Hacker News

1. Muse Spark Open
2. Anthropic Update on Independent Evaluators
3. More on Anthropic's Scion ripping off Mononoke
4. Show HN: Sygal – Convert PDFs, scans and web pages to Markdown, locally
5. Jev Meets the Trolley Problem
6. Market selloff, rising rates test AI data centre deal boom
7. The technical actions needed to ensure the continuity of UTC
8. Krea 3 – Frontier Image Model 4× faster than Nano Banana Pro
9. Neural Networks Are Already Clean
10. Steam Client Is Now Faster Than Epic's New Vibe Coded Launcher

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The Verge

1. Sony made a $5,900 gold-plated Walkman MP3 player
2. Alienware’s latest 34-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor is $50 off
3. Volvo will use Nvidia’s tech for hands-free, point-to-point driving
4. Google is making inline links more prominent in AI responses
5. Sony’s WH-1000XM6 headphones are $130 off today only
6. Friends don’t let friends feed their data to AI agents
7. The best reason to care about Nvidia’s RTX Spark: ‘everything’ will run on Arm
8. E Ink upgraded the screen found in most color e-readers
9. Nvidia, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta gave Trump a combined $92 million for his ballroom
10. Shelly’s new presence sensor simultaneously detects up to ten people without a camera

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Ars Technica

1. Rocket Lab announces another delay for its medium-lift Neutron rocket
2. Report: FTC probes Anthropic, OpenAI after Trump dismissed AI fears as “hoax”
3. Singer or clanker? YouTube Music will tell you with new gen AI labeling.
4. Rewilding could help vulnerable islands keep pace with rising seas
5. Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security
6. Epic says its new vibe-coded Epic Games Launcher is faster than Steam
7. NATO may redeploy anti-drone defenses as attacks sink more Black Sea shipping
8. Things are finally looking up for NASA's first missions to Venus in a generation
9. Schools across US protest FCC plan that could disconnect kids from Internet
10. Georgia man sues Flock, sheriff's office over alleged ALPR-fueled retaliation

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TechCrunch

1. Last chance to save up to $200 on your TechCrunch Founder Summit pass: Early booking ends Oct. 16
2. Volvo makes a bigger bet on Nvidia
3. SK Hynix bargains for chip equipment exports to its China facility in return for building a factory in US
4. AI agents are coming to Rivian’s cars
5. Ramp reaches $60B valuation as it pushes deeper into AI
6. Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US
7. TechCrunch Disrupt 2026: Last day
8. Amazon’s Bee launches two new personal AI devices, starting at $75
9. Citizen Lab says governments are abusing online ads to hack people with ‘zero-click’ spyware
10. Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform

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Wired

1. White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia Was an Affiliate Marketer for a Fitness MLM
2. Junji Ito’s Manga Horrors Hit Harder as Live-Action TV
3. Kids’ Content Is Deeply Broken. A New Platform Wants to Fix It
4. Democrats Are Gearing Up to Investigate the Trump Administration. It Won’t Be Easy
5. ‘Nightmare Scenario’: Zero-Click Spyware Is Infecting Phones via Targeted Ads
6. The Best Permanent Outdoor Lights (2026): Govee, Eufy, Cync
7. Artemis III Scientist Shares What to Expect From NASA’s Next Lunar Mission
8. Over $600 Million in Polymarket Election Trades Took Place After Races Ended
9. Ancestry Coupons│50% Off│October 2026
10. Design Within Reach Promo Codes: 30% Off | October 2026

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Engadget

1. Trump ballroom's biggest donors were overwelmingly tech and telecom companies
2. Meta built a huge open-weight AI model for Macs, but you'll need 1TB of RAM to run it
3. GuliKit TT Max review: The granddaddy of Switch 2 controllers
4. Microsoft says it made Windows 11 zippier, especially on PCs with less RAM
5. Opera's lightweight Air browser is back, unbothered, moisturized, in its lane
6. Tesla Roadster reveal live: Updates from the launch of the next-gen sportscar
7. LinkedIn is adding new tools to help people with their side hustles
8. Xreal's new flagship One Pro+ AR glasses offer better brightness and increased comfort
9. NVIDIA's RTX Spark is good for Windows, even if you don't need local AI
10. CitizenLab details new spyware triggered by online advertising

