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Helldivers II will force people to make PSN accounts to keep playing. It's a paid game and PSN isn't supported in over 60 countries (where the game was working).

No surprise the players got really mad and the #PlayStation team is trying to pretend nothing is happening...

Meanwhile, over 62K negative reviews were added on #Steam in a single day (which is a record) pushing the game into mixed grade with 48% positive recent reviews.
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Helldivers II will force people to make PSN accounts to keep playing. It's a paid game and PSN isn't supported in over 60 countries (where the game was working). No surprise the players got really mad and the #PlayStation team is trying to pretend nothing…
A couple of updates:

License agreement was changed and the company tried to pretend that an account was always required (it was optional). Users are now twice angrier because of such a outrageous lie.

In some regions the company will store sensitive information (photo and scan of the government issued ID) which looks awful since Sony was hacked dozens of times recently.

The overall Steam score is now mixed and recent is mostly negative. Oddly enough, many positive reviews are also criticizing the game (maybe they are unaware how to switch it to negative)?.
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A couple of updates: License agreement was changed and the company tried to pretend that an account was always required (it was optional). Users are now twice angrier because of such a outrageous lie. In some regions the company will store sensitive information…
To keep ruining the reputation, instead of rolling back changes, Sony restricted sales of Helldivers II in 170 countries...

There are fewer than 200 countries (even with disputed territories) and not all of them are on Steam. Which means there are like 25 locations left where you can still buy the game.

#PlayStation

If you want to request a refund from within the European Union:

Helldivers 2 are in violation of Directive (EU) 2019/771 as well as EU Article 7 of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (2005/29/EC) and Article 6, 13, and 27 of the European General Data Protections Act.
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Fun fact: #NVIDIA users can apply Screen Space Raytraced Global Illumination (or SSRTGI) as a filter in many games. It will add a lot of missing shadows and lights β€” check out how car paint reflects the red light and a lot of extra shadows appear on the second example.

It works as a filter that you can find by pressing Alt + Z (Filters β€” SSRTGI). Not every game is supported and not everywhere it works well: for example, it's broken in New Vegas but works well in Fallout 4.

Use Low or Medium quality presets since they are barely affecting performance (5-7%) and still bring depth into the scene. If some game shows no extra shadows, try to toggle Z-axis switch.
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#Nintendo Switch 2 confirmed
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As usual, #EpicGames launched a giveaway: grab these #UnrealEngine assets for FREE till the end of May!

#Free #GameAssets #UE5
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Meet new #Godot4 demo project by WrobotGames and feel free to try it out right now!

https://wrobot.itch.io and the sourse code (partial) https://github.com/WrobotGames/Jungle-Demo-Setup #GodotEngine
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Enthusiasts discovered that Dragons Dogma 2 has enormous LOD distance by default drawing kilometers around the player at maximum quality. There are like billions of polygons and no high-end solutions are used for it (like ones in Unreal Engine or ID Tech).
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Portal #meme about #Layoffs
And the final #Business #meme that explains everything
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The song of the day #meme
And Friday news: HELLDIVERS 2 is still not available in 177 regions but Ghost of Tsushima have been available at launch but then was just taken down in over 180 regions and no one knows why. Of course, these are the regions where PSN isn't supported.

πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈπŸ¦œ It's time!
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The most expensive indie game, Star Citizen just received yet another update: players will be able to find huge factories to fight against each other and get resources, the shooter mechanics were improved, flights have been divided into modes, and there are also new beasts to populate planets...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMgmo8Dfslk
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Imagine you are Asus β€” the famous computer hardware company... and your new policy is to scam people during service repairs. Asus now breaks things during "repair" and asks for insane payments from customers (sometimes higher than the price of the initial device)

But what if a blogger will find it out and will become a secret customer?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pMrssIrKcY #Hardware #Asus #Scam
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It's time for really important questions about #Weapons design
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