Enlarge / Which of these gun-toting badasses is actually a toxic player? reader comments 108 Share this story Ubisoft is taking extra effort to rein in “toxic” behavior among the more than 25 million registered players of Rainbow Six: Siege. In a blog post last night, the company laid out new policies and procedures for ..
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An image taken from alleged shooter Nasim Aghdam’s personal website. reader comments 88 Share this story Shooting at YouTube View more stories As news unfolded about Tuesday’s YouTube shooting, a chilling motive emerged. Ahead of the incident, the alleged shooter had posted videos maligning the service—doing so as a former money-making user of the site. ..
Enlarge / With some filters and mod work on the in-game sprites, the PC port of Chrono Trigger is already looking a lot better. reader comments 95 Share this story Update, April 3: In an update posted to the Steam Community today, Square Enix promised a patch coming later this month will “include an option to ..
Enlarge / Scenes like this one of purchasing in-game orcs for real money will soon be removed from Shadow of War. reader comments 76 Share this story Video game loot boxes View more stories The widespread backlash against paying real money for randomized loot boxes full of in-game items has claimed another high-profile victim. Last ..
Enlarge / New customers will pay a bit less for this headset with HTC’s new tracking bundle announcement. reader comments 31 Share this story New Vive Pro owners will no longer have to pay over $450 for the tracking and controller accessories needed to use the higher-resolution VR headset. HTC announced this morning that a ..
Enlarge / This is a screen grab from the forthcoming Clicker Heroes 2. reader comments 27 Share this story The video game studio behind Clicker Heroes says that after it recently refused “patent troll” demands and went public with them, it is now being threatened with fresh accusations of libel and new claims of patent infringement. ..
That Steam logo is the only outward sign that this is a Steam Machine and not an Alienware Alpha. reader comments 104 Share this story Valve is no longer highlighting Steam Machine hardware through the front page of its online Steam store, seemingly putting a final nail in the coffin of Valve’s partnership with third-party ..
reader comments 35 Share this story SAN FRANCISCO—During last month’s Game Developer Conference, longtime coder and designer Chris Hecker invited me to a game demo event with a tidy premise. “We are going to talk about three things,” he said as he began booting a six-year-old ThinkPad. I immediately laughed in response. Hecker invited me ..
Enlarge / Attendees can get reimbursed for travel and other associated costs. reader comments 17 Share this story Pokémon Go View more stories Niantic will pay nearly $1.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit surrounding a disastrous Chicago anniversary event that left roughly 20,000 attendees without access to the game they had come to play. ..
Enlarge / Wait a second… does JK Simmons have a twin? reader comments 4 Share this story Warning: This post contains references to scenes in the first half of Counterpart S1. All throughout season one of Starz’ Counterpart, we’ve been captivated as much by the show’s inter-dimensional diplomacy and technological advances as its primary spy ..
