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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Cloud Strife Voice Actor Fired From Soap Opera For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccination
3Steve Burton, who previously voiced brooding Final Fantasy hero Cloud Strife, has been fired from his long-standing role on General Hospital after refusing to comply with the soap opera’s vaccine mandate, the actor recently announced (h/t Variety).
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13 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Death’s Door
Haven’t you heard? Death’s Door is one of the best games of the year. It’s also one of the toughest. Acid Nerve’s isometric dungeon-crawler, which came out to great acclaim in July on Xbox and PC, landed on PlayStation and Switch this week — just in time for GotY season. How convenient.
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Halo Infinite Cheaters Are Insta-Clicking Heads With Aimbots
Though its campaign isn’t out yet, 343 Industries’ Halo Infinite is already seeing massive success on account of its free-to-play multiplayer that launched just last week. Unfortunately for those playing with dignity and respect, it seems cheaters are out in full force, resorting to dubious tactics like aimbots and wallhacks to get some impressively impossible…
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Battlefield 2042 Details Upcoming ‘We’re Sorry’ Patches
EA laid out its post-launch plans for Battlefield 2042 through the rest of the year, and while new content isn’t in the cards until 2022, there will be three waves of ongoing fixes between now and the end of December. Welcome to the season of the never-ending beta.