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Kinguin Removes Fake Frostpunk 2 Preorders and Issues a Statement
Kinguin has finally removed the ability to place preorders for Frostpunk 2 keys after a decisive intervention from 11 bit studios.
video games
August 26, 2021
G2A Will Pay Compensation to Devs of Factorio
The sales platform G2A has pledged to compensate Factorio's developers, paying almost $40,000 for illegally obtained game keys. This is a result of actions taken by G2A and Wube Software almost a year ago.
video games
Damian Strozek
May 21, 2020
„You owe us $300,000,” Say Subnautica's Creators to G2A [Updated]
The dispute between developers and G2A is raging on and it does not look like anything is going to change in the near future. The tool proposed by the platform to block keys not intended for sale did not arouse much interest among the devs and caused further controversies.
video games
Conrad Hazi
August 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
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
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
No More Serial Keys? Ubisoft Has A New Idea For Digital Distribution
Ubisoft and Genba Digital are working on a new digital distribution system for video games. The solution known as Silent Key Activation will eliminate the need to send activation codes to vendors, thus preventing unauthorized trading of keys.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
May 3, 2019
Law amendment will impact Japanese gaming industry
An amendment in the Unfair Competition Prevention Act was passed in Japan, penalizing serial code auctions and tempering with game saves.
video games
Bart Swiatek
January 4, 2019