#Update

World of Warcraft: Forever beta popularity grows as Blizzard raises server cap again

World of Warcraft executive producer Holly Longdale said on her personal X account that the team had to raise the population cap for the World of Warcraft: Forever beta again over the weekend. Long-time World of Warcraft: Classic developer Josh Greenfield previously called the beta's numbers the craziest he has seen in 17 years at Blizzard. Access to the beta requires the $59.99 Skyborne Epic pack, and the game launches fully on 4th November with a monthly subscription instead.

Marvel's Wolverine patch 1.001.006 lets you turn off "fart gas" scent trails completely, with a catch

Marvel's Wolverine patch 1.001.006 adds three separate toggles in the Gameplay menu to turn off scent trails for Whiskey Bottle collectibles, Material Crate audio pings and Nightmare Door roots. Senses will remain for "story-critical" moments. The patch also fixes reported crashes, instances where players could become stuck, and the overlapping bathroom sign in the casino level.

NTE 1.4 update launches with Hethelo City's Puka Park and a Haruhi Suzumiya crossover

NTE's 1.4 update is live, adding the Puka Park amusement park map to Hethelo City with rides and anomaly-themed minigames, plus a new main story chapter and the medieval location Saint Albo Town. The second half of 1.4 will feature a crossover with The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, teased in the preview stream with keywords and the song God knows. The update also adds tower defense, two-player PvP and card-flipping modes, a second Porsche collaboration and the Puka Plan reward system.

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Control Resonant gets New Game++ next month, photo mode to follow

Remedy has outlined plans to add a New Game++ mode to Control Resonant in October, letting players start NG+ run after NG+ run without erasing progress. A photo mode is planned for November, with new cosmetics also coming in future updates.

Control Resonant's post-launch plan includes a Photo Mode and New Game Plus Plus coming next month

Remedy Entertainment has detailed post-launch plans for Control Resonant, including new outfits, a Photo Mode and a New Game Plus Plus option. New Game++ is set to arrive sometime in October, letting players start NG+ run after NG+ run without erasing progress, while a Photo Mode update is expected in November. More cosmetics for Dylan are also in the works, though no release window was given.

Arc Raiders announces PvE matchmaking test running 13th to 20th October

Embark Studios announced a PvE matchmaking test for Arc Raiders running from 13th to 20th October, letting players choose between the friendlier PvE version and the regular version. Executive producer Aleksander Grøndal said around 37 percent of raiders are friendly co-op players, 34 percent are PvP-focused and the remaining 27 percent are a mix. The test supports solo, duos and trios, omits PvP-designed map conditions such as night raids and hidden bunkers, and lowers loot value in PvE matchmaking; Grøndal said it does not mean a permanent PvE mode will be added.

Hytale's Chapter 1 update arrives October 12 with its first handcrafted dungeon and boss fight

Hytale's early access is getting its first Chapter update on October 12, adding the game's first handcrafted dungeon and its first proper boss fight against the goblin king Gobliterator. The update also adds the Goblin Breach world event, expands goblin enemy types, and lets players claim goblin gear including a hookshot launcher and rocket boots. Hypixel founder Simon Collins-Laflamme is offering $15,000 to the first person to stream a solo, naked hardcore kill of the boss.

Bungie outlines Marathon roadmap to grow the game beyond extraction

Bungie announced short- and long-term plans for Marathon in a blog post, saying it wants to keep the extraction mode while adding more approachable experiences with different levels of intensity and commitment. October's Nightfall refresh brings a regular and a free permanent NuCaloric rewards pass, recurring sponsored kit queues, and larger access windows for the end-game Cryo Archive. December pushes the PvE mode Symbiosis, adds an experimental Team Deathmatch mode, a new shell, a reworked Perimeter map with new zones, a new PvE pinnacle encounter and a fungal aesthetic, while next March is set to add interconnected permanent PvE, PvP and PvEvP experiences, a new onboarding experience, a more focused questline and narrative, a new zone and a new alien enemy.

Arc Raiders is testing a PvE mode from October 13th to 20th

Embark Studios will trial a PvE mode in Arc Raiders from October 13th to 20th, letting players toggle into a version where players cannot damage each other. The studio says a large and growing group comes for the co-op and the ARC, and shared data showing pure PvP players have held steady at 34% since launch while mixed players have shrunk. The mode also lowers loot value, omits some special events, and makes ARC enemies slightly more aggressive to preserve tension.

