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Walmart Hides Violent Games and ESPN Drops Apex Legends Tournament
Walmart ordered its employees to remove violent video games from the display, and ESPN cancels Apex Legends tournament broadcast. Both were caused by the recent shootings in the United States.
video games
August 9, 2019
Expert: „Games as Responsible For Shootings as Bananas For Suicides”
In connection with the tragic events in the United States, comments have been made that the responsible for them is a „culture of violence”, which is to be manifested, among other things, in video games. Scientists from the universities of Stetson and New Virginia have debunked this thesis, hard.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 9, 2019
Take-Two vs. SupMatto - Publisher of Borderlands 3 Takes the Floor
The still unconfirmed visit of Take-Two Interactive's „unofficial representatives” to youtuber SupMatto's home is related to the company's confirmed ten-month-long investigation into leaks of information about the game.
video games
Julia Dragovic
August 8, 2019
Borderlands 3 - Take-Two Allegedly Sent PIs After a Youtuber
SupMatto, a youtuber associated with the Borderlands series, is suspending his career after a visit by detectives reportedly employed by Take-Two Interactive (owner of 2K Games). After revealing the leaks, his life on the Internet has become much more... uphill, to put it mildly.
video games
Julia Dragovic
August 7, 2019
Rockstar Games is Starting to Treat its Employees Better
Rockstar Games has offered full-time employment contracts to testers of its games and has changed some of the draconian rules that led to some very bad working conditions. According to last year's reports, those in this group were among the most exploited workers in the British studio.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 7, 2019
Take-Two CEO Against Blaming Video Games; Science: He's Right, You Know
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick referred to the words of Republicans, including Donald Trump, who after the events in El Paso and Dayton blamed video game for the shooting. In his corner of the ring, science is giving him water and tactical advice.
video games
Julia Dragovic
August 6, 2019
E3 Leaks Personal Data of More Than 2,000 Participants
Personal data of over 2,000 E3 2019 participants leaked to the web. The list of victims include journalists, YouTubers and developers. Michal Manka, the editor of our sister website GryOnline, commented on the whole situation and its consequences.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
August 4, 2019
Several Features Will Get to Epic Games Store Later Than Expected
The developers of Epic Games Store are past the deadline for some of the new features that the platform was due to receive last month. The new features has been moved to August, as we know from the schedule update on Trello.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 2, 2019
Youtubers Seek Help Among Trade Unions
A group of content creators - YouTube Union has established a partnership with German trade union IG Metall. Together, two organizations have launched FairTube initiative, which calls, among other things, for greater transparency regarding the rules of video monetization.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
July 29, 2019
Devs of Uncharted and The Last of Us About Crunch in Naughty Dog
It turns out that the topic of crunch touches even the most valued developer studios. This is also the case with Naughty Dog, whose former and current employees shared some information from behind the scenes.
video games
Konrad Serafinski
July 27, 2019
GTA Online - List of Countries That Banned the New Casino
It seems that gamers from several countries can't access gambling in GTA Online. Reddit users have prepared an extensive list of countries whose laws prohibit the use of such solutions.
video games
Bart Swiatek
July 25, 2019
Nintendo Comments on Defective Joy-Cons [Updated]
The Japanese company commented on the problem of „drifting” Joy-Con controllers for the Nintendo Switch console. However, it was not the answer the fans were hoping for.
hardware & software
July 24, 2019
The Controversial FaceApp is Registered in Russia
Wireless Lab, the owner of FaceApp, is registered in Russia, which raises some doubts among its users. The developers have already made an official statement, and in the United States, Senator Chuck Schumer has written a letter to the FBI asking for an investigation into the processing of user data.
hardware & software
Julia Dragovic
July 18, 2019
Kickstarter Suspends Fundraiser for RAW, a GTA Online Clone
Kickstarter has suspended the campaign for RAW - a GTA Online clone, which is being developed by a small, independent team. In the opinion of the platform's representative, the project did not meet the principles of transparency and honesty.
video games
Bart Swiatek
July 16, 2019
Ubisoft Criticized for Outsourcing Music to Watch Dogs Legion
Ubisoft announced that the music for Watch Dogs: Legion will be created using HitRecord, a platform that allows amateurs to develop works for a given project and rewards them in proportion to their contribution if their work has been used. Many composers and developers did not like this decision.
video games
Bart Swiatek
July 16, 2019
Facebook Faces Record Financial Penalty; Company's Stocks Go Up
The Federal Trade Commission has accepted an agreement whereby Facebook will have to pay USD 5 billion. The record amount did not deter investors, and the company's stock prices increased by almost 2%.
hardware & software
Paul Wozniak
July 15, 2019
iPhone 6 Explodes in the Hands of an 11-year-old Girl
Apple is trying to figure out what could have caused the iPhone 6 to explode in the hands of an 11-year-old girl. So far, the cause of the malfunction is unknown.
hardware & software
Paul Wozniak
July 15, 2019
Gears 5 Drops Cigars as Devs do not Want to Promote Smoking
The Coalition has announced that no cigars will appear in Gears 5 in order not to encourage players to smoke. In addition, a 25-minute gameplay from the multiplayer mode of the game was released on the web.
video games
Adrian Werner
July 14, 2019
G2A Offers Devs Tool For Blocking Illegal Keys
G2A again addressed the controversy surrounding the sale of game keys. The platform proposes to devs to create a special tool that would allow automatic blocking of codes obtained by „unethical” methods.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 12, 2019
Ubisoft Prepares Bans For Rainbow Six: Siege Players
Due to a bug in Ubisoft's Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege spamming emots in chat will freeze the game. The company has just introduced the necessary changes, and the second stage of repairs is a ban campaign. You don't have to wait until December 6 to get the coal.
video games
Julia Dragovic
July 10, 2019