Sports
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Sony Patent Lets Viewers Vote and Pay to Boot Players From Games
In 2020, Sony filed a patent for allowing livestream spectators and participants to remove players from a game. Yesterday, the United States Patent and Trademark Office approved the patent, which you can read in full here. Besides removing unskilled players, the system would allow spectators to pay for the privilege of removing players.
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Spelunky World Record Holder Busted As A Cheater
A player by the name of BarryMode has, for the last eight years, held the world record for a run through Spelunky. Not anymore, though, after fans discovered that he’d cheated, with the evidence clearly visible in the video he’d recorded of the run. As Vice report, while BarryMode has now removed his video from…
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EA Is Encouraging Gamers To Stop Being Arseholes Via Battlefield 2042
Today, in advance of the release of Battlefield 2042 this November, EA announced the Battlefield Community Charter, a set of guidelines developed with the stated aim of “ensuring Battlefield remains a welcoming experience that encourages Positive Play.” Positive Play is EA’s set of initiatives which aim to “help keep games fair and fun for everyone.”…
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Pinball Machines Are Getting a Huge Upgrade to Convince Players to Come Back to Arcades
Movie theatres endured financial hardships during the pandemic’s lockdowns, but imagine what arcades, which were already on the brink of extinction due to home consoles, had to endure. To entice pinball players back to their local haunts, Stern is rolling out a pinball machine upgrade for recognising individual players, tracking their play, and rewarding their achievements.