Video game developer Valve removes the controversial'Rape Day' from its platform Steam in response to backlash. A sick video game where players commit sexual assaults against female characters has been pulled from Steam after a worldwide backlash. A preview of "Rape Day," which is developed by Desk Plant, had been listed on Steam, a popular distribution platform for video games, according to media reports. "Rape Day's" gameplay advertised "violence, sexual assault, non-consensual sex, obscene language, necrophilia, and incest," the Independent reports. The rapeday.com website describes "Rape Day" as "a visual novel" and "a dark comedy with pornographic elements" where players control "a terrifying psychopath during a zombie apocalypse."

This week's videogame news includes a, um, battle royale between Fortnite and Apex Legends, another weird gaffe by Steam, and Nintendo sneaking a big surprise into an unassuming package. The cardboard thing, where you could build little models and robots and stuff and animate them with the Switch? It was part Lego robotics kit, part mini-game generator, and it was a fascinating experiment on the part of Nintendo. It was pretty kid-friendly, to boot! Well now, it's gonna do VR. The main VR kit will cost $80 and will feature VR goggles as well as several cardboard kits to build, while a $40 set will feature the goggles with only one kit, a blaster.