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Remember when games weren’t all about paid DLC and headshots? Let Parasol Stars: The Story of Bubble Bobble III cleanse your gaming palate

Growing up through the 8 and 16-bit eras it’s fair to say that gaming was different. As graphics became more realistic and less pixelated the focus on objectives became more on how much blood you could spill from the other … Continue reading

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Sims 4 leaks show love is in the air, but not all fans are head over heels with the idea

Romance is in the offing here at Readwrite, it must be the thought of EA and Maxis releasing the 16th expansion pack for The Sims 4 as the cow milking continues ahead of the release of The Sims 5. The … Continue reading

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People are using ChatGPT to create HTML5 games in minutes

From image generation of essentially whatever your mind can dream up to video generators, artificial intelligence has seemingly leveled up once more as the ability to generate HTML5 games has been discovered. Building a game is no easy feat, even … Continue reading

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Activision QA supplier Lionbridge accused of retaliatory layoffs

On Tuesday (11 June) a labor union filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against Activision QA supplier Lionbridge Technologies. This has been brought by the Communications Workers of America and they allege the most recent layoff of an entire 160-person team … Continue reading

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Sony PlayStation expands Discord integration with PS5, simplifying voice chat access

Sony Playstation collaborated with Discord last year, introducing connectivity options for players on the PS5 console and within the Discord community. Following the introduction of Discord voice chat on the PS5, the company states that there have been over 290 … Continue reading

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Valve faces huge lawsuit over Steam ‘overcharging users’

The parent company of the video game digital distribution service Steam faces a £656m ($843m)  lawsuit on behalf of UK PC gamers. On June 5, digital rights campaigner Vicki Sholtbolt filed a legal action against Valve Corporation as they accused … Continue reading

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Wuthering Waves 1.1 – what’s coming in the first big update?

Wuthering Waves has become another gacha phenomenon. For so long HoYoverse has had the market seeming cornered with Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail but now, in the last few weeks along has come WuWa from Kuru Games and got … Continue reading

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Australia’s largest gambling company fined $246,000 for failing to prevent underage gambling

After a 17-year-old boy was found to have been underage gambling on multiple occasions, the Australian gambling company Tabcorp has been ordered to pay $246,000 (AUD 370,417). The company, which is the biggest in the country for gambling, pleaded guilty … Continue reading

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Japan targets Apple and Google with app store competition law

Japan’s parliament has passed a new law aimed at improving competition in smartphone app stores. The legislation will prevent major tech companies like Apple and Google from blocking third-party companies from selling and operating apps on their platforms. The Act … Continue reading

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Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Beta: How to access, potential start date, platforms, and more

With the reveal of Black Ops 6 finally out in the wild, fans are getting hyped for the game that Treyarch and Raven Software are cooking up. Naturally, everyone wants to get their hands on the game as early as … Continue reading

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