In Real Life: The News From The Intersection Of Games & The Real World
Everything that affects the lives of gamers and things gamers care about is right here. If it’s a brush with the law, new legislation affecting gaming, or just the many cool things happening in gaming culture, IRL’s the place to be.
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Stellar Blade Won’t Have Microtransactions, Says Dev
According to the team working on the single-player only Stellar Blade, the game won’t contain microtransactions of any sort.
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Roblox Boss: We Aren’t Exploiting Child Labour, We’re Giving Kids In ‘The Slum’ A Job
Roblox head Stefano Corazza disagrees it exploits child labour, suggesting it is a “gift” for “15-year-olds, in Indonesia, living in a slum.”
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Canceled ‘Nolanverse’ Batman Game Has Extensive Gameplay Leak
Back in the early 2010s, Batman was all the rage. Actually, what am I talking about? Batman is still all the rage, but at the time, it was an especially hot property. In the world of video games, Rocksteady’s Arkham series was taking off while Christopher Nolan was rounding the corner on his widely acclaimed…
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Police Arrest Suspect Behind Nintendo Live Tokyo 2024 Threats
Japanese police have reportedly arrested a person who made multiple, repeated threats around a Nintendo Live event in Tokyo.