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Path of Exile

Announcing Path of Exile: Keepers of The Flame

We're excited to bring you the announcements from GGG Live, where we’ll be revealing our new Path of Exile expansion, Keepers of the Flame! In this news post we've put together links to everything that is being announced during the livestream . We'll be updating this news post for your reference as the livestream progresses. [url] [/url]

Hades II

Post-Launch Patch 1 Preview & Notes

From all of us at Supergiant Games, thank you for playing Hades II . We've been very excited to see so many of you battling beyond the Underworld since our v1.0 Launch , and we're grateful for all the feedback, which inspired us throughout development and continues to do so. We now have our Post-Launch Patch 1 , with enhancements to the True Ending among other improvements, available to preview: How to Play the Patch 1 Preview First, we recommend backing up your save files, since the Patch 1 Preview may contain more technical issues than would typically be found in one of our full patch launches. To locate them: On Windows, navigate to \\%USERPROFILE%\\Saved Games\\Hades II\\ On macOS, navigate to \\%USERPROFILE%\\Library\\Application Support\\Supergiant Games\\Hades II\\ Then, to unlock the Patch 1 Preview, Right-click on Hades II in your Steam library and select Properties Select Betas, then select [preview] The game will update. Once ready, you should see Hades II [preview] in your library. Note : The Patch 1 Preview represents a work-in-progress whose contents may evolve , and some text translations are still in progress. We do not have a release date for the full patch. What's In the Patch 1 Preview In addition to various bug fixes and some balance changes, this patch contains... • True Ending Enhancements : Added new events in the lead-up to the True Ending, and some after. As part of this, increased the number of Underworld clears required, and added to and revised parts of the main True Ending scenes before the end credits. Note: The vast majority of changes are to the Underworld route; the Surface route is mostly unchanged. • Returning to a Real Possibility : Added Cauldron incantation lets you return to an earlier point in the story in case you wish to re-experience key events, such as the True Ending. • Fated Prophecy Adjustments : A number of character-related Prophecies, including the one connected to the story epilogue, should unfold faster than before. • Crossroads Renewal : Many decorative items have reduced costs in Kudos compared to before. Any excess Kudos you have already spent will be refunded. The full set of changes currently in Patch 1 is as follows: Aspects of the Nocturnal Arms · Witch's Staff (Circe) : Smolder Ring (Hestia) now also applies Scorch from the bonus Cast when your Casts overlap Boons & Blessings · Anvil Ring (Hephaestus) : increased damage for Common Rarity · Controlled Burn (Hestia) : increased bonus from Poms of Power · Ares : increased Plasma pickup range · Sword Ring (Ares) : increased damage · Carnal Pleasure (Ares x Aphrodite) : increased effectiveness · Success Rate (Hermes) : now also affects Nurture of Hera (Selene x Hera) · Shadow Pounce (Artemis) : increased effectiveness · Gigaros Dash (Hades) : no longer staggers foes when this deals direct damage · Life Tax (Hades) : increased effectiveness; restorative effect is no longer reduced by Vow of Scars (Oath) · Last Gasp (Hades) : increased effectiveness · Howling Soul (Hades) : improved aiming of the projectile · Fight Fight Fight (Echo) : increased effectiveness · Various other minor fixes and adjustments Daedalus Hammer Upgrades · Elephant Rockets (Coat - Shiva) : increased damage · Chakra Collider (Coat - Shiva) : increased damage Keepsakes · Jeweled Pom (Hades & Persephone) : you no longer keep the bonus blessing if you are not at the Fates' Whim ; fixed an issue causing this to never grant Last Gasp (Hades) Well of Charon • Yarn of Ariadne : now also raises chance of finding Duo Boons (as in the original game) • Mist Veil : now restores Magick that is lost for any reason (not just from using Omega Moves) Foes & Dangers · Unrivaled Prometheus : adjusted hitboxes of certain Heracles attacks in this Encounter · Headmistress Hecate : slightly reduced hitbox of flame attacks to better match the visuals · Phantom (Fields) : reduced effectiveness of Life-drain effect; removed this effect from some attacks Special Encounters · Added a preview icon for Location exits leading to an Infernal Contract (after the True Ending) · Nemesis no longer can show up more than once a night while battling through the Underworld · Circe appears slightly more often Level Design & Environments · Various minor fixes and improvements to several Locations The Crossroads Renewal Project • Added Primordial Chaos theme to the Music Maker Crossroads Cauldron • Disintegration of Monstrosity : you are no longer required to cast this as soon as you can afford to • Greatest Gift of Gaia : reduced requirements for this to be revealed Fated List of Minor Prophecies • Melinoë, Help Us : increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster • Silk and Spitefulness : increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster • Voice and Vanity : increased priority of key events, so that this can be fulfilled faster • Born to Win : now revealed sooner and more reliably • Natural Talent : fixed an issue causing this to not appear in some cases • Denier of Suitors : reduced requirements to fulfill this Art & Visual FX · Added artwork to some True Ending scenes before the credits · Added animations for certain character in some True Ending scenes · Added portrait variant for Hecate · Added blinking animation to Melinoë's 'hesitant' portrait · Added death animation for the Yargonaut · Updated animations for opening or closing certain menu screens to be smoother than before · Numerous other minor visual fixes and improvements Voice & Narrative · Added new events with Chronos , Zagreus , Hecate , and Hades on the path to the True Ending · Added new events with Chronos , Zagreus , Hecate , Schelemeus , and Hades and Persephone after the True Ending · Added more contextual voice lines for Melinoë and Hecate in certain situations · Adjusted several events after the True Ending in light of other changes · Scylla now reveals her sensational hit Bewitching Eyes sooner than before · Icarus now can be persuaded to return to the Crossroads sooner than before · Other minor fixes and improvements Music & SFX · Artemis' singing in the Crossroads no longer cuts off abruptly at a certain distance · Updated sound effects for Cinerary Circle (Hades) · Fixed some Keepsake equip sounds playing late · Other minor fixes and improvements Settings • Danger Pulse : new! You now can toggle off the persistent flashing at critical Life levels • FPS Limit : new! You now can limit max frames-per-second to your preference while VSync is off Miscellaneous · Improved compatibility with macOS Tahoe security permissions · Inventory details for Gigaros and Entropy appear sooner than before · Updated inventory hints for several resources · Added feedback when Keepsakes from Athena and Selene cannot be used in a certain situation Bug Fixes • Fixed Argent Skull (Hel) not firing reliably while Melinoë is backed against a wall • Fixed Argent Skull (Medea) text erroneously stating its passive bonus also applied to Omega Special · Fixed cases where you could claim rewards while using the effect of Time Piece (Chronos) • Fixed Calling Card (Zagreus) unexpectedly refreshing all uses for the night after ranking up • Fixed Back Burner (Apollo) not applying its bonus when using certain moves • Fixed Steady Growth (Demeter) resetting its countdown after being Rarified · Fixed Rapture Ring (Aphrodite) dragging foes after they are slain • Fixed Seismic Servo (Hephaestus x Poseidon) not always working as expected on Boons of Hephaestus · Fixed cases where you could unexpectedly gain Unseen Ire (Hades) twice · Fixed Corrosion on Sight (Medea) not affecting Lubbers • Fixed Numbness (Path of Stars) not properly applying its effect · Fixed Mirrored Thrasher (Daedalus - Staff) disabling your Attacks in certain cases • Fixed interaction between Inverted Blaze (Daedalus - Flames) and Dividing Blaze (Daedalus - Flames) • Fixed high-cost Boons of Hermes found in shops not always having improved Rarity · Fixed projectiles from Charybdis not splitting as expected after striking certain obstacles · Fixed cases in which Jetty could get stuck while resurfacing • Fixed several cases where Melinoë could end up out of bounds in a Location · Fixed Raki occasionally swooping in to peck at already-defeated Guardians • Fixed an issue where a slowdown effect could persist unexpectedly after Gale blocks an attack · Fixed visual issues with Demeter's Freeze interacting with other visual effects · Fixed visual issues with Infernal Troves • Fixed incorrect text sometimes appearing on the Victory Screen • Fixed incorrect Gold preview when Nemesis wants to trade for Quick Buck (Hermes) • Fixed cases where music could stop playing unexpectedly · Fixed cases where the Past Deeds screen would not show the foe that put an end to your night · Fixed cases where Odysseus and Dora could appear too close together in the taverna · Fixed certain visual effects persisting during the Melinoë's Return to Shadow escapes · Fixed a visual issue where text formatting would not reset after resetting the Oath of the Unseen · Fixed Play Screen showing your location as The Crossroads despite just having left for the night · Other minor fixes

