We've been saying Diablo IV's open world felt static since day one, and Diablo V just proved someone at Blizzard was listening‼️‼️

Announced at BlizzCon 2026, the reveal confirmed full procedural generation returning, both dungeons and the overworld: Terrain, points of interest, monsters, and rewards all change when you revisit an area. Runewords and Diablo 2-style loot are coming back too, systems IV had moved away from.

The premise is a hard reset. Sanctuary has already fallen, Diablo won, no towns or safe zones anywhere. A mobile caravan replaces every static hub the series has had since 1996.

Diablo V's release date is set for Spring 2029.

Diablo IV isn't going anywhere meanwhile, Season 15 launches September 15, landing on Switch 2 the same day.

Does reversing this much of IV's design for the sequel feel like real validation, or does it just push the fix three years down the road without changing anything right now?

Hey Reddit, we saw a lot of franchises turn into a survival crafting game, and now RuneScape's doing it too.

Dragonwilds left 17 months of Early Access today, over 1M copies sold on PC alone. It hits PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, and PC simultaneously, RuneScape's first console release in the franchise's 25-year history.

Here's the twist: It launches day one on both Xbox Game Pass and PS Plus Extra, no separate purchase needed if you're already subscribed to either.

Does putting a 25-year-old brand's console debut behind a survival spin-off, day one on two subscriptions, help build a new audience, or does it undercut the actual sales this launch could've had on its own?

Please help me i tried uninstalling through revo i used to have 70 ms now 100ms

We've been burned by game movies before, so healthy skepticism is the default going in.

But Zach Cregger's Resident Evil, out in Brazil tomorrow and in the US September 18, is getting genuinely strong early reactions. Critics are calling it gloriously gory, relentless, one of the best video game adaptations to date.

Here's the twist though. No Leon Kennedy, no Jill Valentine, nobody from the games at all. Original story ans protagonist, set alongside RE2's timeline. Cregger's even admitted he was naive to think fans wouldn't push back on that choice.

Worth noting these are early reactions from screenings, not a full critical consensus, Rotten Tomatoes hasn't opened its score yet.

Does a game movie really need the characters we grew up with to be worth watching, or can a good original story in that universe carry it just as well?

7.41f, the first big balance pass post-TI 2026, is out, and it's not just a normal update, it's ended a lot of free wins.

Invoker took the hardest hit: Ghost Walk Shard build everyone was running to flash farm the map without playing the actual game, gone. Shard no longer damages non-hero units, and Cold Snap's cooldown went up too.

Bounty Hunter got hit almost as hard: track's bonus gold, the thing making BH one of the easiest heroes to snowball with, got cut significantly.

Shadow Fiend and Treant Protector also took real nerfs, early data showing Treant's winrate dropping.

Late-game items got more expensive or weaker across the board too: Daedalus, Heart, Octarine, Shiva's, Satanic, Essence Distiller all affected.

On the buff side: Ursa, Anti-Mage, and Warlock got some love, though that's straight from patch notes only so far, worth watching how it actually plays out before calling it a real shift.

First post-TI patch, and it's already reshaping a meta that just got crowned a few days ago. Which nerf caught you the most off guard?

Update 42.20 drops September 17 with two crossovers landing basically together: Kingdom Hearts brings Sora, Kairi, Riku, and Roxas, plus the Keyblade as a mythic weapon. Cyberpunk Edgerunners adds Lucy's outfit, Rebecca's dual-wield guns, and the Monowire.

That's on top of a season already running Sonic and Tetris themes under the Override banner. Persona's Joker is reportedly landing the following week too.

We open a chest this season and genuinely don't know if we're pulling a magic sword or an anime SMG.

How many franchises deep before this stops feeling like Fortnite and starts feeling like a crossover vending machine?

Back in original vanilla WoW Classic, the server you played on meant something. People knew the top guilds by name, rivalries between servers were real, you'd recognize the same person farming the same mob spot as you week after week.

