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Season 8 lands September 9 with Herrscher Operators, a Quantum Platform POI on Isolated, a three-player roguelike top-down shooter, and the game's first Mythic Weapons Series Armory holding three Mythics at once.
D3 Publisher announced Earth Defense Force 6.2: Invaders from Another World for PS5 in 2027 - an enhanced Earth Defense Force 6 with roughly twice the on-screen enemies, a new giant-mushroom species, DLC-tier tough enemies moved into the main story, more than half the missions restructured, and the series' first weapon customisation system. Playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
Chuhai Labs and VITEI BACKROOM's on-rails arcade shooter launched August 13 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S for $14.99, with Star Fox veteran Giles Goddard involved and a Switch version due in the autumn. Reviews are split between calling it the truest Star Fox 64 successor yet and calling it too faithful for its own good.
Castellan's Creed, the Helldivers 2 x Warhammer 40,000 Legendary Warbond, launches August 12 with a Meltagun stratagem, a bolt pistol, and two armors carrying a 30% support-weapon reload passive. Premium Warbond tokens will not cover it.
GSC Game World's eight-minute location showcase tours the two regions locked off in Heart of Chornobyl: the Chornobyl NPP and the new Iron Forest. The expansion arrives August 20 alongside a free Update 2.0 that moves the game to Unreal Engine 5.5.4.
The Coalition's prequel opens its multiplayer beta in two phases: a pre-order and PC Game Pass early access window from August 6 to 10 with Horde Siege only, then a free-for-all weekend from August 13 to 17 that adds 4v4 Versus. Horde Siege puts 12 players on one map as three squads of four, with pooled Energy, carryable turrets and independent extraction.
Splatoon Raiders, the single-player-focused Switch 2 spin-off, launches July 23. Nintendo's June 30 Direct detailed Deep Cut, the Spirhalite Islands, 100+ weapon variations and co-op for four.
Season Meltdown is now live across PC, console and mobile - Delta Force's largest update yet brings the AZ3 Nuclear Plant Operations map with a multi-ending mechanic, control Operator N-TWO, the Coliseum Warfare map, two new weapons and a Rainbow Six Siege crossover.
Arrowhead's Machinery of Oppression 6.3.0 update for Helldivers 2 is live on PS5, Xbox and PC, packing hundreds of balance changes across weapons, enemies and stratagems alongside a new biome, a Control Center terminal, fresh Galactic Campaigns and a reworked training program.
The cult VR platformer-shooter series jumps to PlayStation VR2. System Critical 3's launch trailer shows off AltLab VR's solo-made, Mega Man-inspired run-and-gun action - arm cannon gunplay, gravity-defying jumps and tightly designed levels - following the Steam and Meta Quest releases of earlier entries.
Ubisoft flipped the switch on The Division Resurgence Season 1 Phase 2 today, adding three speedrunning events, a Dark Zone quest line, the Classified Ops 1.2 pass, and a free Strawberry Milkshake exotic SMG across iOS, Android, and PC Early Access with full cross-play.
Cold Iron Studios and Daybreak just announced Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 with an IGN-exclusive reveal trailer on May 7, confirming Summer 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series, and PC with full crossplay. The sequel jumps from three-player to four-player co-op, adds a customizable Specialist class that mixes major and minor abilities from every other class, and ships with dedicated Horde maps at launch.
The Division Resurgence drops its 2026 roadmap with three seasons of content, a PC early access launch on Ubisoft Connect, and full cross-platform play across phones, tablets, and desktop.
Last Flag, a 5v5 third-person capture-the-flag shooter from Night Street Games (founded by Imagine Dragons' Dan Reynolds), launches today on PC with console versions coming this summer.