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Overdrive, a homebrew storefront offering more than 1,600 free PS4 and PS5 games for jailbroken consoles, went viral after a demonstration video from the account Edigax drew nearly 8 million views on X. Sony reportedly responded with a cease-and-desist letter that took the original project offline, but within a day two new GitHub repositories—a fork and a clone—appeared to replace it.
Epic Games has released a Preview version of a redesigned Epic Games Launcher for Windows, macOS, and Linux, marking its first official Linux client. The update promises faster cold starts, reduced background resource use, a unified library that can display games from multiple sources, customizable collections, and improved download tracking.
Humble's monthly Steam subscription, priced at $14.99, currently includes Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, Psychonauts 2, Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, and additional titles. Subscribers keep the games permanently even if they cancel after one month, and the service is also offering discounted Nintendo Switch 2 digital games, including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time for $53.99.
Epic Games has launched a preview of a redesigned Epic Games Launcher that it says is faster, more responsive, and now supports Linux. The company describes the rebuild as 'vibe coded,' meaning AI agents wrote and reviewed much of the code, according to Martin Keely, Epic's VP and GM of the Epic Games Store and Epic Online Services.
Epic Games has launched a preview of its Epic Games Launcher for Linux and announced it is rebuilding its Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) software, called EAC Linux v2, to eventually support Fortnite on the platform. Epic engineering director Rick Deist said there is no timeline yet for a Linux release of Fortnite, and the company is working with Linux distribution maintainers on security requirements before launch.
In a Bloomberg report on GTA VI's development, Rockstar technical lead Phil Hooker said the engine, tools and team built for GTA VI should let future projects move faster. He compared the situation to the one-year gap between GTA III and Vice City, when Rockstar reused existing frameworks. The report also detailed a new NPC-focused studio created mid-development and denied claims that GTA VI cost more to make than the Burj Khalifa.
An open-source app called DroidDeck lets supported Snapdragon Android devices run Valve's ARM64 Linux Steam client locally in Big Picture mode, without streaming, root access, or replacing Android's OS. Windows titles run via Proton with FEX handling x86 translation, and users can download games from their existing Steam libraries directly onto the device. It requires Android 9 or newer, Adreno 730+ graphics (6xx experimental), and several gigabytes of storage for the runtime and optional components.
Nintendo has told customers it plans to keep selling physical game cartridges for its consoles, even as Sony moves toward phasing out physical discs for PlayStation titles. Nintendo's reassurance follows gamer backlash against Sony's shift toward digital-only distribution.
Wonderhop is a free browser-based daily game featuring four modes—Sky, Abyss, Past and Future—each with seven questions and a 30-second time limit per question. Players try to guess the most common answer, the rarest answer, or the oldest and most recent answers among other players' responses, earning up to 100 points per question for a total score out of 700.
According to GamesBeat, Rockstar plans to launch Grand Theft Auto VI on PC in the first quarter of 2027, roughly three months after its November 19, 2026 console debut. Rockstar has not officially confirmed a PC version. The report follows Microsoft's announcement that it secured exclusive cloud-streaming rights to the game.
Apple announced a lineup of seven indie titles coming to iPhone and iPad as part of the App Store's Indie Games Week, including No Man's Sky, Sifu and Vampire Crawlers. Most of the games are already available for purchase, though No Man's Sky won't launch until Oct. 28. Apple says No Man's Sky will run on iPhone 11 or newer and third-generation iPad Air or newer, supporting touchscreen, controller, or keyboard and mouse.
GamesBeat reports, citing four industry sources, that Rockstar Games is targeting a PC release for Grand Theft Auto 6 within the first three months of 2027. The console versions for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S remain scheduled for Nov. 19, with Rockstar yet to respond to requests for comment.