US government report reveals how Discord, Roblox, Reddit and others co-operate with the FBI and Homeland Security over content like ‘user-generated re-creations of mass shootings’-
A newly published US Government Accountability Report (GAO) looks at the role of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security in combating domestic violent extremism online, and in the process reveals what we surely all knew anyway. Discord? Reddit? Roblox. All your base are belong to the Feds!
The GAO report (first picked up by The Intercept) is more wide-ranging than just gaming, but is essentially focused on online communication platforms of all sorts, how US government and law enforcement agencies interact with them, and what the companies themselves are and should be doing about extreme content. The report is based on interviews with five companies that have been coordinating with the FBI and DHS: Roblox, Discord, Reddit, plus one …
Read moreThe official NBA game is once again stiffing PC players-
2K Games has detailed some features of the upcoming NBA2K24, but the biggest and most disappointing for PC players is that, yep, we’re getting the version made for the PS4 and Xbox One generation of consoles. 2K didn’t come right out and say this, but the devil’s in the detail of its big pitch for this year’s entry: crossplay. Except, get this, only the PS5 and Xbox Series S/X versions will actually have this new feature.
This can be seen in an official NBA2K24 FAQ, and there’s further confirmation in this trailer, which is all about crossplay before it specifies “new gen” only at the end.
Short of 2K CEO Strauss Zelnick personally phoning up every PC gamer and shouting “fuck off!” down the phone, that’s as close to a confirmation as the publisher will give. An…
Read moreVertical city builder Laysara- Summit Kingdom just surprise launched on Steam-
I’m not much of a city-builder girl—too many moving parts for my brain to handle—but I have been rather excited for the release of Laysara: Summit Kingdom. Trying to build an entire city up craggy cliffs and steep mountains all while trying to prevent your settlements being crushed by a giant ice ball sounds deliciously menacing to me. I’ve been wondering how much longer I’ll have to wait—turns out the answer is “zero minutes” as the game has just surprise-dropped in early access on Steam.
Laysara was originally supposed to release sometime in 2023, but a November update from developer Quite OK Games announced it was being pushed back to early 2024.
“We realized we’ll need some extra time to deliver a polished and complete experience on launch,” a Ste…
Read moreWorld of Warcraft’s executive producer says the game’s recent maverick events like Plunderstorm and MoP- Remix are owed to a squad of madcaps called ‘the live team’-
If you’ve been paying any attention to World of Warcraft in the past year or so, you’ll have noticed that things are getting a little weird. Not in a bad way—in fact, while other MMORPGs would struggle with a content lull before their next big expansion, we’re only a few months out from The War Within and there’s never been so many ways to get your WoW fix.
Season of Discovery, several flavours of Classic including the approaching Cataclysm, Plunderstorm (to be soon replaced with the harebrained, private server energy of Mists of Pandaria: Remix)—oh yeah, and retail. There’s a lot to do.
Speaking to executive producer Holly Longdale in a group interview during a World of Warcraft: The War Within preview event, myself and several other journalists got to …
Read moreWordle hint and answer #635- Thursday, March 16-
Scroll on down and read a range of tips and tricks to help you win every Wordle. Whether you’re looking for general hints designed to improve your daily game, today’s Wordle answer laid out in bold capital letters, or you’d just like a helpful clue pointing towards March 16 (635)’s answer, you’ll find it here.
I had one of those fantastic “ah-ha” moments today, the answer going from a million miles away to solved in a single guess. It’s not the longest game of Wordle, but I’ll always enjoy a satisfying ending like that.
Wordle hint
A Wordle hint for Thursday, March 16
Today’s answer is the name of an alcoholic drink derived from fermented apple juice. The pear-based version of this beverage is known as perry.
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Conquer Egypt and survive natural disasters in Total War- Pharaoh this October-
Ancient Egypt is the next setting on the docket in Creative Assembly’s mission to let us fight throughout history. People have been clamouring for an Egyptian Total War for a long time, and thanks to Total War: Pharaoh we’ll all be able to muck around during the Bronze-Age Collapse, where the mighty Egyptian New Kingdom faces apocalyptic threats from neighbours, invaders and natural disasters.
Things aren’t looking too good for Egypt. The Pharaoh has died and there’s competition for the throne, both domestically and abroad, with foreign and Egyptian rivals all vying for power. Society is crumbling, the weather is looking pretty bad and war is about to become everyone’s main hobby. So it’ll be up to you to “save Egypt from the cusp of destruction,” says game director Todor Ni…
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