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🐄🐑 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. ...

🏜️ 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 servers will, of course, support the Nasdara update as well.🌵 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...

⛏️🏭 Satisfactory: "Core Values" expansion announced – your factory goes undergroundThe first paid add-on for Satisfactory brings new underground biomes, buildings, creatures and a new story.On 29 September 2026, Coffee Stain Studios announced the first paid expansion for Satisfactory: Core Values. As the name hints, this time the factory grows deeper rather than wider – Pioneers will build beneath the surface as well.🔎 What we know so farNew underground biomes: a brand-new expedition below the surface, with new resources, flora and fauna. New factory buildings and production lines: fresh building options for your underground factory. New creatures: including a feline-like companion. New story: a storyline of its own centered on the underground. Scope: reportedly around 400 to 500 hours of additional content. Platforms: PC (Steam, Epic Games Store), Play...

🐉🔥 RuneScape: Dragonwilds leaves Early Access – version 1.0 with crossplay is hereNew platforms, cross-platform play, and your own server – ready for Ashenfall.RuneScape: Dragonwilds, the open-world survival crafting game set in the RuneScape universe, is now available as the full version 1.0 release – in addition to PC, it's now also available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2. Team up with up to three other players to explore the forgotten continent of Ashenfall, gather resources, build your base, and challenge the mighty Dragon Queens.Dragonwilds is best enjoyed on your own dedicated server, where you can keep playing together over time. At ZAP-Hosting, your RuneScape: Dragonwilds server is set up instantly, protected against DDoS attacks, easy to manage through the web interface, and comes with free FTP access.🎮 Crossplay: Play together on...

🌲🏕️ Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 "Wilderness Bound" is here!A new biome, new building blocks, a new structure – time to update your Minecraft server.Since September 15, 2026, Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 "Wilderness Bound" is available. At its core is the new Dappled Forest biome, featuring poplars, red shrubs, and shelf mushrooms, along with a new Abandoned Camp structure to discover. On the building side, there's wool stairs and slabs, concrete stairs and slabs, plus straw beds and cushions. Under the hood, a new order-independent transparency algorithm improves how translucency is rendered, villager trades now update even mid-trade, and raising your shield now takes precedence over tilling or path-making when holding a hoe or shovel at the same time.🚀 Your own Minecraft server at ZAP-HostingWant to explore the new biome and building blocks together with your friends...