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Roblox changes policies on ‘romantic and sexual content’ and promises better moderation on the way as Louisiana AG repeats assertion that the platform ‘is a breeding ground for sex predators’

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Immediately following a lawsuit filed by the state of Louisiana alleging that Roblox “is overrun with harmful content and child predators,” Roblox Corporation has updated its policies on “romantic and sexual content” to prohibit material that even just “implies” sexual activity. Roblox is also rolling out new restrictions on unrated experiences that will limit their … Read more

15 attempts in, I actually love that Elden Ring Nightreign’s Everdark Libra is the first FromSoftware boss who’s harder to beat in co-op than solo

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The handshake deal in FromSoftware games, the obfuscated difficulty option that’s always been there since Demon’s Souls, is co-op: Summoning phantoms controlled by other players or the computer⁠. In OG Elden Ring everybody’s best friend was the Mimic Tear, a powerful summon to make a copy of yourself to fight by your side. This has … Read more

Not content with making three WW1 first-person shooters already, the creators of Verdun and Isonzo are now making a Gallipoli FPS

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BlackMill Games has been making World War 1 shooters for over a decade now, first with Verdun, and then with Tannenberg and Isonzo. Now it’s making Gallipoli, which will shift focus to the Middle Eastern theatre, to dramatize the battles between the Triple Entente and the Ottoman Empire. While it’s not as well-known as other … Read more

Analyst says EA plans to milk Battlefield for everything it’s worth: ‘Their goal is three studios making Battlefield on a 3-year basis, so they can get to Battlefield annually’

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One of the prevailing impressions of the Battlefield 6 beta, which wrapped up today after two gangbuster weekends, was that Battlefield has finally caught up to Call of Duty. It has its snappy gunplay, it has its attachments, and it will eventually have its free-to-play battle royale mode. EA believes anything CoD can do, it … Read more

DICE lead responds to criticism that Battlefield 6 beta maps were ‘not how Battlefield should be,’ urges everyone to ‘go play some smaller/medium maps in BF3 and BF4 to get a good example of the intensity curve’

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By all reasonable metrics, the Battlefield 6 beta was a resounding hit. Not only is BF6 already very fun based on the handful of maps and modes we got our hands on, but the two-weekend playtest period broke records for the series on Steam. The beta wound down this morning with players clamoring for its … Read more

Steam launches ‘language-specific’ review scores, because ‘customers in different regions of the world may have vastly different experiences from each other for the same game’

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In its never-ending quest to achieve algorithmic nirvana, Valve has updated Steam’s user review scoring system “for some games” to be calculated based on the language in which they were written. “When there are enough reviews written in a particular language, Steam will calculate a review score for that language,” Valve explained. “The Review Score … Read more

Game publisher caught using AI-generated influencers in ads says they were submitted by TikTok users, will investigate ‘irregularities’ with the social media app

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Nexon says it has discovered “certain irregularities” in a recent ad campaign for its gooner-looter-shooter The First Descendant, and is now “we are conducting a thorough joint investigation with TikTok to determine the facts.” A quick refresher course: It came to light over the weekend that a recent series of ads for The First Descendant, … Read more