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All clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 13:09:25

Last year, we reported on the efforts of classic iPod fans to preserve playable copies of the downloadable clickwheel games that Apple sold for a brief period in the late '00s. The community was working to get around Apple's onerous FairPlay DRM by having people who still owned original copies of those (now unavailable) games sync their accounts to a single iTunes installation via a coordinated Virtual Machine. That "master library" would then be able to provide playable copies of those games to

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Nvidia’s latest GeForce driver is ready for Borderlands 4 and RTX Remix mods

theverge.com Tom Warren 2025-10-05 06:00:00

is a senior editor and author of Notepad , who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nvidia is releasing a new GeForce Game Ready driver today in preparation for the Borderlands 4 release later this week. There’s also an Nvidia app update arriving today that includes a new RTX Remix update to allow modders to improve fire and smoke effects in older games. Today’s Game Read

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GameHub 5.0 arrives with Steam sync on Android and big performance gains

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-05 05:37:59

Nick Fernandez / Android Authority TL;DR GameSir’s GameHub app has gained full Steam support, including cloud saves and other ecosystem features. The update is also fully optimized for Hollow Knight: Silksong. Early users are also reporting notable performance gains. GameSir is rolling out version 5.0 of its GameHub app, with full Steam support, including cloud saves and online play. That means you can now play your Steam games on your Android devices and keep the progress synced across devi

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All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-03 18:09:25

Last year, we reported on the efforts of classic iPod fans to preserve playable copies of the downloadable clickwheel games that Apple sold for a brief period in the late '00s. The community was working to get around Apple's onerous FairPlay DRM by having people who still owned original copies of those (now unavailable) games sync their accounts to a single iTunes installation via a coordinated Virtual Machine. That "master library" would then be able to provide playable copies of those games to

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Will the iPhone 17 Be Able to Run GTA 6?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-05 21:05:00

Apple held its big annual iPhone event Tuesday, showing off the upcoming ultrathin iPhone Air, iPhone 17 Pro, AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Series 11, the Apple Watch SE 3 and the Apple Watch Ultra 3. There were a few mentions of video games during the show, but in one sequence showing off the new camera for the iPhone 17, it was hard to ignore that this particular shot looked like something out of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6. Megan Nash, product manager for iPhone, spoke during the event abou

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No Man's Sky Players Are Competing to Create the Goofiest Spaceships Imaginable

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-06 13:01:39

Procedurally-generated open exploration game No Man's Sky recently got one of its biggest updates ever, a whopping nine years after it was first launched, allowing players to customize their own spaceships to a baffling level of detail — and the resulting creativity is truly out of this world. The "Voyagers" update, which rolled out late last month, adds the ability to decorate enormous "Corvette"-class ships to an unprecedented — and sometimes hilarious — degree. The update proved to be incre

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Retro Games Fan? Atari's $180 Gamestation Go Is Up for Preorder

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 12:30:00

The venerable video game company Atari is offering preorders for a new game console it previewed earlier this year: The Gamestation Go will release in October for $180 (plus $8 shipping). On its website, Atari shows off a colorful portable device with a 7-inch screen and multiple ways to control games including trackpads, a trackball and even a numeric keypad. Atari says the console will come bundled with 200 built-in games including Pac-Man, Centipede, Asteroids and Balls of Steel. It includes

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Xbox and LG are bringing cloud gaming to cars

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-07 01:30:16

LG's in-vehicle entertainment platform will soon come integrated with an Xbox app for select internet-connected vehicles. Yes, people will be able to play full games on their infotainment systems, as long as they have an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription so that they can stream titles available on the service, as well as games they already own. They'll, of course, need to switch on internet access on their cars and to use a compatible Bluetooth controller to be able to play games, including D

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This Atari handheld with retro controls is finally available for preorder

