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Grand Theft Auto VI (image via Kotaku / Rockstar Games) GTA 6 just made a surprise appearance on South Park, and Edge's big preview added police dogs, smarter NPCs and even a smell system. Phantom Blade Zero had a huge launch on Steam, Modern Warfare 4 is facing criticism over real tragedy footage in its intro and has a first big patch, and BioWare's co-founder is speaking out as EA staff describe low morale. Plus Epic's AI coding push, Helldivers 2's review bombing, Alien: Isolation 2's outdoor Xenomorph and plenty more. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 29, 2026 . GTA 6 gameplay pops up in a new South Park episode, and yes, you can throw dog poop Nobody saw this one coming. GTA 6 showed up in the latest episode of South Park, "Guinea Pig on a Stick," with just under 20 seconds of real gameplay footage, IGN reports. In the clip, a dog does its business on a crowded Leonida beach, the NPC dog walker picks it up, and Jason attacks them ...

SK Hynix (image via CNBC) SK Hynix says the memory crunch behind rising PC and phone prices will last through 2030, Oracle becomes the first cloud outside Google to rent out its TPUs, and xAI is offering to buy out neighbors of its Mississippi data center. Plus Amazon Leo's Globalstar deal, another MacBook Neo student price bump, Samsung's clip-on Galaxy Buds On, TikTok's restaurant guide, Meta's AI pet game, Kodiak's first driverless truck sale, Virgin Galactic's Apeiron, an AI-driven breach at 123 Reg, Cisco's rogue-agent detector, a $60 million supercomputer on eBay, China's spaceplane photo and new Firefox AI tricks. Here's the Lanbrew tech roundup for October 28, 2026 . SK Hynix posts a record quarter and says memory shortages will last through 2030 If you were hoping RAM and SSD prices would cool off soon, SK Hynix has bad news. The Korean memory giant told investors that demand will keep outrunning supply through at least 2030, because cu...

The Wolf Among Us Remastered (Image: Telltale Games, via IGN) The Wolf Among Us Remastered , Telltale's refresh of its 2013 Fables noir mystery, is out on October 29 , according to its Metacritic listing, and the reviews are in. Critics are happy to be back in Fabletown. It sits at an 85 Metascore overall, with 86 on PC and 85 on PS5, while the Xbox version is one review short of getting a score, Pure Xbox notes. Critics mostly agree that the story, the writing and the choices still hold up, and the new lighting, redone environments, deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes extras make this the best way to play it. The common complaints are that there's no new story, the stiff old animations are still here, and the gameplay leans heavily on quick-time events. Several reviewers call it a perfect refresher before The Wolf Among Us 2 in 2027, though owners of the original don't get much reason to buy it again. Aggregate Scores Metacritic: 85 Metascore (86 PC, 8...

Grand Theft Auto VI (image via Eurogamer / Rockstar Games) GTA 6 is three weeks out, and Rockstar's UK developers just set a union vote that runs right through launch week. Edge's big GTA 6 cover story drops tomorrow, Xbox promises to fix review codes after Modern Warfare 4 shipped without an Xbox Metacritic score, and Valve talks Steam visibility and AI. Phantom Blade Zero reportedly passes a million copies before launch, Palworld eyes Switch 2, and there's plenty more. Here's the Lanbrew gaming roundup for October 28, 2026 . Rockstar's UK developers will vote on union recognition right as GTA 6 launches Rockstar staff in the UK have a big vote coming up in the same month as GTA 6. From November 12 to 26 , employees will vote on whether Rockstar formally recognizes the IWGB's Rockstar Game Workers Union, IGN reports. That window covers GTA 6's November 19 launch. If the vote passes, Eurogamer says it would be the largest recognized union in the UK gam...