The Witcher season 4 review: Liam Hemsworth becomes Geralt in time for The Witcher to fully become an ensemble show where he’s basically supporting cast

While an old storyteller and a young listener retell highlights of the first three seasons of The Witcher, Liam Hemsworth appears as Geralt, inserted into altered versions of familiar events. It’s a fun way to have him replace Henry Cavill as if he’s always been there, and a reminder of a theme central to both…

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RuneScape players are being asked to vote on whether the game’s microtransaction layer should be removed, and you can probably guess what the response is

After spending the year talking about the need to overhaul RuneScape’s much-maligned microtransaction system, Jagex is putting the matter in the hands of the people: The company has opened a poll on the RuneScape website and if at least 100,000 players vote to scrap Treasure Hunter, the game’s “major microtransaction layer,” it’ll be removed. “Since…

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YouTube updates its policy on violent videogame clips with rules that seem aimed at the incoming flood of GTA 6 videos

YouTube’s lengthy policy on violent content is getting a little longer, and Grand Theft Auto videos in particular may trigger enforcement of a new rule related to depictions of torture and mass violence. “In addition to our existing guidelines around graphic gaming content, we will age-restrict an additional small subset of video game content featuring…

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