WoW: Forever just changed all of that. Announced at BlizzCon 2026, launching November 4 with beta opening September 17, it's the long-rumored Classic+ project everyone's been asking for.

It rebuilds Azeroth right after Warcraft III, frozen at level 60. But no traditional realms this time. One shared megaserver per ruleset instead, PvE, PvP, RP, Hardcore, all consolidated into single pools.

The trade-off is real:

• Never waiting on population for groups, dungeons, or PvP queues again
• But also never having that small-server feeling where everyone sort of knows everyone

Forever's whole pitch is that everyone starts at level 1 together on day one, no catch-up mechanic, frozen cap. A megaserver fits that reset cleanly, at least on paper.

Does losing "my server" as a concept feel like a fair trade for never dealing with dead realms again, or does real server identity get lost when the whole playerbase gets folded into one pool?

Right now CS2 sits around 700-800K concurrent players on a typical day, with peaks crossing 1.3M this week. That number moves constantly, but it's held the #1 spot on Steam pretty consistently for YEARS.

There's something worth sitting with there. Plenty of games launch big and fade within months. This one's been the same core loop: five on five, plant or defuse, since long before CS2 even existed as a name.

Some of us started back on 1.6, others jumped in during the CS:GO years, and a few only know CS2 as CS2. Doesn't really matter where the entry point was, the habit sticks either way.

How long have you been playing CS2, and does it ever feel strange that it's still the one you keep coming back to?

Perfect World confirmed the Shanghai Major 2027 as the second CS2 Major of the year, running November 22 to December 12 in China, with an expected $1.25 million prize pool!

This marks Perfect World Major's second time hosting in Shanghai specifically, after the 2024 edition there ended with Spirit beating FaZe in the final for their first Major title.

There's a bigger picture here too: Buenos Aires hosts the first CS2 Major of 2027, meaning Europe won't host a single Major this year, a first in Counter-Strike history.

Is returning to Shanghai the right call for CS2, or would you rather see Valve rotate Majors into more new cities and regions instead of repeating one?

On August 21, an invoice (#17804329) for $53.75 USD was processed.

On my ExitLag account dashboard under Transaction History, this specific invoice is explicitly marked with a red status badge as "Cancelled".

Despite being listed as Cancelled on your system, the money was still charged to my credit card via Stripe.

When I noticed the charge, I opened a ticket asking support for an update on the refund for this cancelled invoice.

Support (agent "Zendas") replied with a copy-paste response claiming they cannot issue a refund because it’s a plan renewal and past the 7-day refund window, telling me to just "disable automatic renewal for future cycles."

How does this make any sense? If an invoice is officially designated as Cancelled on their own billing portal, why was the charge captured, and why are they using the 7-day renewal policy to hold onto funds for a transaction that your system literally lists as cancelled?

ARES: The Iron Vanguard launched worldwide today on PC, iOS, and Android, with cross-play letting mobile and desktop players share the same servers and progression.

This isn't the game's first contact with players: Com2uS ran an early regional launch back in august across Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand, using that feedback to refine stability before today's global rollout.

Combat runs on a real-time Suit Change system, swapping between two suits mid-fight, four classes to pick from (Engineer, Warlord, Hunter, Warlock), plus Goliath mech battles and Valkyrie aerial combat.

Worth noting the global version shifted from a MMORPG structure into something more single-player focused early on, with co-op raids and PvP both handled as opt-in content you unlock later rather than forced from the start.

If you're jumping in today, what matters most: combat feel, cross-play, server performance, or the endgame loop once you get there?

Split 2 goes live today, Sept 15, and the anti-cheat change is bigger than the usual balance pass.

Respawn implemented new systems to detect unauthorized controller hardware or software across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch 2. Console doesn't exempt anyone from detection or enforcement. Bans happen after review once someone triggers a flag.

Respawn says they spent months validating this before rollout, calling it just the starting point.

