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Moon Studios' Wicked Inside showcase detailed the 1.0 class system: 24 weapon-based classes, 362 transferable traits, six factions and Cerim Cores. It arrives in an open beta in December, ahead of the PS5 and PC launch in March 2027.
Netmarble's action RPG got a game overview trailer, a cinematic and a playable TGS build carrying 200-plus buffs and eight characters. Out on iOS, Android and PC in 2026, with pre-registration open in Korea and Japan.
Team NINJA's Three Kingdoms sequel launches 4 March 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2 and PC, day one on Game Pass. The alpha demo is live now through 30 September with the Changban open field, full character creation and three-player co-op.
Com2uS Holdings launched ARES: The Iron Vanguard globally on September 15. Developed by Second Dive, the free-to-play action RPG lets you swap between two combat suits in real time across four classes, adds a hoverboard, a pilotable Goliath mech and the Valkyrie, and supports cross-play between iOS, Android and PC after an August soft launch in six countries.
Blizzard announced Diablo V at BlizzCon 2026 for spring 2029, and the premise is that the heroes already lost - Diablo has ruled Sanctuary for seven years and turned Westmarch into an outpost of Hell. Towns are replaced by a travelling caravan, the Plague Knight joins Demon Hunter and Monk, and Diablo II-style Runewords and stat requirements are back. Diablo IV hits Switch 2 on 15 September alongside Season of Hell's Legacy.
Muramasa: Revenant Blades lands on PS5 on February 4, 2027 with six playable protagonists, two separate progression systems, and a Classic Mode that includes the original PlayStation Vita versions at no extra tier.
Blizzard dated Diablo Immortal's Made to Suffer update for September 17, opening Lut Gholein's High Ward as Andariel's Anguish and Duriel's Pain fight over the city. A Todd McFarlane Spawn crossover follows on September 29, with McFarlane doing a live drawing session at a BlizzCon 2026 panel on September 13.
Pearl Abyss's first paid Crimson Desert DLC lands October 15 for $24.99, adding a player-commanded ship, uncharted islands, a full underwater layer with sunken ruins, new bosses, and a housing mode you can run for profit.
Creative director Thomas Mahler says the action RPG is not quite there yet, pushing the Early Access exit from October 2026 to March 2027 to polish performance and the class system. A final closed beta runs in December, and the Founder's Pack cut-off moves to January 1, 2027.
Capcom's four-minute walkthrough breaks down Dark Arisen's core loop: prepare at the Norgandian Settlement, raid frozen Norgan for relics, and let Jiera appraise them into new abilities. Fimbl the ice dragon holds the best ones. A free base-game update adds framerate fixes, extra save slots, and more weapon skill slots.
Capcom's Tokyo Game Show 2026 partner exhibitions include the first public play of a new Monster Hunter Outlanders field, Kuchihate no Fuchi, traversed with gliders and ziplines and stocked with a Radiant Radobaan and an Azure Rathalos. It follows the gamescom reveal of original Elder Dragon Ruger Aidal and the opening of pre-registration.
GPTRACK50 has released a three-minute Wyvern boss battle video with director commentary for its blazing-fast-growth action RPG. Wyverns are KOM's recon vanguard that keep forgetting the assignment and attacking from the air instead. Stupid Never Dies launches 21 October 2026 on PS5 and Steam.
Version 3.2 Their Secret Histories adds the Armorer Specialty with brand-new Maim and multi-CRIT mechanics, S-Rank Agents Claret and Roxy, a story push into Vyrium, free Angels of Delusion outfits, and the FLINTWORKS redemption code.
HoYoverse used Gamescom Opening Night Live to world-premiere Nodusfall, a dark-fantasy co-op action RPG built in Unreal Engine 5 with none of the studio's usual anime styling. Players are Weavers hunting corrupted mythic beasts, climbing on them and roping them down in squad fights that look closer to Monster Hunter and Elden Ring: Nightreign than to Genshin Impact. No date, no platforms, and reportedly free-to-play without a character gacha.
