Video Games

ADL’s report on racist Steam Community posts prompts a letter from Virginia senator
17 Nov

ADL’s report on racist Steam Community posts prompts a letter from Virginia senator

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A damning report from the Anti-Defamation League published Thursday on the “unprecedented” amount of racist and violent content on Steam Community has prompted a US Senator to take action. In a letter spotted by The Verge, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) asked Valve CEO Gabe Newell how he and his company are addressing the issue.“My concern is elevated by the fact that Steam is the largest single online gaming digital distribution and social networking platform in the world with over 100 million unique user accounts and a user base similar in scale to that of the ‘traditional social media and social…
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ADL report finds Steam is ‘rife’ with racist posts and images
15 Nov

ADL report finds Steam is ‘rife’ with racist posts and images

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Valve’s Steam store is more than just a place to buy computer games online. It’s an active community of gamers. Unfortunately, a sizable portion of those gamers are posting an “unprecedented” amount of hateful, racist and anti-Semetic content on the gaming site’s cyber social gathering place Steam Community, according to a report from the Anti-Defamation League.The organization found 1.83 million unique pieces of “extremist or hateful content” from 1.5 million unique users in 73,824 groups. The content included “explicitly anti-Semitic symbols” and “tens of thousands of instances” of users showing support for foreign terrorist groups. The online gaming community even…
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The Rogue Prince of Persia gets a big update with ‘The Second Act’
15 Nov

The Rogue Prince of Persia gets a big update with ‘The Second Act’

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The Rogue Prince of Persia, a modern reboot of the classic platformer published by Broderbund in 1989, is still in early access mode but it’s getting a bunch of new, cool-sounding stuff next week. Developer Evil Empire posted a blog on that includes information about the new update and premieres a new teaser trailer with some gameplay footage.The Steam page says the update “effectively doubled the game’s content from launch.” “The Second Act” will include a second act and “tons of narrative polish for Act 1” and more biomes, bosses and enemies. The update will also add more “Quality of…
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The Resident Evil 2 remake will shuffle its way to Apple devices in December
14 Nov

The Resident Evil 2 remake will shuffle its way to Apple devices in December

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Now you’ll be able to play one of the greatest zombie survival games of all time on your iPhone or iPad. is headed to the Apple and Mac App Store on December 10.The game won’t be available on every Apple device. You’ll need any iPhone 16 model, an iPhone 15 Pro or an iPad or Mac with the M1 chip or later. You’ll also be able to try a small portion of the game before purchasing the full experience. The game comes with “universal purchase” and “cross-progression” for all your eligible devices, according to a Capcom statement.The Resident Evil 2…
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The First Entirely AI-Generated Video Game Is Insanely Weird and Fun
14 Nov

The First Entirely AI-Generated Video Game Is Insanely Weird and Fun

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Minecraft remains remarkably popular a decade or so after it was first released, thanks to a unique mix of quirky gameplay and open world building possibilities.A knock-off called Oasis, released last month, captures much of the original game’s flavor with a remarkable and weird twist. The entire game is generated not by a game engine and hand-coded rules, but by an AI model that dreams up each frame.Oasis was built by an Israeli AI startup called Decart in collaboration with Etched, a company that designs custom silicon, to demonstrate the potential of hardware optimized to power transformer-based AI algorithms.Oasis uses…
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The Harris/Walz campaign has its own Fortnite map
29 Oct

The Harris/Walz campaign has its own Fortnite map

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We’re in the final stretch of the 2024 presidential election and both sides are pulling out all the stops to get those all-important undecided voters. The Harris/Walz campaign is exploring an unconventional option:now has a map in Epic Games’ mega online multiplayer hit Fortnite. available at 7331-5536-6547 is a little different from the usual Fortnite matches. played the new map and reported that there aren’t any guns in Freedom Town (probably for obvious reasons). Instead, the game focuses on racing with cars and parkour style. The map also has some campaign signs and decorations for Vice President Kamala Harris and…
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The Video Game History Foundation’s fight for game preservation isn’t over
28 Oct

The Video Game History Foundation’s fight for game preservation isn’t over

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Last week, the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) released a expressing its regret that the US Copyright Office’s refused to grant an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to help preserve rare video games. However, the VGHF continued by saying it won’t back down and will continue advocating for improved video game preservation.For some context, the VGHF had been a longtime supporter of the Software Preservation Network’s (SPN) petition to receive a for the sake of preserving video games, especially for researchers who need access to them and can’t do so due to unavailability. As the only currently…
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Yooka-Laylee remaster rolling to all consoles, including Nintendo’s next system
25 Oct

Yooka-Laylee remaster rolling to all consoles, including Nintendo’s next system

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Playtonic Games’ ode to the 3D platformers of the ‘90s is coming to modern consoles. Yooka-Laylee is getting a remastered version called Yooka-Re-playee for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and “Nintendo platforms,” according to the press release. It’s possible the plural use of platform refers to the current-gen Nintendo Switch and Nintendo’s next console.Yooka-Laylee is a spiritual successor of sorts to 3D platformers like Banjo-Kazooie and Spyro the Dragon. In fact, some of the people who worked on the original Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong Country helped bring Yooka-Laylee to life.Playtonic funded the development of its launch title’s with a successful…
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Blizzard announces Warcraft 30th anniversary stream next month
24 Oct

Blizzard announces Warcraft 30th anniversary stream next month

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This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Warcraft gaming universe but there’s not going to be a BlizzCon gathering to celebrate it. So Blizzard is doing the next-best thing by holding a live streaming event.Blizzard announced that its special stream will start at 1PM ET on Wednesday, November 13. The broadcast will run on Blizzard’s official streaming channels for , and .There aren’t many details available about what Warcraft fans can expect to see during the livestream except for a special concert celebrating World of Warcraft’s 20th anniversary. Following the stream, Blizzard will broadcast a live concert called World…
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Spider-Man 2 will crawl onto PCs in January
18 Oct

Spider-Man 2 will crawl onto PCs in January

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It’s been over a year since Peter Parker and Miles Morales joined forces for their epic crossover adventure game on the Sony PlayStation 5. Now they are swinging their way to PCs early next year.Sony announced at New York Comic Con today that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is getting a PC release on January 30, 2025 on Steam and the Epic Games Store. The fans who got to hear the news first also witnessed the new trailer for the game’s PC remake.The new release of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 will come in two different versions and both have plenty of extra features…
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