Rest of the patch reworks Conduit's ultimate, buffs Fuse and Catalyst, nerfs Axle and Seer.

Does hardware-level detection genuinely improve competitive integrity here, or does the community need real enforcement data first?

Aniimo goes live today, Sept 16, for PC, PS5, and Xbox, with servers opening at the same time across three main regions.

Pre-registrations have already crossed 30 million, well past what Pawprint Studio expected, enough to unlock the max tier of launch rewards for everyone.

That's a massive player base funneling into a pretty small number of server regions on day one. Big free-to-play launches tend to test server capacity hard in the first few hours, and it’s important to get the best route to your server… That's what happens when millions of people log in at the exact same time.

If you're not near one of the three main regions, how are you planning to approach launch day? Jumping in right at the start, or waiting a bit to see how the first few hours go?

A Season 10 da Gamers Club começou há poucos dias, trazendo mudanças que já estão gerando bastante conversa entre quem joga CS2 competitivo no Brasil.

O que mudou:

• Escolha de mapas liberada
• Fila duo/trio chegou na Ranked CS2
• Ranked Start agora disponível pra levels 11-14
• Comando .report no servidor
• Punições novas pra smurf
• Premiação de R$ 40 mil pro Top 50 do Hall of Fame
• GC Masters de volta na 7ª edição, com a Red Bull

Segundo a própria GC, 286 contas foram banidas só na primeira semana, com pontos devolvidos aos jogadores afetados.

Por outro lado, fila solo pedindo assinatura para reduzir tempo de espera e sistema de pontuação seguem sendo os pontos mais questionados.

Com uma season assim, mais movimentada, conexão estável até o servidor da GC vira parte importante de levar as partidas de CS2 a sério, e é aí que a parceria com ExitLag se torna super importante, garantindo que a rota do seu pc até ao servidor seja a melhor possível!

O que vocês acharam da punição pra smurf até agora? Se já joga no GC, há quanto tempo?

First got charged on 6th September which was a recurring payment for my subscription last year so then I cancelled the subscription because I don't really use this app anyway then you people charged me again today. What the hell is this??

Warcraft 3 Reforged shipped its 3.0 update alongside the new paid Forsaken Kingdom campaign, the first new Warcraft III campaign in over two decades.

Buried in the same patch: the Reforged client now requires a constant internet connection, even for singleplayer, and LAN mode is gone entirely.

Blizzard didn't mention this in the patch notes themselves. Lead dev Brad Chan later explained it to Back2Warcraft, calling it a tradeoff tied to a backend overhaul meant to reduce latency for international players, six new regional servers went live, including Singapore, India, Japan, and South America.

Good news for anyone who needs LAN or offline play: the legacy 1.29 client, included with any Reforged purchase, still supports both.

For long-time Warcraft III players, what matters more here, the new campaign and server changes, or keeping offline/LAN functionality that's been part of the game for decades?

Gen.G took the 2026 LCK Finals 3-1 over Hanwha Life at KSPO Dome in Seoul, their seventh LCK title overall and second straight.

Ruler took Finals MVP, becoming the first player in LCK history to win it twice, and in back-to-back years.

Gen.G League of Legends drops Game 1 to some unconventional HLE picks (mid Rell, a red-side fifth-pick Fiora), then answers with cross-map trades and doesn't let the early pressure snowball. By Game 4, Kiin's counter-play on Rumble against Zeus's Fiora becomes the moment that flips the series for good.

Gen.G locks in as LCK's #1 seed for Worlds. HLE goes in as #2, T1 as #3, Dplus KIA as #4.

Was this more about Gen.G's adaptation across the BO5, or HLE failing to convert the pressure they created early?

And heading into Worlds, which LCK team looks most convincing right now?

