Love and Deepspace has launched the Ghosts' Final March event, adding a new Memory Pair for Caleb through a new Limited Wish Pool. The 5-Star Solar-Slot Memory Pair unlocks Caleb's Netherlord Companion, with 150 pulls as the maximum guarantee, and the event runs until April 11. Players can also earn a 4-Star Memory Pair, ten Deepspace Wishes, 500 Diamonds, and other freebies.
Genshin Impact's next major update, Luna 6, titled Song of the Welkin Moon: Rondo - Augured Homecoming, launches on April 8 and expands the original Mondstadt region northward. It adds Dornman Port and the floating Temple of Space, which is made up of realms inspired by Liyue, Sumeru and other Teyvat civilizations, along with a new mechanic for manipulating space to reveal hidden paths and a new boss, Watcher: Fallen Vigil. The update's only new character is Linnea, a 5-Star Geo Bow user who converts Hydro-Crystallize reactions into Lunar-Crystallize reactions and has a companion named Lumi; Chasca gets her first rerun in the first phase of Event Wishes, while the second phase focuses on Nefer and Lauma.
Pearl Abyss has released patch 1.00.03 for Crimson Desert on Steam and PlayStation, with Xbox and the Epic Games Store to follow at a later time. The update focuses on keyboard and mouse fixes, including improved interaction UI and jump input responsiveness, plus new shortcuts for Inventory, Skills, Journal, and Map. Controller changes are not included, but the developer says they are coming in future patches.
Developer XD Games has announced Dreamlight Cinematics Festival, a limited-time Heartopia event running March 21 through May 1 on PC and mobile. Set on Whale Island, it celebrates classic Hollywood filmmaking, with festival-themed collectables unlocking free Time-Limited Exhibition Passes and a free Car Cinema furniture set for logging in. The paid Deluxe Festival Pack includes an Island Sunset Billboard, a Popcorn Movie Ticket chat bubble skin, and a 10% bonus to Festival Tokens from store sales.
HoYoverse detailed Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.7, subtitled Champions Never Fall to the Past, which arrives March 24 with two new Agents and the Hollow Champion competition. The new Agents are Cissia, an S-Rank Electric Attack Agent from the Metropolitan Order Division, and Nangong Yu, the Angels of Delusion captain and lead dancer, an S-Rank Ether Stun Agent. Yidhari and Seed return, and the update adds themed events at Lumina Square's Simmer Hot Pot Restaurant plus updated Simulated Battle Trial mechanics and enemy line-ups.
Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.1, titled Unraveled for Daybreak, launches on March 25 and continues the Planarcadia story arc. The update runs four weeks instead of the usual six to rebalance the schedule after the extra-long Version 3.8, shortening the banners for Ashveil and reruns of Hyacine and Boothill. It also adds the Wispae War Saga activity, a new Arcadian Chronicles phase in the Divergent Universe, and double rewards for Planar Fissure and Garden of Plenty.
Battlefield Studios announced that Battlefield 6 will be free to play from March 17 to March 24, accessible through the already free-to-play Battlefield Redsec with a new Battlefield 6 Free Trial section in the main menu. The trial offers Casual Breakthrough, All-out Warfare and a third playlist showcasing the new Nightfall mode and its map, with All-out Warfare covering Conquest, Breakthrough and Escalation across Contaminated, Hagental Base, Eastwood and Mirak Valley. Progression is shared with Redsec and unlocks carry over to the full version, and March 17 also marks the start of Season 2's second stage alongside a large update.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It fixes a client crash related to material proxies, Scout.NegativeVocalization04 sounds not playing in Mann vs. Machine due to a volume typo, and The Spy-cicle not using its icicle lightwarp, with the latter two as community fixes. The update also revises materials for cp_coldfront and the Taunt: Heartbreaker prop, and fixes several player clip and map issues on koth_demolition.
The Sims 4 is getting a new patch on March 17 for PC and Mac, with PlayStation and Xbox versions to follow at an unspecified time. The update includes five major fixes, most notably making Sims prioritise familiar Sims they already have rapport with so strangers are less likely to interrupt conversations on public lots. Prom also returns to in-game Calendars, and pets and horses will no longer get lost in Premade Households.
