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AI Video Game Mod Mashups Are Taking Off—Here Are the Wackiest Examples
Social media has exploded with wacky video game mods that combine titles the public never thought they'd see together. People are driving Mario Kart vehicles in Call of Duty Zombies, fighting Elden Ring bosses with Minecraft characters, and even swinging around Batman's Gotham City as Spider-Man. This is all possible thanks to gamers using Claude AI agents to vibe code the mods from the ground up. Merging games uses a "passthrough mod," according to a popular GitHub guide, which runs the two gam...
Jul 6, 2026
Gaming
Yield Guild Kills Crypto Game Publishing Arm, Lays Off 35 in AI Pivot
Yield Guild Games, a blockchain-based gaming organization, announced Monday that it is shutting down YGG Play, its publishing arm for crypto-infused casual games, citing the crypto market downturn alongside broader video game industry struggles. The unit's closure marks a retreat from a strategy the Web3 company had championed as recently as this year: building "casual degen" games—bite-sized titles laced with crypto incentives—for crypto enthusiasts who don't consider themselves traditional gam...
Jun 19, 2026
Gaming
Anime Girls Could Steal Your Crypto as Wallpaper Malware Targets Steam Gamers
In the report published on Monday, Kaspersky said attackers used Steam Workshop to distribute malicious Wallpaper Engine downloads disguised as animated desktop wallpapers, many featuring female anime characters. “The application-based wallpaper feature allows executable programs to run directly on a user's Windows computer, allowing attackers to distribute malicious software under the guise of legitimate content,” Kaspersky said, adding that it had identified dozens of infected wallpaper packa...
Jun 15, 2026
Gaming
Pudgy Penguins NFT Game 'Pudgy Party' Shuts Down Less Than a Year After Launch
Pudgy Party, the Pudgy Penguins-themed mobile battle royale party game, was suddenly shut down on Friday after less than a year and is no longer available for download across iOS and Android. According to a post on the game's official X account, the crypto-native brand decided to shut down the game in an effort to divert more focus towards its other active game, Pudgy World. "Pudgy World continues to grow rapidly, delivers one of the most fun and novel web experiences out there, and being wholl...
May 26, 2026
Gaming
Grand Theft Data: Threat Actors Weaponizing GTA 6 Hype, NordVPN Warns
Cybercriminals are weaponizing widespread excitement surrounding Grand Theft Auto 6, flooding the internet with phishing traps and malware repacks ahead of the game’s highly anticipated November release. According to research from NordVPN’s Threat Intelligence team, bad actors quickly moved to capitalize on recent rumors that pre-orders for the game could be open soon, welcoming the hype as an opportunity to harvest data from unwitting victims—or worse. The pitfalls range from amateur phishing...
May 21, 2026
Gaming
Ethereum Crypto Influencer Game 'Fantasy Top' Shutting Down
Two years after causing a stir across Crypto Twitter, blockchain-based fantasy sports and social trading card mashup game Fantasy Top is shutting down at the end of June, the firm announced on Wednesday. The game allowed players to create lineups like in fantasy football, but instead of NFL players, it used NFT trading cards of popular crypto influencers and tracked their stats—engagement metrics on their social media posts on X—instead of things like receptions and touchdowns. Once a darling...