Steam Controller Review
Valve’s new Steam Controller retails for $99 and blends a conventional gamepad layout with large capacitive trackpads and built‑in gyro sensors. The design draws heavily from the Steam Deck, offering a wireless charging puck and solid‑feeling buttons, while the trackpads excel in mouse‑centric PC titles. Reviewers praise its precision and battery life but note weaker haptic feedback compared to the DualSense. Full functionality is best achieved within Steam’s ecosystem, especially Big Picture mode.
RuneScape: Dragonwilds 1.0 Will Also Launch on Nintendo Switch 2 in September
Jagex announced that RuneScape: Dragonwilds 1.0 will launch in mid‑September across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and the newly revealed Nintendo Switch 2. The survival‑crafting title, the first Jagex game on consoles, offers solo or four‑player co‑op in the open‑world continent of...
What Could Guild Wars 3 Be? Speculating On Last Weekend's Big MMO Announcement
ArenaNet unveiled Guild Wars 3 at Summer Game Fest, targeting PC and PlayStation 5 with a beta planned for fall 2027. The game is set in Orr, a lush world 1,200 years before the original title, and emphasizes momentum‑driven movement and action‑RPG combat...
Final Fantasy XI June Update Details & Events Announced, And a Fourth Server Gets Restricted Due to Congestion
Square Enix released the June update for Final Fantasy XI, adding two new Limbus bosses—Temenos and Apollyon—along with fresh music, treasure chests, an Ambuscade gear rotation with higher rewards, and the Trust Primer item for alter‑ego upgrades. A pixel‑art Cactuar shield...
Dune: Awakening Getting a First Anniversary Stream, With Funcom Set to Reveal Future Plans
Funcom is marking the first anniversary of Dune: Awakening with a livestream on June 10, inviting player questions and stories. Over the past year the studio shifted the game’s focus from a PvP‑centric endgame to optional PvP and expanded PvE content,...
Lost Ark's Post-Kazeros Era Begins Tomorrow, With the 'Twilight Isle' Update and New Continent, the Caderum Isles
The "Twilight Isle" update for Lost Ark launches on June 10, introducing the new Cadarum Isles continent and the Horizon Cathedral four‑player abyssal dungeon. Players receive a starter ship, Luminas, and access to a new Ark Pass featuring themed cosmetics,...
ANet Commits to Developing All Three Guild Wars Titles, Announces Major GW2 Modernization, and More
ArenaNet announced that all three Guild Wars titles—Guild Wars: Reforged, Guild Wars 2, and the upcoming Guild Wars 3—will continue to receive development resources. Over the next 18 months, GW2 will undergo a large‑scale modernization pass, updating legacy content, rebalancing encounters, and...
Sea of Thieves Previews Season 20, Free Custom Seas Feature, Next Bilge Rats Weekender, and More This Month
Rare announced the June roadmap for Sea of Thieves, highlighting Season 20’s launch on June 18 with the free Custom Seas private‑server feature. The new season also ends the three‑arc release model and introduces a week of Twitch Drops from June 19‑24. A second Bilge Rats...
Path of Exile Announces 3.29 Reveal and Release Date, Plus an Event Tease
Grinding Gear Games announced that the next major Path of Exile update, version 3.29, will go live on July 24 at 1:00 p.m. PDT. A GGG Live stream on July 16 will preview the new content and field community questions. The update...
Xbox Brings Back Exclusives and a Stacked RPG Slate at Games Showcase 2026
Xbox’s 2026 Games Showcase marked the 25th anniversary with a bold shift back to console‑only exclusives, announcing Gears of War: E‑Day and Clockwork Revolution as permanent Xbox titles. The event also unveiled a packed RPG slate—including Persona 6 teaser, Persona 4 Revival, Wo Long 2,...
Indie MMO Spotlight: 20 Years Of Wurm Online
Indie MMO Spotlight highlights several developments this week, most notably Wurm Online’s 20‑year anniversary, which grants players a 20% skill‑gain boost and a gift pack. Gamigo announced the June 17 relaunch of Gloria Victims, while Loftia earned the Most Anticipated Game...
Wizard101's Summer Update, The Blighted Veil Raid Update Is Live
Wizard101’s summer update launches the Blighted Veil raid, an 8‑person end‑game encounter set in a corrupted Mooshu. The patch adds new raid gear, seven Barkingham Palace spells, an idle mode that prevents disconnection, and expanded language support. Social tools are...