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9to5Mac

1. Apple is about to kick off four weeks straight of new product launches
2. Meta launches new Muse Spark Open model, optimized to run on Mac Studio
3. Apple TV 4K, HomeView pre-order ship times now delayed later in November
4. Deals: HomeView pre-order discount (more colors), HomePod mini 2, Mac Studio $220 off, AirPods Pro 3, more
5. Apple SVP Greg Joswiak: ‘We don’t feel threatened’ by OpenAI hardware plans
6. Hands-on: Pokémon x Beats Pill is one of my favorite collabs yet [Video]
7. John Ternus talks iPhone Duo, ‘cheap and crappy’ foldables in new interview
8. Apple sets cutoff time for getting fastest iPhone Duo pre-order
9. Half of United flights have Starlink Wi-Fi – here’s how to check yours
10. MacPaw launches Eney, a proactive AI assistant for Mac and iPhone

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Guardian Australia

1. Seven sailors missing after drones strike tankers near Romania’s Black Sea coast
2. Matt Gaetz accused in suit of sex trafficking two women in Florida
3. FBI investigates letters with ‘unknown substance’ sent to US election officials
4. Tell us: have you used AI to help with online dating?
5. Nicolás Maduro tells New York court new torture allegations are ‘false’
6. Man killed by tiger at Yorkshire zoo had bouts of psychosis, inquest hears
7. Time’s up for the leap second as scientists swap it for the leap hour
8. ‘A powerful act of imagination and self-affirmation’: experts on how to start writing a book
9. Street Fighter review – nostalgia only goes so far in junky fighting game movie
10. Russia and Ukraine trade strikes as Trump ‘energy ceasefire’ collapses

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ABC News

1. Court shown photos of Russell Brand shirtless in hotel before alleged rape
2. Remains may be earliest evidence of ancient human speared to death
3. Donald Trump calls off planned live stream of firing squad execution
4. Breaking: Donald Trump calls off planned live stream of firing squad execution
5. Zelenskyy 'done' with US-made energy ceasefire that Moscow ignored
6. Quick hits: Walsh vomits after try, Ponga shines then suffers in epic duel
7. Northern Ireland politician jailed for child sex offences
8. Sailors missing as two ships set ablaze in Romanian Black Sea
9. Review ordered after man dies waiting two hours for ambulance
10. Story of young woman accused of witchcraft wins $100,000 book award

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BBC News

1. Watch: What does Starlink have to do with the Ukraine-Russia war?
2. Banks say Healey is planning Budget tax raid on their profits
3. Maduro pleads not guilty to new torture-related charges in New York
4. Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking oil refinery after Zelensky says strikes to resume
5. Equality watchdog writes to Greens over 'Zionism is racism' motion
6. Man killed by tiger climbed two fences before suffering multiple injuries, inquest hears
7. Former DUP leader Donaldson sentenced to 15 years in prison for child sex abuse
8. Severe drought declared in parts of southern England
9. Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?
10. Farage defends Reform's vetting after councillors filmed making racist comments

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The Guardian

1. UK HRT shortages: which products are affected and what to do about it?
2. It’s not the old two-party politics – but Labour and the Tories now know they can shun their populist challengers | Gaby Hinsliff
3. Bournemouth v Sturm Graz, Benfica v Celtic, and more: Europa League – live
4. The Guardian view on Stormont: voters in Northern Ireland deserve more than an endless cycle of dysfunction | Editorial
5. The Guardian view on food security: we have just-in-time, we need just-in-case | Editorial
6. Trans women no longer to be placed on female-only wards under new NHS England guidance
7. Ben Jennings on Reform UK’s council candidates – cartoon
8. An autism diagnosis, but where’s the treatment? | Letters
9. Eritrean aggression must not be overlooked | Letter
10. Endless fun with a legendary book of placenames | Letters

