Sunday, June 14th 2026
This Week in Gaming (Week 25)
Welcome to midsummer week and a tad slower week when it comes to new releases. This week's major release is an anime inspired APRG set in its own universe. If that's not your style, then the week kicks off with some underground drilling, followed by driving cars in a city and a salvage operation. We round the week off with a new RPG from Square Enix and a job interview from your worst nightmares.
Zenless Zone Zero / This week's major release / Wednesday 17 June
Zenless Zone Zero is HoYoverse's brand-new urban fantasy ARPG. Players act as "Proxies" who explore Hollows alongside a wide range of unique Agents, fighting enemies, and completing commissions on their journey to unveil the mysteries behind New Eridu. Steam link
MOLE / Monday 15 June
Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first? Steam link
City Car Driving 2.0 / Early access / Tuesday 16 June
City Car Driving 2.0 is a driving simulator designed to help novice drivers master driving in a setting as close to reality as possible. Choose your car - explore an entire region where every sign, traffic light, and road marking follows real traffic laws. Become the ultimate driver in the city. Steam link
The Last Salvage Squad / Wednesday 17 June
Battle enemy forces reminiscent of alien weapons from retro sci-fi works in this single-player 2.5D FPS. Steam link
The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales / Thursday 18 June
A brand-new action RPG from the creators of Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default - The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales combines stunning HD-2D visuals and exciting action-adventure gameplay for the first time. Steam link
Thank You For Your Application / Friday 19 June
Thank You for Your Application is a story-driven interview simulation game. After 15 rounds of interviews, you are reassigned as a junior interviewer, tasked with screening candidates' resumes according to company requirements and issuing the appropriate thank letters. Steam link
Zenless Zone Zero / This week's major release / Wednesday 17 June
Zenless Zone Zero is HoYoverse's brand-new urban fantasy ARPG. Players act as "Proxies" who explore Hollows alongside a wide range of unique Agents, fighting enemies, and completing commissions on their journey to unveil the mysteries behind New Eridu. Steam link
Pilot the MOLE, a monstrous post-war drilling machine built to descend deep below the Slavic soil. Fix failing systems, follow voices of the dead, and pray you can survive whatever is sharing your coffin. Will the vessel or your mind break first? Steam link
City Car Driving 2.0 is a driving simulator designed to help novice drivers master driving in a setting as close to reality as possible. Choose your car - explore an entire region where every sign, traffic light, and road marking follows real traffic laws. Become the ultimate driver in the city. Steam link
Battle enemy forces reminiscent of alien weapons from retro sci-fi works in this single-player 2.5D FPS. Steam link
A brand-new action RPG from the creators of Octopath Traveler and Bravely Default - The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales combines stunning HD-2D visuals and exciting action-adventure gameplay for the first time. Steam link
Thank You for Your Application is a story-driven interview simulation game. After 15 rounds of interviews, you are reassigned as a junior interviewer, tasked with screening candidates' resumes according to company requirements and issuing the appropriate thank letters. Steam link
27 Comments on This Week in Gaming (Week 25)
I could go on about it, but it's not really pertinent, since there's no way to feasibly justify it to someone who simply does not accept service or subscription models.
Like I've said I spend less money in my gachas than most ppl spend on their buy it once single player games and I'm doing just fine in them, actually Wuwa is a 100% single player experience to me since I don't even bother with the occasional co-op events.
Story can be entirely played thru w/o spending a dime on the game if you choose to and you can still pull for characters with the free currency you get from simply playing the game/content.
This is exactly that old stigma that still lives in some ppl's head about gachas but I agree with Dr.Dro that its like pointless to even try to explain it to ppl who straight out refuse the whole idea of a gacha itself + probably never played any of the modern and better ones.