Adult game fans revolting over payment processors
Censorship row sparks coordinated disruption campaign
Frustrated punters who reckon payment processors are to blame for the culling of adult games from platforms like Steam and itch.io are now gunning for Visa and Mastercard.
Sony tests PS5 power saver mode
New feature will throttle games to cut energy use
Sony is fiddling with a new Power Saver mode for the PlayStation 5, promising lower power consumption at the cost of reduced performance.
Lenovo Legion Go 2 prototypes leak in China
Pre-production units with older Ryzen Z2 chips surface on grey markets
Lenovo’s upcoming Legion Go 2 gaming handheld is already leaking into the wild, with Chinese resellers offering pre-launch prototypes despite no official release.
Nintendo bans user for buying legit used games
Anti-piracy crusade catches innocent player
The former maker of playing cards Nintendo’s anti-piracy system appears to have turned its guns on a new Switch 2 user who dared to buy second-hand games like a normal human being.
Call of Duty hacked again
Activision pulls WWII from Microsoft Store after players get pwned
Gaming behemoth Activision has yanked Call of Duty: WWII from the Microsoft Store after hackers exploited a remote code execution bug that let them take over players’ PCs.