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Steam Requires Australian Credit Cards to View or Buy R18+ Games

The change implements Australia's Online Safety Act through a credit‑card check that excludes many adults without credit cards.

Major Publishers Appear to Opt Out of Xbox Disc-to-Digital Beta

Valve Rolls Out Refreshed Steam Store Home Page

Nvidia’s DLSS 5 Backlash Deepens After Conflicting Explanations of How It Works

Battlefield 6 Will Launch Without Ray Tracing, With No Near-Term Plans to Add It

Microsoft rolls out Copilot for Gaming beta on Xbox mobile app