Sonic is in GTA V, Smash Ultimate runs native, and AI is remixing everything.

Recent viral drops (Oct 2026)

Ranked roughly by engagement on X. Counts are from the X API on Oct 13, 2026.

Mashup@BennettWaisbren▶ Watch on X

Mashup

Someone put Sonic Adventure inside GTA V, and 1.2M people watched

Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are all playable in Los Santos. About 30.6k likes and 1.2M views. No public download yet.

— @BennettWaisbren View post on X

by @BennettWaisbren · open on X

Native port@Pirat_Nation▶ Watch on X

Native port

God of War III Remastered now runs natively on PC, start to finish

An open-source port runs the original PS4 code straight on the CPU: about 144 FPS at 1080p, 240 FPS option, and a launcher with mods. You need your own dump. About 7.4k likes.

— @Pirat_Nation View post on X

by @Pirat_Nation · open on X

Agent-built@jonpaul▶ Watch on X

Agent-built

Opus 5.5 mapped 5,285 km of real US road for a clicker game

Coast to coast, sampled every 10 meters from OpenStreetMap. About 4.6k likes and 144k views.

— @jonpaul View post on X

by @jonpaul · open on X

AI recomp

Claude agents are building a native PC port of Smash Ultimate

ssbu-recomp by Denkishi turns Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 13.0.4 into a Windows program with a Vulkan renderer and fighter scripts as editable C++. Early, bring your own dump. About 3k likes and 314k views.

— @mdaman010 View post on X

by @mdaman010 · open on X · our guide · project

Reverse engineering@hrplays7▶ Watch on X

Reverse engineering

Battlefield 2 is coming back after 8 years of reverse engineering

Developer LifeCoder is close to an unofficial open-source revival with multiplayer and mod support on Windows, Linux and macOS. No release date yet. About 3.2k likes.

— @hrplays7 View post on X

by @hrplays7 · open on X

Recomp

LEGO Dimensions is now a native PC game

Dimensions Recompiled statically recompiles the Xbox 360 release: unlocked FPS, mods, DLC and a real or emulated Toy Pad. Public demo, still unstable. About 2.8k likes.

— @LEGOTtNewsI View post on X

by @LEGOTtNewsI · open on X · all Xbox 360 recomps · project

AI mods

The dev behind the AI mashup wave just left fal to start a games company

The universal-modder creator says one person with Opus 5.5 can remix any game in a weekend, and those mods did 1B+ views in a week. About 835 likes.

— @rehan_shei View post on X

by @rehan_shei · open on X · project

Agent-built@Ainthropos▶ Watch on X

Agent-built

Opus 5.5 ran for 24 hours and built a whole three.js city, nightclub included

One shot, no external assets, with Blender MCP plus Magnific MCP for sound. About 655 likes.

— @Ainthropos View post on X

by @Ainthropos · open on X

Decomp

Jak and Daxter runs natively on iPhone, and you can play as Mario

Decompiled, not emulated: built on OpenGOAL's decomp, compiled to ARM64, with Mario via libsm64. About 590 likes.

— @chrissotraidis View post on X

by @chrissotraidis · open on X · project

Benchmark@ArtificialAnlys▶ Watch on X

Benchmark

There's now a blind-judged benchmark for AI models building 3D games

AA-3D gives each model up to three hours in a sandbox with Blender and physics to build a three.js scene, then humans vote without knowing which model made it. About 560 likes.

— @ArtificialAnlys View post on X

by @ArtificialAnlys · open on X

Asset pipeline@dangreenheck▶ Watch on X

Asset pipeline

Gandalf, rigged and on fire: a Tripo3D + Codex + Three.js pipeline

Tripo3D for model and rigging, re-textured with Codex image_gen, Mixamo animations and Three.js fire VFX. About 470 likes.

— @dangreenheck View post on X

by @dangreenheck · open on X

Recomp

Splinter Cell: Double Agent's Xbox version is now a native PC game

SCDA-XBERecomp by TGP482 is a static recompilation to 64-bit Windows: unlocked FPS, FOV up to 140 and co-op. V1 is out. Bring your own files.

— @danivempire666 View post on X

by @danivempire666 · open on X · project

More picks from Oct 13, 2026

Posted on X on Oct 13, 2026, newest first. Links go to the original posts.

