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We are at the half way point for the 2026 season. It is all down hill from here... though some say it has been down hill since the 90s. But what can you do about it? [](https://tagn.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/fantasycriticsplash.jpg) Fantasy Critic League - Like Fantasy Football, but for Video Games Having reached the turn-over point, we were looking to have two titles show up this week. But first, where we left off with the scores. [](https://tagn.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fcl26_25scores.png) Week 25 Scores With that we started the week waiting for something to happen. With Summer Game Fest over and done and just two titles on the calendar for the league it looked like it might be a quiet week. The first thing that popped up was late on Tuesday evening, which was the Wednesday launch for _Deltarune Chapter 5_. * **Deltarune Chapter 5** has released! * [Picked by Corr's Creative Collective (Corr)] As foretold by prophecy and all that, it arrived. But there was no score. There wasn't even a link to a related Open Critic page. [](https://tagn.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fcl26_26deltarunchapter5.jpg) Deltarune Chapter 5 But it isn't like that doesn't happen regularly enough that another occurrence should cause a panic. So the week went on. The next day we started to get scores for _Star Fox_. [](https://tagn.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fcl26_26starfox.jpg) Star Fox It is a Switch 2 exclusive title, which can limit the number of reviews it get, but it seemed to have no problem meeting the minimum threshold. * **Star Fox (2026)** * [Picked by TAGN HQ (Wilhelm)] * Now has a score of 81.7 Not stellar, but well within the mid-range of titles scoring this season, and enough to push me up into first place on the board for now. * **Publisher Score Updates** * TAGN HQ (Wilhelm) * Score has gone UP from 78.9 to 91.4 * Moved from 2nd place to 1st place * Anthania Interactive (Ula) * Moved from 1st place to 2nd place The league is still confident that Shintar will come out on top at the end, but we'll get to that. Meanwhile, more reviews were coming in for _Dave the Diver - In The Jungle_ , driving it down enough for Arhanta to drop down to seventh place. * **Publisher Score Updates** * Neutical Publishing (Cyanbane) * Moved from 7th place to 6th place * Rodent Entertainment (Arhanta) * Score has gone DOWN from 35.8 to 34.5 * Moved from 6th place to 7th place However, that seemed to be working in both directions, as the next day it got a review score boost. * **Dave the Diver - In the Jungle** * [Picked by Rodent Entertainment (Arhanta)] * Score has gone UP from 91.1 to 92.2 That was enough to put Arhanta back up into sixth position, but Cyanbane remains close behind still with less than a point separating the two. And Dave the Diver only has 20 reviews as I write this, few enough that some volatility can be expected. And that brought us to the end of the week with the scoreboard looking like this. [](https://tagn.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fcl26_26scores.png) Week 26 Scores Not a lot of changed there, though not only did I get to first position, but the league changed its projection for me, suggesting I might come in second. There were three bids this past week that played out like this. * **Bids in TAGN League** * **Rayman Legends Retold** * Won by TAGN HQ (Wilhelm) with a bid of $25 * Dropped game 'Total War: WARHAMMER III - Lords of the End Times' conditionally * Rodent Entertainment (Arhanta)'s bid of $7 did not succeed: Publisher was outbid. * **Witchbrook** * Won by Rodent Entertainment (Arhanta) with a bid of $7 * Dropped game 'Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis' conditionally * **Doom: The Dark Ages - Revelations** * Won by Rodent Entertainment (Arhanta) with a bid of $13 * Dropped game 'Persona 6' conditionally Arhanta, looking to clean up their pick selection, won two out of three, both of those with an accompanying drop. I managed to get _Rayman Legends Retold_ by putting down a $25 bid, my biggest bid this season. It isn't like I have any inside tips. That is purely vibes that a nostalgia Rayman title might find a receptive audience. Also, I still have $55 left and you don't get any points for leftover budget. In addition we had one release date change. * **Lords of the Fallen II** * [Picked by Green River Gaming (Nimgimli)] * Estimated release date changed from '2026' to 'Q1 2027' Moving out into 2027 means it is time to exercise another drop. That leaves the next ten titles on the release schedule for the league as follows. [](https://tagn.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fcl26_26comingup.png) Coming Up for Week 27 We only have one title slated for week twenty-seven, _Rhythm Heaven Groove_ , a Bhagpuss pick. Otherwise I'll be keeping an eye on _Deltarune Chapter 5_ to see whether it garners any reviews. Past chapter drops did get scores over on Open Critic, and the current chapter got a pretty glowing write-up over on Kotaku, but so far no numbers. For now it has passed _Ghost of Yotei: Legends_ as the [most desired review](https://www.fantasycritic.games/mostDesiredReviews). Picked in 65% of the leagues in which it was eligible, there are a lot of people out there waiting for a score. Related: * [TAGN Fantasy Critic League](https://www.fantasycritic.games/league/64f8993f-aa76-4ab5-944c-6f128ec0ba63/2026) * [TAGN Discord Server](https://discord.gg/2EM5meSE7B) * [Fantasy Critic Site](https://www.fantasycritic.games/) * [Fantasy Critic How to Play](https://www.fantasycritic.games/howtoplay) * [Fantasy Critic FAQ](https://www.fantasycritic.games/faq) * [Fantasy Critic Most Desired Reviews](https://www.fantasycritic.games/mostDesiredReviews) * [Open Critic Review Site](https://opencritic.com/)