Bungie outlines Marathon's future with PvE, a social hub, and a shift beyond extraction

Bungie said in a new blog post that Marathon will be "growing beyond extraction," keeping its PvEvP experience while adding more ways to play. The upcoming Symbiosis update will bring the long-promised PvE mode and an experimental Team Deathmatch PvP mode, alongside a new shell named Bishop. Perimeter will get a fungus-driven visual overhaul with new routes, and a new zone plus a CyAc-sponsored social hub with a firing range are slated for March.

Control: Resonant Gets Day-One 1.3.3 Hotfix Buffing Stun and Combat

Remedy has deployed a 1.3.3 launch hotfix for Control: Resonant, addressing enemy health pools feeling too high, the number of hits needed to Falter (stun) enemies, and Dylan's combat strength early on. Base health and Falter thresholds for most enemies, including the Dancer and Deserter bosses, were reduced, while maximum Aberrant and Ability Strength stats were increased on a curve with larger gains toward the end. Respec costs were lowered, "Reset Items" stock increased across all vendors, and the first boss now drops two Reset Items instead of one.

Control Resonant launch patch 1.3.3 addresses combat complaints

Remedy Entertainment announced a launch-day hotfix 1.3.3 for Control Resonant that responds to pre-release criticism that enemies took too long to defeat and protagonist Dylan Faden felt too weak early on. The patch lowers base health and required Falter levels for most enemies plus the Dancer and Deserter bosses, raises maximum Aberrant Strength and Ability Strength, and cuts respec costs while increasing vendor stock of the respec resource. Game Informer scored the game 8.5 out of 10.

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader's final DLC delayed to December, adds blood-weeping psyker companion Stella

Owlcat announced that Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader's final DLC, Processional of the Damned, has been delayed from September to December 2026, with the release window not expected to move again. The expansion centers on a new companion, Stella, an unsanctioned psyker seen by the Ecclesiarchy as a miracle of the Emperor who sheds tears of blood. Season Pass 2 owners can request refunds via Steam support, which removes Processional of the Damned and Infinite Museion and breaks saves made with Infinite Museion content, while the Season Pass 2 Appearance Pack becomes free and integrated into the base game.

Quake Champions drops free-to-play and removes its Microsoft Store version eight years after launch

id Software's free-to-play shooter Quake Champions is becoming a paid product eight years after its original release, priced at £8.99/$9.99 with content from 30 seasons and all Champions unlocked. The Microsoft Store version is being removed, leaving it only on Steam, and id Software confirmed no additional content updates are planned. Patch 1.31 removes battle passes, the in-game store, paid currencies, loot boxes, login rewards and all microtransactions, with refunds for recent Platinum purchases and a free Steam copy for previous players who link accounts by 7th October.

Beat Saber announces its biggest update yet with hand-tracking and a bare-handed Flux mode

Beat Saber has announced its biggest update yet, arriving in Spring 2027, adding a new bare-handed mode called Flux in which players punch, prod and slap notes instead of using sabers. Flux launches with 35 songs and showcases the update's new hand-tracking, which also works with the traditional saber modes. The campaign is being refreshed with new missions, checkpoints and a light narrative element, alongside a progression system for unlocking saber, beat and bomb cosmetics.

After id layoffs, Quake Champions drops free-to-play and becomes a £9 game on Steam

After nearly a decade as a free-to-play game, Quake Champions is dropping battle passes, loot boxes, premium currencies and its store to become a £9 premium release on Steam. Players who tried it through past free events are upgraded to the full version automatically, and premium currency bought in the past two months will be refunded. The change follows more than 100 layoffs at id Software amid Microsoft's 3,200 cuts, and the team says no additional content updates are planned at this time.

Love and Deepspace Hits No. 2 on the Charts: Is "Unbeatable" Papergames Back?

On September 22, Papergames' Love and Deepspace launched the limited five-star Memory UP wish event "If Midnight Is Sleepless," after which the game reached No. 2 on the iOS game revenue chart in China and No. 6 overall, per Qimai data. It also hit No. 4 on Japan's iOS game revenue chart, No. 2 in Taiwan, and No. 15 in South Korea. The update also permanently added interactive outfits for all male leads to the Moonlight Shop, the game's first outfit supporting two-way zipper interaction.

Rebel Wolves lines up The Blood of Dawnwalker's first big patch for next month, adding an easier difficulty mode

Rebel Wolves is preparing The Blood of Dawnwalker's first major update, expected in early October, which will add an easier difficulty mode and rename the current Story mode to something like Demanding. Game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz told Eurogamer the new Story mode is for players who want the story without the combat challenge. The patch will also make running and escaping combat ignore the nav mesh, change how the stun ability locks onto other enemies, and require three hits to remove a stun, while PC performance fixes and a possible New Game Plus are still being worked on.