Titan Quest II

Character Creator - Coming Soon!

In Titan Quest II, we hope to transport you to our fantasy version of Ancient Greece, where you get to step into the shoes of an epic hero and journey toward becoming a powerful god. But every story starts at the beginning, and our story starts with a lone mortal. What sort of mortal are you, at the beginning of your journey? What sort of god will you become? Thanks to the new Character Creator feature, coming in the first week of November, you’ll get to entirely customize your hero’s face, body and more, so that your hero is unique to you. Will you be a brawny fighter like Herakles? A cunning trickster like Odysseus? Or more reliant on magic and enchanted gear like Perseus? Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, with all sorts of ways of navigating the dangerous world of monsters and gods. Define your character by tweaking over 50 individual settings with almost 100 options for the head alone! Do you want to create a mythic verson of yourself? Or do you want to embody a hero who is totally different from you? Create classic-feeling heroes inspired by old favorites, or play with the settings to create a unique legend! Our version of Ancient Greece is populated by many strange denizens, and you could be one of them. In Titan Quest II, the Moirai may already have Fate laid out for you, but your identity as a hero is yours to decide. We hope you enjoy the Character Creator feature, and everything else still to come! The Titan Quest II Team

Dragonkin: The Banished

What are the major points we want to work on and address?

Hello Dragon hunters, Today, we’d like to give you more visibility into what’s coming next by sharing our plans for both the multiplayer update and full release. We’ve been reviewing player feedback and collaborating with our community to understand your needs and expectations. With that in mind, here’s a summary of the major points we’re focusing on and addressing, along with our reasoning for each. Generator / Spenders Concerns Many players get frustrated by the generator system early on and stop playing. Therefore, they never reach the point where progression and better fragments and equipment would make those generators less necessary. We are reworking the system so that resource-based skills are much less resource-dependent early in the game. Obviously, to maintain aspects of theorycrafting and optimization, we are considering a system where resource requirements evolve, and where new modifiers to link on your skills will allow you to manage those costs. We’re still very early in the process, and we genuinely want to hear your thoughts on both the generator/spender and a spender-only system. ⚠️ Note: We aren’t sure yet if we’ll be able to implement the changes we have in mind for the multiplayer update, but rest assured that if not, they will be addressed in the full release. Smoother Progression & Pendants At the beginning of Early Access, many of you told us that progression just didn’t feel right. It was slow, and not nearly as exciting or rewarding as it should be. To start with, in the Nurõrgartt major update, we improved the overall loot drops, aiming for a more exciting progression, especially at lower levels. We adjusted the loot curves for players to find more high-rarity drops earlier and introduced the Eternal’s Gift . We also made further adjustments in the Tracker major update by increasing the drop rate of high-quality items, reworking the importance of item level versus rarities and adding a Quest Reward system. That said, there were still some outliers we’re working on improving. While overall itemization is now close to a satisfying point based on your feedback, leveling speed remains too slow for many of you. So, here’s what’s next: We're accelerating both character and city leveling by at least 30% faster. We’re also giving a bit of attention to fragments by reworking the loot tables for players to find better and more interesting ones earlier in their playthrough. Players will also be able to rotate fragments, which we hope should make theorycrafting easier at every stage of the game and smooth the character progression. As part of these updates, bosses will now drop two Gifts of the Eternal , giving them the greater sense of importance they deserve. Another issue we’re tackling is that some players can't find specific skills even after several hours of play. This will be addressed alongside the rework of the City of Montescail. For more details, check the section below. What about pendants? Pendants have been a hot topic, both internally within the team and among players. One key realization from your feedback is how difficult Pendants are to obtain. In many cases, players would reach the endgame or advanced character progression before ever finding their first pendant. While Pendants are meant to feel special and rare, they shouldn’t be so hard to acquire, so here are the changes we are planning to make to improve this: Pendants will now have an increased drop rate. Champions and semi-bosses will now drop Pendants. We hope these changes make Pendants more accessible. Ultimately, we want players to acquire their first Pendant before reaching endgame content. There is still a lot more to do to improve the progression though! So, rest assured we’ll be monitoring how these changes are received once you get your hands on the multiplayer update and will make adjustments as needed. ⚠️ Note: Changes regarding the progression are planned to be included in the multiplayer update! City of Montescail Rework If there’s one thing the City struggles with, it’s being confusing when it comes to which upgrades players should choose. Our intention was always to give players the freedom to shape their progression experience according to their preferences. However, we recognize that some upgrades and buildings are too important to miss. If a player doesn’t invest in a rather important upgrade early on, it could lead to a frustrating experience, especially since we don’t allow our players to refund their city points. A single mistake could then negatively affect the player experience for a long time, especially since the progression was slow. Another downside, tied to the slow progression, is that as you level up, you unlock increasingly interesting and powerful upgrades and services, but players often don’t have enough points to invest in all of them. This forces difficult choices. For example, you might skip upgrading your Apothecary and end up with low-rarity potions because gaining access to the Ornamentalist, which provides a more impactful powerspike by increasing your talent points, feels more enticing. This creates a dilemma: do you upgrade your potions, essential for comfort, or pursue new upgrades that increase your power? We understand that this kind of progression can feel harsh and frustrating. While we are increasing City XP by roughly 30%, it doesn’t fully solve the issue. Why don’t we just add a city reset option? It’s not that simple. Unfortunately, from a balance perspective, allowing players to refund city points could disrupt game mechanics. For example, players could invest points to craft high-quality rings or potions, then reset their points and invest elsewhere. We think that kind of exploit would undermine the progression system and game balance. What are we doing to address this issue? We’ve decided to rework the City progression itself! Instead of giving players complete freedom, we’re introducing a more linear progression. Each service will now unlock at a specific city level, aligned with when it’s intended to be accessed. Don’t worry, you’ll still have choices to make, as we’re adding an upgrade tree that lets you decide which services you want to upgrade along the way. With this approach, we aim to solve the problem of ‘wrong’ investments by providing more guidance, while still allowing players to unlock all services and maintain flexibility in how they develop their city. We’ll soon show how it works in detail, with visuals, in a future DevBlog, so keep an eye on our news. A new upgrade is on its way! On a side note, we add a requested Quality of Life feature suggested by our community Auto-pick up gold and crafting materials We’re adding a City upgrade that will allow you to unlock a pet : The Divine Familiar Once unlocked, an ally sent by the Eternal will assist you in gathering gold and resources around you. Also, for our players that prefer picking up resources themselves, no worries, you can either skip the upgrade or disable it anytime! ⚠️ Note: Expect the full rework of the City for the multiplayer update. Endgame hunts are too long Many players are reporting that Endgame hunts are too long and repetitive. Normally when this is the case, the main reason is due to other concerns such as excessive travel between objectives or insufficient challenges and rewards which link to the lack of entertaining content in the area. We understand that spending 40 minutes in a single hunt chaining quests can feel drawn-out. That’s why we’re working on shorter hunts (about half the current length if not less) by reducing unnecessary backtracking to make the experience feel more dynamic and adding champions and semi-bosses to each hunts. These improvements will apply to ALL hunts that exist in the Hunting Board that will also receive a visual overhaul. ⚠️ Note: Endgames hunts changes are planned for the full release. Endless post-endgame progression In some ARPGs, an endless progression mechanic is part of the endgame experience. Systems like Paragon Boards in Diablo allow players to endlessly enhance their characters, providing meaningful stat boosts, unique perks that help tackle the high-level content. With Dragonkin full release, we aim to implement a similar system that keeps the endgame engaging and rewarding. As we are still in the early stages of developing our post-50 progression system, we don’t have anything to reveal just yet. Rest assured, though, we’ll get back to this topic and share more details as soon as we have something to show. ⚠️ Note: Post-endgame progression is scheduled to be part of the full release. A word on Multiplayer Our progress on multiplayer is moving at a steady pace. We’re still working out the details of the system, but we’re mostly there in terms of how it will work. We know many players are waiting for it and will have questions, so we want to make sure everything is clear before sharing more. ⚠️ Note: Expect a dedicated DevBlog next month! Transparency and Moving Forward We remain committed to being as transparent with our player base as possible and felt this behind the scenes was necessary. We want our players to know what our team is working on and what to expect so they can provide feedback or simply share their thoughts. As we continue to work on the multiplayer update, we're committed to ensure that Dragonkin: The Banished delivers the best possible experience for our dedicated community. We truly appreciate the passion and feedback we’ve received and will continue to consider the community’s voice to find the best path forward! As always, expect more news on your progress, so make sure you stay tuned to our Steam page and Discord for updates. See you soon! Discord: https://discord.gg/WrCT2E5kG9

