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Game PassMicrosoft has launched Xbox Backward Compatibility on PC, letting four original Xbox classics - Conker: Live & Reloaded, BLiNX: The Time Sweeper, Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge, and Fuzion Frenzy - run natively on Windows with upscaling and modern display support, included with every Game Pass tier.
2K has unveiled its NBA 2K27 cover lineup: Victor Wembanyama fronts the Standard Edition, Caitlin Clark becomes the first WNBA player on her own global cover on the Deluxe Edition, and Derrick Rose headlines the Ultra Edition. The game launches September 4 across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam, and Switch 2.
Joe Ziegler, the public face of Bungie's Marathon reboot, confirmed July 17 was his last day at the studio after nearly four years. Del Chafe III steps up as game director alongside creative director Julia Nardin, as the team pushes on following a launch that fell well short of Bungie's sales expectations.
HoYoverse detailed ZZZ's second-anniversary update in a July 17 Special Program. Version 3.1 'The Long Goodbye' arrives July 29 with new S-Rank Agents Remielle Dan and Sigrid, a permanent new mode, a free limited S-Rank of your choice, and a same-day launch on Xbox PC.
Ubisoft's remake of the beloved 2013 pirate adventure is a runaway success: 2 million copies sold on day one, more than 3 million in its first week, a record concurrent-player peak on Steam, and the best reviews an Assassin's Creed has earned since the original Black Flag.
Pocketpair's monster-collecting phenomenon has finally exited Early Access. Palworld 1.0 launched July 10 as a free update with a 27-page changelog - adding the long-teased World Tree, the Sky Islands, 20-plus new Pals, water-based building, reworked tower bosses, and a breeding-defining new system called Genetic Recombination.
Game PassThe full remake of the 2001 original lands July 28 on Xbox, PC and — for the first time in franchise history — PlayStation 5, packing a brand-new three-mission Master Chief arc and day-one Game Pass access.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 World Update 22 is live and free, celebrating the United States National Parks for the country's 250th anniversary. It adds 31 photogrammetry-rebuilt landmarks, 46 points of interest, nine discovery flights, the debut of guided tours, and a free Goodyear Blimp, with National Championship Air Races due in Fall 2026.
Palworld's 1.0 release lands July 10 on PC, PS5, Xbox and Game Pass, nearly doubling the map with a World Tree and Sky Islands, adding PvP and its biggest wave of new Pals - free for owners.
Ubisoft's ground-up Black Flag remake, rebuilt on the latest Anvil engine with ray tracing, dynamic weather and new pirate storylines, launches July 9, 2026 on PS5, Xbox and PC.
Koei Tecmo and Omega Force host the Next Scouting Report broadcast for Attack on Titan 3 today, July 1 - the deep dive expected to finally reveal a release date, show off the overhauled ODM combat and confirm that the Final Season and Rumbling are playable for the first time.
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.
Microsoft is hiking Xbox Series X and Series S prices worldwide from August 1 - up to $799.99 for a disc Series X and $499.99 for the Series S - while discontinuing the 2TB model, blaming a 2.5x surge in memory and storage costs.
Halo Studios confirms Halo: Campaign Evolved launches July 28, 2026 at $49.99 - with five-day early access on July 23 for Premium/Collector's buyers, day-one Game Pass, and the series' first-ever PlayStation 5 release.
EVO 2026 opens in Las Vegas on June 26 with 5,774 entrants across 12 games. Riot's 2XKO storms into the Arena Finals in its Vegas debut, Marvel Tokon offers playable Magneto demos ahead of its August 6 launch, and Capcom is widely expected to hold its biggest Street Fighter 6 news for Sunday's finals.
Riot Games' free-to-play 2v2 fighter 2XKO has earned a spot in the EVO 2026 Arena Finals in its Las Vegas debut, drawing 1,080 entrants chasing a $135K+ pot. Newest champions Senna and Thresh are tournament-legal, and top names like SonicFox headline a scene that has matured remarkably fast since the game's January launch.
Season 20: Custom Seas launched June 18, 2026, giving Sea of Thieves players a full level editor to build and share their own game modes - from Rowboat Royale to flame-cannon deathmatch - plus new cinematic camera tools, free for all owners on PC, Xbox and PS5.
Monument of Triumph, Destiny 2's final major content update, has arrived - reviving the Sparrow Racing League, adding the Pantheon boss-rush and new Distortions, refocusing the Director and Portal, and dropping Legendary Marks and Exotic overhauls as Bungie ends active development to focus on Marathon.
Microsoft's Xbox division is bracing for another wave of layoffs and studio closures as its fiscal year ends June 30. Ninja Theory (Hellblade) is reportedly being shut down, while Compulsion Games and Double Fine negotiate to spin off - and XGS head Craig Duncan is said to be stepping down.
After a decade of fan demand and licensing limbo, the Friday the 13th icon arrives in Dead by Daylight on June 16, 2026 as The Slasher - the game's 10th-anniversary killer, wielding Omnipresent Evil and Improvised Carnage.
