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Scalpers are Buying Up PS5s; Their Stocks Are Bigger Than in Stores

Tom Borys, 24 November 2020, 19:09

There have been reports of organized groups buying up PS5 consoles to sell them later for profit.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic Angry, Footballers Sue EA for FIFA 21

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 24 November 2020, 13:36

Zlatan Ibrahimovic believes that EA Sports has used his image in FIFA 21 illegally and wants to look into the matter. The Swede is joined by other players.

Unboxing of Pokemon Booster Packs Becomes a Hit on Twitch

Paul Wozniak, 23 November 2020, 16:08

Popular streamer Sodappopin said that the latest hot trend on Twitch - opening Pokemon card booster packs - is pretty much gambling and a bad example for the younger audience.

YouTube Will Display Ads in All Videos

Bart Swiatek, 23 November 2020, 13:44

YouTube has made changes to the terms and conditions of the platform, as a result of which ads will be displayed in all videos, regardless of the choice of the content creator and participation, or lack of thereof, in the YouTube Partner program.

Leaks Reveal Resident Evil Battle Royale Game From Capcom

Adrian Werner, 16 November 2020, 19:10

A number of Capcom's internal documents have leaked as a result of a hacker attack. According to them, PC ports of Monster Hunter: Rise and Monster Hunter Stories 2, among others, are being prepared. In addition, the publisher was to receive $10 million for adding several Resident Evil games to Google Stadia.

Possible Terrorist Attack on Ubisoft Montreal HQ [Updated]

Michael Kulakowski, 13 November 2020, 22:18

The Canadian branch of Ubisoft in Montreal was attacked by unknown perpetrators. Some of the employees barricaded themselves in the office rooms and on the roof of the building. The police have surrounded the area.

EA Sued Again, This Time Concerning Changes in FUT's Difficulty

Jacob Blazewicz, 12 November 2020, 20:58

There have been reports of another suit against Electronic Arts in connection with the Ultimate Team mode. This time the company has been accused of not informing players about the Dynamic Difficulty Level Adjustment system, which is supposed to encourage the use of microtransactions in FIFA, Madden NFL and NHL games.

Watch Dogs Legion's Source Code Has Gone Public

Karol Laska, 03 November 2020, 22:30

560 GB of data from Watch Dogs: Legion was releases by the hacker group Egregor. This is a consequence of not yielding to the demands issued by the group a few weeks ago.

Kicinski Apologizes to CD Projekt Red Employees

Jacob Blazewicz, 30 October 2020, 16:51

Jason Schreier revealed the content of an email sent by Adam Kicinski to the staff of CD Projekt RED. The CEO of the Polish company apologized for the words uttered during the Tuesday conference, de facto underplaying crunch in the company.

Fan-made Crysis Remaster Shot Down by Crytek

Arkadiusz Strzala, 29 October 2020, 21:03

The creator of a Crysis mod got a cease and desist letter from Crytek. A fan-made, alternative version of Crysis Remastered was being created, but the creators of the original apparently did not like it.

Penalty of Up to 500,000 Euros a Week for Lootboxes in FIFA

Paul Wozniak, 29 October 2020, 18:18

The Dutch Gaming Authority has ordered Electronic Arts to withdraw lootboxes (i.e. packs of player cards) from FIFA Ultimate Team within next three weeks. If the company does not comply, it will have to pay a weekly financial penalty of €500,000. EA intends to appeal.

90% of Cyberpunk 2077 Team Didn't Know About the Delay

Jacob Blazewicz, 29 October 2020, 14:14

Further information on the recent delay pf Cyberpunk 2077 appears to be coming to light. As it turns out, most developers only learned about it after the public announcement, which is allegedly due to local legal regulations.

Streamers Forced to Remove Streams and Clips Due to Copyright

Paul Wozniak, 26 October 2020, 20:28

Last week, most of the streamers operating on Twitch.tv deleted all their stream recordings and clips. Such moves were caused by problems with copyrights for musical works used by the creators.

Google's Ex-CEO on Social Media: „Amplifiers for Idiots”

Bart Swiatek, 23 October 2020, 16:08

Eric Schmidt, former Google CEO and member of Alphabet holding's board of directors, currently one of its shareholders, said during a conversation that social media serve as amplifiers for idiots and crazy people. In his opinion, this was not the original idea of their creators and unless something changes, new regulations will appear.

Rune 2 Publisher Accuses Bethesda of Sabotage

Adrian Werner, 22 October 2020, 11:14

Ragnarok Game's lawsuit against former Human Head studio was expanded to include Bethesda and Zenimax, who are sait to have deliberately sabotaged Rune 2, fearing that it might compete with The Elder Scrolls series.

Referee who Revealed CS:GO Scandal: „I Opened Pandora's Box”

Paul Wozniak, 16 October 2020, 21:29

Esports referee Michal „Michau” Slowinski spoke about the scandal on the professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive scene, which concerns the use of a glitch to the team's advantage. The Pole was responsible for bringing the case to light and said it was like „opening Pandora's box”.

