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Captain America's new Seaside Sentinel skin broke the internet with its generous proportions. Days later, players are convinced NetEase quietly dialled things back.
Bellwright's July 3rd hotfix tackles co-op stability, NPC display quirks, and pet merchant tooltips.
V0.8.04 closes several nasty holes that could trap you in unfinishable missions, sorts the UI frame drops, and gives merchants a proper overhaul.
Sony's PSN requirement means Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls won't be available on Steam in 132 countries. It's the Helldivers 2 fiasco all over again.
Kingdom Hearts 4 was revealed in 2022 and has produced exactly two trailers since. Square Enix now admits its announcement strategy needs to change.
After a rollback yesterday, Update #2 is live with server fixes, movement improvements, and significant weapon balance changes.
Oongka and Damiane can now tackle the Abyss in the latest patch, alongside 47 new outfit pieces and a stack of stability fixes.
A quick hotfix has landed for Invincible VS, tackling skin availability and some nasty Ultimate interactions that were catching Assists when they shouldn't.
Three major content launches hit ARK: Survival Ascended today. Genesis: Part 1 returns with revamped ocean biomes and legacy creatures, Tides of Fortune brings wind-driven sailing and naval combat, and Dragontopia introduces the Umbra dragon with a brand-new skill tree system.
Wall Street loves what players hate. Sony's stock climbed 3.2% the day it announced the death of physical PlayStation discs, even as overwhelming player polls show near-universal opposition.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2's final DLC drops next week, capping off nearly ten years of post-launch content for a game that just refused to stop.
A shareholder directly asked Square Enix what caused Dragon Quest 12's costly reboot from The Flames of Fate to Beyond Dreams. The company's response was a masterclass in saying absolutely nothing.
Jagex is bringing the long-awaited Fletching Re-tier to RuneScape, fixing years of inconsistent weapon tiering and retiring shieldbows entirely.
A Reddit user's Steam Machine bricked itself after a firmware update, displaying a red line that signals GPU failure. The community has already christened it the 'red line of death.'
Frictional Games says Ontos is its biggest game ever. Now it needs another year to prove it.
The latest patch pulls back on Hostile Sector's punishing AI density and gives PvE players more breathing room to learn the mode. Weapon balance adjustments target marksman rifles and assault rifles.
Mechabellum receives a targeted hotfix addressing the problematic Experimental Death Knell Tech, plus visual corrections for two units.
The developers have rebalanced Hostile Sector's PvE difficulty, tweaked six weapons, and fixed several bugs affecting gameplay and items.
Slay the Spire 2's latest beta patch brings a wave of new multiplayer cards, critical mod fixes, and targeted balance adjustments across every character class.
Week 239 introduces a portable oxygen refilling solution and kicks off a rework of early-game missions. Plus over 60 visual fixes and creature adjustments.
Season 04 Reloaded explodes across all modes with new multiplayer maps, the Kowakujō Zombies map, and Operation King Killer in Endgame.
Klei Entertainment has rolled out patch 740256 for Don't Starve Together, addressing several stability issues and refining how heat interacts with Desiccant items.
Grinding Gear Games has released 0.5.4b Hotfix 1 for Path of Exile 2, tackling some of the game's most frustrating boss encounters and expedition systems.
Frictional Games' sci-fi mystery Ontos has been delayed from 2026 to 2027, adding to a pattern of slipping release windows that's turning next year's calendar into a traffic jam.