The Guild PostThe Guild PostIron Gate shipped Valheim 1.0 with the Deep North and a rewritten save system. ArenaNet dated every beat from the Visions of Eternity finale to Wintersday. Embark set an expiry on Arc Raiders' Cred currency, CCP disclosed a client exploit that read corporation wallet balances, and Paradox published tick-speed numbers for both Europa Universalis V and Crusader Kings III.
Read this issueTeam17 pushed Seelow Heights into 2027 and named Lake Balaton as the winter map instead. Battlefield 6 detailed Tidal Strike, which brings proximity chat, AFK kicks and leave penalties to REDSEC. Myth of Empires opened Throne Season 3 with a ten-day crossover, Old School RuneScape rewrote its menu system, and Funcom described a cold second map for Dune: Awakening.
Read this issueBohemia dated DayZ Badlands and Keen Games dated Enshrouded 1.0, both to October 15. Funcom and World's Edge both picked September 22, for the Dune: Awakening console launch and the Age of Empires II Viking Sagas DLC. Myth of Empires opens its third season on September 3. ARK, 7 Days to Die and Old School RuneScape shipped this week.
Read this issueCCP banned 10,700 EVE Online accounts whose credentials had been harvested by malware, a sweep that can take a member offline without any wrongdoing on their part. Ragnarok Online locked its siege castles to a whitelist of War of Emperium gear, and Jagex closed a Partner Slayer loophole in Old School RuneScape. Conan Exiles runs Head Hunter to August 30.
Read this issueAmazon Game Studios is stepping back from both Lost Ark and Throne and Liberty, handing each to its developer on separate timelines. Elsewhere the week rewards groups that work together. Squad rebuilds suppression so a fireteam matters more than a lone rifleman, Old School RuneScape drops the Theatre of Blood party cooldown, and Guild Wars 2 opens the Festival of the Four Winds.
Read this issueRust restarts its power plant only for groups willing to keep it fed with fuses, PUBG starts rotating its gun meta on a four-month schedule with LMGs first, and Guild Wars 2 dates a third War Score beta that finally pays defenders. Battlefield 6 brings Wake Island back on August 18, and Old School RuneScape lets sailors fish from the deck.
Read this issueBattlefield 6 published the longest roadmap of the week and dated it: custom lobbies in August, proximity chat in September, platoons not until winter. Elsewhere the work was steadier. EVE Online cut the player count a factional-warfare plex pays out at, Old School RuneScape opened voting on its fourth raid's rewards, Gloria Victis merged its servers and started a new Glory Season, and Arc Raiders stopped counting self-defence against you.
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