Evening Reading - October 30, 2026

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Get your Halloween plans together.

Ozzie Mejia October 30, 2026 8:30 PM 1

Happy Halloween, Shackers! Tomorrow's the big day, so get your costumes ready to go and enjoy a safe weekend. For now, let's dive into another scary round of news, memes, and entertainment. This is the Friday edition of Evening Reading.

In case you missed it at Shacknews:

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 review: Three-headed monster
• Fortnite collabs with One Piece for ‘Treasure Hunters’ season
• EA reportedly closed BioWare in part over a new Star Wars Battlefront
• Binance was hit by a $6.3 billion crypto heist
• John Romero confirms his studio & next game have a new publisher
• Soulframe Open Preludes launches next week
• OpenAI's Sam Altman says your PC's RAM would be better off allocated to a data center
• Final Fantasy 14: Evercold gets February launch date

Your weekly reminder to check out Shackmaps, our growing collection of video game maps to help enhance your gameplay experience!

• Introducing Shackmaps - Free interactive video game maps
• We have Gears of War: E-Day!

And, because it's the weekend, go find yourself something to play!

• Weekend Console Download Deals for Oct. 30: Halloween sales continue
• Weekend PC Download Deals for Oct. 30: Steam Scream V and GOG.com Anniversary sales

Around the Gaming Horn

Here's some rapid-fire news to wrap up your week.

These are the knights who say... Snap! Snap! Snap! Ok, I'll go sit in the corner now.

Phoenix Cyclops is almost here, so take a look at how he plays.

⚔️ Try #CrimsonDesert Enhanced for free! Dive into 5 hours of the base game, available right now for PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe members and XBOX players. Full details: https://t.co/UasYh1jotp https://t.co/FE8sse5qAU

— Crimson Desert (@CrimsonDesert_) October 30, 2026

To celebrate Crimson Desert's latest update, try it now for free.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy releases next Thursday on Switch 2! Here are the graphic settings we'll support in TV mode: - Quality, 30 fps at 1440p - Performance (for 120 Hz TVs), 40 fps at 1080p The game will also support the Switch 2's new Docked VRR feature. https://t.co/3N0QBXYwFC

— Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (@GOTGTheGame) October 30, 2026

Finally, here's what to expect when Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy comes to Nintendo Switch 2 next week.

And now... Other Stuff From The Internet!!!

Today in Bubbletron

Be sure to play Bubbletron today!

Boldly go, Captain

The memorial for Patrick Stewart in Star Trek Online is growing. I plan to join when I get home from work. https://t.co/xjgQnVqkvV

— Jeremy 💻🎮🔭 (@pcnerd37) October 29, 2026

Star Trek Online players gathered en masse to pay tribute to the late Patrick Stewart.

Just like it was drawn up

SAG-AFTRA Members Ratify TV Animation Contracts New Deal Means 12.6% in Wage Increases for Those Who Voice Animated Programs for Television Read more: ow.ly/YlZF5102jvb

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— SAG-AFTRA (@sagaftra.org) October 29, 2026 at 6:50 PM

Congratulations to the animation workers who made this happen.

Nothing but the Hotfix

Put on some scary speedruns for the holiday.

GDQ's Hotfix shows air every week and you can catch them all at the Games Done Quick Twitch account.

This week in Ernienews

It’s time. 🤟🤟🏾🤟🏻🤟🏽 https://t.co/h1qNwsnkUY

— Ernie Johnson (@TurnerSportsEJ) October 28, 2026

It's time for the last ride. Thanks for the memories, Ernie.

IT'S STILL REAL TO ME, DAMMIT!

All hail the Queen!

Tonight in video game music

FamilyJules with a Banjo-Kazooie mix for the Halloween season.

That's it for the last Friday Evening Reading for October! Be sure to keep the spirit of the classic Evening Reading alive by jumping into the comments about whatever you see here or whatever randomness you'd like to discuss. Join the conversation and dive into the Shacknews Chatty comment thread below. If you want to go new school and find different ways to leave your feedback or talk about whatever, join us in the Official Shacknews Community Discord.

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Ozzie Mejia Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?

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