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.
Singularity 6 lined up three free updates through November. The first one, Petals & Portraits, introduces Civic Projects: community builds that change the world for good.
Mainframe Industries used Discord to outline Pax Dei's next update: a giant deer, a handful of items and UI tweaks. Buried at the end, word that work on mounts has finally started.
The patch landed on the promised date, with the Harpy heavy fighter for the Colonials, a redesigned Zealot for the Wardens, and weather stations that forecast storms for an entire faction. The new war starts today at 1:00 PM ET.
Patch 1.5.1.0 is live on the Public Test Client with a single-player mode, character management from the main menu and reworked dungeon scaling. It hits the live game on September 22, alongside the console launch.
Unify the Realm starts on August 20 and runs to September 17, asking every Warlord to pick Wei, Shu or Wu and carve up the Central Plains map. It ships with a catch-up bonus for the trailing side and forced alliances against the leader.
Frontier has revealed the Rhino, a six-wheeled surface vehicle with heavy armor, a three-seat cockpit and cargo space for long hauls. It arrives this month in ARX early access and debuts a new way to mine on planetary surfaces.
Star Citizen's Ship Showdown is back: over the coming weeks the community nominates, creates and votes for its favorite ships, with prizes for artists and free flight to test the finalists from August 26 to September 2.