Rwanda signed a 10-year deal with Formula 1 in October 2026 to host a race called the African Grand Prix, starting “in the early 2030s.” No exact year or calendar slot has been set yet. The race will run on a new, purpose-built circuit designed by former F1 driver Alex Wurz in Bugesera, about 25 … Read more
En passant is a special chess capture: a pawn that just moved two squares can be taken by an adjacent enemy pawn as if it had moved one square, but only on the very next move.
A Chicago Bulls jersey that Michael Jordan wore in Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals, during his “Last Dance” season, sold for $14 million (about £10.6 million) in October 2026, a record for any piece of basketball memorabilia. The jersey is autographed; Jordan scored a game-high 37 points in that game on the way … Read more
Trick-or-treating comes from Scottish and Irish Halloween guising, reached North America by 1898, and spread across the U.S. in the 1930s and 1940s.
Japanese saws cut on the pull stroke, which allows thinner blades, narrower cuts, and precise joinery.
Sesame Street: Friends & Fun, the kindness-themed adventure game from Outright Games and Sesame Workshop, launched on October 9, 2026. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The game is built around kindness, community and playful learning, with players helping the Sesame Street neighborhood prepare for a … Read more
The Steam version of Akiba Lost launches October 20, 2026, with a 20% launch discount.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Mega Dimension launches on Thursday, October 29, 2026. Nintendo announced on October 9 that the bundle puts both the Switch 2 Edition of Pokémon Legends: Z-A and the Mega Dimension DLC on a single game card. The Mega Dimension DLC expands the story with the Mythical … Read more
Dupery: A Game of Solo Deduction launches on Steam on October 15, 2026. The detective game is developed by Gilded Rune Games and published by Yogscast Games, which confirmed the date on October 9, 2026. Players in the game’s Discord community solved an alternate reality game (ARG) tied to the launch, which unlocked a 20% … Read more
Valor Mortis launches on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PT (1:00 p.m. ET, 5:00 p.m. UTC). The first-person Soulslike from Ghostrunner developer One More Level, published by Lyrical Games, arrives on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam for $39.99, and it is a day-one Xbox Game Pass title. Lyrical Games also announced a … Read more