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New FPGA Core Runs Virtua Racing With Unprecedented Precision
RPCS3 Now Lets You Play PS3 Games Straight From The Original Discs
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RPCS3 Now Lets You Play PS3 Games Straight From The Original Discs
Thanks to contributors digant73 and Megamouse, the emulator can now boot a PlayStation 3 game direc…
13/09/2026 64 0
shadPS4 Moves To Version 0.18.0 "UltraPersona" And Fixes Major Freezes
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shadPS4 Moves To Version 0.18.0 "UltraPersona" And Fixes Major Freezes
After 0.17.0 brought in shadNet and ZArchive, version 0.18.0 focuses on reliability: kernel event f…
01/09/2026 115 0
re:Blue: Blue Dragon finally escapes the Xbox 360 with an unofficial PC recompilation
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re:Blue: Blue Dragon finally escapes the Xbox 360 with an unofficial …
Released on GitHub on 28 August 2026, re:Blue is a static recompilation of the JRPG Blue Dragon, st…
28/08/2026 180 0
PlayStation 3 on ARM: RPCS3 gets up to 60% faster after six months of optimization
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PlayStation 3 on ARM: RPCS3 gets up to 60% faster after six months of…
Developer Whatcookie details six months of work on RPCS3 to close the gap between ARM and x86, with…
12/08/2026 63 0
MelonDualDS Becomes WatermelonDS and Gets an Ultra-Light Sibling Called SeedlessDS
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MelonDualDS Becomes WatermelonDS and Gets an Ultra-Light Sibling Call…
The Nintendo DS emulator for Android gets a new name and interface with version 0.7.0, while a ligh…
11/08/2026 115 0
Microsoft Quietly Ships an Xbox 360 Emulator Inside Its PC Backward Compatibility, and Modders Are Already Digging In
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Microsoft Quietly Ships an Xbox 360 Emulator Inside Its PC Backward C…
Four original Xbox games landed on PC in late July through a Microsoft-built compatibility system. …
02/08/2026 84 0
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Vita3K keeps improving as developers say the official compatibility list already lags behind
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Vita3K keeps improving as developers say the official compatibility l…
The only actively maintained PS Vita emulator shipped build 4066 on July 23, while its developers a…
24/07/2026 173 0
Dolphin hits a symbolic milestone: 97.8% of the GameCube and Wii library now playable
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Dolphin hits a symbolic milestone: 97.8% of the GameCube and Wii libr…
A compatibility report published on July 22, 2026 shows that the open-source Dolphin emulator now r…
24/07/2026 118 0
SharpEmu boots Astro Bot: another milestone for the young PS5 emulation scene
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SharpEmu boots Astro Bot: another milestone for the young PS5 emulati…
A Discord user going by RSantila announced on July 13, 2026 that the experimental SharpEmu emulator…
15/07/2026 176 0
shadPS4 v0.16.0: the biggest update in the PS4 emulator's history
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shadPS4 v0.16.0: the biggest update in the PS4 emulator's history
Codenamed "Plutie-fueled," shadPS4 0.16.0 overhauls the configuration system, adds a proper OpenAL …
15/07/2026 109 0
Jotego expands MiSTer FPGA and Analogue Pocket with Double Dribble, Cabal and a new Gaelco core
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Jotego expands MiSTer FPGA and Analogue Pocket with Double Dribble, C…
FPGA developer Jotego has released a fresh wave of arcade cores for MiSTer and Analogue Pocket, add…
08/07/2026 176 0