Undecember

Advance Notice on the End of Package and Product Sales

Greetings, Rune Hunters. We would like to inform you in advance that certain packages and products currently on sale at the Shop will no longer be available after the following dates. Please see below for more details. We hope the information will help you avoid any inconvenience. Advance Notice on the End of Package and Product Sales 1. Ending Date - After the Oct. 30 (Thu) scheduled maintenance 2. Products No Longer Sold from Oct.30 (Thu) [Go to Notice] 3. To Note ※ The relevant packages and products will only be sold until the dates above. ※ Products you have already purchased, except for Pass products, can still be used normally even after the sale of the product ends. We will do our best to continue offering even better products to Rune Hunters. Thank you.

Path of Exile 2

Path of Exile 2 Build of the Week - Rambo Wizard

In this Build of the Week, we are featuring a Titan Warrior build by Shadow Edwin. This build uses His Scattering Calamity from The Unborn Lich Staff and leverages the Hulking Form to increase Reduced Duration on the Passive Tree, turning it into His Rapid Fire Machine-Gun. For more information on this build, check out Shadow Edwin’s forum guide here . Thanks for watching!

Crystalfall

Gamescom Asia was a huge success for Crystalfall!

The Crystalfall team has had a fantastic time in Bangkok! First, we visited our publisher PlayPark's awesome offices, finally meeting face-to-face and getting to know each other better. It's been a blast working together at Gamescom Asia and meeting the SEA players. With three booths in the international indie game arena, we're beyond lucky to have such an amazing publisher in PlayPark, who have been awesome at welcoming and supporting the fans. Watch the event reel here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u1HBQO4MJwE We saw a crazy showcase of talent from the players - with some of the really passionate veterans being invited to our VIP group for more exclusive playtesting in the game. One of our visitors is Jojo, who's been a fan since before the open playtest we held last year. Jojo got to meet Fredrik, our game designer, sharing his thoughts on the latest updates in Crystalfall. It's a big moment when fan meets maker! Throughout all three days, The Crystalfall booths have been running hot with lots of visitors flexing their skills in the game, winning exclusive merch and showing off their fantastic cosplay. Before the second day was over, we'd run out of exclusive merch, though with the help of PlayPark we restocked with more awesome lucky draw giveaways for the fans. The Crystalfall booths were visited by publishers from all over the world as well as news media, including GosuMedia, Gamersky, VG Times and the Indie Wavemakers. It's always a pleasure to nerd it out about the features in Crystalfall, especially the procedural skills that afford players a myriad ways of customizing their character build. All in all, it's been a fantastic event for us! We could not have asked for a better time in Bangkok and the team is buzzing with energy from the traction that Crystalfall is seeing 🔥 The Crystalfall team wants to say a BIG thank you to all players who swung by our booth to try out the game, to the organizers at Gamescom Asia, to our amazing partners PlayPark and Agora Gaming Partners, and to all new cherished connections we made. Stay awesome, grinders! Much love from the CRG team.

