Amazon's action MMORPG Lost Ark is heading into a busy final quarter of 2025. The studio has published the last part of its annual roadmap, detailing everything scheduled to arrive before the year wraps up, including the long-awaited conclusion to the Kazeros storyline. Alongside new raids, a fresh endgame progression system and region mergers, the update cycle aims to set [...]
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Electronic Arts, the publisher behind EA Sports FC, Apex Legends, and the long-running Madden NFL series, is set to leave the public markets. The company has reached an agreement to be acquired for roughly $55 billion by a bidding group led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) alongside tech-focused investor Silver Lake and Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners. Assuming regulators [...]
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Blizzard’s long-running digital card game Hearthstone is jumping into full time-travel mode. The next expansion, Across the Timeways, lands on November 4 and introduces 145 cards built around two new mechanics, Rewind and Fabled. The set lets Blizzard revisit famous Warcraft characters at different points in their lives, something that fits the game’s quick-fire update cadence and its focus on [...]
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HoYoverse has penciled in October 15 for Version 2.3 of its stylish action-RPG Zenless Zone Zero. Dubbed “Memories of Dreams Bygone,” the patch expands the game’s neon-soaked New Eridu setting with a spooky detour into the newly opened Timesworn Hills. This is the third major update since the game’s full launch, continuing the studio’s rapid patch cadence. Expect the usual [...]
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Wuthering Waves will roll out Version 2.7, titled Dawn Breaks on Dark Tides, on October 9. In a recent livestream, China-based developer Kuro Games detailed a slate of additions ranging from fresh story chapters to in-game planning tools designed to smooth character progression across PC and mobile. The free-to-play action RPG has earned a following for its parry-centric combat and [...]
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HoYoverse is gearing up for Genshin Impact’s fifth-anniversary celebrations with a fresh theme song and a splash of new artwork. The track, titled “The Long Way Home,” was written by in-house composer Peijia You and performed by voice actor Erika Harlacher in character as Venti. It arrived on September 26, two days ahead of the game’s official anniversary on September [...]
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Nexon has announced that The First Descendant will host a crossover with PlatinumGames’ stylish action series Bayonetta on November 6. Revealed during Tokyo Game Show 2025, the event gives the free-to-play co-op looter-shooter a dose of the Umbra Witch’s flair, complete with cosmetics that reference her distinctive firearms and slow-motion combat. What’s coming in the collaboration Full-body Bayonetta skin for [...]
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Warframe is lining up its next major patch, The Vallis Undermind, for October 15 across all platforms. The free-to-play sci-fi looter shooter, which first launched in 2013, has spent the last few years refining its notoriously dense early game. This update continues that effort with a new cinematic quest aimed at rookies while still giving veterans plenty to chase. The [...]
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Grinding Gear Games is pulling several endgame tweaks forward from the planned 0.4.0 update and rolling them into next week’s Patch 0.3.1. The action-RPG sequel is still in closed testing, but its mapping system, the series’ rotating endgame built around randomized “Maps”, is already getting a major shake-up. The biggest shift is the removal of tower encounters once players enter [...]
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Pearl Abyss has switched on Season V for Black Desert Online, a limited-time server that runs from 25 September to 18 December 2025. Season servers are Black Desert’s answer to fresh-start realms, letting players roll new characters that level far faster than normal and earn endgame-ready gear in a fraction of the time. The long-running sandbox MMORPG, first released in [...]
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