Morning edition, October 30, 2026

A lone armored soldier stands before a vault door opening onto stacked crates in a dim hangar. — A vault door reopens on restored content. Illustration generated by AI. Illustration generated by AI.

Bungie lays out Destiny 2 unvaulting plan: old campaigns, raids and Menagerie return

By Charlie Checkpoint · October 30, 2026

Bungie's head of product detailed what the Destiny 2 unvaulting will restore first, from removed campaigns and raids to the Menagerie, and what it will skip.

A worn laptop sits open beside a heavy steel vault door ajar in a dim server room lined with blinking racks.

Binance loses an estimated $6.3 billion in suspected record crypto hack

By Sasha Shader · October 30, 2026

Binance says an attack hit about $6.3 billion in assets, froze withdrawals and promised to cover losses; attribution to North Korea comes from outside firms, not Binance.

An emptied studio office with a pushed-back chair, a half-packed box with a racing wheel, a toy supercar, and a blank race track on a monitor.

Forza Motorsport boss Dan Greenawalt retires from Microsoft after 27 years

By Hank Highscore · October 30, 2026

Dan Greenawalt, who built Turn 10 Studios and directed eight Forza Motorsport games, is leaving Xbox after 27 years, per an internal memo.

A smartphone with a glowing alert sits on a kitchen table at night beside a mug of tea and an empty chair.

Meta adds parent alerts for teen self-harm searches on Facebook and Meta AI chats

By Sasha Shader · October 30, 2026

Meta is extending parent notifications to Facebook searches and Meta AI conversations when a supervised teen may be at risk of suicide or self-harm.

A fighter jet banks steeply above towering clouds, with a large armored warship visible on the horizon below.

Ace Combat 8 critics clear the runway for a thrilling, uneven sortie

By Cecil Cutscene · October 30, 2026

A roundup of published reviews of Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve: critics praise the flying and mission design, with some doubts about the script. No scores were published in the sources.