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.
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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.
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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…

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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.
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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.
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Atari ST enthusiast announces the MiniST with FPGA, MiSTeryNano core, and black TKL case — priced at around $400 each, but the initial run is a mere five units

An Atari computer enthusiast is planning to produce a new TKL-sized FPGA-powered remake dubbed the MiniST.

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Ubisoft’s share price plummets following internal restructure announcement, pivot to heavier use of AI — Developer falls below $1 billion EUR market cap amidst game cancellations and layoffs

Ubisoft just announced a massive internal restructuring that involves gutting the company of a few studios and cancelling six games, including a Prince of Persia remake. The news caused Ubisoft’s stock price to fall to a h…

GameStop patches ‘infinite money glitch’ for Nintendo Switch 2 trade-in — crafty YouTuber trades $415 console in for $472 with purchase of pre-owned game multiple times

YouTuber RJCmedia exploited a loophole in GameStop’s trade-in system that allowed him to get back store credit exceeding the retail value of a Switch 2. He managed to accumulate $150 in trade credit, along with a basically…

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Hytale modder gets Windows 95 OS up and running inside the actual game — other projects include running Minecraft, and Hytale inside itself

Modders have run Windows 95 and Minecraft in Hytale, the hot new sandbox RPG that hit Early Access last Tuesday.

Erroneously assembled 1974 Altair 8800 computer gets fixed and enjoys first run in 2026 — Intel 8080 powered machine ran its first program 52 years later

A computer historian has documented the moment a 1974 kit computer successfully ran its first ever program – in 2016. Altair 8800 kit needed a new PSU.
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