
Hearts of Iron IV HOI IV | Open Beta Update VI Notes (22nd May 2026)
The final planned open beta update before HOI IV's Anniversary Patch lands on June 6th, bringing naval AI improvements, Nationalist China rebalancing, and a stack of bugfixes.

The final planned open beta update before HOI IV's Anniversary Patch lands on June 6th, bringing naval AI improvements, Nationalist China rebalancing, and a stack of bugfixes.

Despite Xbox leadership floating the idea of reevaluating its exclusivity approach, Playground Games has confirmed Fable is still launching on PS5 at launch, and still on track for 2026.

Night Street Games, the Imagine Dragons-backed studio behind CTF shooter Last Flag, has cut roughly half its team barely a month after the game went live on Steam.

Mechanicus 2 launched with performance issues bad enough that players are being told to cap at 60fps and drop settings to Low. For a turn-based strategy game, that's a tough sell.

Zach Cregger isn't backing down from his decision to leave Leon, Jill, and the rest of the Resident Evil cast out of his upcoming film, arguing that a faithful retelling would leave everyone disappointed.

Fabraz has turned Bubsy into a great platformer with chained aerial moves that feel like they belong in a Mario game. I did not expect to write that sentence in 2026.

Previews for Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 are in, and everyone's talking about the same thing: Nyra Veyrath, the new playable Sister of Battle who plays nothing like returning Ultramarine Malum Caedo.

Inti Creates revealed Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX 3 at BitSummit 2026, bringing Copen back with new weapons and a character customization system for Switch 2 and PC in 2027.

A single-fix hotfix lands for ICARUS, unblocking hoverframe refuelling that was broken by a faulty interactable.

Aeonglass and Infested Prism just got a lot more dangerous, and all five characters have picked up buffs in Slay the Spire 2's latest hotfix.

Blizzard has dropped a fresh round of hotfixes for World of Warcraft, pulling caps off Bloody Tokens and upgrade Crests while cleaning up a handful of class and raid bugs.

Disney Dreamlight Valley's upcoming Hercules update brings two characters to the valley, but the most popular one from the film isn't either of them.

A cocky tweet about cheaters' hardware becoming "$6K paperweights" spiraled into full-blown panic about Riot's kernel-level anti-cheat destroying PCs. The company spent the next day in damage control.

Spy mains rejoice: a sweeping batch of community fixes lands in TF2 today, alongside serious map geometry work on cp_process_final and cp_metalworks.

Deadlock's latest update rewrites the Soul Urn from the ground up and trims base HP across every hero. Here's what changed.

The May 22 update for Black Ops 7 is a targeted bug fix pass, but a handful of Ranked Play and Zombies changes are worth knowing about.

Want the gold Batmobiles in LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight? You'll need to buy the physical LEGO sets to get them.

Sony paid $3.6 billion for Bungie. With Destiny 2 ending next month and no Destiny 3 greenlit, the studio's development pipeline is completely empty.
A small but targeted hotfix lands for Overwatch 2 Legacy, rebalancing several Jetpack Cat Stadium powers and squashing some lingering bugs.
A focused hotfix lands for Overwatch 2, rebalancing Stadium's Jetpack Cat powers and touching several heroes across all three roles.

Blizzard's 3.0.3 update targets a wave of quest blockers and War Plan exploits ahead of its May 26 rollout.

Starfield's latest patch tackles crashes, quest blockers, and a few odd gameplay issues, with another update still planned for June.

Battlefield 6's latest quality-of-life update lands May 26, targeting respawn bugs, Battle Royale UI clarity, and a handful of map exploits.

A God of War prequel starring Kratos' late wife Faye is reportedly headed to Sony's June 2 State of Play, alongside Marvel's Wolverine and potentially more PlayStation exclusives.