
Icarus Week 229 Update | Atmospheric Update Notes (24th April 2026)
Week 229 is all about atmosphere, with overhauled waterfalls, returning Storm Walls, and environmental wisp effects back in the Arctic and Desert.
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Week 229 is all about atmosphere, with overhauled waterfalls, returning Storm Walls, and environmental wisp effects back in the Arctic and Desert.

Yesterday's ID@Xbox showcase packed over 20 indie reveals into 50 minutes, but the real headline is 10 brand-new Game Pass confirmations spanning extraction RPGs, co-op roguelikes, and a Souls-like platformer.

Blizzard's associate game director admits at least one item in Lord of Hatred is "basically useless" by design, and the Horadric Cube is the reason why.

Blizzard announced subscription price increases for World of Warcraft in the UK, Turkey, Kazakhstan, and Georgia, all while patch 12.0.5 remains a mess and housing sits disabled in multiple regions.

Slay the Spire 2's latest beta patch reworks two Ironclad cards, buffs Neow's Fury so it actually lets you choose your cards, and starts nudging lower Ascensions toward being more accessible.
A balance hotfix lands for Overwatch 2, adjusting Roadhog, Sombra, and a swathe of Stadium heroes whose win rates drifted further than Blizzard intended.
A balance hotfix lands for Overwatch 2, targeting win rate outliers from Season 2's start and reining in some Stadium builds that have gotten out of hand.

A fan theory dating back to Super Mario Galaxy's 2007 launch is now officially part of the Mario universe, and Miyamoto wants it to stay that way.

Take-Two's Q4 earnings call has been pushed back a week from its usual window, and the GTA 6 community thinks it knows exactly why.

Pokemon TCG Pocket has been running for over a year and a half, and somehow Vaporeon never had an ex card until now. Pulsing Aura fixes that when it drops on April 27.

Update 174992 is mostly diagnostic groundwork for Xbox Console players, but the team's transparency about what's coming next is the real story here.

Blizzard drops a pre-expansion patch that reshapes every Gem in the game and cleans up a long list of bugs before Lord of Hatred arrives.

Supergiant has dropped another hotfix for Hades II, targeting Dream Dive economy, a handful of boon interaction bugs, and one progression-blocking Hermes issue.

Bungie's keeping it light this week with a new Community Challenge, while the team stays heads-down on the June update.

Square Enix never attempted a Switch port of Final Fantasy VII Remake, but a modder with a soldering iron and a dream just made it happen anyway.

Ben and Gwen Tennyson hit the Fortnite Item Shop on April 24 with Heatblast, Alien X, and Anodite transformation styles that actually do the source material justice.

Poncle's Vampire Survivors deckbuilding spin-off has over 4,000 reviews with a 98% positive rating, and it's only been out for two days.

RuneScape's quarterly player survey results are live, alongside a detailed breakdown of how the May Double XP event is being restructured as part of the Road to Restoration.

Bellwright hits its second anniversary and Donkey Crew is marking it with a sweeping update that touches everything from early-game narrative to NPC behaviour.

Unturned's latest patch tightens up sentry logic, squashes two race conditions, and corrects a Hanuberry Seed harvesting bug that was handing out the wrong item.

A same-day hotfix follows 1.04.00, tackling crashes, a stamina recovery exploit, and a frustrating mount summoning bug.

Embark has pushed a small hotfix for The Finals today, restoring achievements after a bug took them offline following the 10.4.0 update.

SCUM's April update brings two new weapons, a lighting overhaul that actually makes bunkers scary, and a long-overdue inventory rework.

Victoria 3's biggest naval overhaul yet arrives April 28 alongside The Great Wave DLC, and the preliminary changelog is already substantial.