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RomUniverse Website Owner Loses to Nintendo; Will Pay Millions
Nintendo has won in court against the owner of the RomUniverse website, who was accused of copyright infringement. Now, Matthew Storman must pay millions of dollars.
video games
Angelika Kaldus
June 1, 2021
No More Cheating Coaches in CS:GO? Valve Has a Solution
In the latest update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve introduced a new feature - coaches' positions will be recorded in the round's backup files to prevent future cheating on their part.
video games
Hubert Sledziewski
May 30, 2021
Iran Bans Crypto Mining Due to Power Shortages
Iran is taking strong measures against crypto mining. By introducing a temporary ban, the local authorities are trying to prevent excessive energy consumption caused mainly by unregistered farms mining BTC, among other things.
hardware & software
Arkadiusz Strzala
May 27, 2021
GameDevPaidMe - Developers Reveal Their Earnings on Twitter
Hashtag #GameDevPaidMe is trending on Twitter again, and just like a year ago, developers are revealing their earnings and encouraging fellow developers to break the conspiracy of silence.
video games
Adrian Piotrowski
May 12, 2021
Resident Evil Village Accused of Ripping Off Monsters From Frankenstein's Army
Resident Evil Village introduced players to a wide range of monsters with interesting designs. It turns out that some of them may have been plagiarized.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
May 11, 2021
RAM and VRAM Hikes Due to Price Collusion? There's a Lawsuit
Another increase in DRAM prices may be the result of price collusion by the largest manufacturers. Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron have once again been charged by law firm Hagens Berman.
hardware & software
Przemyslaw Dygas
May 10, 2021
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Reports Suggest Giant Leak of Epic Games User Data [UPDATED]
Reports that have surfaced online suggest that user data from Epicgames.com may have been leaked. The leak may include emails, account names and possibly passwords of more than 106 million people.
other
Bart Swiatek
May 10, 2021
Lawsuit Against Sony Could Give Us Cheaper PS4 and PS5 Games
A class action lawsuit against Sony Interactive Entertainment could lower the prices on PlayStation Store. The lawsuit is aimed at Sony's monopoly in selling digital copies of games for PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles.
video games
May 7, 2021
Devs Have to Pay for Cross-play on PlayStation
Documents presented during the lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple have revealed details about Sony's approach to cross-play. The Japanese company requires developers to pay extra in some situations.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 4, 2021
Jason Schreier on Controversy Surrounding Bonus Distribution at CD Projekt
In his latest article published on Bloomberg, Jason Schreier touched on the subject of bonuses received by the bosses of CD Projekt and how they compare to the amounts received by other employees. The disproportion is very large.
video games
Milosz Szubert
April 30, 2021
Doom Eternal Gets Paid Skins, Despite Promises of No Microtransactions
Cosmetic DLCs for Doom Eternal has appeared, available for purchase for real cash. It was quite an unexpected decision, because the creative director of id Software insisted before the launch that the sequel will not feature any microtransactions.
video games
April 30, 2021
Riot Games Shuts Down LoL Fan Project
League of Legends fans developing the so-called Chronoshift project were forced to abandon the work. Riot's way of handling the matter sparked controversy, specifically the way one of the studio's employees talked to a member of the project's devteam.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 29, 2021
Russian Man Arrested in US for Laundering $336 Million in Bitcoin
Roman Sterlingov allegedly laundered 1.2 million BTC, worth nearly $336 million. He was arrested in Los Angeles after 10 years of operating the Bitcoin Fog mixing service.
hardware & software
Angelika Kaldus
April 29, 2021
EA Denies Steering Players Into FUT
EA responds to journalist's allegations that the company is trying to convince players to only play FUT.
video games
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
April 27, 2021
Man Arrested for Attempting to Attack Creators of Genshin Impact
A few days ago, a man armed with a knife broke into the headquarters of the Chinese company miHoYo - devs of Genshin Impact, among other titles. According to media reports, his aim was to murder the studio's founders, and the motive was the changes introduced recently in one of the developer's productions.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 27, 2021
Cryptocurrency Exchange CEO Flees With $2 Billion
When it comes to stealing, there are sums worth taking risks for. This was probably the motto of the CEO of Thodex, a Turkish cryptocurrency trading platform, who fled to Albania after misappropriating $2 billion belonging to the investors.
hardware & software
Bartlomiej Sagan
April 26, 2021
Radeon RX 580 Recall Frauds Reported in China
Chinese retailers have started scamming customers for AMD Radeon RX 580 GPUs, all due to their desire to make money from crypto mining.
hardware & software
Przemyslaw Dygas
April 15, 2021
WhatsApp Has a Serious Security Problem
WhatsApp has another problem. This time it's a security vulnerability that enables someone to easily block our access to our account.
hardware & software
Jacob Blazewicz
April 14, 2021
Quantic Dream Acquitted of Racism and Unhealthy Culture
The Paris Court of Appeal has dismissed accusations of unhealthy atmosphere and racism at Quantic Dream. Following the verdict, the company released a statement regarding the entire case.
video games
Agnes Adamus
April 12, 2021
Dangerous CS:GO Exploit Enables Hackers to Steal Data Using Steam Invites
A dangerous exploit in CS:GO and other Source engine-based games has been revealed. The vulnerability allows for stealing passwords, skins and many other data. Valve was supposed to have known about it for two years and didn't react.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
April 12, 2021