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Archives for October 2026

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Peacock’s Fast & Furious TV show greenlit, set to premiere in 2028.

According to Deadline, one of the shows that Vin Diesel announced during NBC’s upfronts in May is going into production. There aren’t any details yet on the status of the other three F&F TV projects Diesel had mentioned, while the 11th movie in the series, Fast Forever, is still scheduled to hit theaters on March 17th, 2028.

Mia Sato
Mia Sato
YouTube is going after clippers and aggregators.

The company says it will “reduce the reach” of Shorts content that’s re-uploaded without significant changes in an effort to prioritize “original content.” Instagram has made similar promises — but that hasn’t stopped swarms of anonymous accounts from taking over social media feeds through a practice known as clipping. I wrote about the ecosystem in May.

Terrence O'Brien
Terrence O'Brien
Universal Audio’s 2nd-gen Volt interfaces support 32-bit audio and have full-color screens.

The budget-friendly Volt Gen 2 and Volt Max lineups still feature a built-in emulation of UA’s classic 1176 compressor. But add an emulation of the LA-2A compressor as well as three different preamp modes for Warmth (tube), Focus (solid-state), and Shine (British Class-A) that let you do a lot of tone shaping before you even hit your DAW.

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Jay Peters
Jay Peters
007 First Light’s new DLC adds photo mode and a dog you can pet.

The free DLC, which launches today, also adds some new missions, a New Game Plus that lets you wear the various unlockable outfits wherever you want in the game, and a harder 00 difficulty. Seems like some great updates for an already excellent game.

Charles Pulliam-Moore
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Those Maximoff accents really are something.

The latest trailer for Disney Plus’ upcoming VisionQuest series gives use our best look yet at Ruaridh Mollica’s Tommy Shepherd — the reincarnated son of Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany’s Vision. It seems like he (and that curious accent) are going to be a big part of the show when it premiered on October 14th.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Mike Tomlin’s Minecraft city is amazing.

The former NFL coach went deep on his extremely detailed Minecraft project in a nearly 20-minute video that was published yesterday. I love how much he thinks about lighting and good views.

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Nerial, the developer of Reigns, is “entering hibernation mode.”

The studio is ending development, according to a post today. Earlier this year, the team launched a Witcher-themed version of Reigns. And if you haven’t played Card Shark, you should!

A screenshot from Nerial about entering “hibernation mode.” The provided alt text says: “Unfortunately, another one of those announcements with text on a somber background color. We’re stopping the activity of our studio, Nerial.”
Image: Nerial
Andrew Webster
Andrew Webster
A whole lot of changes for Control Resonant.

Remedy just put out version 1.4.0 of the game, and it includes a huge list of updates, which are detailed in these very extensive patch notes. The highlight is the New Game ++ mode, but there are bunch of other quality of life improvements. My favorite? “Dylan now audibly reacts to doing Tasks.” Same, buddy.

Nobody does it like Remedy

Andrew Webster
Stevie Bonifield
Stevie Bonifield
Audible’s new Character Guide can help you keep track of who’s talking in your audiobooks.

It adds bubbles on the player page for supported audiobooks showing which character and voice actor is speaking, along with “spoiler-free character cards” with more details on the performers. Audible’s also introducing an Interactive Stories feature for chatting with AI versions of book characters, starting with Dracula’s Renfield.

Promotional screenshots for Audible’s Character Guide feature
Image: Audible
What even is a ‘microdrama’?What even is a ‘microdrama’?
Charles Pulliam-Moore
Amazon’s Carrie is a cyberbullying nightmare

Mike Flanagan’s first Amazon series is a (mostly) excellent update of the classic Stephen King tale.

Andrew Webster
Gears of War: E-Day is a great game launching at a terrible time

A confident return for one of Xbox’s most iconic franchises is coming during a period of dramatic upheaval.

Andrew Webster
Dominic Preston
Dominic Preston
South Park has a data center infestation.

The latest episode of South Park — sorry, South America — is overrun by “billionaire weenies” and their data centers. Worse, it’s a dangerous new strain who “like to go on podcasts and get into public arguments with Mark Ruffalo.” This clip should give you an idea of the problem: