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FBI Arrests Member of ShinyHunters Hacking Group That Targeted Rockstar and GTA 6

The FBI has arrested a suspected member of the notorious ShinyHunters hacking group, a cybercriminal collective responsible for a string of high-profile breaches, including attacks on GTA 6 developer Rockstar Games and, remarkably, the FBI itself. The arrest marks a significant development in the ongoing effort by law enforcement to crack down on organized cybercrime groups that have repeatedly targeted the gaming industry and beyond.

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Browser GamingAI DevelopmentGame Preservation

Classic Games Like Halo, GTA: Vice City, and More Are Being Ported to Web Browsers Overnight

A wave of AI-assisted "vibe-coded" web browser ports is making the rounds online, and the results are surprisingly impressive. Beloved titles including Halo: Combat Evolved, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, The Simpsons: Hit and Run, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Skate 3 have all reportedly been decompiled and ported to run directly in a web browser, with many observers noting that the ports appear to work remarkably well. The speed at which these projects are being produced, seemingly overnight in some cases, has left the gaming community equal parts amazed and unsettled.

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SkateModdingLive Service

Skate Devs Draw the Line on Mods After ReSkate Platform Goes Viral

Full Circle and EA have issued a public statement addressing the growing modding scene around the early access skateboarding game skate., following the viral rise of a fan-made modding platform called ReSkate. The developers expressed genuine enthusiasm for player creativity, signaling that more official creative tools are on the way for the community.

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Leisure Suit LarryDelisted GamesAdventure Games

Leisure Suit Larry Series Fully Delisted as Final Two Games Leave Storefronts

The Leisure Suit Larry series is officially riding off into the sunset. After the first seven entries in the long-running adult adventure franchise were delisted from digital storefronts last year, the final two remaining titles, Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Don't Dry and Leisure Suit Larry: Wet Dreams Dry Twice, are now set to follow. Both games have been heavily discounted ahead of their permanent removal from sale, giving fans one last window to pick them up before they disappear entirely.

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Rockstar HR Grilled Over Discord 'Mole' and Union-Busting Claims at GTA 6 Dev Trial

The ongoing employment tribunal case, Rockstar Games vs Garland & Others, heated up this week as Rockstar's HR management faced pointed questioning over the company's knowledge of and response to internal union organizing efforts. A key detail to emerge from the latest hearing is that a junior Rockstar employee had allegedly been leaking information about trade union activity directly to management, raising serious questions about whether leadership was monitoring organizing efforts far more closely than it has publicly admitted. The alleged "mole" within a staff Discord server has become a central piece of evidence in the case, which centers on whether Rockstar fired GTA 6 developers in retaliation for their union activities.

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Console HardwarePlayStation 5Xbox Series X

Console Market Hits Historic Lows as AI-Driven Price Hikes Crush PS5 and Xbox Sales

The US console market is in its worst shape in decades, with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S sales sinking to new lows in 2026, according to fresh Circana data. Analysts warn that the hardware market has not been in a more precarious position since the early 1980s, a period that preceded the infamous video game crash of 1983. The culprit, analysts say, is a dramatic surge in console prices driven by a shortage of memory components, as AI data centres continue to consume a massive share of global RAM supply, leaving consumer electronics manufacturers scrambling and consumers facing all-time-high price tags at retail.

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HorrorFilm AdaptationIndie Games

Blumhouse and MatPat Partner on Amanda the Adventurer Movie

Blumhouse Productions has teamed up with YouTube personality Matthew "MatPat" Patrick to bring viral indie horror games to the big screen, with Amanda the Adventurer serving as the first project in what promises to be a larger slate of adaptations. The partnership was announced at New York Comic Con 2026, signaling a major push by the horror production giant into the growing world of indie game-based cinema. Blumhouse also confirmed that more indie horror game adaptations are already in the pipeline beyond Amanda the Adventurer.

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WardogsSeason 2FPS

Wardogs Season 2 Introduces Gambling Mechanics and Team-Balance Bribes

Wardogs Season 2 has arrived, and it's doubling down on the game's capitalist-hell identity with a pair of bold new mechanics. The headline addition is a performance betting system that lets players wager their in-game cash on their own match results, putting real stakes on how well you personally perform in a given round. It's a natural extension of the sandbox shooter's money-driven loop, and one that could meaningfully change how players approach every match.

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Ace Combat 8 Becomes Fastest-Selling Game in Franchise History

Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve has taken the aerial combat genre by storm, becoming the fastest-selling entry in the long-running Ace Combat franchise after hitting 1 million sales in roughly one week since launch. The milestone cements the game's place as a landmark release for the series, and puts it on track to become the most successful entry Bandai Namco has ever produced under the Ace Combat banner.

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Silent HillKonamiHorror Games

Konami Planning Multiple Waves of New Silent Hill Games

The Silent Hill franchise is far from finished, and Konami wants the world to know it. Producer Motoi Okamoto has revealed that the company is actively planning "second and third waves" of new Silent Hill games, signaling a long-term, sustained commitment to reviving and expanding the iconic survival horror series. The announcement suggests that what fans have seen so far is just the beginning of a much larger roadmap for the franchise.

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Gears of War: E-Day Sells ~230K Copies in Week One Despite Rave Reviews

Gears of War: E-Day, the highly anticipated Xbox console exclusive prequel from The Coalition, is off to a surprisingly soft commercial start according to early analyst estimates. Industry trackers peg first-week unit sales at somewhere between 230,000 and 320,000 copies across all platforms, a figure that would be underwhelming for one of Xbox's flagship franchises, especially given the game's strong critical reception. On Xbox specifically, the picture looks even starker, with just an estimated 62,000 copies sold outright on Microsoft's console, a number that analysts say makes the $70 premium physical SKU "functionally dead" on the platform.

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Magic: The GatheringMarvelUniverses Beyond

Magic: The Gathering's Next Marvel Set Is Darkhold Destiny, Coming in 2027

Wizards of the Coast used New York Comic Con 2026 as the stage to unveil Marvel Darkhold Destiny, the first Universes Beyond expansion set for Magic: The Gathering in 2027. The announcement marks the third crossover between MTG and Marvel, following previous collaborations centered on Spider-Man and the broader Marvel Super Heroes set from the prior year. This time, however, the partnership is venturing into entirely new narrative territory.

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