As we've previously covered, a vote on recognition of a union made up of UK-based Rockstar Games devs is set to take place around GTA 6's console launch on November 19th. The Independent Workers of Great Britain (IWGB) union, whom the Rockstar staff are working with in their efforts to organise, have now revealed just how many workers the Rockstar could end up encompassing if the recognition vote is successful. It's not a small number.
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Rockstar developer union could end up over 1,600 workers strong and encompass nearly all UK staff below senior management, IWGB claim
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Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3's online servers are temporarily going dark, FromSoftware announces
Things might get even darker over in the world of Lordran without those silly, only sometimes helpful notes left by other players. Developer FromSoftware has announced that it's temporarily closing Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3 servers because of an unspecified issue. Read more
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Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula haunts the cosmos | Space photo of the day for Oct. 30, 2026
Just in time for Halloween, we have new, ghostly views of the Cat's Eye Nebula haunting the outer reaches of the cosmos.
Source: www.space.com
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Phantom Blade Zero kicks off its launch with a day one patch that offers improvements to ray tracing and some bug fixes to boot
If you've been hankering for some video gamey wuxia shenanigans, today seems like a good day for it, given that Phantom Blade Zero has now been released unto the world (with a 145GB install size that's technically actually 300GB but only for a bit). And like many big games before it, it comes not quite finished, as a day one patch attends to some of the action game's issues… I think, anyway, there's been a promise of a day one patch but no clear indicator if it's actually arrived or not. I don't own it either, so I can't check. At least I can tell you what's in it!
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"A cold dead place that's slowly decaying" – EA employees reveal a culture of secrecy and terrible morale following layoffs
Last week, EA announced it's laying off 400 workers across multiple studios, cancelling projects and refocusing on its biggest money-makers. As part of that, EA closed down the iconic BioWare studio, letting go of most of its remaining staff of around 50 people. Read more
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A Brief-ish History of METI. Part II: From Interplanetary to Interstellar
The latter half of the 20th century saw a major expansion of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI), accompanied by corresponding advances in Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI). A key development was the first interstellar SETI and METI experiments: Project Ozma and the Arecibo Message.
Source: www.universetoday.com