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G2A Defends Itself by Breaking Journalist Ethics?
Another affair has broken out over G2A. An e-mail from an employee of the company got leaked, in which the employee encourages a journalist to publish a G2A's article without labelling it as sponsored. The platform has dissociated itself from these allegedly unauthorized activities.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 8, 2019
G2A Promises 10-fold Refunds for Developers
In the statement, G2A promised developers a 10-fold refund as soon as they prove that the inactive keys they had to give players their money for were from illegal sources.
video games
Julia Dragovic
July 6, 2019
After Layoffs Blizzard is Recruiting Again... For the Same Positions
After a considerable purge of staff, Blizzard started recruiting Community Managers for Hearthstone. It would not be surprising if it were not for the fact that six months ago, for financial reasons, the company fired all of them. Former employees are not particularly satisfied with this fact, to put it mildly. Some of them are still unemployed.
video games
Julia Dragovic
July 5, 2019
CEO of Paradox Interactive Defends DLCs
Fredrik Wester, CEO of Paradox, has decided to defend the Swedish company's policy of issuing DLC. He called it „a fair and balanced way to publish content” on Twitter, although not without its flaws.
video games
Milosz Szubert
July 5, 2019
Triternion Denies Planning Character Exclusion Options in Mordhau
After „unfortunate” statements by its developers about the toxicity of the players and the option of „disabling” women and non-Caucasian characters, Triternion, the developer of Mordhau, issued an official statement explaining any misunderstandings.
video games
Julia Dragovic
July 3, 2019
Epic Games Will Offer Refunds For Pledgers of Shenmue 3 Kickstarter
Studio Ys Net and publisher Deep Silver have changed their decision. Players who are not satisfied with the option of getting an Epic Games Store key as a reward for the money they pledged to the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter campaign will be able to request a refund. Returns will be funded by Epic Games.
video games
Bart Swiatek
July 3, 2019
Mordhau Will Enable Us to „Disable” Women? Tocixity Reports by Gamers
PCGamer reports that the online action game Mordhau has a serious problem with the toxicity of its community. Developers at Triternion say they're trying to improve the situation, but they don't want to censor players - instead they prefer to put control in their hands. However, some of their ideas are highly controversial.
video games
Bart Swiatek
July 2, 2019
Paradox Interactive: Traditional Video Game Profit Share is Scandalous
Fredrick Wester, CEO of Paradox Interactive, believes that the traditional 70/30 distribution of profits between developers and owners of digital distribution platforms is scandalous and outdated. He believes that Epic Games Store is having a very positive impact on the industry. This opinion was shared by several other devs.
video games
Bart Swiatek
July 2, 2019
Devs: Better Pirate Games than Use G2A
Developers have just given us a written conscent. Download our games from the torrents instead of buying G2A keys - this is what Mike Rose from No More Robots and Rami Ismail from Vlambeer want the players to do.
video games
Julia Dragovic
July 2, 2019
9 Million Users Spend More Than 3 Hours a Day in Candy Crush Saga
According to King's senior vice president, more than 9 million players spend between three and six hours a day playing free-to-play title Candy Crush Saga. However, the studio representative assures that the production does not have addictive properties.
video games
July 1, 2019
US President Donald Trump Postpones Huawei Trade Ban
US President Donald Trump decided to delay the trade ban on Huawei. This means that American companies will be able to do business with the Chinese giant almost as they have done up to now.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
July 1, 2019
Halo: Reach Beta Leaked. Play it, and You Will be Banned
Halo: Reach PC beta has been leaked to the Internet. By downloading or playing a copy of the trial version, you are risking a ban to all of the developer's games - including those that have not yet been created.
video games
Julia Dragovic
July 1, 2019
Epic Games CEO: Lack of Steam Keys to Shenmue 3 is Valve's Fault
According to the CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, the lack of keys distribution via Steam is the fault of Valve. Their policy doesn't allow this in the case of games that have their release outside of their service.
video games
Paul Wozniak
June 29, 2019
„Metal Gear is the Work of American intelligence,” says Russian minister
According to the Interfax press agency, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Andrey Kartapolov said before the State Duma that the Metal Gear series published by Konami is in fact a camouflaged project of the American secret service.
video games
June 29, 2019
Jason Schreier Investigation: ''Working on CoD Black Ops 4 Was Hell''
Thanks to Kotaku we learned about the terrible working conditions at Treyarch, the studio known from the Call of Duty: Black Ops series. Testers were the ones who had it worst.
video games
Adrian Werner
June 27, 2019
Consoles 25% more expensive? Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft Against Trump's Sanctions
Major console manufacturers Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft issued a joint statement opposing Donald Trump's proposal for 25% penalty duties on, among others, consoles manufactured in China. If sanctions are adopted, Switch, Xbox and PlayStation prices in the U.S. will rise by at least 25%.
other
Julia Dragovic
June 27, 2019
Leader of Teamfight Tactics Beta Rankings on Sexism in Gaming
Riot Games has published a ranking of its closed beta tests of Teamfight Tactics, the new mode for League of Legends. The first place went to a girl – streamer going by the name Hafu. It would seem a reason for her to be overjoyed. And yet...
video games
Julia Dragovic
June 26, 2019
Tim Sweeney Explains Why Epic Games Bets on Exclusive Titles
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, explained on Twitter why the strategy of mass buying of exclusive titles, though unpopular, is beneficial to gamers.
video games
June 26, 2019
Is CoD: Modern Warfare Marketing Based on Cheap Publicity?
Michael Condrey, co-founder of Sledgehammer Games, believes that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare may be going too far in its way of showing war. According to the developer, Infinity Ward could have been pushed to create a controversial game by the publisher - Activision.
video games
Bart Swiatek
June 26, 2019
„Epic Breaks Its Own Rules”; Dispute Over a Fortnite Skin
The new skin in Fortnite caused a lot of commotion among the fans of the game. According to them, the creators broke their own rules, and selling modified versions of classic characters is against company's initial idea.
video games
Paul Wozniak
June 26, 2019