WWE 2K26‘s special editions (King of Kings Edition, Attitude Era Edition, and Monday Night War Edition) release this Friday, March 6 AEDT. Before launch, we wanted to share all of the game announcements so far in case you missed any news that you’d like to cover.

WWE 2K26 covers

The current World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk, strikes a defiant pose on the Standard Edition cover, a position befitting a Triple Crown Champion. One of the most celebrated and subversive personas in WWE history, CM Punk previously appeared on the cover of WWE ‘13.

The King of Kings Edition celebrates the in-ring career and ongoing behind-the-scenes legacy of WWE Hall of Famer and current WWE Chief Content Officer, Paul “Triple H” Levesque.

The Attitude Era Edition evokes nostalgia for one of the greatest eras in WWE history, and larger-than-life personalities including “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Stephanie McMahon, Undertaker, Kane, Trish Stratus, Lita, Chyna, Kurt Angle, and The Dudley Boyz.

An all-new “super-premium” Monday Night War Edition features content tied to WWE stars of the Attitude Era, as well as a collection of WCW’s biggest names of the era, including “Hollywood” Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Goldberg, Booker T, and Eric Bischoff.

Gameplay enhancements, new match types, & interactive environments

Four new match types, including I Quit, Inferno, Three Stages of Hell and Dumpster, stackable tables, new usable objects including shopping carts and thumbtacks, and larger interactive environments offer new but familiar ways to punish opponents. Intergender Matches are available across core game modes. A revamp of the Reversals and Stamina system adds a layer of strategy, and upgraded physics interactions make the action feel more dynamic and dangerous. Interactive entrances and the addition of Booker T and Wade Barrett to the commentary team further refine the audiovisual presentation.

Check out the Gameplay Ringside Report video narrated by WWE colour commentator Wade Barrett.

Welcome to The Island

2K’s WWE-themed world is now bigger and more social than ever, and available for the first time on PC. Players will choose one of three factions and battle for control with a revamped progression system. The new Scrapyard Brawl environment, fresh Towers, new shops and branded gear, an expanded MySUPERSTAR builder with face-photo importing, plus upgraded quests, complete with Superstar voiceovers, cutscenes and dialogue screens, enhance the immersive experience.

Check out The Island trailer and Ringside Report.

2K Showcase: Punked – CM Punk’s personal journey

CM Punk jumps through time to relive incredible moments from his career. Narrated by “The Best in the World” himself, players will relive iconic matches and battle against WWE Legends in Fantasy Warfare. For those who want to truly prove their mettle, the Showcase Gauntlet looks to push players to their limits! CM Punk’s rise, rebellion, and return make this the most personal 2K Showcase yet.

Check out the 2K Showcase Ringside Report video narrated by CM Punk himself.

Roster for the ages

A roster of over 400 playable characters, the biggest in franchise history. A combination of current Superstars from RAW, SmackDown, and NXT, Legends, and WWE Hall of Famers, with new additions and returns including Rey Fénix, Rusev, and Blake Monroe, and many more.

Check out the full WWE 2K26 roster.

MyGM

New Intergender Matches, 5, 6, and 8-man matches, plus support for more match types than ever before, vastly increase the number of possible matches and outcomes. More shows per season pose new management challenges in 2K’s strategic brand management simulation mode.

Check out the MyGM Ringside Report.

MyFACTION

The collectible card-battle mode is back with new intergender lineups and Quick Swap matches. Players collect new card designs and boost their performance with the new Faction Chemistry and run-in support. New themed card packs and goals will continue to roll out regularly throughout the year with seasonal content refreshes.

Check out the MyFACTION Ringside Report.

MyRISE

Players define their MySUPERSTAR’s journey through two new division-based storylines where villainous or heroic decisions impact MyPLAYERs like never before. Players can now keep playing even after the main stories are complete, with more unlockable content and achievements to earn for increased replayability.

Check out the MyRISE Ringside Report video narrated by Paul Heyman.

Universe Mode & Creation Suite

The WWE Draft comes to WWE 2K’s sandbox mode, where players create their own WWE Universe and control match outcomes. Other new introductions include new Universe Creation Wizard, Watch Show mode, improved Money in the Bank cash-ins, and additional Promo types.

The best-in-class customisation mode now offers 200 Create-A-Superstar save slots, doubling the existing count in response to community demand. Community Creations now features a doubled image capacity of 2,000, deeper body and face morphing tools, and two-tone hair colour blending, giving players unprecedented freedom to craft the Superstars, arenas, and other creations of their dreams.

