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.
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.
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.
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.
Hero Siege's patch 7.0.2 buffs Abyssal Chest magic find, reworks jumping and stretches Odin's immunity window, with a huge round of crash and market fixes behind it.
The latest update drops unannounced capture points into the open world, with escalating enemy waves, chests for holding out, and a war points leaderboard.
Square Enix is targeting September to leave the free trial with no expiry date and a level 75 cap, restricted to base game zones.
Beta Patch 9 is live: both classes were rebuilt from the ground up, a new NPC swaps out your old spellbook for free, and the Rothold and Fallen Watch dungeons are open. Early access is six weeks away.