Wednesday, 17 June 2026

Game News Round-Up

Daily curated games-industry news digest for 17 June 2026.

General3 stories
Free Games / Subscription2 stories

Xbox reveals its next six Game Pass titles

  • Arriving
  • Junkster
  • Call of Duty: Vanguard
  • EA Sports FC 26
  • Abyssus
  • RV There Yet?
  • Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4
  • Winds of Arcana: Ruination
  • Leaving (June 30th)
  • Mecha Break
  • Payday 2
  • Rise of the Tomb Raider
  • Tomb Raider
  • Slay the Spire
  • Ultimate Chicken Horse
  • Volcano Princess
  • Unpacking
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PlayStation Plus Removing 12 Games In July

  • Bomber Crew
  • Clash: Artifacts of Chaos
  • Cursed to Golf
  • Get Even
  • Hundred Days: Winemaking Simulator
  • Infinite Minigolf
  • Onee Chanbara Origin
  • Risk of Rain 2
  • Roki
  • Source of Madness
  • Space Crew: Legendary Edition
  • Tropico 6
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Business2 stories

UK video games trade body TIGA appoints nine industry veterans to board of directors

  • Gemma Brown, co-CEO, Dovetail Games
  • Ben Gunstone, CEO, Stainless Games
  • Dan Hett, studio designer director, d3t
  • Greg Howson, director of communications, Supermassive Games
  • Marco A. Minoli, director of publishing, Slitherine
  • Stuart Muckley, CEO, Code Wizards
  • Tim Repa-Davies, EVP, general counsel and head of business affairs, Sumo Digital
  • Sitara Shefta, co-founder and CEO, Pretty Cool Games
  • John Tearle, co-founder and studio director, Flix Interactive
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