• Agent-built Gemini 4 Argon turns desk photos into a playable racing game
  @genevieve__h used Argon with Blender MCP + Three.js to turn pictures of a home-office desk into a playable racer, with a how-to thread (~278 likes). Try the stack: Blender MCP setup. · by @genevieve__h
• AI 3D Argon drives Blender MCP in an autonomous loop: Gothic scene from one image
  @chetaslua: from a single Nano Banana image in Antigravity, Argon aligns camera grids, sculpts Gothic architecture and stages audio-reactive lighting through Blender MCP. Compare tools: AI 3D tools. · by @chetaslua
• Agent-built 15 GitHub repos that turn a coding agent into a game studio
  @Mnilax's list: Claude-Code-Game-Studios (49 agents), UnrealClaude, Unreal_mcp, Unity-MCP, godot-mcp, Ubisoft CHORD, ACE-Step and more (~86 bookmarks). Our engine guides: Unity MCP · Godot AI. · by @Mnilax
• AI 3D Aztec voxel temple test: Gemini 4 Argon + Blender MCP
  @ashen_one ran an Ancient Aztec 3D voxel build with Argon on medium thinking through Blender MCP. More: AI mods & mashups. · by @ashen_one
• AI 3D Same Blender MCP prompt: Grok Bot vs Codex on a Hong Kong Star Ferry
  @arthurchin729 ran one Blender MCP prompt for a game-ready Star Ferry — Grok Bot (~12.5 min) vs Codex with GPT-6 Astra (~7 min). Agent-driven Blender is the pattern. Setup: Blender MCP guide. · by @arthurchin729
• Recomp Donkey Kong 64 gets a native Android recomp port
  @ToniCipriani007 reports an unofficial Android port of DK64: Recompiled — static recomp, native ARM64, RT64 Vulkan renderer. Unofficial build. N64 ports hub: best N64 PC ports. · by @ToniCipriani007
• Recomp "Yeah my PC port recomp uses AI" — the joke that hit ~61 likes
  @Back2Batk's meme about AI-written PC recomps. Funny because the real stack (XenonRecomp, N64: Recompiled) is careful engineering — see UnleashedRecomp and AI RE tools. · by @Back2Batk
• Agent-built Unity ships an official plugin for xAI's Grok Build
  @tecknewsreport: Unity's third first-party coding-agent plugin after Claude Code and Codex, with 30+ engine-specific skills. Community MCP still free: Unity MCP setup. · by @tecknewsreport
• Agent-built A vibe-coded browser tower defense, from Haiku 5.5 to Opus 5.5
  @SchellerUlrich posted the evolution of a browser Tower Defense game: early code by Haiku 5.5, later Opus 5.5, with images made by Codex. More like it: agent-built games. · by @SchellerUlrich
• Agent-built How to build a cozy fishing game with Opus 5.5 + Blender MCP + Unity 6
  @rewind02's step-by-step: wire Opus 5.5 to Blender (Blender MCP) and Unity 6 (Unity MCP), and never ask for "a fishing game" in one prompt. About 71 likes. Set it up: Blender MCP guide. · by @rewind02
• Recomp Sonic '06 recomp shows up as a native Android test build
  @ToniCipriani007 reports an unofficial Android test edition of MarathonRecomp, the Xbox 360 Sonic '06 static recomp, running natively on ARM64 with touch and gamepad. Unofficial build. Official PC project: Xbox 360 recomps. · by @ToniCipriani007
• AI RE 10 GitHub repos that let AI agents inspect binaries, apps and games
  @RoundtableSpace rounded up the agent reverse-engineering stack, starting with REA. About 87 likes. Our take: AI RE tools and the toolkit. · by @RoundtableSpace
• AI RE REA + Opus 5.5: a 7-step reverse-engineering roadmap
  @0xMorlex published a full install-to-rebuild walkthrough for REA with Opus 5.5 — agents that open an app with no source and show evidence. About 37 likes. More: AI RE tools. · by @0xMorlex
• Agent-built Opus 5.5 + Blender MCP grinds 24 hours on one cyberpunk prompt
  @ikcrypth pointed Opus at Blender MCP with "make a cyberpunk like game" and let it run — burned a Claude Max plan. Same agent-drives-Blender pattern as our pipeline pages. · by @ikcrypth
• AI RE REA is still the coding-agent reverse-engineering story of the week
  @Goura_vk's write-up of Reverse Engineer Anything for Claude Code, Codex and Cursor. About 24 likes. Pair with the GhidraMCP vs IDA MCP guide. · by @Goura_vk
• Agent-built Haunted Hall: a found-tape Halloween shooter built in Rive
  @korsa_agency's first-person camcorder horror run through four stages with a double-barrel shotgun. About 14 likes — short, shareable AI-era game craft. · by @korsa_agency
• Recomp Call of Duty 3 gets a native PC port from the Xbox 360 version
  4K, keyboard and mouse, adjustable FOV and unlocked FPS, reported by @PCMR_LATAM with a setup guide. More like it: every Xbox 360 recomp. · by @PCMR_LATAM
• Port Super Mario 64 runs natively on PS5 in 4K at 60 fps
  Harbour Masters' Ghostship port of SM64, brought to PS5 as homebrew on its Vulkan stack. No game data included. About 100 likes via @mdaman010. · by @mdaman010
• Recomp Toy Story 2 on N64 becomes a native PC game
  SpaceRanger statically recompiles Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue. Bring your own ROM. Fresh from @capridog_. · by @capridog_
• News The Epic "no more hand-written code" story blows up
  @DiscussingFilm's version of the report passed 18k likes and 1.5M views overnight, and @Dexerto's 3.7k. The replies are a war over whether AI-made games are worth paying for. · by @DiscussingFilm
• News Epic reportedly orders an AI-first switch for its Disney shooter
  Per Bloomberg, via @unusual_whales: the unannounced Star Wars and Marvel shooter is delayed, with "no more hand-written code" and AI-made art guided by humans. About 1.2k likes and 275k views. · by @unusual_whales
• Agent-built Opus 5.5 now builds, rigs and animates whole scenes in Blender
  A 7-step setup with the official Blender MCP server and BlenderKit's free library, plus one rule: never let the agent model a chair from scratch. About 1.1k likes. · by @rewind02
• Recomp A human-led Smash 64 recomp was just announced
  SSB: Recomp by SrBananaMan, with SSB: Remix support, reported by @DefaultDNB. About 1.1k likes. Smash Ultimate fans: see our ssbu-recomp guide. · by @DefaultDNB
• Agent-built A realistic FFT ocean in Godot, written up for your AI agent to copy
  @KanaWorks_AI posted the full tech notes (FFT waves, foam, wakes, spray) meant to be pasted straight into Claude Code. About 650 likes. · by @KanaWorks_AI

Still trending this week

• Someone put skateboarding in Call of Duty: MW2, and 7.5M people watched by @chasmmmmmmmmmmm
• The open-source tool behind AI game mods and mashups by @aisearchio
• Vampire Survivors running inside the WoW 1.12 client by @ZanussDev
• One dev, one cozy fishing game: Opus 5.5 + Blender + 3D AI + Unity 6 by @rewind02
• Someone gave Claude Code a decompiler by @techNmak

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