Guild of the Week · HADALModern Warfare 4 went live and dated Season 1 for November 6, and ArcheAge Chronicles set its Early Access start for November 3. The rest of the week was about what a group holds in common: SCUM wiped its official servers, ARK listed several hundred inactive official servers for retirement on November 29, Conan Exiles will fold Isle of Siptah servers into the Exiled Lands, and Europa Universalis V's 1.4 asks for a fresh campaign.
The week was about November. EVE Online's Fractured Skies arrives on the 10th, Crusader Kings III's Silk & Silver on the 17th, Stellaris: Willpower on the 23rd, and RuneScape accounts on legacy logins must move to a Jagex Account by the 17th. Old School RuneScape opened its new raid and rebalanced it the same day, Apex Legends laid out a two-season Ranked overhaul, and Battlefield 6 dated Season 5.
A week of fresh starts for survival groups. Enshrouded left Early Access with a finished map and per-player server roles, DayZ's Badlands expansion arrived with a full wipe, and Hytale opened its first chapter and dungeon. Old School RuneScape confirmed its raid for October 20, Arc Raiders is testing a PvE toggle, and Guild Wars 2 and Final Fantasy XIV began their Halloween events.
Arc Raiders' Frozen Trail update opens Pendola Pass and a weapon upgrade tree, Escape from Tarkov pays veterans to raid with new accounts, and Rust's October wipe makes air vehicles a server-wide project. Old School RuneScape dates The Fractured Archive for October 20, EVE Online's Crimson Harvest runs to November 3, and Albion Online hits midseason this weekend.
Guild of the Week · HADALAION 2 opens its Advanced Access servers on September 30, with faction pairings already posted and a global launch on October 5. ARK keeps its September 30 creature drop but moves the Unreal Engine 5.8 upgrade to October 28, and EVE Online runs GM Week through Friday. This issue also opens From the Guild Halls, starting with HADAL, a World of Warcraft: Forever guild.
The week after BlizzCon fills the calendar with near-term dates. Arc Raiders sets Frozen Trail, a new map with player housing and a PvE test, for October 8. Apex Legends switches PC players to EA Javelin anticheat on September 29. Counter-Strike 2 adds a 3v3 Rush mode, Throne and Liberty puts a colossus on a weekly guild timer, and ARK, DayZ and Guild Wars 2 all set drop dates.
BlizzCon set the dates this week. World of Warcraft: Forever launches on November 4, Overwatch moves Sombra to Support when Season 5 lands on October 6, and Diablo V is put at Spring 2029. EVE Online's Cradle of War update arrives on 22 September, closing Ansiblex jump bridges to everyone outside the owning alliance, and Stellaris 4.5 breaks saves the same day.
Iron 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.
Team17 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.
Bohemia 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.
CCP 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.
