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Bobby Kotick Said to Have Hushed Down Scandals at Activision Blizzard; Board Has His Back [UPDATED]
Adrian Werner, 17 November 2021, 16:58
A Wall Street Journal article has sparked another Activision-related scandal. It claims CEO Bobby Kotick was said to silence sexual harassment cases in the company. Employees are demanding that he be fired, but the board stands behind him. Instead, the publisher got rid of the co-founder of Treyarch.
US Secret Service Bought Information About Smartphone Users
Michael Kulakowski, 18 August 2020, 19:46
Vice reports that the U.S. Secret Service has circumvented laws requiring it to obtain a court order to track citizens. It was doing so by buying geolocation data from mobile app manufacturers using proxies. The practice was used for many years.
Devs of Uncharted and The Last of Us About Crunch in Naughty Dog
Konrad Serafinski, 27 July 2019, 22:28
It turns out that the topic of crunch touches even the most valued developer studios. This is also the case with Naughty Dog, whose former and current employees shared some information from behind the scenes.
No penalties for violating Steam Early Access rules – Valve chooses communication over supervision
luckie, 04 October 2016, 12:19
It turns out that Steam Early access has no solid rules governing how the program should be used by developers, not to mention some overall guideliness. Instead, Valve requires its participants to maintain clear communication with players.