Bungie announces plans to restore vaulted Destiny 2 content and substantially rework Marathon

Bungie announced in a developer video and blog post that it plans to restore Destiny 2 content archived in the game's digital Vault, making vaulted campaigns, destinations, and raids available to all players again. The studio said years of updates mean the content needs reworks such as updated lighting, combat encounters, and combatants, and it will share progress in the coming months. Bungie also said Marathon did not reach as many players as hoped and will be expanded into a deeper survival experience, with more details due later this week and content still planned for the October Nightfall Refresh and December Symbiosis updates.

Steam Frame's first post-launch update speeds up charging and fixes a mic bug

Valve has released SteamOS 0.3.0, the first post-launch software update for the Steam Frame, bringing "substantially faster" charging, a fix for a "garbled audio" microphone bug, and improved controller tracking while haptics are active. The update also improves system stability under high load, fixes the per-app Motion Smoothing "Force Always-On" setting being ignored, and changes the developer playable performance criteria to allow any resolution instead of 1440p.

Tractor-battling teenage road trip RPG Keep Driving is getting official mod support via Steam Workshop later this month

Road trip RPG Keep Driving is getting official mod support via Steam Workshop on September 28th, developer YCJY Games announced. The studio said it will initially release as a beta update, requiring players to opt into a specific Steam branch, and that the game's console debut is also near.

Warcraft III: Reforged Gets New Campaign Forsaken Kingdom and a New Graphics Mode Today

Blizzard announced at BlizzCon 2026 that Warcraft III: Reforged is getting a new campaign, Forsaken Kingdom, available today. Set amid the fall of Lordaeron, the prologue covers the aftermath of Arthas killing his father, and Blizzard says it offers over 30 hours of gameplay. The update also adds a new graphics mode closer to the original Warcraft III look, 24-unit group selection, World Editor improvements, and a new neutral hero, the Forsaken Paladin.

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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It updates the Taxi Cabbed war paint, fixes sticker mip settings and incorrect wear textures, and updates or adds tournament medals. The koth_dryfield map fixes the teleporter prison exploit, broken RED hut geometry, and a flying RED roof, while improving balcony access and adding missing player clips.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update for Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It fixes missing sound for the Circuit Breaker taunt, renames the "Northern Nights" Summer 2026 Unusual effect to "Polar Prism," and updates several cosmetics and maps. Map changes include improved outdoor lighting on koth_dusker and crash and spawn room fixes on cp_premuda.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It fixes material and team color issues on several items and adjusts zipline dismount speed and delays on pl_redwood, while koth_camp_saxton received major optimization improvements.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It adds a second style to the Beachcomber's Brim that was originally missed, fixes a naming conflict for the Northern Nights, Umbral Lights, and Solar Singed Unusual effects, and addresses visibility issues with the Blissful Butterflies and Wispful Wings effects. The update also fixes truncated style names for the Hard Hearing, the backpack image alpha channel for the Pyro's Overalls, and alpha channels for the Sandwich Diner and Sideshow war paints, plus removes rogue pixels from the Team Union war paint.

Team Fortress 2 Summer 2026 Update Released

Team Fortress 2 has released its Summer 2026 update, adding 6 new community maps including Dryfield, Camp Saxton, Shorelight, Redwood, Premuda, and Mojave, plus the Summer 2026 Cosmetic Case and War Paint Case. The update also adds 4 community-contributed taunts and 12 new Unusual effects, with the Summer event running through September 15th, 2026. It includes general security and stability improvements and numerous community fixes.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. The major change fixes a crash related to wearables leaking when weapons are dropped, a community fix from Sean McGeehan.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game restarts. It fixes a KeyValues-related crash, broken Spy disguises, and various other issues, and updates VScript, tournament medals, and several maps including koth_demolition, plr_hacksaw, cp_process_final, and cp_metalworks.

Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.3 launches June 1 with Mortenax Blade as a playable character

HoYoverse detailed Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.3, titled The Lethe Below the Living, which launches June 1 and continues the Planarcadia arc with new playable character Mortenax Blade. The 5-Star Fire-Type swordsman on the Path of Nihility uses a Bounded Field to enter an enhanced state that increases enemy damage taken and unlocks a stronger Ultimate. The update also adds a designable Wispae Amusement Park, the Starward Mode, and a Fate/Stay Night [Unlimited Blade Works] collaboration this summer.

