"Give us credit for grudgingly addressing an issue our competitors managed to deal with a generation or two ago. Why are you hitting us? Ow. Stop." I bought a Nintendo DS specifically to play imported ...

If you are wondering will Diablo 4 have region-locked servers, the answer is no. We’ll break it down for you more here. The news that Diablo 4 would not have region-locked servers came in late 2022 ...

The Nintendo Wii U will be region-locked, the House of Mario says, making it impossible to play rare imported games here in the UK. Just like its predecessor the Wii, and its handheld relative the 3DS ...

Utterly obsessed with gaming, anime, and manga for the past 25 years, Carley attended Florida State University, graduating with a degree in Japanese in 2012. A professional Japanese/English translator ...

Syracuse University Graduate who won't stop talking about video games. Firmly believes the greatest game ever made is Ape Escape 3 for the PlayStation 2. Currently, his newest interest is finding a ...

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OnePlus has seemingly implemented a region lock on its Chinese-market OnePlus 12 series. The development follows closely on the heels of the global launch of the phone earlier this month. Based on the ...

Steam, one of the sole bastions of sanity when it comes to digital games distribution, has enabled region locking on games. This means if you buy a game in one territory, you can no longer use it in ...

A recent survey conducted in Japan about those planning to buy the Nintendo Switch 2 at launch reveals that only 3% of the people surveyed prefer the version without regional lock. This version would ...

ShiftUp also claims Denuvo isn’t affecting the game’s performance. ShiftUp has made an announcement about the sudden revelation that Stellar Blade is region locked on PC. Stellar Blade will be ...

Are all DVD drives region locked in hardware now? I have an older drive in my system, that only has the lock in software. I was under the impression that they moved to hardware region-coding a short ...