Someone at Blizzard this week probably learned a lesson on what to never ever name your files. A few outlets, including Wowhead, spotted a Diablo 4 server update that went out under the name of what sure sounds like the new class coming in the second expansion next year.Blizzard regularly updates internal versions of its games that are inaccessible publicly, but show up through APIs that people monitor for hints...

As weekend two of the Battlefield 6 beta gets into swing, folks are increasingly skeptical of all these small to medium maps.The lack of a truly "big" Battlefield map was the loudest criticism coming out of last weekend's playtest, and the only new map added this week isn't squashing worries that Battlefield 6 is prioritizing the Call of Duty crowd: Empire State, an infantry-only map with zero vehicles, is the...

Following an uproar over its ban of a popular YouTuber who purportedly pursues and exposes child predators on the platform, Roblox has posted an update saying it became necessary to remove "vigilantes" from its platform after their behavior "evolved" and began conflicting with Roblox's own systems.Roblox banned YouTuber Schlep earlier this week, saying in a cease-and-desist that while his "stated intentions may be to protect children," his methods, including failing...

In our current technological moment, when we're being urged by the world's largest companies to trust our lives to the whims of machines that might generously be considered "truth agnostic," it's important to check your work if you're letting a computer do it for you. It's a lesson that was starkly demonstrated this week for the developers of The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles—or, as it was briefly known by Japanese Steam...

A Meta policy document obtained by Reuters stated that it was acceptable for the Facebook company's AI chatbots to have "romantic or sensual" conversations with children.Meta confirmed the document's authenticity to Reuters and told the outlet that it has now removed the guidelines in question, which said it was OK for bots "to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual" and to describe children "in terms that...

The messaging coming out of Microsoft is becoming unmistakable. The next version of Windows is going to be all about chat.Last week, Microsoft posted a video that claimed, "the world of mousing around and keyboarding around and typing will feel as alien as it does to Gen Z to use DOS." Now there's a new interview on the official Windows IT Pro YouTube channel with Microsoft's Windows and devices boss...

One of the hubbubs surrounding WoW's upcoming Legion Remix is the fact that Mage Tower—an incredibly popular piece of content that Blizzard has never brought back (in full, anyway, there was a stint without the same rewards) for fools like me who missed it—likely won't be making a return. Bare minimum, it's not been mentioned yet, and we're coming close to the deadline.But a recent blog post and YouTube video...

Metal Gear Solid 5 came out (oh my god) 10 years ago, but it can still spark discourse like a game half its age. Did Konami mistreat Hideo Kojima Did Kojima push his luck too far? Will we ever get Episode 51 (no)? Do we regret our words and deeds more than the regular amount? And can we ever forgive the way the series unceremoniously jettisoned David Hayter as Snake's...

Look, I'll hold my hands up—as a writer often on the move, I've holed myself up in coffee shops with my laptop to write articles before, eeking out my drink for far longer than necessary to make the most of a wall socket. I've never been brave enough to bring in a more substantial piece of gear, though, but it appears the phenomenon is particularly widespread in South Korea, as...

Last weekend, I was pleasantly surprised by how well the Battlefield 6 open beta was holding up. The series has repeatedly fallen into the trap of launching in an unoptimised state, only getting tidied up months or even a year later. Battlefield 6 has, seemingly, bucked this trend, as I was getting silky smooth FPS and virtually no server issues.When I loaded up the Battlefield 6 open beta today, which...