Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks for Roblox, Nintendo, CD Projekt Red, and more

Google’s Project Genie can generate games using the company’s Genie 3 model, which is trained on prompts from Gemini. It’s an experimental tool that doesn’t even create fully playable games, but it was still enough to shiv…

GeForce Now launches on Linux with a Flatpak build — native app brings 5K and 360FPS support to Linux gamers

GeForce Now has received an official Linux native app for Linux gamers, unlocking all the features that the native app offers over the web browser version, including 5K resolution, Reflex and 360 FPS support.

UK activist hits Valve with a $903 million lawsuit — claims Steam is abusing its market dominance and forcing UK consumers to pay too much for Steam games

UK activist hits Valve with a lawsuit for charging gamers too much commission on the games they buy from the Steam store.

DoomBuds ports the 1993 FPS classic to open-source earbuds by streaming JPGs at 18fps — runs on 300MHz CPU with less than 1MB of RAM

A developer has ported Doom to a pair of earbuds, but there were extra hurdles to jump, as the earbuds don’t have a screen.

PS4 Slim transformed into a handheld, powered by a miniaturized motherboard in a 3D-printed case — features a 7-inch OLED screen, HDMI out, and 3-hour battery life

While we wait for Sony to eventually release its next PlayStation handheld alongside the PS6, one fan has already built a portable PS4 featuring full power. The handheld can even function as a normal PS4 with passthrough c…

Open-source Intel 486 mobo built from scratch in under 6 months for i486 chips — M8SBC-486’s goal was to achieve Linux and Doom compatibility, but it achieves far more than that

An enthusiast has showcased an open-source Intel 486 motherboard that they claim was ‘made from scratch’ in under six months.

Retro gamer resurrects Nintendo Wii Food Channel, uses Wii console to order Domino’s Pizza — the WiiLink project is the magic ingredient

Nintendo’s 20-year-old Wii console is still useful for making online Domino’s Pizza orders in the U.S. and Canada.