Video Game News 5/21/2026

#Rpg
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance studio confirms development of a Lord of the Rings RPG

The rumours were true, Warhorse are making an open-world Lord of the Rings RPG alongside a new Kingdom Come game

Lord of the Rings RPG from Kingdom Come: Deliverance Dev Confirmed

Warhorse Announces Open-World Middle-earth RPG and New Kingdom Come Title

Warhorse confirms that it's working on a Lord of the Rings RPG, and a new Kingdom Come Deliverance game

Warhorse Studios Is Making A Lord Of The Rings RPG And A New Kingdom Come “Adventure”

It's true: the Kingdom Come Deliverance studio is making a Lord of the Rings RPG

Lord of the Rings' 10-year streak of terrible games might finally come to an end

Kingdom Come Deliverance 3 Announcement Overshadowed by Lord of the Rings RPG

Open-World Lord of Rings RPG and New Kingdom Come Game Confirmed in Development at Warhorse Studios

Warhorse Studio Reveals It's Working on a "Middle-Earth RPG"

The Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Studio Somehow Has Time To Make A New Sequel And An Entire Lord Of The Rings RPG

#Playstation
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PlayStation State of Play showcase including Marvel’s Wolverine announced

Marvel’s Wolverine PS5 Gets Update We’ve Been Begging For

June 2026 State of Play Will Spend Over an Hour on PS5 Games

State of Play returns Tuesday, June 2

Guide: When Is PlayStation's State of Play for June 2026?

State of Play Confirmed for 2nd June, 60+ Minutes of Wolverine and PS5 Games

PlayStation State of Play Confirmed For June, Featuring Wolverine

PlayStation State of Play Returns Tuesday, June 2

PlayStation just announced a new State of Play, and it'll be over an hour long

Leaks Indicate Upcoming Reveal of Hogwarts Legacy 2 at PlayStation State of Play

Sony Confirms State of Play June Date, Teases Fresh Look at Wolverine and More Games for PS5

PlayStation State of Play 2026 Set for June 2nd

#SpellcastersChronicles
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Star Wars Eclipse “Continues as Planned” As Studio Shutters Live Service Game and May Face Layoffs

Quantic Dream's multiplayer game Spellcasters Chronicles is being shut down and the studio reorganised, but Star Wars Eclipse is unaffected

Star Wars Eclipse Development “Continues” As Studio Cancels MOBA Months After Launch

Quantic Dream shutting down Spellcasters Chronicles after 3 months

Another live service game is dead just a few months after launch

Detroit: Become Human Dev Quantic Dream Kills Live Service Game 3 Months After Early Access Launch, Insists Star Wars Eclipse ‘Continues as Planned’

Quantic Dream Shutting Down Title Spellcasters Chronicles

Quantic Dream Is Abandoning Its MOBA Just Three Months After Launch As Another Ill-Fated Live-Service Game Gets Added To The Pyre

#War3
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Dungeons & Dragons game from Star Wars Jedi director has been cancelled by Hasbro

Hasbro cancel Dungeons and Dragons action game helmed by Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order director, leaving studio hunting for new publishing deal

God of War 3 Director's AAA Dungeons & Dragons Game Cancelled After Less Than a Year

Wizards of the Coast cancels Giant Skull’s Dungeons & Dragons game

Star Wars Jedi director's single-player Dungeons & Dragons game cancelled less than a year after it was announced

Wizards of the Coast ends partnership with Giant Skull

Hasbro cancels Dungeons & Dragons game led by Respawn veterans

#Timesplitters
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Embracer says it will ‘more actively’ explore Deus Ex, TimeSplitters, and Saints Row partnerships

Deus Ex, Saints Row and TimeSplitters might be lent out to external partners, Embracer say, possibly paving the way for new entries

Embracer Plans On Licensing Out Saints Row, Deus Ex, Timesplitters And More To Other Devs

Franchises Like Deus Ex And TimeSplitters Might Just Have A Future

Embracer 'Actively Exploring' External Partnerships for the Likes of Saints Row, Deus Ex, TimeSplitters, and More

#TomodachiLifeLivingTheDre
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Best-selling games in the U.S. for April 2026 – Tomodachi Life beats out everything

Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Projected As The Best-Selling Game In April (US)

US: Tomodachi Life No.1 and Nintendo Switch 2 No.1 hardware for April 2026

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream topped US game sales in April, Circana says

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream tops April US sales | US Monthly Charts

#Batman
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LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Guide – 15 Beginners Tips And Tricks You Need to Know

Forza Horizon 6 Guide – 15 More Best Tips And Tricks You Need to Know

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Is Now Available – And Gotham Has Never Been Bigger

Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Review – Brick By Brick

Round Up: The Reviews For Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Are In

How To Unlock All Characters in Lego Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

8 Of Our Favorite Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Easter Eggs

Lego Batman: Legacy Of The Dark Knight Features A Limmy Show Deep Cut Most People Probably Won’t Understand

