Russia wants to ban schoolchildren from topping up Steam wallets, Ubisoft took care of PC gamers - the most interesting of the week

A brief digest of everything that happened in the entertainment industry worldwide over the past week.

• Russia wants to ban schoolchildren from topping up Steam wallets. The measure will be aimed at combating fraudsters
• Ubisoft took care of PC gamers — an exclusive patch for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced has been released. Developers addressed complaints from some players who experienced "lag"
• EA Sports FC developers correctly predicted the World Cup winner five times in a row — they noted Spain's victory. The simulation in EA Sports FC 26 correctly identified the winner of the sports event
• Valve and Ubisoft supported the revival of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic — an improved version of the game will be released on Steam. Fans are also continuing to develop an RTX remaster of the game
• GamesVoice has started fundraising for the Russian voice acting of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced. The team needs 1.4 million rubles
• A new exploit has been found for Nintendo Switch 2, working without internet or system updates. However, this is not yet a full console hack
• A blogger explained why CDPR still hasn't shut down the paid Cyberpunk 2077 mod with next-gen graphics, even though it already banned the premium VR mod. CD Projekt RED's lawyers have yet to deal with the creators of Dreampunk
• The director of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced appealed to fans with an unexpected request due to GTA VI. Richard Knight asked fans not to abandon the game for GTA VI and to stick with it in November while Ubisoft prepares bug fixes, New Game+ mode, and other improvements
• A mix of Stellar Blade, NieR: Automata, and Sekiro: the first previews of Beast of Reincarnation have appeared. The game's world atmosphere is compared to the animated film "Princess Mononoke", and the project's director admits that he was inspired by the themes of the cult "Blade Runner" when creating the story
• NVIDIA showed updated DLSS 5: the technology became more flexible and faster. DLSS 5 is expected to launch this autumn. Closer to the release, NVIDIA promises to reveal system requirements and share additional technical details
• Leon Kennedy's voice actor explained how Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Metallica helped create the voice of the Resident Evil hero. Music helped him get into the right state to portray different versions of Leon
• Starfield finally got planet takeoffs without loading screens, but not thanks to Bethesda. Modders continue to do more for Bethesda games for free than salaried developers
• Konami revealed technical details of Metal Gear Solid Master Collection Vol. 2: MGS4 will get stable 4K and 60 fps for the first time. Konami also talked about improvements to Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
• Humans lost to replicants: the first shots of "Blade Runner 2099" were shown. The series' events will unfold 50 years after Denis Villeneuve's "Blade Runner 2049"
• Now Steam gifts can be sent between regions and without an account. Valve also expanded the capabilities of the wishlist