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-10-07 01:18:10

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Nearly two years after it was first announced at CES 2024, My Arcade’s Atari Gamestation Go handheld is finally available for preorder for $179.99 through the company’s website, with shipping expected to start in October 2025. That’s a small price bump from

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The elegance of movement in Silksong

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 10:10:18

This is an article about Silksong, the new game from Team Cherry / the much awaited sequel to Hollow Knight. You may have heard of it even if you aren’t in the gaming sphere, because so many people were trying to download the game on release that virtually all digital marketplaces buckled under the load. But before we talk about Silksong, I want to start by talking about the startup world. One thing that may not be obvious for people who are not in the startup world is that building a consumer

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AMD’s AI-powered FSR 4 upscaling is now available in most FSR 3.1 games

theverge.com Jay Peters 2025-10-07 21:10:10

is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. AMD’s FSR 4 AI upscaling and frame-generation technology can now be enabled for “most games that support FSR 3.1 with DirectX 12,” the company says in the patch notes for its newest 25.9.1 driver. This support has been a big promise from AMD, but it’s taken awhile to come to fruition;

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All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-08 21:24:59

Last year, we reported on the efforts of classic iPod fans to preserve playable copies of the downloadable clickwheel games that Apple sold for a brief period in the late '00s. The community was working to get around Apple's onerous FairPlay DRM by having people who still owned original copies of those (now unavailable) games sync their accounts to a single iTunes installation via a coordinated Virtual Machine. That "master library" would then be able to provide playable copies of those games to

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Nintendo wins a $2 million lawsuit against popular Switch modding webstore

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-09 14:45:28

Nintendo has just won another major battle in its longstanding war against piracy. Earlier this summer, a US federal court ruled in favor of Nintendo in a lawsuit against Ryan Daly and the Modded Hardware website. The site was known for selling devices that allowed users to get around Nintendo's piracy protections, including the popular MIG Switch flashcart that lets buyers play official Nintendo games without the need for a physical cartridge. Besides requiring Daly to pay $2 million to Nintend

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X-COM creator Julian Gollop discusses his most important games (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Alex Wiltshire 2025-10-07 02:08:23

Julian Gollop's PC Gamer columns Did you know Julian Gollop has written four columns for us, including subjects like the creation of the deck builder genre? Find them all here. This article was originally published in issue 313 of Edge, an extremely good magazine about computer games. Subscribe here in print or digital. Of a generation of early British game creators, only a handful are still making games today. Still fewer have threaded their careers through so many of the tectonic shifts and

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Step into the world of ‘Jeopardy!’ on Vision Pro with this new Apple Arcade game

9to5mac.com Dylan Mcdonald 2025-10-09 13:35:22

Ever wanted to experience the Jeopardy set in real life? Jeopardy! Daily on Apple Arcade gets you pretty close, if you have an Apple Vision Pro. A couple days ago on September 4, some new games were released on Apple Arcade, and among them was Jeopardy! Daily, a new game that lets you play a daily set of boards as if you were a contestant on the real game. The game supports iPhone, iPad, Mac, and even Apple TV. However, if you are playing on an Apple Vision Pro, the game really comes to life!

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Silksong, smacking sticks and other new indie games worth checking out

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-09 04:00:20

Welcome to our latest recap of what's going on in the indie game space. Folks, it's here. You know it's here. So, we'll touch on it, but briefly. Some developers and publishers opted not to delay their games out of this week (others have done that to get some breathing space from you-know-what), so there are several other newcomers to highlight. Before we get there, there's a sale worth mentioning on a PC storefront that does not offer Hollow Knight: Silksong. The Epic Games Store's End of Summ

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Civilization VII team at Firaxis Games faces layoffs

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-10 09:35:35

Firaxis Games, the studio that developed Civilization VII, is undergoing layoffs. The news went public when a former employee took to LinkedIn to announce her unemployment; Game Developer picked the story up, and publisher 2K Games soon confirmed it. "We can confirm there was a staff reduction today at Firaxis Games, as the studio restructures and optimizes its development process for adaptability, collaboration, and creativity," a spokesperson wrote to multiple news outlets. The company did no

