Nintendo Music Expands Its Library With Another Game Boy Soundtrack This Week

US lawmaker calls videogame purchases rentals disguised as sales: ‘When you pay for a game, you should own it’

US Representative Ritchie Torres, a Democrat from New York City, announced today that he will introduce the “Power To The Players Act.” If it becomes law, the bill will see the US Federal Trade Commission create regulations that protect our “ability to own and play” purchased games, according to Torres’ office. “When you pay for…

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Steam achievements are getting a huge overhaul, with separate sets for DLC and season passes, and an easy way to compare with friends

Valve has pushed a new update to its Steam client beta introducing big changes to how achievements work and how they’re displayed. Developers can now create sets of achievements customized to their game, like mastering a specific character class or finishing a singleplayer campaign. Sets also distinguish base game achievements from separate DLC and seasonal…

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World of Warcraft: Forever devs say gear upgrades will stay relevant ‘for a long, long time’: ‘It’s very much our intention to try wherever we can to not invalidate old content’

The developers of World of Warcraft: Forever, the venerable MMO’s newest ‘Classic+’ flavor, say that even though the level cap is staying at 60, there will always be new gear to chase, and lower level gear has never been more powerful. Blizzard Entertainment developers are wary of the drastic increases in power in WoW’s modern…

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