Double Fine's 'Kiln' Is a Pottery Battle Game Where Vessel Shape Matters
The game turns a crafting minigame into the core combat system, where every vessel's shape directly determines its stats and available abilities.
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Esports World Cup Moves to Paris for 2026 Amid Middle East Tensions
The relocation breaks the EWC's Saudi-only pattern and signals that geopolitical instability can override the country's esports investment strategy, at least temporarily.
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Valheim Lead Engineer Announces Space Survival Game Starpath
Starpath is a passion project Smårs developed during nights and weekends over several years, and its announcement at BitSummit marks the first public reveal of a game from a key figure behind one of the most successful survival games of the past decade.
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Valve Argues Loot Boxes Are No Different From Baseball Cards in NY Lawsuit
The case tests whether randomized in-game purchases can be regulated as gambling under New York law, with Valve drawing a line between its own marketplace and external sites.
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Street Fighter 6 Ingrid Hands-On Shows a Teleporting, Parrying All-Rounder
Ingrid's kit, with a throw-catching parry and a teleport, introduces unusual defensive tools to Street Fighter 6's roster, while the new avatar modes expand the single-player and casual match offerings.
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1047 Games Announces 6v6 Shooter EMPULSE With Pilotable Mechs
EMPULSE marks 1047 Games' return to the movement shooter genre after reviving Splitgate, and its mech-piloting and parkour systems directly target the audience left wanting by the dormant Titanfall franchise.
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Corsair Cove Early Access Preview Stream Starts Today
The preview stream gives potential players their first extended look at the game's systems ahead of its early access launch.
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DDD: Dice, Dungeons & Drakes Demo Now Available on Steam
The demo gives an early look at a tactical RPG that combines board game-style dice combat with open-world exploration, a formula the developer says is directly influenced by the excitement and strategy of Yu-Gi-Oh! card battles.
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Subnautica 2 Team Apologizes, Plans Creature Balance Changes
The developer is publicly recalibrating Subnautica 2's creature design philosophy after early access feedback, treating the period as a community collaboration rather than a bug-finding phase.
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Daisenryaku SSB2 Adds Kongo-Class Destroyer Chokai and France DLC on May 28
The update introduces a unit modeled after a real-world naval upgrade, while the France DLC completes the Season Pass lineup and adds historical battle maps, marking the end of the game's planned DLC rollout.
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Capcom Turns to AI for Verification, Not Art, at Google Cloud Next 2026
Capcom is publicly committing to a specific, non-generative use of AI in game development, prioritizing efficiency in testing and coordination over replacing artistic roles.
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Street Fighter 6 Adds Ingrid on May 28 With Sun Symbol Mechanics
Ingrid closes out Year 3 with a unique resource mechanic that rewards patient, long-range play, a departure from the rushdown norm.
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Soulbound Steam Version Announced, Drops Web3 Roots
Soulbound's transition from a Web3 browser game to a conventional Steam release, explicitly dropping blockchain features, marks a notable retreat from the crypto-gaming model that defined its early life.
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Xbox X Account Rename Sparks All-Caps Trend Among Game Accounts
The coordinated all-caps posts by multiple official game accounts suggest a deliberate, playful marketing campaign rather than spontaneous imitation, reviving a 2019 trend.
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Freefall '95 Gets June 1 Release Date on Steam
The release date announcement confirms that the 90s-inspired falling simulator, which earned positive early reception from its demo, will launch on Steam in under two weeks.
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Medic: Pacific War Enters Early Access on June 4, 2026
The six-year development cycle, marked by repeated suspensions and a switch from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5, makes the early access launch a milestone for a project that was uncertain for years.
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Quantic Dream Cancels Spellcasters Chronicles, Servers Shut Down June 19
The shutdown of a major studio's live-service game less than four months after launch signals a rare public failure for Quantic Dream, which built its reputation on single-player narrative titles, and raises questions about how the studio will balance its traditional strengths with its pivot to multiplayer and service-based games.
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Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core Launches Early Access on Steam
This spin-off transplants the established 'Deep Rock Galactic' cooperative FPS formula into a roguelite structure, a genre shift that tests whether the franchise's core audience will follow it into procedurally generated, single-session runs.
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Ultimate Chicken Horse Gets 10th Anniversary Update With Fox, Platypus, New Stages
The update marks a decade of support for the party platformer and adds new content alongside the developer's current distribution of a new series title, Ultimate Sheep Raccoon.
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Tales of Arise Beyond the Dawn Edition Launches on Switch 2
The Switch 2 launch gives the 2021 RPG a second life on Nintendo's new hardware with all its post-launch content included, making it the definitive version for players who skipped the original release.
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Full Remake of Formation Z Launches Today
This is the first full remake of a Jaleco classic in years, and the collaboration with Granzella and the inclusion of an R-Type crossover vehicle signal City Connection's strategy of leveraging retro IP with modern production partners.
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Horror Adv Subject 404 Forces Players Through Warioware-Style Mini-Games
The game repurposes the fast-paced, arbitrary challenge of WarioWare-style mini-games into a horror mechanic, making obedience and failure the core tension rather than jump scares or exploration.
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League of Legends Patch 26.11 Boosts Tank Supports and Buffs Heimerdinger
This patch represents a deliberate attempt to rebalance the bot lane by making tank supports more viable, potentially disrupting the current enchanter-heavy meta that has dominated recent competitive play.
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Shift At Midnight Delayed to June 19, Palworld CEO Praises Demo
The delay is notable because the solo developer behind the game is using the extra time to add an unannounced feature, and the praise from the Palworld CEO signals the game has caught attention from a major indie figure.
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