Playground Games released an 18-minute narrated walkthrough of a full Fable quest at Gamescom 2026. The Mud and Death mission sends the Hero into a haunted mine with Heroes' Guild leader Humphry and demonstrates all three combat pillars - the two-handed Bower Hammer, seven spells including the chicken-transforming Befowl, and a bow-and-crossbow ranged layer with weak-point targeting. Fable still launches February 23, 2027 on Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Announced during the debut Pixel Arcadia showcase, Quintet's 1995 action RPG Terranigma is being re-released on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, Switch and PC in early 2027 - its first re-release ever, and its first official North American release, with new art from original designer Kamui Fujiwara.
Version 2.0, the Half Anniversary update, arrives August 26 with Ban as an SSR who splits across a physical-DPS nunchaku, an Earth greatsword Berserker form and a Darkness support gauntlet kit. It also brings Act 16, the Ravens Map, Labyrinth Challenge Mode, Timespace Junction Season 2, Transcendence Equipment Growth and the game's first community-voted rerun banners.
Mask of Idris arrives September 9 alongside a free version 2.0 update. The expansion is post-game content gated behind the Luna Fraterna ending and Valentin's request - while 2.0 finally lets everyone explore the finished world alongside their partners.
Mojang's Official Gameplay Trailer finally shows Minecraft Dungeons II in motion: a party of four stepping through a rift into a new dimension called the Sift. Armour splits into four independent slots, the Twisted Warden is waiting, and the whole thing lands on Game Pass on September 29.
Game Science released the first gameplay for Black Myth: Zhong Kui: 15 minutes of work-in-progress footage showing a default parry, a charge meter instead of cooldowns, elemental imbuing stolen from boss attacks, and summons that stay for the whole fight. Still no release date or store page.
Hell Rising DLC Vol. 1 launched August 19 for PS5 and Steam at $19.99, adding a new open field set in Keian-era Edo, the hoko and shield weapon type, the Hundred Demon Realms Picture Scrolls, and a third-playthrough difficulty that randomly curses enemies.
S-GAME's dedicated State of Play delivered around 20 minutes of Phantom Blade Zero gameplay: over 30 main weapons plus 25 Phantom Edges, an arsenal you expand by defeating the enemies who wield it, a Reforge system with no material penalty, three difficulty tiers including AI-driven Hellwalker, and Donnie Yen performing Mo Yuan via motion capture.
Gangstar Mirage City soft-launches on iOS and Android on August 20 across Southeast Asia, South Asia, MENA, Eastern Europe and Latin America. Developed by Gameloft and published by Tencent's Level Infinite, it turns the long-dormant crime series into a persistent online city built on co-op heists, territory control and PvP - with 6.6 million pre-registrations already banked.
Hidden Mountain's second chapter lands August 20 UTC with a high-altitude cliff region unlocked by a server-wide Cloudtop Ascent event, the Inkpincer Scorpion and Cloud-Seizing Serpent world bosses, two new martial skills, and three new modes including a Ghost Festival survival horror mode.
S-GAME opened Phantom Blade Zero pre-orders on PS5, Steam and Epic at $59.99 (Deluxe $69.99) alongside an eleven-minute gameplay trailer, and confirmed a dedicated 20-minute State of Play for August 17 built around builds and unseen characters. Launch is October 29 on PS5 and PC, 50 days later than the original September 9 date.
ProbablyMonsters has dated its gothic action RPG for September 1 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC at $19.99, with a $29.99 Deluxe Edition. You play a Nephilim reclaiming the fallen city of Gildenarch through replayable, modifier-driven missions, solo or in two-player co-op that scales enemies to party size.
Game Freak's biggest non-Pokemon project, Beast of Reincarnation, launches August 4 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S - day one on Game Pass. It's a "one-person, one-dog" action RPG starring the warrior Emma and her beast companion Koo, blending real-time combat with command-based partner abilities in a gorgeous, ruined world.
