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Xbox Age Checks Hit Australian Adults Buying 18+ Games
Every adult hands over a face or a document, and the children the rule is aimed are are still playing.
Xbox Outage Stops Players From Launching Physical Disc Games
Players who owned games on disc got the same license error as digital users, because the Xbox verifies each disc online before it spins.
EU Brings Back Chat Surveillance, Even as More MEPs Vote No
Every empty chair in Strasbourg counted as a vote for the surveillance nobody in the room had the numbers to stop.
Xbox UK Age Verification Launch Locks Out Thousands of Players
The UK’s age verification mandate arrived as promised, and Xbox delivered it by ejecting players mid-session, stripping away chat, and treating 18-year account holders like suspicious strangers.
Microsoft Pulls the Plug on Digital Movies Without Warning
Digital ownership means trusting a gatekeeper who never promised to keep the gate open.
Rumble Expands Horizons With Xbox Integration
Another platform.
Ubisoft Executive Says People Need to Get “Comfortable” Never Owning Games
The digital and subscription trap.
Xbox Could Ban Players From Games They Purchased Under New “Hate Speech” and “Profanity” Strikes System
Banned for up to one year.
MembersTrash Talk Once Went Hand-In-Hand With Gaming. but Big Tech Is Killing It.
As more gaming moves online, the limited ideals of tech giants such as Microsoft are causing players to be locked out of games for their banter with friends and others.
Xbox Suspended 970,000 Accounts for “Hate Speech,” “Harassment,” and “Bullying” in H1 2022
More automated censorship.
Avoiding Antitrust Scrutiny, Microsoft Is Taking Over Large Segments of the Gaming Market
Microsoft’s acquisitions are going to have major impacts on the gaming market.
Microsoft Will Now Police Xbox Players’ Language. Stick to Approved “Trash Talk” Only – Or Else
Tech companies striving to police language is the new nightmare.