Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Confirmed to Feature Drunk Load Screen After Ubisoft Post Confuses Fans - IGN
Ubisoft has confirmed Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced will still let Edward Kenway get drunk and stumble around the Animus load screen, despite concerns to the contrary. The publisher behind the stealth action franchise sent fans for a loop yesterday with a post showing gameplay of what it called a "AC Black Flag Resynced drunk loading screen." It's a bit strange, as the footage showed the remake's pirate protagonist walking through a digital world with a steady stride while the screen wobbled back and forth around him.
Google I/O 2026 had nothing to say and said it badly ahead of Apple's WWDC - AppleInsider
Google I/O is always like a little amateur dramatics show, but this year the company could have boasted about making Apple rely on its Gemini. It just totally failed to do so.
Kickstarter just killed its new mature content rules - The Verge
Last week, we noted Kickstarter’s new content guidelines, which had some pretty weird new additions, including a prohibition on, among related things, projects whose rewards could provide “sexual pleasure.” The rules exempted “sexual wellness products that are not designed for insertion or penetration and are not marketed primarily for sexual gratification.” Those rules have now been eliminated and the company has restored an earlier version of its guidelines. In an apology letter issued today from COO Sean Leow, Kickstarter confirmed that the new rules were influenced by the payment processor Stripe: > The updates to the rules were primarily driven by requirements from our payments processor, Stripe.
GTA 6 'About 18 Months Behind the Original Date,' Take-Two Boss Says - IGN
GTA 6 is due out November 19, 2026, but as we all know it’s suffered a number of delays. It was officially announced for a fall 2025 release, but was then delayed to May 2026, and then, again officially, to this November.