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The Verge • 7mo ago

When will the game developer mass layoffs end?

[Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/chrome_Cu5LYACQ8D.jpg?quality=90&strip=all] This time it’s at Polyarc, creator of PSVR, Meta Quest, and SteamVR darling Moss (and its sequels). Polyarc will “significantly reduce the size of the company.” We called Moss one of “the 14 best games to download for your new VR gaming headset” back in 2019.

Two old-school Japanese mobile games are shutting down over the PHP exploit. Technology
The Verge • 3w ago

Two old-school Japanese mobile games are shutting down over the PHP exploit.

World Quest and Save My Demonic World have run for over a decade, but they’re built on older tech that the developers say can’t be updated to patch the apocalyptic PHP exploit disclosed this week. Because the vulnerability affects almost 20 years of PHP, big chunks of internet history are in danger of being lost. Per Kotaku: > Many old websites and services that are no longer being actively updated (or may simply be too old to receive the update, as was the case for these two games) are now at risk of permanently going offline. Such an event would lock swathes of the old internet from public view, including bits that were already beginning to break down and become inaccessible.

Smash Bros in your actual living room. Technology
The Verge • 3w ago

Smash Bros in your actual living room.

[Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PgUxOqSCq8] This is so rad — and if you have a Quest 3 or 3S and a copy of Super Smash Bros. Melee (1.02), you can try it too. It’s called Xelee, and yes, the mixed reality part is AI-coded: “Claude wrote every line of code.” The game part is from the Melee decompilation, though. I hope game companies are paying attention to the possibilities in this brave new world!

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