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Audio player loading… Games publisher Epic Games has settled a dispute with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to pay $520m / £428.4m/ AU$778m in fines and relief following violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Epic Games, creators of online battle royale Fortnite, will be paying one cash penalty of $275m /£225.8m /AU$411.9m

Starfield. Redfall. Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty. Minecraft Legends. Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, Monster Hunter Rise, Lies of P, Routine, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Atomic Heart, Warhammer 40K: Darktide, Ark 2, Flintlock, Guilty Gear Strive, Valheim on console, GoldenEye 007. And many, many more. Are you going to buy any games in 2023? Or are

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Photo: HTC/The Verge)For the past several years Meta hasn’t had to face much competition in the virtual reality (VR) market. Sure, there’s been a few companies with headsets, but none have been able to hit the price-to-performance target like the

This year’s Boxing Day sales are just around the corner now and we’re already starting to see many retailers offer up early promotions. If you’re looking to do some post-Christmas bargain hunting this December, then now’s the time to get that shopping list ready. We’ve rounded up all the best early Boxing Day sales into

If you’re looking for a good excuse to replay Final Fantasy 7 Remake, doing so with an actual Buster Sword is one way to do it. OK, so it’s not like you’ll be able to easily get your own buster sword to do this, but streamer, YouTuber, and controller maker SuperLouis64 has made it possible

Audio player loading… Amazon Games has announced that it will work alongside Crystal Dynamics on the next Tomb Raider title. Originally announced in April 2022, this new Tomb Raider game is in the works at Crystal Dynamics, the studio behind 2013’s Tomb Raider and its sequel, Rise of the Tomb Raider. However, the publishing reigns

It’s that time of year again, when we all tell you which of the games that came out over the past 12 months we like the best. It’s my turn, and I hope you weren’t expecting some out-of-left-field pick; an artsy indie game you never heard of that I’ll try to convince you is 2022’s

Audio player loading… Windows 11 was hit by an unfortunate bug in November which caused stuttering frame rates in some games with the 22H2 update, as you may be aware, but the issue has now been fully resolved by Microsoft (after the cure was implemented in testing last month). Clearly everything went well with that testing

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. AMD’s long-awaited RDNA3 GPUs launched on Dec. 13, and although they didn’t score a knockout victory over their rivals in early tests, they’re clearly worthy competitors. Their main flaw, reviewers noted, was lackluster ray tracing performance, to the surprise of

Welcome to VG247’s Best Games Ever Podcast: Episode 30 – the best game that made you uninstall. Uninstalling crap games is one thing. But uninstalling a game that would qualify in some way as a “best ever”? That’s a difficult thing to imagine, or determine. Unfortunately for our panellists, that’s the game. To see this

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Now that Intel has finally launched its Arc Alchemist line of GPUs in the US, it appears to be doing most of the heavy lifting itself. So far the only cards we’ve seen for sale are Intel-branded. ASRock and Acer

Audio player loading… Valve has shared some new info on what advancements will be made with the Steam Deck 2 – including better battery life – and further expressed a desire to make a Steam Controller 2. Valve has made no secret that there will be a sequel to the Steam Deck – indeed, multiple

Imagine you’re 12 years old – for some of you that’s more of a stretch than it is for others. It’s also the early ‘90s and everyone is wearing a fire hazard because it’s fashionable. Video games are a luxury, and rightly so. They’re expensive and you are happy for what you get given by

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Credit: Ramon Costa/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Microsoft’s storied bid to absorb Activision Blizzard is continuing to heat up, and it looks like the company is switching to a familiar tack by insisting its potential acquisition doesn’t have all that many

Audio player loading… Starfield is almost here, after literally years of teases, industry speculation, and high hopes from fans around the world. It will mark the first new IP from Bethesda in 25 years, now slotting alongside Fallout and The Elder Scrolls as part of the studio’s main lineup.  But while we likely don’t have

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Game developer CD Projekt Red released The Witcher 3 in 2015 to universally positive reviews. The game looked stunning at release, but it has been seven years. The company has been working on a next-gen update for The Witcher 3

PlayStation has revealed the roster of new games that’ll be added to its PS Plus line-up next week, and it’s packed full of tantalising titles to sink your teeth into this Christmas. So, what’s arriving on December 20?Catch a gameplay trailer for Judgment, arriving on PS Plus this week, right here.First things first, those with

Audio player loading… Warner Bros. Games has announced that its upcoming Harry Potter RPG will be delayed once again, this time only for last-gen console owners. Announced via the official Twitter (opens in new tab) page, Hogwarts Legacy has been delayed on PS4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One to allow developer Avalanche Software to “deliver