Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4's campaign has been cracked before launch. Pre-order buyers got early access to the single-player campaign, and since it runs offline, pirates cracked it days ahead of the Oct 23 release. via DSOGaming dsogaming.com/news/call-of-d…

AI coding tool OpenCode was breached, leaving some users with surprise AI bills. Exposed API keys in OpenCode Console hit 1.4% of users, with a few charges over $1,000. The open-source app and CLI weren't affected. Refunds are underway. via @TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2026/10/19/ha…

Star Wars Zero Company's patch 1.2 adds new custom difficulty options. You can turn off injuries so downed operatives die instantly, cut late-game health scaling, and limit respecs and weapon swaps, making it play closer to classic XCOM. via @pcgamer pcgamer.com/games/strategy/s…

Toyota's Corolla, its best-selling car ever, is going electric. Per Nikkei, the next-gen Corolla EV will be built in China via Toyota's FAW joint venture from 2028, alongside hybrid and gas versions. A US release is still unclear. via @Electrekco electrek.co/2026/10/19/toyot…

Dying Light: The Beast won't get big new updates. Techland CEO Paweł Marchewka told fans in a Discord AMA it's a complete game, and said the five-year support model "hasn't worked as well for us as we hoped." via Insider Gaming insider-gaming.com/dying-lig…

Japan's MMX mission is on its way to Mars. JAXA launched it today on an H3 rocket from Tanegashima, headed for Mars' moons Phobos and Deimos. If all goes to plan, it'll be the first spacecraft to land on Phobos and bring samples back to Earth. via @SPACEdotcom space.com/space-exploration/…

Skövde, Sweden, a tiny town with a big game dev scene, has a "Walk of Game" in its sidewalks. Valheim, V Rising, Raft, Satisfactory and Goat Simulator are there, and co-op hit RV There Yet? just joined. Games need 3M+ sales to qualify. via @GamesRadar gamesradar.com/games/surviva…

Some Google Home Speakers are quietly downloading huge amounts of data. One 9to5Google test unit used 17 GB in a day and 132 GB in a month while idle, possibly from failed firmware downloads. Google says a fix is already rolling out. via @9to5Google 9to5google.com/2026/10/19/go…

Game Pass games now run on Linux, unofficially. Community launcher Xodus Nexus, built on the Xodus project, plays games like Gears of War: E-Day, Forza Horizon 6 and Doom: The Dark Ages. Not everything works yet. via @digitalfoundry digitalfoundry.net/news/2026…

The iPhone's satellite partner is teaming up with Android's. Globalstar says in an FCC filing it has a deal with Skylo, which powers satellite texting on Pixels and some Galaxy models. Skylo will use Globalstar's planned C-3 satellites. via @PCMag pcmag.com/news/iphone-satell…

A fan mod that adds rollback netcode to Tekken 6 online has split fighting game fans. It passed 10,000 players in two weeks, but pro Dogura and many players in Japan and Korea call it piracy that could hurt Bandai Namco's official games. via @IGN ign.com/articles/japanese-te…

PSA for Plex users: recently patched Plex Media Server flaws are being actively exploited. Attackers chain four bugs ("Plex2Shell") to install cryptominers and residential proxy software. Update to version 1.43.3 now. via @arstechnica arstechnica.com/security/202…

Halo esports is back, at least for a weekend. Halo Studios will host an HCS Invitational at Halo Fest in Seattle on Dec 12-13, with the top 8 teams playing for $150,000, plus an open tournament with another $50,000 in prizes. #Halo via Insider Gaming insider-gaming.com/halo-cham…

Apple's next event is official: invites are out for Oct 28 at 1PM ET in Los Angeles. Bloomberg expects a lighter OLED touchscreen MacBook Pro with a Dynamic Island, plus a 14-inch MacBook Pro, an M6 iMac and an OLED iPad mini. via @verge theverge.com/tech/1013028/ap…

Star Wars Battlefront 3 talks may be underway. An EGM rumor spotted by Jeff Grubb says Lucasfilm has reached out to multiple studios, reportedly including EA DICE and Bungie. Nobody has commented, and any talks are likely very early. via Insider Gaming insider-gaming.com/star-wars…

ReactOS, the open-source Windows-compatible OS, can now install to an NTFS drive instead of needing FAT32. It closes a gap dating to read-only NTFS support in 2016, but the new driver still lacks caching, journaling and security support. via @arstechnica arstechnica.com/information-…

MrBeast is bringing Call of Duty DMZ to life. His new video, "If You Escape, You Win $1,000,000," has him and other big creators playing for the cash, a day before Modern Warfare 4's DMZ early access opens Oct 20. MW4 launches Oct 23. via @GameSpot gamespot.com/articles/mr-bea…

Spotify is asking some Family plan members to prove they live with the plan manager by scanning a QR code from that person's device. Miss the 7-day window and you drop to free and can't join another Family or Duo plan for 12 months. via @9to5Google 9to5google.com/2026/10/19/sp…

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis devs say the moments that hit hardest in the 1996 original stay "almost untouched," while things that clash with the new realism, like med packs in a 10,000-year-old tomb, may go. via @GamesRadar gamesradar.com/games/tomb-ra…

You can now tweak the vBIOS on Nvidia RTX 30 to 50 series cards without flashing. Panchovix's tool stores the modded image in a registry key the driver loads at startup, so the chip isn't overwritten. Bad settings can still harm it. via @tomshardware tomshardware.com/pc-componen…