Guild Wars 3 Officially Announced, Set 1,000 Years Before Original GW, Coming to PC and PlayStation 5
ArenaNet unveiled Guild Wars 3 at Summer Game Fest, confirming releases on PC and PlayStation 5—the franchise’s first console title. The sequel is set more than 1,000 years before the original game, in the untamed Tyrian region of Orr, and introduces the Vaelwardens...
Mortal Online 2 Reveals Sarducca Expansion PTR Dates, And Introduces a Whole Lockpicking System
Star Vault announced a public test realm (PTR) for Mortal Online 2’s Sarducca expansion, running from June 17 to June 22. The test will focus on technical integration of the new continent and will feature a third character slot that becomes permanent at...
Persist Online Introduces New Faction Quest System to Offer More to Do, Rewards, and Deeper Faction Ties
CipSoft is rolling out a new Faction Quest system for Persist Online, adding daily missions that deepen ties to the game’s human factions such as The Enclave, Thatcher Cooperative, and Legacy. Players unlock quests at level 10 once they earn a...
What If Players Built the MMO?
A community‑made WoW addon called Overlord introduces a cross‑realm capture system that revives abandoned zones, using only the game’s addon API and peer‑to‑peer communication. The tool, built by French creator Troma, has amassed over 24,000 downloads and integrates leaderboards, mining...
Gloria Victis Relaunch Date and a Post-Launch Content Update Revealed By Gamigo
Gamigo announced that the medieval MMORPG Gloria Victis will relaunch on June 17, 2024, following a closed beta and final polishing phase. The game returns with its signature open‑world, player‑driven economy, crafting, and large‑scale PvP, while promising a major post‑launch content...
Black Desert Online Adds Arena of Solare Challenges, New Black Shrine Boss Difficulty, and Quality of Life Improvements
Pearl Abyss rolled out a major Black Desert Online patch that adds a new difficulty tier for the Black Shrine boss Duoksini, now available on Calamity levels 8‑10 with faster, more lethal attacks. A sixth Light Orb is introduced for...
Prepare For Elder Scrolls Online's Permanent Special Ruleset PvP Vengeance Campaign, Coming in Update 50
Update 50, launching on June 8, makes the Vengeance PvP campaign a permanent feature in The Elder Scrolls Online. The mode is limited to players level 10‑50, runs 30‑day cycles, and can host battles of up to 900 participants. It uses class‑based template...
Midnight's Fight Against the Void Enters Its Next Phase in Revelations, Coming to WoW June 18th
Blizzard’s Midnight: Revelations update launches June 18, adding two new Void‑leader world‑boss zones, a customizable Omnium Folio rune system, and the single‑boss Sporefall raid featuring Rotmire and the Luminous Sporeglider mount. The rotating portals to Val and Naigtal deliver weekly...
Star Wars: The Old Republic PVP Season 10, 'Honor in Battle' Is Here, With New and Returning Rewards
Star Wars: The Old Republic has launched PvP Season 10, titled “Honor in Battle,” alongside the Update 7.9 Legacy Reborn patch. Subscribers receive six weekly objectives, while Free‑to‑Play and Preferred players have four, all contributing to a new reward track. The season...
Elder Scrolls Online Unshadows Its Werewolf Revamp, With Cosmetic And Gameplay Changes Inbound
Elder Scrolls Online’s upcoming Update 50, slated for June 8, introduces a comprehensive werewolf revamp. The visual overhaul adds a new female model and enlarges the male form by roughly 20%, with richer fur detail. Transformation mechanics are softened, costing less Ultimate...
FFXIV's New Kefka Ultimate Is Already Clowning On Players With Bizarre Phase 'Ending'
Square Enix’s patch 7.51 introduces the Kefka Ultimate, a high‑end raid that immediately confused players with a deliberately deceptive “UMAD” phase. After completing the second phase, the game displays a false “Duty Complete” cutscene, a vanished treasure chest, and forces a...
Dune: Awakening Coming To PlayStation 5, Xbox Series Consoles On September 22nd
Funcom announced that its survival MMO Dune: Awakening will arrive on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X on September 22, adding a dedicated single‑player mode. The console launch includes the final act of Book One, completing the current story arc, and requires PlayStation Plus or...
A Major Loadout Overhaul Is Coming To Hunt: Showdown 1896, Eliminating Static Weapon Slots
Hunt: Showdown 1896 is replacing its static weapon slots with a flexible Weapon Capacity system, granting players five points to allocate across firearms sized 1‑5. The overhaul also merges four tool slots into eight equipment slots while keeping a four‑item...
