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Arkadiusz Strzala, 01 March 2021, 14:03

Facebook has released an ad video that attempts to warm up the image of ad tracking. It is mainly aimed at Apple device users and related to the introduction of App Tracking Transparency.

Adrian Werner, 27 February 2021, 17:16

After months of court battles, The Sinking City went on sale on Steam. However, the studio responsible for the game, Frogwares, warns against buying this version.

Adrian Piotrowski, 27 February 2021, 17:02

Less than three weeks ago, the creator of Terraria announced the end of cooperation with Google, because he lost access to all his accounts. Yesterday, the situation was finally resolved and the popular sandbox will finally be released on Stadia.

Karol Laska, 25 February 2021, 19:35

Epic Games' conflict with Apple has temporarily turned into a dispute between Apple and Valve. What's more, Gabe Newell's side is losing this clash, as a California court has obliged it to hand over data on 436 games available on Steam.

Bart Swiatek, 25 February 2021, 17:37

It looks like Empress - the woman responsible for cracking the Denuvo anti-piracy security measures in Red Dead Redemption 2 and Immortals: Fenyx Rising, among others - has been arrested.

Michal Ciezadlik, 25 February 2021, 13:29

Bloomberg's Jason Schreier published an article with fresh information regarding the recent attack on CD Projekt. According to the journalist, the company had to halt work on Cyberpunk 2077 for two weeks. It is also possible that sensitive employee data was leaked.

Jacob Blazewicz, 24 February 2021, 18:19

The acquisition of ZeniMax Media and Bethesda Softworks by Microsoft may be delayed. All because of a lawsuit against the developers of Fallout 4 in connection with the season pass and the so-called Creation Club.

Adrian Piotrowski, 24 February 2021, 16:28

TheGamer website reports on the internal problems of Techland, the studio currently working on Dying Light 2. The article, written by Kirk McKeand, describes cases of poor management, negative atmosphere, and striking inefficiency, among other things.

Adrian Piotrowski, 23 February 2021, 17:23

At the beginning of the month, a game called Journey to the Savage Planet was added to Google Stadia's offer, but a few days later a bug appeared in the game which made it impossible to continue playing. The bigger problem is that there is nobody who can fix it.

Lukasz Stefaniak, 23 February 2021, 13:31

According to recent reports, Sony has decided to introduce censorship of violent scenes in some PlayStation games. It has to do with the desire to reach a wider audience.

Adrian Piotrowski, 22 February 2021, 21:55

CD Projekt RED is cracking down on illegal distribution of Gwent's source code stolen almost two weeks ago. Several posts were removed on Twitter with help of the infamous DMCA.

Jacob Blazewicz, 22 February 2021, 18:40

Scalpers continue to be a nuisance for people looking to purchase PlayStation 5. However, gamers from India want to make life a bit harder for scalpers and have found a way to at least curb their operations.

Lukasz Stefaniak, 22 February 2021, 17:20

Tom Henderson, known for publishing leaks about Battlefield 6, was banned on Twitter. The case may be related to recent reports about the SBMM system in the latest installment of the famous shooter series, as well as other leaks about EA DICE's upcoming game.

Jacob Blazewicz, 19 February 2021, 18:09

Valve rejected a request from Apple for Steam data. These would have helped in the fight between the Californian company and Epic Games. However, the platform's owner believes that Apple's demands are by no means as modest as the company portrays.

Jacob Blazewicz, 17 February 2021, 18:28

Epic Games filed a complaint against Apple with the European Commission. Tim Sweeney's company has once again drawn attention to what it believes are anti-consumer and monopolistic actions by the App Store's owner.

Karol Laska, 17 February 2021, 15:26

Lucasfilm is making it clear - Cara Dune will no longer appear in The Mandalorian, so re-casting for the role is out of discussion. However, industry insiders have a different take on the matter, sharing details about Gina Carano's dismissal.

