Games
- Stop Killing Games Canadian Petition - Now Open For Signature
Petition E-4965 is the one that is posted to stopkillinggames.com, Ross Scott (Accursed Farms)'s campaign to end the practice of bricking games people have purchased, whenever the publisher doesn't want to support it anymore.
It is open for signing by Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents, until September 5th 2024.
Please spread the word to your Canadian friends and family who take interest in games, and please add your name to it to support this campaign to help preserve games in some form in perpetuity.
Thank you!
- Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports to add proper ray tracing, ultrawide, high FPS, and morewww.tomshardware.com Nearly all Nintendo 64 games can now be recompiled into native PC ports to add proper ray tracing, ultrawide, high FPS, and more
Majora's Mask is the latest to benefit, but N64 Recompiled works with nearly all N64 games.
- A new generation of J.R.R. Tolkien games is coming | Lee Guinchard exclusive interviewventurebeat.com A new generation of J.R.R. Tolkien games is coming | Lee Guinchard exclusive interview
Join gaming leaders live this May 20-21 in Los Angeles to examine the strategies needed to adapt and excel in an ever evolving landscape, featuring insights from leading voices and thought leaders in the industry. Register here. In his office, Lee Guinchard has a bunch of paraphernalia honoring J.R....
The IP is gonna get juiced for all it's worth eh.
- Ghost Of Tsushima PSN Account Linking Requirements Prove Sony Learnt Nothing From Helldivers 2www.kotaku.com.au Ghost Of Tsushima PSN Account Linking Requirements Prove Sony Learnt Nothing From Helldivers 2
Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut PC players in countries without PSN have been refunded, only a week after Helldivers 2's backlash.
- Bethesda trademark offers Doom hint, as suggestion of an imminent reveal swirlswww.eurogamer.net Bethesda trademark offers Doom hint, as suggestion of an imminent reveal swirls
A trademark for what looks to be a new Doom game has resurfaced after originally being filed by Bethesda back in Januar…
- Helldivers 2 only became a live-service game halfway through development, but 'feels like what live service was born to do'www.pcgamer.com Helldivers 2 only became a live-service game halfway through development, but 'feels like what live service was born to do'
"I love how collaborative it is", says former lead writer Russ Nickel says.
- Marvel Rivals developer apologises after banning negative reviewswww.bbc.com Marvel Rivals developer apologises after banning negative reviews
The game's developers said the controversial terms gamers were told to agree to was a miscommunication.
- Final Fantasy Maker Square Enix Will Aggressively Pursue a Multiplatform Strategy After Profits Tumblewww.ign.com Final Fantasy Maker Square Enix Will Aggressively Pursue a Multiplatform Strategy After Profits Tumble - IGN
Final Fantasy maker Square Enix has announced a company reboot amid tumbling profits.
- Sony and Lego are collaborating on a project based on Guerilla's Horizon franchise, leaker teaseswww.eurogamer.net Sony and Lego are collaborating on a project based on Guerilla's Horizon franchise, leaker teases
Sony and Lego are collaborating on a "well-known" IP, and rumour has it, it's Guerilla's Horizon franchise.Earlier toda…
- PSA: A website called SteamHistory enables stalkers through Steam mass data harvesting. Here's how stalkers found me despite creating a new, private, anonymous account.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.cafe/post/4800845
> tl;dr: Watch what you put online and who you friend, especially on Steam. Once it's on the internet, it's there forever. > > There's a website similar to SpyPet for Discord, but for Steam. They compile all of our users' profile pictures, name history, comments, URL history, "real name" history, our friend networks, forever, and they give us no option to opt out of it. Not even a private profile will stop it from scouring your friends' lists, the forums, your avatars and name history. So what's the purpose of it? > > Stalking. I'm a victim of it. > > And despite all of my efforts to not leave a trail leading to my new Steam account, SteamHistory enabled my stalkers to find me. > > There are a number of unfortunate folks that have dedicated their time to follow me into whatever game servers I visit and spoil my day. I had deleted my old Steam account and repurchased all of my games on a new account that was privated from the start. I was very careful to not disclose any information that could lead to my identification, including using VPNs and prepaid methods to avoid leaking my real name to Steam. Despite that, my stalkers managed to attribute my new anonymous account to me, even though my profile is private and haven't posted anything. But how? Well, they were "kind" enough to tell me how. > > How did they find me? Enter SteamHistory. > > The task itself would have been impossible without a massive database of Steam friend networks, but the website simplifies such an endeavor that it is basically trivial. Assume the role of a stalker for a second and that you know nothing about your victim's new account. All you know is that they have a few friends with whom they sometimes play and their profiles are also private. What can you do? Initially, it seems like a lost cause, SteamHistory gives you a lead. > > Go on their website and look up your victim's friends. Despite that all involved profiles are private, it is unlikely that the victim's friends would create new Steam accounts and repurchase their games. It's more likely that they would simply private their profiles. With this knowledge, look at each friend's friend history and find the friends that they all have in common, then eliminate all of those in this intersection that you are sure are not your victim. This process will always narrow the scope into only one last person: the target. Bingo. You've found your victim. And you didn't even need any data from them. That's how they found me. > > What does SteamHistory store? > > They store and put on an exhibit your embarrassing names, your immature profile pictures, for the whole world to see. Your deadname, your abusive ex's comments, made forever available for any imaginable bad actor. They etch in stone the fact that you once were Steam friends with this guy that turned out to be a sexual predator. > > So what can you do? > > Nothing besides not using Steam. Or get Valve to implement better control of our privacy, but good luck with that. The owner of SteamHistory has been confronted on the matter, and what they said is that you can opt out of data collection by deleting your Steam account. They don't care about the GDPR because they're situated in the US. > > So heads up.
