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Discord Severs Persona Links After Peter Thiel-Backed…
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (468+ words) Discord has cut ties with Persona after revelations that the Peter Thiel-backed identity verification software was linked to US surveillance infrastructure. The decision follows mounting scrutiny over how Persona's system was deployed and whether sensitive user data could have been…...
ARC Raiders just dropped Hurricanes, new Arcs, and a long‑requested fix — the game’s getting weird in a good way
7+ hour, 41+ min ago (334+ words) ARC Raiders is back with a new update, and it adds a long-requested feature from fans. You might think it is something huge, like a new weapon or a brand-new map, but no. It is facial hair. I am stretching…...
Reddit hit with £14m fine after children’s privacy failures
12+ hour ago (10+ words) Reddit hit with "14m fine after children's privacy failures'inkl...
UK data watchdog fines Reddit £14m for failing to protect child users
12+ hour, 26+ min ago (672+ words) Online discussion platform Reddit has been fined more than "14 million after the UK data watchdog said it had failed to protect children's personal information. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said the failings meant children had potentially been exposed to inappropriate…...
Games that use Vulkan can now use FSR 4 upscaling thanks to the latest OptiScaler
13+ hour, 35+ min ago (357+ words) A third-party tool, OptiScaler, has beaten AMD to the punch in using FSR 4 upscaling with Vulkan-based games. According to a changelog on the tool's Discord server, the latest test build, v0.9.0-pre10, has "added Vulkan w/Dx12 support " FSR4 VK w/Dx12, FSR 2.1 VK w…...
Crimson Desert will feature both AMD's FSR Redstone and Nvidia's DLSS 4 — but we might not even need them
13+ hour, 49+ min ago (421+ words) Pearl Abyss is working diligently to refine Crimson Desert, ensuring the open-world action adventure performs optimally for both PC and console players ahead of its March 19 launch date " and that now includes FSR Redstone support. As reported by VideoCardz, AMD's…...
Could 'GTA VI' Break the $100 Barrier? Early Listing Sparks Price Speculation
15+ hour, 18+ min ago (350+ words) The "GTA VI" held the longest trailer gap in Rockstar Games' record, and it's not what the fans wanted. However, the excitement about the most hyped game surfaced once again when its early price listing emerged online. Game key site…...
The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2 developer CD Projekt Red scoops up more industry talent as a Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cinematics dev joins the team
18+ hour ago (325+ words) Lucie Hennet, one of the cinematic animators who worked on Sandfall Interactive's record-breaking J'RPG, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has joined CD Projekt Red's Warsaw studio under the same job title. Hennet spent two years on-site with Sandfall, first as an intern…...
"If we only cared about money, we wouldn't ship on anything but Steam," says head of indie empire New Blood, but "we hate money, and we love our players" so the devs put up with the "pain" of consoles
19+ hour, 46+ min ago (375+ words) New Blood Interactive co-founder Dave Oshry says Steam is far and away the most financially viable platform for the publisher's games, and that the only reason they still port games over to consoles is to please their fans. The famously…...
Why Is It So Hard To Make A BioShock Movie?
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (639+ words) Why Is It So Hard To Make A BioShock Movie?inkl Why Is It So Hard To Make A BioShock Movie? From the moment it debuted in 2007, BioShock has been celebrated as one of the greatest video games of all…...