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GTA 6's Vice City branding and Burger Shot in Miami (image via VGC) It's a busy Thursday. Capcom says a hacker got into more than 11 million Capcom ID accounts, so watch your inbox for phishing. GTA 6's real-world Miami takeover now includes a Cluckin' Bell, and the Switch 2 has been jailbroken for the first time. Also today: Marvel's Wolverine topped September's US sales while NBA 2K27 became 2026's best-seller so far, EA's layoffs turn out to reach well beyond BioWare, Stranger Than Heaven previews are glowing, Gears of War: E-Day's budget reportedly topped $500 million, Phantom Blade Zero is getting a disc after all, and Modern Warfare 4 multiplayer is live without an open matchmaking playlist. Plus: Final Fantasy 14 players saving each other's gardens during the PHP outage, Playasia going dark, Sony's new Pulse headset, Sony quitting standalone 4K Blu-ray players, and the Disgaea creator's plan for 66 more games. Here's the Lanb...

Anthropic (image via Reuters / BNN Bloomberg) Wednesday's tech news starts with a peek at Anthropic's books: its draft IPO filing shows an $80.7 billion first-half loss, though most of that is a paper charge tied to convertible bonds. Elsewhere in AI, OpenAI is bringing its models to Google Cloud, eBay is cutting about 9% of its staff, Nvidia unveiled AI data centers that ship on a truck, Super Micro blew past its own sales forecast, Samsung and SK Hynix are upgrading their China memory plants, and ChatGPT ads are expanding to 26 more countries. Plus: a nationwide Orange mobile outage in France, a deadly accident at TSMC's 2nm fab site, Microsoft trimming Copilot from File Explorer, AMD and Intel teaming up on PyTorch, Meta's army of spare GPUs, a SafePay ransomware warning, Zeabur shutting down after a second breach, and JustWatch launching its own streaming service. Here's the Lanbrew tech roundup for October 21, 2026 . Anthropic's IPO filing shows an $80....

Grand Theft Auto VI (image via IGN / Rockstar Games) GTA 6 is four weeks out, and the race between PS5 hackers and Sony is heating up as the launch gets closer. Today's lead: Sony has pushed a new PS5 firmware update while the homebrew scene shows off another jailbreak. Also on Wednesday: GTA 6's beer brands may be headed for real-world shelves, private equity firms reportedly valued Xbox at up to $150 billion, Modern Warfare 4's DMZ is live in early access, and the first Dawn of War 4 hands-on impressions are in. Plus: Resident Evil Requiem's surprising disc sales, Beyond Good and Evil 2's never-ending pre-production, Nvidia's stutter-cutting driver, Magic: The Gathering's record quarter, Valor Mortis turning a profit, Remedy's Alan Wake easter egg, Hellraiser: Revival's goal to get banned, Kojima on the "walking simulator" label, Deadlock's last voted hero, and hope for an Onimusha 3 remaster. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup f...