PlayStation has canceled Fairgame$, the Haven Studios shooter first unveiled in 2023. Bloomberg says a recent playtest fell short of Sony’s goals, but Haven will support other studios and no jobs will be cut.
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U.S. gas prices have slipped below $4 a gallon for the first time since July, but Thanksgiving travel is still on track to be the priciest for fuel since at least 2000.
Warner Bros. is developing a new You’ve Got Mail with Jason Orley directing and writing the current draft. Details are still under wraps.
Elvis Presley rights holders and Eminem publisher Eight Mile Style have sued Suno over claims the AI music generator copied their songs to train its model. The Presley suit also tests Tennessee’s ELVIS Act on voice and likeness.
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JoBe Cerny, the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, has died at 78. The actor and director also appeared in films including My Best Friend’s Wedding, Legally Blonde 2 and Road to Perdition.
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Skydance says it plans to cut at least $6 billion over three years, starting with an HBO Max and Paramount+ bundle early next year and savings from corporate functions, marketing, technology and third-party spending.
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Boeing will cut 5% of its commercial airplane workforce, saying slower production ramps and revised schedules left the unit overstaffed.
Anthropic rolled out Claude Sheets, Whiteboards and Data, adding shared spreadsheets and dashboards inside Claude as it pushes deeper into office software. Bloomberg says Microsoft shares fell more than 3.5% after the announcement.
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Johnny Depp was paid $5 million for Ebenezer, a smaller paycheck than his prior studio roles, as Paramount tracks the Scrooge movie for about $40 million worldwide opening weekend.
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Sony is retiring the PlayStation Plus PC cloud-streaming app on December 10, citing usage by less than 0.4% of eligible Premium members. PS5 and PS4 membership benefits stay in place.
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Xbox says Grand Theft Auto VI will be playable on Xbox One through Xbox Cloud Gaming when it launches November 19, with the stream using Xbox Series S graphics settings.
Cincinnati called off its agreed trade for Eagles edge rusher Arnold Ebiketie after the deal threatened to cost the Bengals a projected 2027 third-round compensatory pick.
Sensor Tower estimates GTA 6 preorders have topped $750 million across PS5 and Xbox, and Sony and Microsoft say it is already the most preordered title in their online stores.
Elon Musk says Tesla will return Cybertruck deposits to many customers as the company winds down pickup production to make room for Cybercab output. He said the order rate far exceeds Tesla’s production rate.
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ComplexPop says GTA 6 has passed 9.69 million preorders and pulled in an estimated $942 million so far, citing Sensor Tower.
Gemini 4 Carbon is rolling out now in the Gemini API and to Ultra subscribers, with Google saying it is built for long horizon coding, cybersecurity and scientific work.
Tony McNamara’s Mosquito has started filming in the UK, with 10 new cast members joining Nicholas Hoult and Daisy Edgar-Jones in the six-part Hulu dramedy about a newlywed couple whose secrets spill out after an intrusive mosquito.
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GTA VI will stream on Xbox Cloud Gaming at launch, bringing it to Xbox One and Series X/S with Series S settings. Rockstar also says the game targets 30fps on every console, with PS5 Pro getting PSSR and ray-traced shadows instead of a performance mode.
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The PWHL has named its four expansion teams for 2026-27: Detroit Clutch, Hamilton Havoc, San Jose Sea Lions and Vegas Vanguards. The league’s fourth season opens Dec. 5-6.
Researchers project global fossil-fuel CO2 emissions will fall 0.4% in 2026, with higher oil prices from the Iran war likely behind the dip. The study says EVs, wind and solar are also slowing emissions growth, but not enough for a lasting decline.
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