Owlcat Games' third Rogue Trader expansion launched June 11, 2026, pulling the von Valancius dynasty into Trazyn the Infinite's legendary vault with a new companion, an implants augmentation system and roughly 15 hours of Necron-focused story.
In a post-reveal Q&A, producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi confirmed Capcom will make some story changes to Resident Evil Veronica so it fits cleanly into the modern remake timeline - sitting just after RE2 and RE3 and leading into RE4 - with the acclaimed RE2 remake team developing the 2027 release.
Marvel Rivals Season 8.5 launches today with Cyclops, a 275 HP Duelist whose optic beams ricochet off walls and chain between enemies, an Optic Fury ultimate that removes his visor for a devastating line blast, and a new Blast Slash team-up that supercharges Wolverine's claws.
Riyo Games and Balor Games returned to Day of the Devs: Summer Game Fest Edition 2026 with a fresh trailer for Threads of Time, an era-spanning, turn-based JRPG that wears its Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy influences proudly. It's in development for PC and Xbox Series X|S.
Xbox celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Xbox Games Showcase with the X25 Anniversary Collection, headlined by the Xbox Series X25 Limited Edition - the first-ever translucent Series X in 'OG Green' with a light-up green X, 1TB of storage, and a matching X25 Special Edition controller. The collection arrives in November 2026.
Atlus offered a first teaser for Persona 6 at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 - a cryptic, green-tinged glimpse heavy on mood and motifs, with no release date yet for the hugely anticipated JRPG.
Bethesda debuted the launch trailer for Fallout 76: Infestations at the Xbox Games Showcase 2026, the latest free update bringing a fresh threat to Appalachia across PC, Xbox and PlayStation.
ZeniMax Online Studios used the Xbox Games Showcase 2026 to unveil The Elder Scrolls Online: Return of the Thieves Guild, a new content update reviving one of the MMO's most beloved factions.
Game PassThe Xbox Games Showcase 2026 is live now, streaming from Microsoft's official channels and rolling straight into a dedicated Gears of War: E-Day Direct. Here's how to watch every reveal as it happens, plus what to expect from Xbox's marquee Summer Game Fest week showcase.
Bungie's PvPvE extraction shooter kicks off its second season, Nightfall, with the eerie new Night Marsh zone, a Sentinel Runner shell, a Cradle stat-customization system, fresh weapons and quicker faction grinding - plus a free play window to pull lapsed Runners back in.
The cozy clean-up-and-renovate sim returns rebuilt from the studs up: modernized lighting and graphics, a fully voiced story, and all of the original's expansions bundled together - launching June 4 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S for $49.99, with a steep loyalty discount for veterans.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth launched on Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC on June 3, 2026, with Square Enix releasing a launch trailer. The acclaimed remake sequel adds a Streamlined Progression option, ships on Switch 2 as a Game Key Card, and offers a 20% Xbox launch discount through June 10.
Nodding Heads Games revealed a cinematic gameplay trailer for Raji: Kaliyuga at The MIX Summer Game Showcase 2026. The sequel to Raji: An Ancient Epic adds dual protagonists - warrior Raji and dreamwalker Darsh - as demon king Mahabalasura unleashes the age of Kaliyuga. Coming to PS5, PS5 Pro, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with no release date yet.
New Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has called the decision to display PS5 and Nintendo Switch logos during Xbox showcases 'a miss,' contradicting content chief Matt Booty on the same day and promising to rethink the policy for future shows - though the June 7 Xbox Games Showcase is still set to keep them.
Activision detailed Modern Warfare 4's editions with a new Xbox-hosted Vault Edition trailer: the .99 tier bundles the Hostile Alliance and Special Forces Operator Packs, a 100-plus reward Battle Pass, BlackCell access, five Signature Weapons and a DMZ bonus, with a 10% loyalty discount and Standard upgrade ahead of the October 23, 2026 launch.
Alkimia Interactive and THQ Nordic's ground-up remake of the cult-classic 2001 RPG launches June 5, 2026 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with 50-plus hours in the barrier-sealed Colony, reworked combat and a living, scheduled world.
The renovation-sim favourite gets a ground-up rebuild on June 4, 2026, bundling every expansion with improved visuals, first-ever voice acting, eight new jobs, 800-plus new items and stacking discounts for existing owners.
Playground Games' Japan-set racer has blown past 6 million players in seven days, hitting 270,000+ concurrent on Steam and a 91 on OpenCritic. A PS5 version is still due later in 2026.
4Divinity and Leap Studio ship Realm of Ink Version 1.0 worldwide today, exiting Steam Early Access to launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Steam, and Epic Games Store with a fresh launch trailer, the campaign's final act, three new bosses, and a full BlazBlue Entropy Effect crossover that adds Oread as a playable second lead character.
Focus Entertainment and Mad About Pandas launch Yerba Buena worldwide today on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam, with a fresh launch trailer showing off the Oscillator's Copy-and-Paste mechanic, a surreal 1970s San Francisco game-within-a-game premise, and a single-mechanic puzzle-platformer designed in the lineage of Patrick's Parabox and Stephen's Sausage Roll.
