(Image credit: Brain Jar Games) The first few months of 2026 were a little slow for new game releases , but I find myself saddled with a bit of indecision anxiety as I look at the schedule for May. While I'm not much of a Forza or Hitman player myself, those are the two big releases that have my colleagues really talking . But there are still plenty of new games that've caught my eye (and hopefully yours too), like the weird musical adventures in Dead as Disco and the next proper Sims 4 competitor, Paralives. I'm also quite excited for Shift at Midnight, which will finally allow me to live out my lifelong dream of owning and operating a gas station from hell with two of my closest friends. It's also a month of nonstop early access releases. Sure, it seems like we see more and more of these spring up every month, but I swear this May has an inordinary abundance of them.…