Tuesday 10 November 2026

Scene news

Homebrew, modding and emulation news: firmware updates, new exploits, tool and emulator releases, and forum news. Every story lists its sources and can be commented on.

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  1. Saturday 10 October 2026
  2. Emulation

    Azahar 2126.2: security flaw fixed, update your 3DS emulator

    Azahar 2126.2 fixes a serious flaw: a booby-trapped CIA file or 3DS homebrew could break out of the emulator and run code on your PC. Update now.

    Tgames · No comments · 302
  3. Emulation

    PS5 emulator on PC: where SharpEmu and KytyPS5 stand (and beware of scams)

    Demon’s Souls and Astro Bot boot on PC: the PS5 emulators SharpEmu and KytyPS5 are making progress, but no game is playable from start to finish yet.

    Tgames · No comments · 334
  4. PlayStation

    Zelda Breath of the Wild on a jailbroken PS5: Cemu and Azahar ported with PS5CEMU-HAR

    Zelda Breath of the Wild now runs on a jailbroken PS5: PS5CEMU-HAR ports Cemu (Wii U) and Azahar (3DS) to it, in a single app.

    Tgames · No comments · 264
  5. Xbox

    Peer Pressure: the first permanent Xbox 360 softmod, no soldering required

    Grimdoomer, the author of BadUpdate, releases Peer Pressure: an Xbox 360 softmod that survives a reboot, with no soldering or chip, on most models.

    Tgames · No comments · 481
  6. Wednesday 7 October 2026
  7. Emulation

    Dolphin: a wave of AI-found vulnerabilities, and a hacked build machine

    The progress report for Dolphin 2609, published on 24 September 2026, devotes two sections to security rather than new features.

    Tgames · No comments · 209
  8. Xbox 360

    ReXGlue: the tool behind the wave of PC ports, 28 repositories in ten days

    We recently told you about Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions being natively ported to PC. It was not an isolated case: behind that port and dozens of others, there is a single tool, ReXGlue, and the…

    Tgames · No comments · 233
  9. Wii

    Seta GX 0.4: the Sega Saturn runs on Wii, thanks to a custom recompiler

    The Saturn is known as one of the hardest consoles to emulate: two SH2 processors, two graphics chips, and an architecture that Sega itself considered convoluted.

    Tgames · No comments · 256
  10. Wii

    TinyWiiBackupManager: four releases in one week for the successor to WBFS Manager

    If you are still looking for “WBFS Manager” to fill your Wii's hard drive, you are looking for software from 2009, abandoned since, and which can only handle WBFS partitions — a format no longer…

    Tgames · No comments · 202
  11. Retro

    Daytona USA runs natively on PC, Vita and Android — no emulator

    Developer alphanu1 released in early October a port of Daytona USA, Sega's 1994 arcade cabinet, which goes through no emulator.

    Tgames · No comments · 195
  12. Emulation

    PCSX2: the PS2 emulator now moves forward with daily builds

    If you search for “the latest version of PCSX2”, you will land on a number that will have changed by the next day. This is not a glitch: it has become the project's normal way of working, and it is…

    Tgames · No comments · 105
  13. Nintendo DS

    Anbernic RG DS Plus: two 1024×768 screens, and finally a DS image without distortion

    Released on 15 September 2026, Anbernic's RG DS Plus is a clamshell handheld built around a single idea: displaying the Nintendo DS at exact scale.

    Tgames · No comments · 205
  14. PlayStation

    GTA 6 reportedly requires PS5 firmware 14.10: should you give up your jailbreak?

    Data spotted on 2 October on the PlayStation Store indicate that GTA VI may require firmware 14.10.00.00 or later. The game comes out on 19 November 2026: owners of a jailbroken PS5 have six weeks…

    Tgames · No comments · 159