Check out the Universe & Creations Ringside Report video narrated by Bayley.

Post-launch content – Ringside Pass

The all-new Ringside Pass offers players additional incentive to play, earning XP across all game modes, excluding online lobbies. 120 total rewards across 40 free tiers and 40 premium tiers will be available, with players who can reach tier 40 of the Ringside Pass Premium Season able to unlock Superstars, cosmetic and customisation items, VC, MyFACTION and The Island content, and more. Six Ringside Pass Seasons are planned to roll out throughout the year, with Ringside Pass Season 1 available at launch and featuring unlockable Superstars and Legends, previously available in the WWE 2K Supercharger, on the free tier.

Check out the Ringside Pass Ringside Report.

Shape limitless stories, share memorable adventures

TOKYO — Feb. 27, 2026 — Saga & Seeker, the storycrafting RPG developed and published by Dagdoria Studio, curates a legendary journey available on PC and Mac via Steam today.

Embrace complete freedom and forge truly unique sagas with AI narration adapting seamlessly to any input. Evolve beyond multiple choice responses and guiding narratives to embrace the subtle nuances of storytelling. Simply type genuine responses and actions to engage with the story as naturally as playing a tabletop RPG. 

Take advantage of a free-form character creation system, filling out CRPG-style character sheets with as much detail desired. Type out characters’ personalities, class, speech patterns, and more to forge distinct heroes and villains alike. Import and export character sheets to share your original characters on social media, or invite others’ to join the adventure.

Design any adventure, from a legendary campaign to a cheeky side quest, and complete missions to gather memories and skills meticulously generated to fit each character and storyline. Once completed, share a Quest Log with the world, or load and play original scenarios created by fellow adventurers to continue the search for the ultimate story.

Regarding the Use of Generative AI: While Saga & Seeker utilizes text-generation AI for part of its game system, human creators are responsible for all illustrations, sounds, and other in-game assets. With the exception of the text generated within the game, no AI-generated materials are used.

“We want Saga & Seeker to be a game where adventurers can unleash their imagination and are empowered to craft their own unique stories, free from the limit of pre-set choices,” says Dragdoria Studio producer Shinichi Taira. “It is thrilling to see those distinctive experiences can finally be shared with a new audience of English-speaking fans around the world today!”

Saga & Seeker is now available on PC via Steam for $9.99, with the language options of Japanese, English, and Simplified Chinese. For more information, follow Saga & Seeker and Dagdoria Studio on X / Twitter, and join the Discord community.

For Saga & Seeker’s streaming and video posting guidelines, please visit the Steam store page here.

About Dagdoria Studio

To create a fun, raw experience shaped by cutting-edge technology, Dagdoria Studio has decided to take a challenging route: developing games using modern generative AI. Unlike other games with polished details, their debut title, Saga & Seeker, offers a rough-around-the-edges experience with surprising outcomes that players can refine.  

To learn more about Dagdoria Studio, please visit the official X/Twitter account.

Embark on the 1.5 million-unit-selling Full of Cats series’ biggest adventure yet this spring!

CAXIAS DO SUL, Brazil – 3 March 2026 – Publisher and developer Devcats’ popular Full of Cats series, which has sold more than 1.5 million units, soon receives a new and out of this world addition. A Planet Full of Cats, the adorable feline-filled hidden object adventure, will launch on PC and Linux via Steam on Thursday, 9 April 2026.

A remote cat colony has gone silent, so the Galactic Feline Federation calls on the services of Judy, an intergalactic bounty hunter with a long hiss-tory of finding even the most concealed kitties across the universe. Search the planet’s diverse biomes to rescue every fluffy space settler by solving puzzles, finding fancy gear, and unlocking unworldly new areas. 

Using Judy’s cutting-edge equipment like X-ray vision glasses and ice-melting heat rays, scour alien lands, frigid laboratories, an ancient underground temple, and more for mysterious mousers. Follow Judy’s keen whiskers through a non-linear progression path ultimately revealing the reason why the colony’s communications suddenly ceased – all while finding and collecting dozens and dozens of covert calicos.

“With A Planet Full of Cats, we’ve been more ambitious than ever before by incorporating core mechanics and puzzles that we love from the Metroidvania genre,” said Lino, a tabby cat who works as Devcats’ sound engineer and believes he is a lion. “It was important to us to give our fans more of the cozy cat-finding hidden-object action that they love, and we’ve found fun ways to add new layers to that. Just think about it – a whole planet, full of cats!”