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Apple Arcade just launched two big titles with an important common trait

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-10-13 05:11:24

Apple Arcade just launched two big new titles for subscribers: NFL Retro Bowl ’26 and Jeopardy! Daily. And alongside their release, an interview with Apple Arcade’s senior director reveals why more IP-focused games have been debuting. NFL Retro Bowl ’26 and Jeopardy! Daily are now available, part of recent wave of IP-based titles Apple Arcade has gotten in the habit of launching new titles every month, usually on the same day. For September, that launch day is today. Among the new titles arri

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Now on Xbox Game Pass (You're Not Dreaming)

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-13 13:00:03

The wait is over. After years of rumors and speculation, Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the award-winning indie darling Hollow Knight, is here. And Xbox Game Pass subscribers can play the highly anticipated sequel right now at no additional cost. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a CNET Editors' Choice award pick, offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, smart TV and PC or mobile device for $20 a month. A subscription gives you access

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Six years after launch, Apple Arcade is striving for a bigger audience

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-10-13 13:30:00

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. In 2019, Apple Arcade launched with roughly 70 premium mobile games that had no ads, no in-app purchases, and no sex or violence. Some of the games in the initial launch period, like What the Golf?, were praised for their innovation and depth beyond what’s typically expected of mobile games. In the six years since, Apple Arc

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Apple Arcade Has Just the Right Game to Kick Off the NFL Season

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-14 05:00:03

I love this time of year. The days are getting cooler, the air is getting crisper and the NFL season is now in full swing. And I can make every day game day thanks to Apple Arcade's latest football game, NFL Retro Bowl '26. Apple Arcade is filled with familiar and classic games, alongside exclusive titles, that you can play for $7 per month (£7, AU$10). Many of these games can be found in the App Store but they may have paywalls and ads that hinder your gaming experience. An Apple Arcade subsc

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A PlayStation game is now the best-selling game on Xbox

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-10-15 04:52:37

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. If you ever doubted the “console wars” were over, here’s a new piece of data to consider: Helldivers 2, formerly console exclusive to Sony’s PS5, is currently the best-selling title on Xbox. In fact, it’s the first and third best-selling game, if you count its more premium edition, and it’s currently the ninth-most played game on the platfo

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007 First Light looks like a hit, man

theverge.com Ash Parrish 2025-10-15 05:59:54

is a reporter who covers the business, culture, and communities of video games, with a focus on marginalized gamers and the quirky, horny culture of video game communities. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. IO Interactive, developers of the much-beloved Hitman series, showed off its latest title, 007 First Light during a special September State of Play. In it, instead of a bald Agent 47, you play a youthful and immaculately coiffed James Bo

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The 16-year odyssey it took to emulate the Pioneer LaserActive

news.ycombinator.com Wes Fenlon 2025-10-16 13:02:11

In April 2009, a Sega fan decided to look into emulating the Mega LD, a quirky and little-known hybrid of Genesis and LaserDisc. This week he finished the job. Hey there ROM readers! I've got an absolute whopper of a story this issue with a genuine longform dive into the emulation of the LaserActive, plus a bit of backstory on the new fan translation of the Cowboy Bebop game for PS2, plus your usual quick hits on emulator improvements, FPGA happenings and other fan translation progress. That me

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Here’s your first look at the Google Play Games profiles revamp (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-17 09:09:53

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Play Games profiles are being revamped with new social and customization features. Profiles will now be directly accessible in the Play Store, alongside games and stats. We managed to enable the new profile features to give you an early look. Google Play Games profiles are in for a major overhaul, with a new design that makes them more social and customizable than ever. The refreshed layout introduces a follower system, a more public-facing pr

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This ultra-rare ’90s LaserDisc game console can finally be emulated on a PC

