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Europe's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation is already pushing small tabletop publishers to reconsider EU shipping—not because they dislike the goal, but because compliance does not scale.
Inspired by rascal.news · Khee Hoon Chan
Electronic Arts completed its $55 billion sale to a consortium led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund with Silver Lake and Affinity Partners—the largest LBO on record—and what $20 billion of acquisition debt may mean for studios, franchises, and players.
Inspired by games.slashdot.org · Slashdot
Necrosoft Games and United Videogame Workers-CWA organized an itch.io Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle—127 DRM-free games from 109 creators for a $10 minimum, with proceeds helping U.S. and Canadian game workers cover groceries, rent and medical costs.
Inspired by itch.io · Necrosoft Games / UVW-CWA
Kyle Orland examines collapsing US physical-game sales as Sony ditches discs—arguing the decline is real, but calling abandonment “practically inevitable” turns a profitable corporate choice into a force of nature rather than a decision that finishes physical ownership off.
Inspired by arstechnica.com · Kyle Orland
MetalNES by Ian Addisson is a transistor-level simulation of NES-001 hardware—arguing that rebuilding the console from its electronic components preserves understanding of how the original machine worked, not only the games it ran.
Inspired by github.com · Ian Addisson
Slashdot reports Amazon is folding Luna cloud gaming into the Prime Video app—arguing the streaming box under the TV is quietly becoming the console, convenient in the same way streaming video is, while access lasts only as long as the service and subscription do.
Inspired by games.slashdot.org · Slashdot
noclip.website by Jasper St. Pierre and contributors is a browser museum of video game levels you can freely explore—Nintendo-heavy but spanning Portal, Halo, and more—arguing it is serious game preservation and reverse engineering, not just nostalgia or screenshots.
Inspired by noclip.website · Jasper St. Pierre
Stephen Warwick reports Microsoft bringing four original Xbox games to PCs and handhelds—arguing that digital backward compatibility is not the same as owning physical media, and that four titles fall far short of preserving a library when most classic games are already commercially unavailable.
Inspired by tomshardware.com · Stephen Warwick
