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Video Game News 5/26/2026

#EpicGames
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Epic announces Unreal Engine 6, which will run the ‘next era’ of Rocket League
Your first look at Unreal Engine 6 comes courtesy of a much shinier looking Rocket League teaser
Unreal Engine 6 revealed with a major Rocket League upgrade - the teaser concerns me
New Era Of Rocket League To Kick Off With An Unreal Engine 6 Upgrade
Epic Games' Unreal Engine 6 may include a metaverse launcher for its games
Unreal Engine 6 Revealed With Updated Rocket League Teaser

#StarCitizen
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Star Citizen has officially raked in over one billion dollars in total crowdfunding from gamers
Star Citizen has raised one billion dollars and it’s still in alpha
Star Citizen crosses $1 billion in funds raised from over 6.5 million players
Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $1 billion after more than a decade
Star Citizen blasts through $1 billion in player funding, as its developer lists a new $5,000 spaceship for sale that is 'not yet ready to play'

#FirstLight
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The opening mission of 007 First Light leaked online, so IO have fought fire with fire by offering up the game's first 13 minutes
Let Out of PS3 Jail, Here's an Hour of Metal Gear Solid 4's New PS5 Version
You can now watch the first 13 minutes of 007: First Light, and the intro is giving serious Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes vibes
First 13 Minutes Of James Bond’s 007 First Light Officially Released, And, Erk

#TheFog
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Dead by Daylight Finally Brings Jason Voorhees to Its Extensive Roster of Killers
Jason is finally coming to Dead by Daylight, and he goes invisible and tosses hooks at you
Jason Voorhees Dead by Daylight PTB date, abilities & in-game model revealed
'We’re just thrilled the stars aligned': Less than 2 years after his own game fully shut down, Jason Voorhees is coming to Dead by Daylight

#TheMysteriousBookComplete
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UK software sales chart for the week ending May 23, 2026 – Yoshi and the Mysterious Book makes first appearance
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book review for Nintendo Switch 2
Opinion: Yoshi And The Mysterious Book Completely Wastes Its Best Mechanic
Famitsu awards Yoshi and the Mysterious Book 35/40
Yoshi’s back to delight us all! Pure Nintendo Podcast E163

#ForzaHorizon
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Here's How to Find the Hakone Nanamagari Touge Race in Forza Horizon 6
Forza Horizon 6 Has Its Own Boogeyman, and Players are Terrified
Forza Horizon 6 Drivatar Bowie Knife99 Has Become So Infamous That Even The Official Xbox Account Is Smack-Talking It

#Boltgun2
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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 – 5 Things We Learned About It
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IV Launches September 17
Warhammer 40,000 Boltgun Boom Launches on Mobile This August

#TheBestAndroidRtsGames
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Best free games to play on your iPhone, iPad or Android Phone in 2026 - Updated
The Best Android RTS Games – Updated!

#SystemShock
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System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster gets new Nintendo Switch 2 version [update: coming later]
System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster for Switch 2 out later today

#Wyvern
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Crimson Desert’s Latest Update Is Better Than Expected
Crimson Desert's latest patch adds 20 new types of small animal and then hands Kliff a shotgun

#KingdomCome
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Daniel Vávra criticizes Ubisoft: “They could have made 10 Kingdom Come-sized games by now”
The Next Kingdom Come Game Is a Lot Closer Than You Think

#NextPs5Game
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LittleBigPlanet Dev's Next PS5 Game Could Have Open World Aspects
LittleBigPlanet Developer Media Molecule's Next Game Reportedly Features 'Open-World Content'

#BrigandineAbyssDemoAvaila
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Brigandine Abyss Demo Available Now
Brigandine Abyss Demo Available Now on Steam

#ShadeProtocolAdds
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Shade Protocol Adds CrossCode, Alabaster Dawn Crossover
2D Cyber-Fantasy MetroidVania SHADE Protocol Collaborating With CrossCode and Alabaster Dawn

#Exile
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Path of Exile II Return of the Ancients Will Launch With a Free Weekend, Free Cosmetics, and a 50% Off Sale
Play Path of Exile 2’s Early Access For Free This Weekend

#Switch2
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Bloober Team CEO Hypes Up The Switch 2's Potential For Horror
Bloober Team’s Project M to be “uniquely Nintendo” and use Switch 2 in way others “simply wouldn’t be able to replicate”

#Thief
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Dishonored dev Arkane Studios nearly made Thief 4 and a Blade Runner game
Before Dishonored, Arkane was tapped to make Thief 4, and my heart weeps for what might have been: 'We had an amazing pitch for Thief'

#TheSuperMarioGalaxyMovie
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Fan feedback led to Fire Flower power-up in Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and every new movie on Netflix, HBO, and more this weekend

#NewStoryChapterEscapeFrom
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Escape From Tarkov Update 1.0.5.0: Half-Life References and Quest Assistance
Escape From Tarkov Icebreaker Update and New Story Chapter

#5070TiGamingLaptopDrops
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Memorial Day 2026
The Powerful MSI Vector 16" RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop Drops to $1399 for Memorial Day

#TekkenDirectorKatsuhiroHa
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Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada Finally Takes a Trip to Waffle House
Tekken Director Katsuhiro Harada Finally Got It Figured Out At The Waffle House

#May
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (May 2026)
Monopoly Go Free Rolls – May 2026 Links
Family Island Free Energy – Today’s Links!

#MaplestoryClassicWorld
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MapleStory: Idle RPG adds new Chaos difficulty in latest update
MapleStory Classic World outlines its next development steps, MapleStory Idle RPG adds chaos difficulty quests

#Subnautica
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Where to find Gold in Subnautica 2
Where to find Troilite in Subnautica 2
I'm glad they didn't release Subnautica 2 all at once—the episodic early access structure has me even more excited to explore its alien ocean