
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Minor Notes (23rd April 2026)
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.
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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.

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.

Paradox has locked in May 6th for Europa Universalis V's Fate of the Phoenix expansion and the free 1.2 Echinades Update, and the scope of what's coming is hard to ignore.

Delta Force's latest update lands today with no downtime, tackling crashes, broken vehicle limits, and some long-overdue Warfare fixes.
97 changes land in Black Desert Online today, headlined by a brutal new Altar of Blood tier and a long-overdue fix to how Extra AP is displayed in your stats.

Stellaris's 4.4 Pegasus update is giving the long-neglected Situation Log a full redesign, plus a cleaner Megastructures UI.
Mountain's Smoke Bomb and Gun-launched Missile get reined in as players find their cost-effectiveness outpacing other Techs.

The Finals 10.4.0 is a lighter week, but the Respec Order feedback window has officially closed and Embark is ready to talk about what comes next.

Jagex rolls out the first round of Leagues VI: Demonic Pacts tweaks, with pact rebalancing, retroactive task fixes, and a pile of relic corrections.
A small but useful hotfix lands for CK3, fixing the out-of-sync multiplayer errors and over-eager Lunatic events that slipped through the 1.19 Scribe update.
Farlight 84's Shadow Academy season is live, bringing sweeping hero and weapon rebalances alongside a full cosmetic refresh.

Difficulty settings, bird pets, and a massive housing storage overhaul headline Crimson Desert's latest update.
A small but focused CS2 update lands, tidying up ledge movement, viewmodel animations, and trade offer limits.

Balance of Performance tweaks hit nearly every GT class, the Nissan GTP ZXT gets a significant physics rework, and a handful of annoying UI bugs finally get the axe.

Dracula's loose in New York and there's a free Emma Frost costume on the table, Marvel Rivals' April 23rd patch has a bit of everything.