Roundup: Dead of the Brain Hits Steam, the SGBC FPGA Console, AYASPACE 2, a PUBG Netflix Series and Apple Intelligence in China

Dead of the Brain, a 1992 PC-98 horror game, is on Steam

FairyTale’s 1992 PC-98 zombie adventure Dead of the Brain launched on Steam on October 30, published by FAKKU, with English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese text. Time Extension says it’s the game’s first official English release. It’s $19.99, with an introductory 34% discount to $13.19 that ends November 6. Time Extension reports FAKKU plans more FairyTale PC-98 releases, including Dengeki Nurse, Necronomicon and Dracula Hakushaku, with no dates yet.

SGBC: an FPGA console for Game Boy cartridges

The SGBC is an in-development FPGA console from Thomas Sanfourche that plays original Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges on a TV. Its official site lists 1080p HDMI output with integer scaling, a SNES controller port, link port support, fast-forward, a microSD game library, copying cartridge ROMs to microSD, and firmware updates. The site labels the hardware “Rev C / in development” and says compatibility, link cable support and final features are still being validated. There’s no price or release date, only a wishlist. Retro Dodo reports it started as Sanfourche’s university graduation project.

AYANEO releases AYASPACE 2 for its Pocket handhelds

AYANEO released AYASPACE 2, a new “museum”-style Android frontend that shows your games in a 3D hall. Its download page offers version 0.3.3 for the KONKR Pocket Advance, KONKR Pocket Block and AYANEO Pocket Micro 2. This build focuses on Game Boy Advance games and supports .gba, .zip and .7z files. It includes built-in cheats, screen effects with GBA color correction, button remapping with turbo, per-game settings, save backups, and English and Chinese interfaces. After installing, the app updates itself.

PUBG is getting a live-action Netflix series

Krafton announced that PUBG is in development as a live-action series at Netflix. Donald Glover will direct, write, executive produce and star, with Stephen Glover as a writer and executive producer. No plot, cast beyond Glover or release date has been announced.

Apple Intelligence testing in China starts with next week’s iOS beta

Apple confirmed through its Chinese newsroom that testing of Apple Intelligence in China will begin November 4 with the next iOS developer beta, 9to5Mac reports, with a public release in December alongside iOS 27.3. The Chinese version uses Alibaba’s Qwen for some requests and doesn’t include Siri AI. It’s iPhone-only at first, on iPhone 15 Pro and later.