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Ebola reaches an eighth province in DR Congo as food aid faces pressure

Photo: Michael Castofas/WFP. This image shows an Ebola response in Beni; it is not a scene from Nord-Ubangi. The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached Nord-Ubangi, bringing the total to eight affecte…

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Official Xbox Game Thread: Minecraft Dungeons II

Minecraft Dungeons II launched on September 29, 2026, and is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox on PC, cloud, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2 and Steam. The Xbox version is included with Game Pass and supports Xbox Play Anywhere,…

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Official Xbox Game Thread: Gears of War: E-Day

The Coalition’s prequel takes Gears back to Emergence Day, the first Locust invasion of Sera. Set 14 years before the original game, E-Day follows Marcus Fenix and Dom Santiago through the opening days of the catastrophe in Kalona. The cam…

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Margaret Hamilton, Apollo software pioneer, dies at 90

MIT confirmed that Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who led teams developing Apollo’s onboard flight software, died on Sept. 30. She was 90. Hired in 1965 as the first programmer on MIT’s Apollo project—and its first woman program…

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Panama declares emergency after earthquakes; official tally lists 419 affected schools

Panama declared a national state of emergency on Saturday, Oct. 10, after Friday’s earthquakes and continuing aftershocks. The government says the measure will prioritize assistance to affected families; Cabinet Resolution 108 was publishe…

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Official Xbox Game Thread: Dune: Awakening

Dune: Awakening arrived on Xbox Series X|S on September 22, 2026, alongside a major update that adds a full single-player mode. The open-world survival game is also available on Xbox PC, cloud gaming and Game Pass, with Xbox Play Anywhere…

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Three big Xbox releases land on October 6

Xbox Wire’s October 2 weekly roundup highlights three Xbox releases arriving October 6: Gears of War: E-Day — sixty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. STAR WARS: Galactic Racer — fifty-nine dollars and ninety-nine cents. KINGDOM HEARTS Co…

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Xbox Free Play Days: Five Ubisoft Games Playable Free Through October 4

Xbox’s October 1–4 Free Play Days lineup features five Ubisoft games: Far Cry 6, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Skull and Bones, and The Crew Motorfest. Xbox Wire says this event is open to all Xbox members, with n…

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Xbox cuts 268 jobs: next Halo to Activision, Obsidian to Bethesda, Playground merges with Turn 10

Xbox has confirmed 268 more job cuts and a major studio reorganization, Matt Booty wrote in an Xbox Wire note to Team Xbox on September 22, 2026. The cuts hit Halo Studios, other first-party studios, and the Xbox Game Studios management an…

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WoW Forever updates!

I’ve been looking through everything Blizzard has shown about WoW: Forever over the last few days and honestly, I expected this to be another Classic experiment I’d forget about after a week. But the more I see, the more interested I am. T…

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Xbox Game Pass Wave 2: Gears of War: E-Day, Minecraft Dungeons II day one

Microsoft just dropped its late-September / early-October Game Pass wave — and the headliners are day-one AAA. Gears of War: E-Day lands October 6 on Xbox Series X|S, PC, handheld, and cloud in Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass on day on…

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Diablo IV lands on Switch 2 tomorrow with the full Age of Hatred Collection

Hell hits Nintendo hardware tomorrow. Diablo IV: Age of Hatred Collection launches on Nintendo Switch 2 on September 15, 2026. The $69.99 / £62.99 / €69.99 bundle includes the base game plus Vessel of Hatred and Lord of Hatred, with eight…

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Xbox takes over publishing for Kojima’s PHYSINT after PlayStation steps away

Xbox and Kojima Productions confirmed that Xbox will publish PHYSINT — Hideo Kojima’s upcoming action-espionage game — expanding their partnership beyond OD. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma: “Creators have choices about where and how they bring their…

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Blizzard announces World of Warcraft: Forever for November 4, 2026

At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard revealed World of Warcraft: Forever — a new permanent WoW experience alongside modern and Classic, launching November 4, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. PST. Set after Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom and before Molten…

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Blizzard announces Diablo V for Spring 2029 at BlizzCon 2026

At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard officially revealed Diablo V — the next mainline Diablo game — targeting Spring 2029. For the first time, players enter a Sanctuary that has already fallen. Diablo has won, and the heroes of the past are gone. Th…

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