World of Tanks: HEAT is live today on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and GeForce NOW. Wargaming's free-to-play hero-driven tank shooter launches with eight agents, fifteen vehicles, eight maps, four PvP modes, and a fully CGI cinematic trailer directed by Ilya Naishuller of Hardcore Henry and Nobody, scored by Biting Elbows.
007 First Light hits 24-hour Advanced Access at 7:00 a.m. PT today for pre-order holders, ahead of its May 27 worldwide launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. IO Interactive's first Bond title brings Patrick Gibson as a 26-year-old 00 candidate, with Gemma Chan, Lenny Kravitz, and a Lana Del Rey theme song.
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.
Epic Games and Psyonix used the RLCS Paris Major's Championship Sunday on May 24 to unveil Unreal Engine 6, with Rocket League - still running on the 2015-era Unreal Engine 3 - confirmed as the first announced game to make the jump. Tim Sweeney's earlier comments put a developer preview two to three years out, pointing at 2028 for a stable release.
NetEase's mid-season Savage Adventures event for Marvel Rivals runs May 21 through June 25 with a free track that unlocks the Ultron Cybernetic Drip costume and paid bundles for Hela's Savage Monarch and Luna Snow's Sonic Trailblazer.
EA Sports has dated F1 25's 2026 Season Pack for June 3, adding Audi, Cadillac, and the all-new MADRING circuit alongside lighter, smaller cars built around 2026's active-aerodynamics regulations.
IO Interactive and Amazon MGM Studios released the 007 First Light Official Launch Trailer on May 21, six days ahead of the May 27 worldwide release on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, with a Switch 2 port following this summer and the Creative Approach pitch leaning on stealth, sniping, and breach routes.
Dotemu and Old Skull Games revealed Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Deathmaster at Skulls 2026, a standalone 2D action platformer starring Clan Eshin Skaven assassin Vihneek that prioritises stealth kills, climbing, and traversal, targeting a 2027 launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Switch 2, and PC.
Frontier Foundry and Complex Games used Warhammer Skulls 2026 to reveal Chaos Gate - Deathwatch for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S, pivoting the tactical RPG sequel from Grey Knight Daemonhunters to the xenos-hunting Deathwatch Marines under a 'Stand Vigil Against Your Foe' marketing push, no release date set.
Mob Entertainment has confirmed Poppy Playtime: Chapter 5 - Broken Things launches on consoles May 27, 2026, three months after the PC release. The new console release date trailer puts The Prototype - Experiment 1006 - back at the center of the marketing. PS5 and Xbox Series X|S target 60 FPS with optional 4K/30 and uncapped VRR modes, while PS4, Xbox One, and Switch all get the full uncut campaign at their respective performance profiles.
Saber Interactive and Boss Team Games dropped a new gameplay trailer for Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival on May 20, 2026, focused entirely on the Genesis Configuration - the puzzle box that powers protagonist Aidan's combat and Labyrinth manipulation. The trailer shows off three named abilities (Telekinesis, Pyrokinesis, and Hell Chains), Doug Bradley returns to voice Pinhead, and Saber is targeting a Fall 2026 launch on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Ankama Games and Doryah Games have brought Savara to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S as of May 20, 2026 - one year after the colorful action roguelite first launched on Steam. The new launch trailer leans into the warrior god festival loop that built the PC version's word-of-mouth following. The console builds run at 4K/60 on PS5 and Xbox Series X, with full DualSense support and Ankama-account cross-progression carrying meta state over from PC.
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.
Microsoft's second Game Pass drop of the month adds 13 titles between May 20 and June 2 across Ultimate, Premium, and PC tiers. Day-one additions include Luna Abyss (May 21), Echo Generation 2 (May 27), and the Crashout Crew / Kabuto Park double on May 28. The standout finishers are Jurassic World Evolution 3 and Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster, both landing on June 2 and both available on the family-friendly Premium tier - a tonal pivot from April's action-heavy calendar.
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.
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.
Xbox Game Pass's May 2026 first wave is fully playable: Mixtape, Outbound, Black Jacket, Call of the Elder Gods, Elite Dangerous, and Subnautica 2 are all in the library now, with Forza Horizon 6 dropping Day One on May 19. A breakdown of every game, who made it, and where it fits.
Brazil's Anatel regulator just leaked Microsoft's unreleased Xbox Cloud Gaming Controller and Xbox Elite Series 3. The cloud pad packs Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, a Realtek chip, and a 500mAh battery so it can talk directly to xCloud without a phone or console as middleman.
Marmalade Game Studio just launched the Ticket to Ride: Round the World Ticket - a bundle wrapping all ten expansions, two ticket packs, and forward access to future maps into a single buy. Poland drops as the tenth expansion, and Pennsylvania is confirmed as the next big addition.
Subnautica 2 hit Early Access on May 14 and immediately set a 467,582 concurrent Steam peak with over a million copies sold in the first hour, burying nine months of pre-launch drama on the way to one of 2026's biggest game launches.