June 2026
Newsbytes archive for May 2026
Posted by dronon on Sat 6 Jun 2026 - 08:14Sorry this is late - my job has been super busy in the last two weeks (in a good way), and May was a pretty quiet month for newsbytes on Flayrah.
dronon: horsegiirL is going on tour later this year.
dronon: Laika drops a trailer for Wildwood! Aiming for a late October release. [Tip: Dav]
Winners of the 2025 Cóyotl Awards
Posted by dronon on Sat 6 Jun 2026 - 10:24
The winners of the 2025 Cóyotl Awards have been announced! This annual award is granted by the members of the Furry Writers' Guild to recognize excellence in anthropomorphic literature.
Digging Up Positivity - May 2026
Posted by Pegla on Sun 7 Jun 2026 - 14:20Hey! This episode you can win this awesome limited edition ALS themed trading card from Royalty Card Game, more information later in the video after a wonderful interview with the driving force behind this wonderful initiative!
Welcome to the 5th episode of Digging Up Positivity video of this year! This episode is packed with animation news but oooh so much charities because the furries have been BUSY!
ALL Furry & Animal Games In Steam's Next Fest - June 2026
Posted by JoJoJoshua on Tue 16 Jun 2026 - 18:47Welcome to the tri-annual Steam Next Fest list of ALL furry & animal games we could find this time around! Play as a sheep hunting, or hunt sheep! Fish to your heart's content! Run bars, be jumpscared, or try every conceivable way to jump as a frog (again!) Our staff goes through the entire list of games published in the Fest to find and list each and every one that features anthropomorphic character(s), or features animals as a focus. This time, we scoured through all 4350+ games to get to this list of 370+ games. We could've missed a couple, but we hope this is an all-encompasing list for this season's available games! Almost every one has a demo, so go have fun and wishlist the ones that pique your interest!
We have an actively updated Furry & Animal Games & Developers List over at @GamingFurever on Twitter and another List over @GamingFurever on Bluesky that you can follow and get constant updates for lots of indie titles with TONS of lovely furry characters!
If you're a developer of any of these games, feel free to hit us up on email over on our Contact Us page!
Furality Ultra shows creative contrast in a technology world looking to homogenize
Posted by Sonious on Sat 20 Jun 2026 - 11:29Furality for 2026 has completed its strongest year yet. Their attendance continued to grow by gaining 1,000 more attendees at 27,943. This growth has tempered, likely due to headwinds primarily caused by a new requirement of verifying age through electronic tools required to attend starting this year. They raised $116,121 according to the latest announcement for Resilient Hearts animal sanctuary, a LGBTQ+ run animal rescue.
The theme for this year was “Ultra”, a gaming theme where you visit the virtual world of the fictional console of the Ultravox Prism that is set to shut down at the end of the weekend. Many of the references were to the consoles of the mid-2000s that included loading intros and health warnings of overplaying that preceded many games of the era to invoke nostalgia toward that era of gaming long past.
The format of this gathering is seeming to become established and with that being the polish of the worlds is better than they ever have been. This article will go over the improvements found, but this year will primarily focus on the Dealer’s Mall in later sections. For a more larger view of Furality it is recommended reading our premiere article covering Furality Umbra from 2024. [2025 Furality Somna also available]
Titles being removed from Netflix in late-June 2026
Posted by earthfurst on Tue 23 Jun 2026 - 06:25
This is an incomplete list of titles that will be removed from Netflix during late-June 2026 (plus one in early July), mostly in Canada and/or in the United States. Unless otherwise noted, end dates are based on the Netflix Canada service.
The most notable losses (in my opinion) are:
- Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: with 30 episodes to watch in only five days (June 25 is last day to watch):, you still can do it if you average ten episodes a day. I BELIEVE IN YOU!!
- The Wrath of Becky (details below, since I would prefer you watch Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts first, and The Wrath of Becky is leaving Netflix three days AFTER Kipo series leaves.)
Personally upset at Kipo series leaving Netflix, in part because the opening credits of each episode start with "A Netflix Original Series" screen, so removing a Netflix series FROM Netflix feels like a slap in the face.
Capital FurCon's Juneteenth
Posted by EberraWolf on Wed 24 Jun 2026 - 21:09
Dazai Hyena dances with a woman at Live-K in National Harbor, Maryland, during the first event hosted by the upcoming furry convention Capital FurCon. (Flayrah/Eberra Wolf)
Late Friday afternoon, a few dozen furries came down to National Harbor, Maryland, for the first in-person event hosted by Capital FurCon, an upcoming 21+ furry convention set to have its inaugural weekend in February. At a karaoke and bar called Live-K, the free, four-hour event was hosted in conjunction with DC Fur Meet, which hosts monthly bar nights in Washington, D.C.
The plaza outside Live-K was awash in Juneteenth celebration. Inside, outnumbering casual patrons enjoying a birthday or coming in from the heat, local furries in and out of fursuit drank and danced. Being a karaoke establishment, people could queue songs to sing on the main stage, before the lineup of DJs performed. There were also small side rooms, where people could either stash their bags or sing karaoke in a more secluded space for the whole event. DJs HanIsAlive, Novocanine, and KaiTo performed sets on the main stage through the latter half of the event.
The bar apparently gave happy hour pricing, though this reporter found himself being charged almost $17 for an alcoholic slushie. This paled in comparison to the $50 parking fee he found himself having to pay. (He should have parked in a different garage, and should have asked for budget drinks.)