Dwarven Realms

Halloween Hardcore Race - The Tear Beyond Time

Halloween Hardcore Race – Begins This Thursday! We’re thrilled to announce the Halloween Hardcore Season Race — kicking off this Thursday, October 31st, at 1 PM EST! This is a Hardcore-only event , where death is permanent and glory lasts forever. Schedule Leaderboard Lock: Tuesday, October 21st, at 11 PM EST Server Wipe: 12 PM EST (one hour later) Chaos Gates Open: 1 PM EST Hardcore Race Launch: Thursday, 1 PM EST , with a full reset If you’d like to help us test , join during the Chaos period. If you’re here to compete , sharpen your blades — the real race begins Thursday. And if Hardcore isn’t your style, don’t worry — Season 5 is right around the corner, currently planned for early December . ⚔️ What’s New in the Hardcore Race Offhand & Monogram updates – deeper build diversity and reworked affixes New Time Tear event – greater risks, greater rewards New visual style – a fresh look for the Realm powered by our new Toon Shader A Message from the Team Every test, bug, and wipe helps us shape Dwarven Realms into something greater. Thank you for standing with us through every season and every patch — we can’t wait to see who rises in the Hardcore Race. See you in the Chaos, – The Crater Studios Team Patch Notes: New Content Four new Time Tear types have been added, each focusing on a different kind of reward: Mining Nodes - Harvest waves of mining nodes to collect valuable materials. Monograms - Interact with waves of monograms to obtain new modifiers for your items. Elite Rush - Survive consecutive waves of elite enemies and gain more rewards Slugs Rush - Waves of slugs; simple but deadly fun. General Changes Containers now auto-destroy after 45 seconds (Light beam indicator goes down with remaining time) Boss containers spawn slightly faster to accommodate auto-destroy timer Container spawn rate increased New visual style/look for the game Season mode changed to Hardcore only - no softcore, leaderboard is Hardcore exclusive Offhands Changes Cooldown Changes Arcane Totem: Cooldown increased by 23.3% average Arcane Apocalypse: Cooldown increased by 17.9% average Lightning Plasma: Cooldown reduced by 20.0% average Blood Dragon: Cooldown reduced by 16.7% average Rain of Flames: Cooldown reduced by 22.6% average Carnage of Fire: Cooldown reduced by 16.7% average Changes & Balance Death Blade: When Death Blade despawns, it will summon an arcane spike on a nearby enemy, dealing 100% damage + 20% additional damage for every second the blade was on the field. (Previously: 80% base damage) Static Charge: Static charge will now stay for an additional 0.6 seconds, damaging more enemies and dealing an additional 5% per enemy inside Static Charge range. (Previously: *Static charge will now stay for an additional 0.6 seconds, damaging more enemies*) Spark: When Sparks collide, they have a 33% chance to spawn a plasma sphere that deals 100% damage. After 2 seconds it explodes for 200% damage. Plasma sphere may consume sparks to gain +50% damage bonus. (Previously: plasma sphere that deals 75% damage) Toxicity: Pools last 5 seconds longer and deal 35% more damage based on pool size. (Previously: 20%) Toxicity: Trigger a chain reaction, each projectile spawned receives additional 25% damage for each active pool on the battlefield. (Previously: 10%) Death Blade: Summon a smaller Death Blade that circles around the primary Death Blade and deals 130% damage. Each time a small death blade spawns, it adds 25% damage to Arcane spike. (Previously: adds 15%) Ferocity of Wolves: Your wolves increase their damage by 45% with each leap. (Previously: 25%) Blood Dragons: The dragons jump towards the player, and deal bonus damage the closer they are to their target up to +100%. (Previously: +45%) Kraken Seed: Kraken Seed shoots 3 tentacle darts, dealing 60% damage each. (Previously: 4 darts) (Dart amount now stacks) Lightning Plasma: Lightning Plasma stays for an additional 1.5 seconds and deals +40% damage. (Previously: +20%) Lightning Plasma: Fires an additional Lightning Plasma, and deals an additional 25% damage based on Lightning Plasma range. (Previously: *Fires an additional Lightning Plasma*) Fiery Totems: Fiery Totems triggered by you gain an additional 25% damage for each Fiery Totem on the battlefield. (Previously: 40%) Vortex: When vortexes collide, they turn into a thunderstorm, that deals an additional 100%. (Previously: 300%) Amadora Snail no longer counts as an elite for the mod "Killing an elite has a 10% chance to spawn another elite Killing an elite has a 10% chance to spawn another elite' now stacks up to 4 times (Previously: 8 times) Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where "Kraken Seed: Kraken Seed shoots 4 tentacle darts, dealing 60% damage each" didn't deal damage most of the time Fixed a bug where "Kraken Seed: Running over a Kraken Seed will shoot projectiles that explode on impact, dealing the same damage as Kraken Seed" dealt 30% damage instead of full kraken damage Fixed code issue causing problems with name selection Performance Fixes Fixed memory issues for the following abilities: Magery: Starfall Strike, Basic Mage projectiles Necro: Leeching Wraith Axe: Blazing Earthshaker, Demonic Strike Archery: Blade Kick, Infused Arrow Swords: Shadow Slice, Scorching Swipe, Ascending Power, Thousand Cuts

Grim Dawn

Grim Misadventure #196 - Factions - The Kurn

The Kurn are the major faction featured in Fangs of Asterkarn. Learn more about their bloody and contentious past in the latest dev update !

