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BRN Metaverse has kicked off the first global season of Endless Clash, its free-to-play strategy RPG on BNB Chain. The top 40 players on the global leaderboard will split a 2,500 USDT prize pool when Season 1 wraps up. The game is available on Android, iOS and Windows, so new players can still jump in and start climbing. Here is how the season works and what to expect from the game.

Anthropic has launched Claude Fable 5.2 and Claude Mythos 5.2, two versions of the same AI model built for the hardest coding, research and engineering tasks. The new models generate outputs up to 30% faster than the 5.1 versions and cost 20% less, at 8 USD per million input tokens. Fable 5.2 is available today on all paid Claude plans, while Mythos 5.2 stays limited to vetted organizations. Game engine maker Unity says the model is very strong on harder game development tasks such as building 3D scenes from scratch.

The GTA VI pre-load is now live on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, nine days before the game launches on November 19. Take-Two Interactive used its final earnings report before release to say pre-orders are reaching unprecedented levels and tracking far above its initial expectations. The publisher expects 3.35 to 3.5 billion USD in net bookings for the holiday quarter, more than the previous six months combined. Here is everything players need to know about the pre-load, the launch and the numbers behind the biggest release of the year.

Immutable will rebuild Immutable Chain on the OP Stack and turn it into a full Ethereum rollup, with the switch targeted for the middle of 2027. Block times will drop from 2 seconds to 1 second, while bridging will move from Axelar to proofs verified directly on Ethereum. Transaction costs will rise slightly and native withdrawals will take around 7 days. Here is what changes for players, game studios and the web3 titles running on the network.

Gunzilla Games has narrowed the Off The Grid 1.0 release to a window between December 27 and January 15, ending two years of Early Access over the holidays. The studio’s new progress report also confirms that the GUNZ mainnet migration will now arrive with the full launch, while Legendary Weapons stay in the vault for now. Gunzilla shipped 11 of its 14 roadmap commitments since June and added 10 features that were never on the roadmap. Here is what is coming with 1.0 and what got pushed back.

Binance has been hit by the largest crypto theft on record, with about 6.3 billion USD drained from its hot wallets across ten blockchains on October 29, 2026. Around 3 billion USD has already been frozen, and Binance says it will cover every loss through its SAFU fund and company funds. Blockchain analytics firms have linked the attack to TraderTraitor, a North Korean hacking unit. Here is what happened, how the attack worked and what users need to know.

Pudgy Penguins has launched The Huddle, a new hub for its NFT collectors and wider community. To celebrate, every Pudgy Penguin NFT and all 245 licensed Set 4 NFTs can claim one free booster box of Table for Two, the fourth Vibes TCG set. The claim window closes on November 6. Holders sign in on The Huddle website to claim their box.

HYTOPIA has officially announced that WORLDS, its new MMO-lite web3 game, is now in public alpha. The free browser game mixes block-based building with RuneScape-style skills, letting players explore with up to 8 players, level 12 skills to 99 and craft gear across 15 tiers. Early testers will receive a special gift at launch. Here is what WORLDS offers and how it brings HYTOPIA back to its NFT Worlds roots.

Brazil’s largest crypto exchange, Mercado Bitcoin, was hacked on November 2, with an estimated 49 million USD moved out of its wallets. The exchange paused deposits and withdrawals, and partners have frozen around 10 million USD in stolen stablecoins so far. The attacker is now moving ETH to fresh wallets while investigators track every transfer. It is the second major exchange breach in less than a week.

AI tools have made it possible to copy an indie game in days instead of months. For small studios, sharing a beta or demo now comes with a real risk. Blockchain technology could change the balance by giving creators verifiable proof of origin and a community that clones cannot copy.