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Mojang used TwitchCon Rotterdam to unveil the first Game Drop features slated for 2027: a new throwing disc weapon with two-handed catch mechanics and full off-hand support finally arriving on Bedrock Edition.
Roblox is rolling out cross-game ban lists, new debugging tools, and Luau language updates, while opening applications for the 2027 Incubator.
Developers can now view collaborators' output in the Studio Output window and use a new script method to fetch logs programmatically.
Mojang released a dedicated resource to help families navigate age ratings, safety settings, and the educational benefits of Minecraft.
Roblox has launched a new Luau category on its Developer Forum to centralize official announcements about the scripting language. Staff will post updates on features and changes, while community members can reply and discuss.
Creators can now track up to three custom events per experiment and measure rewarded video ad revenue directly against total earnings.
Roblox is rolling out a significant update to its scripting language, Luau. The new Studio Beta features simplify module creation and remove a long-standing error regarding circular dependencies.
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.
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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