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Multi-platform
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales launches June 18 for Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Square Enix's new RPG gives the HD-2D lineage a real-time action test after years of turn-based expectations.
Dungeons & Dragons
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked comes to Nintendo Switch 2 on June 16. Resolution Games' co-op tactics game turns D&D into shorter digital tabletop sessions built around cards, classes and party decisions.
Among Us
Among Us launched eight years ago today, long before its 2020 explosion turned emergency meetings, betrayal and suspicious little beans into gaming shorthand.
Roundup
This week’s most interesting launches lean into strategy, sport and tabletop tactics, with EA Sports UFC 6, Square Enix’s next HD-2D RPG and two major Paradox expansions sharing the calendar.
Stellaris
Stellaris: Nomads launches June 15 as a paid expansion for Paradox's decade-old space strategy game. The DLC adds Arkship-based empires that survive by moving through the galaxy instead of claiming planets.
Dead by Daylight
Dead by Daylight launched on PC 10 years ago today, turning slasher-movie tension into one of multiplayer horror's most durable formats.
Little Nightmares
Little Nightmares III: The Backstage launches June 12 for PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. The DLC sends Low beneath the Carnevale with a new child, Dime, while Alone remains in the Puppeteer’s hands.
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS Lite launched 20 years ago today in the Americas, refining the original DS into a slimmer, brighter handheld that helped define Nintendo's mid-2000s boom.
SteamXbox Series X|SXbox Game Pass
33 Immortals reaches 1.0 on June 10, with Thunder Lotus taking its huge co-op roguelike out of Early Access and onto Steam.
Astroneer
This week’s most interesting new releases run from co-op sky-island survival and NBA streetball to 33-player roguelike raids, Astroneer expeditions, dieselpunk extraction and a cooking RPG with deckbuilding battles.
Roundup
This week's strongest game trailers run from Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis and Silent Hill: Townfall to Rayman Legends Retold, Ace Combat 8, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and a few sharper smaller reveals.
SNESSega GenesisNintendo Switch
Rock N Roll Racing launched 33 years ago today, turning isometric racing into a loud mix of licensed riffs, weapon upgrades and Blizzard personality.
