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'Fortnite' Safety Tips: Parental Guide to Shield Kids from Voice Chat Dangers, Scams & Toxicity in 2025

Here are essential "Fortnite" safety tips and the ultimate parental guide to protect kids from voice chat risks, scams, and toxicity for online gaming safety.

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'Death Stranding 2' May Be Coming to PCs Earlier Than Expected, Along With a Surprise Twist

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach may be coming to PCs earlier than expected, and it also brings a surprise twist for gamers.

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'Death Stranding 2: On the Beach' May Come To PC Sooner Than You Think

'Death Stranding 2: On the Beach' is rumored to hit PC soon, thanks to a surprise listing on the ESRB's website.

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Could Death Stranding 2 ever come to Xbox? A recent PC rating for Hideo Kojima's sequel makes it a far more realistic possibility

Death Stranding 2’s early PC rating arrives much sooner than the first game’s rollout, suggesting the sequel could reach PC and later Xbox far earlier than expected.

Windows Central

The ESRB just leaked a Death Stranding 2 PC port, and I think we can say bye-bye to Jim Ryan's '2 or 3 year' wait for PlayStation games on PC

If trends continue, PS exclusives will shortly release on PC first, somehow.

PC Gamer

It looks like Death Stranding 2 is set for PC as Hideo Kojima's latest appears on a ratings board ahead of The Game Awards

An early 2026 release roughly matches the timing of the first game coming to PC, too

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New Red Dead Redemption port on the way to a bunch of new platforms, including Switch 2 and Netflix, promising "free upgrades" and "a number of enhancements"

Arriving on December 2

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Red Dead Redemption gets a new ESRB rating for Switch 2 and current-gen consoles, hinting at another re-release for Rockstar Games' cowboy epic

But no signs of the long-requested Red Dead Redemption 2 update

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Silent Hill 2 gets an ESRB Rating for Xbox Series X|S — Could this be a sign we'll finally see this awesome horror remake on Xbox?

We have recently discovered that the Entertainment Software Rating Board has given the critically acclaimed Silent Hill 2 remake an Xbox Series X|S rating, implying it may soon be heading for Microsoft's home consoles.

Windows Central

A sequel to Aliens: Fireteam Elite is almost certainly in development, having briefly burst onto the ESRB's website

Developer Cold Iron Studios has previously stated it is developing a game that builds "on the success of Aliens: Fireteam Elite".

PC Gamer

Nintendo's Mysterious New Short Film Might Be Hiding a Secret

Nintendo has dropped a new gorgeous animated short seemingly out of nowhere, and it might have some interesting connections to Pikmin.

Inverse

'A threat to creative expression and social progress': Advocacy groups respond to Roblox's new 'sensitive issues' label

Women in Games, Out Making Games, and BAME in Games call for transparent age ratings rather than vague "sensitive issues" label.

PC Gamer

Battlefield 6 is set to be extra grisly compared to most of the previous entries in EA's FPS series, as it's only the third to mention "gore" in its ESRB rating

We can also expect "intense violence"

GamesRadar

Metroid Prime 4 has been rated by the ESRB, sparking hopes Nintendo is announcing a release date soon

It's taken longer than Silksong

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Censoring video games with sexual content suppresses the diversity of human desire

Following a campaign by Australian anti-porn organization Collective Shout, the video game distribution platforms Steam and itch.io recently made changes to their policies about hosting games with adult themes.

Windows Central

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 rated by the ESRB — and it looks like we're not going to be free of the weed-themed skins any time soon

The ESRB's rating summary of Black Ops 7 includes mentions of a rifle with a bong attachment and player characters "smoking joints".

GamesRadar

Elden Ring's new content and Nintendo Switch 2 release could be coming soon – the Tarnished Edition was just rated by the ESRB

We may have an Elden Ring Tarnished Edition release date soon

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Borderlands 4 gets an M rating from the ESRB as it warns of "enemies bursting into chunks" and dialogue such as "I'm gonna go home and have sex with my wife"

Looks like the humor will stick to that Borderlands standard

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Ghost of Yotei's M ESRB rating reveals the best part of Tsushima is back in the sequel: "Exposed buttocks is depicted in a hot spring"

A soon-to-be series tradition

GamesRadar

Death Stranding 2 may have "a man's hands and legs sliced off by a robotic samurai" but its ESRB rating just revealed the most shocking detail of all: "The word 'f**k' is heard in the game"

It also reveals a really silly weapon, which is actually a bit of a gutting spoiler

GamesRadar

Silent Hill f has been pre-emptively banned in Australia, with no reason given for the 'refused classification' rating

The game's Steam page mentions "gender discrimination, child abuse, bullying, drug-induced hallucinations, torture, and graphic violence"

PC Gamer

Ratings board gives away Silent Hill f's gut-churning tricks, listing face-slicing, arm-sawing and, worst of all, 'exposed buttocks'

The f stands for fscary.

GamesRadar

Silent Hill f's ESRB rating has zero chill: "Faces ripped apart," "a character burned alive inside a cage," and "entrails and sinew displayed on serving platters"

Silent Hill f also shows "a woman branded by a hot iron" and "a character sawing off her own arm"

GamesRadar

Pokemon Legends: Z-A is breaking years of tradition to get 10+ age rating, and I think I might know why

No other main series Pokemon games have been given an ESRB rating above E

GamesRadar

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle PS5 release date reportedly set for April after ESRB leak

Indy's excellent Xbox game might finally be imminent on PlayStation

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