Hackers Threaten to Publish Source Code of Watch Dogs Legion

Adrian Werner, 16 October 2020, 15:27

Hackers from a group called Egregor reported that they stole data from Ubisoft and Crytek. The source code of Watch Dogs: Legion is said to be among them.

PS4 Firmware 8.0 Eavesdrops on Players? Sony Explains

Jacob Blazewicz, 15 October 2020, 18:33

The internet became abuzz after a new firmware update for PlayStation 4 introduced a warning message to informing of the possibility of our calls from being recorded. Sony commented on the matter.

Alleged Ex-Cyberpunk 2077 Dev on Crunch

Jacob Blazewicz, 15 October 2020, 16:00

There were further reports of crunch among the developers of Cyberpunk 2077. This time, an alleged former employee of CD Projekt RED took the floor, claiming that some developers have been working 16 hours a day since mid-2019.

Blizzard's French Branch Plans to Strike

Michael Kulakowski, 14 October 2020, 23:03

Employees of Blizzard's French branch, responsible for marketing, event organization and localization of the studio's games across Europe, are preparing for a strike. The protest is the result of Activision's announcement of planned complete shutdown of the French branch.

We've Learned Epic's Losses From the Feud With Apple

Paul Musiolik, 11 October 2020, 20:01

Thanks to Epic Games' war with Apple we learned some interesting information. 116 million people played Fortnite on iOS devices and they were more willing to spend money on microtransactions than Android users.

MSI Scalped Its Own RTX 3090 GPUs on eBay

Michael Kulakowski, 07 October 2020, 21:57

Gamers discovered that MSI scalped its own GeForce RTX 3090 and 3080 models, selling them at increased price on eBay. The highly sought-after GPUs were offered by one of the company's sales divisions.

Adrian Chmielarz Comments on Crunch in CD Projekt RED

Milosz Szubert, 05 October 2020, 18:33

Adrian Chmielarz, well-known Polish game developer, currently working at The Astronauts, decided to comment on the crunch at CD Projekt RED. Among other things, he criticized people who are too eager to criticize the devs of The Witcher and Cyberpunk.

Waste Affair - Apple's Hardware Went to Customers Instead of Recycling

Bartlomiej Sagan, 05 October 2020, 13:27

Another company will soon join the list of entities that got sued by Apple. This time, it will be the company that was supposed to recycle the company's devices.

Nintendo Switch Hackers Will be Judged

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 03 October 2020, 21:33

The leaders of Team Xecuter, a hacker group that targeted Nintendo Switch, have heard the charges and will stand trial.

EA Taking Flak for Lootbox Ad Aimed at Kids [Updated]

Bart Swiatek, 01 October 2020, 17:00

Electronic Arts has placed an advertisement of FIFA 21 Ultimate Team lootboxes in a toy catalogue available in Smyths Toys chain store in UK.

Dr. Disrespect Left Twitch Because of Money?

Aleksandra Dziwinska, 30 September 2020, 23:24

One of Dr Disrespect's recent streams featured words that stirred up the curiosity of fans and resulted in theories about the reason the gamer was banned on Twitch. Fans believe the reason for the conflict may have been money.

Elon Musk Won't Take Covid-19 Vaccine, Calls Gates a Knucklehead

Bart Swiatek, 30 September 2020, 21:11

Elon Musk made another controversial press statement. This time he said that neither he nor his family are going to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The billionaire responded to Bill Gates' criticism, calling the founder of Microsoft a knucklehead.

Epic vs. Apple May be Judged by Jury [Updated]

Bart Swiatek, 30 September 2020, 13:17

The lawsuit brought by Epic Games against Apple may not be resolved by a judge but a jury. Normally jurors do not participate in similar trials, but according to Judge Yvonne Gonzales Rogers, the opinion of ordinary people may be very important in this case.

Cyberpunk 2077 Devs Will be Crunching After All

Bart Swiatek, 30 September 2020, 11:42

According to industry journalist Jason Schreier, the Polish studio CD Projekt RED has sent e-mails to employees informing them that the company will be working six days a week in the coming months. The reason is the need to eliminate bugs in Cyberpunk 2077.

Coach Bug in CS:GO Continues to Haunt as New Bans Drop

Paul Wozniak, 28 September 2020, 18:36

Today, the ESIC committee informed of several other professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive trainers, who over the past few years have used the bug to observe the map. The full list of accused trainers is expected to appear at the end of October, as so far, only 20% of available match recordings have been checked.

Epic Games, Spotify and Others Join Forces Against Apple

Jacob Blazewicz, 26 September 2020, 20:53

Epic Games, Spotify, Tile and others companies have created the Coalition of App Fairness to fight Apple. The organization is to promote healthy competition in the digital distribution market and abolish the 30% profit cut.

