Hacker News with Generative AI: Gaming

Elon Musk is now technically the best Diablo 4 player in the world (dexerto.com)
Tech billionaire and CEO of X Elon Musk looks to have become the number one Diablo 4 player in the world after clearing a level 150 Pit in under two minutes.

Gaming, Elon Musk, Diablo 4

6 points by mellosouls 2 hours ago | 0 comments

The Matrix: Infinite-Horizon World Generation with Real-Time Interaction (thematrix1999.github.io)
How close are we to realizing the vision of The Matrix (1999), where AI crafts a fully immersive, interactive world, blurring the line between reality and illusion? Imagine a limitless digital universe, created in real-time with visuals that rival reality itself. This project is a pioneering step toward that vision—a first glimpse into humanity’s own "Matrix."

Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Computer Graphics

22 points by lnyan 2 hours ago | 3 comments

Square Enix accused of abusing copyright law to silence fan criticism (metro.co.uk)
The makers of Life is Strange: Double Exposure are accused by fans of using legal takedowns to limit discussion and criticism of the game.

Gaming, Copyright Law, Legal Disputes, Fan Criticism

7 points by mikhael 12 hours ago | 0 comments

Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month (gamediscover.co)
We’re guessing you might have seen Pounce Light’s glorious “relaxing building game” Tiny Glade ($15), which Ana Opara and Tomasz Stachowiak launched on Steam on Sept. 23rd, after a two-year dev period and a Top 10 appearance in June’s Next Fest.

Gaming, Indie Games, Business, Success Stories

393 points by TaurenHunter 1 day ago | 98 comments

Windows Comes to the Meta Quest (techcrunch.com)
If Windows in mixed reality sounds like your idea of a good time, rejoice. Microsoft said on Tuesday at Microsoft Ignite 2024 it’s bringing the “full capabilities” of Windows 11 to the Meta Quest 3 and Quest 3S in December as part of a public preview.

Meta, Virtual Reality, Windows, Microsoft, Gaming

6 points by ianetaylor 2 days ago | 0 comments

AAA Linux Gaming on ARM64 Mac Hardware, Now a Reality (boilingsteam.com)
Things are moving fast for Asahi Linux, the Linux distribution for ARM64-based Macs, and just last month there was a long post from Rosenzweig about the fact that AAA gaming is now at reach on the M1 ARM64 hardware from Apple.

Linux, Gaming, Apple, Hardware, Operating Systems

8 points by ekianjo 2 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: Betron Markets – Shape the future with your predictions (betron.io)
Dive into a lively and engaging world where each wager amplifies the excitement, offering a smooth, transparent experience powered by cutting-edge technology on the Arbitrum network.

Blockchain, Decentralized Finance, Predictions, Gaming, Arbitrum

10 points by AhmedBn 3 days ago | 0 comments

Save 100% on Half-Life 2 on Steam (steampowered.com)
1998. HALF-LIFE sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. Valve's debut title wins more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named "Best PC Game Ever" by PC Gamer, and launches a franchise with more than eight million retail units sold worldwide.

Gaming, Sales, Steam, Half-Life

5 points by yq 3 days ago | 2 comments

Turn a JPEG into a Warzone (jason1610.github.io)
Pixel Attack

Gaming, Computer Graphics, Image Manipulation

29 points by jason1610 3 days ago | 1 comments

1D video game you can play with 3D glasses [video] (youtube.com)

Video Games, 3D, Gaming, Technology

3 points by psc 4 days ago | 1 comments

Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties (lanparty.house)
We are Kenton Varda and Jade Wang. We've been married since 2014. This is our house, where we live with our two kids, in Austin, Texas.

Home Improvement, LAN Parties, Gaming

1068 points by kentonv 5 days ago | 377 comments

Faking Shaders III: Tixyland (salat.dev)
My little fake shader is partly inspired by tixyland, which is also a low-res shader toy.

Graphics, Shader, Gaming, Art

34 points by surprisetalk 6 days ago | 6 comments

Quarry: A modern computing environment for your World (lattice.xyz)
We’re proud to announce that we put Doom onchain, with just 7 milliseconds of latency. And we’re releasing the tech behind the feat to an alpha-tester group (with a full release coming in early 2025), so you can build ultra-fast applications onchain too. Quarry, our new infrastructure that powers this tech, is a full suite of offerings from Lattice that enables MUD applications to run in real-time at scale.

Blockchain, Gaming, Real-time Applications, Infrastructure, Alpha Testing

45 points by bpierre 7 days ago | 8 comments

GOG's Preservation Program Is the DRM-Free Store Refocusing on the Classics (arstechnica.com)
The classic PC games market is "in a sorry state," according to DRM-free and classic-minded storefront GOG.

Gaming, Digital Distribution, Preservation, DRM-Free, Classics

161 points by m463 7 days ago | 60 comments

The Impact of Jungle Music in 90s Video Game Development (pikuma.com)
Jungle music was found in countless games from the early 90s. This article explains what jungle is, where it comes from, and why its soundtrack was such a perfect match for titles of the PlayStation & Nintendo 64 era.

Video Games, Music, History, 90s, Gaming

693 points by atan2 7 days ago | 320 comments

GOG new program focuses on preserving classic games (arstechnica.com)
The classic PC games market is "in a sorry state," according to DRM-free and classic-minded storefront GOG. Small games that aren't currently selling get abandoned, and compatibility issues arise as technology moves forward or as one-off development ideas age like milk.

Gaming, Preservation, Technology, Retro Gaming

10 points by neiman 7 days ago | 0 comments

GOG Preservation Program (gog.com)
Time is erasing the games that shaped you. Forgotten, incompatible, unplayable.

Gaming, Preservation, Digital Archives

43 points by Tomte 8 days ago | 5 comments

AMD's CPU sales are miles better than Intel (pcguide.com)
AMD’s latest gaming processor launched on November 7th and the results are in for the new Ryzen 7 9800X3D. While we witnessed Intel’s Core Ultra launch performing worse than we imagined, the new X3D chip from its rivals has been a smash hit.

AMD, Intel, Processors, Gaming, Hardware

95 points by doener 8 days ago | 92 comments

From BSP to ESP – How S3ctor Abused Quake Editors to Redefine the Morrowind Mod (openmw.org)
S3ctor is a core developer of OpenMW, and has, like most of us to be fair, odd interests. This is the incredible story how he mixed two immensely cool things: Quake, and Morrowind, narrated by our hero himself!

Gaming, Morrowind, Mods, Quake, OpenMW

164 points by todsacerdoti 8 days ago | 71 comments

Steam drops Windows 7 and 8 support with the latest client (tomshardware.com)
No more Steam for Windows 7 & 8 holdouts.

Operating Systems, Gaming, Software, Technology

63 points by LorenDB 8 days ago | 93 comments

Pizza Hut's new pizza warmer uses the PS 5's heat to be keep your pizza hot (tomshardware.com)

Pizza, Gaming, Technology, Food

23 points by croes 8 days ago | 1 comments

This morning for no obvious reason, I remembered the Fuel Rats (hachyderm.io)

Gaming, Community, Nostalgia

176 points by panic 9 days ago | 22 comments

Ubisoft sued for shutting down The Crew (polygon.com)
Two Californian gamers are suing Ubisoft in a proposed class action lawsuit over the developer and publisher’s recent shutdown of racing game The Crew.

Gaming, Lawsuits, Video Games, Ubisoft, The Crew

12 points by Sniffnoy 9 days ago | 0 comments

Sega's killing one of the only sources of legal ROMs, delists 60 classic games (gamesradar.com)

Gaming, Retro Gaming, Video Games, Legal Issues, Sega

44 points by mikhael 11 days ago | 11 comments

Patents Nintendo Suing Palworld over Confirmed, But, Damn, This Suit Is Weird (techdirt.com)
Patents Nintendo Suing Palworld Over Confirmed, But, Damn, This Suit Is Weird

Lawsuits, Gaming, Patents, Video Games

6 points by hn_acker 12 days ago | 0 comments

Elon Musk Says He's a Global Top 'Diablo 4' Player, and It's Actually True (forbes.com)
In a surprise appearance on Joe Rogan’s show the day before the election, Elon Musk momentarily veered away from politics to reveal that he’s one of the top 20 Diablo 4 players in the world, a list which contains only two Americans.

Gaming, Elon Musk, Diablo 4, Video Games

9 points by boyesm 13 days ago | 10 comments

Factorio with Michal Kovařík (softwareengineeringdaily.com)
Factorio is a construction and management simulation game focused on resource-gathering with real-time strategy and survival elements.

Software Engineering, Gaming, Podcasts

4 points by jna_sh 13 days ago | 0 comments

Using Ghidra and Python to reverse engineer Ecco the Dolphin (32bits.substack.com)

Reverse Engineering, Programming, Gaming, Python

458 points by bbayles 14 days ago | 133 comments

Steam releases new built-in recording feature (steampowered.com)

Gaming, Software, New Releases

100 points by S0y 14 days ago | 24 comments

Ableton's Push 3 running Doom in standalone mode [video] (youtube.com)

Ableton, Music Production, Gaming, Doom, Video

5 points by oidar 14 days ago | 0 comments