Battlefield 6 player claims to have received Steam refund after 470 hours due to surprise mode removal

First spotted by Eurogamer, ExplorEverythingOnce on the Battlefield subreddit claims to have received a full refund on Battlefield 6 from Steam support after 470 hours logged, well in excess of the platform’s standard refund window of two hours within two weeks. ExplorEverythingOnce supplied a redacted screenshot of their Steam purchase history, showing a full refund…

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‘Thank you so much for the best weekend ever’: The id Software gang got together at QuakeCon, and it sure looks like everyone had a great time

The recently concluded QuakeCon was a big one, marking the 30th anniversary of the game that started it all and, more notably, bringing id Software co-founders Adrian Carmack, John Carmack, Tom Hall, and John Romero together for the first time in a very long time. I had wondered, in the lead-up to the event, if…

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Steam user data ‘may have been compromised’ by a cyberattack targeting Valve’s European shipping partner

Earlier this morning, Valve began contacting customers who have purchased Steam hardware in Europe to notify them that one of its regional shipping partners, CEVA Logistics, was the subject of a recent cyberattack that “likely” exposed their personal information. In its email—shared by notified users on Reddit and elsewhere—Valve said the attack took place sometime…

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Payday has come to Fortnite, because today’s cool gamers are ‘discovering legendary IPs in entirely new ways’

The ongoing effort to come up with a new Payday game that people actually want to play continued today with the announcement of Heist Escape Roguelike: Payday Experience, a UEFN game that’s available exclusively in (you guessed it) Fortnite. Heist Escape Roguelike: Payday Experience “reimagines elements of Payday as a progressive roguelike shooter,” with three…

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