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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 ...

Apple (image via 9to5Mac) The iPhone Duo is finally in stores, and Apple is back on top as the world's most valuable company. OpenAI is reportedly raising up to $30 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, and Google now says data you connect to its AI tools can shape your ads. Also today: SK hynix drops Solidigm's IPO but keeps its US fab plans, Amazon scraps four Northern Virginia data centers, PHP gets a third RCE bug, researchers defuse millions of abandoned Popcorn Time updaters, Block shows off its Dessa voice AI, Micron's next NAND tops 400 layers, Daytona hits $1 billion, Oura sues Ultrahuman again, Tesla cancels the Cybertruck down under, and Bambu Lab dates its tool changer. Here's the Lanbrew tech roundup for October 23, 2026 . Apple (image via 9to5Mac) Apple passes Nvidia as the world's most valuable company on iPhone Duo launch day Apple's foldable is finally in stores, and Wall Street liked what it saw. On Friday, the iPhone Duo's launch d...

Marvel's Blade, in development at Arkane Lyon (image via IGN) It's a heavy Friday for Xbox. Arkane Lyon reportedly has until November 13 to find a buyer, Xbox's first COO is out after a few months, and a reported Netflix deal fell apart over money. GTA 6's Burger Shot is spreading to every Skinny Louie in Florida, and Shigeru Miyamoto just became the first game developer to receive Japan's Order of Culture. Also today: new details on the Mass Effect 5 that never was, Phantom Blade Zero's big Steam preorders, Clair Obscur's sales, Modern Warfare 4's rocky multiplayer launch, Square Enix's account break-ins, Capcom's Street Fighter 6 hitbox takedown, Arrowhead on Helldivers 3, Factorio's final big update, Diablo 4's stacking fix and a date for Fallout's reality show. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 23, 2026 . Marvel's Blade (image via IGN / Arkane Lyon) Arkane Lyon reportedly has until November 13 to find a b...