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Valve Will Examine Copying of Steam Data by Epic Games Store
Valve has answered the controversies related to Epic Games Store client, which allegedly downloads sensitive user data related to their Steam account.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
March 17, 2019
Steam Promises to Eliminate Review Bombing
Valve announced that it will battle the occasional waves of negative reviews on Steam, so-called review bombing, issued for reasons completely unrelated to the game and aimed only at lowering the score of a specific title.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
March 16, 2019
Epic Games Denies Accusations of Using Steam Data
Another day, another Epic Games Store controversy. The online community believes that the platform downloads sensitive user data from Steam files, including friend lists and stats on the games they have played. Epic Games denied the accusations.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
March 15, 2019
Phoenix Point Backers Will Wait 1 Year for Their Steam/GOG Keys
Snapshot Games informed that people who supported Phoenix Point during its crowdfunding campaign on Fig.co will receive their Steam/GOG key only after the end of the 1-year period of exclusivity on Epic Games Store.
video games
March 13, 2019
Fortnite - Dance Lawsuits Withdrawn
Epic Games can rest easy. The four celebrities that filed cases against the company have withdrawn their lawsuits for copyright infringement and illegal use of their dance choreographies in Fortnite.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 11, 2019
Devil May Cry 5 Censored on PS4
US branch of Sony decided to protect the morality of American gamers. The western edition of Devil May Cry 5 for PS4 has received an update that censors one of the cut-scenes in the game, covering the indecent exposition of one of the female characters.
video games
Adrian Werner
March 11, 2019
The Division 2 Soon Available Only on Uplay and Epic Store
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 will only be available on Uplay and Epic Games Store beginning with the day of release. The info comes from the British website Gamesplanet, according to which Ubisoft will ban all independent digital stores from selling the
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
March 8, 2019
Huawei Sues US Government
Huawei sues the US Government. The company accuses the USA of launching false accusations, e-mail theft and blocking the company's ability to compete in the 5G technology market.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
March 7, 2019
Rape Day Removed from Steam
Valve took a lot of flak recently for allowing Rape Day, a controversial title that deals with violence against women, to be released on Steam. The company has decided to intervene and removed the game from Steam's offer.
video games
Agnes Adamus
March 7, 2019
Here's How Devs Manipulate Release Dates on Steam
Mike Rose, the founder of No More Robots, has noticed a peculiar unfair practice adopted by some developers on Steam. Here's the trick - a fake release date is being set, and changed, to keep the title on top of the recommended upcoming titles list.
video games
Milosz Szubert
March 6, 2019
Epic Games Store Lacks Even Most Basic Account Security Measures
Registering an account on Epic Games Store is as easy as pie – the user isn't even obliged to verify the email address they've provided.
video games
Christian Pieniazek
March 5, 2019
Left Alive a Flop – Poor Scores and 50% Sale After a Week
Left Alive, Square Enix's new game, received unfavorable reviews from Japanese players, and its price was cut by half shortly after the release on Amazon. What's interesting, it coincided with inability to stream the game, raising some suspicions.
video games
March 5, 2019
Gamers are Review Bombing Epic Store on Steam
The gaming community has shown its nice side. The Steam page of Metro Exodus has been flooded with positive reviews, in which the players are praising the game, but criticizing the controversial decision of the game's publisher (mostly the latter).
video games
Jakub Mirowski
February 24, 2019
Microsoft Employees Protest Against Cooperation with US Army
A group of Microsoft employee demands the termination of the deal that has Microsoft developing AR technology for the US Army. The protesters are against their work being used to kill people.
hardware & software
Adrian Werner
February 24, 2019
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 Gets a Bad Case of Loot Boxes
The hated loot boxes have just appeared in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. The system enables us to get exp-boosting weapons.
video games
Bart Swiatek
February 21, 2019
Bethesda vs The Book Breeze - Battle Over Redfall Trademark
Bethesda argues with The Book Breeze publishing company. The publisher objected to Bethesda's attempt to register the Redfall trademark, referring to its rights to a book series under the same title.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 20, 2019
Epic Games Sues Organizers of an Unofficial Fortnite Event
Epic Games intends to sue the organizers of the Fortnite Live festival, which took place last weekend in Norwich, UK.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
February 20, 2019
Google Won't Block Ad Blockers
Google decided to withdraw from the planned changes to the Chromium engine, the technology behind the Chrome browser, which were to prevent users from employing ad-blocking browser plugins.
hardware & software
Bart Swiatek
February 18, 2019
Fortnite Dance Affair - US Goverment Denies Carlton Dance Claim
US patent office responded to Alfons Ribeiro's claim of alleged copyright infringement in Fortnite using the Fresh emote. According to patent examiners, a short, simple dance does not fall under copyright law, rendering the claim invalid.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
February 17, 2019
Game Workers Unite Demands Bobby Kotick's Resignation
A web petition was started, aiming to make Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision Blizzard, after the company announced a lay-off of almost 800 employees a few days ago.
video games
Jakub Mirowski
February 16, 2019