Six Days in Fallujah Wants You to Test its Biggest Update Yet

I love it when a developer commits to the bit. Six Days in Fallujah is a squad-based PvE tactical shooter that covers the two battles of Fallujah fought between American Marines and a mix of local and foreign insurgents in 2004. Seemingly in honor of the real events, the team over at Highwire Games stalled and let trouble brew before finally launching its decisive strike.

After a gargantuan Autumn Update released last November, expectations were high for the Spring update that would carry that momentum through and help bring the console port out of the door. In the end, however, the game followed in the footsteps of General Conway's 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in April 2004, stalling right before the main objective due to external factors.

Now, as it happened in November 2004, it seems we're finally entering the next phase of this operation with a renewed offensive to get the game out of early access, and players are being called up to help shape the upcoming update.

Six Days in Fallujah Summer Update Details and Playtest

On a social media post, the developers have reached out to the community to get "comments and feedback" on what has become the Summer 2026 update. You can sign up for a chance to try out the update through this form, indicating your experience with the game, what other similar titles you enjoy, and your PC specs.

The exact contents of the update remain a mystery, but a look at older dev diaries sheds light on what could be coming. The main feature that Highwire Games is cooking, or at least the one I am looking forward to the most, is the revamped progression system, including the ability to unlock new weapons.

This would severely improve the game's replayability, bringing it closer in line with VOID's Ready or Not, where loadout customization completely changes the flow of missions, and that's on a game that doesn't have the procedurally generated levels present in Six Days in Fallujah.

The summer update is expected to add the M4A1 carbine, the M14 battle rifle (likely in marksman rifle configuration), the M240B machine gun, the Mossberg 590A1 shotgun, and the Glock 19 pistol. New and existing weapons will also benefit from new attachments, which should make for better customization.

This will also be the first patch after the loss of lead game designer Jeremy Faucomprez earlier this year, and is expected to include the last level designed by the talented developer.

A Console Port Too Far

The move to open testing of the summer update is a welcome one, given the initial expectation was that we'd get a spring update instead. On the grand scale of things, it's another step towards the most-awaited landmark in Six Days in Fallujah (as the comment section of virtually every discussion about it will remind you): the elusive console release.

Since entering early access in 2023, the Six Days in Fallujah developers have made their intentions clear to launch the game on the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X|S, but that will only happen once patch 1.0 drops on PC. When that will be remains a mystery, and that has led to some friction with the community.

Back in early 2025, there was hope among players that the console launch would happen sometime before the end of that year. When it became clear that this release wouldn't materialize, expectations shifted to 2026, but as we reach the halfway line, that too looks unlikely.

A spokesperson for the game commented two days ago that "consoles are still planned to release alongside the 1.0 version" of Six Days in Fallujah, but fell short of offering any launch window for the elusive port. Earlier that same week, an official source shared that the developers "hope to share news soon."

Unless the developers pull out a miracle or jump the gun, I'll see you all in 2027, joining the chorus asking for details on the console launch date. At the moment, Six Days in Fallujah is available for PC, exclusively on Steam.