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You can always expect Baldur's Gate 3 to deliver, even when what it's delivering is as mundane as patch notes. Earlier today, Larian launched Hotfix #15 for its world-beating fantasy RPG, and the accompanying Steam announcement is gripping before we even get to the patch notes. «Have you found some characters' faces turning into stretched eldritch horrors with pits of flesh in place of eyes?» it reads. «That should not be a problem anymore.»

Baldur’s Gate 3 players rejoice — you no longer need to worry about your favorite characters’ faces becoming distorted and stretched during cinematics to the point that their eyes are transformed into harrowing “pits of flesh.” Hotfix 15 is live now and addresses a whole bunch of issues.

If your Baldur's Gate 3 character's faces keep turning into "stretched horrors with pits of flesh in place of eyes," boy do we have good news for you.

Blizzard has released a Diablo 4 hotfix which will double Duriel's Uber Unique drop rates!

Blizzard has announced upcoming PvP Rating adjustments in a hotfix!

Blizzard has released the fourth hotfix of Patch 1.2.3, increasing the droprate of Midwinter Blight materials. This will definitely help players farm up the that they need to collect their chosen cosmetic rewards! HOTFIX 4 — December 15, 2023 — 1.2.3a Game Updates

Larian Studios has released a new hotfix for Baldur’s Gate 3, which brings Patch 5 and its features – like the new Epilogue and Honour Mode – to Mac players. There are also fixes for various issues, starting with a potential crash that could occur in Honour Mode when trying to load a save file.

After working on Baldur's Gate 3 for six years and producing one of the most highly-rated games of all time, you might think Larian's Christmas party would involve nothing more than sitting back with some eggnog, congratulating each other on a job well done. But you would be wrong.

Blizzard has deployed a hotfix for Diablo 4 which addresses the Midwinter Ward buff duration and Blood Seekers not spawning if a party member left the dungeon. Midwinter Blight Event Guide Abattoir of Zir Guide

After our analysis of the new Legendary Axe, Fyr'alath the Dreamrender was hotfixed late last week to allow Mark of Fyr'alath to benefit from haste and critical strike. Our guide writer, Mandl, details the impact of the latest hotfix and the effect it's had on the Legendary's active, Rage of Fyr'alath as well as other remaining issues. Fyr'alath, the Dreamrender Legendary Axe Overview Last week, we covered Fyr'alath the Dreamrender and highlighted a number of shortfalls, potential bugs and unwanted interactions hampering its potential as a worthwhile legendary. Mark of Fyr'alath was subsequently hotfixed to be hasted, and for its damage to be able to critically strike. While this is nice, the biggest hurdle on this legendary remains, and as we will explain, this causes a likely unwanted interaction between Mark of Fyr'alath and the active on-use channel, Rage of Fyr'alath. But first, let's cover the differences.

Blizzard released the newest hotfix for Diablo 4, introducing several changes to the Abattoir of Zir!

Earlier this week, Blizzard released the equivalent of a torture rack for Diablo 4's most masochistic players—The Abattoir of Zir (try saying that ten times really fast). It's meant to be an endgame activity designed for the hardest of the hardcore, a task you're "not really supposed to finish." Unfortunately, it hit a couple of speed bumps on the way out.

Blizzard has shared their plans for tomorrow's hotfix which includes several Abattoir of Zir changes inspired by community feedback. Everything We Know About the Abattoir of Zir Abattoir of Zir Class Build Guides

Blizzard has released a hotfix that addresses an unintended issue with some skills and the Abattoir of Zir progress bar. Another hotfix containing community feedback items will be deployed tomorrow! Everything We Know About the Abattoir of Zir Changes Coming to Abattoir of Zir

Diablo 4's infamous new Abattoir of Zir event is primed for changes, thanks to developers listening to feedback.

