PlayStation
Halloween: The Game reveals the rural East Haddonfield map
Halloween: The Game's East Haddonfield map trades suburban streets for a grain mill, farmland, highways and a more open rural-industrial layout.
Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI says Astra reaches its critical cybersecurity capability threshold
OpenAI says Astra is its first model to reach the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold, prompting slower development and stronger release safeguards.
PlayStation
Insomniac details the Japan scanning trip behind Marvel's Wolverine environments
Insomniac says its Marvel's Wolverine Japan research trip produced more than 600 scans and nearly 190,000 photos for environment artists.
PlayStation
PlayStation sets two back-to-back State of Play shows for September 3
Sony will run a global State of Play and a Japan-focused broadcast back-to-back on September 3, with Final Fantasy VII Revelation already confirmed.
PlayStation
PS5 adds free live TV with more than 100 channels in the US
Sony has launched a free, ad-supported Live TV hub on PS5 in the US, combining more than 100 live channels with on-demand programming.
OpenAI / ChatGPT
OpenAI backs California youth AI safety bill SB 1119
OpenAI is urging California Governor Gavin Newsom to sign SB 1119, a youth AI safety bill focused on age-appropriate safeguards and accountability.
Nintendo Switch
Nintendo shares Splatoon Raiders build ideas built around stacking powers
Nintendo's latest Splatoon Raiders guide uses example loadouts to show how tank types, gadgets, parts and powers can stack or complement one another.
OpenAI / ChatGPT
ChatGPT Ads hits a $1 billion annualized run rate as self-serve buying expands
OpenAI says ChatGPT Ads has reached a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate while self-service buying expands across more regions.
OpenAI / ChatGPT
OpenAI plans to end Cursor model access on November 12 after SpaceX acquisition
OpenAI says it plans to end model supply to Cursor on November 12 after SpaceX's acquisition, while withholding future models during the transition.
Microsoft / Windows
Windows 11 26H2 reaches the Release Preview Channel ahead of general availability
Windows 11 26H2 Build 26300.9278 is now in Release Preview, with Microsoft planning an enablement-package rollout later in 2026.
Anthropic / Claude
Anthropic's Model Hardware Standard lets AI agents operate lab and manufacturing equipment
Anthropic's Model Hardware Standard research preview proposes a shared interface for AI agents to operate lab and manufacturing equipment.
Nintendo Switch
Elden Ring Tarnished Edition is out now on Nintendo Switch 2
Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition is now on Nintendo Switch 2 with the base game, Shadow of the Erdtree and new Tarnished content included.
NASA / Space Technology
NASA's Roman Space Telescope is set for an August 30 Falcon Heavy launch
NASA and SpaceX are targeting 7:26 a.m. EDT on August 30 for Roman's Falcon Heavy launch from Kennedy Space Center, with liftoff still ahead at Xarmo's reporting cutoff.
PlayStation
Marvel's Wolverine details Rage, Adaptations and New Game Plus ahead of September 15
Insomniac's new Marvel's Wolverine breakdown explains its three-tier Rage system, dozens of Adaptations and the replay features shipping around launch.
EA Sports FC / FIFA
EA FC 26 Pre-Season lets Ultimate Team rewards carry into FC 27 from October 23
EA FC 26 Pre-Season offers specifically marked FC 27 Ultimate Team rewards from October 23, with same-account and platform-family rules attached.
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft hotfix restores Blur's PvE damage reduction and fixes Great Vault issues
Blizzard's August 27 WoW hotfixes stop Demon Hunter's PvP Blur tuning affecting PvE and address several Great Vault, raid and class issues.
Grand Theft Auto / GTA
GTA VI's extended look moves from Netflix to YouTube with 26 minutes of in-game footage
Rockstar's 26-minute GTA VI extended look is now on YouTube after debuting on Netflix, with the footage captured entirely in-game on PS5.
Strategy Games
Total War: Warhammer 40,000 reveals multi-campaign Crusade structure and Dreadnought heroes
Creative Assembly's Gamescom showing explains how Total War: Warhammer 40,000 links campaigns through Crusade Theatres and lets wounded Space Marine heroes become Dreadnoughts.
Xbox
Xbox is testing disc-to-digital entitlements for thousands of games
Xbox Insiders will test a disc-to-digital entitlement system from August 31, covering thousands of supported Xbox One and Series X games.
PlayStation
Whisper of the House brings cozy organising and a strange mystery to PS5
Whisper of the House is now on PS5, combining room organisation and furnishing with a quieter mystery hidden across the town.