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Former President of EA Sports: „Lootboxes Aren't Gambling”
Peter Moore - former president of EA Sports - recently gave an interview in which he referred to the issue of lootboxes, among other topics. In his opinion, those and similar mechanics are very far from gambling.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 8, 2021
Controversial Attempt to Censor Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story; Publisher Denies
The representatives of Top Hat Studios informed that in the past months they have received a lot of unpleasant messages criticizing Sense: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story. They stressed, however, that they didn't give in and on January 7 the title will be released, uncensored, on Nintendo Switch.
video games
Milosz Szubert
January 4, 2021
Chinese Police Investigates Poisoning of Local Video Game Developer
The Chinese police are investigating the death of the head of Yoozoo Games. The services have arrested one of the Chinese developer's associates, suspected of poisoning the man.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
December 30, 2020
Data of 65,000 Players Leaked After Koei Tecmo Servers Hacking
Hackers have attacked another game publisher. This time they hacked the servers of the European branch of Koei Tecmo and stole the data of 65 thousand users of the company's official forum.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
December 30, 2020
Several Companies File Class Actions Against CD Projekt Over Cyberpunk 2077
The poor technical condition of Cyberpunk 2077 on last-gen consoles, as well as the concealment of the truth about it by the management of CD Project resulted in several class actions filed by several companies.
video games
Bart Swiatek
December 28, 2020
Epic Games Store Launcher Sends Out Suspiciously Large Amounts of Data
Reports that have emerged online suggest that Epic Games Store's digital client is sending out very large amounts of data somewhere - even over 514 KB per hour. One user also claims that the app's behavior negatively affects his Ryzen 7 5800X.
video games
Bart Swiatek
December 28, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 Devs May Face a Lawsuit
Cyberpunk 2077 problems continue. A law firm became interested in the fate of investors who bought CD Projekt Red's shares and lost money.
video games
Aleksandra Dziwinska
December 20, 2020
CDP's Angry Employees Attack Management Over CP2077
CD Projekt RED's board has called a meeting with the employees, the topic of which was the launch of Cyberpunk 2077. Angry developers have flooded their bosses with questions, pointing out hypocrisy and misconduct.
video games
Paul Musiolik
December 20, 2020
CD Projekt Red Offers New Refund Options for Cyberpunk 2077
CD Projekt Red announced a new possibility to refund the controversial Cyberpunk 2077. Now you can also talk to the developers directly, and they don't rule out a cash back from their own pocket.
video games
Arkadiusz Strzala
December 19, 2020
CD Projekt Stocks Plunge After Cyberpunk 2077 is Pulled From PS Store
The decision to remove Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation Store had a negative impact on CD Projekt's stock price. The Polish publisher lost nearly 20% at the opening of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
video games
Bart Swiatek
December 18, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 Pulled From PlayStation Store; CD Projekt Comments
Sony Interactive Entertainment removed Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation Store's offer until further notice. The move was made after talking to CD Projekt about the refunds for disappointed players.
video games
Bart Swiatek
December 18, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 x Death Stranding Review Bombed on Metacritic
Death Stranding has received an update on PC, introducing content related to Cyberpunk 2077. Although the update is free and introduces a lot of interesting novelties, it has frustrated players dissatisfied with CD Projekt RED's latest work.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
December 17, 2020
Disney Doesn't Want Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean
Johnny Depp is unlikely to return to the role of Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. Great reluctance to hire the actor is shown quite bluntly by Disney.
movies & tv series
Karol Laska
December 17, 2020
Censored Edition of Devotion was Scheduled to Hit GOG.com; It Won't
Taiwanese horror game Devotion was about to return to the West with GOG.com. At least that's what the devs at Red Candle Games claimed, because a few hours later the Polish store resigned from offering the game that sparked fury among Chinese players last year.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
December 16, 2020
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Sony Refunds Cyberpunk 2077 [Updated]
The PlayStation Store does not have such a friendly returns policy as Steam, but in the case of Cyberpunk 2077, at least in some cases, Sony refunds money, even after the user has downloaded and played the game.
video games
Arkadiusz Strzala
December 15, 2020
CD Projekt RED Apologizes for Cyberpunk 2077 and Plans Patches
CD Projekt RED apologized for the poor technical condition of Cyberpunk 2077, especially on consoles. The developers promise to fix the most serious problems on PS4 and Xbox One by the end of February, but at the same time will assist in refunds for those who are not willing to wait that long.
video games
Adrian Werner
December 14, 2020
Dune Director Enraged by Having His Movie Released on HBO Max
Dennis Villeneuve, director of Dune and Blade Runner 2049, is dissatisfied with the decision to move Warner Bros.'s film premieres to HBO Max. He blames the AT&T telecommunications company.
movies & tv series
Karol Laska
December 11, 2020
Cyberpunk 2077 Triggers Seizures, But CDPR Will Fix It
One of the players who received a pre-release access to Cyberpunk 2077 wrote a text warning epileptics against selected scenes in the game that could trigger seizures.
video games
Karol Laska
December 8, 2020
Samsung Mocked Apple; Now It Wants to Sell Smartphones Without Chargers
A certain Brazilian tech website reports that Samsung intends to sell Galaxy S21 smartphones without chargers - just like Apple. As you may remember, the Koreans had previously mocked the idea.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
December 8, 2020
Monster Hunter Filmmakers Apologize and Remove the Controversial Scene
The filmmakers of Monster Hunter's movie adaptation responded to the accusations of China's finding a scene offensive to their culture and removed it to alleviate the situation.
movies & tv series
Karol Laska
December 7, 2020