Roblox’s AI-Powered Age Verification Is a Complete Mess
Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.
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‘Horses,’ the Most Controversial Game of the Year, Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype
First it was banned. Then its sales blew up. But Horses fails to meet the lofty goals of its own ideas.
Activists Are Using ‘Fortnite’ to Fight Back Against ICE
Players are role-playing ICE raids in Fortnite and Grand Theft Auto to prepare for real-world situations.
How ‘Hollow Knight: Silksong’ Fans Turned Waiting for Its Release Into a Game
Since 2019, fans have eagerly awaited Team Cherry’s next game, which is out this week. In the meantime, they got creative.
AI Slop Is Ripping Off One of Summer’s Best Games. Copycats Are Proving Hard to Kill
Peak has sold millions of copies and is Aggro Crab’s biggest hit to date. That makes it a prime target for cloning.
Itch.io Is Restoring NSFW Games—as Long as They’re Free
Facing pressure from payment processors, the indie game platform delisted many adult titles this week. Itch.io began offering free NSFW content again on Thursday as it looks for new payment options.
Gamers Are Furious About the Censorship of NSFW Games—and They’re Fighting Back
As industry groups decry censorship, players are flooding Visa and Mastercard with complaints and sharing the titles of delisted NSFW games to support developers.
Steam and Itch.io Are Pulling ‘Porn’ Games. Critics Say It’s a Slippery Slope to More Censorship
A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to do with sex or abuse have been caught in the dragnet.
A Surprise Pokémon Game Just Dropped for Switch and Mobile
Pokémon Friends, available now, is a daily puzzle game that lets players untangle yarn to make prizes.
Roblox’s New Age Verification Feature Uses AI to Scan Teens’ Video Selfies
Roblox will scan video selfies of teens to assess their ages as part of a new Trusted Connections feature that gives users access to unfiltered chatting with people they know.