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Google / Android
A Socket researcher has tied 319 Chrome extensions, with 13.4 million reported installs, to a campaign that swaps your default search engine and routes every query through the operators' servers.
Artificial Intelligence
Google says students can now add hundreds of textbooks from OpenStax, Open Textbook Library and S Chand Publishing to Gemini Notebook at no charge, with answers cited back to the book.
Grand Theft Auto / GTA
Rockstar's Edge cover story, as reported by GamesRadar+ and PC Gamer, says GTA VI's land mass is almost as big as GTA IV, GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2's playable maps combined, and details its Criminal Profile system.
Fortnite
Fortnite's Treasure Hunters mini-season brings One Piece to a new pirate island from November 1 to December 5. Ace and Nico Robin headline the Battle Pass, and Luffy, Nami and Usopp go to the Item Shop.
Technology Industry
A critical GitLab bug fixed earlier in October is now being used in attacks, CISA says. Self-managed servers that have not upgraded are the ones at risk.
Horror Games
semiwork's v0.5.0 Sunstone Update for R.E.P.O. adds the Sunstone Valley Resort map, the Pony enemy, gamepad support, 21 languages and new rooms in four existing levels.
Apple
Apple's HomePod mini 2 is reaching customers and stores, with an S10 chip, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 6 and five colours, while its headline Siri AI feature waits for a later software update.
RPGs
Gothic 1 Remake's free Feature Update #1 brings back Marvin Mode and adds a Photo Mode and hero customisation, while a separate Modkit BETA opens the game's scripts to modders.
Survival Games
Funcom's free Blood and Ice expansion takes Dune: Awakening players to a frozen new map on December 1, with offline single-player arriving first and cross-play in January 2027.
Roguelikes
Mega Crit's next big Slay the Spire 2 beta patch is due in mid-November with a new experimental mode for solo and co-op play, while the current beta moves to the main branch.
Classic PC Games
GOG's Preservation Program picks up five more classics, from Mortal Kombat 4 to Personal Nightmare, with compatibility, controller and DOSBox updates.
Gaming Culture
Kojima Productions' original Death Stranding anime now has a final title, a 45-second teaser and a staff list. It streams exclusively on Disney+ in 2027, with the date still to come.
Horror Games
Sony Pictures' Screen Gems is adapting Wrong Organ's space-freighter horror game, with Jennifer's Body director Karyn Kusama attached, according to Inven Global and 4Gamer. No cast or release window has been announced.
The Elder Scrolls / Skyrim
A report from The Verge, passed on by VGC and GamesRadar+, says Microsoft is set to name The Elder Scrolls VI: Sentinel as soon as next month, and that the game is set in Hammerfell. Nothing is confirmed yet.
Indie Games
Celeste and TowerFall have been delisted from Xbox, and developer Maddy Thorson says it was done to support the BDS boycott, according to GamesRadar+, Kotaku and Shacknews.
PUBG
Krafton has announced a live-action PUBG: Battlegrounds series at Netflix, with Donald Glover attached to write, produce and star, according to Game Developer and PC Gamer.
Online Gaming
Bungie's latest community update says restoring Destiny 2's vaulted campaigns will take until early 2028, and teases a 'Destiny Legacy' project that PC Gamer reads as a hint the original Destiny could come to PC.
RPGs
tri-Ace has released Resonance of Fate Enhanced Remaster on PS5 and PC, adding native 4K, HDR, 120fps and a 2x speed mode, with a $9.99 upgrade for 4K/HD Edition owners.
Assassin's Creed
Ubisoft's Fall 2026 series update says no other Assassin's Creed remake is in active development, though it leaves the door open, and lists what is coming instead.
Apple
After talks with the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission, Apple is cutting its standard App Store commission on the Taiwan storefront from 30% to 26% from October 31, 2026, with no new signature needed to get the lower rate.
