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Six months of ARM64 work in RPCS3 lands 60 percent more performance at 25 percent less power. One timer bug was worth a quarter of it on its own.
Xbox is working on an unspecified feature for later this year after being asked about a Platinum Trophy equivalent.
GammaOS Nano v1.4 is out for the Anbernic RG DS, with the same overhaul rolling out to the RG Rotate, TrimUI Brick, and two MagicX handhelds.
RPCS3 added support for ATI's TeraScale 1 GPUs from 2007 to 2009, running PS3 games on hardware older than the console itself. Open source keeps ancient cards alive.
RPCS3 just crossed 75% of the PS3 library rated 'Playable' on PC, 2,681 of 3,559 games, even as Sony moves to close the PS3 store. Preservation in real time.
Sony is closing the PS3 and PS Vita digital stores in phases: August 2026 in three countries, worldwide by July 2027. Re-downloads survive for now.
Activision is bringing Call of Duty: Black Ops and Black Ops II to modern PlayStation consoles, reportedly in July, with full campaign, multiplayer, and Zombies modes.
PS4, Xbox One, and Switch physical games are clearing out at $9.99 at Best Buy and Walmart. Collector prices on older systems are already rising — this is the window.
OmniDrive adds support for reading GameCube, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360 disc formats on compatible MT1959-based Blu-ray drives, giving collectors a new path for backing up their physical libraries.