Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a free-to-play strategy game built around a perpetual live service structure. The developer releases new in-game events every month, each introducing new Champions to unlock, returning "Flex" Champions with rebalances, new cosmetics, and monetized packs. This cadence has continued without interruption through the assessment date of August 19, 2026. The most recent developer communication — a news post from August 5, 2026 — announced the Ahghairon's Day 2026 event, introducing a brand-new Champion (Flint Fireforge, a Heroes of the Lance dwarf fighter) along with rebalances to three existing Champions (Jim, Omin, and Prudence). Notably, the post explicitly asks players: "Are you excited for the first Year 10 event next month?!" — a direct forward-looking statement confirming that new content is actively planned and on the way. In the weeks leading up to that, the developer shipped a new Mastery Variants system on July 22, 2026 — a fourth tier of challenge content with its own new currency (Mastery Medallions), a new Mastery Shop, and Chromatic Skins, with the post explicitly stating that new Mastery Variants will arrive every month and the shops will expand every three months. The June 24, 2026 post delivered the finale of the "Tales of the Champions" campaign. New Champions (Van Richten on June 26, Flint on July 31) and major system updates have shipped on a monthly basis throughout 2026. The DLC list continues to grow, with the most recent addition being the Iridescent Wynling Familiar Pack released on June 8, 2026, followed by the 6x Choose Your Champion Starter Pack in August 2025 and the Founder's Pack VIII in September 2025. All currently listed DLC are released, consistent with a game that continuously adds new purchasable content. This game is explicitly designed to run indefinitely, with no endpoint announced or implied. The developer's own words confirm ongoing development well into Year 10.