Video Games ❯ Game Design

Balancing Mechanics

Player Experience Player Engagement Cost Adjustments Rank Adjustments Quality of Life Changes Player Interaction Character Adjustments Character Effectiveness Hero Powers Original vs Remastered Boss Health Player Agency Difficulty Settings Weapon Attributes Resource Management Power Systems Damage Scaling Player Retention Player Count Player Feedback Recoil and Bloom Resource Allocation Weapon Mechanics Weapon Balancing

Borderlands 4 Halloween Patch Brings Balance Overhaul as Gearbox Plans to Reinstate Boss-Farm Cooldown Reset

The update aims to curb unintended damage loops to steer balance toward broader build diversity.

DICE Targets Battlefield 6 'Ghost Bullets' With Hotfix as Weapon Spread Bugs Linger

Megabonk Patch Restores Leaderboards, Adds Anti‑Cheat and Late‑Game Rebalance

Marvel Rivals Developers Reject EOMM Claims and Promise Matchmaking Deep Dive

Mortal Kombat 1 Becomes Generation’s Best-Selling Fighting Game as Major DLC Support Ends

Bungie Probes Impossibly Tanky Bosses and Low-Tier Loot in Destiny 2’s Edge of Fate Raid

Dune: Awakening Patch 1.1.15.0 Widens PvE Access and Overhauls Endgame Rewards

Neowiz Promises Difficulty Reduction for Lies of P: Overture DLC

FromSoftware’s Nightreign Patch 1.01.2 Fixes Boss Glitches and Loot Oversights