Nexus Mods is tightening its rules around AI-generated and AI-assisted mods. From its 3 November announcement, new uploads must declare whether AI was used, and AI-assisted mods need a public explanation of how it was involved.

The site is keeping AI-made mods available under rules covering permissions, transparency and presentation. It plans clearer tags and better browsing controls so users can choose how much of that material they see. Some of the wider permissions and discovery changes will follow later.

Misleading promotional images remain against the rules, including generated images presented as screenshots of features a mod does not provide. Nexus also says it will neither train AI on uploaded mods nor sell or license them for that purpose.

Donation Points rules are unchanged for now. Nexus says AI-tagged mods received 2.13% of points awarded so far this year and that it will keep monitoring the figure.

Sources: Nexus Mods | GamingOnLinux | Nexus Mods

VOID/BREAKER left Early Access on 4 November. The fast-paced roguelite FPS from Stubby Games is now available on Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

Developed by Daniel Stubbington, the game puts weapon combinations and destructible environments at the centre of its runs. Players modify their guns, combine effects and fight through an AI-controlled system while trying to escape it.

The full release has a launch trailer on Playstack's announcement page. There is also a Steam demo, with progress transferable to the full game, for anyone who wants to try the movement and gunplay first.

Sources: Playstack | Steam and demo | VOID/BREAKER

cpmpickup.net cuPP will take place on Saturday, 21 November, starting at 19:00 UTC. The CPMA duel tournament has a EUR 225 prize pool, with EUR 100 for first place, EUR 75 for second and EUR 50 for third.

The five-map pool is acid3dm10, acid3dm12, cpm22, cpm24a and sodab10. Registration and the tournament page are on Challonge, with snapcase and user829385 listed as the streams.

The previous cpmpickup cup, held on 24 October, was won by kane without losing a series. He beat memphis 2-0 in the final; rokky finished third and Leshaka fourth in the nine-player field.

For anyone after more CPM duel, there are still a couple of weeks to prepare.

Sources: Tournament and registration | Announcement | snapcase | user829385 | CPMA

MOUZ swept The MongolZ 3-0 in the IEM Beijing grand final on November 8 and finished the tournament without dropping a map. They took Mirage 13-5, Dust2 13-6 and Inferno 13-4. Dorian "xertioN" Berman earned ESL's MVP award, and MOUZ picked up their first win toward ESL Grand Slam VII.

The two teams reached the semifinals as group winners. The MongolZ beat FURIA 2-1 for the top spot in Group A, and MOUZ beat PARIVISION 2-0 to win Group B. NAVI came back to beat PARIVISION 2-1 in the quarterfinals, while BetBoom knocked out FURIA 2-1 on an overtime decider.

The MongolZ swept NAVI 2-0 to reach their first IEM grand final. MOUZ beat BetBoom 2-0 in the other semifinal, and NAVI took third with a 2-0 win over BetBoom.

Sources: ESL recap | Event guide | Group results

Linux accounted for 3.95% of participants in Valve's October 2026 Steam Hardware and Software Survey, up 0.90 percentage points from September.

Windows stood at 93.70%, down 1.33 percentage points, while macOS rose 0.43 percentage points to 2.35%.

Within the Linux sample, CachyOS was the largest individual entry at 16.39%, followed by SteamOS Holo at 13.89% and Arch Linux at 8.92%. Valve lists SteamOS Holo and SteamOS separately; the latter represented another 8.09% of the Linux sample. Those distribution figures are shares of Linux respondents, not shares of all Steam users.

The result puts Linux close to 4% in this month's sample. It does not by itself establish why the share changed, or how much came from new Linux players rather than variation in survey participation.

Valve's survey page has the full breakdown of operating systems and hardware.

Sources: Valve survey | GamingOnLinux | Steam

SK hynix expects memory demand to remain ahead of supply through 2030, while Raspberry Pi has announced another price increase for some of its highest-memory products.

SK hynix's forecast

In its third-quarter results, SK hynix points to growing AI infrastructure demand, the difficulty of advanced manufacturing processes and the time needed to build new production facilities. It expects those constraints to keep the market undersupplied through 2030.

The company is expanding production and shifting more capacity toward high-value memory for servers and AI. The 2030 date is the manufacturer's forecast; it is not a prediction that every consumer RAM kit will rise in price continuously until then.

16 GB Raspberry Pi 5 now $385

From 2 November, the 16 GB Raspberry Pi 5 costs $385, an $80 increase. The 16 GB Compute Module 5 variants rise by $40.

Raspberry Pi attributes the increase to limited alternatives for 16 GB DRAM and other component shortages. It is keeping the price of the 16 GB Pi 500+ unchanged and says the increases do not apply across its entire range.

Sources: SK hynix results | Raspberry Pi

id Software is working more closely with MachineGames on technology, according to studio co-director Marty Stratton, who discussed the studio's position following Xbox's layoffs.

Speaking at a Doom: The Dark Ages press event, Stratton acknowledged that roughly half of id's staff had departed. He said the remaining organisation had been deliberately structured to support both game development and technology work.

Stratton described the partnership with MachineGames as closer than ever, with engineering teams at both studios involved. He said the technology work had begun before the layoffs, earlier in the year.

The comments offer some detail on how the two studios are working together, but do not announce a new game, a studio merger or a replacement for id Tech. Suggestions that the collaboration points to a particular Wolfenstein project remain speculation.

Sources: PC Gamer | IGN

Romero Games has secured a new publisher for a redesigned shooter, John Romero told VGC. The publisher's identity and the game's announcement date remain under wraps.

