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🛡️ Hytale Chapter 1: Gobliterator, Goblin Breaches and Rune AbilitiesThe first big content update since Early Access launched is here: a handcrafted dungeon, a multi-phase boss, and a new ability system.On October 12, 2026, Chapter 1 arrives in Hytale (also listed as Update 7 in the patch notes). It brings the first handcrafted dungeon, the first multi-phase boss, Goblin Breaches, and rune abilities. Important for server owners: your server has to be updated to the new version, otherwise players on the updated client can no longer join.📌 What's New in Chapter 1First handcrafted dungeon: it ends in a fight against the Gobliterator. Gobliterator: a goblin mech built from scrap and the first multi-phase boss in Hytale. The fight runs on the new Encounter Manager system. Goblin Breaches: a new world event with temporary portals into unstable fragments of Orbis. Rune a...

🔥 Enshrouded 1.0: What arrives on 15 October – mages, Sparkworks and a new level capEnshrouded is leaving Early Access. Here is what Keen Games has announced for 1.0 so far and what it means for you and your server.Enshrouded 1.0 is out: Everything about the release, the changelog and the changes for your server is in our post “Enshrouded 1.0 is out”.On 15 October 2026, Enshrouded leaves Steam Early Access. Developer Keen Games has been showing what comes with 1.0 step by step over the past weeks. Here is a summary of what is confirmed. According to Keen Games, the full list follows in the highlights video and in the release changelog.🧙 Reworked mages and new spellsWith 1.0, Keen Games is taking on the mage classes: more variety, more usable level ranges and reworked enemy weaknesses.Nine new spells: Mana Drain, Entangle, Pillar of Flames, Blizzard, Ball Lightning, S...

🚀⚔️ Space Engineers: Warfare 3 revealed – guided missiles, EMP and Jump DetectionOne of the biggest combat updates in the game’s history is coming for free – and it raises new questions for PvP servers.Keen Software House has revealed Warfare 3 for Space Engineers – in the studio’s own words, one of the most significant combat updates it has ever made. The gameplay update is free. In addition, there is an optional Warfare 3 Pack (a separate Steam DLC) with cosmetic blocks that you can already wishlist on Steam.🛡️ The key new features in the free updateGuided missiles and heavy torpedoes: missiles are fast and track their targets, while torpedoes are slower but hit harder. Countermeasure flares: decoys that distract incoming missiles and torpedoes, disrupt their guidance and give you a chance to evade. EMP weaponry: the “Prototech Microwave Emitter” can temporarily kn...

🐄🐑 Rust Livestock update: the key changes and what server owners should keep in mind for the wipeCows, sheep, the Biofuel Generator and new Powergrid loot rooms – here is what the October update brings to Rust.On Thursday, 1 October 2026, Facepunch released the October update for Rust: Livestock. Its centerpiece is a farming overhaul – for the first time, you can keep, breed and sell livestock.🔎 The key changesCows and sheep: cows give milk, sheep give wool, both produce dung – and like other animals they can be harvested for meat, bones and leather. Livestock has genes and needs and can be bred towards better traits. Trading at the stables: sell grown animals and wool to a new vendor at the stables in exchange for randomized resource offers. Biofuel Generator: finally a use for raw or spoiled meat – the generator turns organic matter into Low Grade Fuel. It does nee...

🏜️ DayZ Badlands: Everything About the New Nasdara Map and Update 1.30On October 15, 2026, the third major map expansion for DayZ arrives – with a desert map, motorcycles, and code locks.DayZ Badlands launches on October 15, 2026 together with Update 1.30. The expansion brings the Nasdara map (267 km², the largest official DayZ map). Update 1.30 itself is free for all players and has to be installed on every server. Nasdara requires its own mission on your server. Our DayZ server hosting supports the Nasdara update as well, of course.🌵 What Is DayZ Badlands?Badlands is the third major map expansion after Livonia and Frostline (Sakhal). It is set in the province of Nasdara, west of Chernarus: desert instead of forest, scarce water, and ruins left behind by decades of proxy wars.🔎 What's NewNasdara map: 267 km² of desert climate with day-night temperature swings. Sa...