Ravenswatch

Ravenswatch Community Spotlight (October 2025)

Greetings, Ravens! Today, we’re back with a new Community Spotlight! We’ve got a ton of stuff to discuss today, so let’s take a look at what the community has been up to recently. The topics of today's Community Spotlight: New episode of News from Reverie Hourglass of Dreams Update stats Speedrun Scene Community Creations What's next? News from Reverie (October 2025) Don’t want to read? Watch our latest episode of News from Reverie for the video format of the Community Spotlight! Hourglass of Dreams Update The Hourglass of Dreams update launched last month with a bunch of new content and challenges. And as usual, we like to share some statistics with you. Players attempted to steal the shards from the Leprechaun’s Cauldron over 80,000 times ! For the Hourglass of Dreams: some of you tried to trigger the Boss very early, only after 5 minutes into a run, or even less sometimes! And you met your doom with 77% of fails at the Dark Hills Master Nightmare ! In comparison, triggering the Boss just before the original timer ends (up until 3 minutes before) results in an 83% success rate! Now let’s talk about the new quests! Which of the three new mini-bosses was the most deadly of all? At the bottom of the podium, we have Mordred with over 25,000 Heroes killed , followed by Jack’s Ogre with over 90,000 death counts . And finally, at the top, Simorgh, the Giant Roc, with a massacre of 119,000 Heroes . Pretty deadly. Speedrun Scene The Hourglass of Dreams update brought new ways to play in Ravenswatch. With the ability to win rewards when triggering the Master Nightmare, this has created a whole new interest in speedruns of the game! We enjoyed watching your achievements, including SkippyTom ’s current record , set in Adventure with the Rain of Stars modifier, at 4 minutes and 12 seconds. We also have a new breaking record of 2 minutes and 54 seconds in the Two players category, congratulations to syrk and Kozzoko ! Head to https://www.speedrun.com/ravenswatch to upload your attempts! Community Creations B y @Panickerz By @ZeroLogic By @DairyPanda We also sat down with community member PositiveAce for an interview on the Hourglass of Dreams update and what’s next for Ravenswatch. You don’t want to miss it! What's next? It’s time for a Roadmap check! We’re coming to the end of the first year of post-launch support for Ravenswatch. Does that truly mean the end, though…? Let me reassure you, no! We still have a few cards up our sleeve. But let's end Year 1 on a high note with a new paid hero DLC planned for early next year . We’re hard at work on this new hero, and I can already tell you that they look very promising. Do you have any guesses? (There may already be a clue in the game 👀) Aaand that’s it! Thank you for reading this new Community Spotlight. Thanks again for your support on the launch of the Hourglass of Dreams update. We know it was a busy month, but you answered the call of Reverie! We’ll see you soon! - The Passtech Team 🍉 Passtech Games Discord Ravenswatch Twitter Passtech Games Twitter Ravenswatch Subreddit Passtech Games Twitch Passtech Games Website

Last Epoch

Last Epoch Patch 1.3.6 Notes

Changes Patched Unity Engine vulnerability This engine upgrade is for Unity Security, and we do not expect any noticeable differences with this engine upgrade. Please continue to use the in-game bug reporter if you happen to encounter any bugs or issues.

Hero Siege

Incarnation Tree Progress for Season 9

Greetings, wanted to share a bit of the progress on the tree and so on. Currently we are mostly done with the initial tree design and it has 1200 nodes, but we will most likely add 200-300 more to cover more playstyles and class mechanics. The tree is done, working, functional but still needs some visual polish as its still a bit gritty due to zooming and pixel art. All the stats you gain from the tree will be shown in your stat sheet which will also be changed to show the stats you have in blue text on top, and showing the non obtained stats as gray on the bottom (not done yet). The tree features: Shift + hover a node : The tree finds the most optimal path to the desired node and shows the path in blue Shift + hover + left click : Allocate points to ALL the nodes on the optimized path if enough points Search : Highlights all nodes that include the search field text in node name or description/stat Zooming Black Holes : You can path around the tree using black holes to pick stuff around the tree without having to path there normally Socket Slots : You can place socketables in these slots (we dont yet know how this will turn out but we are planning to add unique socketables, if not now then later) After the tree is done completely and the nodes are all functional and implemented I will be moving in finishing the Ether tree, which is the atlas tree. Oh yes, there will be another tree in addition to the incarnation tree which opens at level 100. The Ether can be used to boost mechanics, but more about that later (We will move the old glyphs into this tree, and add a ton more options to grind your favourite mechanics). I tend to try and learn to communicate better with the community on stuff that I am working on. Also my humble request : If you have time, please consider checking your steam review for Hero Siege and update it to what you think about the game now, this helps the game tremendously! Thank you for your attention and time! -PAS Team

