Quality of Life Update
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Odyssey Halloween Update news
Odyssey is receiving a Halloween-themed update on October 31st, featuring a new side quest titled "Till Death do us Reunite" set in the Land of the Dead. The update also includes quality of life improvements such as player-owned house tutorials, enhanced character animations, engine optimizations, and the addition of a superboss, The Sapphire Raptor.
Pax Dei unleashes its horse-filled update with new related skills and features
The sandbox MMORPG Pax Dei has received a major update introducing mountable horses for faster travel across its landscapes. The update also includes new related skills like riding and saddle crafting, combat adjustments, saddlebag inventory, and quality-of-life improvements such as a grass removal tool and auto-run feature. A weekend boost event is planned to celebrate the game's first anniversary.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer October 22, 2026 patch notes increase online party size
Fuse Games has released a Quality of Life update for Star Wars: Galactic Racer, increasing the online party size from 3 to 6 players and adding keyboard layout presets for AZERTY and left/right-handed play. The update also includes an increase in credits received for joining mid-Tour, transition tidy-ups for the spectator camera, removal of the 'Exit the game' option on PC, party stability fixes, a PS5 connection issue fix, and a fix for an AMD Frame Interpolation game crash.
Mabinogi’s Halloween event, the Cycle of Samhain, emerges
The MMO sandbox game Mabinogi has launched its Cycle of Samhain Halloween event, which runs until November 12th. The event features a storyline with main, story, and daily quests, as well as Trickster minigames and rewards like costumes. A separate quality-of-life update has also been released, improving the auction house, import/export settings, dungeons, and VIP services.
Phasmophobia confirms 30 million sales as its Crimson Eye Halloween event returns
Phasmophobia has surpassed 30 million sales across PC and consoles since its 2020 Early Access launch. Developer Kinetic Games announced the milestone alongside the return of its annual Crimson Eye Halloween event, which features increased ghost speed and sanity drain for greater rewards. The game's director, Daniel Knight, expressed gratitude for the community's support, with the full 1.0 release now slated for the second half of 2027.
BitCraft Online focuses on quality-of-life for quest tracking, resources, and UI in latest patch
BitCraft Online's latest patch focuses on quality-of-life improvements rather than new content. The update enhances the user interface by allowing players to track up to three quests, buildings, resources, and creatures simultaneously, and adds the ability to cancel prospecting work. Other UI adjustments include changes to prospecting information display, context menus, chat appearance, and vault closet organization, alongside visual updates for hairstyles and resource adjustments.
Fellowship discusses recent quality-of-life updates, answers questions about queues and leagues
The developers of the early access title Fellowship discussed recent quality-of-life updates, including UI improvements, increased community sizes, and an end to loot reduction. They also addressed player concerns about queue times and matchmaking, acknowledging these as retention issues that require further targeted tweaks and the implementation of multi-league and multi-hero queue options.
RuneScape nears the end of its current league and releases a quality-of-life ‘deep clean’ patch
Jagex has released a significant 'deep clean' patch for RuneScape, introducing numerous quality-of-life adjustments to address long-standing player concerns. The update includes refreshed skill capes, improved fairy ring usage, visible health bars for older encounters, and a difficulty category for the quest journal. Additionally, players are reminded that Leagues II: Equilibrium is nearing its end, and a roadmap for future updates like Dragonwilds was also highlighted.
Jump Space marks its first year of early access with a meaty quality-of-life update and a free weekend
Jump Space, a co-op spaceship adventure game, is celebrating its first year in early access with a significant update focused on quality-of-life improvements. The update includes reworked character inventories, auto-save functionality between jumps, a revised threat level system for difficulty progression, and enhanced enemy AI. The game is also offering a free weekend from September 17th to 21st.
Monster Hunter Wilds will soon stop charging players to edit their characters as Capcom scraps the game's worst microtransaction
Capcom is removing the controversial microtransaction for character edits in Monster Hunter Wilds, effective December 3. Players will receive free edit vouchers, and future expansions like Ascendance will offer unlimited free edits. While players who previously paid for edits will not be refunded, they will receive a special in-game pendant set as compensation.