#Returnal
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Returnal director founds new game studio to develop new single-player IP

'We're Not Standing Still': Returnal Director Forms New Studio to Make Games That Trust You

Returnal director and Housemarque veteran Harry Krueger launches Finland-based game studio Cosmic Division

Former Housemarque game director launches new studio Cosmic Division

#FarCry
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Ubisoft confirms new Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon games are coming before April 2029

Ubisoft Shares Release Windows For Assassin’s Creed Hexe, New Far Cry And Ghost Recon Games

Ubisoft Promises New Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Ghost Recon Games All by March 2029

Ubisoft Promises New Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, And Ghost Recon Coming Eventually, But Says This Year Will Be A ‘Low Point’

#TalesOfArise
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Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn Edition launch trailer – RPG incoming for Nintendo Switch 2

Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn Edition review for Nintendo Switch 2

Review: Tales of Arise: Beyond the Dawn Edition Is a Pristine Port

Review: Tales Of Arise - Beyond The Dawn Edition (Switch 2) - Solid Game, Solid Port, Goes On A Bit

Tales of Arise – Beyond the Dawn Edition coming to Switch 2 this week

#Atlus
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Persona 5: The Phantom X heads back to Persona 3 Reload with a returning fan-favourite

Persona 5: The Phantom X Persona 3 Reload Makoto Global Changes Detailed

Persona5: The Phantom X Version 4.1 Live

#TheVikingAge
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Roguelike FPS offshoot Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core launches into early access with its own dangers, its own dwarves, and at last, its own identity

Deep Rock Galactic: Rogue Core is a good roguelite shooter, but a little less special than the game that spawned it

Top-Down Roguelike Survival Game Is Death Stranding Meets Deep Rock Galactic: Survivors And It Rules

#OneStore
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inKONBINI: One Store. Many Stories Review

Psyvariar 3 Review

Directive 8020: The Kotaku Review

#TheBestBondGameEver
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007 First Light Wants To Surpass GoldenEye And Become “The Best Bond Game Ever”

How sexy will James Bond game 007: First Light be? Hitman studio IO Interactive says the clues are already out there

007 First Light's James Bond (probably) won't be a sexist, misogynist dinosaur: 'Some things fall by the wayside,' IO Interactive says

#ValveIsTryingToDismissNew
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Valve moves to dismiss gambling lawsuit against Counter-Strike 2 cases

Valve asks New York court to dismiss Counter-Strike lawsuit, says 'people enjoy surprises' and equating loot boxes to gambling is 'nonsensical'

'People Enjoy Surprises' — Valve Is Trying to Dismiss New York's Counter-Strike Loot Box Lawsuit

#Xbox
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Xbox adds Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer and names Scott Van Vliet CTO

Xbox announces hire of veteran analyst Matthew Ball as chief strategy officer, and AI and Amazon veteran as CTO

Xbox adds Matthew Ball and Scott Van Vliet to leadership team

#WorldOfWarcraft
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Guild Wars Reforged has soft-launched its mobile port early in a handful of regions

Guild Wars Reforged creeps out into soft launch for selected regions

Guild Wars Reforged mobile soft launch goes live early in some regions

#ThroneAndLiberty
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Amazon’s Throne & Liberty announces the Frozen Divide: Nix expansion coming June 25

Throne And Liberty Announces 'The Frozen Divide' Expansion For Late June, With New Region, Class, System Changes And More

Throne and Liberty’s Frozen Divide: Nix expansion arrives June 25

#Illumination
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PSA: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Digital Rollout Begins

US box-office total for Super Mario Galaxy Movie now stands at $419.72M

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has made $966.59M at box-office

After Voicing Toad In The Mario Galaxy Movie, Keegan-Michael Key Is Ready For Something Rated Mature

#DarksidersWarmasteredEdit
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Darksiders Warmastered Edition gets Vulkan rendering, improved Steam Input support and more

Nearly a decade after its last update, Darksiders Warmastered Edition gets a photo mode and motion controls in a surprise new patch

#Sims
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Paralives ready to take on The Sims with new footage ahead of release

Paralives is the very definition of early access, but it's already a promising Sims rival

#2026SeasonPack
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F1 25: 2026 Season Pack Arrives June 3 - Audi, Cadillac, MADRING Circuit and More

Rewrite The Grid – F1 25 Reveals Huge 2026 Season Pack Expansion

#ForzaHorizon
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Forza Horizon 6 Golf Course Location: Where to Find the Naruo Golf Course and the Dodge Charger

Where to find the golf course in Forza Horizon 6

#Mmorpg
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Raven2 teases its latest class with the Warlord for Netmarble's dark fantasy MMORPG

Raven2 Reveals Reveals “Warlord” Class

#May
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Daily free Monopoly Go dice links (May 2026)

Monopoly Go Free Rolls – May 2026 Links