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Al Jazeera

1. A mother’s touch helps premature babies grow strong in Gaza
2. Pope Leo resumes work in hospital while recovering from surgery
3. DR Congo protests Formula 1’s ‘indefensible’ decision to race in Rwanda
4. Dying in Detention
5. Houthis target Yemen’s presidential palace in Aden with missiles
6. Albania’s PM dismisses calls to resign as student protests spread
7. UK Green member behind anti-Zionism motion ‘receives death threats’
8. Israeli ad-tech firm helped place spyware on Al Jazeera devices
9. Why are eight US states suing OpenAI?
10. FIFA President Infantino apologises to council but critics remain unhappy

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NPR

1. Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space
2. Social Security benefits to get a boost. And, Hasan Piker defends his rhetoric
3. After booting 760K off ACA health plans, the Trump administration adds some people back
4. Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian oil refineries, officials say, after brief truce
5. Greetings from Mexico City, where a bullfighting ban doesn't stop this matador training
6. Essential items to stock in your medicine cabinet for cold and flu season
7. These swing voters regret voting for Trump and it's influencing their midterm choices
8. For some Christians, Hegseth's plan for public execution fits a biblical mandate
9. Morning news brief
10. School roof collapse kills at least 29, injures more than 3 dozen in Pakistan

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Kottke

1. How Hunting Owls Use Sound to “See” Under the Snow
2. How many shots are in the average movie? How does it...
3. Big Math: The Hidden Codes That Run Our World. “The epic...
4. Where You Should Live: Five Factors to Keep in Mind
5. Teaser trailer for season three of The Lord of The Rings:...
6. Tiny Little Office is “an office suite with no accounts...
7. The Muffled Thud of Fire in the Hole
8. It’s time to de-privatize the US government. “The problem...
9. Q: “An AI tool with all your passwords or a bear in the...
10. May Peace Prevail on Earth

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The Marginalian

1. How Not to Waste Your Life
2. An Introvert’s Field Guide to Friendship: Thoreau on the Challenges and Rewards of Candid Connection
3. NostradamusGPT: The Psychology of Prophecy and How to Break Free from the Prison of Predictive Technologies
4. Probability Theory Pioneer Mark Kac on the Unpredictability of Creativity and the Two Types of Geniuses
5. Nobel Laureate Doris Lessing on Breaking Free from the Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
6. Hermann Hesse on How to Read a Book and How to Read Yourself
7. James Baldwin on How Love (Finally) Finds You
8. The Madman Who Saved Mothers: The Invention of Handwashing and the Bittersweet True Love Story Behind ‘Frankenstein’
9. Elizabeth Gilbert on Love, Loss, and How to Move Through Grief as Grief Moves Through You
10. How Memory Makes Us and Breaks Truth: The Rashomon Effect and the Science of How Memories Form and Falter in the Brain

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Pitchfork

1. Nino Paid and Warhol.SS Arrested on Felony Murder and Armed Robbery Charges
2. Justice Composed the Score for Grand Theft Auto VI
3. Skrillex and Ring Noord Remix Danny L Harle and PinkPantheress’ “Starlight”
4. Blondie Announce First Album in Nine Years
5. Geordie Greep Responds to Accuser’s Sexual Misconduct Allegations
6. Dijon and Mk.gee Are a Wedding Band Now
7. 26 Songs I Want to Hear in the Girls Reboot
8. Summer Walker Sues Label and Management for Fraud
9. Big Thief Launch Free Concert Archive
10. Watch Cameron Winter at Carnegie Hall’s First Teaser Trailer

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Stereogum

1. Bodywash – “La Renommée”
2. Skrillex Apologizes For Head Trip Set, Remixes Danny L Harle & PinkPantheress
3. U2 Share “The Greatest Show On Earth,” Announce First 2027 Tour Dates
4. Heavens To Betsy Unearth Video From First Show In 1991
5. Radie Peat – “Hares On The Mountain”
6. PISS – “Rote Zora. ‘Resistance is Possible.’ Emma, No. 6, June 1984, pp. 39-41.”
7. Now, Now – “Slide”
8. Neil Young Is Digger Hive
9. Justice Score GTA VI, Share Tame Impala/SZA/King Gizzard Collab “Flower In A Hurricane”
10. The Future Sound Of Oslo

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Longreads

1. What Happens When Your Abuser Kills Himself?
2. Supplemental Journey
3. Deskilling the Body
4. How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness
5. Beyond the Glass
6. We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.
7. The Kids Who Identify as Animals
8. In Trump’s America, the Death Penalty Has Been Resurrected
9. Where the Forest Went
10. He Went Out on an Epic Wilderness Adventure. Only His Dogs Came Back.

