Gaming News — 2026-05-01#

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Developer Focus Entertainment has officially extended live support for Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 into a third year after the action game hit a massive milestone of 12 million players. Year 3 will roll over unused Year 2 content for free, and an updated roadmap promises highly requested perk loadouts, new playable classes, and grueling new challenges for the most dedicated Space Marines.

News & Reviews#

Total War: Warhammer 40,000 Devs Reveal Huge Battle Maps Creative Assembly gave us a glimpse into Total War: Warhammer 40,000, showcasing massive, “honking” battle maps and entirely destructible environments. Players will fight across densely packed hive cities and desolate wastelands, clearing out forests and leveling buildings to drastically change line of sight strategies.

Subnautica 2 Release Date Announcement Forces Indie Devs to Scramble Subnautica 2 is officially hitting early access on May 14, sending immediate shockwaves through the indie release calendar. The highly anticipated survival sequel’s sudden date reveal forced cozy base-builder Outbound to bump its own launch forward to dodge competing with the leviathan.

Oblivion Remastered on PC is Still an Abandoned Mess If you were hoping Bethesda had fixed the PC port of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, think again. The game hasn’t received a patch since July 2025, leaving players stuck with degrading performance, memory leaks, and stuttering that make it borderline unplayable despite its massive sales success.

GTA 6 Won’t Feature Real-World Product Placement Despite being poised as the biggest entertainment launch ever, GTA 6 won’t be selling out to real-world brand partnerships. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed the decision, stating that players have a sixth sense for what’s real, and placing actual brands into Rockstar’s fiercely satirical, fictionalized world would ruin the game’s purity.

Battlefield 6 Players Divided Over Season 3 Battle Pass Pre-Orders EA is stirring the pot by allowing Battlefield 6 players to pre-order the Season 3 battle pass before they even know what’s in it. This aggressive monetization tactic is raising eyebrows since even notoriously greedy franchises like Call of Duty avoid battle pass pre-orders, but some fans are perfectly happy to throw their leftover coins at it for the early unlocks.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Devs Face AI Backlash Warhorse Studios recently held a Reddit AMA that quickly devolved into a train wreck as fans grilled the devs over their use of generative AI. After allegedly firing a human translator to cut costs, the studio leaned on PR boilerplate to dodge brutal questions, ultimately claiming they are in the process of hiring “actual humans” for their next project.

Free Games & Deals#

Amazon and Walmart are actively rebelling against Nintendo’s ridiculous new pricing model that taxes physical Switch 2 games. You can currently pre-order the physical editions of Splatoon Raiders and Yoshi and the Mysterious Book on Amazon with a flat $10 discount, bringing them in line with their digital counterparts. Meanwhile, RPG fans can snag Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade for Switch 2 at a low $29.99, and PS5 players can grab Resident Evil 7 biohazard Gold Edition for just $15.99. Also, hit up Fanatical tomorrow to claim 10 free digital comics in celebration of Free Comic Book Day.

Also Worth Knowing#

Forza Horizon 6 Multiplayer Detailed: Playground Games unveiled ‘Horizon Play,’ the new multiplayer suite for Forza Horizon 6 launching May 19, featuring The Eliminator, Spec Racing, and Touge Showdowns.
The Outer Worlds Gets Grenades 7 Years Later: Obsidian surprised everyone with a new update for The Outer Worlds that adds explosive throwables and officially delists the base game on current-gen platforms in favor of the Spacer’s Choice Edition.
Xbox Revives Iconic Green Logo: Xbox’s new leadership just dropped a dynamic background and gamer pic featuring a revamped logo that brings back the classic neon green of the original console and 360 eras.
Crimson Desert Player Finds Hidden Out of Bounds Village: An intrepid player managed to manipulate the out-of-bounds timer while riding a dragon to discover a fully modeled, deserted village hidden far north in Pywel.
Pragmata Community Comforts Grieving Dad: The Pragmata subreddit rallied around a 55-year-old gamer who shared that the game’s android sidekick, Diana, deeply reminded him of his late daughter, even drawing a response from the game’s director.