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The War Over Helldivers 2 is Over; the Gamers Won
The Helldivers 2 controversy just started, and it’s already gotten more heated than the one over Stellar Blade. A lot has happened in a couple of days, with both Sony and the gamers it insulted volleying at each other. But don’t worry; this one has a happy ending. Here’s the rundown. First, Sony pulled a Games…
Sony Suddenly Requiring PSN Accounts for All Helldivers 2 Players
Is Sony determined to ruin every popular game it releases? It’s starting to look like it, between their censorship of Stellar Blade (well, details are scarce, likely due to non-disclosure agreements, but it’s almost certainly their doing) and now their pie in the face to Helldivers 2 fans. If you haven’t been paying attention, Helldivers 2 has been…
Gamers Backlash Hits Warhammer 40K and Stellar Blade
The backlash over recent woke gaming moves is massive. The first example is Warhammer 40K, which not only introduced female Custodes to the tabletop game’s lore but told fans who knew better that there were always female Custodes, which was just begging for the deluge of George Orwell invocations they got. The moves Games Workshop,…
Shift Up Responds to Stellar Blade Censorship
As gamers react to the censored version of Stellar Blade, Shift Up CEO Kim Hyeong-tae and technical director Lee Dong-gi answered some questions about their game’s release, and inevitably, the costume change came up. Kim Hyeong-tae explained it like this (translation via packergirl, and I’m grateful because Google Translate is not quite clear): This makes…
Sony Censors Stellar Blade, But Grummz Has a Plan
The Stellar Blade battle isn’t over, and distributor Sony has taken sides against its customers. Yesterday, reports came in that the highly-anticipated video game from South Korean developer Shift Up had censored some of the more revealing outfits worn by its lead character, Eve. Stellar Blade received criticism from games journalists (who must be the life of every…
Sony Patents Video Game AI “Auto-Play Mode”
If you find playing video games on easy mode too difficult, Sony’s about to lend you another helping hand. According to CoinMarketCap, Sony has applied for a patent called “Method and System for Auto-Playing Portions of a Video Game,” which is a feature where AI will play parts of the game for the player. The…