Arc Raiders dates Frozen Trail for October 8 as Apex swaps its anticheat and Counter-Strike 2 adds a 3v3 mode

Embark detailed Frozen Trail, arriving October 8. It adds a new frozen map built around a fallen Emperor, a new Frigate enemy, and an Outpost system that gives each player a home to customize. A PvE mode is also going into testing.

• —Frozen Trail arrives October 8, following a First Look stream on September 23.
• —The new map is set where one of the giant Emperors has fallen, so players can see one up close, amid icy weather and new ARC threats.
• —The Frigate is a new ARC vessel and among the new threats waiting on the map.
• —The Outpost is a personal home players fit out with modules and furniture, which Embark says is only the start and will be expanded over time.

From September 29, Apex Legends replaces Easy Anti-Cheat with EA's own Javelin anticheat on PC. Players download an update on launch and are migrated automatically. Unlike some EA titles, Apex will not require Secure Boot to be enabled.

• —The switch takes effect September 29, 2026, ending the partnership with Epic's Easy Anti-Cheat.
• —PC players download a game update on launch and are migrated to Javelin automatically.
• —Javelin does not require players to enable Secure Boot in BIOS for Apex, unlike its rollout on some other EA games.
• —Console protection stays server-side, and EA cites an accuracy rate above 99% for Javelin on titles already using it.

A Street Fighter 6 crossover event drops into the Wildcard mode on a remixed Olympus. Players pick the fighting style of Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma or Dhalsim, fill a Fight Gauge, then enter a stronger third-person Fighter Form.

• —The event runs in Wildcard on a Street Fighter 6 remix of the Olympus map.
• —Four fighting styles, based on Ryu, Chun-Li, Akuma and Dhalsim, each carry a passive, tactical and ultimate from that character's moveset.
• —Filling the Fight Gauge unlocks Fighter Form: third-person combat with stronger melee, a block, damage resistance and bonus speed.
• —Eight crossover Iconic Skins and a Hadoken Mythic melee are offered with the event.

Update 4.13.0 adds the Colossus Vegamor, fought in Peace and Guild events that alternate every Tuesday, plus ten Eye of Chaos recipes that craft Heroic weapons up a tier, and a round of weapon skill balance.

• —Peace and Guild events featuring Vegamor alternate each Tuesday at 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. local server time.
• —Eye of Chaos weapons are crafted from a Heroic weapon, 60 Otherworldly Mind's Eyes dropped by Vegamor, and materials; traits and stats transfer, with potential-ability transfer optional.
• —Skill cores were corrected and rebalanced across most weapon types, including a Gauntlets Blood Explosion damage cut and a Greatsword Gravity change.
• —The update's downtime ran about three hours from 10:30 p.m. PT on September 23.

Counter-Strike 2 adds Rush, a queued 3v3 mode played across a gauntlet of randomly selected battle arenas. The same update changes Premier map selection to a pick system, brings back clan tags, and adds a slower silent reload.

• —Rush is a 3v3 mode: win a round by holding the tower after eliminating the enemy team or when time expires, and advance through randomly chosen arenas to take the enemy castle.
• —Premier now has each team pick two maps, after which one of the four is chosen at random, instead of banning down to a single map.
• —Clan tags return: select a Steam Group in your profile to show a tag next to your name in every mode.
• —Reloading can be done silently by holding the reload key, at the cost of a longer reload, and unscoping is now silent.

Community Crunch 524 previews the three-headed Cerberax, which lands September 30 for ARK Fantastic Tames Season 1 owners alongside the Therizinosaurus TLC, the Gargantar, and the game's upgrade to Unreal Engine 5.8.

• —Cerberax arrives September 30 with the Therizinosaurus TLC, the Gargantar creature, and the move to Unreal Engine 5.8.
• —Taming a Cerberax means winning over its three heads separately: one through a fight, one with food, and one on a hunt.
• —ARKpocalypse monthly-wipe servers were wiped this week; the next wipe is October 16.
• —Updated fan-content guidelines now allow paid access to ARK video content through Patreon and YouTube memberships under set conditions.

ArenaNet will run the first beta of a new World vs. World Borderlands map on November 10. Themed on Ascalon during the Searing, it will eventually replace the Green Alpine Borderlands and is shown in unfinished gray-box form for feedback.

• —The first beta begins November 10; ArenaNet gave no end date.
• —The map is themed on pre- and post-Searing Ascalon and will replace the Green Alpine Borderlands.
• —It is shown in gray-box state, with non-final art, so layout and objective placement can change from player feedback.
• —No new mechanics are in the first beta; ArenaNet plans to add unique mechanics in later tests.

Bohemia's second Badlands recap fills in the new region of Nasdara ahead of the October 15 release: region-specific military uniforms, revised infected that stay grounded and human, and a set of new melee weapons.

• —Badlands remains on track for October 15, with some assets held back from Experimental until release.
• —New military gear includes short-sleeved police, OBR and FNO uniforms, the last in a night-desert camouflage, all tuned to Nasdara's dry, sun-exposed look.
• —Infected keep the series' grounded style, looking like ordinary infected people rather than Hollywood zombies, with visuals improved since the last blog.
• —New melee weapons are shown in a dedicated showcase video.

Old School RuneScape's latest update brings a second round of gathering quality-of-life changes: Daeyalt Shards can now double from the Celestial Ring's boost, Poison Dynamite is cheaper to make, and traps can pull logs from the Log Basket.

• —The Celestial Signet and Ring now give a 1 in 10 chance to double Daeyalt Shards, and the shards can be claimed as noted Daeyalt Essence.
• —Poison Dynamite now needs 1 Nightshade instead of 3.
• —Deadfall and Pitfall traps can be built from logs stored in the Log Basket, and a fire can now be lit at the Nex bank area.
• —The official client adds a farming compost overlay that shows which tier of compost a patch has been given.