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Factorio 2.1 goes stable as Wube's last major update
Wube Software marked Factorio 2.1 stable on 23 October, two years after Space Age. It's the game's last major update before long-term support.
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Wren Solace writes the Games and Video desks, with 48 stories so far. On Games that means release news, Switch 2 ports like Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and reviews of classic consoles from the Atari 2600 to the original PlayStation. On Video, each story is built around a piece of footage, from the new Ebenezer trailer to ESA's Juice filming Earth on its flyby.
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SpaceX filing says a Tesla merger needs Musk's approval
SpaceX's quarterly filing says any Tesla deal needs its controlling shareholder's approval. It also shows Q3 revenue of $14.6 billion.
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Power To The Players Act aims to let gamers own their games
US Rep Ritchie Torres wants buying a game to mean owning it, with offline modes before servers close. GameStop's boss says let's talk.
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Tyler Perry's The Gospel of Christmas trailer is out
Netflix released the trailer for Tyler Perry's The Gospel of Christmas on 16 October. Tank, Fantasia and CeCe Winans star, and it streams on 11 November.
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World of Warcraft: Forever free stress test moves
Blizzard moved the free World of Warcraft: Forever stress test to 21 October US time, 7:30am 22 October in Adelaide. The game launches 4 November.
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Sega pulls Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition from sale
Sega and Creative Assembly pulled Total War: Shogun 2 Complete Edition two days after its 13 October launch and brought back the 2011 original.
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The Beekeeper 2 teaser: Statham hunts rogue Beekeepers
Amazon MGM's first teaser for The Beekeeper 2 has Jason Statham's Adam Clay hunting rogue Beekeepers. It opens in Australia on 14 January 2027.
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Gears of War: E-Day patched after DDoS knocked out logins
A DDoS attack knocked Gears of War: E-Day logins offline on 11 October. The Coalition's 14 October patch fixes login and ranked bugs.
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Enshrouded 1.0 leaves Early Access on PC and PS5
Keen Games' Enshrouded hits 1.0 at 1:30am ACDT Friday with a new biome, a story ending, level cap 50 and 16-player co-op on PC.
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Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 gets its official Netflix trailer
Netflix drops the full trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 ahead of its 20 October premiere. Meet the new crew and the new director at Trigger.
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Planet Zoo 2 launches on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series
Frontier's Planet Zoo 2 is out on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series with aquatic animals, flying birds and Wildlife Reserves.