Fortnite Returns to the App Store, PS Plus Price Increase, Warhammer Showcase + more!

Duration: 06:09

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

0:12 Fortnite Returns to the App Store

1:22 PS Plus Price Increase

2:26 Warhammer Showcase

3:28 QUICK BITS INTRO

3:31 Warhorse Confirms New Games

3:52 Steam’s New Tag System

4:15 Xbox Player Voice Introduction

4:45 Subnautica 2’s Restrictive EULA

5:20 Pokopia Player Recreates Kanto

NEWS SOURCES:

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ULTIMATE COMEBACK ROYALE

Fortnite is officially back on the iOS App Store worldwide,

https://www.ign.com/articles/fortnite-is-back-on-the-app-store-across-the-world

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/fortnite/id6483539426

ending a five-year legal trench war that kicked off in 2020 when Apple yeeted the game off the platform over a direct-payment system Epic snuck in to bypass Apple's cut.

https://mashable.com/article/apple-removes-epic-games-fortnite-from-app-store

Epic says it's back because it expects U.S. courts to force Apple's App Store fees into the daylight, and that once they do, "governments around the world will not allow Apple junk fees to stand."

https://lmg.gg/junkfees

CEO Tim Sweeney also took to Twitter with a statement accusing Apple of "fragmenting iOS features and fees by territory" and "intentionally delaying the pursuit of justice" -

https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/2056683552222171643?s=20

which would land harder if it wasn't a reply to a Fortnite tweet announcing a new Yeddy skin and parodying Apple's iconic iPod ads.

https://x.com/Fortnite/status/2056682428190867946

Fortnite is still NOT back in Australia, where Epic says it "can't return under an illegal payment arrangement with Apple"

https://lmg.gg/follow-up-quote

PS PLUS, WALLET MINUS

Sony Announces PlayStation Plus Price Increases 'Due to Ongoing Market Conditions'

https://www.ign.com/articles/sony-announces-playstation-plus-price-increases-due-to-ongoing-market-conditions

Sony’s tweet about it

https://x.com/PlayStation/status/2056404450793938989

“Ongoing Market Conditions” highlighted

https://lmg.gg/MT2sC

It raises prices for all tiers of PlayStation Plus, not just Essential

https://www.polygon.com/playstation-plus-price-hike-may-2026-extra-premium-annual-cost/

Quoted

https://lmg.gg/TPh63

PS5 is getting Steam Charts-style weekly player counts

https://www.destructoid.com/sony-adds-player-counts-to-playstation-5/

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/111627/ps5-is-getting-steam-charts-style-weekly-player-counts-giving-console-gamers-what-pc-players-have-had-for-years/index.html

Timestamped original YouTube video

https://youtu.be/Jp7IG85_gKA?si=UbZpue22IWHQ_zX-&t=97

FOR THE EMPEROR

Warhammer Skulls concluded their 10th anniversary event with a mountain of announcements big enough to bury a Dreadnought underneath.

https://www.ign.com/articles/warhammer-skulls-2026-live-updates-reveals

The sci-fi strategy series Dawn of War IV finally got a September 17th release date, plus a post-launch roadmap including Crusade Mode plus a post-launch roadmap including paid story DLC. Because Games Workshop’s business model is charging you hundreds of dollars for more chunks of plastic, and they sure as hell aren’t going to change just cause it’s now digital.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYdXNpXnyus

By far the biggest shock came when a Helldivers 2 crossover was announced releasing sometime this year, giving players access to unlockable grimdark armor and weapons.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOaB_8-ziwE

Mechanicus II also casually dropped during the stream and if you aren't familiar, this is the tactical game about red-robed tech-priests who worship cybernetics and are famously more attracted to household toasters than actual human flesh.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2532480/Warhammer_40000_Mechanicus_II/

QUICK BITS

YOU HAVE MY SWORD

Warhorse confirms new Kingdom Come and Lord of the Rings games

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/warhorse-confirms-new-kingdom-come-and-lord-of-the-rings-games-3366335/

Tweet about it

https://x.com/WarhorseStudios/status/2057008469920624696

Confirms rumours

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-rumours-were-true-kingdom-come-2-studio-is-working-on-an-rpg-set-in-tolkiens-middle-earth/

TAG, YOU’RE IT

Valve overhauls tag system on Steam to improve game discoverability

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/valve-overhauls-tag-system-on-steam-to-improve-game-discoverability

Valve’s update

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/673994309884707519

Kills some tags, but adds new ones too

https://ca.pcmag.com/pc-games/15795/valve-overhauls-steam-tags-kills-off-dozens-but-adds-new-categories-too

FAN-TASTIC

Xbox player voice

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/05/18/introducing-xbox-player-voice/

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/forum/fcafaf3d-8949-f111-bec7-0022482aa91b

XBOX fans are calling for the return of exclusives, and they want free online multiplayer

https://www.theverge.com/games/933328/xbox-fan-feedback-exclusives-backward-compatibility-online-multiplayer

The top 20 "Xbox Player Voice" trending feedback items

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/the-top-20-xbox-player-voice-trending-feedback-items-you-voted-for

SUBNAH’T GONNA READ ALL’AT

BELOW THE FINE PRINT

Subnautica 2's End User Licensing Agreement is so restrictive PC Gamer says writing about it violates the terms.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/survival-crafting/subnautica-2s-eula-is-so-severe-that-even-this-news-story-breaks-it/

There's a clause against harming the game's reputation,

https://lmg.gg/harmreputation

and worse, it explicitly states that you don't own the game - you're just licensing it, and Krafton can revoke access at any time, for any reason.

https://subnautica.com/en/policy/tos#3

Shoutout to redditor on the stopKillingGameswho subreddit who scoured the whole agreement to catalogue the batpoop insane stuff in it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/StopKillingGames/comments/1tetdbc/has_anyone_actually_read_the_subnautica_2_eula/?rdt=51651

A LIL’ PIECE OF POKÉ PARADISE

Months of work later, one Pokémon Pokopia player's recreation of the original Kanto region is almost complete

https://www.eurogamer.net/pokemon-pokopia-kanto-build

https://kotaku.com/someone-finally-built-kanto-pokemon-pokopia-2000697413

Progress reports

1 month ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/Pokopia/comments/1sq4g83/kanto_wip_update/

4 days ago