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Article History

Received: 2 January 2025

Revised: 4 July 2025

Accepted: 12 August 2025

First Online: 16 October 2025

Declarations

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: The authors report that there are no competing interests to declare. The authors disclose that a nearly identical version of this work was previously shared as a preprint on arXiv under the title “Deriving and Evaluating a Detailed Taxonomy of Game Bugs” [ ], available at . The current submission includes updates and revisions to improve clarity and align with journal formatting requirements.

: The survey validating the game bug taxonomy received approval from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) at the National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES), ensuring strict adherence to ethical guidelines for research involving human participants, including anonymity and informed consent. The certificate reference number is REC-2023/02/001.

: Survey submission by participants was considered as implied consent to participate in the study. All participants were informed about the study’s purpose, and their responses were anonymized to ensure confidentiality.

: All participants were informed that the aggregated, anonymized findings of the study would be published in academic outputs such as journals or conference proceedings. Consent for publication of these findings was implicitly provided through survey submission.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests related to this study.