Oh god. Sidewinder. The source of one of my greatest memories ever in college gaming. We had a 4 hour game CTF game on that map....3 hours spent at 2-2 and I was stuck hiding in a ladder while the team struggled to fight their way into the enemy base to kill who was holding our flag. The enemy team was doing the same.

I think the best case scenario is a press release that says, “We consider those stories and characters to now be part of the Legends universe and look forward to adding new stories in their place.”

Surprised you didn’t put the puns in the title.

But wait, don’t Apple phones contain an internet browser?  One that comes pre-installed on the device?  One that could be used to browse an essentially limitless volume of “adult content”?  Is Apple then on the hook for anything that could be accessed via Safari?

Whats the problem with that? Do you expect that she’s the first, or last, that Epic wants to shower with dollars for some publicity?

are you going to donate 80k to charity? no? okay then.

You don’t seem to understand that not every blockchain is going to use anywhere near the amount of energy that bitcoin uses.

You will never convince me that this is the work of actual human being working on code and not some kind of dark magic obtained via ritual sacrifice.

This. Has everyone already forgotten about the controversy when Activision Blizzard punished Blitzchung for speaking out on behalf of Hong Kong?

“I can understand releasing an edited trailer in China, because the CCP’s strict controls over foreign media (and local support of this) is the price you pay for doing business there, but changing everyone’s trailer is a bit much.”

Because China uses their giant market to force companies to do their bidding. If they…

This is the Chinese government’s MO. It’s not enough to censor media in China -- they demand censorship across the globe. Shame on Activision for once again caving to tyrants to make a few more bucks.

Fuck the CCP

Easy answer for you. Yes, they literally “have” to allow citizens to speak lest they violate the First Amendment:

They know what they are doing.  Kids without fully developed brains now see the army as a place that can help pay for their college and all they have to do is play video games.  If Marlboro had a twitch team or was sponsering E-sports teams, you know things would get shut down fast.  But luring kids into signing away…

he attempted to correct viewers who were criticizing the Army, saying that the Army can’t recruit kids because people have to be at least 17 to enlist. “17 is still a child,” said one person in chat. He went on to say that people should not enlist in the Army because of video games.

48 hours, tops.

Over/under on how long before they make a “tactical retreat” from the platform again?

Theres totally nothing creepy, shady or imperialistic in using a platform often used by children to whitewash a military force.

Freelancer is my favorite space sim, and I am thankful to the team at Digital Anvil and MS that made the game happen without their insane overlord. Personally, I still find it to do things no game ever has since- like perfecting space combat, turrets, and a great travel system.
I’m sad I’ll never get a sequel. 

Did they just... roadmap their roadmap?