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ARC Raiders 1.39 Tests a Matchmaking Rule Players Can Actually Feel
ARC Raiders is turning a common extraction-shooter argument into a live experiment: fighting back no longer counts against your matchmaking profile.
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Space Marine 2 Patch 14 Turns Confrontation Into a Full PvP Reset
Two new arenas are only the headline: Patch 14 removes the PvP gear gate and lets every player enter Eternal War with the complete arsenal.
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Space Engineers Prosperity Makes Lost Ships and Economy Services Useful
The free half matters more than the block pack: ship recovery, precise redeployment, better services, and a 10x Prototech generator change everyday survival play.
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Counter-Strike 2 Updates Three Maps and Closes a VACnet Evasion Bug
Counter-Strike 2's July 29 update moves Boulder, Fachwerk, and Shelter to their latest Community Workshop versions. It also fixes map scripts failing to load in tools mode, restores some Collection Catalog XP claims, and closes a bug that let malicious players avoid VACnet processing.
Read analysisLudus Magnatus 0.93.0 Adds Gladiator Ageing and Very Hard Difficulty
Ludus Magnatus 0.93.0 adds gladiator ageing, a Very Hard setting, a revised Champions Cup, randomized fixtures, and new roster tools. The update also adjusts experience and training rules, improves equipment selection and localization, optimizes loading and multiplayer synchronization, and fixes campaign joining and save-state problems.
Read analysisHeroes of Hammerwatch II Celestial Ruins Adds the Priest and Rebalances Late Game
Heroes of Hammerwatch II launches the Celestial Ruins expansion with the Priest class, two Focus weapons, Survival Mode, Spirit Boons, new loot, and pets. A simultaneous free update adds several trinkets and pets for all players while rebalancing critical stats, spell scaling, classes, weapons, elite enemies, status effects, and mercenaries.
Read analysisTears of Metal 0.9.57408 Improves Saves, Records, and Two Biomes
Tears of Metal 0.9.57408 adds a save-recovery system, improves Castle Records tracking, and revises the second Swamp biome and Birchtrees level. The patch also fixes combat, interface, spawning, and boss-state problems, but temporarily disables crossplay compatibility on the current version.
Read analysisPhasmophobia 0.18 Rebuilds Willow Street and Adds the Deildegast
Phasmophobia 0.18 gives 13 Willow Street a full visual rework, adds the Deildegast ghost, PC equipment-slot hotkeys, better media prioritization, faster Journal behavior, new movement animation, VR improvements, and a broad fix pass. Version 0.18.0.1 addresses camera, hiding-spot, item-drop, challenge, and VR defects, while a later follow-up makes slots 1-3 follow pickup order, leaves Igniters on slot 4, and removes the fixed Flashlight slot.
Read analysisWar Thunder 2.57.1.50 Fixes SAM Controls and Nuclear Escalation Targets
War Thunder 2.57.1.50 fixes aircraft fuel, crosshair, turret, missile reload, armor-analysis, radar-control, mission, and customization defects. Nuclear Escalation also gets a larger vegetation-free airfield zone and adjusted corvette anti-aircraft settings intended to make anti-ship missile attacks easier.
Read analysisARC Raiders 1.39 Tests a Matchmaking Rule Players Can Actually Feel
ARC Raiders is turning a common extraction-shooter argument into a live experiment: fighting back no longer counts against your matchmaking profile.
Read analysisSpace Marine 2 Patch 14 Turns Confrontation Into a Full PvP Reset
Two new arenas are only the headline: Patch 14 removes the PvP gear gate and lets every player enter Eternal War with the complete arsenal.
Read analysisGo-Go Town 1.0.25992 Repairs Co-op Reliability and Town Interactions
Go-Go Town! 1.0.25992 fixes a broad set of online co-op, storage, vehicle, worker, controller, spawning, and interface problems. It also changes build-menu camera behavior, expands some bug and fish spawn windows, and marks one music track as unsuitable for streamer-safe playback.
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