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Epic Games Store Sent User's Sensitive Data to a Random Person
Epic Games Support has mistakenly sent private information about one user to another person. The injured party was informed of the leak. Representatives of the company also contacted the user who received the problematic message asking for its removal.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 22, 2019
Intel CPU Performance Drops After Fixing MDS Vulnerability
Phoronix editors tested the performance of processors after installing updates to fix security vulnerabilities detected so far, including the recently released MDS exploits. The results are not satisfactory.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
May 22, 2019
Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Instagram Profile; More Details About E3 Presentation
Cyberpunk 2077 – the futuristic FPP RPG from CD Projekt RED – got its own profile on Instagram. We also have further information on the company's panel at the E3 2019, held in LA between June 11th through 14th.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 22, 2019
THQ Nordic Takes Over Piranha Bytes and its IPs
THQ Nordic bought Piranha Bytes, a team of Risen and Elex fame. At the same time, the publisher also acquired the rights to the Gothic series, i.e. the first IP of the team.
video games
Adrian Werner
May 22, 2019
Valve Will Acknowledge ''Positive Review Bombing'' of AC Unity
Valve has announced that it will not alter the average score for Assassin's Creed: Unity on Steam. Making the title available for free on Uplay and Ubisoft's donation to rebuild the Notre-Dame Cathedral contributed to flooding the site with positive reviews, of which most also praised the game itself.
video games
Adrian Werner
May 22, 2019
GRID 2 Available For Free Again
GRID 2 once again is available for free. Until May 22, the game from Codemasters Software can be added free of charge to your Steam library.
video games
Agnes Adamus
May 21, 2019
The Sims 4 Available for Free on Origin
Electronic Arts decided to give the players a surprise. From today until May 28, The Sims 4 will be available for free on Origin.
video games
Adam Kusiak
May 21, 2019
The Dark Pictures Man of Medan Release Date
Bandai Namco has announced the release date of The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan, a cinematic horror adventure game from Supermassive Games. The game is due to debut on August 30, this year on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
video games
Agnes Adamus
May 21, 2019
Codemasters Announces New GRID
Codemasters studio announced GRID, the next installment of the popular racing game series. We've learned the release date and seen the first trailer.
video games
Milosz Szubert
May 21, 2019
Green Hell Successful, Release Date Inbound
Creepy Jar has released its annual financial report, from which we learned the sales of its survival game Green Hell. The Early Access title attracted nearly 180,000 buyers.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 21, 2019
Would-be Half-Life 2 Remake From World War Z Devs and other news
Today we are writing about the recruitment for Insomniac Games, the World War Z devs' dream about creating a Half-Life 2 remake and the teaser of the new expansion to Arma 3. Welcome to your daily batch of short news from the world.
video games
Milosz Szubert
May 21, 2019
Rumor: Fallout 3 Remaster on E3 2019?
There is a picture on Reddit that suggests that Fallout 3 will receive a refreshed version. The game is scheduled to hit the PCs as well as the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles in June. Unfortunately, there are many indications that the information may be false.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 21, 2019
Best Streamers Earn Over $50,000 per Hour
The Wall Street Journal took a closer look at the earnings of the most popular streamers. Some of them are able to earn more than $50,000 for an hour of playing a new production.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 21, 2019
QLOC Works on Removing the 30 FPS Cap in Mortal Kombat 11 PC
Players are not very fond of the PC version of Mortal Kombat 11. They complain about the lack of support for 21:9 monitors and the 30 FPS limit in many sequences. Previously, a mod was created to deal with these inconveniences, and now the developers have announced that they are officially working to remove them.
video games
May 21, 2019
AMD and Intel Will Lose on Huawei's Problems
Goldman Sachs' analysts presented a list of American companies that will be affected by the ban on trade with the Chinese company Huawei. The list includes many entities associated with our industry, such as AMD, Intel, Microsoft or Nvidia.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
May 21, 2019
Sales Results Show the Success of Resident Evil 2 and Devil May Cry 5
Capcom has updated its list of best-selling titles. Resident Evil 2 and Devil May Cry 5, this year's big releases, can boast good results. However, Monster Hunter: World remains the undisputed leader.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
May 21, 2019
Epic Games Store Blocks Accounts That Buy Too Many Games Too Fast
Epic Games Store users who have shopped too much in a short space of time are in for an unpleasant surprise – the store's anti-piracy system can block their account. If you've had a similar problem, you should contact the EGS support.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
May 21, 2019
Minecraft Sold 176 Million Copies
Minecraft celebrates its 10th birthday. On this occasion, Microsoft decided to announce a new game from the series - Minecraft Earth. By the way, Microsoft boasted the sales results of the basic version of the game from Mojang. They show that it has sold 176 million copies, making it probably the best-selling title in history.
video games
Agnes Adamus
May 20, 2019
Release Dates of The Outer Worlds and Age of Empires IV on E3 2019?
The E3 is coming. Therefore, more and more new information about what will be seen at this year's edition of the fair is coming in. An extensive post was published on the NeoGAF forum, which reveals what may appear at the Microsoft conference.
video games
Agnes Adamus
May 20, 2019
Mod Skyrim Together is Being Made After All
The designers of the Skyrim Together mod have published May report. The report not only denies the possibility of abandoning the project but also apologizes for the controversial comment made in April. It was supposed to result from the frustration of one of the developers, who was pestered by some fans and even threatened with death.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 20, 2019