From the "did we need this file": Mortal Royale is a new battle royale game based in the same world as Mortal Online. The game has been released into Steam Early Access. As with most battle royale games, Mortal Royale features "up to 1000 players thrown into a massive world in the eye of a deadly chaotic storm that is slowly closing in on them". Players can utilize several combat types including melee, archery or magic as well as have the ability to take part in mounted combat.

ARK: Survival Evolved players will be enjoying lots of holiday cheer thanks to the arrival of Winter Wonderland that begins later today. Both Raptor Claus and Gacha Claus will be tooling around the maps air-dropping gifts and goodies...and even coal....on players throughout. Gacha Claus will be collecting coal from naughty survivors in exchange for holiday-themed items. Or players can turn in mistletoe for weapons and armor.

The latest Limited Time Mode will launch into Fortnite on December 19th. During 14 Days of Fortnite, players will be able to take part in "new Challenges, play in new and old LTMs and unlock rewards in this seasonal event". The event will see large team modes switch up every two days, while small team modes will change daily.

We have received word from the team behind The Repopulation that the game will be brought down later today to bring a large new patch on board. The update brings a number of tweaks to the combat system into the game as well as performance improvements and two completely rebuilt areas. The letter also goes into detail about what the team has accomplished in 2018 and what it is currently working on and what is planned as we head into 2019.

Fatshark has announced that Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has now arrived for PlayStation 4. The company also announced that over two million copies of the game have been sold worldwide so far. PS4 players can choose from three different editions, Standard, Premium and Ultimate, each with its own series of in-game perks and items.

Trove will be receiving a large new update when the Crystal Combat patch is deployed with players finally able to explore "the wonders of Geode's Topside". The update will be released for PC later today and for consoles in early 2019.

As with any alpha event, Torchlight Frontiers players have had a lot to say about what they felt and experienced during the testing opportunity. The game's official site has a new post from the dev team about the key takeaways from the feedback they have received.