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Roblox Is Cracking Down On Games That Reward Kids For Doomscrolling

Roblox is restricting games that reward younger players for endlessly consuming autoplaying media feeds. The new restrictions are specifically targeting Roblox experiences like "Steal an Egg," which encouraged players to watch TikTok-style clips for in-game benefits. "Roblox's official alert does not expressly mention SAE, but the new policy is most certainly targeting the viral game first and foremost," reports TechSpot. From the report: The company said games that reward ongoing media consumption are now unavailable to players with a Roblox Kids (ages 5 to 8) or Roblox Select (ages 9 to 15) account. The policy will affect games designed to combine media feeds, autoplay, infinite scrolling, and systems that reward players for doomscrolling through TikTok videos of questionable value. "Steal an Egg" fits perfectly into this new category. The game tasks players with raising eggs, but they can also steal eggs from other NPCs. Players are incentivized to increase their characters' speed either by spending in-game currency (Robux) or by watching a video feed on a virtual treadmill. "Steal an Egg" was recently removed from Roblox but is now back in the store without its troublesome video-feed feature. [...] Roblox also highlights that the new anti-doomscrolling restriction does not apply to the rewarded video ads feature, which rewards players for watching a short clip but does not include autoplay or other infinite-scroll-like design choices.

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GTA 6 : comment voir gratuitement la présentation vidéo de 26 minutes en 4K ?

Diffusée jeudi soir en exclusivité sur Netflix, la présentation « Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look » est désormais accessible à tout le monde. Rockstar Games a mis ses 26 minutes en ligne sur YouTube, mais propose aussi un fichier 4K à télécharger sur son site, nettement plus détaillé. Voici comment en profiter.

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26 minutes de GTA 6 : le résumé de la présentation historique sur Netflix et YouTube

13 ans après GTA 5, Rockstar Games a enfin dévoilé GTA 6 le 27 août, lors d'une présentation de 26 minutes diffusée en exclusivité sur Netflix, puis publiée sur YouTube dans la nuit. Missions, duo Jason-Lucia, nouveau système de police, activités secondaires : voici tout ce que l'on a appris avant la sortie du jeu, le 19 novembre 2026.

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« Un crève-cœur pour notre équipe » : Rockstar sort enfin du silence après les leaks de GTA 6

Silencieux depuis le début des fuites le 18 août, Rockstar Games a publié un communiqué le 26 août, à la veille de la présentation de GTA VI sur Netflix. Le studio y parle d'un crève-cœur, s'excuse pour l'attente et demande aux joueurs de patienter jusqu'au 19 novembre. En revanche, il ne dit toujours rien sur le piratage lui-même.

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23 Years After SimCity 4's Release, 'Eternal Commuter' Bug Finally Fixed

"It began life just a year after SimCity 4's 2003 launch," writes the blog PCGamesN. "Now, over 20 years later, it's still going strong with the arrival of Network Addon Mod update 50." The SimCity 4 Network Addon Mod, or simply 'NAM' among the community, has long been a de facto recommendation to anyone looking to pick up the classic city builder. It's a comprehensive overhaul to the game's transportation and infrastructure networks that combines key fixes with a vast set of additional build pieces such as overpasses, intersections, on-ramps, roundabouts, and so on.... [Y]ou'll be able to place down elements adjacent to one another that might previously have needed a one-tile gap between them. Streets can be dragged diagonally, slope tolerances have been improved, and you can build tunnels with the street network. The new version also includes a fix for the 'Eternal Commuter Loop' bug, which might sound fairly innocuous if you're not deep in the weeds. In actuality, it's a 23-year-long frustration that has plagued modders ever since launch. Essentially, it's a problem with the regional pathfinding across city boundaries in certain layouts, causing your Sims to bounce from location to location in search of work without actually taking up a job in any of them. Your zone demand is ruined, traffic builds to unsustainable levels, and the economy falls to pieces before your very eyes. Until now, the only real solution was to simply avoid building layouts that gave your commuters the chance to loop between locations. Now, by blocking specific neighbor-to-neighbor routes while allowing the rest to run as normal, the problem has been resolved... Equally impressively, the mandatory implementation of the DLL has reduced the size of the NAM codebase "by almost 90% and by more than ten million lines, making it easier to maintain and reducing the chance of bugs." Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader Striek for sharing the news.

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Gemini gratuit, ChatGPT avec des pubs et GTA 6 en fuite sur PC – le récap’ tech de la semaine

Cette semaine, l'actualité numérique a surtout été rythmée par la multiplication des fuites sur GTA 6 : le leaker prétend posséder une build du jeu et menace Rockstar Games. Dans le monde de l'IA, Google a relancé sa promotion « Gemini gratuit » pour les étudiants et ChatGPT s'apprête à déployer les publicités en France.

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Le hacker de GTA 6 a apparemment accès au jeu complet

Scénario cauchemar pour Rockstar Games : CYBERLEEK, le hacker qui publie des extraits de GTA 6 en protestation de la politique anti-disque de Rockstar (selon ses déclarations), continue de diffuser de nouvelles vidéos du jeu. Une des vidéos interpelle : on y voit Jason inscrire « LEEK » sur un mur avec des balles. Autrement dit : le hacker dispose d'une version jouable du jeu.

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GTA 6 victime d’une fuite : plusieurs minutes de gameplay circulent sur les réseaux sociaux

Déjà victime d'une fuite massive en 2022, Rockstar Games est la cible d'une nouvelle attaque qui pourrait avoir divulgué plusieurs minutes du gameplay de GTA 6 sur les réseaux sociaux. On y découvre de nouvelles informations sur le jeu comme sa carte, de nouveaux modes et, surtout, son apparence graphique.

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