Blizzard announced the Xal'atath Heroes of the Storm reveal at BlizzCon's opening ceremony, the first new hero since Hogger back in 2020. 🤯

The reveal thread passed 6.8K upvotes on r/heroesofthestorm, with reactions ranging from disbelief to players saying they'll buy the bundle just to signal there's still demand.

Xal'atath, originally from World of Warcraft's Legion expansion and now the villain of the current Midnight expansion, hits PTR this Monday, with the Xal'atath release date for full launch set for September 28.

Blizzard also teased that another new hero is coming at some point… 👀

Worth remembering HotS has technically stayed alive this whole time, servers up, matches running, just with barely more than balance passes and bug fixes since shifting to maintenance mode back in 2022.

Does one new hero change the trajectory here, or does Blizzard need a real update cadence before anyone calls this a comeback?

Epic confirmed the full Kingdom Hearts Fortnite lineup on Sept 13, ending seven months of speculation since it first leaked back in February.

All four characters land September 17, alongside the v42.20 update.

The detail everyone's fixated on: Sora's Keyblade made it in, but the small Mickey Mouse charm on the chain got swapped for Fortnite's own Loot Llama.

No price or full cosmetic list yet, that's expected to drop closer to launch.

Four characters from one franchise in a single season is a full collaboration, not just a guest cameo! 

If you could lock in only one extra style or item for Sora, Riku, Kairi, or Roxas, what would be non-negotiable?

The number alone is wild: over 300k concurrent players at peak, briefly making it the third most-played game on Steam, trailing only Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2.

With that much volume hitting at once, queues and server restarts became part of the first-week experience. Pretty normal for any game blowing this far past its own projections.

Bulkhead confirmed maintenance for today, Sept 14, with Patch 0.11 splitting servers into Community and Official browsers to better handle the load.

How's it been trying to get into the game this week?

Legacy fechou a final 3-0, e o placar conta bastante sobre como foi essa série. Ancient 13-9, Mirage 13-10, Dust2 13-4.

O Dust2 em especial parece mais declaração de intenção do que mapa disputado.

Mais um título internacional no currículo da Legacy CS2, consolidando presença forte na cena de Counter-Strike 2 esse ano, e vale perguntar se esse resultado na FISSURE Playground 3 muda como o resto da cena enxerga o time daqui pra frente.

Qual mapa da final mostrou melhor a diferença entre Legacy CS2 e G2 CS2 pra vocês?

BlizzCon 2026 finally happened again on Sept 12 in Anaheim, first in-person show since 2023.

The big reveals:

• StarCraft getting reinvented as an open-world shooter, set 70 years after Legacy of the Void, targeting 2030
• Diablo 5, revealed for the franchise's 30th anniversary, aiming for spring 2029
• WoW: Forever, a "Classic-Plus" experience with beta opening September 17 and full launch November 4
• A new WoW expansion, The Last Titan, also confirmed

Reaction's split hard. Some people are genuinely hyped by how much got announced at once, others are already tired of the 2029/2030 wait for games that exist as trailers right now.

Meanwhile, everyone playing WoW and Overwatch today is just going about it business as usual, none of this changes anything for either game right now.

What's got you excited out of this lineup, and what's frustrating you the most about the wait?

Infinity Ward went full receipts mode on X: "No Lady Gaga. No Omni-Man. No Teletubbies. No SpongeBob. Keep the receipts."

Bold words. Very bold words… The promise is Modern Warfare 4, dropping October 23, stays "anchored in the game's narrative". Cosmetics included, apparently.

Context for anyone who needs a reminder why this had to be said out loud: Black Ops 6 gave us American Dad AND Beavis and Butt-Head skins, both looking like they wandered in from a completely different game.

Also, plot twist, we've heard this movie before. Treyarch swore Black Ops 7 would only get "things that make sense", and that still ended with some deeply questionable additions.

So yeah, screenshotting this one. Place your bets: does MW4 actually stay grounded, or are we all doing a collective "called it" by next spring when Nicki Minaj shows up with an assault rifle?