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ScienceDaily

1. Mysterious brain activity under anesthesia challenges what we know about consciousness
2. Arctic sea ice hits another troubling low in 2026
3. Eating late at night linked to up to 30% higher risk of liver disease
4. A fungus is threatening the world’s food supply. Scientists just found a new defense
5. Scientists discover a surprising danger in smaller cancer cells
6. Rare study reveals a striking divide inside an Alzheimer’s patient’s brain
7. Strokes have nearly doubled among younger adults, and scientists aren't sure why
8. Ozempic and Wegovy linked to rare risk of sudden vision loss
9. A 47-year study reveals the age when your body starts losing strength
10. Scientists reveal 93% of Australia's Indigenous population was lost in just 73 years

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Quanta

1. How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?
2. Triplet of ‘Ghostly’ Galaxies Hints at What Dark Matter Is — and Isn’t
3. Is ‘Attention’ the Essence of Intelligence?
4. How Does Life Unfold? A Landscape Metaphor Comes Into Its Own.

NASA

1. Power Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power Supply
2. NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Over Texas Farmland
3. NASA Welcomes All Ages, Experience Levels for Space Apps Challenge
4. NASA Awards Enable Research, Technology to Build Future Workforce
5. Rigorous Analysis Confirms NASA’s Artemis II Heat Shield Performance
6. Chandra Finds Possible Origin of ‘Treble Clef’ Waves
7. APOD: 2026 October 15 – The Milky Way over Manhattan
8. Fires Arrive in the Amazon Rainforest
9. NASA to Host News Conference Previewing US Spacewalks 100, 101
10. NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students

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Nature

1. Margaret Hamilton obituary: computer scientist who pioneered software engineering and helped us get to the Moon
2. Nearly half of reef-building corals face elevated relative risk of extinction
3. World's timekeepers upend how they adjust time to avoid catastrophic 'negative second'
4. Orangutan mothers arrange play dates for their babies
5. Give me the good news: four science stories to brighten your day
6. ArXiv versus AI slop: will capping preprint submissions work?
7. Computational design of metalloproteases
8. De novo design of cysteine proteases
9. Evaluating space-based methane detection through a one-year blind test
10. Capillary-selective vasodilation through myosin inhibition halts ischaemic cascades

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Dezeen

1. Apple consolidates smart-home capabilities in HomeView dashboard
2. Schemata Architects restores guesthouse nestled in ancient Irish rainforest
3. "Radically simple" Resonance pavilion takes centre stage at Tallinn Architecture Biennale
4. "People need to be able to afford to adapt to climate change" says architect founder of Shaded
5. Jonas Hejduk's blurry furnishings are deliberately low resolution
6. Recycled-plastic plinths hold furniture at "secret" Barragán house in Mexico City
7. Behnaz Farahi creates Ocean of Dreams video installation for MIT Future Fest
8. Omar Gandhi designs house and studio with "striking silhouette" for Canadian furniture designer
9. Andy Matthews Studio designs Dulwich cricket pavilion to be antithesis of "off-the-shelf generic designs"
10. Ten homes from the mid-century "time capsule" Studley Park

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Design Milk

1. A New Book Preserves the Lost Interiors of Ebony and Jet’s Chicago Headquarters
2. Spinnaker x seconde/seconde/ Brings Back the 50 Phantoms
3. A Brooklyn Brownstone Trades Restraint for Color and Character
4. Beyond the Feed: Why an iF DESIGN AWARD Win Carries Lasting Recognition
5. Kozo Transforms Peninsula London’s Cars into a Moving Art Exhibition
6. Sherwin-Williams’ 2027 Color of the Year Takes a Lighter Approach to Green
7. Inside Local People, a Contemporary Cafe Beneath an Istanbul Dome
8. Crate & Barrel Enters the Wallpaper Market With York Wallcoverings
9. B+N Industries Builds Its Modular Systems to Keep Evolving After Installation
10. Walnut and Leather Meet at the Seams of Eureka Ergonomic’s Arundel Collection

