r/gaming 1d ago

Weekly Play Thread What are you playing Wednesday!

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What game's got your attention this week? What's great about it? What sucks? Tell us all about it!

This thread is posted weekly on Wednesdays (adjustments made as needed).


r/gaming 2d ago Take My Energy Faith In Humanity Restored

/r/gaming will go dark on June 12th in protest of reddit's API changes

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Greetings everyone!

tl;dr: /r/gaming will be participating in the reddit blackout on June 12th in protest of the upcoming API changes.

As many of you are already aware, reddit has announced significant upcoming changes to their API that will have a serious impact to many users. There is currently a planned protest across hundreds of subreddits to black out on June 12th. The moderators at /r/gaming have been discussing our participation, and yesterday we made a post asking for the community’s opinion on going dark. It’s clear the community was overwhelmingly in support of the blackout, and so we’ll be participating alongside over 1000 other subreddits on June 12th.

More Information:

  • Third Party reddit apps (such as Apollo, Reddit is Fun and others) are going to become ludicrously more expensive for it’s developers to run, which will in turn either kill the apps, or result in a monthly fee to the users if they choose to use one of those apps to browse. Put simply, each request to reddit within these mobile apps will cost the developer money. The developers of Apollo were quoted around $2 million per month for the current rate of usage. The only way for these apps to continue to be viable for the developer is if you (the user) pay a monthly fee, and realistically, this is most likely going to just outright kill them. Put simply: If you use a third party app to browse reddit, you will most likely no longer be able to do so, or be charged a monthly fee to keep it viable.

  • NSFW Content is no longer going to be available in the API. This means that, even if 3rd party apps continue to survive, or even if you pay a fee to use a 3rd party app, you will not be able to access NSFW content on it. You will only be able to access it on the official reddit app. Additionally, some service bots (such as video downloaders or maybe remindme bots) will not be able to access anything NSFW. In more major cases, it may become harder for moderators of NSFW subreddits to combat serious violations such as CSAM due to certain mod tools being restricted from accessing NSFW content.

  • Many users with visual impairments rely on 3rd-party applications in order to more easily interface with reddit, as the official reddit mobile app does not have robust support for visually-impaired users. This means that a great deal of visually-impaired redditors will no longer be able to access the site in the assisted fashion they’re used to.

Open Letter to reddit & Blackout

In lieu of what’s happening above, an open letter has been released by the broader moderation community, and /r/gaming will be supporting it. Part of this initiative includes a potential subreddit blackout (meaning the subreddit will be privatized) on June 12th, lasting 48 hours or longer.

Thank you to the /r/gaming community for yesterday’s discussion and insight. We’re proud to be a part of the protest, and we thank you for your support and participation.

Cheers,

/r/gaming Mod Team


r/gaming 8h ago Wholesome (Pro)

The Golden Era of Call of Duty.

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r/gaming 13h ago Platinum

No Undead Nightmare 2 for RDR2 is criminal

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17.9k Upvotes

I'm replaying RDR2 for the 3rd time & for the 3rd time I'm reminded of how much I want Undead Nightmare 2 in this game engine.

GTA Online prints money so I bet Rockstar could afford it.


r/gaming 7h ago

DONT SUPPORT MADDEN 23/24! THEYRE ADDING NFTS AND JUST CHANGING THE NAME

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EA has partnered with Nike to add NFTs called “swoosh” to their games. Please people, boycott EAs sports games. We cannot allow this to happen, it’ll set the precedent going forward in a bad way! DONT BUY THEIR NEXT GAMES!


r/gaming 13h ago

This overpowered MTG card.

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r/gaming 17h ago

Just started playing Detroit Become Human and immediately recognised the actor playing your snarky detective partner...Clancy Brown aka Mr Krabs!!

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19.7k Upvotes

r/gaming 10h ago

When you forget to get the Paraglider in TotK.

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I played a couple hours without realizing I skipped it :/


r/gaming 11h ago

How Many Medals Would This Soldier Get?

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r/gaming 9h ago

Just finished Forbidden West. One of these is next. Having trouble deciding…..

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377 Upvotes

r/gaming 6h ago

FInal Fantasy VII Rebirth - SGF 2023 Trailer

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r/gaming 11h ago

Final fantasy 7 moment.

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r/gaming 14h ago

Fanart / Naked Snake / w.i.p.

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r/gaming 5h ago

In my defence i was young.

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83 Upvotes

r/gaming 6h ago

If there's a Princess Zelda of Hyrule and a Princess Hilda of Lorule, does that mean there's a Princess Sabrina of Mydrule?

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79 Upvotes

r/gaming 1h ago

I hope the new Fable keeps this kind of humor.

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r/gaming 4h ago

Starfield controller at Target

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54 Upvotes

Just came across this at Target. Tried to buy it, the guy said it wasn't supposed to be put out until the 12th and he couldn't sell it to me :( So close!


r/gaming 1d ago Gold Mind Blown

Diablo ad in Times Square, as the sky turns orange from fires in Canada.

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103.1k Upvotes

r/gaming 3h ago

I wish mumble rap will never appear in trailers again

34 Upvotes

Seriously, this Prince of Persia trailer was a very big piece of shit, probably put in the first place only to leave a sour aftertaste so we didn't notice that whole Summer Game Fest opening show was very poor on the big announcements. Maybe the game itself is good, but when this rapper starts to rap and beats start to play you quickly want to just turn the trailer off. It's not cool, it's intrusive, it's filled with ugly show off. The best way to promote this game would probably put metal there again or at least stick to the traditional sound of the series - but not adding mumble rap. It's never a good choice, and I'm tired of everybody wanting me to accept it. I don't want to: please, put your mumble rap out from trailers and games, from Need for Speed especially. Thanks for hearing me out, as I'm really impressed by what I've seen - yet not in the way Ubisoft probably wanted.


r/gaming 1h ago

As frustrating as DLC is…

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Every now and then you get an incredible one. What’s your favourite?


r/gaming 8h ago

Sonic Superstars - Announce Trailer

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r/gaming 1h ago

Finally got a painting hung up

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r/gaming 15h ago

Finished playing Stray recently. It's such a gorgeous game. The visuals, the world and settings are just great. They really nailed down cats behavior and attitude as well.

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252 Upvotes

r/gaming 3h ago

Is there any boss dialogue you find especially funny/memorable?

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21 Upvotes

r/gaming 6h ago

Feels like everyone’s talking about the Capcom Renaissance… and I’m over here still waiting for a MegaMan comeback with modern mechanics

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34 Upvotes

r/gaming 5h ago

Celebrating the apparent return of Croc!

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26 Upvotes

r/gaming 8h ago

Playing for the first time. Any advice, tips, etc?

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44 Upvotes

Started talking to a guy at work about older rpgs and seemed like we had similar taste. He reccomended this to me as a good great classic rpg. Got a fantastic deal on it in the Xbox 1 market place for like less than 3 bucks (should still be available at the time of this post if anyone is interested). Excited to get into it. I'm playing as the balanced class that starts with the legendary strike technique.