Gamers are getting around Discord's new UK age verification tools by using Death Stranding's photo mode – yes, you read that right

• The UK's Online Safety Act has introduced age verification tools across multiple platforms
• It prevents users from accessing potentially 18+ rated content
• It's left multiple gamers and Discord users looking for alternatives due to verification issues

Britain's new Online Safety Act has left online users in uproar, with age verification required to access channels on platforms like Discord or Reddit that contain 18+ (NSFW) content. However, as the internet often does, many have found a workaround to bypass this requirement.

As reported by our friends at PC Gamer, Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding and its photo mode allow users to bypass new UK age verification checks. The measure requires users to capture their faces or personal ID to determine their age, but using Death Stranding's Sam Porter Bridges character appears to be enough for verification.

Since Death Stranding's photo mode has ...