Bart Swiatek, 17 February 2021, 14:11

The EU consumer rights organisation BEUC has filed a complaint with the European Commission against the popular online platform TikTok. The entity accuses the Chinese company of violating numerous provisions of EU law.

Adrian Piotrowski, 15 February 2021, 15:09

PC building company PowerGPU tweeted stat figures showing that the failure rate of AMD's latest CPUs can reach almost 20 percent. The tweet has now been deleted, but not before it made big waves on the web.

Jacob Blazewicz, 12 February 2021, 01:00

Gina Carano has been fired from LucasFilm. This follows a recent controversial post by the actress in which she used an unusual comparison to the Holocaust.

Tom Borys, 11 February 2021, 18:41

The auction where we could buy the data stolen from CD Projekt in a recent ransmoware attack, including the source code of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, among other things, has probably concluded with a deal.

Bart Swiatek, 11 February 2021, 18:00

In an interview with the editors of one of the industry websites, the so-called scalpers - intermediaries who buy goods in bulk and resell them for profit - complain about how badly their business has been perceived recently.

Michal Ciezadlik, 11 February 2021, 17:06

This morning, a former employee of CDP, Marcin Kosman, reported on Twitter that CD Projekt's employees are replacing their IDs for fear of identity theft after the recent attack. In response, the company informed our editors that at this point there is no evidence of personal data leak.

Jacob Blazewicz, 11 February 2021, 11:49

A hacker attack is another unfortunate event for CD Projekt. However, the company's quick and „transparent” response has earned the creators of Cyberpunk 2077 the approval of security specialists.

Michael Kulakowski, 10 February 2021, 22:37

Source code of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, as well as other data stolen during a ransomware attack on CD Projekt's servers, will be auctioned off on one of hacker internet forums. The starting price for the files is one million dollars.

Bart Swiatek, 10 February 2021, 13:19

It seems that yesterday's attack on CD Projekt has its first visible consequences. The source code for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game has been leaked. It is possible that other files will soon start surfacing, including the code of the studio's latest game, Cyberpunk 2077.

Bart Swiatek, 10 February 2021, 11:51

Riot Games is facing more allegations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination, as well as a new, relevant lawsuit. This time the accusations directly involve the studio's current CEO, Nicolo Laurent.

Bart Swiatek, 09 February 2021, 10:40

CD Projekt announced that it has become the target of a hacker attack. The perpetrators managed to steal some data and encrypt some computers. The criminals demanded a ransom, but the Polish company does not intend to negotiate.

Adrian Piotrowski, 08 February 2021, 17:03

Andrew Spinks, creator of Terraria, lost access to all his Google accounts three weeks ago. Today, he announced that he will no longer cooperate with the company.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 08 February 2021, 13:13

This time, the password to a crypto wallet was forgotten - the fraudster who was convicted of cryptojacking does not want to reveal it. Investigators have failed to gain access despite multiple attempts, and the convicted man is not cooperating.

Adam Lukaszewski, 03 February 2021, 15:35

It's been a while since the release of next-gen consoles, but their availability still leaves much to be desired. PS5 and Xbox Series X and S are in short supply in many countries, which makes both devices of great interest to scalpers who are just waiting for the opportunity to resell the goods at inflated prices.

Agnes Adamus, 01 February 2021, 20:18

After numerous perturbations, the mod Fallout: The Frontier has been made available again on Nexus Mods. The contribution of the controversial co-creator was cut from the project.

Adam Lukaszewski, 01 February 2021, 17:48

The GPU market is currently volatile, and this fosters all sorts of things that are undesirable from a consumer perspective. The shortage of GPUs is creating a paradise for scalpers. An analysis of eBay and StockX confirms that they are making a lot of money by reselling GeForce RTX 3000.

Paul Musiolik, 01 February 2021, 11:48

PlayStation 5 shortages in Japan are causing quite a stir. Police were called to one of Yodobashi Camera stores in Tokyo to calm an angry mob that nearly trampled the employees.

