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Brazil has officially adopted a new law redefining video games in the country and establishing guidelines to guarantee and regulate its industry's future growth.

A former Activision Blizzard executive has filed a discrimination claim with the company, alleging it of discriminating against «old white guys».

Google has agreed to pay $700 million in an antitrust settlement with US state attorney generals.

Valve boss Gabe Newell has been ordered to appear in court as part of an antitrust lawsuit filed by Wolfire Games.

By Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt University, and John Nay, Stanford University

Starfieldhas a ton of weapon mods to muck about with—not the kind you need a script extender for, mind you. I'm talking about the vanilla crafting system: If you drop a few points into the Science skill tree, you'll be able to craft all kinds of mods that blow the doors wide open on the game's build variety.

California, the largest state in the USA and home to many of the world's largest tech companies, is a step closer to giving residents the right to repair their devices and appliances after Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law.

NVIDIA "Huang's Law" is the primary catalyst for driving chip performance and efficiency to over 1000x in less than a decade. For NVIDIA, Huang's Law is the fundamental approach that moves beyond traditional chip speedup fundamentals such as Moore's Law which had dominated the tech industry in the past.

The Warden's Law is a Legendary Hand Cannon reintroduced in season 22 of . This weapon archetype is fantastic in both PvP and PvE content. The Warden's Law is the first Legendary Hand Cannon to be given the new Heavy Burst subcategory in the game. The weapon fires a hard-hitting, two-round burst. This offers a fun aspect that cannot be found with other Legendary Hand Cannons.

NVIDIA France offices were raided by French law enforcement and antitrust authorities over suspected engagement of anti-competitive practices.

Valve has failed to convince the European Union's Court of Justice that it did not infringe EU law by geo-blocking activation keys on Steam.

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of «Playing the Edge.» Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today!

Elon Musk doesn’t want to talk about how X moderates content on the site so much that he’s suing the state of California over it.

In September 2022, the EU signed the Digital Markets Act into law, laying down new rules to foster healthy competition among tech companies. Soon, the EU will declare which companies and services count as "gatekeepers," and Microsoft and Apple are working to keep at least two services off that list: Bing and iMessage, respectively.

Ottawa on Friday spelled out how a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for news content will work in practice, including how much it could cost Meta and Google.

Chinese law enforcement may be behind a disinformation operation that’s been trying to spread propaganda across dozens of social networks, according to Facebook’s parent Meta. 

Once again, the cancer of crime is spreading across Old Detroit, and there's only one police officer who can serve up justice on these lawless streets – RoboCop.

Bungie is deep diving on some of its weapon changes ahead of the launch of Season 22, including bringing back Warden's Law with a new archetype.