- The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEOwww.pcgamer.com The RTS genre will never be mainstream unless you change it until it's 'no longer the kind of RTS that I want to play,' says Crate Entertainment CEO
Real-time strategy is a "nerd genre," says the developer, and he's happy to make one on those terms.
- Why Sweden's games industry is still growingwww.gamesindustry.biz Why Sweden's games industry is still growing
Despite the many difficulties the games industry faces around the world, Swedish developers are feeling somewhat optimi…
- Hades II - Early Access Update and First Patch Planstore.steampowered.com Hades II - Early Access Update & First Patch Plan - Steam News
Thanks so much to everyone who's taken the time to play Hades II in Early Access so far! We've been delving into all your impressions and feedback, and we're very excited to move forward in this new phase of development. In this post, we wanted to share our short-term plans. We're Focused on a Smoot...
- Square Enix confirms US, EU layoffs as part of restructuringwww.videogameschronicle.com Square Enix confirms US, EU layoffs as part of restructuring | VGC
Publishing, IT, and Square Enix’s Collective indie games label are affected…
- Dying Light Player Count Soars By 330% Amid Sale Spreeinsider-gaming.com Dying Light Player Count Soars By 330% Amid Sale Spree
Dying Light's player count has soared on Steam amid an ongoing sale that has sent the community skyrocketing back into the open-world zombie title.
- Square Enix announces new medium-term business plan – “Square Enix Reboots and Awakens: 3 Years of Foundation-Laying for Long-Term Growth”www.gematsu.com Square Enix announces new medium-term business plan – “Square Enix Reboots and Awakens: 3 Years of Foundation-Laying for Long-Term Growth”
Square Enix has announced the establishment of a new medium-term business plan covering the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 through the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, which it calls “Sq…
- Adult Swim devs say WB is reverting ownership of games back to themwww.gamedeveloper.com Adult Swim devs say WB is reverting ownership of games back to them
Most of the games at risk of being lost forever are now back on Steam (at the very least) and back in their original creators' hands.
- Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealedmp1st.com Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed
EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
- Stellaris director insists “ethical use of AI is very important to us” after generating voices in latest DLCwww.rockpapershotgun.com Stellaris director insists “ethical use of AI is very important to us” after generating voices in latest DLC
“We're pretty good at exploring dystopian sci-fi and don't want to end up there ourselves.”
- President of Xbox asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothingwww.pcgamer.com President of Xbox asked about the closure of Hi-Fi Rush developer Tango Gameworks, spends close to a minute saying almost nothing
Something something, long-term commitment.
- Steam is now refunding Ghost of Tsushima for people in affected countries.
Here's the tweet, https://nitter.poast.org/SteamDB/status/1788981898108182681
- Hi-Fi Rush gets reverse review bombed after Microsoft shutters Tango Gameworkswww.dexerto.com Hi-Fi Rush gets reverse review bombed after Microsoft shutters Tango Gameworks - Dexerto
Hi-Fi Rush has been reverse review bombed by fans as a show of love after Microsoft shut down Tango Gameworks.
- Nintendo president: “Game development will become even longer, more complex, and more sophisticated”mynintendonews.com Nintendo president: “Game development will become even longer, more complex, and more sophisticated”
Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa has explained to Japanese magazine Famitsu that video game development will become even longer, more complex, and more sophisticated in the future and that mergers…
- V Rising hits 100,000 concurrent players on Steamwww.eurogamer.net V Rising hits 100,000 concurrent players on Steam
V Rising was finally released in full this week, and so many players have jumped into the open-world survival game, it'…
- Microsoft's mystifying mismanagement | This Week in Businesswww.gamesindustry.biz Microsoft's mystifying mismanagement | This Week in Business
This Week in Business is our weekly recap column, a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a…
