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Aug312025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Steam Introduces Mandatory Age Verification in the UK

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Credit: Steam Valve has added an age verification system for users in the UK to comply with the UK Online Safety Act. Information about this has been published on the Steam support site. To access adult content game pages on the Steam store and associated community hubs, UK users must be verified. The process involves linking a valid credit card to your account. Those who already have this payment method registered do not need to do anything - no restrictions will be applied to them. Valve noted that of all the age verification mechanisms considered, it believes that storing credit card data is the most reliable in terms of ensuring the highest degree of user privacy. Previously, data miners found references to a similar system in the code of future Grand Theft Auto Online u...

Aug292025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Gears of War: Reloaded Played By Over a Million People in Three Days

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Credit: Xbox The Coalition studio boasted about the success of Gears of War: Reloaded, a remaster of the cult shooter from 2006. In just three days, more than 1 million people played the new game, for which the developers have already thanked everyone involved. It is worth noting that this figure does not correspond to pure sales, since Gears of War: Reloaded is available not only for purchase in digital stores, but also as part of a Game Pass (Ultimate, PC) subscription. "Ending the console wars, one larva at a time. Thank you for a million players," the official Gears of War microblog thanked the community, hinting at the historical nature of Reloaded. Credit: Steam Recall that Gears of War: Reloaded was the debut release on Sony consoles in the entire 19-year histor...

Aug282025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Epic Games Store Now Gives Away Arthouse Machinarium For Free

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Credit: Screenshot Machinarium Machinarium is available to download for free on the Epic Games Store mobile app from August 28 to September 4, 2025. It is available on Android worldwide and on iOS in the European Union. Amanita Design's award-winning 2009 handcrafted adventure Machinarium is the studio's love letter to classic point-and-click adventures. Players take on the role of dome-headed robot Josef and must venture into Machinarium to uncover a plot by the evil Blackhat gang, save the city, and save his girlfriend Bertha. Russian language support is available. And on the evening of September 4, a new giveaway will begin in EGS. Then you can get the meditative puzzle Monument Valley and the turn-based strategy The Battle of Polytopia for free.

Aug262025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Demonschool Postponed to November 19 Due to Release of Hollow Knight: Silksong

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Credit: Ysbryd Games There's a week and a half left until the long-awaited release of Hollow Knight: Silksong, and more and more indie studios are trying to push back the launch of their games as far as possible. And now the authors of the JRPG Demonschool from Necrosoft Games have announced a postponement. Let's remember that Demonschool was expected to be released on September 3 after several delays, while Hollow Knight: Silksong, the most desired game on Steam at the moment, will go on sale only a day later. In an official statement, Ysbryd Games explained that the decision is related to the release of Hollow Knight: Silksong, scheduled for September 4. Representatives of the publisher believe that the release of Demonschool during this period could negatively affect attention ...