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US Rep calls on Valve to ban Pro-Palestinian game

Sure, that’s what we should do, listen to someone who is viewed as an ally to the cryptocurrency industry and says he has “revulsion” for a non-violent movement that he describes as “extremism.” So last week I spoke about the pro-Palestinian game…

Pro-Palestinian Game Banned by Counter Terror unit

Let’s get two things straight, and one thing gay: Killing someone is generally frowned upon as it should, and governments restricting only very specific types of “artistic” endeavors are quite annoying. Honestly, I don’t have a third thing here that is gay,…

Keiran’s Steam Autumn Sale Suggestions

The sun saw fit to rise again, so I guess it is time for another lot of sales across the board. So without wasting too much time, let’s talk discounted titles on Steam (and probably elsewhere) to pick up if you haven’t…

1.3-Million Insomniac Files Leaked

It’s all leaks, all the time this month, apparently. Between Rocksteady’s need to ask players to avoid the spoilers for its upcoming title Kill the Justice League, another story has been brewing under this. You may have heard that a group called Rhysida…

The Game Awards 2023 News Roundup

We’ve made it to December and with that comes The Game Awards. Despite some people acting as though the year was slow, we’ve got some heavy hitters, including Tears of the Kingdom and Baldur’s Gate 3. Who took home the Game of…

The ACP’s 2023 Game Awards Choices

Editor’s Note: In the Spirit of the Season, we’ve decided to promote one of our writers’ side projects. If you’re interested and want to support them please do so. Anyone who works with Phenixx Gaming is a part of the PG family,…

Gabe Newell Ordered to In-person Deposition

Oh, you better watch out, you better not sue, better not pirate, I’m telling you why, Santa Gabe is coming to court! Ok, yeah it’s a touch contrived, but you write about anti-trust lawsuits and make it sound interesting. It is not…

Sequel Bait – InFamous

With Sony’s Spider-Man 2 releasing soon, I thought now would be a good time to look back on a superhero game series that has seemingly fallen into obscurity. I find the disappearance of Infamous from the modern gaming market quite baffling given…

Devs Should Explain “Partial Controller Support” on Steam

I think we’ve all noticed the “Partial Controller Support” thing on Steam that sometimes accompanies games that don’t often play well with a controller. In my experience, every game that has “Partial Controller Support” usually has a different version of it. I…

Are Game Showcase Expectations Too High?

At last week’s Summer Game Fest 2023 Live, we saw dozens of games from a variety of developers. Nicholas Cage showed up, we had a long-awaited Final Fantasy VII Rebirth update, and even a release date for Spider-Man 2. Still, the response online was aggressively…