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Jagex Forces Offline an AI-Built RuneScape Clone That Drew Thousands of Players
20+ hour, 9+ min ago (479+ words) A browser-based RuneScape clone built by an OpenAI employee using artificial intelligence tools went offline September 9 after the game's developer, Jagex, sent a cease-and-desist notice demanding its removal. Dexerto reported the game had drawn thousands of players within days of…...
Xbox Steps In to Publish Hideo Kojima's Physint After PlayStation Pulled Out
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (415+ words) Xbox has agreed to publish Physint, the stealth and action-espionage game from Hideo Kojima's studio, after PlayStation Studios cancelled its own deal with Kojima Productions, according to Game Developer. Both companies announced the change on September 9-10, 2026. PlayStation Studios disclosed the…...
Civilization VII to Add Atomic Age Content and Space Race Expansion in 2027
6+ day, 20+ hour ago (477+ words) Firaxis Games announced two major additions to Sid Meier's Civilization VII at PAX West on September 5, according to 2K's official newsroom, with both a free update and the game's first paid expansion scheduled for 2027. The free update, called Arc of…...
Nintendo Adds Free Eight-Player Split-Screen to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Switch 2
1+ week, 3+ day ago (481+ words) Nintendo has released a free update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that allows up to eight players to race together on a single Switch 2 console, according to Nintendo's official announcement. Version 4.0.0 arrived September 1, 2026, without prior notice. It applies only to Switch…...
Sony Contends Buyers Already Understand Digital Games Are Licenses, Not Property
1+ week, 5+ day ago (487+ words) Sony has argued in a court filing that it would be unreasonable to claim consumers believe they own digital games outright, as the company faces a proposed class action lawsuit over how it describes purchases on the PlayStation Store. The…...
Sony CEO Says Squeezing More From Existing PS5 Players Matters More Than Selling New Consoles
1+ week, 5+ day ago (536+ words) Sony president and CEO Hiroki Totoki told the Wall Street Journal that the company sees no need to push hard on PlayStation 5 hardware sales at this stage of the console's life, shifting attention instead toward extracting more recurring revenue from…...
N64 decompilation wave hits new speed with Snowboard Kids project
2+ week, 1+ day ago (517+ words) The original Snowboard Kids for Nintendo 64 has been fully decompiled, with every function now matching C code that compiles to identical machine code. The project took 84 days. For context, the sequel, Snowboard Kids 2, took 596 days to decompile. The result is…...
Twitch opens sponsorships to Affiliates, launches bonus gift sub week
3+ week, 1+ day ago (329+ words) The distinction matters because Affiliates make up the vast majority of Twitch’s monetized creator base. Partners number in the tens of thousands, while the Affiliate pool is far larger. Opening sponsorships to that group means a Northeast Philly streamer pulling…...
PS5 Pro's PSSR 2.0 upgrade is reshaping how games look and run
3+ week, 1+ day ago (932+ words) If you own a PlayStation 5 Pro, or you’ve been on the fence about one, the last few months have changed the conversation around Sony’s premium console. A major firmware update has begun rolling out PSSR 2.0, an overhauled version of the…...