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Firaxis used the franchise's 35th anniversary panel at PAX West to announce Arc of Tomorrow, a free 2027 update adding an Atomic Age that runs to the 2050s, plus Earthrise, a paid expansion threading space and environmental systems through every Age. Update 1.5.0 and the True Start Earth map land this month.
Supercell's September 2026 Clash of Clans season is WWE: Search for Cena, a second WWE crossover fronted by John Cena himself. The Gold Pass reward is a Jey Uso Minion Prince skin with a microphone-headed wand, and a Clash-styled Money in the Bank briefcase anchors the season's reward track.
Announced in 2024, delayed, then formally cancelled in January 2025, The Baltic Powers now has a release date. Forgotten Empires and World's Edge are shipping the full package: the Danes, the Poles, 25+ maps, Regicide and Independence modes, and Winged Hussars.
Clash Royale's Season 84 'Stone Cold' adds the long-awaited Princess Evolution with slowing Ice Arrows and a frozen zone, plus a new free-to-unlock Hero, Tombstone, whose 6-Elixir Regal Revival summons a skeleton-spawning Tomb Queen.
Firefly Studios' castle sim returns: a free, playable Stronghold 4 demo goes live for Steam Next Fest on June 23. The next mainline entry is a cinematic narrative prequel following shepherd-turned-leader Penryn of Wethel, with deeper siegecraft, extensive castle customization, and a Steam Early Access launch - a 22-mission campaign, skirmish and sandbox - planned for later in 2026.
The second Frostpunk 2 expansion, Breach of Trust, arrives June 23 on PC, PS5 and Xbox. It swaps the series' signature cold for a volcanic crisis in New Edinburgh, adding two maps, five factions, a new 'Vote of Trust' mechanic and Tremor and Volcano Night systems.
Granzella and NIS America's ground-up Unreal Engine 5 remake of the R-Type Tactics spin-offs launched June 18 across six platforms, finally bringing R-Type Tactics II west and adding a new Cosmos campaign. Early reviews praise its scale and visuals while flagging punishing difficulty and a missing tutorial.
Triple Espresso's football tycoon Copa City launches June 16 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, putting you in charge of staging matches for real clubs across Berlin, Warsaw and Rio de Janeiro.
R-Type's two cult turn-based strategy spin-offs return on June 18 in R-Type Tactics I II Cosmos, with NIS America bringing the long-Japan-only sequel West across PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Switch and Switch 2.
Supercell's June 2026 Clash of Clans update is here, led by the new Hero Journey progression system, the Town Hall 16 Ruin Witch troop and her Ruin Knights, the targeting-focused Angry Spell, +5 hero levels, a 4x battle speed option and a shared Clan Capital Treasury.
Creative Assembly and SEGA showed new in-development gameplay for Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 at the PC Gaming Show 2026 - Astra Militarum versus Orks - and confirmed a closed beta with sign-ups open now.
SUPER AC's stealth-tactics game PROHIBEAST launches June 3, 2026 on PC via Steam, casting players as Eliot Ness against Al Capone's black market in a noir, anthropomorphic Prohibition-era Chicago where meat itself is illegal.
Hooded Horse and Tropico 6 studio Limbic Entertainment have locked in July 31, 2026 as the launch date for pirate city-builder Corsair Cove and dropped the demo on Steam today at 7AM PDT / 4PM CEST. The reveal trailer pitches a verticality-first builder with 50-plus goods, a turn-based naval combat layer, and a confirmed skip past early access into a full launch on Steam, Epic, Microsoft Store and PC Game Pass.
Bulwark Studios' Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II launched today on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S for $39.99, anchoring the 10th-anniversary Warhammer Skulls 2026 broadcast hosted by Alanah Pearce. Both the Adeptus Mechanicus and the Necrons are fully playable this time, four distinct leaders shape each faction, and early PC reviews call out a locked 60 FPS at 4K with no patch-day fires - rare for a 2026 Warhammer 40K launch.
Age of Empires IV's Yue Fei's Legacy expansion launches May 7 with an 8-mission campaign following the legendary Song Dynasty general, a new playable Jin Dynasty civilization with mounted villagers and mobile economy, four new ranked maps, and two new biomes.
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 will feature heavy destructible terrain, with forests, walls, and fortifications all destroyable via bombardment. Battle product owner Dave Petry walked through the system on the May 1 Show & Tell stream — and explained why cover-cracking ordnance changes the rhythm of every battle in the 40K universe.
Clash of Clans’ May 2026 season drops a Skeleton and Undead theme with a Halloween Grand Warden skin, the game’s first Legendary reward, and Clan War Leagues running May 1-11.
Heroes of Might and Magic returns with Olden Era, now available in Early Access on Steam and PC Game Pass. The 30th anniversary entry features six factions, three game modes, and a 25% launch discount.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era launches into Early Access on April 30 with six factions, ranked multiplayer, and day-one PC Game Pass availability — the first new entry in the legendary strategy franchise in over a decade.
Clash of Clans' April 2026 update delivers the Sky Wagon siege machine, Logger guardian, Electro Fangs equipment, a ranked mode overhaul with new Legend tiers, and increased army capacity to 352.
Titanium Court, winner of the IGF Seumas McNally Grand Prize, launches today on Steam with its genre-defying blend of match-3, tower defense, and roguelike mechanics.
Sudden Strike 5 launches April 23 on PC, PS5, and Xbox with a 25-mission WW2 campaign, over 300 authentic units, and the tactical depth the franchise is known for.
Sintopia, a darkly comedic management sim where you run Hell as a corporate middle manager, has launched on Steam from developer Piraknights Games and publisher Team17, with a 15% launch discount through April 30.
Cyber Temple’s DarkSwitch launches April 9 on Steam and GOG, offering a vertical survival city builder set atop a colossal tree above a lethal fog, blending folk horror atmosphere with tower defense mechanics after a one-month delay to incorporate Steam Next Fest feedback.