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Yuga Labs has launched its Mudwater trading card collection on Solana, opening claims for Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) and Mutant Ape Yacht Club (MAYC) holders on October 17, 2026. The launch expands the company’s digital collectibles ecosystem by combining physical cards, blockchain ownership, and secondary-market trading.

Yuga Labs has launched the Mudwater Trading Card Game (TCG) on Solana, featuring 120 unique BAYC art pieces. This announcement, surfaced by the CryptoTwitter commentator @solana, showcases Solana’s growing appeal in the $NFT space. The availability of both physical and digital assets could enhance engagement in the ecosystem.

Microsoft has introduced Xbox Labs, a new initiative to explore emerging technologies and test ideas that could change how games are developed, accessed, and played. Xbox CEO Asha Sharma made the announcement on October 13, 2026, with the aim of bringing together game makers, engineers, and scientists to develop experimental projects for players and developers.

Since the release of Sonic Unleashed Recompiled, high-end recompilation efforts of Xbox 360 games have been making their way to PC, and for decades prior emulation, decompilation, and recompilation efforts have been ongoing for games across virtually all consoles. With the introduction of Xbox Labs in response to these efforts (which have also enabled mind-bending…

The first video games emerged some 75 years ago. In the time since, there have been booms and busts, but every year there are more great games to play, more devices to play them, and best of all, more people than ever playing. That growth helped make XBOX what it is today, and we’ve helped…