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Xbox moves Halo franchise to Activision after gutting 343 Industries
Activision takeover could bring better PC ports, but also aggressive monetization
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is transferring the Halo franchise to Activision following mass layoffs at 343 Industries, marking the biggest shakeup in the series' history.
Gears of War: E-Day and Modern Warfare 4 hit Xbox in October
Two day-one Game Pass shooters for Xbox owners this October
Xbox's October lineup includes two major first-party shooters: Gears of War: E-Day and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, both launching day-one on Game Pass.
Switch 2 gets Call of Duty, Resident Evil, and Final Fantasy in October 2026
Switch 2's October lineup tests whether Nintendo's new hardware can finally run modern AAA at acceptable framerates.
Nintendo's new console has a packed month ahead with major third-party releases finally landing on the hardware.
Deadlock update hits #1 on Steam, breaks concurrent player record
Beta shooter hits #1 on Steam after update, breaks player record
Valve's hero shooter climbed to the top of Steam's charts after a massive update, smashing its previous peak player count.
Fortnite's Spooky Month starts Oct. 1 with Five Nights at Freddy's
Epic's Halloween event starts Oct. 1 with the FNAF crossover fans have been asking for since 2019.
Epic kicks off Fortnitemares 2026 with a Five Nights at Freddy's crossover on Oct. 1. New skins, POIs, and themed LTMs expected.
DLSS 5 mod for AMD cards jumps 74% faster in one day
Community mod makes DLSS 5 on AMD 74% faster in one day
A modder working on DLSS 5 Neural Rendering for AMD Radeon GPUs shipped two updates in 24 hours that together add roughly 74% more performance, pushing Cyberpunk 2077 from 30 FPS to 50 FPS at ultrawide 1440p.
PNY refuses warranty on melted RTX 5090 despite native PSU cable
AIB warranty inconsistency on melted connectors puts high-end GPU buyers at risk
PNY closed a warranty claim on a melted RTX 5090 after the user confirmed they used a native 12V-2x6 cable, not a third-party adapter — raising questions about warranty enforcement across AIBs.
Nvidia RTX Mega Geometry 2.0 streams ray-traced assets into VRAM on demand
Streaming tech that prevents stuttering when your card runs out of VRAM — cuts detail instead of dropping frames
Nvidia's new streaming tech loads ray-tracing geometry as needed, cutting VRAM overhead and preventing pop-in on cards with tight budgets.
PNY denies warranty on melted RTX 5090, says PSU cables aren't covered
Second major 12V-2x6 meltdown raises questions about connector reliability and warranty stonewalling
PNY allegedly denied a warranty claim for a burned RTX 5090, saying the native PSU cable that melted isn't their problem — even though the card was stock, idle, and the cable came with the user's ASRock power supply.
AnyPS5 project aims to run PS5 games on PC without emulation
Translation layer could bypass emulation overhead for PS5 ports
Open-source tool relinks PS5 executables to run natively on Windows and Linux by reimplementing system libraries, no CPU emulation needed.
RTX 5090 power connector hits 91°C with DLSS 5, total draw peaks at 647W
DLSS 5's multi-frame generation workload is pushing RTX 5090 connectors to the thermal edge
Korean outlet QuasarZone measured the RTX 5090's 12V-2x6 connector temperature with DLSS 5 enabled in Cyberpunk 2077, finding it reached 91.7°C—well above safe operating range—while total system power peaked at 647W.
Xbox cuts 268 jobs in studio reshuffle, merges Turn 10 and Playground
Studio shuffle puts Halo under Activision, merges Forza teams, cuts 268 jobs
Microsoft is laying off 268 Xbox employees and reorganizing studios, merging Turn 10 and Playground Games while moving Halo, Rare, and Obsidian under different publishing umbrellas.