This week, The Lords of the Rings Online has released Update 14, “Paths of the Dead,” along with a new Producer Letter from Aaron Campbell looking at the state of the game for 2014.

Paths of the Dead opens up West Gondor to players, and continues Epic Story Volume IV for all players as they prepare to face against Sauron. The update also introduces the Essence System, raises the level cap to 100, and introduces the City Watch of Dol Amroth. For a full break down of the update read the patch notes.

Meanwhile, the Producer’s Letter hints that two more updates should be released this year: Central Gondor & Pelargir, and the Beorning class. It also indicates that due to player feedback, the level cap will not be raised a second time this year, and a new legendary advancement system will be developed.

Today, Robot Entertainment announced the first details for the next ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED™ closed beta update scheduled for Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Following a player account wipe, participants in the ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED closed beta can look forward to taking two brand new Heroes into battle, The Kobold King and Sir Winston. Players can also expect a ton of new features and quality of life improvements, including 40 new cards added to the current set, new skins, and team matchmaking!

This announcement also comes with a massive infographic, shown below.

To view the complete patch notes for the July 22 ORCS MUST DIE! UNCHAINED closed beta update, read here.

Award-winning developer and publisher Gaijin Entertainment issued a call-to-arms to all of War Thunder’s almost eight million players, across all platforms to be on the lookout for major update 1.43. This important update provides War Thunder fans with increased firepower in the game by adding multi-turret ground vehicles, allowing for the firing of simultaneous deadly blasts. Whether all concentrated on one unfortunate enemy or in multi-directional attacks at different targets at the same time, War Thunder’s multi-turret ground forces will level opponents, leaving behind fiery husks that should serve as ominous warning signs to all players that they must strategically approach these vehicles with guns blazing and bombs dropping or face dire consequences.

The first tank to roll off the War Thunder assembly line with the multi-turret option will be the Soviet T-35, which was the only five-turreted heavy tank in the world. Gaijin Entertainment carefully reconstructed the T-35 using the last known real version left in the world, which is stored at the State Tank Museum of Kubinka, near Moscow. The development team captured every detail from inside and out including the growl of the engines, the crunch of the tank’s treads on the ground and the sound of multi-turret functionality. Additional multi-turreted ground forces will roll off the fully functional War Thunder assembly line in future updates. And of course, update 1.43 will bring along a lot of other exciting features – stay tuned!