Developer of 'Spanking Exorcist' game held up by Steam content moderation releases free 'apology game' where you spank him as punishment: 'We would be delighted if you enjoy it'
August 3, 2026
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Developer of ‘Spanking Exorcist’ game held up by Steam content moderation releases free ‘apology game’ where you spank him as punishment: ‘We would be delighted if you enjoy it’

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First reported by Automaton, Spanking Exorcist developer Actor made a free “apology game” available to download after missing a planned July 24 release date due to overzealous Steam content moderation. In the simple apology game, you press a button to simulate spanking the developer as punishment. Spanking Exorcist’s trailer shows a game combining first person…

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The Blood of Dawnwalker’s latest gameplay trailer starts out looking like a Witcher spinoff, then the main character starts walking on walls

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The Blood of Dawnwalker⁠—a new vampire RPG from former CD Projekt devs⁠—has been half on my radar, but its latest gameplay trailer (following a first one in June) really has the sauce: There’s a lot of very apparent Witcher 3 DNA on display, but that just seems to be a comfortable starting point for a…

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‘They stuck to their convictions’: Astarion’s VA Neil Newbon is glad Larian stepped away from Baldur’s Gate 3 to follow their passions, since ‘It was absolutely the right call’

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Baldur’s Gate 3 was one of the best RPGs of the decade, and it’s not getting a sequel—at least, not one made by Larian, anyway. That’s simply because the developer’s heart wasn’t in it, or the prospect of making DLC, either. I can’t quite blame them. If I spent close to 10 years doing anything,…

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Before cancelling ZeniMax’s Destiny-style MMO shooter, Xbox executives reportedly enjoyed early demos so much that the controller had to be pulled from Phil Spencer’s hands

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Yesterday, Microsoft started its latest round of layoffs, aiming to eliminate 9,000 jobs after previously cutting more than 12,000 employees over the last two years. The latest downsizing has led to studio closures and game cancellations—including Blackbird, an unannounced MMO in development at ZeniMax that Xbox executives were reportedly thrilled about before abruptly killing the…

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Steam’s new store look is out and is earning a mixed response: ‘Thanks Valve I am a grandma using Steam on a giant old touchscreen Samsung tablet’

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I’m beginning to think I have far-too-strong feelings about changes to Steam minutiae. Why? Because when I heard that Valve had finally unleashed its updated storefront from beta, I fired up the site so quickly you’d have thought it was giving out candy. No one should care this much about website UI updates. I do….

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