Genshin Impact Luna 7 launches May 20 with the first playable Hexenzirkel member Nicole

HoYoverse revealed Genshin Impact's next update, Luna 7 (Truth Amongst the Pages of Purana), which launches on May 20. Its new Archon Quest returns to Sumeru with Nahida absent and a figure resembling Il Dottore, offering up to 560 Primogems and Nicole's Ascension Materials plus a new Weekly Boss. Nicole Reeyn is the first playable Hexenzirkel member, a 5-Star Pyro Catalyst support who boosts party ATK and generates a shield, joined by 5-Star Cryo polearm Lohen and 4-Star Anemo catalyst Prune, with Nicole and Lohen in the first half and Prune in the second.

Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.8 adds a new mechanic and the game is coming to Steam

HoYoverse announced that Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.8, New Eridan Sunset, launches on May 6 with two new S-Rank Agents, Promeia and Starlight-Billy, plus a new Wind attribute enemy and the Vortex mechanic. The game will also come to Steam, making it HoYoverse's first title on Valve's platform, though no Steam date was given. Version 2.8 is the final chapter of Season 2, with Lucia and Orphie & Magus re-runs, a Marcel Bootopia event and a new Hoshimi Miyabi outfit.

Diablo 4 Season 13 is Season of Reckoning, launching alongside the Lord of Hatred expansion

Blizzard revealed that Diablo 4's 13th season is called Season of Reckoning and will launch alongside the Lord of Hatred expansion next week, open to all players. The season will not add new mechanics or a new theme because the focus is on the expansion, though it keeps Season Rank, Smoldering Ashes, Season Blessings and a battle pass with four Reliquaries, the first free. Pre-load for Lord of Hatred is available now on all platforms, with patch 3.0.0 including all expansion content and a smaller patch 3.0.1 required on launch day, April 27/28.

Battlefield Studios reveals Battlefield 6 2026 roadmap with naval warfare and a server browser

Battlefield Studios unveiled a 2026 roadmap for Battlefield 6 in a video called The Year Ahead, confirming Seasons 3, 4 and 5 are in development. Season 3 arrives in May with remakes of Golmud Railway and Battlefield 3's Grand Bazaar, plus battle royale solos and ranked play for Redsec. Season 4 in July adds naval combat with a dynamic wave system, aircraft carriers and new naval vehicles across Tsuru Reef and a Wake Island remake, along with custom lobbies and Spectator Mode, while Season 5 will bring three maps. Persistent servers and a server browser, including self-hosting, are also planned for 2026.

Blizzard will hold one last Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred developer update before the expansion launches

Blizzard will hold its final Developer Update livestream for Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred on April 23 at 11am PT, 2pm ET, 6pm GMT. The show will cover expanded skill trees for all classes, the Talisman system, the gear-altering Horadric Cube, the War Plans endgame feature, and the new season launching alongside the expansion. Lord of Hatred arrives on April 28 as the follow-up to 2024's Vessel of Hatred.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Gets 3.0.2 Update for Series' 25th Anniversary

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has received a surprise 3.0.2 patch celebrating the 25th anniversary of the series, available on both Switch and Switch 2 versions. The update adds a single leaf item, claimable from the in-house mailbox after installing the patch, with a message to fans and a Nintendo N64 stamp. The rest of the patch notes cover various bug fixes.

Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.2 launches April 22, third anniversary event starts April 26

HoYoverse revealed during a Special Program that Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.2, titled So Laughed the Masses, arrives April 22 with two new playable characters, Silver Wolf LV.999 and Evanescia, plus the Elation Trailblazer variant. The update brings six character reruns across two Warp phases, buffs for Firefly, Huohuo, Seele and Welt, and new events including Cosmic Data Roaming and a Currency Wars expansion. The third anniversary celebration begins in-game on April 26 with 20 total pulls for regular logins and a 1,600 Stellar Jades blessing card, while Huohuo and Robin join the Stellar Convergence store permanently.

Heartopia Celebrates 30 Million Downloads With New Outfits, Permanent Price Cuts

XD Games has launched The Whimsical Tea Party event in Heartopia to celebrate surpassing 30 million downloads worldwide, adding new outfits including Wandering Traveler and Duke Bunny. All original pet outfits are now permanently 66.7% cheaper, with Common outfits dropping from 30 to 10 Souvenir Ticket Stubs and Rare ones from 15 to 5. Players who bought those outfits between July 17, 2024 and March 22, 2026 will receive automatic refunds, and a free gift package is available until May 29.