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Tools, Not Rules: How Sea Of Thieves’ Captaincy Update Changes Everything
For fans of Sea of Thieves, it feels like Captaincy has always been just over the horizon, approaching but still out of sight. “It’s one of those Sea of Thieves features that was always meant to be, that was always going to happen,” Creative Director Mike Chapman tells me. I’ve just mentioned I first heard about…
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Indonesian Government Blocks Steam, Epic & Nintendo For 270 Million People
Over the weekend the Indonesian government began the task of blocking any website or service that had failed to register as part of new “internet control” laws. That ended up being a lot, including everything from Steam to the Epic Games Store to Nintendo Online to EA and Ubisoft’s platforms.
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Chinese Steam Users Get Around National Porn Ban With Wallpaper App
A wallpaper app is the tenth most-played game on Steam right now for one very good reason: Chinese players have been using it to distribute porn. Porn has been illegal in China since 1997, but the grey regulatory status of Steam has allowed Wallpaper Engine users to share uncensored content.
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The Steam Deck’s Funky Controls Prove That Gamepads Are Outdated
What makes the Steam Deck the most unique piece of gaming hardware currently available? You might be tempted to suggest its impressive graphical horsepower crammed into such a small form factor, or portable access to Steam, or even the software gymnastics it does to make Windows games play on Linux. That’s all cool for sure,…