Week on the desk: October 26–31, 2026

Sunday is for the pile, not a new leak. Everything below already ran on this desk between Monday, October 26 and Saturday, October 31. The links are our slugs. If a page is not in this list, it is older than the window or it is not ours.

Game news

Fortnite closed Override and opened Treasure Hunters. The Override recap, the Final Spritemare closer, the October 30 mini-season brief, and Saturday’s v43.00 downtime card are the four files: https://respawnhq.net/articles/fortnite-override-recap-october-26 https://respawnhq.net/articles/fortnite-final-spritemare-october-28 https://respawnhq.net/articles/fortnite-treasure-hunters-november-1 https://respawnhq.net/articles/fortnite-v43-00-downtime-november-1

Apex dated Cipher. The October 29 kit brief did not have a start day; the October 31 Designer’s Notes add-on does — November 3, patch notes November 2. https://respawnhq.net/articles/apex-cipher-crypto-rework-october-29 https://respawnhq.net/articles/apex-cipher-november-3

Valorant 13.09 is the Hush patch from Tuesday: https://respawnhq.net/articles/valorant-patch-13-09-hush

GTA 6 stayed on November 19. Edge’s 16-page visit and the UK union-vote window are the two mid-week files: https://respawnhq.net/articles/gta-6-edge-magazine-october-29 https://respawnhq.net/articles/rockstar-union-vote-gta-6-november

Modern Warfare 4’s first week after launch: weekend XP notes, Shipment on Tuesday, Season 1 dated November 6. https://respawnhq.net/articles/mw4-weekend-patches-october-24-25 https://respawnhq.net/articles/mw4-shipment-october-27 https://respawnhq.net/articles/mw4-season-1-november-6

New drops

Monday’s week-board still covers October 26–November 1: https://respawnhq.net/articles/new-games-this-week-october-26-november-1-2026 Phantom Blade Zero’s regional unlock hours: https://respawnhq.net/articles/phantom-blade-zero-unlock-times-october-29 Sword of the Sea’s Switch 2 / Xbox date: https://respawnhq.net/articles/sword-of-the-sea-switch-2-xbox-october-29 Nintendo’s October 28 Indie World slate: https://respawnhq.net/articles/nintendo-indie-world-october-28-2026

Tech

Two hardware briefs, both WAIT, both sourced, neither tested at this desk. Apple’s Touch MacBook Pro / PROLED XDR line ships November 6: https://respawnhq.net/articles/apple-macbook-pro-proled-xdr-october-28 Samsung’s Galaxy Buds On US window is “early November,” with Gizmodo and Bloomberg printing November 6: https://respawnhq.net/articles/samsung-galaxy-buds-on-november The Worth it compare those pieces point at is still https://respawnhq.net/tech — no Amazon links then, none now.