Sandbox Interactive devoted a Dev Talk to Dragonfire's new region: portals split solo players from parties of up to 20, the routes between islands are opened by players themselves, and a Fire Drake waits at the center.
Kazeros Raid: Act 2 Extreme runs until September 16, with three difficulties starting at item level 1720 and a single weekly entry per roster. Nightmare pays no more gold than Hard; what it hands over is a legendary title.
The second Summer Sweep Up batch lowers Hallowed Sepulchre floor requirements, lets you boost your way in, and makes prayer scrolls almost 20% rarer in Chambers of Xeric. It also adds eight new Agility shortcuts and publishes the Wyrmscraig drop rates.
Thursday's maintenance pushes the level cap to 70, opens Inner Edania's five zones and four weekly bosses, and ends support for Windows 7 and DirectX 9.
ArenaNet has dated the expansion's finale: September 15 brings the Leyspring Hollows map, the Rift Amplification mastery, a fractal, a raid and the Wages of Stars legendary sword.
Amazon Game Studios is stepping away from both MMOs in the West: Throne and Liberty moves to FirstSpark Games / NC in Q4 2026 and Lost Ark goes back to Smilegate in early 2027. Characters and balances transfer automatically, and there is a window to opt out.
Square Enix's quarterly report shows 12.7 billion yen in MMO segment sales on the back of higher player activity after the Evercold reveal, with operating income nearly flat because the company is already booking the expansion's costs.
The August 12 maintenance adds Ereb and kicks off Land of Judgment Season 2, with three-week seasons, a reworked Harkion, the new Chaser Pass and progression buffs through the end of the month.
The patch landed on schedule in World of Warcraft: Midnight with Coiled Isle, three new delves, the Altar of Fangs dungeon at Mythic 0 and housing blueprints. The raid, Mythic+ and the Prey season wait until August 18.
Zemi Interactive says 4Story: The Original is shutting down because the IP was sold to Gameforge, and that Iverian Wars was never part of the deal and keeps running.