Elder Scrolls Online Joins Xbox PC Game Pass, Team Details Changes, Cross-Progression, and What to Expect
ZeniMax’s Elder Scrolls Online has joined Xbox PC Game Pass, adding the MMO to Microsoft’s subscription library for Windows PCs. Subscribers can download the game via the Microsoft Store or Xbox PC app and play on dedicated Xbox realms with...
Just Fun Tech: ModRetro M64 Impressions: A Solid N64 Recreation Console
ModRetro’s upcoming M64 is an FPGA‑based recreation of the Nintendo 64 that launches on July 28, 2026, priced at $199 for early‑birds and $229 thereafter. The console mimics original hardware using AMD’s Artix UltraScale+ silicon, supports all regional cartridges, flash carts and...
Supergirl Headlines DC Universe Online's Next Arc, Children of Krypton: Shadows Over Argo
DC Universe Online announced a free June story arc titled Children of Krypton: Shadows Over Argo, timed to coincide with the Supergirl film debut on June 26. The narrative opens with Kryb, a Lantern‑corps monster, awakening a submerged Kryptonian research facility...
Camelot Unchained Has Finally Made It (To Steam Early Access)
City State Entertainment announced that its long‑awaited PvP‑focused MMORPG Camelot Unchained will launch on Steam Early Access on June 2, 2026 at 2 PM EDT. The studio frames the release as a milestone, not a final product, and will host community play‑test windows over...
Clockwork Labs' BitCraft Online Sells 100,000 Copies in Early Access
Clockwork Labs announced that its sandbox MMORPG BitCraft Online has sold 100,000 copies during Early Access. The milestone follows a price cut from $30 to $15.99, with a launch‑week sale to $7.99, and the introduction of Early Access 2 features...
Indie MMO Spotlight: The Week Of Infographics
The weekly Indie MMO Spotlight highlights a surge of activity across the sector. BitCraft announced 100,000 copies sold, while Corepunk prepares a full progression wipe and its first 12‑player raid on June 25. Hollowed Oath’s Kickstarter has already cleared its $130,000...
Soulframe's Next Preludes Update Features Easier Social Meet-Ups, A New Morningstar And More
Soulframe announced Preludes 15, codenamed “Gods and Ghosts,” adding the Vruscht‑IX two‑handed morningstar with elemental heavy swings and new aerial drone enemies. The update introduces a World Tree social hub that merges players from separate instances for instant party formation and...
Infestations Arrive In Fallout 76 This Week, Bringing Challenging New Open-World Team Activity
Bethesda is adding a new open‑world event called Infestations to Fallout 76, debuting on June 2 alongside Season 5 of its battle‑pass content. The activity groups players into teams that activate the event with a single button press and then battle waves of...
Camelot Unchained Early Access Weekend Opens With Dynamic Weather, Item Durability and a New Development Update
Camelot Unchained opened its early‑access weekend with a major patch that adds dynamic weather cues, sunrise and sunset lighting, and item durability requiring repair kits. The update also brings UI customization options, balance tweaks, and fixes to hot‑key and line‑of‑sight...
Legacy Reborn, Star Wars: The Old Republic Patch 7.9, Has Been Delayed
Star Wars: The Old Republic’s 7.9 update, Legacy Reborn, has been pushed from a May launch to early June. The development team cited the need for additional polishing and resolution of issues uncovered during final internal testing. To keep players...
Palia's Next Update, 'Sunkissed Summer: Bahari Bliss' Brings Quests, Music, Events, and Summer Vibes Next Week
Palia’s next seasonal update, Sunkissed Summer: Bahari Bliss, drops on June 2, following the Royal Highlands expansion. The patch adds Discovery quests, a new Pride Path with exclusive rewards, and a K‑POP‑themed concert featuring the Heartdrop Girlz. Players will also receive...
Lord Of The Rings Online To Increase VIP Subscription Pricing Starting July 2026
Standing Stone Games announced that, effective July 1, 2026, bulk VIP subscription prices for Lord of the Rings Online will increase, while the single‑month plan stays at $14.99. New monthly rates are $13.99 for three‑month, $12.99 for six‑month, and $11.99 for...
Here's What's Coming in Skate Season 4, From New Mode, Social Features, to X Games Partnership and Related Events
Season 4 of the multiplayer skate game launches on June 2 and runs through August 25, featuring a new arena called Lucre Financial Stadium, fresh tricks like Fingerflips, and an expanded 110‑tier skate.Pass. Premium Pass holders enjoy five‑day early stadium access and 1,500...
