / $69.99 physical, with three trailers shipped in two weeks and a hands-on preview consensus that calls it deceptively challenging and the system's most eye-catching 2D platformer.
Bandai Namco's My Hero ULTRA IMPACT goes offline on May 18 after six years in Japan and four years globally, ending a 3v3 Quirk-battle RPG that crossed a million Google Play downloads while KLabGames lines up My Hero Academia UNITED SURVIVAL as the franchise's next mobile move.
SoulGame Studio and IndieArk's acclaimed twin-stick Metroidvania Minishoot' Adventures is shipping on iOS and Android on May 21 for a flat $5.99 - less than half the Steam price. The phone build keeps the entire PC adventure intact with no microtransactions, no energy timers, and no ads.
Ubisoft and Unsolved Hunts have buried a real chest in the Caribbean to mark the July 9 launch of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. Gold & Crystal opens November 9, packs 15 puzzles and an encrypted bottle behind a $39.99 entry, and is designed to take two to five years for someone to crack.
Annapurna Interactive shut down rumors that Mixtape would be delisted over expiring music rights, confirming all 28 licensed tracks are paid in perpetuity. Creative director Johnny Galvatron told Kotaku the team paid extra at signing so the soundtrack - Joy Division, Iggy Pop, the Smashing Pumpkins, the Cure, and more - can never lapse.