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Some players enjoy online or cooperative play, but don’t want to have to play with strangers. Many modern games enable a player to run their game as a host, so that their friends can connect to the game, and they can play together. But if the player hosting the game needs to leave, the other players have to disconnect, which is less than ideal. But for some games, there is another option: running a permanent private or dedicated server.

A dedicated server app is a special, headless version of the game that acts in the same way an MMORPG server does, but on a smaller scale. A private server can be set up using Linux or Windows in most cases. Players can do so using a spare PC, renting a private server from a game server company, or setting up a dedicated server or virtual…

What just happened? A popular YouTuber has launched a campaign called “Stop Killing Games” to apply pressure on publishers to stop making their titles unplayable. The move comes days after Ubisoft shut down the servers of popular racer The Crew, rendering it inoperable for gamers everywhere.

The campaign was launched by YouTuber Ross Scott of Accursed Farms in an effort to highlight how developers and publishers are intentionally designing games to become unplayable as soon as support ends. According to the Stop Killing Games website, the practice lies in a legal gray area, largely because most governments do not have clear laws regarding this issue.

The campaign’s goal is to convince authorities to examine the legality of this practice and, hopefully, pass legislation to end as it…

Netflix announced its 2024 slate of TV shows, movies and games on Thursday, including returning series, full-feature sequels and popular franchise characters. Prepare for some additions to your watchlist.

The streaming service has big plans, and though many titles were revealed last year during Geeked Week and Tudum, we now know that multiple releases are confirmed for 2024. There are dozens of original movies hitting the small screen — including Millie Bobby Brown’s Damsel (March 8), Rebel Moon: Part 2 – The Scargiver, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F featuring Eddie Murphy.

We shared some of the upcoming TV shows we’re excited to watch this year, and Netflix was among the streaming services we highlighted. While series like Bridgerton, Arcane and Squid Game are returning in 2024,…

If you have been playing Palworld and started out with the best starter Pals, you must be having a lot of fun. However, seeing that the game is an online multiplayer experience, you might also have encountered your fair share of errors. While some of these can be fixed, a common error that shows up often is “Sorry, you’re currently prevented from playing online multiplayer games.” Reported by multiple Palworld gamers, this error prevents you from joining a friend’s multiplayer lobby. This is happening across PC and Xbox both.

Although there has been no official statement, Palworld developer Pocketpair has acknowledged the online multiplayer error that prevents players from joining games. So, if you are looking for possible fixes for this error, you’re at the right…