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Indie Devs Secure Bank Loan to Cover Viral Steam Demo’s $1,000 Daily AI Costs

The developers of Teach My Little Sister How To Drive have taken out a bank loan to keep their free Steam demo running after its growing popularity pushed artificial intelligence (AI) expenses above $1,000 per day. The four-person indie team behind the game, Easy Fox, says player numbers have increased more than twentyfold in a month, creating operating costs far beyond what the developers...
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Duel.com Allegedly Acquires Flappy Bird Rights and Makes Game Playable Online

Flappy Bird in action within Duel.com's Arena tab was shown in a video uploaded to X on October 8, 2026, by DailyLoud. In the clip, the bird flies through green pipes with two player scores appearing in real time. It was dubbed a supposed "rights grab" of the 2013 mobile game, which made for an interesting combination of nostalgia and crypto gambling.Duel.com is an...
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Giant Abandoned Game Boy in Kagawa Mountains Now a Mailbox for Locals

A giant Nintendo Game Boy that has been quietly decaying in the mountains of Kagawa Prefecture, Japan for years went viral again this week...
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Used Fortnite ‘Battle Bucket’ Toilet Device Sells for $500 Online

Who would pay $500 for a used gaming toilet? That's the question that has been raised from a homemade "Battle Bucket" that is currently...
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Streamer Who Played GTA 6 Early Claims Game Has Ultra-Realistic Adult Content

Spanish YouTuber Rubén Doblas Gundersen, better known as El Rubius, said after a private Rockstar North preview that Grand Theft Auto 6 includes uncensored...
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Viral Needle in a Haystack Game Spawns Dozens of Roblox Copies in 48 Hours

Indie developer Nas Nakarus (@NasNakarus) took one of the English language’s oldest sayings and turned it into pure digital madness. On August 22, 2026,...
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20 PUBG Mobile Players Fall Ill with Suspected Food Poisoning at Esports World Cup

Several PUBG Mobile contenders during the Esports World Cup in Paris were hospitalized severely ill on August 14, 2026, on Day 1 of the...
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11-Year-Old Boy Spends $2,000 of Family’s Emergency Savings on Roblox Gift Cards

An 11-year-old Toronto boy took an envelope of family emergency cash, slipped away from his grandmother inside a Walmart, and completed two separate $1,000...
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GTA Fans Raise Over $50K for Gamer Needing Lung Transplant

GTA fans have raised more than $63,000 for Jerry Fort, a 25-year-old TikTok creator waiting on a lung transplant, after he posted a hospital...
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PUBG Offers $95,000 to Modders to Design Game’s Next Update

Krafton is putting real money behind community creativity. PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS has opened a $95,000 USD prize pool for modders to build original game modes...
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Rust Player Seeks $176M in Lawsuit After Swatting Incident Causes Paralysis

Axeel Melendez’s world collapsed in seconds. The 24-year-old Arizona Rust player had warned police he was being targeted. Two days later, sheriff’s deputies forced...
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Rare Pokémon DS Game Surfaces on eBay for $9,000 After 20 Years

A development and testing cartridge associated with one of Pokémon’s most elusive software titles has surfaced on eBay after almost two decades following its...
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Hackers Hide Malware in Meccha Chameleon Steam Workshop Maps

Players jumping into Meccha Chameleon’s colorful hide-and-seek matches this past week got more than a quick round of camouflage. A handful of community-made Steam...
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New Indie Game Contest Challenges Developers to Build Games Under 1.44MB

In an era where triple-A titles balloon past 100GB, a South Korean indie group is flipping the script by daring developers to cram a...
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