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Fortnite's Treasure Hunters mini-season launched on November 1, 2026, with One Piece's Ace and Nico Robin in the battle pass and Luffy in the Item Shop.

'Knives Out' director Rian Johnson launched Chromagraph Camera, a $12.99 iPhone app built by cinematographer Steve Yedlin, on October 28, 2026.

Activision said on 30 October 2026 it will remove real footage of the 2022 Seoul crowd crush from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 in a November 12 update, after families objected.

YouTube is testing a $20 payout threshold, down from $100, for randomly chosen Partner Program creators in India, the US and Indonesia from October 2026 payments.

Ofcom on October 29, 2026 named photo ID, digital ID, banking checks and facial age estimation as age checks for the UK's under-16 social media ban.

Garena's Free Fire India went live on Android and iOS on October 28, 2026, with a 3-hour daily cap and parental consent for players under 18.

Sony named Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered and Monster Train 2 as November's PS Plus games on October 28, 2026; claim from November 3.

Xbox has told developers that identical games released separately just to offer extra achievement lists will break store policy, reports said on October 27, 2026.

Capcom has taken Street Fighter 5's online modes offline and halted sales on PS4 and Steam while it fixes PHP security flaws, it said this week.

Australia's eSafety regulator is preparing Federal Court cases against Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube for not enforcing the under-16 ban.

Garena renamed its Free Fire YouTube channels to Free Fire India on October 26, 2026, fuelling launch talk, but the company has confirmed no release date.

Delhi Police say 37 mule accounts opened with labourers' forged papers received Rs 7.36 crore of fraud money; six, including a bank manager, were arrested.

First reviews of Chinese studio S-GAME's Phantom Blade Zero, out October 26, 2026, praise its combat; it launches October 29 at Rs 4,299 on PS5 in India.

MinterEllison filed a class action against Meta in Australia's Federal Court on 9 October 2026, seeking compensation for harm to young Facebook and Instagram users.

Arkane Lyon, maker of Marvel's Blade, had until 13 November 2026 to find a buyer; Microsoft has extended the consultation by a month. About 217 jobs at risk.

X has withheld prediction market Polymarket's account in India after a legal demand, noticed on October 22, 2026, months after India blocked the platform's website.

Amazon renamed Kindle Unlimited as Kindle+ around October 22, 2026, adding AI-narrated and other audiobooks for US members at the same $11.99 price.

Modern Warfare 4 launched in full on October 23, 2026 with multiplayer, after its campaign drew 90% positive Steam reviews from early players.

Delhi High Court let Niva Bupa withdraw a Rs 5 crore trademark suit against influencer Vishal Rattewal, ruling naming a brand in criticism is not infringement.

Grand Theft Auto VI's November 19 launch could cost the US about $1 billion in one day if 1.5 million workers stay home, an economist estimated this week.

State Bank of India told stock exchanges on October 21, 2026 that 3,897 customer records with personal details were found among about 3.75 lakh records on the dark web.

GTA 6 has about 6.45 million digital pre-orders worth $630 million as of October 18, 2026, Sensor Tower estimates, with PlayStation taking about 74%.

A US appeals court on October 14, 2026 let Florida enforce HB 3, which bars under-14s from social media accounts and needs parental consent for 14-15s.

A YouGov poll of over 4,000 British adults, reported on October 19, 2026 as GTA VI nears, found 6% see video game romance as cheating and 19% more would not be okay with it.

Jantar Mantar Chalo, a satirical browser game on Delhi's protests released October 14, 2026, hit 2,000 players at once, its creator said.

Team SouL won the BGMI Showdown (BMSD) 2026 in Hyderabad on 18 October with 155 points, taking Rs 30 lakh and a PMGC 2026 spot; Gladiators and 8Bit followed.

TikTok on 16 October 2026 permanently suspended the paid ad account of Alex Gibney's film 'Musk', citing political-content violations; the distributor is appealing.

The Philippine House of Representatives passed a bill on October 12, 2026 barring children under 13 from social media and limiting teens' access; a stricter Senate bill targets all under-18s.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 launches October 23, 2026 as a standalone game; campaign early access began October 16 and it skips Game Pass at launch.

Citizen Lab said on October 15, 2026 that ads from Israeli firm Discover-Tech delivered zero-click spyware, targeting at least 45 Al Jazeera devices.

Microsoft announced the Xbox Nano Controller on 14 October 2026, a $50 gamepad for younger players and smaller hands that goes on sale in the US on 4 November.

A Delhi court has issued fresh summons to YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in a 2018 criminal defamation case over a video, after the 2019 summons went unserved; hearing is on 17 October.

A report on 13 October 2026 says GTA VI may reach PC in January-March 2027; Rockstar has not confirmed it, and only the 19 November console launch is official.

Meta brought 'Your Algorithm' to Facebook on October 13, 2026, letting users edit the topics behind Feed and Reels and describe preferences in plain language.

Steam set a record of 43.5 million simultaneous logged-in users on 11 October 2026, though only about 14.46 million were in a game, SteamDB data shows.

Greek ministers presented a bill on October 12, 2026 barring under-15s from social media from January 2027; a parliamentary vote is set for October 22.

Himachal DGP Ashok Tewari said on October 11, 2026 that 'digital arrest' does not exist in law and agencies never act by video call; victims should report to 1930.

Meta said on October 7, 2026, it acted on 33.2 million child exploitation items in January-June, 5.3 million in India, and launched AI to catch disguised ads.

MeitY's October 5, 2026 order corrects the DPDP Act's wording on children's data and data audits; the child-consent rules take full effect in May 2027.

Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police said on October 10, 2026 they removed 140 social media profiles in September and refunded Rs 88.48 lakh to fraud victims.

Common Sense Media rated ChatGPT for Teens an 'unacceptable risk' for under-18s after crisis tests produced no parental alerts; OpenAI disputes the findings.

Orkut Büyükkökten began a campaign on October 8, 2026 to revive Orkut; about 2.73 lakh people signed up, but no launch is announced.

A MeitY advisory dated 8 October 2026 asks social media platforms to act quickly on unlawful protest-related posts and label manipulated or synthetic content.