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Fake Reviews, Influencers and Toxic Marketing Examined
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission plans to tighten regulations on posting fake positive reviews online to sell products or services, including video games.
video games
Kamil Kleszyk
May 24, 2022
Activision Blizzard Claims Company's Reputation has been Unjustly Tarnished
Activision Blizzard claims it was wrongly accused. The company has petitioned the court to dismiss the sexual harassment allegations, challenging the commission's authority.
video games
Patryk Michas
May 12, 2022
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - That's Quantic Dream's New Direction
In 2018, the studio's management was sued for failing to uphold the rights of its employees. Today, it brags about its advocacy for women and those in the LGBTQIA+ community.
video games
Sonia Selerska
April 28, 2022
Sony's Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed, but Case it Not Over Yet
A gender discrimination lawsuit filed against Sony has been dismissed by the federal court. The former female employee who brought the suit against the company was given time to refile her allegations.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
April 22, 2022
Tencent Will Block Chinese Players From Accessing GTA and Many Other Foreign Games
Tencent has decided to fix a vulnerability in its internet acceleration application that enabled Chinese people to play games not approved by the government in their country. Thus, people who used it lost the chance to play GTA and Animal Crossing.
video games
Milosz Szubert
April 15, 2022
Protesting Activision Blizzard Employees Excluded From Raises
About 1,100 temporary workers have been given raises and the opportunity to work full-time at Activision. However, this does not include those who had previously joined the protests.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
April 8, 2022
F1 Delta Time Shut Down; Players Who Invested in NFTs Left With Nothing
The closure of the game has sparked a discussion on the internet, about combining gaming and virtual tokens.
video games
Sonia Selerska
April 6, 2022
State of Decay Devs Face Accusations of Mobbing and Sexism
State of Decay 3 is still in pre-production. The reason is due to internal problems at Undead Labs, which is rumored to be a toxic place to work.
video games
Patrick Kubiak
April 2, 2022
Abandoned Devs Deny Rumors of Game's Cancellation
Blue Box Game Studio has addressed the recent commotion related to the removal of a large number of posts related to their upcoming game - Abandoned - from Twitter. According to their assurances, work on the title is progressing.
video games
Milosz Szubert
April 1, 2022
Activision Blizzard Will Pay $18 Million to Discriminated Employees
Activision Blizzard has finalized the settlement with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The company will pay the affected employees $18 million.
video games
Michael Zegar
March 31, 2022
Vanishing Tweets and Cheated Composer; Abandoned Faces New Controversy
The developers of Abandoned have removed many previously published posts from Twitter. Moreover, the creator of the soundtrack of the game shared an unflattering opinion about the studio.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
March 31, 2022
War Thunder Still Without Chat; Devs Don't Want Politics in the Game
The chat feature in War Thunder has been disabled for over a month now. The developers from Gaijin Entertainment turned it off so it wouldn't be used to discuss politics (read: the war in Ukraine).
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
March 31, 2022
Review Bombing on Steam; Storybook Brawl Takes Flak for NFT
Storybook Brawl has been review bombed on Steam. All because the developers of this title were bought by a cryptocurrency company.
video games
Milosz Szubert
March 31, 2022
Activision Blizzard Sued Again; Harassment and Psychological Violence
Activision Blizzard has been hit with another lawsuit. Once again, it is related to employee mistreatment.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
March 28, 2022
Anti-mask Message in Domina Patch Notes Enrages Players on Steam
The patch notes of the latest update for Domina included controversial anti-mask content. As a result, the game's profile on Steam was flooded with negative reviews.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 14, 2022
Lootboxes in FUT are Not Gambling in the Netherlands; EA's Appeal Succeeds
The Kingdom of the Netherlands has withdrawn its recognition of FIFA Ultimate Team packs as gambling. Electronic Arts has thus avoided having to pay a €10 million fine.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
March 9, 2022
STALKER Review Bombed After Being Pulled From Sale in Russia
The STALKER series has become another victim of review bombing on Steam. This is a consequence of GSC's games being pulled from sale in Russia.
video games
Michael Zegar
March 8, 2022
NBA 2K is Scamming Kids? $5 Million Lawsuit Filed
NBA 2K series publisher Take-Two Interactive is set to face legal action for its practices regarding virtual currency and loot boxes.
video games
Sonia Selerska
March 8, 2022
Activision Blizzard Struggles to Hire and Retain Staff
In its latest annual report, Activision Blizzard admitted that numerous lawsuits and controversial situations are translating into staffing issues.
video games
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
March 5, 2022
Space Engineers Review Bombed by Chinese and Russians
Space Engineers has become another target of review bombing by the Chinese and Russians users. All because the developers expressed opposition to the invasion of Ukraine.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 2, 2022