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Chris Hansen's Roblox Account Was Banned Live Onstage During a Child Safety Demonstration at CrimeCon
Chris Hansen's Roblox account was banned in the middle of a live demonstration meant to show how easily strangers can approach users on the platform.
Cancelled Xbox Game Contraband Found Hidden Inside a Fishing Game
A YouTuber found an entire test world for the cancelled Xbox game Contraband sitting inside a public beta build for Avalanche's fishing game.
PlayAsia Says Phantom Blade 0 Is Getting a Physical Release, but Take That With a Grain of Salt
PlayAsia's listing Phantom Blade 0 for a physical release, and normally I'd be thrilled, but this is exactly the kind of claim worth double-checking before getting attached to it.
Thief Designer Says Immersive Sims Should Stop Chasing AAA Budgets
Randy Smith Evergreen, a designer on Thief: The Dark Project and System Shock 2, says the immersive sim genre keeps building games for an audience that doesn't exist at AAA scale.
Saber's CEO Apologizes to One Writer, Then Picks a Fight With Another
Matthew Karch privately apologized to Stella Sacco for how he'd attacked her in the press, then used the same public statement explaining that apology to call a different writer "unsuccessful."
Edge of Memories Is Still Coming Out, Even Though the Studio That Made It Doesn't Exist Anymore
Midgar Studio, the French developer behind Edge of Eternity and the upcoming Edge of Memories, was liquidated by a French court on July 20, and the game is still scheduled to release later this year anyway.
Geralt's Voice Actor Says AI Is "Robbing" Him, and He's Not the Only One Saying It
Doug Cockle, who's voiced Geralt of Rivia since the first Witcher game, says AI voice cloning is costing him actual income, and he's one of several video game voice actors saying some version of the same thing this year.
Meccha Chameleon Just Crossed 20 Million Copies Sold
Meccha Chameleon just crossed 20 million copies sold, two months after launch, and it's still pulling in a bigger daily crowd than most games ever will.
Helldivers 2 Joins PS Plus Extra Today, and the Rest of August's Lineup Comes With a Catch
Helldivers 2 lands on PS Plus Extra today, August 12, but the bigger wave of additions landing August 25 isn't actually available everywhere.
Rideshare "Stimulator's" Former Lead Writer Says She Was Replaced by ChatGPT
Stella Sacco found out Saber Interactive's new driving game had been announced the same way everyone else did, and she was its lead writer for most of a year.
Sony's Marvel's Wolverine PS5 Looks Great. You Might Not Need to Buy the Whole Thing.
Sony just revealed the full Marvel's Wolverine PS5 lineup, and the bundle isn't actually the only way in if you already own a console.
EA Sports FC 27's Open-World Mode The Grounds Leaks in Beta Footage
Beta footage of EA Sports FC 27's new open-world hub, The Grounds, surfaced online days after EA showed it off officially.
Battlefield 6 Rush Removal Gets a Player a 470-Hour Steam Refund
EA pulled Rush from Battlefield 6 matchmaking without a patch note, and Steam reportedly refunded one account 470 hours later anyway.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite's Cloud Version Is Gone From Switch, and Nintendo Isn't Offering Refunds
Aliens: Fireteam Elite just became the latest cloud-only Switch game to get switched off, and anyone who bought it is stuck without a refund.
China Rules That Gaming Account Use Rights Can Be Inherited
A Beijing court has ruled that the right to use a gaming account, not the account itself, can be inherited after death.
A Starfield Developer Just Said the 1,000 Planets Was the Wrong Call
A developer who spent years working on Starfield says he would have built the game's planets completely differently, and the reason he gives lines up with exactly what players have been complaining about since launch.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Is Becoming a Real Restaurant in 2027
American Dream Mall and Scott Cawthon's ScottGames just confirmed a permanent, real-life Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is opening in New Jersey in 2027, and this time it's not a seasonal haunted house.
id Software's Chris Hays Says Xbox "Fundamentally" Doesn't Understand Art
A 16-year id Software veteran spent a recent podcast appearance explaining exactly why he thinks Microsoft doesn't understand the business it just gutted, and Doom's own director publicly disagrees with him.
A Missing Underscore in a Skyrim-Inspired Username Put an Innocent Man in Prison for 18 Months
Brandon Klayme served 18 months in a Canadian prison because investigators requested the wrong Kik username by one underscore, and Nova Scotia's Attorney General is now asking how that happened.
Zelnick Calls GTA 6's $80 Price an "Incredible Bargain." Read the Fine Print.
Strauss Zelnick spent part of Take-Two's August 7 earnings call defending GTA 6's $80 price tag, and landed on calling it an incredible bargain.