Opinion

Private and community servers for Minecraft and COD are illegal and amount to piracy, ESA tells California...

The Entertainment Software Association, in its infinite wisdom, has told a California Senate committee that private and community servers are illegal and amount to piracy.

The video game industry just told lawmakers Minecraft and Call of Duty private servers are illegal piracy

California's Protect Our Games Act, which would have required publishers to provide remedies when ending support for paid ...
Eurogamer

Multiplayer servers for Battlefield Hardline close in under a week, but that's not necessarily the end for this zany off-shoot

We're now just five days away from Battlefield Hardline multiplayer ceasing to function on Xbox and PlayStation. Servers go offline for good on Monday, 22nd June. EA revealed its intention to take the ...

Minecraft Java 26.2 Chaos Cubed update rolls out with Sulfur Caves biome, Friends List and Vulkan support

Minecraft Java 26.2 Chaos Cubed update introduces Sulfur Caves, Sulfur Spikes, Friends List support, Vulkan graphics options, new music tracks, gameplay fixes, and quality-of-life improvements across ...
Eurogamer

As Civilization 7's lengthy revitalisation continues, much-requested hotseat multiplayer is one of several new features arriving next week

Almost 18 months after Civilization 7's bumpy launch - which saw it panned by players for a range of issues, including a poor UI, controversial changes to the series' classic formula, and a lack of ...
Washington Examiner

Hegseth blocks one-star promotions as Pentagon claims evidence of meritocracy

War Secretary Pete Hegseth recently blocked the promotions of several Navy officers who had been selected by a board of senior admirals to be promoted to one-star admirals. Hegseth, who has long ...
Wall Street Journal

Hegseth Blocks Eight Navy Senior Officer Promotions

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotion of eight Navy captains to be one-star admirals, including two female and two Black officers, according to current and former U.S. officials. At ...
Shacknews

Modern Warfare 4's Kill Block will be Call of Duty's first dynamic multiplayer map

As part of the annual Call of Duty release, players can expect to see a plethora of multiplayer maps in the upcoming Modern Warfare 4. There's one map, however, outside of the standard map offerings ...
The Verge

Sony suddenly shuts down multiplayer for one of its earliest PS5 exclusives.

The company pulled the plug on multiplayer for Destruction AllStars, a game about smashing cars that launched in February 2021, due to “ongoing technical issues.” Destruction AllStars was also ...
GameSpot

One Of Sony’s First PS5 Exclusives Is Now Delisted, Multiplayer Shut Down

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. Destruction AllStars, the multiplayer-focused vehicle combat game ...
Forbes

Michael Jackson Blocks One Of R&B’s Biggest Stars From A New No. 1 Album

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. For several weeks now, Michael Jackson has appeared at No. 1 on a ...
Neowin

Minecraft Java Edition is getting peer-to-peer multiplayer support from Mojang

Mojang is currently working on the next major Minecraft content update, Chaos Cubed, and that means public testing is ongoing via the snapshot system. The latest update to the Minecraft Java Edition ...