Since the release of Patch 1.2.3 and Abattoir of Zir, Blizzard has received abundant feedback on this new endgame feature. Global Community Development Director, Adam Fletcher has stated that Blizzard has discussed this community feedback internally, and is planning on making some changes to Abattoir of Zir with a Hotfix later this week. Diablo 4 Abattoir of Zir Guide Abattoir of Zir Sigil Crafting Cost The changes coming as a result of this Hotfix will be revealed sometime on December 7th, and the Hotfix itself is expected to be available later this week.

The Legendary 2-Handed Axe, Fyr'alath, has been buffed in a hotfix — the DoT is now hasted and can crit! Yesterday, we posted an article on Fyr'alath the Dreamrender, breaking down the impact of the latest Legendary. In this article, two of our guide writers, discussed how the Legendary seems to fall a little short for being a Legendary. In addition, one of the things that makes Fyr'alath the Dreamrender differ in power from spec to spec is that Mark of Fyr'alath is unable to crit or have its tick rate increased by Haste which makes any class that stacks Haste or Crit benefit less. How Good is Fyr'alath?

Blizzard has posted another Mythic Tindral hotfix coming soon!

Blizzard has fixed the issue that incorrectly displayed Paragon Glyph Level with a new Hotfix to Patch 1.2.3, which is now available to download! Best Abattoir of Zir Builds — Tier List Abattoir of Zir Class Build Guides

Blizzard has identified a bug that caused the Shaman set for December, Imminence of Krag'wa's Executor, to be overpriced at 500 Trader's Tender. They've since reduced the cost to 450 Trader's Tender, and a future hotfix will refund the extra cost to those who already purchased.

Blizzard has acknowledged that Paragon Glyph Levels are displaying improperly, and they are working on a Hotfix that should be available later today. Best Abattoir of Zir Builds — Tier List Abattoir of Zir Class Build Guides

In today's Season of Discovery hotfixes, your bags can now carry multiple filled Supply Shipment crates. While this could be useful, in practice for most players this doesn't change much with the Supply Shipment crates. If you don't have the materials on you when you are out farming, you will still need to go to town to fill the order or turn in the supply crate. For example, if you are out farming and Waylaid Supplies: Peacebloom drops, if you aren't an Herbalist with 20 Peacebloom in your bags, your options are delete the crate for nothing, run to town to turn it in unfilled, or run to town and buy 20 Peacebloom from the Auction House to fill the order.

Diablo 4 Global Community Development Director, Adam Fletcher has announced that a separate Hotfix will be going live before Patch 1.2.3 on December 5th. This Hotfix will correct the, no longer allowing its effect to trigger when a player's resource is drained from damage taken in PvP zones. Diablo 4 Future Updates Calendar Diablo 4 Patch 1.2.3 Patch Notes

Blizzard plans to partially revert the UI/Addon range check changes that came at the beginning of Patch 10.2 in a controversial hotfix. Range check restrictions for addons between the player and enemy targets will be reverted, but range checks between players will remain restricted.

With the many complaints about Coral Island on console, Stairway Games has now issued Hotfix v1.0-935 for bug and lag fixes on Xbox, as well as shared all the patch notes.

Following a recent unreported hotfix, the title for completing the Dream On meta achievement! Blizzard mentioned finding a new reward for the achievement in a previous hotfix, though no information has since been shared as to what that new reward would be.

After the big “On the Rocks” update, which buffed turrets and nerfed heroes, Amplitude Studios’ Endless Dungeon has received a new hotfix. It makes some nice changes like the Merchant always offering five items to offset previous cases where he sold less.

Blizzard has commented on the recent hotfix to Rares in Zaralek Caverns and Forbidden Reach, explaining why they made the change and some future updates to make it easier for collectors!

Blizzard has released a hotfix that allows the Mother's Blessing buff to grant the full 35% experience and gold bonus. Mother's Blessing XP Buff Now Live

Mythic Fyrakk was buffed in a hotfix earlier today! As guilds continue to progress on Mythic Tindral in the Race to World First, some hotfixes appear to be doing some last minute tuning to Mythic Fyrakk!

