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Bungie opened registration for a closed technical test of Marathon scheduled for Oct. 22 through 27. The studio confirmed the extraction shooter remains in development, despite months of silence following a June delay announcement. Players must sign nondisclosure agreements to participate in the...

Apple released the second beta versions of iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS Tahoe 26.1 to developers on Tuesday. Registered developers can download the software through their device settings after linking their Apple ID to the Developer Account through the Apple Developer Center. The updates...

Pearl Abyss will release Crimson Desert on March 19, 2026, for personal computers, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S. The company announced the date at a PlayStation State of Play event after delaying the open-world action game twice since 2021. IGN published an 11-minute gameplay...

Gaijin Entertainment confirmed its Dagor Engine could technically support path tracing global illumination on Sony's PlayStation 5 Pro. Lead Programmer László Perneky said performance remains the primary concern, and the studio plans to release ray tracing support for consoles before evaluating...

Ubisoft will release a free expansion for Assassin's Creed Mirage on Nov. 18. The Valley of Memory downloadable content adds the AlUla region, a historical trade center on the Incense Road from the Abbasid Empire's Golden Age. Developers collaborated with archeologists and historians to recreate...

Acer Chairman and CEO Jason Chen expressed concern about how the Nvidia-Intel partnership affects personal computer manufacturers. Chen said industry observers overlook a critical issue by focusing on impacts to TSMC when the partnership creates operational challenges for brands like Acer, MSI...

Battlefield 6 retail copies for PlayStation 5 contain the complete game on the physical disc, eliminating the need for additional downloads at launch. Users on the series' subreddit confirmed they received early copies and can access both campaign and multiplayer modes without extra...

Funcom closed The Outsiders studio as part of recent workforce reductions. David Goldfarb, the studio's creative director and founder, announced the shutdown on social media on Tuesday, stating all employees at The Outsiders and Funcom Stockholm were affected by the layoffs. The Sweden-based...

AMD signed a multi-year agreement with OpenAI to deploy six gigawatts of Instinct graphics processing units. The companies will begin installing the first gigawatt of MI450 series capacity in the second half of 2026. OpenAI becomes the lead customer for both MI450 chips and Helios rack systems...

John Ternus has emerged as the leading internal candidate to succeed Tim Cook as Apple's chief executive, according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The senior vice president of hardware engineering joined Apple in 2001 and has led development of the iPhone, iPad, and Mac product lines...

Activision reported that its anti-cheat system detected 97 percent of cheaters within 30 minutes after the Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 multiplayer beta launched on October 5. The company stated that fewer than 1 percent of cheating attempts reached actual matches, and those accounts were removed...

French prosecutors have opened an investigation into Apple's retention of voice recordings through Siri after a human rights organization filed a complaint earlier in 2025. The Ligue des droits de l'Homme based its complaint on testimony from Thomas le Bonniec, a former Apple subcontractor in...

Redemption Road Games has postponed the early access launch of Kingmakers, a time-travel action game scheduled for release on Wednesday. The developers announced the delay without providing a new release date, citing their commitment to preserving all planned features rather than rushing the...

International relations enter a phase resembling earlier centuries as the Western capacity to shape global politics declines and nuclear deterrence between Russia and the United States prevents major conflict. European Union consolidation around Washington accelerated after financial crises...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban rejected adopting the euro on Monday and said the European Union faces disintegration. Orban told EconomX that he refuses to bind Hungary more closely to the bloc amid its current troubles. The prime minister has clashed with Brussels over Ukraine aid...

The Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal to reverse her sex trafficking conviction on Monday. Maxwell served 20 years for recruiting minors for Jeffrey Epstein's abuse network. Her attorneys claimed a 2007 agreement between prosecutors and Epstein protected coconspirators from...

Israeli officials deported Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Monday after detaining her with more than 400 people who attempted to deliver aid to Gaza by sea on Friday. The Foreign Ministry confirmed that over 170 activists from 19 countries traveled to Greece and Slovakia, but the ministry...

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his longest address to the Valdai Discussion Club in the forum's history on Thursday, presenting a framework for multipolar global governance. Putin spoke for four hours about establishing international balance through cooperation rather than Western...

President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Monday that he reached a conclusion about providing Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, but he declined to disclose his decision. Trump said he would need to determine missile deployment locations, and he emphasized his intention...

German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche called on Monday for the nation to mobilize resources to lead European drone manufacturing amid what Chancellor Friedrich Merz termed a structural economic crisis. The International Monetary Fund projects zero growth for Germany after the country entered...