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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Adrian Werner
March 2, 2022
Rise of Mordor Mod Removed From Mod DB at Request of Warner Bros
Warner Bros. has recalled it owns the rights to the Lord of the Rings movie universe. As a result, a mod developed for years, called Rise of Mordor for Total War: Atilla, disappeared from Mod DB.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 12, 2022
Low Wages, Overtime and Problems - Team17 as Seen by Employees
Team17 is in trouble even after NFTs got removed from the Worms series. Employees of the British developer are said to complain of low pay, problems with their bosses and harassment.
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Jacob Blazewicz
February 11, 2022
The Sims 4 DLC Won't Appear in Russia Due to Homophobic Law
Russians will not play the latest addition for The Sims 4. All because of the local law.
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Przemyslaw Dygas
February 10, 2022
'Remove Polish From Dying Light 2'; Italian Players Protest
Dying Light 2 collects very positive reviews from players on Steam and fairly average from Metacritic users. A large part of the credit for this goes to the Italians, who are review bombing the game for lack of native dubbing.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
February 7, 2022
Star Citizen Abandons Roadmap, Offers Coffee Shop Instead
Cloud Imperium Games is fed up with the „noise” of players in connection with delays in the development of Star Citizen. Therefore, the developers are abandoning the long-term roadmap. Fortunately, we can expect the addition of a coffee vendor.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 3, 2022
1,300 Videos Removed From YouTube; Nintendo Blocks Content
Nintendo has blocked more than 1,300 videos with music from its games that were shared by a YouTube user nicknamed GilvaSunner. The author claims that he did not make any money from the content.
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Hubert Sledziewski
January 31, 2022
Blockverse - Minecraft's NFT Project Turned Out to be Scam
Blockverse, Minecraft's NFT-powered PvP server turned out to be a huge scam. The creators first sold tokens for $1.2 million and then vanished along with the money.
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Adrian Werner
January 30, 2022