Torchlight: Infinite

Torchlight: Infinite - "Overrealm" SEASON

Torchlight: Infinite’s “Overrealm” Season Officially Launches on October 10! Season Launch Date : October 10 at 07:00 PM PDT New Gameplay and Content : New Seasonal Mechanic: Overrealm While you're blasting through the Netherrealm, you're going to stumble across these weird "Doors." Interact with them, kill whatever pops out, and you’ll tear open a gateway to the “Overrealm”. Step inside, crush the anomalies, fill your Containment Progress, descend deeper—and you will return with rich rewards. Talent Customization: Ethereal Prisms Ethereal Prisms unlocks ultimate talent customization. Socket one to boost your core Talents—or replace them with powerful new options that redefine your build. New Hero Trait: Creative Genius Bing trades explosions for brilliance with his new Trait — Creative Genius. Powered by the Inspiration Machines, he turns Spell Burst into a fresh spark of battle. Drop Rush Join the 7-day check-in event to claim a Legendary Drop Pactspirit of your choice, plus 10 bonus Battle Pact pulls. A Fresh Start Clear the main storyline to unlock the Activation Medium: Motionless—granting auto-cast for a smoother, hands-free grind.

Hell Clock

Update 1.1.1 Hotfix 1

Hey Players, Here's a quick hotfix before the weekend! Enjoy! Fixed Santo Antônio constellation stacking with itself on respec Fixed enemy projectiles not being affected by Slow Time Fixed a Guaraci exploit to keep Dawnlight stacks without the Constellation Fixed an issue where Lasso cooldown Blessings would not stack properly Abraços! ~The Hell Clock Team

Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults

Xavier Collette Joins the Party

Greetings, Pathfinders! As we continue delving deeper into the Vaults, the team has been hard at work bringing new visuals, characters, and the source material to life. This update is packed with exciting developments, from concept artwork by a renowned illustrator, to a spotlight on one of our favorite fiendish foes, and big news from a fellow adventuring party launching their own epic journey . Let’s dive in! New Artwork from Xavier Collette The legendary Xavier Collette is joining the party to contribute artwork to the project. Xavier (aka Coliandre) is an illustrator and concept artist known for his evocative fantasy style . He has created artwork for acclaimed board games such as Mysterium and Abyss , as well as numerous book covers and comics. Xavier’s work on Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults includes an updated version of the key art , which we'll fully reveal at a later date. For now, here's a sneak peek at some of the concepts: In each variant, the heroes remain the focus of the image, with Belcorra Haruvex as an unsettling, looming presence. However, these new versions offer dynamic alternate composition s as well as threats emerging from the Vaults themselves. Note that all these concepts are work in progress. After Xavier provided the initial concepts, the next stage was to select one to take forward. This means clarifying the design with precise line art (shown below) and moving on to adding colour. Having considered each of the options, the design above is the one we're choosing to turn into the final image. We hope you enjoy this new take on the key art, and we can’t wait to share the final polished version when it’s ready! Urevian Urevian is a heinous and diabolical contract devil , a master of corruption and temptation. You’ll seldom find a more devious or manipulative foe. This character is a favorite within the team at BKOM , who love Paizo’s original design . The team is working hard to ensure the in-game version stays true to the original , preserving his iconic silhouette, face, and garments. Ideas for combat mechanics and animations include casting spells directly from his contract scrolls to attack the heroes. Our animators and VFX artists are especially excited about having the scrolls float around him as abilities emerge from them mid-battle . Win a Steam Deck! We’re giving away a 1TB OLED Steam Deck , perfect for dungeon crawling your way through the Abomination Vaults! For a chance to win, head over to our competition page and spread the word about the game. The giveaway runs until 31 October , so share it with your fellow party members before then! Starfinder: Afterlight Kickstarter Now Live We're thrilled to share that Starfinder: Afterlight developed by our friends at Epictellers Entertainment is now live on Kickstarter - so go show your support! Starfinder: Afterlight is a party-based RPG set in the beloved science-fantasy universe, featuring tactical combat built on the Starfinder 2e ruleset . Word spreads and your reputation precedes you as the branching narrative unfolds. Both friends and foes will remember your choices and treat you accordingly so remember, every decision carries weight . Congratulations to the whole Epictellers team, we wish them success with the campaign! That’s all for this progress update. Thanks as ever for your incredible support. To keep up with future news and behind-the-scenes updates, join our official Discord server and follow us on social media! Onward, to glory! ~ The Pathfinder: Abomination Vaults Team Discord | Twitter | Twitch | Facebook | Instagram | Bluesky | TikTok | Sign up to our Newsletter | Wishlist

