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Season 4's Top Gun: Carrier Strike adds a naval-air-ground mode built around sinking the enemy carrier, the F-14 Tomcat and F/A-18, and three film characters voiced by their original actors. A free trial runs August 18-25 and your unlocks carry over.
Star Wars Zero Company, an XCOM-style turn-based tactics game from ex-Firaxis developers at Bit Reactor, launches August 27 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Set in the twilight of the Clone Wars, it puts you in command of an elite mixed squad of clones, Jedi and mercenaries, with a bond system that rewards keeping a core team together.
Electronic Arts says every regulatory approval needed for its $55 billion buyout by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund has now been obtained, with the deal expected to close on August 4 - making it the largest leveraged buyout in history and taking EA private for the first time since 1990.
Maxis pushed a June 30 patch to The Sims 4 packing 80+ bug fixes and quality-of-life changes: fewer repetitive phone calls, per-pack festival notification toggles, aligned windows and doors, reduced Mac save corruption and clearer Marketplace pricing.
Battlefield 6 Update 1.3.1.5 is live as of 08:00 UTC today, with Battlefield Studios patching Hagental Base and Railway to Golmud exploits, reworking REDSEC lobby cosmetics and Ranked UI, and fixing the MTN-55 Proximity Detector, the L115, and AH-6 Little Bird squad deployment.
EA's Season 3 update goes live on Tuesday, May 12 with Railway to Golmud — a Battlefield 4 remake that's four times the size of the largest existing BF6 map — plus a packed three-stage roadmap, a rebuilt vehicle damage model, REDSEC Solos, and the long-promised Ranked Battle Royale Quads.
EA Sports UFC 6 dropped its first reveal trailer on May 5, confirming a June 19, 2026 launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Alex Pereira covers the Standard Edition while Max Holloway fronts the $99.99 Ultimate Edition with seven days of early access from June 12. The trailer also teased a possible Conor McGregor return.
Respawn confirms Apex Legends: Overclocked launches May 5, 2026, with new Skirmisher Axle, Deathbox Respawns, Chain Healing, and meaningful buffs to Vantage and Conduit.
DICE and EA reveal the Battlefield 6 2026 roadmap featuring seven new maps including Wake Island and Golmud Railway, the introduction of naval warfare, a server browser with persistent servers, proximity chat, Platoons, and three seasons of content running through the end of the year.
The Sims 4 Marketplace is now live on PlayStation and Xbox, bringing community-created Maker Packs and Kits to console for the first time, with a free Country Kitchen Kit available until May 29.