Following recent news the state of New York is suing Valve over its implementation of loot boxes - which New York attorney general Letitia James has described as "illegal gambling" - the Steam owner has shared a lengthy public statement, saying it is "disappointed" at the decision and doesn't believe the "mystery boxes" in its games violate the state's gambling laws.
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Hideki Kamiya jokingly requested a "not scary mode" for Resident Evil Requiem on social media
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The Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR are equipped with A19 and A19 Pro chips, respectively, and each display has 128GB of internal NAND storage. With A-series chips, the Studio Displays run an iOS-based operating system, which is what the internal storage space is used for. The A19 and A19 Pro handle camera processing for the Center Stage camera, color calibration, USB and Thunderbolt device management, spatial audio, and more. Storage space is necessary for the existing software, d...
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Microsoft says that "alpha" dev kits for the next-gen Xbox go out to game developers in 2027, casting down on a 2027 release date for Project Helix.
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Monster Hunter Stories 3's release times are staggered depending on platform, with PC releasing at one time and console times depending on time zone.
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What came first? The dispatching minigame or the Z-Team?
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Still, its advice for games being made with SteamOS in mind is all top-notch.
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Critical Role shifts its break strategy for Campaign 4, further clarifying how many episodes each table will have.
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Learn the inner workings of The Necrobinder, the brand new necromancer who can create a boss-sized ally in Slay the Spire 2.
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A new company called Musical Beings has officially unveiled the Tembo, which might be the cutest drum machine ever made. Just look at this thing! It's got a wooden chassis that resembles a standard drum machine, but with one key difference. The sequencer is tactile. Users arrange beats by placing magnetic pucks that trigger samples. This seems like a really good way to introduce the basics of sequencing and beatmaking to kids and young adults, being that DAWs and grooveboxes can feature a steep ...
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Valve have been the target of multiple lawsuits lately, and now they've put up an explainer update on their position with the New York lootbox lawsuit
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I’m Tom Guillermin, co-founder and CTO of Sandfall Interactive, and I’m excited to share some insight into how our team created the community and critically acclaimed RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. This blog draws on our session at the GDC (Game Developers Conference) Festival of Gaming, where video game professionals from across a range of...
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X-Plane, which is advertised as being the "world's most advanced flight simulator," is coming to Apple's Vision Pro in the next month or so. The upcoming visionOS 26.4 update adds support for NVIDIA's CloudXR 6.0 platform, and this will enable Vision Pro users to wirelessly stream immersive PC games from NVIDIA RTX-powered servers via Wi-Fi, including the flight simulator X-Plane 12. According to Justin Ryan, the simulator will stream at up to 4K at 120 FPS. Vision Pro users will be able to conn...
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The only bit that's missing is the 'RGB stripe'...
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If you've encountered the Architext at the end of Act 3, here's how he fits into the story and whether he can be beaten.
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For GDC 2026, Unity revealed expanded official support is coming for Steam. This includes Native Linux, Steam Deck, Steam Machine and more
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Meta has announced that it’s introducing parent-managed accounts on WhatsApp. Designed to allow young people under the age of 13 to use the messaging platform more safely, these accounts feature new controls that enable a parent or guardian to restrict who can send them messages. Parent-managed accounts can also only be used for messaging and calling, so additional features like Channels, location sharing and Meta AI integration aren’t included. To set up an account, you’ll need to put your phon...
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Spectrum48's Philip Sinclair has spent 15 years rewilding a field, "rewilding" being a process of restoring ecosystems to something like a state of 'natural' equilibrium. Now, he's making a videogame about it. That game is Grow Wild, which is currently accepting playtest sign-ups. It sees you restoring biomes across the globe, touching down on sickly square arcadias like an avenging angel equipped with a trowel, magnifying glass, and probably some tartan-pattern slippers, out of shot. It makes m...
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Natsume has announced the next entry in the Harvest Moon series.
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A $600 MacBook would have been unusual even without the RAMpocalypse.
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The bestselling authors of the Kate Daniels series kick off their new Maggie the Undying fantasy series with a tribute to long-suffering fandoms
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Clawing back AI talent.
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You can make paper using Pokémon with the Recycle specialty in Pokopia, but you'll need to find wastepaper first.
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Learn when Solasta 2 early access releases in your time zone, a new CRPG that fans of Baldur's Gate 3 will definitely love.
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Get ahead in the biggest Roblox revival of the year with the latest Anime Fighters Simulator codes, grabbing anything from Shiny Potions to Dungeon Tokens.
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The Phase, from Pixelpaw Labs, is a mouse without a scroll wheel that can split into two controllers, seemingly for the worst of all worlds.
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If you're looking for a simple but fun zombie FPS, you can do a lot worse than giving John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando a try.
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Moon and Gloom. Surprise, farmers! Natsume has today planted the first seed for its upcoming all-new Harvest Moon game, Echoes of Teradea, confirming that it'll sprout onto both Switch 1 and 2. We don't have a release date just yet, though the dev has shared a fair amount of information about what we can expect from this one, teasing new love interests, exploration abilities and more.
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The post The Season of Slaughter Begins in Diablo IV appeared first on Xbox Wire.
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"Dev costs were done" when First Assault was cancelled in 2013.
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Jimbo's revenge.
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Highguard closes for good tomorrow, less than two months after it launched.
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That Pokémon Pokopia game is pretty good, ey? Well, the market appears to think the same based on the initial reception and the fact the physical game-key card release is sold out in most retailers.
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New details for the first Mewgenics DLC have been teased, and it looks like it will be a considerably bigger offering than implied.
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