Weekly roundup · in progress
Oct 18–24, 2026
5 stories from 8 outlets so far this week. This page fills in until Sunday. Here's what mattered most.
Top stories
- 1Samson developer Liquid Swords reportedly declared bankrupt
Liquid Swords has reportedly filed for bankruptcy following several months of unpaid wages for its developers.
- 2Bulkhead Interactive to move Wardogs Season 3 forward
Bulkhead Interactive says it is bringing Wardogs Season 3 to players sooner than planned because Season 2 progression was unbalanced.
- 3Linux 7.3 fixes Samsung 990 PRO and 990 EVO Plus VM passthrough
Linux 7.3 adds a kernel quirk to fix NVMe passthrough issues for Samsung 990 PRO and 990 EVO Plus drives.
- 4Micron says 2027 HBM capacity is fully sold out
Micron has opened a new advanced packaging facility in Taiwan and says its high-bandwidth memory capacity for 2027 is already fully sold out.
- 5Qualcomm says Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 overheating rumors are inaccurate
Qualcomm says reports of thermal issues with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 are inaccurate and that there are no systemic thermal issues.
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