Team Ninja has released patch 1.04 for Nioh 3, a major update weighing over 1GB. It tweaks AI Benevolent Grave summons so bosses no longer target the summoning player for almost the entire fight, and increases Glory earned in multiplayer missions. The promised free Thunderous armour sets for Ninja and Samurai are now available to all players.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game restarts. It fixes players impersonating TF2 system messages via color control codes, custom map asset loading on Linux, crashes tied to singleplayer TF2 SDK mods, and a memory leak on long-running servers related to dynamic models, along with many community-submitted fixes.
Blizzard gave the first look at Diablo 4's Warlock gameplay during a Developer Update, with the class launching alongside the Lord of Hatred expansion on April 28. The Warlock is a hybrid pet and caster class that uses Wrath and Dominance resources to summon demons and undermine enemies with shadow arts. Its class mechanic unlocks at level 30, offering four archetypes: Legions, Vanguards, Masterminds and Ritualists, with Soul Shards fused into the body to call upon specific demons.
Blizzard unveiled Diablo 4's Season of Slaughter, running March 11 until the Lord of Hatred expansion launches April 28. The season adds the ability to become The Butcher, a Killstreak system, Bloodied Items, and a Doom: The Dark Ages collaboration with mostly paid skins. A free Paladin trial runs March 11 to 18 on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, capped at level 25.
Blizzard aired its Diablo 4 Developer Update livestream today, giving a first look at the new Warlock class and the game's next season. The Warlock is one of two classes coming with the Lord of Hatred expansion and arrives alongside it on April 28, while the Paladin is already available to players who pre-order the expansion. Season 12 is set for March 10 and runs until the expansion's release, and the stream also covers the Killstreaks system and Bloodstained items before a Q&A.
Maxis announced The Sims Maker Program and The Sims 4 Marketplace, launching first on PC and Mac on March 17, with PlayStation and Xbox following over the next couple of months. Players will use a new virtual currency called Moola to buy Maker Packs and Kits, with roughly 30% of a purchase going to the creator, while Expansion, Game and Stuff Packs remain available outside the Marketplace. Creators must apply to join the program starting March 5 and, once accepted, get access to the Maker Suite to test and publish their content.
Genshin Impact's Luna 5 update is now live, and in-game purchases have been disabled on PS4 as of today, with the Luna 6 update around April 8 set to end access to the PS4 version entirely. The PS4 version has been delisted since last September, and the game remains available on PS5, Xbox Series, PC and mobile. Luna 5 returns the main story to Mondstadt and adds a Mondstadt-themed Chronicled Wish banner, with Varka becoming playable for the first time.
Genshin Impact's next major update, Luna 5 (Song of the Welkin Moon: Variation - Homeward, He Who Caught the Wind), launches February 25 and takes the story back to Mondstadt. Varka debuts as a playable 5-Star Anemo Claymore character with a dual-wield combat style that deals two types of Elemental damage at once. The version's reruns include Flins in the first phase and Skirk and Escoffier in the second, along with the return of the Chronicled Wish for Mondstadt characters.
Team Ninja has released Nioh 3 patch 1.03.01, which partially fixes an issue that sometimes made it impossible to use elixirs during battle. The update also partially addresses a crash issue, adds save data recovery for valuables lost during Myths, and now automatically backs up save data whenever a save is loaded. It further fixes Eternal Rift progression blockers, Mujina respawning after Shrine prayers, and a Minamoto no Yoritomo boss fight issue that made him impossible to interrupt.
The Battlefield 6 Season 2 gameplay reveal will stream today on the official Battlefield YouTube channel at 8am PT, 11am ET and 4pm GMT. Season 2 goes live on February 17, with the medium-large map Contaminated available at launch, set in the mountains of Germany around a former NATO airbase. The season will also bring new weapons, new gadgets and the return of the AH-6 Little Bird helicopter, with a more detailed roadmap to follow today's reveal.