A Planet Full of Cats launches Thursday, 9 April 2026 on Windows PC and Linux via Steam, and will offer English, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, German, French, Polish, and Turkish language support.

To learn more about the game, wishlist A Planet Full of Cats on Steam, visit the official Devcats website, follow the studio on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, and TikTok, and join its Discord server.

About Devcats

Devcats is an independent development studio based in Brazil, consisting of six rescued cats cooking up biscuits and cat-themed games while raising awareness on adoption and rescue. They strive to create cozy and wholesome experiences through imaginative ideas and valued community feedback.

Aspiring miners and amateur engineers on PS5 and Xbox can look forward to the acclaimed hands-on engineering sandbox game as it releases on consoles on May 8th of this year

2nd March 2026 – UK-based developer Foulball Hangover is delighted to announce that its popular mining & automation sandbox, Hydroneer, will be coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S to mark its sixth year anniversary of the game’s original PC release. The game will launch on May 8th, worldwide, and bring Hydroneer’s unique blend of engineering sophistication and explosive results to console players for the first time

Released on the same date in May of 2020, Hydroneer became a tremendous sleeper hit among the crafting and basebuilding genres, selling over a million copies on Steam since launch. Subsequent overhauls and additions of new features, including couch co-op multiplayer, grew the game’s presence into a persistent online fanbase.

Hydroneer gameplay features will remain fully faithful to its PC release, but optimizations are being implemented in order to adapt the interface and controls for console.

• A hands-on mining and crafting system that sees players quite literally dig through the dirt to find smeltable ore and valuable gemstones.
• Conveyor belts, automated harvesters, drills, and piping to shape and craft full automated smelting factories and pull ore out of the earth at scale.
• An open world with multiple dig sites, NPC communities, quest-givers, and stores to interact with.
• Unique couch co-op multiplayer feature, allowing up to four players to work together in tandem on their engineering projects.

The coming console release will also include the Journey to Volcalidus expansion, first released in 2024. Journey to Volcalidus will be sold separately to the main game and include:

• A whole new world map in the land of Volcalidus, with an enormous sprawling world that is over six times the size of the original game world.
• Make use of the new automation technology powered by lava, introducing a new category of mining tech that allows players to dig deep into the ice shelves of Volcalidus.
• A brand-new settlement in New Glade, where the players are given a full town to rebuild from the ground up, providing an idyllic refuge from the harsh climate while also unlocking new items for purchase as the town is restored.

Hydroneer will officially launch on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S on May 8th, 2026, and the developers invite players to get involved with the Hydroneer community and share their feedback ahead of the studio’s first console release.

About Foulball Hangover
Foulball Hangover is an independent video game studio based in the United Kingdom, best known for Hydroneer, a critically acclaimed mining and sandbox simulation released on Steam in 2020.

New video premiered during IGN Fan Fest

Los Angeles, CA – March 2nd, 2025 –  Donkey Crew, in partnership with Snail Games USA, has revealed that their popular medieval open-world survival RPG Bellwright is now slated for PlayStation 5 in addition to previously announced Xbox Series consoles. To commemorate this reveal, Donkey Crew has unleashed the following all new video that premiered yesterday during IGN Fan Fest:

Bellwright is a medieval open-world survival RPG where you can establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.

Now available on Steam Early Access, Bellwright recently saw a massive expansion with its Maiden Voyage update last December, adding the new Halmare Isles map, which is roughly 25% the size of the original game! At over 10 square kilometers, this region includes all new story-based quests with multiple progression lines, expanded armor and equipment, new animals and buildings, and introduces a Loyalty & Faction system.

About Donkey Crew
Donkey Crew is an independent studio made up of talented, experienced developers from every corner of the world. Starting as a small team of passionate gamers working together within a large Mount & Blade modding community, the group grew into a professional company developing indie titles. Based in Wroclaw, Poland, Donkey Crew continues their journey as an indie developer while growing and expanding. www.donkey.team/

About Snail Games USA
Snail Games is a leading global developer and publisher, known for delivering innovative, immersive gaming experiences across a range of genres and platforms. With a legacy of technological innovation and a focus on community engagement, Snail Games is shaping the future of interactive entertainment. snail.com

89% positive ratings as one of the top 1% of Next Fest demos bodes well for highly anticipated April 14th release

Gothenburg, Sweden – March 2nd, 2025 – Sad Cat Studios and Thunderful are delighted to announce that their atmospheric action platformer, REPLACED, has now hit 850k wishlists on Steam. Since the start of the Steam Next Fest, the game’s demo has been top 5 in the ‘Popular Upcoming’ category and is among the most played games of Next Fest while generating 89% positive ratings from 185k players. REPLACED will release on PC and Xbox Series X|S on April 14th.

