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Engadget
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Engadget
June's Game Pass additions include Remedy co-op shooter FBC: Firebreak
Microsoft's Game Pass is having a very impressive 2025 where the quality and cadence of releases is concerned, and things are showing no signs of slowing down as we settle into the summer months. Highlights of the June lineup include co-op FPS FBC: Firebreak , which joins the service today, Sloclap's highly-anticipated soccer game, Rematch , and a trio of Warcraft remasters. Let's start with probably the most significant addition. Back in May, Engadget's Jessica Conditt got to play Remedy's FBC: Firebreak and was tentatively optimistic about what is a pretty major genre-shift for the studio known for single-player games such as Alan Wake and Control ( Firebreak is set in the same location as the latter). The important building blocks of a great co-operative shooter were there, and the hope is that Remedy has polished up the experience ahead of launch. FBC: Firebreak also joins PS Plus today as a day one release for both platforms, which should hopefully help get it off the ground. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. Also joining today is Lost in Random: The Eternal Die , a roguelite spin-off of 2021's Lost in Random , that has more than a hint of Hades about it judging by screenshots and fast-paced gameplay clips we've seen in the runup to launch. Another notable Game Pass additions arrives on June 19. Rematch is a soccer game that eschews the more sim-like approach of EA Sports FC in favor of an arcade-style spin on the world's most popular sport. Matches are 5v5, and you only control one player on your team. There are no offsides, no fouls and no breaks in play, so referees won't bail you out when something doesn't go your way. Rematch is the latest game from the Paris-based indie studio Sloclap, who made the incredibly stylish kung fu game, Sifu . It's no surprise, then, that Rematch 's almost impressionist aesthetic is just as easy on the eye. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. Please click here and view the "Content and social-media partners" setting to do so. It's also a big month for Game Pass' ever-growing catalogue of Activision Blizzard games, with the remastered versions of Warcraft I and Warcraft II , as well as Warcraft III: Reforged all being added on June 26. Call of Duty: WWII joins them on June 30. As we head into July, Game Pass subscribers can download or stream Little Nightmares II and Rise of the Tomb Raider , which returns to Microsoft's service ahead of the game's 10th anniversary in November. You can check out the full list of announcements here.
Engadget
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
Engadget Podcast: Switch 2 review, Summer Game Fest and WWDC 2025
Sam Rutherford for Engadget It's been a busy week! In this episode, Devindra and Senior Editor Jessica Conditt dive into their final thoughts on the Switch 2, as well as Jess's time covering Summer Game Fest. We also put a bow on WWDC 2025 and explore what works and doesn't with Apple's Liquid Glass redesign. Your Yahoo privacy setting is blocking social media and third-party content You can Allow your personal information to be shared and sold. Something went wrong. Try again. You can update your choice anytime by going to your privacy controls, which are linked to throughout our sites and apps. This page will now refresh. iTunes Spotify Pocket Casts Stitcher Google Podcasts Summer Games Fest 2025: Sword of the Sea, Mouse: PI for Hire, Big Walk and a ton more indies – 1:17 Nintendo Switch 2 review: more polish on the Switch form factor with scant new releases – 22:09 WWDC 2025 wrap up: what will users think of liquid glass? – 38:11 Air Traffic Control audio reveals Predator drones flew over LA protests – 53:31 Meta announces large investment in Scale AI and a new AI Superintelligence initiative – 54:24 Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two devisions along old company lines – 59:12 Pop culture picks – 1:00:34 Host: Devindra Hardawar Guests: Jessica Conditt Producer: Ben Ellman Music: Dale North and Terrence O'Brien If you buy something through a link in this article, we may earn commission.
Engadget
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Engadget
FBC: Firebreak headlines June's PS Plus additions
Remedy's multiplayer spin on Control is coming to the PlayStation Game Catalog. Sony's June PS Plus additions start with the day-one arrival of FBC: Firebreak . Other entries this month include the latest Battlefield entry and sticky-ball Katamari fun. FBC: Firebreak lets you and up to two others team up to kick some Hiss ass. Play as a government employee who volunteered to take out extra-dimensional monsters. But the wicked delights really kick in when you enhance your plain ol' guns with supernatural gear. In our preview, Engadget's Jessica Conditt saw a promising and "incredibly fun" shooter that only needed a bit of fine-tuning before launch. " Firebreak is poised to be a thoughtful and focused entry in the co-op shooter genre, and it's already an inviting extension of Remedy's darkest and silliest sensibilities," she wrote. FBC: Firebreak will be available in the Game Catalog on its launch day, June 17. You'll need a PS Plus Extra or Premium membership to claim it. Also coming on that date is Battlefield 2042 . This could be a good time to catch up on the franchise before its next installment. (It's expected by April 2026.) Also arriving this month is We Love Katamari Reroll + Royal Reverie . Who doesn't love rolling a satisfyingly growing blob of random shit? Both of those titles require a PS Plus Extra or Premium membership. Ditto for other June entries like Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2 and theHunter: Call of the Wild . Meanwhile, the 2000 classic Deus Ex: The Conspiracy will only be available for Premium subscribers. You can check out the PlayStation blog for the complete list.
