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Jason Schreier Against Online Criticism, Claims Players are Not Objective
Jason Schreier, well-known gaming journalist who has covered many controversial issues in the past, commented on Twitter about the problem of gamer attitudes towards unpleasant information.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 12, 2021

Facebook Will Not Warn Users Affected by Data Leak
Facebook has no plans to warn users whose data got leaked online. The website believes it has done everything it can to take care of security.
hardware & software
Kamil Komaniecki
April 9, 2021

Availability of PC Components is so Bad It Pays Off Smuggling Them on Fishing Boats
Customs officers in Hong Kong stopped a fishing boat filled with contraband, including PC components. The shortage of computer parts is so bad that smugglers have decided to cut a slice of the pie for themselves.
hardware & software
Arkadiusz Strzala
April 8, 2021

Loot Boxes are Gambling and Ruin Less Well-off Players, Claim UK Researchers
Researchers from Great Britain published an extensive report on loot boxes. The authors prove that the mechanic does indeed fall under the category of gambling and, moreover, it has a tendency to become addictive for people with not very high salaries.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
April 2, 2021

CoD: Cold War Devs Send DMCA to Website That Wrote About Leaks
Activision has sent a DMCA complaint - a charge of copyright infringement - against a Twitter account belonging to Video Games Chronicle. The cause is a post regarding a leak related to Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 2, 2021

Android Sends 20 Times More of Your Data Than iPhone
Google can collect up to 20 times more data than Apple. That's according to a controversial study published by a researcher at a Dublin university.
hardware & software
Arkadiusz Strzala
April 1, 2021

Sega Accuses SteamDB of Piracy, Yakuza: Like a Dragon Page Removed
Japanese company Sega has sent SteamDB a request to remove the game page of Yakuza: Like a Dragon. The publisher claims that the website is engaged in piracy.
video games
Bart Swiatek
March 30, 2021

Activision Demands Shutdown of CoD Warzone Stats Website
Activision has sent a C&D letter to the creators of SBMM Warzone. The website collects data on users' statistics, which, according to the American company, among other things, violates their copyrights.
video games
Agnes Adamus
March 28, 2021

Online Petition Wants Six Days in Fallujah Canceled
Six Days in Fallujah stirrs more and more controversy among gamers and developers. In the Internet there is even a petition demanding the to be canceled.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
March 26, 2021

Steam Refused to Sell Game Because of Excessive Nudity
Super Seducer 3 will not appear on Steam. Valve deemed the game too close to pornography.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
March 22, 2021

China Accuses Elon Musk and Tesla of Spying
According to reports by Reuters, cars manufactured by the American company Tesla have been banned in the Chinese army - they cannot be driven into military facilities and key corporations owned by the authorities. The reason is said to be concerns about espionage.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 22, 2021

Angry Players Review Bomb Nier Automata on Steam
NieR: Automata's card on Steam was flooded with negative reviews. Gamers are furious that this particular release received no fixes, despite the fact that a much improved version of the game debuted on Game Pass a few days ago.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 22, 2021

Hacker Steals Almost $6 Million in Crypto Tokens
Cryptocurrency website Roll fell victim to a hacker attack. Cybercriminals cracked passwords and stole the equivalent of $5.7 million in Ethereum-based tokens.
hardware & software
Arkadiusz Strzala
March 19, 2021

Apple Yields to Russia, Will Install Government-approved Apps
Apple has agreed to pre-install software approved by the Russian government on its hardware. The new rules set by the country's Ministry of Digitization will take effect next month.
hardware & software
Witold Ciemierz
March 18, 2021

Riot's Investigation Finds CEO Innocent, Plaintiff Accused of Witness Tampering
Riot Games has hired a law firm, independent of the recent harassment and gender discrimination case, to investigate Nicolo Laurent. As the evidence gathered showed, there is nothing to indicate the CEO's guilt. Instead, information gathered during the investigation suggests that alleged victim offered bribes to witnesses.
video games
March 18, 2021

Activision Blizzard Investors Concerned About Bobby Kotick's Bonuses
Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick will receive further bonuses despite continuing layoffs at the company. The situation has the investors worried.
video games
Przemyslaw Dygas
March 17, 2021

Hogwarts Legacy Producer's Departure Unrelated to Controversy
Troy Leavitt - the producer of Hogwarts Legacy, who left Avalanche Studios at the beginning of March - explained his decision. The reason were serious family problems that would prevent him from devoting proper attention to the project.
video games
Bart Swiatek
March 16, 2021

Electronic Arts Comments on #EAGate Scandal; Admits a Mistake
After a few days, Electronic Arts commented on the #EAGate scandal, in which employees of the company sold access to the best cards in FUT. EA admitted the mistake and apologized.
video games
Paul Musiolik
March 14, 2021

Walter Isaacson Believes Facebook and Twitter Make Money on Enraging Users
According to the American writer and biographer Walter Isaacson - author of the biography of Steve Jobs - social media specifically heat up the emotions to make money on them.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 11, 2021

Steam Download Almost Grinds to a Halt in Russia Because of Local Authorities
Due to the decision of the Russian telecommunications agency Roskomnadzor, the operation of some websites and online services has been greatly slowed down. One of the platforms that have suffered is Steam.
video games
Bart Swiatek
March 11, 2021