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Sony to showcase PS5 games in hour long State of Play stream
2+ hour, 42+ min ago (210+ words) Sony has announced the first PlayStation State of Play livestream of 2026, airing February 12 at 5 p.m. ET for over an hour. The event covers PlayStation Studios titles, third-party projects, and indie games for PS5, streaming on the official PlayStation YouTube channel and Twitch....
New Discord users must verify age for adult content access
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (262+ words) Discord announced on Monday a global rollout of age verification starting early March. The company will place all users into a teen-appropriate experience by default unless they verify adulthood, requiring proof for settings changes and access to age-restricted content, channels,…...
Steam store pages will now show planned Early Access exit dates
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (210+ words) Steam introduced a feature enabling developers to display the exact date their Early Access games will exit that phase and launch version 1.0 on store pages. The addition responds to developer requests for an official launch date display. Early Access titles…...
Steam Machine pricing to be competitive with entry level PCs
4+ day, 28+ min ago (950+ words) Valve announced the Steam Machine in November 2025 as a home-console sibling to the Steam Deck, accompanied by a new Steam Controller and a wireless VR headset called the Steam Frame. The Steam Machine takes a utilitarian and bespoke design approach,…...
Egypt joins growing list of countries banning Roblox
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (343+ words) Egyptian regulators have banned Roblox for all users nationwide. The Supreme Council for Media Regulation is coordinating with the National Telecommunications Egypt joins growing list of countries banning Roblox Roblox reports 15 million dollar economic impact in the region since 2021. Egyptian…...
Lisa Su: Next-gen Xbox targeting 2027 launch with AMD silicon
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (271+ words) AMD CEO Lisa Su stated during the company's latest earnings call that Microsoft's next-generation Xbox console, featuring a semi-custom system-on-chip from Lisa Su: Next-gen Xbox targeting 2027 launch with AMD silicon The company reports development of a semi-custom system-on-chip is progressing…...
Respawn to end Apex Legends support on original Switch
1+ week, 1+ day ago (162+ words) Respawn Entertainment announced it will end support for Apex Legends on the original Nintendo Switch after the release of Season 30, with the change effective August 4, 2026. In a post on X, the Respawn team stated, "Season 29 will be the final update…...
Ubisoft Paris workers call for three-day strike over layoffs
1+ week, 5+ day ago (224+ words) Workers at Ubisoft's Paris headquarters voted to strike from February 10 to 12, organized by the Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vid'o and five other unions within the company, in response to recent cost-cutting measures including studio closures, game cancellations, proposed layoffs,…...
Patreon slams Apple for “whiplash” policy reversals on creator billing
1+ week, 5+ day ago (207+ words) Apple has mandated that Patreon transition all creators using legacy billing to its in-app purchase system for subscriptions by November 1, 2026, after previous policy adjustments. This affects 4% of creators and follows Apple's 2024 announcement citing circumvention of App Store commissions. In May…...
From meme factory to social petri dish: The cultural life cycle of Roblox trends
2+ week, 4+ day ago (685+ words) By 2026, Roblox isn't just a game " it's a living, breathing meme generator with the attention span of a caffeinated squirrel. It's where viral dances are born, weird trends go to mutate, and entire subcultures live and die before adults even…...