Players under 9 years old will have chat turned off by default unless a parent approves its use after age verification.

There are games that take it a step further with proximity chat. As the name suggests, this mode of voice chat allows players only to hear each other if their avatars are close enough in the game ...

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Proximity chat lets you speak to players based on how close you are in a game. It's a feature that works in both competitive and cooperative game modes, and it's been a bit of a game-changer for ...