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Goddess of Victory: Nikke's PC launcher suffers potential malware infection, with its publishers suggesting folks who've booted since late September do a security check
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Goddess of Victory: Nikke's PC launcher suffers potential malware infection, with its publishers suggesting folks who've booted since late September do a security check

Goddess of Victory: Nikke, a gacha shooter/RPG developed by Stellar Blade makers Shift Up, has suffered a "security incident" which has seen its PC launcher potentially be infected with third-party malware. Thankfully, it seems a patch to make the launcher safe again has been quickly dished out, but publishers Level Infinite are still advising players who've booted the game up since September 27th to do some security checks. Read more

You can now play Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire with a controller on PC from start to finish, thanks to a new update open for testing
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You can now play Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire with a controller on PC from start to finish, thanks to a new update open for testing

After gifting Pillars of Eternity a turn-based mode for its tenth anniversary, Obsidian have now rolled out full PC controller support for both the RPG and its younger sibling Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire. The support, along with some tweaks to Deadfire's turn-based mode, are currently out in public test form. Read more

"BioWare's closure represents an immense loss to and possibly a targeted attack on Canada's cultural legacy" argues petition calling on Canadian government to step in
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"BioWare's closure represents an immense loss to and possibly a targeted attack on Canada's cultural legacy" argues petition calling on Canadian government to step in

Calls for the Canadian government to help ressurect recently shuttered RPG makers BioWare have progressed from a single post by a politician to a petition with enough signatures that it looks set to be presented to the Canadian House of Commons for an official response. So far, 1,662 people from the country of maple syrup and also other things have signed this call for their leaders to consider stepping in. Read more

UK moving towards banning chat in games for under 16s
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UK moving towards banning chat in games for under 16s

The UK Online Safety Act expands next year to ban social media for under 16s, but the government plan to expand it even further to target video game chat too.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.