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A Canadian hobbyist spent four years chemically decapping and optically dumping the PS2’s CXP102064 MechaCon security chip, finally releasing its ROM. The dump opens up software disc backups, modchip development, and future low‑level emulation of the console’s security mechanisms.
The Lemmings franchise, despite massive initial success, failed to sustain its momentum due to a series of design and business missteps. Later games increased complexity, clashed with the casual market, and suffered from developer fatigue and misguided attempts to individualize characters for a TV show.
The paper presents GameHorizon, a unified suite comprising an automated annotation pipeline, a 5,000‑hour multi‑horizon gameplay dataset from 21 AAA titles, and reproducible offline and online benchmarks. Using it, the authors evaluate 47 models, exposing a hierarchy of task difficulty and gaps in long‑term planning.
Nvidia announced that the new creature‑catching game Aniimo and several other titles are now available on GeForce NOW, with features like path‑tracing for 007 First Light and RTX 5080‑class streaming for premium members. The update also lists 11 new games joining the service and notes a day‑pass that can be applied toward a monthly membership.
