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Grand Theft Auto VI (image via GTA BOOM / Rockstar Games) GTA 6's marketing keeps getting weirder: it's now sponsoring a Druski comedy show while Miami's highway signs count down to launch. Peter Berg talks up his Call of Duty movie, the FBI is chasing a truckload of stolen Pokémon cards, and Civilization 7's creative director opens up about the game's biggest change. Tomb Raider turns 30, Mass Effect 5's canceled choice system comes to light, and there's plenty more. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 25, 2026 . GTA 6 is now sponsoring Druski's comedy show, and Miami's highway signs are in on the hype Rockstar almost never buys ads, but GTA 6 is breaking that habit. The latest episode of Druski's YouTube series Coulda Been Records , an "OLD HEADS Auditions" special co-hosted by Sacha Baron Cohen as Ali G, opens with a sponsor read: the episode is "presented by Grand Theft Auto 6 from Rockstar Games," with ...

A cracked iPhone Duo display (image via MacRumors) Apple's foldable had a rough first full day: the iPhone Duo couldn't survive JerryRigEverything's durability test, and some early owners are reporting cracks along the hinge. Moonshot's Kimi K3.1 Pro pushes open models closer to the frontier, and Amazon says AWS capacity is largely sold out through 2027. Also today: Nvidia's role as the AI industry's banker faces its first real test, TikTok's US arm goes shopping for gigawatts, Symantec catches a 'Skynet mode' attack agent, banks find AI agents inside customer accounts, Apple climbs to No. 2 in China, Meta delays its new business terms, NASA updates its Moon landing plan and finally gives Orion a way to reach low lunar orbit, an mRNA melanoma vaccine posts big results, a strange 1,000-mile cloud on Mars gets explained, and Nvidia's Microduck robots become a holiday hit. Here's the Lanbrew tech roundup for October 24, 2026 . A cracked iPh...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (Image: Activision, via GamesRadar+) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and, for the first time in over a decade, a Nintendo platform: Switch 2. Now that the full reviews are in, it's one of the best-reviewed Call of Duty games in years. Infinity Ward 's finale to the rebooted Modern Warfare saga holds an 86 Metascore on PC and an 85 Top Critic Average on OpenCritic, where 96% of critics recommend it. Critics agree on three things: the campaign is the best the reboot has delivered, the new DMZ extraction mode is the surprise star, and the gunplay is as good as ever. The split is over traditional multiplayer. Most reviewers like the more grounded movement and the shifting Kill Block map, while IGN finds the new maps and modes dull. Killstreaks, a short campaign and Vault Edition perks in DMZ come up as the usual complaints. Aggregate Scores Metacritic: 86 Metascore (PC; all counted reviews posit...

Grand Theft Auto VI (image via Notebookcheck / Rockstar Games) GTA 6 reviews may finally have a date. Battlefield 6 quietly drops its Mass Effect gear while fans fight to save the series, a new report looks at Xbox leadership's missed targets, and Creative Assembly explains the Shogun 2 remaster mess. Elden Ring hits another huge milestone, Fallout Day brings pets to the wasteland, and there's plenty more. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 24, 2026 . GTA 6 reviews reportedly land November 18, the day before launch We may finally know when GTA 6 reviews arrive. Notebookcheck reports that ResetEra user BlackBate, who has correctly called earlier embargoes for Microsoft Flight Simulator, Death Stranding, Pragmata and Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, says the review embargo lifts on November 18 . That's one day before the game's November 19 launch. Scores would reportedly start showing up on Metacritic in the early morning US time, around 5 to ...