The studio's previous project was built around a team of 110. After losing funding, staffing fell to five; Romero says roughly ten people have since returned, leaving a team of about 15-16.

The original game will not be completed in its old form. Instead, the studio is making a different, smaller shooter using art, code, characters and other work it already owns. Romero says the new scope is designed for the current team size.

He also says the new publishing agreement gives the studio creative freedom, and that the smaller structure lets him spend more time directly designing and building the game. There is no release date yet.

Sources: VGC interview | PC Gamer

Selaco's second chapter, The Machines of War, releases on 13 November. The update adds 19 campaign maps, with the developers estimating another 6-8 hours of play.

Dawn gets more voiced story content and an ally for part of the campaign, while a pursuing machine gives the new chapter a more relentless pace. Chapter 1 also receives a fresh pass on lighting, setpieces and other details.

Combat additions include new enemy types, heavy weapons, a jetpack, deployable drones and cover, and more weapon kits. Enemy AI has been extensively rewritten, with patrols, revised pathfinding and a rally system.

The technical changes include baked lighting, a revised particle system and asset streaming. The developers report a 19% reduction in general VRAM use. Movement scripting has also been reworked, and missed ordinary weapon kits can be purchased in safe rooms.

The full changelog and a new trailer are due when the update launches.

The developer says older saves are incompatible with the update. Players who finished Chapter 1 can start at Chapter 2, and weapon kit unlocks carry over. To finish an existing run on the old build, select CHAPTER1 under Properties > Betas in Steam.

Sources: Developer announcement | GamingOnLinux | Selaco

Three Quake Champions cups produced a title for maxter and two for k1llsen over the weekend.

Estoty Duel Tournament #224

maxter beat k1llsen 3-1 in the grand final after losing their winners-final meeting 1-2. He earned the rematch with a 2-0 lower-final win over dramiS, who finished third ahead of Keltz.

It is maxter's 12th Estoty title and second consecutive win in the series. He moves ahead of ZenAkU into fifth on the all-time winners list, with three tournament victories in seven days including NAQCL #78.

NAQCL Duel Tournament #79

k1llsen won the next NAQCL with a 3-0 final against Thri11er. His route included 2-1 wins over klyb and dramiS and a 2-0 winners-final win over Keltz.

Thri11er beat Keltz 2-1 in the lower final to reach his third consecutive NAQCL podium. The prizes were $50 for k1llsen, $30 for Thri11er and $20 for Keltz; Yup placed fourth.

EGB QC Cup #13

k1llsen followed with another 3-0 final against Thri11er, this time without dropping a map all tournament. He also beat Thri11er 2-0 in the upper semifinals and S V H 2-0 in the winners final.

S V H finished third after beating maxter and dramiS earlier in the bracket. Thri11er came back through maxter, St0n3 and S V H before the final. This gives k1llsen two titles in the last three EGB QC Cups.

Sources: Estoty results | NAQCL results | EGB results | EGB

evillair has released eBloodworks and eCrucible, two new texture sets for Quake III Arena. Both were made for the evillair Jam at Map-Center, with Blender, Substance Painter and Photoshop used to produce textures in the old Quake 3 style.

eBloodworks draws partly on his earlier Quake 4 work. eCrucible goes for dark gothic architecture and blue metal accents, with some inspiration from Quake Champions.

The jam is organised by Map-Center and lvlworld and follows their Redux format: take an existing map and rebuild its visual presentation while preserving the raw layout. Their July event produced three remakes, by IoriDyson, Obsessed and DetroHogga.

Both texture sets are available through evillair's site. For anyone with an unfinished .map gathering dust, this is a fairly decent excuse to open it again.

Sources: evillair | Texture sets | Plus Forward | The Foundry

Map-Center has released Halloween Horror Jam 2026, a pack of 14 single-player Quake maps connected by a new hub from sock. The maps are built for Arcane Dimensions 1.9 Beta 5.

The themes range from ghosts and spider infestations to backrooms, fever dreams and a tribute to The Shining. New enemies include Blood's Cultist, Pumpklings and the Pumpkin Lord boss. There is also a score-based minigame for smashing breakable objects around the maps.

Zombie and Thundergoose worked on the Cultist, Xage converted Blood textures, and Razzzor contributed the Pumpkin Lord as well as a map. sock handled the Arcane Dimensions update and the hub.

The release page has screenshots and links to the download. Fourteen maps should keep Halloween going for a while yet.

Sources: Map-Center release | Downloads | Map-Center

St0n3 won Blood Run: Red October on 25 October, recovering from a 0-2 winners-final loss to WiseGenie to beat him 3-2 in the grand final. St0n3 reached the rematch by defeating Keltz 2-0 in the lower final. Keltz placed third and PepCo fourth.

The rivalry has become a fixture: St0n3 and WiseGenie have met in four consecutive Blood Run finals and won two titles each. WiseGenie has reached the final at five straight events.

Arena and gameplay update

The tournament used the Bloodrun update released earlier that day, including revised versions of Tech Zone and Acid Base.

Tech Zone has wider routes around Mega Health and Lightning Gun, a higher ceiling above Mega Health, rebalanced lighting and a flatter teleporter corridor. Its remaining Quake III Arena sounds and jumppad assets have also been replaced.

Acid Base gets redesigned teleporters, more visible column detail, ambient sounds and acid in place of the neutral liquid. Players can no longer place totems above Red Armor. Both arenas also lose wall logos and receive texture adjustments.

Beyond the maps, Plasma Gun knockback drops from 100 to 75 ups. The UI adds support for password-protected servers and a vertical mouse-inversion option; resetting pitch now preserves inversion.

Sources: Results | Update details | Bloodrun PTS | Red October