‘The transfer of user data by DeepSeek to China is unlawful’: Germany calls for Google and Apple to remove the AI app from their stores

ChatGPT rival DeepSeek may be in deep trouble in the European Union after the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection demanded Google and Apple remove the AI app from their stores. On June 27, Meike Kamp, Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, announced in a press release that her office is calling on…

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Romero Games reportedly met with Microsoft just a day before the publisher pulled funding for the studio, and there was ‘no mention’ of the decision that put over 100 people out of work

As reported by TheJournal.ie (via VGC), Doom designer John Romero and Wizardry 8 developer Brenda Romero’s studio, Romero Games, has fully closed following the withdrawal of publisher funding for its in-development FPS. Former employees have stated that the publisher in question was Microsoft, making Romero Games another casualty of the tech giant’s most recent round…

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‘There are no plans to drop support for SteamOS’: The Finals devs commit to Steam Deck and Linux players despite new kernel-level anti-cheat

The Finals is getting kernel-level anti-cheat, but the developers at Embark Studios aren’t using that as an excuse to abandon players on Steam Deck and Linux. Embark Studios shared an announcement on Steam last week for Update 7.3 for The Finals, which included a major security change: “As mentioned in the 7.0 patch notes, a…

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Warren Spector was so desperate to make Deus Ex that it almost became a Command & Conquer RPG: ‘I was going to find a way to make it one way or another, even if it meant making another damn sci-fi game!’

Deus Ex recently celebrated its 25th birthday. But in a parallel universe, PC gamers with eight arms and two heads are commemorating the 25th anniversary of a first-person Command & Conquer game to blow C&C Renegade out of the water. That’s because Warren Spector’s platonic ideal of the immersive sim very nearly became part of…

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Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is gearing up for launch, literally—adding a fully-fledged gear system when it hits 1.0 in September

Dwarfish bullet-heaven spinoff Deep Rock Galactic Survivor is already more hotly sought after than legendary-tier beard oil, having sailed past a million copies sold despite still being deep in the early access mines. Now, Survivor is finally planning to breach the surface of a 1.0 launch, and as detailed by developer Funday Games in a…

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Preservationists discover a ‘nearly complete’ build of a lost Animaniacs game 22 years after it was cancelled, and you can play it right now

Gaming preservation group Hidden Palace has discovered a “nearly complete” prototype of a cancelled game based on Animaniacs, the beloved 90s animated show created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Steven Spielberg. Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics was being developed by UK studio Full Fat Productions, which was also a frequent collaborator with Maxis on series like…

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Rust’s developer is overhauling the survival sim’s mission system so it can create in-game quests faster and more easily: ‘The process to create new missions internally is quite cumbersome and error prone’

Rust’s latest patch may not be as dramatic as its recent jungle update, which added a huge rainforest biome to explore, but it nonetheless makes some important changes to Facepunch’s survival sim. The headline update is a party system allowing players to join servers as a group. This makes playing with your friends slightly easier,…

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Today’s Wordle answer for Sunday, July 6

Blaze through your daily Wordle game with our fantastic help. We’ve got a few quick tips to warm you up, a clue for todays’ Wordle ready to go whenever you feel you need something extra, as well as the July 6 (1478) Wordle answer if you need a hand. However you want to win, we…

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