STACK #261 July 2026

FEATURE GAMING

MINECRAFT DUNGEONS II Release date: Sep 29 Get ready for fresh new blocky action! Create the perfect hero with legendary gear – weapons, armour, and artifacts - and join up to three friends to unleash chaos, pushing your combat skills in this new Minecraft Dungeons chapter. Journey through unexplored lands, battle hordes of mobs, clash with menacing foes, and race to stop a fierce rising evil from ripping apart not one but two worlds.

RAYMAN LEGENDS RETOLD Release date: Oct 1 If you thought that Rayman Legends looked stunning upon launch back in 2013, wait until you see it now! As 30th anniversary celebrations continue for our limbless legend, this remake will deliver updated visuals, an expanded story, new musical levels, and up to four player couch co-op. If that’s not enough joy, Rayman Origins: Enhanced Edition will also be included to double the platforming fun!

ACE COMBAT 8 WINGS OF THEVE Release date: Oct 2

Prepare to live out your Top Gun fantasies once again, as the combat flight sim series returns for an eighth outing. Once again budding pilots will be tasked with missions including dogfighting with hostiles, destroying ground targets, eliminating superweapons, and a whole lot more – and all with an overarching story to add to the heroic immersion!

GEARS OF WAR E DAY Release date: Oct 6 Have you ever wondered where it all began for Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago versus the Locust Horde? Well, we’ll be wondering no more as we head back in time to the events of Emergence Day, 14 years before the original Gears of War kicked off. We’re promised all the bug blasting action that we love, built from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5 for unprecedented gooey graphical goodness.

STAR WARS GALACTIC RACER Release date: Oct 6

CASTLEVANIA BELMONT’S CURSE Release date: Oct 15

Racing has long delivered thrilling Star Wars moments, so get ready to pilot legendary landspeeders, podracers, and speeder bikes! Set in the New Republic era, this racing adventure will bring modes aplenty as players enter the Galactic League. Solo racers get a campaign with off-track adventure and arcade time trials, while multiplayer will support 12-player races across classic series planets.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Castlevania , the game so influential that it became half of an actual game genre along with the equally classic Metroid . To celebrate, Konami is bringing us this old school-styled side scrolling gem, which continues the saga in the heart of 1499 Paris. We'll step into the boots of the daughter of vampire Hunter Trevor Belmont, Rose, who’s armed with the trusty family whip.

NINTENDO SWITCH SPORTS RESORT Release date: Oct 22

CALL OF DUTY MODERN WARFARE 4 Release date: Oct 23

GRAND THEFT AUTO VI Release date: Nov 19 With GTA V still a top-seller 13 years after first hitting the streets, this mega follow-up is shaping as the biggest game release of all time. We’re off to the state of Leonida – loosely based on Florida – which includes our old series haunt, Vice City. We’ll be following the criminal duo Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos in what Rockstar are billing as ”the biggest, most immersive evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series yet.” Strap yourselves in!

If you’re into simulated sports and family fun, then this one’s for you! The latest release in Nintendo’s Sports series packs in 12 different events to get busy in – boxing, table tennis, archery, tennis, volleyball, bowling, basketball, golf, thumb wrestling, skateboarding, power cruising ( Wave Race 64 revisited!), prop plane, and jump rope. Expect competition to the max at your family gatherings with this one!

A new conflict erupts on the Korean Peninsula, placing players in the role of Private Park, a young South Korean soldier resisting a major northern invasion. Meanwhile, Captain Price operates offgrid pursuing a worldending weapon... The campaign will span global cities, while multiplayer will boast 12 launch maps, bring us Ballistic Authority for more authentic gunplay, and introduce Kill Block dynamic battlegrounds.

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