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-17 08:57:19

Here in the year 2025, it's not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that's just what happened last week with the release of Ares v146 and its first-of-its-kind support for Mega LD titles designed for the Pioneer LaserActive. Even retro console superfans would be forgiven for not knowing about the LaserActive, a pricey LaserDisc player released in 1994 alongside swappable hardware modules that could add support for

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Over 30 years later, a rare LaserDisc game console gets its first PC emulator

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-17 13:57:19

Here in the year 2025, it's not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that's just what happened last week with the release of Ares v146 and its first-of-its-kind support for Mega LD titles designed for the Pioneer LaserActive. Even retro console superfans would be forgiven for not knowing about the LaserActive, a pricey LaserDisc player released in 1994 alongside swappable hardware modules that could add support for

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Google’s Play Games update will show people what you’re playing

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-17 21:45:49

Google is readying an update for its Play Games app that will introduce stats and milestones to your all-new profile. From September 23 (October 1 in the EU and UK), other players will be able to see which games you’ve played and for how long, as well as any achievements you’ve unlocked. Google says there will also be new "social features," but it’s not yet clear what they’ll be. It sounds a lot like Google’s take on Steam profiles (similar features are also available on PlayStation and Xbox) a

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Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Coming to Xbox Game Pass to Eat Up Your Entire September

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-17 21:18:31

I promise, this is real. On Sept. 4, Team Cherry is releasing Hollow Knight: Silksong, the sequel to the award-winning indie darling Hollow Knight. After years of waiting and speculation, Xbox Game Pass subscribers can play the highly anticipated sequel on day one at no additional cost. Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, a CNET Editors' Choice award pick, offers hundreds of games you can play on your Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, smart TV and PC or mobile device for $20 a month.

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Why are online puzzle games having a moment?

theverge.com Allison Johnson 2025-10-18 01:30:00

is a senior reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hooked on LinkedIn’s Queens? Gotta extend your Wordle streak in the New York Times games app before you start your day? You’re in good company on today’s Vergecast episode. Allison Johnson is joined by Simon Anthony and Mark Good

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All clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity

Nvidia’s latest GeForce driver is ready for Borderlands 4 and RTX Remix mods

GameHub 5.0 arrives with Steam sync on Android and big performance gains

All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity

Will the iPhone 17 Be Able to Run GTA 6?

No Man's Sky Players Are Competing to Create the Goofiest Spaceships Imaginable

Retro Games Fan? Atari's $180 Gamestation Go Is Up for Preorder

Xbox and LG are bringing cloud gaming to cars

This Atari handheld with retro controls is finally available for preorder

The elegance of movement in Silksong

AMD’s AI-powered FSR 4 upscaling is now available in most FSR 3.1 games

All 54 lost clickwheel iPod games have now been preserved for posterity

Nintendo wins a $2 million lawsuit against popular Switch modding webstore

X-COM creator Julian Gollop discusses his most important games (2019)

Step into the world of ‘Jeopardy!’ on Vision Pro with this new Apple Arcade game

Silksong, smacking sticks and other new indie games worth checking out

Civilization VII team at Firaxis Games faces layoffs

Apple Arcade just launched two big titles with an important common trait

Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Now on Xbox Game Pass (You're Not Dreaming)

Six years after launch, Apple Arcade is striving for a bigger audience

Apple Arcade Has Just the Right Game to Kick Off the NFL Season

A PlayStation game is now the best-selling game on Xbox

007 First Light looks like a hit, man

The 16-year odyssey it took to emulate the Pioneer LaserActive

Here’s your first look at the Google Play Games profiles revamp (APK teardown)

This ultra-rare ’90s LaserDisc game console can finally be emulated on a PC

Over 30 years later, a rare LaserDisc game console gets its first PC emulator

Google’s Play Games update will show people what you’re playing

Hollow Knight: Silksong Is Coming to Xbox Game Pass to Eat Up Your Entire September

Why are online puzzle games having a moment?

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