Battlefield 6 Season 2 starts next week, and Battlefield Studios outlined its major goals for the patch, including faster battle pass progression and letting Redsec players who don't own the game make progress. Battle pass Tokens will be earned at a changed rate from career XP and through weekly challenges, while Redsec players get faster career and weapon XP in both battle royale and Gauntlet. The season adds the Contaminated map and a new LTM, with a second high-intensity map and a dark underground base LTM later, plus changes to recoil, movement and footstep audio.
Blizzard will hold the Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight today at 2pm PT, where it will unveil the second class coming to Diablo 4 with the Lord of Hatred expansion. The expansion arrives April 28, and the stream will also show revamped skill trees plus endgame mechanics and features. The showcase includes updates on Diablo Immortal and Diablo 2: Resurrected, and can be watched on Diablo 4's official YouTube and Twitch channels.
Love and Deepspace has launched its Chinese New Year event featuring the Mortality's Tenderness 5-Star Memory Series, running until February 27. The banner includes five limited-time Memories set in a Wuxia-inspired alternate universe, alongside a restaurant management mini-game called Courteous Fare and login rewards.
HoYoverse announced during its Special Program that Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0 arrives February 13, adding the new world Planarcadia and two new 5-Star characters, General Yao Guang and Sparxie. Starting February 26, Kafka and Blade skins join the Fortnite Item Shop, and downloading the game on the Epic Games Store and joining themed activities earns the Blade outfit for free. Players who log in after launch get 20 free pulls and a new outfit for Ruan Mei, while the Yao Guang fortune event offers 1,600 Stellar Jades and a free 5-Star character selector arrives later.
Infinity Nikki has released its Version 2.2 update, Chromatic Beings Everbright, built around the Chinese New Year-inspired Bloom Festival and a new story chapter set in the Wanxiang Realm. The realm is split into three areas, Cai Ye, Kongming Gorge and Jiuhua Pavilion, and the update adds two 5-Star Resonance Outfits plus the Nefarious Shadows Ability Outfit. Limited-time activities include Hotpot House, Flavor Frenzy and Fortune Mahjong.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It fixes a console warning for the Team Recognition Unusual effect, updates backpack images for several weapons, and addresses build exploits, out-of-bounds issues, and visual problems on 2koth_abbey, cppl_gavle, and pd_nutcracker.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It adds a smoke effect to the Scrooge McCrocket, fixes a crouch jumping prediction error, and updates several cosmetics and maps. The update also fixes Snipers wearing the Razorback being immune to freezing.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It fixes a z-fighting issue with the Wrap Assassin Festivizer, the Medic's "Critical Fail" taunt timing, and several Unusual effects. Map updates include fixes to 2koth_abbey and plr_matterhorn, such as cliff displacements, water optimization, spawn barrier holes, and lift desync.
Team Fortress 2 has released its Smissmas 2025 update, granting a Stuffed Stocking gift to all players who play during the event. The update adds 6 community maps, a Winter 2025 Cosmetic Case with 23 community-contributed items, 3 new taunts, and 20 new Unusual effects, with the event running through January 7th, 2026.
Valve has released an update for Team Fortress 2 that will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. The major change reverts a recent Thermal Thruster change.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It fixes issues including itemtest regression, Botkiller Flame Thrower pilot lights, a CEntityBird::SpawnRandomBirds crash, collection checklist ownership errors, Vaccinator resist icons, memory leaks, teleporter recharge attributes, and Thermal Thruster passives, and reverts Gas Passer respawn room fixes. It also updates CTeamControlPoint and CTFBot, and adds or updates some tournament medals.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It fixes a KeyValues-related crash, Widowmaker not giving metal when Spy is disguised as their own team, and adds a 'No Bullets' style for the Paka Parka, along with map and tournament medal changes.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It updates the Sandy Unusual effect, fixes incorrect texture for the sand cloud particles when moving, and reverses previous idle state changes.
An update to Team Fortress 2 has been released and will be applied automatically when the game is restarted. It fixes LOD issues with the Mad Drip and a regression in cp_cowerhouse from the previous update, and adjusts the Sandy and Sizzling Unusual effects.