Photite storieshttps://photite.com/Your daily read on fighting games, MMOs and shooters.en-auThe long way round: elieatscrayons at the Oceania World Warrior finalhttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/elieatscrayons-world-warrior-oceania-final/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/elieatscrayons-world-warrior-oceania-final/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTA losers-bracket run to grand finals, capping a season spent near the top of the region's Street Fighter 6 brackets.FGCEvo France goes to Dual Kevin, and Europe's last spots fill uphttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/evo-france-2026-dual-kevin/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/evo-france-2026-dual-kevin/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTThe final Street Fighter 6 Premier of the Capcom Pro Tour year, then two European regional finals a week later.FGCJapan's fourth World Warrior goes to Zabuton, and the US run-in is still to comehttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/world-warrior-japan-4-zabuton/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/world-warrior-japan-4-zabuton/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTA perfect last round in Tokyo's biggest online bracket, then what's left on the calendar before Capcom Cup 13.FGCStreet Fighter tops the US box office in its opening weekendhttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/street-fighter-movie-us-box-office-opening/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/street-fighter-movie-us-box-office-opening/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTCapcom and Legendary's film took about US$31 million in North America from 16 to 18 October, and about US$51 million worldwide.FGCWoW Forever arrives on a Thursday morning in Brisbanehttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/wow-forever-thursday-morning/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/wow-forever-thursday-morning/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTBlizzard's new take on original Azeroth goes live globally on 4 November, Pacific time. Here's what that means on this side of the water.MMORuneScape sets the date: Jagex Accounts become required on 17 Novemberhttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/runescape-jagex-accounts-november-17/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/runescape-jagex-accounts-november-17/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTLegacy logins stop working on that date for RuneScape and Old School RuneScape. Here's what to do now.MMOESO's Season Two makes Skyrim free and adds solo dungeonshttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/eso-season-two-echoes-of-skyrim/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/eso-season-two-echoes-of-skyrim/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTGreymoor joins the base game this week, and Markarth follows in November.MMOFlyQuest go unbeaten at ANZC Locals Brisbanehttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/flyquest-anzc-brisbane-season-2/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/flyquest-anzc-brisbane-season-2/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTCounter-Strike 2, one Brisbane weekend and a clean playoff run.FPSA week later, NEXVOID stop the runhttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/nexvoid-logitech-g-pro-series-brisbane/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/nexvoid-logitech-g-pro-series-brisbane/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTThe Logitech G Pro Series in Brisbane, and the team that got past FlyQuest.FPSARC Raiders' PvE toggle test wraps up tonighthttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/arc-raiders-pve-toggle-test-ends/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/arc-raiders-pve-toggle-test-ends/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTA week of servers with no player damage ends at 7 pm Brisbane time. Next comes a feedback survey.FPSThe OCE fighting-game calendar, from Sydney to Tokyohttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/oce-fgc-calendar-capcom-cup-13/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/oce-fgc-calendar-capcom-cup-13/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTWhere Oceania's Street Fighter year goes next, with dates from the organisers.OCEMateria notes: FFXIV's Oceanian data centre this monthhttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/oce-ffxiv-materia-notes/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/oce-ffxiv-materia-notes/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTA rough evening on the network, an Oceania leaderboard on the way and one travel limit that hasn't changed.OCEENTERPRISE take Oceania's ticket to the Rainbow Six Osaka Majorhttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/oce-enterprise-r6-osaka-major/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/oce-enterprise-r6-osaka-major/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTAn Oceania League Stage 2 win over the Chiefs, and a full set of international qualifications this season.OCERoblox's AI game builder has been trialling in New Zealandhttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/ai-roblox-build-new-zealand-alpha/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/ai-roblox-build-new-zealand-alpha/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTRoblox says Build, its prompt-to-game tool, has had more than 100,000 people try it since an alpha launch across the Tasman.AIGoogle and Unity launch Playground, a browser game maker run by promptshttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/ai-google-unity-playground/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/ai-google-unity-playground/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTIt's an experiment from Google Labs, for adults in the US only for now, with Unity Spark to follow.AIEpic Games' CEO confirms a shift to AI in how it makes gameshttps://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/ai-epic-games-ai-pivot/https://photite.com/stories/2026-10-20/ai-epic-games-ai-pivot/Mon, 19 Oct 2026 20:00:00 GMTTim Sweeney says Epic is retooling its developers for "maximum AI acceleration". Here's what has been reported so far.AI