REPLACED is a 2.5D cinematic action platformer featuring stunning pixel art, an atmospheric cyberpunk world and an intense thriller narrative. Immerse yourself in an alternate 1980s America reshaped by nuclear catastrophe and meet the downtrodden of Phoenix City as you struggle to survive. Run, climb and fight through crumbling districts, industrial wastelands, and neon-lit alleys brought to life with stylish hand-crafted visuals and a moody, synth-driven soundtrack.

As you uncover the sinister secrets of Phoenix Corporation, REPLACED will explore themes of humanity, identity, and control through morally complex characters and the slow reveal of a world pushed to its limits. Discover a haven for corruption where outlaws thrive and human life is traded like currency as R.E.A.C.H. – an AI trapped in a human body against its will. Expose the Corporation’s hidden agenda, and uncover the purpose behind your creation in a world where every secret – and every life – has a price.

About Sad Cat Studios
Sad Cat Studios was founded in 2018 in Minsk, Belarus, by game developers and entrepreneurs Yura Zhdanovich and Igor Gritsay. Yura, with over 8 years of experience as an artist and visual designer in game development companies and startups like MSQRD, joined forces with Igor, who has a strong background in IT and e-commerce, to establish the foundation for the studio’s remarkable journey. Since then, Sad Cat Studios has relocated its headquarters to Limassol, Cyprus and now operates remotely across Europe. 

About Thunderful
Founded in 2017, Thunderful is a video game publisher headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden. Thunderful offers third-party publishing, co-development services and publishing support services. The company has published and/or developed award-winning and critically acclaimed titles such as the SteamWorld IP, Planet of Lana, Viewfinder, LEGO® Bricktales, Lost In Random and more.

Today, NACON has announced that their annual NACON Connect showcase has been rescheduled for May 2026. 

In order to ensure that our future announcements have the impact they deserve, NACON has made the strategic decision to postpone the next edition of its NACON Connect, initially scheduled for March 4th. Faced with a difficult economic environment for the company, we are choosing to focus our resources on upcoming releases and the development of our current games. This period will allow us to polish our projects and prepare for a new NACON Connect to be held in May, which will showcase the work of our studios in the best possible way. Until then, numerous communications will take place to support games such as GreedFall: The Dying World, Dragonkin: The Banished, Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss, and many others.

More information regarding NACON Connect will be revealed soon. 

Jagex continues rejuvenating its iconic MMORPG in its 25th anniversary year, with further significant updates planned for release in the weeks ahead.

Monday, 2nd March 2026, Cambridge, UK – Jagex, The RuneScape Company, has today launched its Combat Modernisation update for RuneScape, the latest in the game’s year-long ‘Road to Restoration’. The move modernises RuneScape’s three original combat styles of melee, ranged, and magic, making them more intuitive and easier to learn through experiential gameplay as players climb through the levels, and creates a simpler, but deeper, harmony between abilities.

Check out the Future of Combat video by @Edimmuz

The release of the update follows three months of running a series of Combat Modernisation betas, enabling the RuneScape community to provide meaningful feedback ahead of its official launch. As a result, with each beta period, the development team has modified the power of tens of player abilities; corrected the timings of others; and tweaked a variety of perks, among other refinements.

RuneScape’s Road to Restoration

Announced as part of January’s RuneScape Ahead premiere video, the Road to Restoration has seen key updates already delivered to RuneScape, including UI tweaks, early game rebalancing and the removal of Treasure Hunter, with more planned throughout the game’s 25th anniversary year:

• New Look for User Interface: Completed at the end of January, RuneScape’s UI has been refined to improve visibility, polish key menus and icons, and make it more intuitive to read and navigate.
• Early Game Rebalancing: Released in mid-February, this update aimed to improve the first hours in the game, including skills rebalancing, including for hunting, thieving, farming, and herblore. A number of early quests, including Cook’s Assistant and Sheep Shearer, have also been tweaked to improve player experience.
• DailyScape: A forthcoming update set for March will see the removal of much of the ‘DailyScape’ daily activities, which had been identified through community feedback as being chore-like, put pressure on players to login every day, and offered disproportionally higher rewards than the game’s core content.
• Environment Refreshes: Focusing on the surface world of Gielinor, this work focuses on bringing a sense of unity to the in-game environment, making sure that every area feels quintessentially RuneScape.
• Player Avatar: Player characters are getting the biggest visual overhaul in over a decade with the two-part release of the Player Avatar Update. This has been one of the most requested updates over the years and the launches in spring and autumn will see significant modernising of characters, increasing both their fidelity and detail.
• RuneMetrics Pro for Free: RuneMetrics, an in-game tool which allows players to track and analyse their XP and wealth gains, will become free for all RuneScape Members this Spring. 

