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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A former Intel CEO is all-in on faith-based AI that will ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’ and knows his #1 target: ‘I want Zuck to care’

In December 2024 Intel CEO Patrick Gelsinger retired, saying that “leading Intel has been the honor of my lifetime.” Gelsinger failed to turn around the beleaguered chip maker’s fortunes, with Intel still caught in what looks like a losing battle against ARM, but industry watchers generally felt he’d dealt reasonably with what was a very…

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US Department of Homeland Security says it won’t stop using videogame memes to stoke anti-immigrant sentiment: ‘We aren’t slowing down’

Despite objections from some game developers and much of the public at large, the US Department of Homeland Security says it will continue to use videogame-related materials to promote itself and its work, and it doesn’t seem too concerned about whether it has legal permission to do so. Earlier this week, DHS posted an image…

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