the.com/patch notes
the developer's confession booth: here's what we broke, and what we broke while fixing it.
means a changelog listing what a software update added, fixed, or ruined, usually posted right before players riot.
from grew out of 1980s software release notes, but exploded with online multiplayer games in the 2000s, where balance changes needed public justification to an audience that would otherwise assume malice.
nerf origingamer slang for weakening something, from nerf toy guns
longest traditionblizzard has published patch notes since diablo 1997
read closelyplayers mine wording for hints at unannounced features
buried jokesdevs sometimes hide easter eggs inside the notes themselves