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Twitch clarifies its ban on terrorist and extremist content

Twitch has updated its community guidelines to clarify its ban on terrorist and extremist content. It said that it’s doing so to “reinforce the fact that this type of content has no place on Twitch.” We’ve clarified our policy prohibiting terrorist and extremist content. View the Violence and Threats section of the Community Guidelines for further details: https://t.co/E2LKDBPnBv…
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The first 'Monster Hunter' movie teaser sets up an enormous battle

After several years of development, you’re finally getting your first glimpse of the Monster Hunter movie in action. Sony and IGN have shared a teaser trailer (via Polygon) for Paul W.S. Anderson’s Monster Hunter production that gives a hint of what to expect. It’s very brief, but promises a climactic fight. Milla Jovovich (as Artemis) and T.I. (Link) are about to face off against a gigantic…
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Answering your Xbox Series X questions | GB Decides 166

GamesBeat reviews editor Mike Minotti talks with gaming editor Jeff Grubb about Xbox Series X, Crash Bandicoot 4, and Super Mario 35 on this week’s GamesBeat Decides podcast. Also, Minecraft is in Smash Ultimate now because of course it is. And, hey, what the heck is wrong…
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Ubisoft survey reveals that 25 percent of employees have seen or experienced workplace misconduct

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has published the results of an employee survey undertaken by the company over the summer following allegations of endemic harassment and toxicity, and the results are eye-opening. In the anonymous survey of nearly 14,000 employees, one in four respondents said that they had either witnessed or experienced workplace misconduct themselves in the past two years, and one in…
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Bowser arrested and charged for selling Nintendo Switch hacks

Two members of a console hacking and piracy organization known as Team Xecuter have been arrested and charged with fraud, one of whom is named Gary Bowser. French national Max Louarn and Bowser, originally from Canada but arrested in the Dominican Republic, allegedly led the…
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Crash Bandicoot 4 is a charming, challenging throwback

The Crash Bandicoot series has always occupied a strange place in the pantheon of platform games. It doesn’t offer the sheer joy of movement and discovery that has propelled the Super Mario games, nor the technical spectacle that drives each new Ratchet and Clank title. Even still, there’s something distinct about Crash: the over-the-shoulder perspective, the bouncy movement, the oh-so-’90s…
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