Monster Hunter Wilds comes to Nintendo Switch 2 in December
Capcom announced that Monster Hunter Wilds will launch on the Nintendo Switch 2 on December 4th. The game will include quality of life updates and improvements previously seen on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, along with its expansion.
Dragon's Dogma 2 delays August QoL update into early September
Capcom has delayed the latest quality of life update for Dragon's Dogma 2 to early September, with the patch now scheduled for September 1. The update will introduce improvements to the save system, offering players three save slots, and will make the Dragonsplague affliction easier to cure with a new potion. The Dark Arisen expansion is still on track for an October release.
Pokémon Pokopia v2.0 and Bubbly Basin DLC are the perfect reason to return
Pokémon Pokopia has received a free 2.0 update and its first paid DLC, Bubbly Basin, which introduces underwater exploration and building capabilities. The update includes significant quality-of-life improvements such as bulk item transfer and refined placement options. Bubbly Basin offers a large, new underwater area with new quests, collectibles, and building sets, though it is only available as part of the Expansion Pass.
Brighter Shores introduces a treasure seeking quest and makes some quality-of-life updates
Brighter Shores has introduced a new quest involving the Himatik treasure and the NPC Hamish Truefire, requiring players to complete the Spider's Nest quest first. A subsequent patch has also added quality-of-life features, including expanded storage at Himatik Ruins and UI enhancements for the Himatik botanist statue.
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam gets surprise update and 90% Steam discount nine years after launch
Tripwire Interactive has released a surprise quality-of-life update for its 2017 tactical shooter, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam. Patch 1.7.0 focuses on improving voice communication systems and fixing exploits, and is available now for PC versions on Steam and the Epic Games Store. To celebrate, the game is also available at a 90% discount on Steam until July 26.
Camelot Unchained ends spawn camping, balances classes, and applies quality-of-life updates
Camelot Unchained has released a patch addressing spawn camping by implementing safe zones around portals. The update also includes balance adjustments for party buffs, veil abilities, and fighter/performer classes. Additionally, quality-of-life improvements such as a quest log, ambient audio, removal of character collision in towns, and bug fixes have been applied.
18-year-old strategy game King's Bounty: The Legend just got a quality-of-life update, as well as achievements and…
The 18-year-old strategy RPG King's Bounty: The Legend has received a quality-of-life update for modern PCs, including widescreen support, doubled zoom-out distance, and UI readability improvements. The update also adds Steam features like achievements and trading cards, with similar updates planned for King's Bounty: Armored Princess.
RuneScape freshens up Waterbirth Island’s visuals, Old School RuneScape adds bank tags
Jagex has released visual updates for Waterbirth Island in RuneScape, adding more trees, snow, and improved textures. Concurrently, Old School RuneScape received a patch that introduces bank tags for item organization, tweaks to Leagues VI rewards, and adjustments to the item protection mechanic for PvP deaths.
It's wild that Destiny 2's biggest ever quality-of-life update is the one that ends the game
Bungie is releasing the Monument of Triumph update for Destiny 2 on June 9, which is described as the game's biggest quality-of-life update despite marking its end. The patch includes numerous improvements such as simplified portal mechanics, weapon buffs, increased vault and loadout slots, and the ability to save artifact mods to loadouts. The article expresses frustration that these beneficial changes are arriving only as the game concludes its nine-year run.
Factorio's next major update will also be its last, as its developer announces it has 'reached a good place to…
Wube Software has announced that the upcoming 2.1 update will be the final major content release for Factorio, concluding over 13 years of active development. The studio will shift to providing ongoing minor quality of life patches and bug fixes, while also exploring ideas for new game prototypes. The Factorio: Space Age expansion significantly broadened the game's scope, adding interplanetary exploration and new factory-building challenges.
