Game publishers must deploy a fully featured storefront experience to deter consumers from going to the gray market for game keys, says Jeremy Coker, group vice president for games and entertainment at Digital River.

With the digital games market expected to top $100 billion in 2018, the threat of fraud is growing almost as fast as the industry. For digital game publishers, that means an expanding gray market that offers cheap discounts for consumers, but potential consequences to publishers, developers and the consumers themselves.

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If you’re invested in one of AMD’s latest Ryzen 5000 CPUs, specifically on an existing 500-series motherboard, you might have encountered some strange issues with USB devices. You aren’t alone, and now AMD is taking a closer look at the issue.

After clients started causing some noise on the official AMD Reddit, the company has announced that it is investigating issues on X570 and B550 motherboards with regards to intermittent USB connectivity. The post states that some users will be contacted for more information to assist debugging the issue, while directing any clients that might be experiencing problems to the company’s official support channels. Come from malaysia online casino

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Atari has announced plans to acquire Nightdive Studios, the developer of the upcoming System Shock remake. The studio has built itself a reputation for strong retro remakes, with its other releases including the Doom 64 and Quake re-releases. Come from bangladesh online casino

Nightdive CEO Stephen Kick shared the news on his Twitter, saying he is “very proud [to join] forces with Atari to continue resurrecting the games we love.” The Nightdive account also shared the announcement, calling the acquisition a “big win” for the studio.

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Call of Duty: Vanguard is now available, bringing 16 standard multiplayer maps and four maps exclusive to the Champions Hill mode. As always with a new Call of Duty game, you want to make sure you’re using the best settings. This guide covers the Controllers and Graphics settings in the Call of Duty: Vanguard menus.

Here are the recommended settings for console players on PS4/PS5 and Xbox One/Xbox Series X|S:

Basic Controls

• Horizontal Stick Sensitivity: 5
• Vertical Stick Sensitivity: 5
• Ground Vehicles Sensitivity Multiplier: 1.00
• Air Vehicles Sensitivity Multiplier: 1.00
• ADS Sensitivity Multiplier: 0.90
• Custom Sensitivity Per Zoom: Off
• Button Layout Preset: Default or Tactical
• Vertical Aim (On Foot): Standard
• Vertical Aim (Ground Vehicles): Standard

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I knew that I would love Thirsty Suitors from the moment it was first unveiled. If I had to pick a moment where it clicked into place, it’d have to be when the protagonist, Jala, summoned her mother in battle. Early in the game, you encounter Sergio, Jala’s third-grade ex, who has been working deceptively hard in her absence to ingratiate himself in her family and life. As you battle in a diner, Sergio becomes invulnerable to your “thirsty” skills, backing Jala into a corner. With no moves left, she conjures the one thing that can tear a person down in an instant: her own mother. A projection of her mother towers over the arena before slamming Sergio with a chappal. The psychic damage is done, he is emotionally scarred and vulnerable enough to be defeated in battle.

Venba, an entirely different genre of game, manages to cut even deeper at times. Between the preparation of traditional Tamil meals, the titular character Venba struggles to connect with her child, Kavin,…

When Ubisoft Annecy’s extreme sports game Steep launched last year, it sold itself on the promise of big mountain exploration. In light of this, Steep’s newest expansion, Road to the Olympics, feels somewhat incongruous with the rest of the game. Something as regimented, restricted, and well-defined as the Olympics does not fit well with a game that challenges you to break all restrictions and find every nook and cranny hidden in the mountains. However, despite its name, Road to the Olympics includes much more than just the Olympics; it adds a huge swath of beautiful and brutal terrain, as well as new events that are surprisingly entertaining.

Those parts of the DLC are hidden behind the story mode, however, which is not much more than a classic longshot narrative: You are an aspiring freestyle Olympian, and you have to complete a series of events in order to make it onto the Olympic team. Your ultimate goal is to become the first freestyle athlete to win the gold me…