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Valve released a maintenance update for Counter-Strike 2 addressing weapon switching artifacts, Retakes bot navigation, and a DirectX 11 rendering hang alongside CPU instruction detection improvements.
A new Marketplace Spotlight highlights sound effects and music packs that let players replace every footstep, mob noise, and ambient cue in Bedrock Edition.
Mojang's new Realms Pro tier doubles down on community hosting with 50 concurrent players, expanded controls, and a $29.99 monthly price point.
The eighth development snapshot for the 1.26.4 update lands with unspecified additions; full changelog still pending from Mojang.
Mojang has kicked off a TwitchCon viewing challenge that lets players earn cosmetic rewards by watching Minecraft streams on Twitch. The quest runs through the convention weekend and requires 15 minutes of watch time for the main reward.
Studio 747 has launched on the Roblox Creator Hub, removing the need for HTTPS service entirely while delivering major performance gains on native cframe operations and buffer handling. A new DataModel.ServerRegion property helps identify AWS datacenters, and Models and Folders can now accept custom icons.
Starting January 26, 2027, games in Roblox's Kids & Select category must have a completed IARC questionnaire to remain playable in Australia. Existing titles will be reviewed automatically, while new and existing non-Kids & Select games face a simpler one-question process.
Developers can now view the live server's Data Model, scripts, and 3D world during collaborative Team Test sessions, with read-only access to ServerScriptService and ServerStorage.
PRACTICAL HELP
GTA Online’s Title Update 1.73 adds a weekly completion bonus that boosts GTA$ payouts for a set of thirteen Contact Missions and Heists, but the boost only applies while the session’s host has not already finished the mission’s finale that week. This means every player in the session can benefit, provided the host’s status meets the requirement.
The Minecraft Brush tool—introduced in the 1.20 Trails & Tales update—lets you carefully excavate suspicious sand or gravel without mining, revealing hidden items such as pottery shards and armor trims through an archaeology-style animation.[1][2]
Rust Softcore combines faster gathering, scheduled raiding, reduced player-to-player bullet damage, partial item retention, and a four-player default team limit. Choose Softcore when those rules suit your schedule and group; choose Vanilla when you prefer the default Rust rule set without these Softcore-specific changes.
Metin2 is an action MMORPG operated by Gameforge. Update 26.1 introduced Enasir, a summonable NPC that provides remote storeroom and merchant services.
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