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The twitchy roguelike Wizard of Legend got a big free update called Thundering Keep across all platforms today. It adds a new boss, stage, enemies, and dozens of new spells and items. The game is also still on Game Pass on both Xbox One and PC and very much worth checking out.

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition just got its first big patch fixing some bugs, improving competitive matchmaking, and adding a new holiday-themed map mod. I don’t play a ton online and so haven’t run into as many of the matchmaking issues as some, but it’s nice to see unit pathing improving. 

The prices for items in Rocket League’s new microtransaction shop have been slashed in half following a player backlash. Players who already purchased items at the old prices will be refunded the difference.

Remedy Entertainment says it’s looking into how to improve Control’s performance on console but that it will take time. The studio also says that an on/off toggle for Motion Blur and Film Grain will be coming in the next update, along with improvements to the map display. 

Wolfenstein: Youngblood just got a little less frustrating. The game’s 1.05 patch—out now for PC and coming soon to consoles—comes with a bevy of tweaks, the biggest ones affecting enemy “bullet sponginess” and adding checkpoints. Still can’t pause in co-op, obviously. (Though you now can offline, thanks to update 1.0…

Bethesda has patched the recent ports of Doom I and II so that they no longer ask you to login to Bethesda.net. When the games first arrived in late July they prevented you from playing unless you had a Bethesda.net account, which was extremely annoying, but also good for some laughs.

Fan-favorite heroes get small buffs ahead of Valve’s big Dota 2 tournament. Major swings in games are fun to watch, which is why I’m glad to see Lycan, Tinker, and Drow getting a little more powerful in the game’s latest mini-patch ahead of The International 2019.

Fallout 76 got a hotfix today to address some of the problems plaguing players since the Tuesday’s update went live. One thing it fixes are legendary item drops that previously weren’t appearing. One thing it doesn’t fix are legendary enemies that don’t drop legendary items because the game has mislabeled them.