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Stop Killing Games: la EU Kids Act podría hundir el sector

Nadie quiere defender que los niños merezcan menos protección frente a un diseño de juegos abusivo. Esa no es la batalla. La batalla es qué les pasa a todos los demás cuando una ley pensada para menores se redacta de forma demasiado amplia.

Esa es la advertencia que lanza esta semana el movimiento Stop Killing Games. Su objetivo es la propuesta de EU Kids Act, y el tono no es precisamente sutil. La campaña asegura que la normativa podría convertirse en una "bomba capaz de hacer implosionar toda la industria del videojuego". Es una afirmación enorme. Pero Ross Scott, la cara más conocida del movimiento, está claramente dispuesto a respaldarla.

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Stop Killing Games Warns EU Kids Act Could Wreck Gaming

Nobody wants to argue that kids deserve less protection from predatory game design. That isn't the fight here. The fight is over what happens to everyone else when a law built for children gets written too broadly.

That is the warning the Stop Killing Games movement is sounding this week. Its target is the proposed EU Kids Act, and the language is not subtle. The campaign says the legislation could turn into a "bomb that could implode the whole video games industry." That is a huge claim. But Ross Scott, the movement's best-known voice, is clearly willing to stand behind it.

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ArcheAge Chronicles PvP Demo Opens October 19 on Steam

ArcheAge Chronicles wants you to fight. Not monsters, not scripted bosses, but other people.

That's the clear message behind the game's upcoming demo, which the developers have confirmed will go live on October 19 as part of Steam Next Fest. Steam Next Fest is Valve's recurring showcase where unreleased games put free demos in front of the platform's audience. Anyone can download it, and the whole thing is built around one idea: player-versus-player combat, switched on and unrestricted.

If one of the reasons you've been watching ArcheAge Chronicles is the chance to round up your friends and go after rivals, neighbors and complete strangers, this is the first real opportunity to see whether that fantasy holds up.

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LOTRO Wolves of Mordor Details Survival Instincts System

Lord of the Rings Online isn't raising its level cap this month. That might sound like a strange headline for an expansion, but Standing Stone Games has a different plan for how players will keep growing their characters.

The studio, usually shortened to SSG by the community, has published a new developer blog about Survival Instincts. It's an alternative advancement system that arrives with the Wolves of Mordor expansion later this month. Instead of chasing another handful of levels, players will earn and improve a set of traits that sit alongside their existing character progression.

No new levels, but still a reason to grind

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Warframe Iceblade of Narin Update: Great Frame, Thin Story

Warframe's Iceblade of Narin update has been out for a week now. One of the more patient reviews of it comes from a Massively OP columnist who held off on writing until they had actually played the new frame.

That delay wasn't a choice. Narin's parts simply refused to drop. After enough failed runs, the columnist gave up on luck and bought the components with Entropic Kuva instead. It's a familiar Warframe story, and it shapes how the rest of the update lands. A lot of this patch only makes sense once you have Narin in hand.

A Frame Without a Story

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