Moon Studios confirmed at Sony's State of Play that its brutal, hand-painted action RPG No Rest for the Wicked leaves early access for Version 1.0 in October 2026, launching first on PC and PS5 with Xbox and Switch 2 to follow. The full release adds 60+ hours of content, new bosses, a horde mode and a completely reimagined class system - and anyone who buys on PC before July 10 gets the exclusive Founder's Pack.
Project Cloud Games and Perp Games confirmed The Relic: First Guardian arrives July 31 on PS5 and PC, with Xbox Series and Switch 2 to follow. The Soulslike packs 70-plus bosses, five weapon types, twelve skill trees, and a stamina system reserved for defense.
Capcom's June 25 Spotlight detailed Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen (the frozen Norgan region, 12 Lost Rites dungeons and a free late-August base update), revealed Onimusha: Way of the Sword's vicious new boss Dohatsu-ten, and added a Rudy side story to Monster Hunter Stories 3.
Cygames released a free, save-carryover demo for Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok on June 18 across PS5, PS4, Switch 2 and PC, previewing the expansion's new Conflux solo mode, bosses and master traits before its July 9 launch.
Revealed at Summer Game Fest 2026, the Mortal Shell II open beta is live worldwide on Steam, offering the opening three hours, a hunt for the Shell Tiel the Acolyte, the Magdalena boss fight, and a Flayed Harbinger reward ahead of the sequel's 2026 launch on PC, PS5 and Xbox.
FromSoftware's ELDEN RING comes to Switch 2 on August 28, 2026 as Tarnished Edition - bundling the base game, the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion, two new starting classes, fresh armor and weapons, and three new looks for Torrent.
Capcom confirmed at the June 9 Nintendo Direct that Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen - an expanded version adding the new snowy region of Norgan - lands on Switch 2 on October 9, 2026, with the new content also coming to PS5, Xbox and PC as DLC.
Mojang revealed Minecraft Dungeons II at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 - a sequel to the blocky co-op dungeon-crawler action-RPG, with up to four-player co-op and a September 29 launch.
Aniimo, a free-to-play open-world creature-collecting action RPG from Pawprint Studio and FunPlus label Kingsglory, revealed its Global Closed Beta running this summer on PC, iOS and Android. Set in the world of Idyll, it features a 'Twining' mechanic to merge with creatures, ahead of a Q3 2026 cross-platform launch on PS5, Xbox, PC and mobile.
Aurogon Shanghai's Summer Game Fest 2026 combat gameplay trailer for Swords of Legends - the official sequel to the Gujian series - shows a boss fight against the stage-magic Master of Cantrip and debuts the new Spirit Companion system led by the spectral Ox. The Unreal Engine 5 action-RPG is confirmed for PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Kuro Games' open-world gacha action-RPG Wuthering Waves launches on Xbox Series X|S on July 27, 2026, free-to-play with full feature parity, Xbox Play Anywhere and cloud support, plus in-game perks for Xbox Game Pass members - completing a platform lineup that already spans PC, Mac, PS5, iOS and Android.
THQ Nordic and 13-person German studio Paraglacial launch their atmospheric first-person dark fantasy action RPG Fatekeeper into Steam Early Access on June 2, with physics-driven melee-and-magic combat, crafting and deep build customization across a two-hour opening slice of a planned 15-hour adventure.
Italian studio Crossfall Games' dark soulslike Stonemachia has launched on Steam to a Very Positive rating, casting players as a chess Pawn who transforms into Knight, Rook, Bishop and Queen on a Dantesque journey through a world ravaged by the Plague of Angels.
Anima Project's dual-protagonist action-RPG, set in the Anima: Beyond Fantasy universe, will hit PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC in 2027. The new Release Window Trailer follows knight Soren and the enigmatic Noein into the Abyss.
HoYoverse's Version 2.8 Phase 2 debuts Starlight Billy, the game's first Physical Rupture S-rank, alongside the big news that Zenless Zone Zero is finally coming to Steam with cross-save.
