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A judge has ruled that RuneScape gold pieces are real property, which is bad news for the ex-dev accused of stealing 705 billion of them
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A judge has ruled that RuneScape gold pieces are real property, which is bad news for the ex-dev accused of stealing 705 billion of them

When you were making plant pots in RuneScape and selling them to other players, you might not have thought you were laying the groundwork for a UK legal precedent that would define in-game gold as intangible property covered by the Theft Act 1968, but, well, here we are. Lord Justice Popplewell has ruled on appeal that RuneScape's gold pieces are legal property, which is important for the ex-Jagex developer accused of stealing 705 billion of them. Read more

Strategy game Bolt Action is a tabletop WW2 miniatures port with indirect fire, armour facings and overwatch
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Strategy game Bolt Action is a tabletop WW2 miniatures port with indirect fire, armour facings and overwatch

Today I became aware of Bolt Action, a historical strategy sim based on the World War II tabletop miniatures game from Warlord Games (founded by erstwhile Games Workshop staffers John Stallard and Paul Sawyer). It sees you fretting over questions of morale, line-of-sight and cover, while leading US, British or German armies across maps that range from beaches to churchyards. There’s multiplayer, too. Trailer ho! Read more

Is Highguard down? Current server status
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Is Highguard down? Current server status

Don't go blaming your PC if you can't connect to Highguard without checking whether the servers are actually up and running first.

Old School RuneScape's 2026 roadmap includes the finale to a questline that's legally old enough to drink
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Old School RuneScape's 2026 roadmap includes the finale to a questline that's legally old enough to drink

Against the overbearing weight of modernity, Old School RuneScape continues to complete a Sisyphean task of simply existing two and a half decades after it originally launched. It just celebrated that 25th anniversary at the start of the year in fact, and now during a Winter Summit a slew of updates coming to the MMO were shown off in a roadmap from developer Jagex. Read more

Banjo-Kazooie gets an unofficial PC port thanks to modders, with handy technical tweaks and Steam Deck support
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Banjo-Kazooie gets an unofficial PC port thanks to modders, with handy technical tweaks and Steam Deck support

A group of modders wearing the finest reverse-engineering goggles has managed to port birdly and beary platformer Banjo-Kazooie to PC, with a bunch of extra bells and whistles to make sure it won't make for a disappointing dip back into your childhood or adulthood. Their creation's dubbed Banjo: Recompiled, and it dropped over the weekend. Read more

Hytale being unfinished is fine, but I'd rather see nothing than its WIP signs
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Hytale being unfinished is fine, but I'd rather see nothing than its WIP signs

I like Hytale. I like how it plays smoother and weightier than Minecraft, while matching the explorative highs of creeping through an infested cave or stumbling upon some ancient, unplundered ruin. I like how it runs on the Steam Deck without trying to. And I like the pace at which it’s being updated: one substantial patch per week, at the current rate. You could argue, fairly, that regular content injections are vital for an early access game that’s accessible as early as Hytale is