
Marathon
Marathon Update Adds Warden Hunt and a Season 1 XP Boost
Marathon Update 1.0.9 gives Season 1 a louder sendoff with Warden Hunt, guaranteed zone events, a 50% XP boost and more Cryo Archive access before the June 2 reset.
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Marathon
Marathon Update 1.0.9 gives Season 1 a louder sendoff with Warden Hunt, guaranteed zone events, a 50% XP boost and more Cryo Archive access before the June 2 reset.

Dungeons & Dragons
Hasbro has canceled Giant Skull's Dungeons & Dragons action-adventure game, less than a year after announcing the project with the studio founded by Stig Asmussen. Giant Skull remains operational, while Wizards of the Coast still has other games in development.

Assassin's Creed
Ubisoft has outlined more of what is changing in Black Flag Resynced, including new story arcs, updated visuals, reworked combat, freer stealth and ship pets.

Warhammer
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II launches May 21 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Bulwark Studios' sequel lets players command either the Adeptus Mechanicus or the Necrons across separate campaigns.

Transistor
Transistor launched 12 years ago today, turning Supergiant Games' follow-up to Bastion into a stylish sci-fi RPG with a long afterlife.

Lords of the Fallen
CI Games has ended the Epic Games publishing term sheet that would have made Lords of the Fallen 2 an Epic Games Store exclusive on PC. The sequel is still planned for 2026, but its PC storefront plans are now less restricted.
Steam
Valve has filed a motion to dismiss New York's lawsuit over loot boxes in Counter-Strike, Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2. The company argues its mystery boxes do not meet the state's gambling-law standard.

Roundup
This week’s most interesting new releases range from Forza Horizon 6 and LEGO Batman to Yoshi’s Switch 2 adventure, Coffee Talk Tokyo and a Deep Rock Galactic roguelite spin-off. Here are the games worth keeping on your radar from May 18 to May 24, 2026.

Rainbow Six
Rainbow Six Siege's next season launches June 2 with a Dokkaebi remaster, the new Calypso Casino map, Ranked 3.0 and console mouse-and-keyboard support coming mid-season.

Rainbow Six
Rainbow Six Siege Ranked 3.0 launches with Operation System Override on June 2, replacing hidden MMR with rank-point matchmaking and adding placements, rewards and squad restrictions.

Steam
MISERY has entered Steam's top 100 most-played games while its Steam store page lists a 35% discount. The co-op survival game reached No. 71 in Gamers Now's latest Sunday chart reading.

Terraria
Terraria has reached 70 million sales across PC, console and mobile as Re-Logic marks the sandbox game's 15th anniversary with a promise that updates will continue beyond 1.4.6 and crossplay.