Chris Harper
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Nintendo is doing it again, taking furious legal action against Switch emulators. We've covered previous examples of this, back when Yuzu was targeted in March 2024 and the open-source Ryujinx followed in October 2024.
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Despite the ongoing drive to polish and stabilize Windows 11, Microsoft's efforts are occasionally detoured by severe bugs. The latest known issue to stall Microsoft's progress is a problem where certain games become unresponsive, close...
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A new project from Genki, last mentioned here for its Nintendo Switch 2 mockups, has taken Kickstarter by storm, promising a best-in-class pro controller for PC and Nintendo Switch/Switch 2 players. This project is called the Genki Manta...
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Gamers who have been around the block a few times likely recall rampant, absurd crossovers between gaming franchises and food brands, like this Pepsi-sponsored Xbox or the infamous EverQuest 2 /pizza command. If you're one of those fans...
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Unusual Doom ports are a favorite oddity among many tech enthusiasts, and the latest arrival is Doom 550D, a port of the game that can run on certain Canon cameras thanks to the Magic Lantern open-source firmware for Canon EOS 550D, Rebel...
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Grand Theft Auto VI has suffered from numerous major leaks lately, including the release of the game's full map just two days ago. As promised by the hacker responsible, CyberLeek, more game content has followed, which suggests this...
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Advanced Flow, a new app sideloading option, is rolling out to certified Android 17 devices right now and Google's Android Community Engagement Manager Mishall Rahman has posted an extended guide / announcement to the r/Android subreddit...
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Microsoft nemesis Nightmare-Eclipse is at it again, this time with a bypass exploit for his original RoguePlanet Windows Defender privilege escalation exploit. The new exploit, dubbed ShieldBreak, also allows for elevation of privilege...
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In line with pledges made to improve Windows 11, Microsoft is unleashing some cool new features in the latest Insider Experimental Preview build. The headline feature of Windows 11 Experimental Preview Build 26340.9212 is its newly...
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In a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal, current Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki discussed the direction of Sony's entertainment business, including the future of the PlayStation 6. As Totoki notes, a CEO's "most important task" is...
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It's always exciting to report on the latest in game recompilation and decompilation efforts, and today I get to tell you that GoldenEye 007 was just completely decompiled for PC. The work took five years from KholdFuzion and his team, and...
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Word on the grapevine points toward the possibility of an entry-level Intel Panther Lake chip specifically targeted at handheld gaming devices. These new handhelds would be cut down to just 4 Performance Cores, 4 Low Power Efficiency (LPE)...
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Comments made by employees in the Epic Games Discord seem to indicate that there are plans at Epic to push forward with a native Linux client for the Epic Games Store. While solutions like the Heroic Games Launcher exist to allow Epic...
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The St. Louis-based PBS station, Nine PBS, has filed and won a lawsuit demanding access to its archival data from Iron Mountain, a third party who owns the servers for defunct cloud provider Open Source Storage. Iron Mountain has been...
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To celebrate the launch of Gears of War: E-Day, Microsoft will be offering two limited edition Xbox wireless controllers. The red Gears of War: E-Day Limited Edition Xbox controller variant is already available, starting at $89.99 USD on...
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Newly leaked photographs of the unannounced Xbox Elite Series 3 controller have appeared after a previous major leak in May. While the original Reddit post to the r/Controller subreddit made by user u/ssuberlex has been deleted along with...
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Following rumors of a themed The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Nintendo Switch 2 console, we now have allegedly-leaked photographs of an actual unit. There is some salt required here, as this leak lacks third-party verification and...
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The "SteamBoy" mod can double as a pseudo Steam Controller. Image: u/PhyFawkes on Reddit
An impressive Steam Deck Game Boy mod, appropriately dubbed the Steam Boy, is ablaze across the r/SteamDeckModded subreddit and tech press this...
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Windows 11 laptop - Image: Microsoft
According to the Taiwan-based United Daily News (UDN,) OEMs are reporting an unusually high surge in annual Windows license pricing, which scales even higher for PCs with higher-end CPUs. This...
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European Steam Hardware customers, beware. If you made your order at any point in the three-month period leading up until roughly August 1st, 2026, your information has likely been compromised. This is because a cyberattack hit CEVA Logistics, Valve's shipping partner for customers in EU...
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Quake's 30th anniversary is here, and to celebrate MachineGames has released a new Dawn of the Machine expansion, which includes a full 19-map campaign with an original soundtrack and new Deathmatch map. Dawn of the Machine is meant to...
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DoomPaint is the latest in the series of unusual Doom ports, from Mark Russinovich, the CTO of Microsoft Azure. Russinovich whipped DoomPaint up in his spare time with the help of Claude Opus 4.8, based on information in his LinkedIn posts and the code itself.
DoomPaint is about what you'd...
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