Evening Reading - September 7, 2026

It's nighttime in America, which means it is time for another edition of Shacknews Evening Reading.

Good evening, Shacknews, it's nighttime, which means it's time for Evening Reading. Let's officially close out our day of posting. Please take a look.

In case you missed it at Shacknews:

• What we expect from The Legend of Zelda's 40th anniversary Nintendo Direct
• Borderlands 4’s Loveless the Hacker is a contagion-spreading monster
• Final Fantasy Resonance is pushing the HD-2D style to exciting limits
• Shack Chat: How do you plan to play GTA 6?
• Wardogs made me realize I want base building in my Battlefield
• Your game (probably) doesn’t need fishing
• Tesla (TSLA) Cybercab faces federal safety & compliance probe following Austin rollout
• PAX Unplugged Houston brings tabletop expo to Texas in 2027
• Bungie is 'exploring options' to sublease its Washington campus
• There are 519 developers assigned specifically to The Witcher 4

And now... Other Stuff From The Internet!!!

Your daily dose of sudoku

Simon has his head in his hands. We're in for a good time.

Can you beat Dark Souls using the Easy-Bake Kitchen?

This is nuts.

Xbox 360 is the GOAT

I love seeing people dig into the old hardware.

Dopamine hits

Really wish Will would steer clear of the AI images.

QR codes from here on out

I remember pitching a QR code-themed assignment at university and my tutor stating that QR codes weren't going to take off.

The AI Bubble

Time to learn what will happen.

Algorithms are great

When they're not used to generate outrage.

We've come up with some great ways to store information

Imagine if we had to go back to these.

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