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Summary Final Fantasy 14has had a big problem with stalking and harassment for a long while,but last year’s blacklisting changeswere very much welcomed by the community with open arms. Not only does blacklisting hide a person’s chat messages, names, and character models, but it applies to a person’s service account, meaning any alts they use are also blacklisted. Fast-forward to now, and it seems like those very same blacklisting changes could have made stalking a lot easier....

Summary PlayStation’slive-service push has been well publicized. In 2022, the company confirmed it was going all in on these titles,planning to release ten by 2026. Since then,Concord failed spectacularly,Twisted MetalandThe Last of Us had their live-service titles canceled, and Bungie’sDestiny and Marathon have faced serious challenges. Sure, Helldivers 2 was a success, but overall, it’s been a bit of a disaster. That’s not stopped the company, though, with Sonyvowing to continue making live-service titles"that pursue upside while taking on a certain amount of risk upon release....

Summary It seemsEpic Gamesis taking no prisoners when it comes to cheaters and fraudsters. Last month,Fortnitenamed, shamed, and sued Morgan “RepulseGod” Bamfordfor account sharing during the 2023 Fortnite Championship Series. He was also made to apologise publicly and return his winnings, which were then donated to charity. While this portrayed Epic’s hard line against cheating, the company alsodecided to give Fortnite cheaters and hackers a second chance. Fortnite’s new anti-cheat update stated “While maintaining game integrity is our top priority, we also believe in allowing second chances for players who made a bad decision and have learned from it....

While reading through the BAFTA nominees earlier today ahead of my interview with Tara Saunders (Chair of the BAFTA Games Committee) and Jane Millichip (CEO of BAFTA) hours before the public reveal, I was struck by a couple of thoughts. The first, most obviously, was the domination ofHellblade 2: Senua’s Saga. With11 nominations total, three more thanAstro Botand the equally surprisingStill Wakes The Deepin second place with eight, it seemed like an odd reflection of 2024 -few would have Hellblade 2 as their game of the year....

Summary After over 20 years, a pre-release version ofGrand Theft Auto: Vice Cityjust leaked online, featuring a debug menu, old beta designs, and even a different intro. As reported byTime Extension, this build was shared by GTA Forums user IAmNotToniCipriani, who said that it was first dumped online by “johndoe2”. The build is dated June 03, 2025, but as pointed out byHidden Palace, the pause menu shows the real compile date of Jun 09, 2025, ie 28 days before the game launched on PS2....

Heavy Rainwas a huge deal when it launched in 2010.Quantic Dream’sPS3exclusive was unlike anything mainstream audiences had seen before, morphing the gameplay formula of weird gems like Indigo Prophecy into an approachable series of quick-time events and small levels where dramatic storytelling was always at the forefront. As a teenager with no media literacy, it was one of the coolest games I’d ever played. But with the game celebrating its 15th anniversary in recent days, it’s a good time to look back at what it did right, and what it did so very wrong....

There are various types of enemies inStalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. Mutants, in particular, can be troublesome to deal with as they usually have a superpower. This aspect makes them pretty challenging and not in a good way if you don’t know how to tackle their abilities. Controllers are one of the most annoying mutants that can take some time to defeat, as they don’t fight you on their own. It damages the player mentally and makes them hallucinate enemies....

Setting up camp inLongvinteris easy, but keeping your claim in one piece? That’s another story. Securing a permanent place to call home is a crucial step in surviving. But don’t get too cozy just yet, there’s a ticking clock on that temporary shelter, and if you’re not quick, you might find yourself back at square one. Want to ensure your humble tent transforms into a sturdy, customizable home? You’ll need resources, a bit of planning, and maybe a splash of color to make it your own....

Quick Links Numerous games provide the means to concoct potions, elixirs, poisons, and all manner of useful liquids, but as with most things inKingdom Come: Deliverance 2, few expect you to undergo the arduous processes to actually craft such things. Returning from the original game is theAlchemy crafting and skills, in which you must use your gathered ingredients and the various tools at Alchemy benches found throughout the game in order to create potions, following your instruction book down to the last grain of sand in your hourglass....

Quick Links If you’ve been progressing throughTails Of Iron 2: Whiskers Of Winter’sBeast Hunts in order, then you know what you can expect from the remaining side quests in White Whiskers. Luckily, despite its placement as one of the latter areas in the game, you can expect the enemies in White Whiskers to be fairly straightforward, likethe Backstabber Beast Hunt. At this point in the game, you’ve likely upgraded your arsenal to include weapons that cover each ofthe four major Elementa: Fire, Ice, Electric, and Poison,which will help make Ice Breaker much easier....

Quick Links InDig It, money is the foundation of your progress, because almost everything in thisRobloxgame revolves around currency, which you will constantly lack. Earning money is not difficult, but it can be time-consuming if you don’t know about all the possible sources of income, which, by the way, are not few. In addition to digging up items and selling them, Dig It offers other equally interesting and profitable activities or features that will bring you money....

Quick Links Palworldis a survival-crafting game that allows you to manage your base alongside cute little monsters called Pals that you’ve captured during your exploration. Different types of Pals can do different jobs on the base, and some of them may have traits or passives that make them more useful or less productive. While the more hardworking Pals are all good and nice, sometimes it’s better to get rid of the unproductive ones....

Quick Links When it comes to your hunter’s stat lines inMonster Hunter Wilds, every point matters. The deeper you go into Wilds' endgame, the more you’ll find yourself trying to squeeze every last drop of power you can out of every item you own. One of the ways to quickly improve your hunter is by equipping them with theArmorcharmand powercharm.These charms sit in your item pouch and instantly increasing your total attack and defense....