Evening Reading - May 6, 2026

It's nighttime in America, which means time for another edition of 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:

• EVE Online developer CCP Games rebrands to Fenris Creations
• Urban Games partners with Paradox Interactive to publish Transport Fever 3
• Dying Light Franchise Director Tymon Smektala leaves Techland
• Mina the Hollower gets late May 2026 release date
• IO Interactive says Project Fantasy is 'in a very healthy place'
• GameStop (CEO) Ryan Cohen lashes out at eBay's insiders and lists things for auction
• Final Fantasy 7 director says DLC for the third game depends on player demand
• NVIDIA (NVDA) announces AI partnership with Corning (GLW)
• Anthropic partners with SpaceX for compute deal to enable higher Claude usage limits
• Two Point Museum's Arty-Facts DLC lets you curate creativity into cash flow

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

Make your own Mixtape!

This is far out, but we made a SITE TO MAKE MIXTAPES! Make them! Customize them! Share them! Link below! Mixtape is out in 2 DAYS.

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— MIXTAPE by Beethoven & Dinosaur (@mixtapegame.bsky.social) May 5, 2026 at 11:37 PM

I cannot wait for this video game to come out.

New Star Fox fan art

Love this art style for Fox.

R.I.P. Ted Turner

TCM, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, CNN, the list goes on. Talk about influence.

Philly crossing guard recounts a dangerous car crash

I could've listened to this guy talk for an hour.

Xbox Series X|S is getting a new boot animation

Neat!

Matthew Lillard is in Man of Tomorrow

Lillard has had a full resurgence this decade.

Fortnite's The Simpsons season had 80 million players

Holy cow!

Anthony Bourdain biopic trailer

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