The latest Diablo 4 hotfix has fixed issues with Living Steel Chests and the Season Journey Title.

Larian Studios has released a new hotfix for Baldur’s Gate 3, fixing several progression blockers and issues causing crashes. Those who found the romance scene with Gale seemingly occurring in the void should see it fixed.

Good news, Gale fans - I know a few of you are out there - Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix saves the Wizard of Waterdeep from the void when he's trying to knock boots. 

Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian has released Hotfix #11, which addresses several bugs, visual issues, and blockers and takes the phenomenally successful Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game up to v4.1.1.3956130.

It looks like a Mythic+ hotfix has gone out which fixes a prominent cheese strategy on the 2nd boss in Throne of the Tides and in Darkheart Thicket.

It looks like a Mythic+ hotfix has gone out which fixes a prominent cheese strategy on the 2nd boss in Throne of the Tides. Throne of the Tides is the most dangerous dungeon and people were trying to speed up the dungeon any way possible.

Blizzard has deployed a Diablo 4 hotfix that includes massive buffs! Drop amounts have been buffed across the board, with additional chances to drop extra in both World Tier 3 and 4. Additionally, all other Helltide chests will grant 1 additional in World Tier 4. is needed as a material to summon Grigoire, one of the new endgame bosses of Season 2.

Diablo 4's next hotfix is due sometime this week, and it'll make changes to the community's most recent bugbears: Living Steel and Helltide chests. 

Blizzard has previously stated that a Hotfix will go out later this week to resolve Season Journey progression locks. However, Diablo 4 Global Community Development Director, Adam Fletcher has stated that this Hotfix will also bring improvements to acquisition during Helltides. Season Journey Progression Bug Fix Blizzard Requests Player Feedback During Season 2, Helltides and have been some of the most criticized content, due to their time-gated nature and their importance in summoning Uber Duriel.

Blizzard is deploying a Hotfix that will temporarily allow players to receive Potent Blood that is stuck within Blood Wells. Patch 1.2.2 Hotfixes Incoming Horadric Vault Complete Collection

The issue of players not being able to loot Potent Blood has been resolved, however, Diablo 4 Global Community Development Director, Adam Fletcher, has stated that the team will need additional time to resolve the issue of players not being able to progress their Season Journeys. Diablo 4 Patch 1.2.2 Hotfix 2 — Potent Blood Season Journey Progression Issues — Diablo 4 While this issue was expected to be resolved alongside the Potent Blood Hotfix today, the team has stated that they will require additional testing in order to ensure that the Season Journey is working properly. Blood Knight Could be Coming to Diablo 4 Mini-Pets are a Possibility in Diablo 4

Blizzard has announced that the Treasures of the Emerald Dream awards the Forest Lord's Antlers again.

Global Community Development Director Adam Fletcher has announced an upcoming hotfix that will solve issues that prevented players from picking up Potent Blood from Blood Fountains and progressing the Season Journey! As of right now, players who try to loot s dropped by Blood Fountains in Blood Harvests will not be able to pick them up because their character will be too far away from the drop location — a pesky bug that is supposed to be fixed with the upcoming patch: Fletcher also commented on the ongoing issues around Burning Cinders drop rates decreasing over time in certain Helltide zones and instances.

Larian has followed up Baldur's Gate 3's hefty fourth patch with a wee hotfix that squashes a variety of bugs, one of which I wish I'd experienced before it was fixed. I knew I should have rolled a dwarf.

Blizzard has addressed an issue where players could get certain Season 3 PvP rewards too early this week with Season 2 currencies, like Trophies of Strife.

Diablo 4 Patch 1.2.2 Hotfix 1 has just been released. This Hotfix fixed an issue that allowed players to dupe items, such as Uber Boss Summoning Materials, and has re-instated player-to-player trading. Malignant Rings Guide Now Live Best Builds for Malignant Rings

Blizzard has announced that the bug preventing Seedbloom from being rewarded through completion of the weekly Blooming Dreamseeds quest has been fixed, and that players should receive any missing currency in mail within the Emerald Dream zone.

