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Dungeons & Dragons company Wizards of the Coast announced today that it is opening a new studio in Austin, Texas, that will be headed up by former BioWare stalwart James Ohlen.

James Ohlen also has lead design and writing credits on Baldur's Gate, Neverwinter Nights, Jade Empire, and more

An apparently new page at the official Xbox website, dubbed "Community Standards for Xbox," was recently unearthed by members of the ResetEra gaming forums. The page appears to be the first of its kind from a console online-gaming provider, as it translates the legalese of Microsoft's existing "services agreement" to straight-up "l33t" speak.

A dictionary-like description of harassment offers examples such as "negative behavior that's personalized, disruptive, or likely to make someone feel unwelcome or unsafe" and is written in an "includes but is not limited to" way. The standards page then offers five examples of acceptable in-game trash talk, each seemingly plucked from a popular online-gaming genre like FPS and racing, then later tweaks each into an unacceptable version.

The nice list:

Get destroyed. Can't believe you thought you were on my level.
That was some serious potato aim. Get wrecked.
Only reason you went positive was you spent all game camping. Try again, kid.
Cheap win. Come at me when you can actually drive without running cars off the road.
That sucked. Get good and then come back when your k/d's over 1.

And the naughty list:

Get <sexual threat>. Can’t believe you thought you were on my level.
Hey <profanity>, that was some serious potato aim. Get wrecked, trash.
Only reason you went positive was you spent all game camping. KYS, kid.
Cheap win. Totally expected from a <racial slur>.
You suck. Get out of my country—maybe they'll let you back in when your k/d's over 1.

(Before you go fragging the messenger—yes, yes, we know, "get rekt" is the standard online spelling of that phrase.)

A "fraud" section explicitly prohibits "charging another player to help them complete a level in a game," which could put a wrench in the works of "online companion" services that offer such paid pro-gamer help.

A person familiar with ongoings at From Software has told Gematsu that the project—said to be known internally as “GR” (Gematsu has been asked to only share the acronym) and in development for the past three years—is an open-world title (with horse riding) and collaboration between Hidetaka Miyazaki and George R.R. Martin published by Bandai Namco, which will be officially announced at Microsoft’s E3 2019 press conference. While we have not been able to verify this information through additional sources, we have decided to share what we have heard in light of R.R. Martin’s blog post.

Mahdi wrote: 21 May 2019, 13:48 fugg :DDD

But don’t assume it’s going to be set in the world of Game of Thrones, as rumours have it that this game - titled Great Rune, supposedly - is set in the Norse world, exploring Norse mythology and all its dark legends.

DarthZombie wrote: 22 May 2019, 12:09 Dar cati au ramas din echipa originala? Am incredere ca THQ ii va lasa sa-si faca treaba fara sa interfereze in munca lor insa.