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Meccha Chameleon maps contain malware; C64 game released

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User-created content for the Steam game Meccha Chameleon has been found to contain malware, coinciding with a hack of the game's official Discord server. The developer has acknowledged the issue and is working on a solution. Separately, a new side-scrolling shoot 'em up game called Chromo Shock Reloaded has been released for the Commodore 64. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster contains news about a video game having malware issues and a separate release of a retro game, neither of which rise to the level of significant industry news.

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Meccha Chameleon maps contain malware; C64 game released

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

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    LINKS indieretronews.com/…/chromo-shock-reloade…
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    LINKS eurogamer.net/meccha-chameleon-malware-st…

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