
Counter-Strike 2 Update Patch Notes (8th July 2026)
Cache enters the Active Duty rotation as Premier Season Five kicks off. The bigger story: C4 damage is now baked into map geometry, changing how explosives work across every defusal map.

Cache enters the Active Duty rotation as Premier Season Five kicks off. The bigger story: C4 damage is now baked into map geometry, changing how explosives work across every defusal map.

Cold Symmetry's Soulslike sequel lands August 20 with a $50 price tag, eight Shells, over 60 dungeons, and a stamina-free combat system. The open beta already sits at 92% positive on Steam.

Obsidian is returning to the Fallout franchise under Josh Sawyer's direction, but the studio had to lose 52 employees and its planned Avowed sequel to make it happen.

S&box closes the engine-to-game boundary with native inventory and weapons, overhauls rendering performance with GPU clutter culling, and adds contact shadows for fine shadow detail.

Xbox says it's doubling down on The Elder Scrolls. Then it laid off half the only studio actively making Elder Scrolls content, two days before a major release.

After laying off most of its staff last year, Bithell Games is back with one of the strangest pitches I've seen in a while: you're an assassin working for Dracula, who happens to be King of England.

The Adaptive Measures update lands with the community's most-requested feature: a FOV slider. It also adds land sprinting, overhauls Biomod progression, and fixes performance issues that plagued certain areas.
Hotfix 1.3.1.1 tackles server stability, inventory mishaps, and weapon bugs that plagued players since June's update.

Trophy lists for the upcoming Black Ops 1 and 2 PlayStation ports have surfaced, and they paint a picture of classic features left behind. Wager Matches, Theater Mode, and League Play all appear to be missing.

The July 9th update strips back Fragpunk's Shard Card pool across multiple modes and rebalances several Lancers, including tweaks to Broker, Zephyr, and Dex.

PEAK's 0.65.c patch tackles rendering bugs and visual glitches across multiple maps and menus, though the map roster shrinks temporarily.

Jagex has rolled out the first round of tweaks for The Blood Moon Rises, addressing Maggot King loot handling, weapon balance, and several Trouver System protection issues.

Birthday celebrations bring two time-limited events, a major overhaul to how shots register, and special rewards for the game's most dedicated players.

Regenerative Shields are officially live, Ultimate Ability generation has been retuned, and nearly every hero is getting adjusted for the new Team-Up meta.

The latest Manor Lords beta squashes a nasty batch of pathfinding issues that were leaving workers stuck at taverns and soldiers trapped in castles.

Windrose 0.10.0.8 patches a long-range projectile detection issue that was letting cannonballs slip through ships undetected.

Version 1.13.01 lands with fixes for crash-on-bear, broken quest progression, and livestock feed mechanics that weren't working as intended.

The Revelations DLC's flagship weapon, the Chain Spear, shipped without a keybind on console. Players are greeted with a "??" button prompt and can't progress until they toggle a controller preset.

Season 9 brings Jubilee, a full Black Widow rework, a revamped Team-Up system, and balance changes touching 80% of the roster. This is the biggest Marvel Rivals update yet, and it's not particularly close.

Blizzard's latest hotfix pass rebalances multiple class specs in both PvE and PvP, with Restoration Druid and Shadow Priest receiving notable attention alongside targeted nerfs to overperforming specs.

The matchmaking servers across all Age of Empires titles are coming down for scheduled maintenance this Wednesday. Plan your matches accordingly.

The Revelations campaign expansion arrives with a deadly new Chain Spear weapon, three fresh Ripatorium arenas, and sweeping gameplay refinements across melee weapons and enemy AI.

Valve's latest Team Fortress 2 update delivers six fresh community maps, new cosmetics, and a substantial list of stability fixes, including long-standing visual bugs and gameplay quirks.

After a Switch 2 launch so rough it scored a 4/10, Owlcat Games is giving away all DLC expansions for free and releasing a major stability patch today.