That’s certainly held true so far in 2026. Three months in and we’ve already had so many gems, big and small, that we could put together a pretty killer year-end list today and be happy with it. Don’t worry, we’ll save that task for December. In the meantime, here are the best games of 2026 (so far), organized in reverse-chronological order.
Fans of Jujutsu Kaisen were not expecting much from Mappa's 15th anniversary event, considering the third season of the anime just wrapped up a few months ago. Instead, the animation studio surprised everyone with a pretty significant teaser trailer, showing some of the most hyped moments from the upcoming season.
Two Point Museum, one of 2025's best and a top-tier strategy game, is free to play on Steam and Xbox now until June 22. On Two Point Museum's Steam page, you can click "play the game" to start. It's also included in this weekend's Xbox Free Play Days, though that's only available to current Game Pass subscribers.
Usually, it's good for the house when bettors bet with their hearts.
Last April, Variety reported that the LitRPG series Dungeon Crawler Carl, created by Matt Dinniman, was being picked up by Peacock for a TV show produced by Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy) and written by Chris Yost (Thor: Ragnarok). According to Deadline, Peacock has now given a straight-to-series order for the show, meaning that a pilot won't be shot and the series will go straight into production.
A team that sits low on the priority list may try to get the jump on everyone else.
A year after Philip Rivers returned to the NFL at the age of 44, could Drew Brees do it at 47?
Blizzard has offered the first detailed look at new content and changes coming to World of Warcraftin the first major update of the Midnight expansion cycle. Patch 12.1, titled Curse of Ula'tek, is due later this summer, but development notes for the early version of the patch headed to WoW's Public Test Realm (PTR) give a thorough rundown of what to expect. And it's a big one.
The Brendan Sorsby saga has given rise to an intriguing question about the period of time during which he was actively, and heavily, betting on sports in violation of NCAA rules.
Pragmata, the sci-fi third-person action adventure game from Capcom that got tremendous reviews when it was released back in April, has finally received its first-ever gameplay patch.