Starmer tells Apple and Google to ban nude images on children's phones
Firms will be expected to activate built-in features to stop children accessing sexually explicit images.
Firms will be expected to activate built-in features to stop children accessing sexually explicit images.
State of Decay 3 was among the few surprising reveals during the Xbox Games Showcase . We've been waiting years to hear, or see, well, anything from the zombie survival management sim since the moment it was initially announced - which was nearly six years ago . Read more

Doom: The Dark Ages was a fun time, but we'd been wondering about the release window for its DLC (and its very nature) since a Premium Edition was released day one. During the Xbox Games Showcase , Bethesda Softworks and id Software finally unveiled the Revelations DLC. Read more

If you thought we were done with the showcases, think again, as Nintendo has just announced a Direct. This Direct will air tomorrow, 9th June, at 3pm UK time. Read more

Guild Wars 3 will feature no mandatory subscription or premium battlepass, and will be buyable as a premium product like previous games in the series. Read more

UPDATE 2.38pm: Arkane's Blade project has not been cancelled. Read more

Monster Hunter Wilds ' much-anticipated expansion-sized DLC, titled Ascendance , is coming next year. But with lots of performance woes and a long wait for meaty endgame battles , we aren't surprised the game always struggled to live up to the heights of Monster Hunter: World , a game which has been blessed with enduring popularity. Now, Capcom has revealed 2018's instalment has crossed an…

As promised, Gears of War: E-Day developer The Coalition followed up the Xbox Games Showcase with a presentation entirely dedicated to the upcoming third-person shooter. The nearly 28-minute-long Direct expanded on the gameplay demo we saw at the Showcase, revealing more details about the core design philosophy, as well as the modes we can expect at launch. Read more

Cast your minds back to last month, and you will recall a rather bizarre video featuring Death Stranding creator Hideo Kojima travelling through space and crashing on a hostile planet. This wasn't a promotion for a new game, rather it was a collaboration with filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn and fashion house Prada for an art installation. Oh, the short film - known as Satellites II - was made with…

What if our biggest idea about reality is built on a hidden misunderstanding? A new philosophical look at space-time challenges the popular view that the past, present, and future all exist together in a timeless "block universe." The argument suggests that physicists may be blurring the difference between things that exist and things that merely occur, creating deep confusion about what…
Scientists used nanoscale gold metamaterials to supercharge heat transfer across tiny gaps, achieving up to four times more energy flow than similar conventional systems. The breakthrough could lead to better chip cooling, more efficient energy technologies, and a new era of precision heat engineering.
The developers of Mouthwashing - the sci-fi horror hit - have announced their next game: Carcass Clad. Read more

Many indie studios have tried to replicate Pokémon's formula, but few have actually cracked the code. In 2023, Bytten Studio got it right with Cassette Beasts , mainly because it had something to add to the mix and wasn't entirely built on nostalgia. Now, the developers aim to take it to the next level with Cassette Beasts 2002. Read more

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra , a game that genuinely only seems to come up when it's getting delayed, has been… delayed yet again. That's according to Paramount Games Studio boss, who revealed that the ambitious game is playable, but won't be out for some time. Read more
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Xbox has shed more light on the company's exclusivity strategy, after last night's showcase threw a few surprises our way. Read more

Despite making the jump to video-on-demand on digital platforms last month, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is still holding its theatrical position in cinemas in some locations. Now, it's finally pushed its global box office haul past the $1bn mark. Read more

Playground Games has announced some post-launch DLC for Fable, months out from its release date in February of next year. Read more

Viking survival and crafting hit, Valheim , which first appeared in early access in early 2021, is almost ready for its full release. Developer Iron Gate announced at the PC Gaming Show that the game will officially launch on 9th September. Read more

Citizen Sleeper creator Gareth Damian Martin's new game is something quite different: a first-person "fungalpunk" narrative role-playing game inspired by post-punk Britain, in which you play as a literal parasite, infecting and navigating the lives of people in Signet City. Read more

Retro specialist Nightdive is at it again. After successfully tackling System Shock and its sequel (giving them the remake and remaster treatment respectively), Nightdive is once again returning to the world of legendary developer Looking Glass Studios and sprucing up another of its beloved early immersive sims. Yup, it's time to retreat to the shadows as we await the launch of Thief: The Dark…
