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Ubisoft also says they're not trying to make a political statement about Cuba... in a game based on Cuba.

Ubisoft had a big reveal stream today for Far Cry 6, wherein they showed off some new gameplay and story elements. The company also revealed that the game will be released on October 7, 2021 for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Stadia, Amazon Luna, and PC via the Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Connect.

Today's reveal sure did show off a game...

Devs continue to be too cowardly to admit all games are political.

In a couple of interviews conducted between Game Informer and developers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from Infinity Ward, we once again see that devs are just too afraid to admit that yes, their games are indeed political.

Given that nearly every single game is political in some way, this seems like a rather perplexing stance to take. It's even more so when we're talking about a game that has "war"...

"Keep ur politics out of muh vidyagams!"

Representative Josh Hawley announced a new bill that aims to ban loot boxes and pay-to-win (P2W) microtransactions in games that are "played by minors." The senator understands that it's a broad label but clarified that this will include games designed for kids under 18 and games "whose developers knowingly allow minor players to engage in microtransactions."

Sure, that is still a fairly broad umbrella...

Rapper Big Sean is pissed off today after learning that EA and the NFL have censored his song, Big Bank, on the Madden NFL 19 soundtrack. Editing and censoring songs isn't an unusual thing when it comes to licensed tracks in video games. However, unlike other songs that will remove curse words or other offensive words, this censoring removed a line about Colin Kaepernick from the song. This censoring looks like it was noticed first by Twitter user @jeanclervil early this morning. ...

Last night, the Wolfenstein II Twitter account would be so brazen as to say "Make America Nazi-Free Again" in a tweet that included a short, new trailer along with the hashtag of #NoMoreNazis. A bunch of Nazis and Nazi sympathizers took offense to the tweet, claiming that they are being attacked by the Wolfenstein II marketing. They feel as though Bethesda and Machine Games are making games, specifically Wolfenstein II, too political. Imagine, Wolfenstein, a franchise that has been ar...

Last night, the Wolfenstein II Twitter account would be so brazen as to say "Make America Nazi-Free Again" in a tweet that included a...

Polytron and Kokoromi have confirmed that they have cancelled their planned release of SUPERHYPERCUBE for Oculus VR following the news that Oculus founder, Palmer Luckey, is a piece of shit (not their words).
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Polytron and Kokoromi have confirmed that they have cancelled their planned release of SUPERHYPERCUBE for Oculus VR following the news that Oculus...