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Video game industry groups across the globe reject WHO’s ‘gaming disorder’ classification

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As we noted yesterday, the World Health Organization has gone ahead with the inclusion of "gaming disorder" in the publication of its most recent...
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Smed weighs in on Sony’s historical PlayStation crossplay hangups

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Sony's managed to piss off a whole lotta gamers over its unwillingness to play ball on Fortnite. As we covered last week, the PlayStation...

More MMOs pledge to fully remove Red Shell spyware, including Secret World Legends

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At the beginning of June, we covered The Elder Scrolls Online's implementation of spyware program Red Shell, which is designed to track specific information...
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The Daily Grind: Do you prefer ‘work’ simulation MMOs to more fantastic game worlds?

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In the comments of my piece on Raph Koster's book last week, a commenter brought up the idea that mimicking the real world in...

The World Health Organization advances its ‘gaming disorder’ classification in spite of heavy criticism

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The World Health Organization has gone ahead with the inclusion of "gaming disorder" in the publication of its most recent edition of its disease...

PUBG admits to reusing assets but argues that doesn’t make it an asset flip

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Tired of hearing the words "asset flip"? PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds is too. Apparently at E3 last week, PUBG creator Brendan Greene gently joked that he...
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Betawatch: Star Citizen and the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week (June 15, 2018)

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Oh, boy, Star Citizen. It's been a week. First, the little boy who would never lose faith in you lost faith in you. In...

The Daily Grind: Does teaching toxic MMO gamers what they did wrong actually help?

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As RPS reported this week, Valve has taken the relatively unusual step of making your Dota 2 and CSGO report cards semi-public - that is,...

E3 2018: Nintendo thinks lockboxes are unfairly maligned, help ‘drive engagement’

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You know how sometimes, when nosy press asks you a question with no good answer, you're better off shutting up? And when they don't...

‘Magic through serendipity’: Raph Koster on the glorious mess that was Ultima Online

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I was a wide-eyed, naive kid when I first stepped into Ultima Online in 1997, and as it turns out, the developers were too. That's...
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E3 2018: Square Enix says it hasn’t given up on bringing Dragon Quest X westward

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In an alternate universe, Dragon Quest X got ported to western shores in 2012 when Square Enix launched the MMORPG in Japan. Sadly, we're...
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E3 2018: Sony blocks Fortnite crossplay with rival consoles, waffles on a response

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This week's showing at E3 should have been a victory lap for one of gaming's hottest titles, but Sony seems bound and determined to...

Steam’s new chat system just hit beta – will it pull you away from Discord?

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Steam's new chat client has gone into testing this week, with major overhauls to the friends list and group chat system. I gave it...
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E3 2018: Cyberpunk 2077 is going to be a first-person-shooter and RPG both

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The bad news, Cyberpunk 2077 hopefuls, is that there's still no word on the alleged multiplayer elements for the game. The good news, or...
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E3 2018: Perfect World is paving the way to bring Steam to China

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If you want to go somewhere to escape Steam's spreading influence, you might be tempted to head to China, where the country has officially...
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LawBreakers is free-to-play for now, then gone in September

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We all knew it was coming, but now it's official: LawBreakers is now free-to-play on Steam, so you can dive right in and play if...

E3 2018: Microsoft picks up State of Decay 2’s Undead Labs

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Buried under the avalanche of pre-E3 news this weekend was the blip that Microsoft is spinning up five internal studios, including a brand-new one....

E3 2018: Fallout 76 partners with Habitat for Humanity for charity – you can contribute for a song (literally)

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Still pumped for the full Fallout 76 reveal from last night? Or maybe concerned over the potential for PvP abuse? Regardless of your current...

E3 2018: Cyberpunk 2077 debuts its trailer, but multiplayer is nowhere to be found

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Let's start with the good news because you're going to need it: CD Projekt Red did indeed bring Cyberpunk 2077 to E3 2018, and...

The Daily Grind: Will you sub to EA’s new ‘Origin Access Premier’ service?

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During EA Play this weekend, EA announced Origin Access Premier, its attempt at a subscription service on PC. For $100 a year, you'll basically...

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