Detailed information about RuneScape’s Combat Modernisation, and all other updates, can be found on the official RuneScape website.

RuneScape is available now on PC, Steam, iOS, and Android, complete with cross-platform progression and play on PC and mobile. 

About Jagex

Headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, Jagex: The RuneScape Company, is a leader in creating deep and engaging forever games that empower communities across PC and mobile. Our MMORPG franchise, RuneScape, is played around the world and has welcomed over 300 million player accounts.

As RuneScape enters its 25th year in 2026, we are accelerating our strategy to expand RuneScape into a broader ecosystem of forever games and connected experiences, grounded in a renewed commitment to integrity and fair play. This includes the reduction of monetisation mechanics, as well as the launch of RuneScape: Dragonwilds into Steam Early Access in 2025, representing a major step in building a multi-genre future for the RuneScape universe. Jagex: The RuneScape Company remains focused on building enduring worlds, empowering player-led innovation, and laying the foundations for the boldest era in RuneScape’s history.

For more information, visit www.jagex.com. 

An atmospheric flying adventure where you play as a stone-born bird, mastering the skies to restore a silent world.

Lamezia Terme, Italy – March 2, 2026. ACGames, a small independent development team from Italy, has today unveiled STONEFEATHER, an atmospheric flying adventure built around freedom, flow, and the quiet poetry of motion. Players take the role of a stone-born bird gliding across vast, silent ruins in a world where the wind has vanished, and only flight can bring it back. STONEFEATHER will launch on PC via Steam, and players can wishlist now to stay up to date with the latest development news

In a land suspended in stillness, you are drawn to the last lingering echoes of the breeze. With every dive, sweep, and soaring arc, STONEFEATHER invites players on a meditative journey to restore the wind and rekindle hope in a world shaped by loss, beauty, and forgotten motion.

A newly released teaser trailer offers a first glimpse at STONEFEATHER’s signature flow-driven flight, serene exploration, and vast environments sculpted around soaring vertical landmarks and unseen currents. Watch the reveal trailer now and witness the freedom, scale, and atmosphere that define the world of STONEFEATHER.

Fly with Flow

At the heart of STONEFEATHER lies its “Fly with Flow” philosophy. Flight is not a tool; it is the language of the world itself. Precision and control define every movement: dive to gather speed, sweep into wide arcs, and carve smooth, expressive lines through open skies. There is no rush, no combat, only mastery through motion.

In STONEFEATHER, movement is expression. The more you listen to the air, the more gracefully the world opens beneath your wings.

Restore the Breath of a Silent World

To awaken the wind, players must seek out scattered Essences of Zefir, fragments of breath trapped within ancient stone. Each release restores dormant air currents, from gentle updrafts to powerful gusts, reshaping the skies and expanding the freedom of traversal.

As the wind returns, flight becomes more dynamic, with evolving air currents, greater speed, and new ways to move through the world.

Key Features

• Restore the Wind – Discover the Essences of Zefir to awaken lost currents, unlocking new ways to soar, dive, and traverse the world with fluid grace.
• Explore Silent Ruins – Journey through a seamless, handcrafted open world designed around flow and flight. Navigate by instinct, sight, and sound.
• Follow the Echo – Guided by the Elder, uncover fragments of memory, read ancient symbols, and piece together the mystery of why the wind was bound and why you were chosen.
• Flight Trials – Fly freely across the open world, glide through aerial rings, and pursue optional challenges that deepen your control and confidence in the air.

With its meditative pacing, expressive flight, and quietly mystical world, STONEFEATHER invites players to lose themselves in the rhythm of the air and remember what it means to move freely.

Watch the new trailer now and Wishlist STONEFEATHER on Steam. Let the wind carry you.

About ACGames

ACGames is an Italian development small team dedicated to creating evocative, mechanics-driven experiences.

The team creates games that blend evocative worlds with mechanically expressive gameplay, aiming for memorable experiences through atmosphere, movement, and purposeful simplicity. With STONEFEATHER, ACGames is pursuing flow-state flight across silent ruins, guided by curiosity and a hopeful journey to restore what was lost.