Switch 2 jailbreak claim brings Codex into console hacking
GameLinked's roundup pairs an AI-assisted exploit report with BioWare closure news and a costly Xbox rumor.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 217,642 views a day, 25 times a normal first day on this channel (8,777).
Nintendo might be cooked too
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- 0:00A hacker claims a tethered Switch 2 jailbreak using SmileBASIC 4 and OpenAI's Codex, without a modchip.
- 1:28Strieb reports that EA is cutting 400 jobs, shutting BioWare and canceling a Mass Effect project.
- 2:42The next Xbox is rumored to target 2028, with a reported price between $1,200 and $1,800.
- 4:43Xbox Labs experiments with bringing the Xbox 360 Blades dashboard into a desktop browser.
- 6:44Gamers and developers criticize an influx of AI-generated clone games at Steam Next Fest.
- 7:16Evil Empire developers respond humorously to fan attention around Trevor Belmont's Castlevania: Belmont's Curse design.
No modchip, but one important catch: the Switch 2 jailbreak leading GameLinked's new bulletin is tethered. Host James Strieb reports that a hacker called pepsipu claims to have used OpenAI's Codex and an exploit in SmileBASIC 4 to bypass the console's restrictions on its current firmware.
That is the hook behind "Nintendo might be cooked too," which drew roughly 218,000 views in its first day, about twenty-five times the channel's usual start. The title follows "Sony might be cooked," but this episode puts AI-assisted console hacking at the front of the story.
AI also supplies a running contradiction. The report opens with a coding tool helping a hacker, then later covers criticism of AI-generated clone games appearing at Steam Next Fest. In the comments, viewers pick up on the irony of companies embracing AI only to encounter uses they may not welcome.
The bulletin's other major story is Strieb's report that EA is shutting down BioWare and canceling a Mass Effect project. Several commenters focus less on the studio name than on the people behind its games, arguing that staff departures change what a familiar studio represents.
There is hardware speculation too: a reported next-generation Xbox price that could make console shopping considerably less casual. The episode includes a sponsored eSIM segment. Its lighter closing turn belongs to Evil Empire developers responding to the attention given to Trevor Belmont's design in Castlevania: Belmont's Curse.
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Which game series features Trevor Belmont?
Trevor Belmont is a vampire hunter in the Castlevania series.