“Patch 36.4 launched with Escape from Violet Hold Class Set: Azeroth’s Most Wanted introducing four new Class Sets. This update also kicks off a new Arena season and includes free event rewards, the return of the World Championship Tavern Brawl, a new transforming Mythic Hero Skin, and some bug fixes,” said Hearthstone.
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Sean Murray reflected on 10 years of No Man’s Skydevelopment, saying, “Honestly, if people weren’t playing No Man’s Sky, I don’t think we would want to do updates.”
EverRail is participating in Steam’s PvE Survival Crafting Fest through September 7th and is hosting a community challenge to encourage everyone to hoard, hoard, hoard.
“Since Fangs of Asterkarn came out, we have been diligently addressing your bug reports and feedback. We have since released eight patches, and numerous smaller hotfixes,” Grim Dawn’s devs said.
ARC Raiders and Subway are doing a collab: “From Aug. 20 through Oct. 26, guests who purchase a qualifying Subway meal featuring a 6-inch sub, Footlong, salad, or wrap, plus their choice of chips or cookies and a drink, will receive a unique code unlocking exclusive ARC Raiders’ rewards.”
Give Diablo’s 30th anniversary Infernal Symphony a listen!
Villagers and Heroes’ Patch 5.74.1 changed up how auto-targeting works based on the feedback from the community.
Odin: Valhalla Rising patched in a quartet of events on August 26th.
Marvel Rivals pumped out an August 27th patch with an “Endgame Encore” tie-in as well as some fixes for Angela and Doctor Strange.
Myth of Empires: Throne has a new season coming on September 3rd: “Season 3 introduces the brand-new gameplay map Shattered Isles, the new Skyshaker Cannon, new Legendary Warriors, unique Seasonal Talents, and a range of battlefield mechanics and quality-of-life improvements, bringing more strategic options to Guild development and warfare.”
TERA Console pushed out Update B134 with a new battle pass and a reshuffling of its dungeon lineup. Its dungeon hard mode was delaed to a future patch, however.
Sky Children of Light’s Thatgamecompany now is also Thatgamepublisher for “emotionally amibitious games.”
PUBG Mobile has a “light” version of its app “designed to deliver a faster, more streamlined battle royale experience” that’s coming out in November.
Raven2 celebrated 300 days of live service with a “Special Corps Apprciation Festival” that’s going on from now through September 16th.
Ubisoft is forming a player council for testing and feedback. This council is getting an early look at several titles, including an unnamed online multiplayer game.
World of Tanks introduced the Tier XI tank lineup:
Active Matter released its 250 Shades of Liberty update:
Another week, another World of Warcraft content creator interview with the dev team:
Titan Quest II delivered a deep dive of its new spirit mastery system:
Starship Simulator tested some new visual effects:
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