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Marvel Rivals update brings Night of Illusions Halloween event

Version 1.79 / 1.000.114 adds the Night of Illusions event, Oct 29 to Dec 31, 2026, plus new bundles and hero fixes.

VIA: MP1st · Marvel Rivals · Gaming — Read original →

Silent Hill: Townfall Update 1.6 adds Hard Mode for Halloween

New Hard difficulty between Normal and Nightmare, rebalanced difficulties, live on PS5, Steam, and Epic.

VIA: GameRant · Silent Hill · Gaming — Read original →

Two Metro Redux games get free 4K/60FPS upgrades on Xbox Series X|S

Metro 2033 Redux and Metro: Last Light Redux get native Series X|S versions, free for existing digital owners.

VIA: Pure Xbox · Metro · Gaming — Read original →

Escape from Tarkov Halloween update lands, Unity upgrade delayed

Halloween event and fall weather arrive in update 1.3, while the Unity 6 upgrade moves to 1.3.5.0 in mid-November.

VIA: Insider Gaming · Escape from Tarkov · Gaming — Read original →

Phantom Blade Zero patch lands with a big PC warning

Day-one patch is about 5GB on PC and 2GB on PS5, with ray-tracing gains — and a warning to roll back Nvidia driver 621.01 to 617.42.

VIA: ENM News · Phantom Blade Zero · Gaming — Read original →

No Man's Sky Forsaken update adds Halloween content and iOS version

Free update 7.10 adds eerie freighters, dig sites, seamless warp, and a Forsaken Merchant, plus mobile on iOS.

VIA: ASC Game · No Man's Sky · Gaming — Read original →

Google introduces Gemini 4 Carbon, focused on cyber defence

New frontier model aimed at coding, cybersecurity research, and long-running tasks, initially limited to vetted defenders.

VIA: Tech Startups · AI · AI — Read original →

Microsoft, Alphabet, and Samsung tell two sides of the AI boom

Microsoft reports $92.3B quarterly revenue as Azure grows 48%, while Alphabet reports a $9.1B cash outflow despite doubling Cloud revenue.

VIA: Tech Startups · Tech · Tech — Read original →

🎮 CREATOR — Kai Cenat returns to Japan with Ray for Oct 21 stream

Kai Cenat set an October 21 Japan stream with Ray, returning to the Tokyo meeting that first brought Ray into his streams, with a trailer for 'RETURNING TO JAPAN'.

VIA: AllHipHop · Kai Cenat · Creators — Read original →

🎮 CREATOR — Ninja returns for Gaming for Cause charity livestream

Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins partnered for a second year on a 24-hour Twitch livestream for World Gaming Day, raising awareness and funds for skin cancer prevention and care.

VIA: PR Newswire · Ninja · Creators — Read original →

🎮 CREATOR — IShowSpeed, Jynxzi and others lead 2026 Streamer Awards nominations

The 2026 Streamer Awards nominees revealed Oct 16 include Jynxzi, IShowSpeed, Joe Bartolozzi, Stable Ronaldo and CaseOh for Streamer of the Year, with voting closing Oct 31.

VIA: FanVault / Sportskeeda · Streamer Awards · Creators — Read original →