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Company says changes to gaming platform will root out ‘bad actors’ after child safety concerns over unsupervised interactionThe gaming website Roblox is to limit adult strangers from talking to children by the end of this year in an effort to root out …
Fortnite was kicked off Google and Apple app stores in 2020 after Epic Games offered its own in-app payment systemGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe creator of Fortnite, Epic Games, has won a partial victory in the Australia…
Parents advised to be vigilant over summer holidays to risk of offenders using in-game live chats to target their childrenFar-right extremists are using livestream gaming platforms to target and radicalise teenage players, a report has warned.The new r…
Payment platforms demand services remove NSFW content after open letter from Australian anti-porn group Collective Shout, triggering accusations of censorshipPayment companies such as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe are facing public backlash, including fr…
Families of victims sued Activision and Meta, saying the companies bear responsibility for products used by gunmanA lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty argued Friday that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victi…
Pre-tax profits fall 24% despite rise in Sports Direct sales, driven by closures of House of Fraser and Game storesBusiness live – latest updatesA “challenging” luxury market and retreat from gaming have prompted a fall in sales and profits at Mike Ash…
Former staff likened offices of video game company in Paris to a ‘boys’ club above the law’Three former executives at the video game company Ubisoft have been given suspended prison sentences for enabling a culture of sexual and psychological harassmen…
Valve has quietly updated the Steam Beta Client to enable Proton by default for all Windows games on Linux, eliminating the need for users to toggle compatibility settings manually. GamingOnLinux reports: For some context here: originally, Proton had a…
Experts find link between compulsive use of social media, phones and video games and mental health problemsTeenagers who show signs of being addicted to social media, mobile phones or video games are at greater risk of suicidal behaviour and emotional …
Players face possible arrest for downloading Taiwan-developed Reversed Front: Bonfire, which lets them ‘overthrow the communist regime’Hong Kong police have warned people against downloading a Taiwan-developed mobile game which they say is “secessionis…