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91.

If You Have a Public Instagram Account, You Might Be Surprised What AI Users Can Now Do With Your Face (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: arrived, arrived late, game

92.

Show HN: Chiptune Radio (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-08 | tags: aleph, apu game, chiptune

93.

Coinbase's AI Hallucinated a World Cup Match Result Before the Game Even Started (cnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by See Full Bio | tags: coinbase, game, goals

94.

Bethesda, id Software reportedly hit hard by Microsoft layoffs (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-07 | tags: cuts, doom, founder

95.

Amid Layoffs, Xbox Announces Tony Hawk's Pro Skater Coming to Game Pass (cnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by See Full Bio | tags: game, game pass, games

96.

Doom developer id Software is reportedly losing half its staff (engadget.com)

2026-07-07 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: game, id software, layoffs

97.

What's new with iPhone 18 Pro Max? Guess correctly for a chance to win an Apple Watch (zdnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by Zdnet Editors | tags: apple, big guessing, cnet

98.

Win a New Apple Watch as CNET Guessing Game: Apple Edition Returns for Round Two (cnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by See Full Bio | tags: apple, cnet, game

99.

PlayStation disc petition approaches 200,000 signatures as backlash grows over Sony's decision to stop producing new physical media — firm still plans to produce optical media for existing titles, but new games will be digital only (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-07 | by Luke James | tags: disc, discs, games

100.

Physical Games Are Going Away, but Call of Duty Is On PlayStation Plus This Month. That's Nice, Right? (cnet.com)

2026-07-07 | by See Full Bio | tags: game, games, modern

101.

Orbitals is a nostalgic hit of split-screen platforming, puzzles and '90s anime (engadget.com)

2026-07-07 | by Mat Smith | tags: anime, area, demo

102.

Xbox’s bold plan for the future sounds nearly impossible (theverge.com)

2026-07-07 | by Andrew Webster | tags: billion, games, goal

103.

Xbox Laying Off 3,200 and Dropping 4 Studios in 'Reset' of Microsoft's Games Strategy (cnet.com)

2026-07-06 | by See Full Bio | tags: console, game, games

104.

Nintendo Will Quit Selling the Original Switch in Europe. Who’s Next? (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-06 | tags: cards, end nigh, era physical

105.

Microsoft 'resets' Xbox by cutting 3,200 jobs this year, divesting five game studios — firm cites 'margins that are 3-10x lower than comparable platform and publishing businesses' (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-06 | by Andrew E. Freedman | tags: game, games, sharma

106.

The Science Behind Why Soccer Players at the 2026 World Cup Are Cutting Their Socks (wired.com)

2026-07-06 | by Jorge Garay | tags: calf, evidence, game

107.

Xbox confirms plans to cut 3,200 jobs over the next year (engadget.com)

2026-07-06 | by Kris Holt | tags: compulsion, game, games

108.

Xbox confirms plans to lay off 3,200 workers over the next year (engadget.com)

2026-07-06 | by Kris Holt | tags: division, games, independent

109.

Former Xbox studios Double Fine and Compulsion will keep games after going indie (theverge.com)

2026-07-06 | by Jay Peters | tags: compulsion, compulsion games, games

110.

C programmers commit fresh crimes against readability (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-06 | by Liam Proven | tags: code, game, ioccc

111.

Show HN: Homegames. An open-source game platform I've been making for 8 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: code, code fork, designed

112.

Sony says it will still make physical discs after 2028, as long as the game came out before then (engadget.com)

2026-07-05 | by Jackson Chen | tags: disc, discs, game

113.

Patching MechCommander's "left arm bug" for fun and profit (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: base, base game, game

114.

Germany's massive 60,000-game preservation project collapses after €1.5 million funding dries up — world's largest game archive was entirely publicly available, now abandoned just as Sony kills physical media (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Luke James | tags: april, berlin, federal

115.

It's not about physical vs. digital games, it's about ownership (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: console, digital, game

116.

PS5 Disc Drive purchase cap predates Sony's disc cutoff — 'high demand' order limit has been on the store page since at least March 2025 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Luke James | tags: disc, drive, games

117.

Where to preorder Grand Theft Auto VI (theverge.com)

2026-07-05 | by Brad Bourque | tags: auto, game, grand

118.

You can now play Half-Life 2 right inside your browser at over 100 FPS with save states & console support — Ingenious port recreates the entire game campaign using WebGL 2 (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Hassam Nasir | tags: browser, game, hardware

119.

Fill your Steam library without spending a single dime — scratch your shopping itch with the Steam Summer Sale Simulator (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-05 | by Jowi Morales | tags: buying, cart, game

120.

Xbox is a disaster (theverge.com)

2026-07-05 | by Andrew Webster | tags: game, gaming, just