"And that’s where you felt the stats of your character more than the run-and-gun."

Back in the early days of the internet and social media, we were very naive about our data (or, I was, at very least). Sure, we'd see those posts that said "Look out! Facebook owns every photo you upload" but we didn't turn to VPNs, we just shrugged and thought "So what? That's just a technicality. Mark Zuckerberg doesn't care about our selfies", little knowing that everything we posted, said, and did, was being mined for information about us so that algorithms could manipulate us based on the whims of the highest bidder.

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EDMONTON, CANADA - APRIL 28: An image of a woman holding a cell phone in front of the Discord logo displayed on a computer screen, on April 29, 2024, in Edmonton, Canada.

Mars-set RTS game Crimson Freedom will get a demo on Steam next week ahead of a future 2026 full game release.

Capcom is working on a big Monster Hunter Wilds expansion along the lines of what Iceborne was to World and Sunbreak to Rise. Series director Ryōzō Tsujimoto made the announcement in a trailer highlighting what's to come in Wilds Title Update 4, but gave no indication about what the expansion might include — just that it's comparable to previous paid expansions in scope.

The latest Arc Raiderspatch has taken one step towards listening to the vocal cries from the community asking for a PvE-only mode. "Shared Watch" is the name of the latest in-game event, described as "a celebration to honor those brave enough to watch each others' backs in the face of relentless adversity."