Despite speculation online, Discord has not announced any pause or cancellation of global age verification beginning early in March 2026. If the changes go into effect as planned, all users will receive teen-by-default settings, and those seeking access to age-restricted spaces may be prompted to verify their age. The confusion likely stems from reports that the messaging service has ended its partnership with Persona, a third-party identity verification company.
A community manager for BioWare revealed the upcoming Dragon Age: The Veilguard will not feature any spider enemies. A blog post for Dragon Age: The Veilguard's accessibility options was shared to the official Dragon Age subreddit and one user shared his desire for an...
An alleged former Halo developer claims that 343 Industries, now Halo Studios, scrapped a planned Halo Infinite 2 project when the company decided to develop new projects in Unreal Engine 5. This rumor comes from YouTuber Rebs Gaming. He shared, "This information,...
Bandai Namco Entertainment and Spike Chunsoft look to have a hit on their hands with Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO as the game had an incredible early access launch with over 91,000 peak concurrent players. According to SteamDB the game hit a peak concurrent player...
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown appears to be another sales loser for Ubisoft. The game, which was released on Steam at the beginning of August, only hit a peak concurrent player count of 1,446. It had previously released to Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation...
Saber Interactive’s Chief Creative Officer Tim Willits shared his thoughts on why so many AAA video game developers are failing. Speaking to IGN, Willits first rejected the idea that gamers were moving on from certain genres. He informed the outlet, "It is not...
A new rumor alleges that Ubisoft intentionally promoted Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows so that the company's stock price would tank and allow Tencent to more easily take over the company. YouTuber Endymion shared that an alleged insider shared with him that...
Konami, the publisher of Bloober Team's upcoming remake of Silent Hill 2, deleted their post announcing the game was designed for "modern audiences." At the end of May, Konami published a post on X, that has since been deleted, where it announced, "See how the Bloober...
A consultant on Konami and Bloober Team's Silent Hill 2 remake previously suggested the world would be a better place without gamers. Jacob Geller, who works for Hit Detection LLC, a company similar to Sweet Baby Inc. that aims to push wokeness in video games,...
An Ubisoft spokesman appeared to confirm rumors that the company is considering taking itself private with Tencent. Last week Bloomberg's Vinicy Chan, Dong Cao, and Benoit Berthelot claimed that Tencent Holdings Ltd. and the Guillemot family were "considering options...
Microsoft rebranded 343 Industries to Halo Studios while announcing multiple new Halo projects and claiming they are changing the recipe for the future of the franchise. In a post to X, the official Halo account shared, "A New Dawn. We're entering the next chapter of...
At least one analyst speculates that Ubisoft might cut its staff by 40% amid rumors that the company will be bought out and taken private. A rumor from Bloomberg's Vinicy Chan, Dong Cao, and Benoit Berthelot claims that Tencent Holdings Ltd. and the Guillemot family...
Former World of Warcraft Team Lead Mark Kern blasted the Western video game industry and its allies for blaming gamers' expectations and a bad economy for poor sales in the wake of Elden Ring developer FromSoftware announcing big salary increases. FromSoftware...