FX renewed American Horror Story for Season 14, announced one week before the Season 13 finale. This marks the first renewal in almost seven years, the anthology received a three-season pickup in January 2020 for Seasons 11-13, leading many to expect Season 13 would be the finale.

Amazon Prime Video's Mass Effect TV series is still moving forward despite Electronic Arts' October 21 closure of BioWare, which resulted in 400 job losses and the cancellation of Mass Effect 5. Sources inside Prime Video confirmed to IGN that all creatives attached to the project remain on board. The series, officially in development since 2024, will be set after the original trilogy and won't focus on Commander Shepard's origin story.

NBC is developing a new "Coach" series with Ty Burrell attached as executive producer and potential star. The reboot centers on a legendary coach returning to Minnesota to rebuild his alma mater's basketball program, shifting from the original's football focus. Writers/executive producers Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman are behind the project, with Universal Television producing.

Prime Video has set a January 13, 2027 release date for Fallout Shelter: The Experiment, an unscripted competition series inspired by the Fallout video game franchise and the streaming platform's drama series. The first four episodes drop on January 13, with three additional episodes rolling out weekly through January 27. Contestants will compete in vault-themed challenges and psychological trials for a $1 million prize.

HBO is developing a Poison Ivy TV series with Lauren LeFranc, showrunner of "The Penguin," attached as producer. The project would mark the first time the Batman villain has been the main focus of a live-action series, following her appearances in "Batman & Robin" (1997), "Gotham," and "Batwoman."

Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen has begun production on Season 3 in the UK and Morocco, adding Orlando Bloom, Elijah Wood, Robert Carlyle, Dexter Fletcher, and Bruna Marquezine to the cast. Two Season 1 regulars, Daniel Ings (Freddy) and Giancarlo Esposito (Stanley), are not returning, and Meghan Markle's previously discussed role is no longer happening.

Lea Michele is returning to play Rachel Berry in the Disney+ and Hulu reboot of "Glee," Variety confirmed with multiple sources. Heather Morris (Brittany Pierce) and Chord Overstreet (Sam Evans) have also posted on social media indicating their return. Ryan Murphy recently told Entertainment Tonight he'd written a reboot script with Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan and had been in touch with around 10 original cast members.

A trailer for Mass Effect Universe leaked online this week, showcasing the in-development Mass Effect 5 that BioWare was working on before EA shut down the studio. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier confirmed the trailer is real. The pre-production footage teases a small-scale spy thriller featuring Liara T'Soni, set in the Milky Way Galaxy after the Reaper war from the original trilogy.

CD Projekt RED announced Update 2.5 for Cyberpunk 2077, scheduled for October 22, 2026. The teaser image and accompanying social media post indicate the update will include content tied to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, the upcoming second season of the anime adaptation.

Electronic Arts confirmed to staff this week that DICE and Respawn are collaborating on a future project, which multiple sources identified to Variety as Star Wars: Battlefront 3. DICE developed the first two modern Battlefront games, while Respawn created the Jedi series and strategy title Zero Company.

Atari announced it will end support for the VCS console it released in 2021, shutting down the console's store on February 1, 2027. The VCS, a reimagined take on the 1977 Atari VCS (later renamed the 2600), shipped to Kickstarter backers in 2020 but never gained significant sales momentum despite featuring its own store and a PC mode that could run Linux or Windows.

Fortune Magazine reported that Xbox is planning to release a handheld console by holiday 2027 and its next-generation console, Project Helix, by holiday 2028, citing sources familiar with the matter. Internal projections estimate the console's cost between $1,200 and $1,800 before any Microsoft subsidies. The report also revealed an internal dispute between Windows and Xbox teams over the handheld's operating system, which escalated to a senior Xbox executive threatening to cancel the project before Xbox secured…

Sony filed a patent titled "Audio Processing System and Method" describing evolved haptic technology that could analyze in-game sounds before they play and provide multiple feedback types, controller vibration, LED positioning indicators around the touchpad, and on-screen icons or words. The system would classify incoming sounds by their emotional intent (ambient vs. threat-signaling) and adjust feedback intensity based on properties like attack rate, volume, and voice detection.

Xbox revealed pricing for its cloud gaming playtime packs, which launch in November alongside monthly limits for Game Pass tiers. The packs cost $3.99 for 10 hours, $7.99 for 25 hours, and $11.99 for 50 hours, offering ad-free streaming with shorter wait times. Game Pass Essential will be capped at 5 hours monthly, Premium at 10 hours, and Ultimate at 15 hours.

QTCinderella publicly defended four streamers, Fuslie, TinaKitten, Miyoung, and ExtraEmily, after fans attacked them for arriving late to her wedding with Ludwig. The couple had previously named the four on a podcast, with Ludwig jokingly saying he'd 'hate them until I die' for delaying the ceremony and reducing photo time.

Chess YouTuber Levy 'GothamChess' Rozman called out a viral TikTok video on October 21, 2026, in which creator SourGrape02 claimed to use Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, GPT, and Stockfish chess engine to cheat during a public park chess match. The video, which spread across multiple platforms and garnered millions of views, showed the TikToker receiving AI-assisted moves through his glasses to defeat an opponent he claimed to have barely played chess before.

Elon Musk's xAI released a 7-minute AI-generated episode of "The Odyssey" on Friday, crediting a creative collaboration with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker. The release follows Musk's July 2025 promise to create a "historically accurate" full-length feature version of Homer's epic poem using his Grok Imagine AI tool by the end of 2026.

Apple will announce new products on October 28 via press releases and a media hands-on event in Los Angeles titled "Pro and Tell." The lineup includes OLED MacBook Pro models with touchscreens (the Mac line's first), an M6-equipped entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro, an M6 24-inch iMac, and an iPad mini 8 with OLED display, water resistance, and a vibration-based speaker system.