Four California consumers filed a class-action lawsuit against Sony Interactive Entertainment in federal court, claiming the PlayStation Store misleads shoppers by using ownership terms like 'Buy Now' and 'Confirm Purchase' for digital games that are actually only licensed, revocable access. They say the license disclaimer appears in small, unhighlighted text that fails to meet California's disclosure requirements for digital goods. Sony has since asked the court to force individual arbitration or dismiss the case, arguing no reasonable consumer would think they truly own a digital game.
Insomniac's new PS5 exclusive Marvel's Wolverine departs from the studio's open-world Spider-Man formula, instead offering a linear action game closer to God of War and Uncharted. The story follows Logan as a reluctant member of the mercenary group Team X, alongside characters like Sabretooth and Mystique, as they investigate mutant disappearances tied to an arms dealer. Combat centers on fast, violent slashing that leans into Wolverine's healing factor and claws.
Danielle Udogaranya, known as Ebonix, has spent over a decade making custom Black hairstyles for life-simulation games like The Sims and Paralives because developers rarely offer more than a few textured options. She says many big titles, from Tekken 8 to Spider-Man 2, still rely on the same stiff, dreadlock-style default she calls 'Killmonger locs,' a nod to Michael B. Jordan's Black Panther character. Her Patreon, with over 115,000 members, fills that gap with free and paid hair packs modeled on real styles.
Starting September 9, Australian law requires online game and app storefronts to verify that buyers are over 18. Steam is meeting this requirement by asking users to link a bank card rather than submit government ID or biometric data, mirroring the approach it already uses in the UK. Credit cards work reliably since Australian issuers only give them to adults, but debit cards—often held by minors—only pass verification under narrower conditions tied to specific bank and network flags.
LG pushed back after GamersNexus published a video alleging that its G5 TVs could be hacked via a man-in-the-middle attack to capture ambient audio and viewing data, even with the microphone switch off. LG stated its TVs only process voice data when the remote's voice button is pressed or a wake word is spoken, and that unrecognized audio is never sent to its servers.
Google is updating Search's AI Mode so it can act as a fantasy football advisor by connecting to Yahoo Fantasy or Sleeper accounts, offering lineup suggestions and free-agent picks based on a user's roster and league. The company is also rolling out a 'Live Game Feed' that shows scores, recaps, play-by-play updates and video highlights when users search for ongoing games, plus carousels for league scores, player stats, win odds and bracket matchups.
Artist Morry Kolman released a Grand Theft Auto V mod called Grand Theft Automated License Plate Reader, which scatters 235 replica Flock Safety cameras across Los Santos and rewards players $600 for each one they destroy. The mod also mimics real-world surveillance behavior, extending police chase cooldowns near cameras and occasionally triggering false police responses to mirror reported ALPR errors.
Hello Games has released the free Cosmos update for No Man's Sky, marking the game's 10th anniversary with what it calls its largest overhaul yet. The update adds space outposts for alien trade, strippable space hulks, asteroid belts, customizable space stations, free-floating orbital bases, a new interactive star system map, and galactic alliances with leaderboards.
Wheel of Fortune is introducing a new rapid-fire opening game as it kicks off its 44th season. The format change gives contestants an early opportunity to win thousands of dollars right at the start of each episode.
GOG has launched a 'Printable Big Box' collection offering downloadable 3D models and print-ready templates of retro PC game packaging for five titles: Armikrog, Descent, Hitman: Codename 47, Myst, and Star Trek: 25th Anniversary. Owners can download files in GLB, PDF, SVG, and Illustrator formats to build their own foldable box replicas, made possible through a partnership with collector Benjamin Wimmer's Big Box Collection archive.
Reddit users report receiving personalized win-back offers on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, with one subscriber getting a 30% discount ($16.09 vs $22.99 monthly) after repeatedly canceling and resubscribing over two years. Other users have shared similar discounted offers, including an $18 rate for 12 months on a secondary Xbox account.
Nvidia has launched GeForce Graphics Driver 616.92, adding Game Ready optimizations for the path tracing update in 007 First Light alongside support for Active Matter, Aniimo, WARDOGS and a DLSS Super Resolution update for PUGS. The release also patches several bugs, including browser flicker, virtual display creation failures, and black screens during Remote Desktop sessions introduced by the prior 616.56 driver.
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