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Discord will make public-server messages searchable on Google — on by default in the US. DMs, private servers, and usernames stay out, but you have to opt out in Data & Privacy.

MTG's Star Trek Federation Fleet precon isn't top-10 material out of the box, but Jean-Luc Picard's historic-permanent draw engine and Spacecraft payoffs give it serious upgrade potential.

A leak claims Silent Hill 1's remake is codenamed 'Project Noise' and targeting 2027 — reportedly the next annual entry, with Gabrielle Fritz and Jade Matthew attached. Not official yet.

EA isn't mandating generative AI yet — but managers are telling devs “this is the future, you have to get onboard” as layoffs shrink teams and morale craters, per a new report.

Atlus' under-1M-selling Nintendo crossover Tokyo Mirage Sessions is now playable on PC via a fan decompilation port at 60–120 FPS. The AI 'vibecoding' wave is prying open Nintendo exclusives.

MTG Arena Direct returns Nov 13–22: 8,000 gems to enter, and you need 7 wins before 3 losses to score a Star Trek Collector Booster box. Four wins just gets your gems back—it's a high-stakes draft gamble.

Tim Sweeney accused Valve of holding gaming back for years, saying Steamworks locks PC games into a social walled garden. Community Note: Steam's relay works on any platform if the title ships on Steam.

Control Resonant's in-game Manhattan galleries are filled with real art—much of it made by Remedy developers' parents. The weirdest open-world detail is a family album hiding in plain sight.

Pokémon Unite is shutting down March 23, 2027. Sales of Aeos gems and Unite Club are already suspended. A Nov 12 final event unlocks every license and Holoware—download the library before it's gone.

Riftbound's T1 2025 Worlds Champion Player Bundle is back at $70 — but you can't just buy it. Enter the draw Nov 13-16; winners get 24 hours to pay. Signature Edition stays gone.

With the Zelda movie slated for April 30, 2027, an official Instagram account appeared this month and vanished within a week. Fans now fear a delay—or cancellation.

Stuck on Connections for Oct 27? Hints and full answers are up — one solver cleared the board in blue-yellow-purple-green order with no misses. Your streak doesn't have to die today.

Austin Wintory wrote 20 minutes of music for Mass Effect 5 before EA canceled it and shut BioWare. He just posted all 8 tracks—his 'ultimate white whale.'

Modern Warfare 4 changed the tactical nuke: instead of dying in the blast, you get airlifted out and flip the middle finger. Fans hate it — the sacrifice was the point.

FBI and Santa Ana police are now investigating the Oct. 13 theft of 6,451 graded items—nearly 3,000 Pokémon cards—worth $963K from a FedEx truck near PSA’s grading center. PSA deactivated their certs to block resale.

Today’s Wordle #1,954 is an easy one: one traditional vowel, a repeated letter, and the answer is clothing. Streak-savers can stop here—hints, not spoilers.

AI just turned reverse-engineering games from years-long work into a hobby—Anthropic and OpenAI are cracking down. Too late: the same tricks exposed PHP flaws that left 70% of the internet vulnerable.

Today's Connections (Oct 26): responses to 'How are you?', kinds of mats, AKC dog breed groups, and horror movies with their last letter changed.

GTA 6's rumored Lucia, Manni Perez, went Live with 2,000 fans and answered zero GTA questions—Rockstar's NDA reportedly blocks actors from confirming involvement until Nov 19. She talked meal prep and her dog instead.

PlayStation's GTA 6 marketing deal left Xbox posting the launch trailer a week late—2.5M views vs 65M. Microsoft says preorders are still 'breaking records' for Xbox, matching its ~23% console share.

Cancelled Mass Effect: Universe would've let players plug trilogy saves together into 'parallel universes'—all Shepard choices counted. A Dragon Age Keep on steroids, not Veilguard's minimal world state.

Stuck on today's Connections? Oct 25's four categories: taking what isn't yours, Italian cooking tools, characters who share a first name, and things that make a sharp sound when you snap them.

Kojima wanted Snatcher's floppy disks coated in blood-scented paint that melted as your PC warmed—so your room smelled like a murder scene. Konami killed it. Nearly 40 years later, remote scent tech can transmit smells—just five for now.

No More Room in Hell 2's Camp Blood update finally tackles its 'biggest missing aspect'—late-game progression. New Responder Retirement lets level-100 survivors cash out for rewards; a weekly Hell Mode is next.

Shogun 2's remaster was delisted after Overwhelmingly Negative reviews. Creative Assembly now says it wasn't CA-developed and skipped its internal QA—blaming an external studio while admitting its name is still on it.