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BBC Sport

1. Australia clinch thrilling World Cup opener against New Zealand
2. Serb player banned until 2050 for tennis match-fixing
3. Eom has strength to move on after alleged racist abuse
4. Red card, suspension and a conspiracy - what's up with Vini Jr?
5. British Cycling to act after 'toxic' survey responses
6. Warren paints heavyweight unification picture for 2027
7. Watch new skateboarding speed world record of 151.83 km/h
8. Brazilian Camara to join Haas for F1 debut in 2027
9. Arsenal's injured Caldentey out for up to 10 weeks
10. Canada expect landmark victory over Red Roses - Apps

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ESPN

1. Vegas bettor pleads guilty to charges related to NBA, NCAA fixing schemes
2. Rahm reaches separation deal with LIV, gives up rest of nine-figure contract
3. NBA GMs project Wembanyama, Spurs to hoist hardware
4. Jacobs sues to block release of records, video of altercation with woman
5. Sources: CFP nearing deal for 24-team format beginning in '27
6. Eagles QB Hurts ruled out vs. Panthers with blood clot in calf
7. Follow live: Guardians grab early lead on Nathaniel Lowe's RBI double
8. Judging the MLB playoffs: Bullpen battles, breakout stars and state of Dodgers dynasty
9. Lights, camera, Cleveland: Browns take center stage in 'The Land' trailer
10. Amar'e Stoudemire graduates from law enforcement academy, will train as an officer

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CNBC

1. U.S. sues California in fight over checking citizenship of mail voters
2. Who gets to have 'good debt'? A sociologist, theologian, philosopher and other experts weigh in
3. Anduril CEO defends Trump administration contracts: 'We've done incredibly well under Biden'
4. She made college ‘good debt’ for herself. Can she do the same for her daughter?
5. Apple and Meta team up to make Muse AI model run on Mac computers
6. Here are the stocks reporting next week that have a history of earnings beats and big share gains
7. Morgan Stanley says quantum computing could be a $100 billion market one day. Here’s its top stock to play the trend
8. How to weather the current AI stock storm that we were all dreading
9. What's behind the sell-off in AI neocloud stocks like CoreWeave and Nebius
10. CoreWeave credit default swaps hit distress levels as investors sour on AI debt

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IGN

1. CD Projekt Has Officially Begun Work on Project Hadar, but It's Not in Pre-Production Yet
2. New Marvel's Wolverine Funko Pops Drop Next April – Here’s Where You Can Preorder Them
3. 33 New Details From the GTA 6 Launch Trailer
4. Diablo 5 Inches Closer to Launch as Cinematics Work Begins
5. ‘I Can Really Nitpick Things’ – Firearms Expert Jonathan Ferguson Explains the Most Common Gun Mistakes in Games
6. Over 30 New GTA 6 Screenshots From the Launch Trailer
7. Sega Pulls Disastrous Total War: Shogun 2 Remaster From Sale Following Backlash
8. Activision Thinks GTA 6 Will Actually Help Modern Warfare 4: 'No Offense to Zelda, but [GTA and COD] Are the 2 Biggest Games of the Year'
9. GTA 6 Launch Trailer Teases Jason's Troubled Past, a Steamy Shower Scene With Lucia, and Much More
10. Trollheim: Gnomes Aims to Bring the Mystery and Whimsy of Nordic Folklore to a Survival Crafting Game