Blizzard has responded to feedback about Ashes of the Embersoul, noting they have found a tuning bug. The primary stat granted by this trinket will be greatly increased in a future hotfix.

Developer Colossal Order has released a new hotfix for Cities: Skylines 2 which sees a bunch of improvements and bug fixes, along with the removal of an «offensive» radio ad. 

A new GeForce driver hotfix (version 546.08) was released earlier today by NVIDIA. This hotfix aims to resolve three specific issues, chiefly the performance degradation that some players had been experiencing in Alan Wake 2 after playing the game for quite some time.

Cities: Skylines 2 developer Colossal Order has released a new hotfix for the city builder that attempts to improve overall performance on PC while fixing numerous bugs, and removing an "offensive" in-game radio advert.

The first hotfix of Patch 1.2.1 has been rolled out, fixing an issue with being unable to complete the Carrion Fields dungeon. Want to take a look at this dungeon for yourself? Check out our Dungeon Guides, filled with tips and tricks, boss strategies, and everything you'll need to know before heading inside! Carrion Fields Dungeon Guide

Colossal Order has released their first post-launch update for Cities: Skylines 2, a small hotfix patch that is designed to target a few small game crash bugs, and implement the first few performance optimisations. Cities: Skylines 2 patch 1.0.11f1 is out now on Steam, and coming “as soon as possible” to the Microsoft Store.

Blizzard has rolled out a hotfix that fixes an issue with Lord Zir failing to respawn. This will be quite a relief to players who may have had frustrating kills, wasting their summoning materials.

Colossal Order has released their first post-launch update for Cities: Skylines 2, a small hotfix patch that is designed to target a few small game crash bugs, and implement the first few performance optimisations. Cities: Skylines 2 patch 1.0.11f1 is out now on Steam, and coming “as soon as possible” to the Microsoft Store.

Developer Turn 10 has released a minor new update for racing game Forza Motorsport. The update, which has started rolling out today, addresses stability issues faced by players on all platforms.

Blizzard has rolled out a client Diablo 4 hotfix for patch 1.2.0b across all platforms, which addresses player privacy concerns among other things.

Blizzard has released a client patch addressing several bug fixes, including the Battle Pass not awarding the correct amount of Platinum and Real ID names being visible by default. Several players were concerned about privacy regarding the Real ID issue, as having access to a player's full name unintentionally via screenshare could pose security risks.

Blizzard has released Hotfix 2 for Patch 1.2.0. This Hotfix fixes an issue that was preventing Steam players from being able to purchase the Diablo 4 Crypt Hunter Pack Add-On. Best Leveling Builds for Season 2 Diablo 4 — All Editions 25% Off

It's been a busy day. Blizzard has just released Hotfix 1 to Diablo 4 Patch 1.2.0, which will fix a bug that was affecting Druid's Werebear Skills under the effects of Grizzly Rage. Best Leveling Builds for Season 2 Big Whisper Cache Gold Rewards

Developer Larian Studios hasn't taken the foot off the gas since Baldur's Gate 3 launched, pushing out the second hotfix of the week and the ninth since the game launched on PC at the start of August, with those coming to the PS5 iteration, which launched in September. That's in addition to three full patches, the most recent of which (amongst many other things) improved PlayStation performance, as well as introducing the character-editing Magic Mirror.

Warhammer 40k Darktide players eagerly awaited the latest hotfix, hoping it would address the issues that had been plaguing the game. However, following the deployment of Darktide hotfix 1.2.1, a wave of new problems emerged, leaving some players in despair. This article delves into the unexpected consequences of the hotfix, including lost loadouts and crashes, and the developer’s response to the situation.

