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‘Many people want to use VPNs for privacy—that is important—but we know that some children use them to get around restrictions’: UK government considering VPN ban

In the UK, the Online Safety Act now requires that websites verify the age of its users through checks often carried out by third-party vendors. Personally, I’m trying to avoid handing over either scans of my government ID or face as long as possible and, so far that’s resulted in me being locked out of…

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Nintendo Download: 18th June (North America)

Dark Scrolls! The Drifter! Mousebusters! Rugby? The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it’s bringing new games galore to the eShop. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop – Highlights The Adventures of…

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The First-Ever “QUByte ReConnect” Kicks Off Today, Teasing “Exclusive Trailers” & “A Legacy Tech Reveal”

Tune in at 5pm BT/9pm BST. QUByte Interactive, the Brazilian retro publisher, is holding the first-ever QUByte ReConnect showcase later today (June 18th, 2026). Described as “a showcase 100% dedicated to bringing retro classics to modern consoles,” QUByte ReConnect seems to be an extension of the QUByte Connect shows the company holds annually in October…

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Grand Theft Auto VI: Pre-Order Starts June 25

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Developer Of Densha De Go “Tribute” Admits To Using AI, Considers Halting The Project Over “Online Hate & Accusations”

“This has saddened me to an extreme”. Barely Making Games, the developer of the upcoming Steam tribute to Densha De Go!, Retro Rail Go!, has suggested it could soon “halt” development of the project altogether after receiving a torrent of negative feedback on social media, where users have dubbed the game a “rip-off,” and have…

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Dragon Warrior – by Jeremy Parish

If you’re old enough to remember the NES launch in America, you’re likely old enough to remember residual hand wringing in Washington, D.C. about the so-called Cold War “missile gap.” In the 1950s and ’60s, that doctrine stated that the Soviet Union had a numeric advantage over the U.S. in terms of intercontinental missiles capable…

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