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Kotaku

1. The Ocarina Of Time Remake Doesn’t Do Everyone’s Favorite Bombchu-Bowling Baddie Justice
2. Rep. Ritchie Torres Announces Congressional Legislation To Protect Video Game Ownership: ‘If You Pay For It, You Own It’
3. Jeff Kaplan Doesn’t Engage With Overwatch After Leaving Blizzard: ‘I’ve Literally Not Played The Game Since April 2021’
4. AI Vibe-Coding Just Hit The Video Game Industry Like An Avalanche
5. Kojima Explains What The Most Divisive Movie Of 2026 Has In Common With Metal Gear Solid 2
6. Hearing That Dude Say ‘Grand Theft Auto’ At The End Of The Latest GTA 6 Trailer Made Me Feel Like This
7. GTA 6 Avoids A Very Awkward Situation By Officially Being Eligible For The 2026 Game Awards
8. Link Can Blow Up Boulders With Water In Newly Discovered Ocarina Of Time Glitch
9. Activision’s Head Marketer Says Modern Warfare 4 Faces A ‘Call Of Duty Tax’
10. Sega’s Total War: Shogun 2 Remake Is Such A Disaster It’s Being Pulled From Sale

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PC Gamer

1. GTA 5 finally measures up to the actual best GTA game now I've added a jetpack
2. Come on Razer what are you doing? This Pokemon-themed mouse is most definitely not the one
3. The AI bubble may not have burst yet, but $1 trillion worth of air appears to have escaped
4. The Shogun 2 remaster is so bad, Sega is removing it from sale and bringing back the original
5. 79% of you think Razer's new gaming mouse feature counts as cheating
6. It's taken its sweet time, but Intel's response to AMD's X3D chips is starting to look tasty
7. I jammed Nvidia's new DLSS 5 October update model into the RTX Spark and it's 25% faster at 1440p
8. Where to find the Takashiro region Treasure Hunt in Forza Horizon 6
9. Finally: Our favorite roguelike for sickos will let me play as a sapient tree
10. Razer Wolverine V4 Pro wireless gaming controller review

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Rock Paper Shotgun

1. After almost three years of early access, Enshrouded has hit 1.0 with a complete story, bigger map, and way too much more to mention
2. Monumentally expansive roguelike Caves of Qud is getting even bigger in December with an early access expansion that lets you play as messed up dogs and trees
3. 4X strategy sequel Humankind 2 gets its first extended in-game footage, rich in era-spanning, culture-shaping, history-rewriting action
4. "Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition has fallen short of both your expectations and our own standards", Sega say as they pull it from stores and restore the original
5. "I lost the concept of home, until my grandmother took me into these forests" - Trollheim: Gnomes is a survival game from ex-DICE and Paradox devs that channels childhood fairytales
6. The rumoured Steam Frame OLED would fix one of the Frame's minor weaknesses and do nothing for its major ones
7. "Some people like it, some people are annoyed by it": Substructure may look like Factorio, but it changes the automation game in some fundamental ways
8. League of Legends Classic will become a thing of the past in January 2027, though it may one day be resurrected as a limited-time event
9. Big Walk devs House House announce support for BDS Microsoft boycott, say the co-op puzzler isn't coming to Xbox
10. Ubisoft reportedly look to cut 100 more jobs by proposing voluntary redundancies at studios including lead Anno devs Ubisoft Mainz

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Eurogamer

1. GTA 6 squeaks into eligibility for The Game Awards 2026 by the smallest of margins - but can it break Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's record number of wins?
2. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave gets its first wave of DLC today, and an expansion pass to include it
3. Grand Theft Auto 6 launch trailer suddenly drops, showing a saucy shower scene, a tense police chase, and high-flying heists
4. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse review - inspired by great ideas, but doomed by questionable execution
5. DayZ creator Dean Hall says "our industry is rotting from its core" because of big-company "greed", aiming shots at Epic's Unreal and Unity
6. Riot Games has announced the end League of Legends Classic as an on-going mode, just three months after its release
7. 007 First Light gets Switch 2 release date, with IO Interactive saying time for "optimisation and performance" was needed
8. Big Walk developer explains the lack of Xbox version is due to Microsoft's place on the BDS boycott
9. Monster Hunter Wilds' fairly generous Prologue Demo comes to Switch 2 next week
10. Zero Escape and The Hundred Line co-creator's new studio "might literally crash into a million pieces" after the cancellation of its next game

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