Warhammer 40k Darktide is experiencing some notable issues following the deployment of its latest hotfix. The latest set of Warhammer Darktide patch notes arrived on Tuesday, October 10, with some fixes for several bugs causing the game to crash. However, following the arrival of Darktide hotfix 1.2.1, some players have lost their loadouts while others are unable to play at all, with the game crashing to desktop at launch on both Steam and Game Pass.

Larian Studios just dropped its ninth hotfix for Baldur’s Gate 3, and along with the usual bug fixes, this small update brings some greatly appreciated quality-of-life features. Get ready to lose even more time in the game’s character creator, as Hotfix #9 introduces name changes to Baldur’s Gate 3 and lets you adjust the appearance of Hirelings now, too.

Life may be full of regrets, but if one of those regrets is that you decided to call your Baldur's Gate 3 character Bumfart the Third in a moment of weakness, there's some good news: the game's latest hotfix will finally let you change their ill-conceived name.

Another day, another morsel of a patch for Baldur's Gate 3. It's only been three days since hotfix #8 set the world to rights by shaving Faerûn's most self-important cat and preventing your companions from dumping all their groceries on you, but Larian's already come out with hotfix #9. 

Larian Studios released the ninth hotfix for Baldur's Gate 3 this afternoon. The two headline features of this small patch are the ability to change your main character's name and the appearance of the Hirelings via the Magic Mirror (added to Baldur's Gate 3 with Patch 3)

Just days after deploying hotfix 8 for Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios has announced that hotfix 9 is now live. It features an array of fixes for bugs and crashes while extending the Magic Mirror’s functionality to Hirelings. If you want to adjust their appearance (within limits), that’s now possible.

The Baldur’s Gate 3 hotfixes are coming thick and fast. After Hotfix 8, which shaved His Majesty after a cat backlash from fans, came out earlier this week, Larian has now released Hotfix 9, which brings the sprawling Dungeons & Dragons-themed role-playing game up to version number 4.1.1.3767641.

Baldur's Gate 3 hotfix nine is officially here, and it'll let you create an army of messed up Hirelings.

Larian Studios has released a new hotfix for Baldur’s Gate 3, which fixes a bug that caused dismissed companions to leave their story items with the player. It could result in annoying amounts to carry, but the system has reverted to how it was in Patch 2.

Patch 3 for Baldur’s Gate 3 brought many good changes with it. From the expected bug fixes to methods for altering the protagonist’s appearance, there’s plenty to like.

After the large Patch 03 for Baldur’s Gate 3 released, most players were unhappy with many of the changes. Although Larian Studios’ latest title has a highly positive audience behind it, this was the first patch that left players disappointed. The developers listened, and Baldur’s Gate 3’s latest Hotfix #8, it removed shared stash, among a few other issues after many player complaints.

Baldur's Gate 3Hotfix 8 is now live and aims to address a series of crashing issues, but most importantly it makes His Majesty hairless again. 

Readers, our long national nightmare is over. An injustice has been rectified, light shines where once there was only darkness, your children can sleep soundly in their beds. I speak, of course, of Baldur's Gate 3's latest hotfix, which has restored His Majesty—everyone's favourite overweening feline—to his original, superior, and hairless form.

Baldur’s Gate 3 developer Larian Studios has shaved His Majesty after fans of the cat complained about a recent change that added fur.

Today, Larian Studios released the eighth hotfix for Baldur's Gate 3. Hotfixes, unlike patches, are focused on fixing crashes and bugs. You can read the full changelog below.

A Dark and Darker hotfix has rolled out for the hardcore dungeon-crawler following its recent major update. Developer Ironmace explains some of the nerfs it made with early access patch one, and says it has plans moving forwards to “start working on some buffs.” The new Dark and Darker patch notes also revert the more generous merchants, after Ironmace determined that their new inventories “may have made it a little too easy.”

Larian Studios has released hotfix number seven for Baldur's Gate 3, to address more issues with crashes and saves.