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Steam
Alabaster Dawn starts Steam Early Access on May 7, giving CrossCode fans a first substantial look at Radical Fish Games' next action RPG. The launch build covers roughly 10 hours, with a longer Early Access road ahead.
Resident Evil
Resident Evil Village reached Steam five years ago today, carrying Ethan Winters from Resident Evil 7's intimate horror into a louder, stranger gothic nightmare.
Roundup
The Nintendo 64's biggest sellers show exactly what carried the console: Mario's leap to 3D, Rare's golden run and Nintendo's strongest couch multiplayer hits.
Steam
Farever launches May 6 in Steam Early Access for PC, giving Shiro Games a new online co-op RPG test after Northgard, Wartales and Dune: Spice Wars.
Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein 3D launched on MS-DOS 34 years ago today, turning shareware PC action into the blueprint for Doom, Quake and the shooter boom that followed.
Steam
In The Black launches May 5 in Steam Early Access after more than a decade of development. Impeller Studios' hard-science space combat sim is aimed at players who miss cockpit dogfighting with real weight behind it.
Prey
Prey launched nine years ago today, sending players into Talos I and turning Arkane's sci-fi horror into a cult immersive-sim favorite.
Huntdown
This week's most interesting new releases lean into personality, from a cozy-punk record shop and a chainsaw parkour game to Shiro's co-op RPG, a dice city builder and a crab evolution roguelite. Here are the games worth keeping on your radar from May 4 to May 10, 2026.
Marvel's Wolverine
Marvel's Wolverine now has a September 15, 2026 release date for PlayStation 5, with preorders live and Insomniac framing Logan's solo game as a brutal linear action-adventure about Team X, captured mutants and Bolivar Trask's Reavers.
World of Warships: Legends
World of Warships: Legends fully launches on PC on May 4 through Steam and Xbox on PC. Wargaming is also adding cross-progression support and Xbox Game Pass benefits around the same update.
Mount & Blade
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword launched for PC 15 years ago today, turning TaleWorlds' medieval sandbox toward gunpowder, political intrigue and messier battlefield choices.
Roundup
Steam's latest weekly most-played chart is quiet at the very top, but Wuthering Waves made the biggest climb and Diablo IV, Far Far West and Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era all entered the top 100.