The Slormancer

Slormite Chronicles #54

Hello everyone and welcome to The Slormite Chronicles #54! In the last Slormite Chronicles, we talked about several questions we were asking ourselves regarding the future of the game’s development, things like our sales model (DLCs, paid cosmetics, expansions, etc.) and the direction for the fifth game mode. We received a big number of responses, probably more than ever before in a Slormite Chronicles. It was really interesting to read through them all, and it helped us make some key decisions. Toward an Expansion As for updates and the overall development model, we’ve decided to focus on creating a large expansion that will include everything we’re currently working on, as well as everything planned for the coming months. It’s not impossible that we might release a small update in between, but that’s not the plan for now. Nor is it impossible that we’ll change our minds mid-development, that’s not uncertainty, that’s agile development! Progress on the Rogue Mode On the development side, we’ve started exploring ideas for The Slormancer’s “Roguelike” mode. I spent some time experimenting with an idea where the player would control Bryan (the little blue orb) and issue commands to the hero, who would move semi-automatically, something like a Survivors-like. Long story short, it didn’t work. There wasn’t much interesting happening on-screen or for the player, so I quickly abandoned that concept. We’ve now moved toward a more traditional roguelike idea. We believe we have a lot of horizontal content worth exploring, and the goal of this mode is to let players build complete, interesting setups in about 30 minutes by cleverly combining the elements they’re given. I’ve had a pretty busy month with real-life obligations, so we haven’t progressed as much as we’d hoped, but things are picking up again. We’ll enter production once we’ve nailed down everything needed to make this mode solid. After a few prototypes and brainstorming spreadsheets, we should be ready to move forward. We can’t completely recreate a roguelike at the level of a game built from scratch around that concept. We have constraints tied to what’s already in the game, which limits what’s possible. We also want to make sure this mode is accessible, even for players who’ve never tried The Slormancer before. When launching the mode, you’ll start from scratch, level 1, a basic Slorm Reaper, and your class’s first skill. From there, you’ll have to build an efficient setup based on the elements the game offers you. The run will take place across floors similar to the Battlefield. At the end of each floor, players will get to choose their path forward by selecting between three different floors, each with distinct rewards and bonuses. Every few floors, you’ll face a boss (campaign bosses, not procedurally generated ones), until you reach the final boss. During the run, the player will build their character based on what they acquire: When leveling up: choose 1 new Skill “card” (see the menu below) from 3 options. When closing a Breach: gain 1 stat bonus from 3 options. When closing a Cataclysmic Breach: gain 1 Ancestral Skill from 3 options. …and so on. Simplified Character Building We started with an accessibility constraint: the entire build must fit into a single menu. For a rogue mode meant to be played in around 30 minutes, there should be no need to juggle the 6 or 7 different interfaces usually used to manage your build. To keep things simple, there won’t be gear management. Instead, you’ll gain regular stat boosts that can easily be directed toward the attributes most useful for your current build. Legendary effects will appear separately as passives. We’ve also separated elements that can stack indefinitely (like Ancestral Tree passives or stats) from elements that replace one another, such as Slorm Reapers or Primary Skills. Here’s a look at the build menu prototype: Imbue Skills and Ancestral Skills are grouped as “cards,” just like class skills, and replace the previous configuration when selected. One issue we had to solve was related to the game’s many stats. There are dozens, and not all are inherently useful in this mode. However, most of them have at least one synergy or Slorm Reaper that gives them a reason to exist. So we decided to keep all stats in the game but simplify how they’re obtained. If we had removed some stats, certain Slorm Reapers or legendary effects would have instantly become obsolete, which we wanted to avoid. A roguelike usually ends in one of two ways: either the player dies, or they reach the end of the run. The question of player death came up, because once you reach a certain point, the game isn’t particularly efficient at killing experienced players. During the campaign, once you find your first Life Regen or Life on Hit stat, difficulty drops sharply. To avoid that, while still keeping Life on Hit, Leech, etc., we’re changing (in this mode only) how and when health can be recovered, making fights more tactical than in other modes. Limiting out-of-combat healing is being strongly considered. We also ran into another issue with mana. If a player picks a skill they can’t actually afford to cast, they can’t immediately or reactively adjust their mana pool, regen, or reduce the skill’s mana cost by removing an upgrade. In this mode, if the player runs out of mana, the skill will still cast, but its damage will be reduced in proportion to the missing mana. The idea is that if a player’s mana management isn’t great early on, it can improve as the run goes on, and the skill will become more effective over time. These are just a few of the design problems we’re thinking through. For now, we have a system that feels robust enough to enter production. We’ll no doubt face many challenges along the way, so the more stable the foundation, the better. We haven’t yet tackled certain topics such as Skill upgrades, Slorm Reaper upgrades, NPCs and their utility during a run, various events that may occur or metaprogression. I’ll save those for the next Slormite Chronicles. First thing first, we now need to make sure that our idea is working as intended. That’s all for now! Cheers!

No Rest For The Wicked

Early Access patch - Unity Security vulnerability fix

Hey everyone, We’ve rolled out a quick patch to address the Unity security vulnerability! Your saves and gameplay are safe! Just hit update and you’re covered. https://t.co/KD0V2pYQXk And if you haven’t joined yet, No Rest for the Wicked is 30% off on Steam right now. This is the perfect moment to step into Isola Sacra. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1371980/No_Rest_for_the_Wicked/

Diablo IV

Diablo IV | Season of Infernal Chaos | Season 10 Now Live!

Hunt for Chaos Armor with max power and rare affixes. Unleash Chaos Perks to redefine your build. Face the reworked Infernal Hordes and dive into Chaos Rifts for elite loot and XP. Season of Infernal Chaos arrives in #DiabloIV September 23. Details await: http://blizz.ly/4nzqwOZ