Bart Swiatek, 31 January 2021, 20:29

Several US gamers have decided to sue Steam and some publishers - including Ubisoft and CD Projekt - accusing the companies of using one of the clauses in the distribution agreement to inflate game prices.

Adrian Piotrowski, 28 January 2021, 16:06

A long-awaited modification for Fallout: New Vegas called The Frontier has been removed because pedophilic material was found in possession of one of the developers.

Michal Ciezadlik, 28 January 2021, 15:22

Last year's CS:GO scandal involving the so-called coach bug, as well as stream-sniping phenomenon that spread across the eSports scene, are still fresh in our minds. After four months, Valve began to take action against the coaches.

Konrad Sarzynski, 26 January 2021, 15:35

Dark clouds are gathering over WhatsApp. First, plans for controversial privacy policy changes, now a virus spreading via messages. The creators of Signal and Telegram are rubbing their hands in glee.

Michal Ciezadlik, 25 January 2021, 17:45

New examples of unfair behavior in esports have come to light. This time ESIC (Esports Integrity Commission) has targeted CS:GO players for betting on matches. Some have been banned for as much as 5 years.

Michal Ciezadlik, 23 January 2021, 23:35

Vitality beat Team Liquid 2:0 in yesterday's BLAST Premier CS:GO tournament, and it wouldn't have been that big of a deal if it wasn't for the fact that a monitor that showed a stream of their match was seen in Vitality's room during the game.

Paul Musiolik, 22 January 2021, 13:49

The PlayStation 5 went on sale again and sold out in an instant. If you failed to buy a PS5 this time around, you were probably overtaken by scalpers and their bots.

Michael Kulakowski, 20 January 2021, 22:12

The developers of Apex Legends have been accused that the game's newest playable characters is a plagiarism of an existing character featured in the indie shooter BulletVille. The developers have not yet addressed the allegations.

Paul Musiolik, 17 January 2021, 22:55

Adam Badowski, the head of CD Projekt RED, decided to post a comment on Twitter regarding some of the accusations made by Jason Schreier in his recent article.

Jacob Blazewicz, 16 January 2021, 22:34

DFC Intelligence Group published an article about Cyberpunk 2077. Analysts point out that not the best debut of the game put CD Projekt in a vulnerable position, and the studio could be taken over by another publisher.

Paul Musiolik, 16 January 2021, 18:40

On the one hand, Cyberpunk 2077 is a highly praised work, on the other hand it is criticized for its technical conditon, lack of polish. Jason Schreier's article gives new insight into the turbulent development of the would-be hit.

Arkadiusz Strzala, 15 January 2021, 13:11

Power shortages, darkness, lots of smoke and... cryptocurrencies. Cryptomining has become very popular in Iran, resulting in the aformentioned effects, and stems from the coutry's rather specific situation.

Bart Swiatek, 14 January 2021, 16:12

WhatsApp is trying to deal with the image crisis caused by the recent update of terms and conditions. The company has published an infographic to explain the situation to the users. Unfortunately, it looks like there was incorrect information on it.

Adrian Werner, 14 January 2021, 10:41

CD Projekt RED revealed Cyberpunk 2077 roadmap for this year. Updates are a priority, so the releases of free DLC and the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions have been delayed.

Bart Swiatek, 11 January 2021, 16:13

Since October last year, more than 120,000 videos devoted to plastic surgery, especially rhinoplasty, have appeared on TikTok. Some of them are ads of plastic surgeons who bypass the platform's restrictions. Content of this type is very popular among teens, which is a concern for experts.

Paul Musiolik, 10 January 2021, 22:27

Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection initiated proceedings against CD Projekt RED. The office examines the launch of Cyberpunk 2077, work on fixes and game's refund procedures.

Jacob Blazewicz, 08 January 2021, 22:00

The new regulations of WhatsApp messenger will enable the app to send user data to Facebook. The decision caused a lot of controversy on the web, and Elon Musk encouraged dissatisfied users to use competitive Signal.