Mina the Hollower, the long-awaited follow-up from Shovel Knight studio Yacht Club Games, is out now across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch, Switch 2 and PC - and it has launched to near-universal acclaim, sitting at 92 on Metacritic as the highest-rated game of 2026 so far.
The clearest look yet at Clockfall, the Rever Games / Radical Theory roguelite where every action in the dungeon costs ticks on a global clock that is also draining your village's wave-defense timer above. The Gameplay Reveal Trailer plays up melee chains, parry windows, an elemental spell layer, and a multi-phase boss; the village layer gets a shorter cut but lands the time-pressure thesis. Steam playtest is open now, Early Access is still on the books for 2026, and the full PS5 / Xbox / PC launch is targeted for 2027.
Square Enix's Team Asano dropped the Prologue Demo for The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales on May 19, 2026 across Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam. The free demo features faster movement, a new difficulty tier, seven weapon types with magicite customisation, and save data that carries into the June 18 full launch.
Pearl Abyss shipped Crimson Desert hotfix 1.06.01 on May 12, just one day after the major 1.06.00 patch that added Special Mounts, an extraction system, Night Tone Mode, and a new Oongka skill kit. The hotfix unblocks Vault of Vengeance progression and the studio also owned up to an accidental Damiane armor bug.
Blades of Fire lands on Steam on May 14, 2026, and 505 Games is treating it more like a relaunch than a port. The free Version 2.0 update ships simultaneously to PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Epic, and Steam, adding New Game Plus, Titanium difficulty, photo mode, Transmutation crafting, Anvil Trials, and a new Arcana system.
GENMUGAME's voxel-meets-anime action RPG ALLfiring is live worldwide on iOS and Android as of May 14, 2026, built around a real-time three-character squad swap, a hub fortress called Theseus, and a roughly 2GB free-to-play download with gacha-driven monetisation.
Kuro Games' May 7 trailer locks in the long-rumored Cyberpunk: Edgerunners collaboration for Wuthering Waves Version 3.4 in June. Lucy joins as a paid 5-Star Resonator on a limited banner, Rebecca is being given to every player for free through the event, and David Martinez makes a cameo that's stopping just short of confirming him as a third playable.
Limited-time crossover runs May 13 to June 10. Four-player Dark Ascension boss fight against Tal'darim Templar and the Ascended Archon. New Legendary Gem 'Baneboil' unleashes Banelings and stays permanent after the event. Infested Elder Rifts spawn Zerg with a Feral Hydralisk boss. Conqueror Mode gets faction-themed shrines for Terran, Zerg, and Protoss builds. The most ambitious crossover Blizzard has ever shipped on phones.
Pearl Abyss's 190-fix Crimson Desert update introduces Memory Fragment boss rematches across all 69 campaign bosses and a Reblockade system that lets 13 enemy factions try to reclaim cleared strongholds — a direct fix for late-game emptiness.
Zenless Zone Zero confirms a Steam launch in Q2 2026 and reveals Version 2.8 New: Eridan Sunset with new S-Rank agents Promeia and Starlight Billy, launching May 6.
Diablo IV: Lord of Hatred earns an 84 on Metacritic with critics praising the new Warlock class, the Mephisto campaign finale, and sweeping endgame improvements.
Honor of Kings: World launches on iOS and Android on April 17 with full content parity to the PC version, cross-platform progression, 32GB install size, and every feature from the original launch including co-op bosses, PvP, housing, and the complete story campaign. Currently China-only, with global launch expected later.
Netmarble's anticipated free-to-play monster-taming action RPG Mongil: Star Dive lands on iOS, Android, and PC on April 15, promising Unreal Engine 5 visuals, three-character tag combat, and a sprawling monster collection system.
Mephisto returns, the Paladin is back, and Skovos awaits. Here is a complete breakdown of everything coming to Diablo IV in the Lord of Hatred expansion launching April 28, 2026.