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.
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.
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.
Warhammer 40,000: Darktide's patch 1.12.4 is live on every platform. Vanguard enemies lose up to half their health, guard within a narrower arc and can now be staggered with two quick pushes, while the Skitarii's Blitzes get a rebalance.
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.
Genshin Impact's version 7.0 opens Teyvat's seventh nation on August 12, and HoYoverse is pairing the launch with a Crunchyroll promo handing out Primogems and a gadget exclusive to the America server.
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.
EXBO published a set of cards on Steam explaining how Coliseum Rating works in the PvP mode that arrived on July 22. The announcement gives no start date for the season.
God Mode Games' latest update gives four abilities custom animations, adds element-matched particles to caster autoattacks and lets weapons light up mid-cast. It also cuts memory cost per extra character by 97%.