Wolcen Studio has announced the sequel to its dark fantasy ARPG. Wolcen 2 hits Early Access on PC in 2027 with one playable act, a planned 12 months of open development and online co-op for up to four.
NetEase and Everstone Studio wrap up the Hidden Mountain arc on September 16 with Chapter 3: two special bosses, two open-world bosses and a new extraction mode. The announcement came with a number attached: 100 million players to date.
The final early access content update is live: the Table-Map drops its sectors, the Wind Spirit arrives, and the game moves to Unity 6. Older worlds stay playable, but unsupported.
Phase one ran on August 26 and phase two lands on September 2, leaving three servers on NA East and two on EU Central. It's the last big move Amazon Games makes before handing the game back to Smilegate.
NetEase and Starry Studio's survival game opened its console servers: free on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, with cross-progression, a first-person camera and console-only servers alongside the cross-platform ones.
FromSoftware pushed Elden Ring version 1.17 a day before the Tarnished Pack, the 4.99 euro DLC arriving August 28. The patch improves parrying, lightens fourteen shields and reins in the Rakshasa's Great Katana.
Wolcen Studio has announced the sequel to its dark fantasy ARPG. Wolcen 2 hits Early Access on PC in 2027 with one playable act, a planned 12 months of open development and online co-op for up to four.
At Gamescom, Funcom announced the Filmic Archive DLC, out September 22 for $9.99 with outfits pulled from Denis Villeneuve's films, and confirmed cross-play is coming after the console launch, with no date attached yet.
Ubisoft Massive used Gamescom to introduce Echoes of Central Park, the next Division 2 expansion, and to confirm crossplay is arriving in November. The expansion's details are being saved for a September 24 showcase.
Grinding Gear Games used its Gamescom slot to date Path of Exile 2's 1.0 release: on December 11 the ARPG leaves early access, turns free-to-play and adds the Duelist, its first sword-wielding class.
Version 3.6 is live and its schedule includes two Chapter IV quests, a co-op combat event, and five more. Qingxiao arrives in the version's first phase, Jingran in the second.
