Evening edition, October 30, 2026

A lone armored knight kneels at a dying stone bonfire beside a pillar of faint glowing signs and a sealed iron gate. — Servers dark, no return date set. Illustration generated by AI. Illustration generated by AI.

FromSoftware pulls Dark Souls 2 and 3 servers offline on every platform

By Hank Highscore · October 30, 2026

FromSoftware has switched off online services for Dark Souls 2 and Dark Souls 3 on all platforms over an unnamed server fault, with no restoration time announced.

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RTX 5080 vanishes from Nvidia's store as street prices near $2,000

By Hattie Heatsink · October 30, 2026

Nvidia's own marketplace no longer lists the RTX 5080 or RTX 5090, while retailers charge nearly double the 5080's $999 launch price amid a memory shortage.

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Rockstar UK union could cover more than 1,600 workers, IWGB says

By Parker Patch · October 30, 2026

The IWGB says a successful recognition vote at Rockstar's UK studios would create a bargaining unit of over 1,600 workers, with voting set for November 12 to 26.