Wizard101 Launches The Ghastly Conspiracy Raid and Magic Weaving Content to Consoles
Wizard101’s latest console update introduces The Ghastly Conspiracy, the game’s first 8‑player raid, previously limited to PC. The raid targets level‑170 wizards and demands coordinated teamwork. The update also brings the Magic Weaving content—new utility spells, pets, and Fusion formulas—available...
FFXIV Previews Taco-Eating Emote, Endgame Crafting Tools Coming In Patch 7.51 Next Week
Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIV will launch Patch 7.56 on June 2, introducing a taco‑eating emote tied to Aunt Tii’s Tacos Custom Deliveries and visual upgrades to the Cosmic Exploration crafting tools. The update also adds new sci‑fi‑themed outfits, a leafy‑creature mount, and the...
Returning Favorites, Improvements, and New Stuff Coming in Destiny 2's Moment of Triumph Update
Bungie’s upcoming Moment of Triumph update marks the final major content push for Destiny 2, re‑centering the Director as a hub and overhauling loot across all destinations. New “Distortions” will appear hourly in Patrol mode, adding timed, higher‑difficulty challenges. Legacy activities—including...
Imperial Palace Launches, and Legendary Martial Arts Choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping Is Where Winds Meet's Action Consultant
Where Winds Meet has released its second major expansion, Imperial Palace, on PC and PlayStation 5. The expansion introduces a sprawling new map over a million square meters, new activities, world bosses, and upcoming festivals. Legendary action choreographer Yuen Woo‑ping joins as the game’s...
World of Warcraft's June Trading Post Features An'she-Inspired Transmogs, Weapons, and New Mounts
World of Warcraft’s June Trading Post rolls out an An’she‑inspired lineup of mounts, a pet, and a full suite of armor and weapon transmogs. Players who complete the Traveler’s Log receive the Flame‑Painted Sun Roc as a bonus mount. All...
When Are Beastmaster, UMAD, And The Rest Of FFXIV's Patch 7.5 Content Coming? Here's The Official Timeline From Square Enix
Square Enix released the official Patch 7.5 roadmap for Final Fantasy 14, outlining four major updates that run through September 2026. Patch 7.50 launched on April 28 with new MSQ content, an Alliance Raid, the Unreal trial and an Ocean Fishing overhaul. Patch 7.51 (June 2) adds...
June in The Elder Scrolls Online Offers New Features in Update 50, PvP, Looks Ahead, and the PC Game Pass...
June brings a major content wave for The Elder Scrolls Online, highlighted by the launch of Update 50. The update introduces Challenge Difficulty, Class Mastery, a permanent Vengeance Campaign, a Werewolf refresh, Guild Mail, and a new PvP Veterancy progression track....
Black Desert Online Concludes PvP Balance Passes, Adds Arena of Solare AFK Penalties, and Improves PLayer Experience
Black Desert Online’s latest patch wraps up the current PvP balance overhaul and shifts development focus toward PvE adjustments slated for next month. The update introduces a tiered AFK penalty system in the Arena of Solare, ranging from warnings to...
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance Opens Season 3: Echoes of Ember and Fairy Tail Collaboration
Blue Protocol: Star Resonance launches Season 3 “Echoes of Ember,” introducing the Twin Striker DPS class, six new dungeons, a new raid called Field of Forgotten Illusions, and a casual Musician system. The update also features a limited‑time Fairy Tail collaboration,...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen's Week 4 PTR Tweaks Healer Skills and Adds Overall XP Progression Changes to Encourage Risk-Taking
Visionary Realms released the Week 4 PTR update for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen, overhauling healer skill trees and introducing a new experience progression system. Clerics now start with Healing Spark at level 1 and gain a Sacred Shield line at level 4,...
Once Human Visional Wheel S4 Opens Today, and You Can Now Choose a Server Without Any Visional Content
Once Human released the Visional Wheel S4 update on May 27, 2026, introducing a split between Normal and Visional servers so players can opt out of Vision content. The update adds the Gravity Abyss event, featuring the Riftwalker enemy and floating relics...
The Elder Scrolls Online Details the Challenge Difficulty System That Will Let You Choose Higher Risk & Reward
ZeniMax Online Studios announced the Challenge Difficulty system for Elder Scrolls Online’s Season Zero, arriving with Update 50 on June 8, 2024. Players can select from four tiers—Adventurer, Seasoned, Master and Vestige—each increasing monster damage taken and decreasing player damage output while boosting...