Murder is Game Over: Streaming Death

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Another title on Steam has been exposed for unleashing malware on unsuspecting buyers and removed by Valve. But the twist this time is that a popular YouTube account helped expose the game in question. YouTuber Eric Parker shared a video (via Insider Gaming) that illustrated how the free-to-play survival-horror game Beyond the Dark was set up to steal data from players. As laid out by Parker, the malware was hidden in a file called UnityPlayer.dll. Steam subsequently removed Beyond the Dark and the game is no longer on the platform. In a further twist, PCGamesN&nb

Another title on Steam has been exposed for unleashing malware on unsuspecting buyers and removed by Valve. But the twist this time is that a popular YouTube account helped expose the game in question.YouTuber Eric Parker shared a video (via Insider Gaming) that illustrated how the free-to-play survival-horror game Beyond the Dark was set up to steal data from players. As laid out by Parker, the malware was hidden in a file called UnityPlayer.dll. Steam subsequently removed Beyond the Dark and the game is no longer on the platform.In a further twist, PCGamesN notes that Beyond the Dark was ori

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March 2026 was a great month for video game spending, and April didn't disappoint either. According to new data by Circana, US video game spending totaled $4.3 billion in April 2026--a growth of 3% when compared to a year ago--with Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream being the biggest winner of the month.The best-selling game of April--and now the ninth-best-selling game of 2026--Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is estimated to have delivered over $41 million in sales across both physical and digital in the US. Thanks in part to Nintendo's new Switch 2 exclusive, consumer spending on new physical