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Torchlight: Infinite's new hardcore server auto-fires your main skill while you move and lifts the cap on Destiny Installs entirely - but one death ends the run. Here's what Move to Cast, Unshackled Destiny and the five free Compasses actually change.
FromSoftware killed the first Duskbloods network test session after roughly two hours of 'Failed to log in' errors, and has yet to reschedule. Meanwhile Miyazaki confirmed ranked skill-based matchmaking, and previews revealed 30-minute battle-royale matches, six very strange characters and a dinosaur-transforming senator.
ARC Raiders' fifth Expedition runs September 8 to 29, and then Embark is switching the entire system off until early 2027 for a rebuild. Here's what the final run gives you, what happens to unfinished Caravans, and why the opt-in quest reset hints at what's being changed.
One day into Early Access, Infinity Ward cut enemy footstep range and volume, added the Cachette map and the cash-grabbing Inflation mode, brightened Transit 213 and nerfed the ISO Nightshade, Oris 8.6 and Frangible Rounds. The free open beta runs August 28 to September 1 and includes a playable campaign mission - a Call of Duty beta first.
poncle's next Vampire Survivors expansion arrives August 28 with 10 new characters led by Clan Bloodmoon, 16 or more weapons including Scarlet Needle and Blacken Firmament, the XL Red Moon Manor stage and eight music tracks. The original Legacy of the Moonspell DLC gets extra content and a permanent price cut at the same time.
Version 2.0, the Half Anniversary update, arrives August 26 with Ban as an SSR who splits across a physical-DPS nunchaku, an Earth greatsword Berserker form and a Darkness support gauntlet kit. It also brings Act 16, the Ravens Map, Labyrinth Challenge Mode, Timespace Junction Season 2, Transcendence Equipment Growth and the game's first community-voted rerun banners.
Tim Schafer confirms Double Fine kept every IP and publishing right after July's Xbox split, covering Psychonauts 2, Kiln, Keeper and the older catalogue. Amnesia Fortnight returns August 31 as a Kickstarter-backed live game jam where backers vote on four prototypes - and on which one becomes a real game.
Insomniac confirmed Marvel's Wolverine is finished three and a half weeks ahead of its September 15 PS5 launch, with the complete 1.0 version on the disc, a day-one patch on top, and gold claws as an unlockable cosmetic.
Version 1.5 launches September 2 on iOS, Android and PC, headlined by Nature Striker Typhoeus and the supernatural Snowy Forest. The Suiming puzzle-city map and free Operator Purrchena follow on September 24.
Rebel Wolves and Bandai Namco released five minutes of PS5, PS5 Pro and Xbox Series X capture, and confirmed the September 3 launch ships with only Quality (dynamic 4K/30fps) and Balanced (dynamic 4K/40fps) modes.
Story Pack 2: FL4K and the Last Resort arrives September 10 alongside Bounty Pack 5: Amara and the Vile Shadows, new Vault Hunter Loveless the Hacker, and the free 1.10 update raising the level cap by ten.
Moonton's tenth anniversary celebration hands out a free Collector skin: Layla's Prismatic Rhythm, available October 9 via an event mini-game. Nana's Stardust Dreamer arrives September 9 through the anniversary Battle Pass, and Chou's Starforge's Glory follows on September 18.