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Sony paid Jordy $50,000 for reporting a critical PS5 hypervisor exploit found using generative AI.
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Modder Arhkain is developing Retro Forever, a project that adds 2D first-person sprites to World of Warcraft Forever.
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New open-source Linux modules from Zagitta and JustAResearcher reportedly unlock restricted Tensor Core performance on RTX 30 and 40 series GPUs, doubling throughput for certain AI workloads.
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Developer leolobato has released Playden for PS5, an alpha launcher that allows jailbroken consoles to download and run Windows Steam games locally.
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The OptiScaler community has modded AMD FSR 4.1.2 to run on Intel Arc XMX cores. Community testing shows the update matches native XeSS performance while delivering better image quality.
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An open-source emulator called VBoy Color reportedly adds a four-color palette to Virtual Boy games via a hand-painted process.
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Atari says it will shut down the VCS console store on February 1, 2027. An upcoming OS update and homebrew app will keep the hardware functional offline.
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Security researcher Sammy Hajhamid says a new software jailbreak for the Nintendo Switch 2 allows for homebrew and game mods. The exploit is tethered and requires a specific game or connection to run at every boot.
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Two new mods combine NVIDIA's DLSS 5 with Foveated Rendering to increase frame rates by approximately 67 percent on an RTX 4090 in a 7,680 x 2,160 test.
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RPCS3 says 80.02% of the PlayStation 3 library is now rated as playable on PC. The emulator's list of playable games grew from 2558 in January to 2855.
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Demon's Souls reaches 120FPS via a PS5 emulator using DLSS Frame Gen, while Gran Turismo 7 is running in an early-access KytyPS5 build.
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Reports say developer Gezine has accessed the PS5 debug menu on firmware 14.10, a version that may be required to boot GTA VI.
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A fan is working on an unofficial, non-commercial Bully remake using Unreal Engine 5.8 and AI tools.
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Modder nicklovin99 released the enRage mod in early access for Red Dead Redemption 2. It introduces a Shadow of War style Nemesis system with named NPCs, lasting memories, and eight warring factions.
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Developer Devran Cosmo Uenal has released a public build of PS5X, an experimental emulator that ports KytyPS5 to Xbox Series X and Series S via Developer Mode.
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SCSKiller 1.3.0 adds DirectX 11 support for AMD GPUs and experimental Intel Arc support. The tool aims to reduce shader compilation stutter by precompiling shaders into the driver cache.
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Modder LTSharpe released a beta mod for Oblivion Remastered built using Anthropic's Claude AI that reportedly increases FPS by up to 37% and reduces stuttering.
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The DLSS-NR mod creator says version 0.8.0 now supports DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, and Neural Rendering on RDNA 4 and RDNA 3 AMD cards.
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Players have extracted the DLSS 5 neural rendering model from an NBA 2K27 update and are using tools like OptiScaler to bring it to unsupported games and older hardware.
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Joshua Kennedy used two £5 Raspberry Pi Picos to complete an Xbox 360 reset glitch mod that he started in 2017.
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The PS5 emulator now allows users to launch original PS2 discs directly via the console's home screen.
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A new three-map mod for Portal 2 uses non-euclidean geometry and gravity shifts to mimic M. C. Escher's art.
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Valery Kryzhanovsky used a leaked DLSS 5 build to apply AI upscaling to the 1996 version of Quake.
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A new mod allows players to summon vehicles and weapons via crates in Los Santos.
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A new script for GTA 5 allows players to eject from cars.
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