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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
Wrestler Sues Activision in Connection with His Character in Black Ops 4
Wrestler Booker T. Huffman filed a case against Activision publisher for alleged copyright infringement in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 in connection with the creation of Prophet's character. His image was to be copied from a character developed by him.
video games
Bart Swiatek
February 14, 2019
Court Sentences Another GTA Online Cheat Tool Maker
Take-Two Interactive, the developer of Grand Theft Auto V, continues its crusade against the creators of illegal tools for the game's online mode.
video games
February 12, 2019
Fallout 76 Player Has Entered Forbidden Crypt 63, Begs Bethesda Not to Ban Him
Some players accidentally found their way to the 63rd crypt in Fallout 76 - a development room, which may lead to a ban after entering it. One of players who calls himself McStaken in the game, decided to issue a 'ticket of complaint'.
video games
Bart Swiatek
February 11, 2019
Spotify Will Ban for Ad Blockers
Soon, Spotify will change its treatment of users that block the site’s ads. The company intends to ban any account on which ad blockers are detected.
hardware & software
Adrian Werner
February 9, 2019
Glukhovsky Apologizes for the Epic Store Games Affair
Writer Dimitry Glukhovsky, the creator of the post-apocalyptic universe of Metro, has recorded a special statement, in which he apologized to the fans.
video games
Bart Swiatek
February 7, 2019
Huawei Offered Bonuses for Spying
US Government reports of an organized gratifications system for active spies working for the company, and cautions against using the company’s devices when building the new 5G network.
hardware & software
February 6, 2019
YouTube May Remove Thumbs Down
YouTube intends to put a leash on thumbs down as counterattack against haters who took a liking to bombing contents of some particular creators.
hardware & software
February 5, 2019