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Gaming News Roundup: GTA 6 “Never Completely Settled,” Ocarina's Dark Link, a Cancelled China Assassin's Creed & More (Oct 16, 2026)

Grand Theft Auto VI (image via GamesRadar+ / Rockstar Games) Five weeks out, Rockstar says GTA 6 still isn't locked down: its tech director says the team has changed things "even within the last few months," and a giant GTA 6 banner in Paris quietly lost its guns. That's our lead. Also on Friday: Nintendo's new Ocarina of Time TV spots give us our first look at Dark Link, footage of a cancelled Assassin's Creed set in ancient China has leaked, Activision's QA union has authorized a strike as Modern Warfare 4's campaign early access begins, and digital game ownership is back in the spotlight with a new bill in Congress and fresh comments from Ken Kutaragi. Plus: Battlefield 6 rolls back its XP cut, the Street Fighter movie gets rough reviews, Game Freak winds down Beast of Reincarnation updates, CD Projekt says the Cyberpunk movie will tell its own story, decomp.dev shuts down over AI spam, Nintendo raises Switch repair prices in Japan, Edge of Memori...

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 Review Roundup

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 (Image: Auroch Digital, via IGN) Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 launched October 14 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2, and the reviews are in. Auroch Digital 's sequel to the 2023 pixel-art boomer shooter picks up right after the first game. You can play as returning Space Marine Malum Caedo or new Battle Sister Nyla Veyrath, and the campaign now branches. Critics like it a lot: the PC version has an 81 Metascore from 20 reviews (18 positive, 2 mixed, 0 negative), and the PS5 version sits at 80 from 10 reviews. Most reviewers agree it's a bigger, better version of the original. You get more enemies, better bosses, stronger level design, and two characters who play differently. The most common complaints are some awkward platforming, a thin story, and a few technical hiccups. A couple of critics also found it too safe a sequel. Aggregate Scores Metacritic: 81 Metascore on PC (20 reviews), "Generally Fav...

Tech News Roundup: CoreWeave's AI Debt Scare, Anthropic's $16.8B Quarter, Google's Universal Cart & More (Oct 15, 2026)

Thursday’s tech news is dominated by the bill for the AI boom coming due. Nvidia-backed CoreWeave’s stock and bonds keep sliding under a roughly $50 billion debt load, Anthropic told investors its third-quarter revenue hit $16.8 billion as it gears up for an IPO, Google’s Universal Cart is live for holiday shopping, and Amazon refreshed its always-listening Bee gadgets. Add Apple Intelligence finally heading to China (minus Siri AI), another record quarter from TSMC, Jensen Huang pushing U.S.–China AI talks, and more. Here’s the Lanbrew tech roundup for October 15, 2026 . CoreWeave’s slump puts the debt behind the AI boom in the spotlight Shares and bonds of Nvidia-backed CoreWeave tumbled again Thursday despite CEO Mike Intrator telling staff the company’s deal backlog covers its obligations. Reuters reports the loss-making AI cloud firm is carrying about $50 billion in debt, with bond yields past 16% and credit-default swap spreads around 1,000 basis points — implying a roughly ...

Gaming News Roundup: GTA 6 Launch Trailer, Big Walk Skips Xbox, Ubisoft's German Cuts & More (Oct 15, 2026)

Grand Theft Auto VI launch trailer (image via Polygon / Rockstar Games) Rockstar just dropped the GTA 6 launch trailer out of nowhere — 90 seconds of Vice City, heists, a brand-new Justice single, and a very steamy shower scene — and it's officially our lead. GTA 6 also squeaks into Game Awards eligibility by a single day. Elsewhere on Thursday: House House says Big Walk is skipping Xbox over the BDS boycott, Ubisoft wants about 100 people to leave its German studios, Cyberpunk 2's director says the sequel is outgrowing his original pitch, 007 First Light finally has a Switch 2 date, and Monster Hunter Wilds gets a Switch 2 demo. Also on the list: Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave's Expansion Pass, Final Fantasy Resonance's first review, Steam Next Fest, a datamined Steam Frame OLED, the ROG Xbox Ally X20, Red Rooster from ex-Disco Elysium devs, Dean Hall's free Brutal framework, and today's Castlevania and Jackbox launches. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundu...