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Game Introduces Easy Mode Called “I’m 35 and Have One Hour to Play This” (hard-drive.net)

Aging gamers were reportedly delighted to see that a new video game called Eldric Quest has accessibility features catered specifically to people their age who do not have enough time to actually play a video game....

CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months (www.eurogamer.net)

The Main Lesson From ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Should Be ‘People Hate Microtransactions’ (www.forbes.com)

If reception to Baldur’s Gate says anything, it’s that people hate microtransactions in their AAA games.

Running With Scissors Studios gives permission to pirate games (beehaw.org)

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Valve is now selling refurbished Steam Decks with up to £110 off (www.eurogamer.net)

SAG-AFTRA votes unanimously to expand its strike to include the games industry (www.eurogamer.net)

Godot Engine hits over 50K euros per month in funding (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Official Minecraft wiki editors so furious at Fandom's 'degraded' functionality and popups they're overwhelmingly voting to leave the site (www.pcgamer.com)

‘Call of Duty’ Doesn’t Just Depict Bad History—It’s Pro-War Propaganda (progressive.org)

I just started playing COD Black Ops Cold War because I got it through my PlayStation Plus subscription and wanted to try it out. I’ve previously played some others like Modern Warfare (1 and 2) and WWII. While it always felt a bit over the top and propaganda-ish, I really liked it for the blockbuster feeling and just turning...

Ubisoft Can Delete Inactive Accounts, Making Users Lose Access to Their Games (gamerant.com)

In a response to a post from the AntiDRM Twitter account, Ubisoft Support has clarified that users who don’t sign in to their account can potentially lose access to Ubisoft games they’ve purchased. The initial post from AntiDRM featured a snippet of an e-mail sent to a user from Ubisoft notifying them that their account had...

Terraria dev Re-Logic donates $100K to Godot Engine and FNA, plus ongoing funding (www.gamingonlinux.com)

Taking a firm stand against what Unity have been doing, Terraria developer Re-Logic announced today they've begun funding Godot Engine and FNA with a big donation and ongoing funding.

Unity CEO John Riccitiello 'retiring' from company weeks after pricing controversy (www.eurogamer.net)

first major patch for Baldur’s Gate 3, addressing over 1000 bugs, balancing, flow issues and much, much more. (baldursgate3.game)

Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil” (arstechnica.com)

Gotta love DRM that makes paid versions of games worse than pirated stuff.

unbelievable (beehaw.org)

GameStop Boss Says Disc Drives Should Be Required On Game Consoles (www.gamespot.com)

"It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing," says guy who makes money selling the thing.

Penny Arcade sums up the Unity debacle in the first panel. (www.penny-arcade.com)

Today’s Penny Arcade is a near perfect commentary on the Unity debacle....

Sony raising PS Plus pricing by 33% (www.pushsquare.com)

Tier Original Pricing. New Pricing...

Elon Musk demanded a cameo in Cyberpunk 2077 while wielding a 200 year old gun: "I was armed but not dangerous" (www.pcgamer.com)

While Elon’s then-partner Grimes was recording her part in the game as cyborg popstar Lizzy Wizzy, the erratic tech billionaire turned up with an antique firearm to “insist” on being included in the game. “The studio guys were like sweating,” Grimes is quoted as saying. Musk adds “I told them that I was armed but not...

Minecraft Wiki moves away from Fandom (minecraft.wiki)

(SOLVED) Ok, so I just bought Baldurs Gate 3. Now how do I bypass the 'Create Larian Account' bit without creating an account? (beehaw.org)

As the title says. I severely dislike having to make accounts for every game publisher that wants to send me advertisements, collect data or whatever....

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