In Real Life: The News From The Intersection Of Games & The Real World
Everything that affects the lives of gamers and things gamers care about is right here. If it’s a brush with the law, new legislation affecting gaming, or just the many cool things happening in gaming culture, IRL’s the place to be.
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Looks Like A Skate 4 Reveal Could Be Coming In July
After the bad skating game news of yesterday, it’s only right that we balance that out with some potentially good skating game news to make up for it. Yes, it’s about Skate. It has been over 12 years since Skate 3 launched on May 11th, 2010. I remember working at EB Games from 2013 to 2017,…
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Activision Stockholders Vote To Release Annual Harassment Reports, Company Will ‘Consider’ It
Today, Activision Blizzard shareholders voted to approve a proposed annual report that would document the company’s ongoing efforts to stop workplace abuse and harassment as well as catalogue the company’s total number of sexual harassment settlements and pending complaints.
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Call Of Duty Cheaters Are Getting Their Guns Taken Away
Call of Duty is plagued with cheaters, but Activision’s Team Ricochet is always developing new tools to stop bad actors from exploiting Vanguard and Warzone to cheat. Now, Ricochet has implemented another anti-cheat measure as part of its “mitigation toolbox” that steals cheaters’ guns right from their hands and even prevents them from punching. Basically,…
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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 Was Coming, But Activision Blizzard Scrapped It
It turns out that news can still be heartbreaking, even when it’s coming from skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 was developed by Vicarious Visions, who also developed some of the previous Tony Hawk games. It’s a fantastic remake of two classic games and was lauded by many as a return to…