Michel Ancel Answers Accusations of Being a Toxic Boss

Jacob Blazewicz, 26 September 2020, 20:09

The newspaper Libération has published an article that reveals the details of Michel Ancel's departure from Ubisoft. It was supposed to result from an investigation into the alleged toxic behavior of the creator of Beyond Good & Evil 2. In response, Ubisoft's former producer accused the newspaper of spreading false news.

Harry Potter Fans Won't Like This Online Challenge

Karol Laska, 25 September 2020, 17:50

The new trend on TikTok may be a little disturbing to Harry Potter fans. People have started to burn J.K. Rowling's books again, and they share their achievements on the Internet. Alas, poor Harry.

Former YouTube Moderator Sues Company for Work-related Trauma

Bart Swiatek, 22 September 2020, 11:32

A former YouTube moderator decided to sue her former employer, arguing that watching videos that often depicted very violent scenes for several hours a day result in her suffering from depression and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Data of Half a Million Activision Accounts Leaked [Updated]

Jacob Blazewicz, 22 September 2020, 10:15

Activision has become a target of hackers. According to numerous sources, data of at least 500 thousand users was leaked as a result of a recent successful hack into the company's servers.

Trump Postpones Ban on TikTok

Bart Swiatek, 21 September 2020, 15:19

The US president Donald Trump has decided to postpone the planned TikTok bank in the USA for a week. This is related to a new agreement between TikTok and several American companies, under which they will take a controlling interest in the Chinese company and provide it with new network infrastructure.

RTX 3080 Scalper Battle Rages On Using Whatever Goes

Paul Musiolik, 21 September 2020, 14:49

Unequal fight of players against scalpers continues. A lot of fake GeForce RTX 3080 offers flooded eBay, all to make it harder for scalpers to earn money.

No More TikTok for US Citizens as Donald Trump Keeps His Word

Karol Laska, 19 September 2020, 19:19

Donald Trump's regulation to prevent Americans from further downloading of TikTok and WeChat applications will come into force this Sunday. The information was confirmed by the administration of the current US President.

Take-Two's CEO Defends Increased Game Prices

Michael Kulakowski, 16 September 2020, 20:17

Take-Two Interactice's CEO, Strauss Zelnick, is fiercely defending the higher prices of next-gen console games in an interview. This should come as no surprise, as his company was the first to start exploring the ground, selling the more expensive edition of NBA 2K21, with access to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions after the release of both systems.

Overpriced GeForce RTX 3080 are Being Sold on eBay

Jacob Blazewicz, 16 September 2020, 19:53

Tomorrow is the debut of GeForce RTX 3080, the first GPU model from Nvidia's new line. The product has already made its way to eBay thanks to pre-orders, but the vendors are selling the card for far more than the manufacturer intended.

Director of Cuties Responds to Citicism

Karol Laska, 15 September 2020, 15:00

Cuties caused a huge storm on the web about child sexualization. The director of the movie, Mai'mouna Doucouré, spoke, claiming that her aim was to criticize and oppose the phenomenon.

CS:GO Scandal Continues; More Coach Bans Possible

Paul Wozniak, 11 September 2020, 16:05

The recent scandal caused by the use of an exploit by professional coaches of CS teams is not yet over. Yesterday there were reports that more people may be involved in the whole matter.

Control Publisher Takes Flak for Game's „Ultimate” Version

Jacob Blazewicz, 11 September 2020, 14:44

505 Games has managed to enrage the community. The users were angered by a confusion related to Control: Ultimate Edition, which was briefly made available to the owners of the original PlayStation 4 version.

Ubisoft's CEO Apologizes for the Scandal; Jason Schreier Retorts

Christian Pieniazek, 10 September 2020, 20:41

Ubisoft has published a video in which its CEO, Yves Guillemot, apologizes for the scandal revealed in July. However, his words do not appeal to Jason Schreier, who is responsible for revealing controversial information from behind the scenes of the French giant.

Apple Countersues Epic as the Battle for 30% Profit Cut Continues

Milosz Szubert, 09 September 2020, 15:47

In response to Epic Games' accusations, Apple has filed its own lawsuit, in which it accuses Tim Sweeney's company of breach of contract. The company demands compensation.

Engineer Leaves Facebook Saying the Company Makes Money on Hate

Mikolaj Laszkiewicz, 09 September 2020, 15:16

One of Facebook's software engineers decided to give up his job in the company because, in his opinion, the company makes money on hatred and its only goal is profit.

EA in Retreat After Player Criticism - Advertising Scandal in UFC 4

Milosz Szubert, 07 September 2020, 17:29

Electronic Arts decided to turn off the ads in EA Sports UFC 4, which appeared for a few moments at the beginning and end of replays. This is the result of a storm caused by the players on the Internet.

Google May be Accused of Monopolistic Practices - Again

Bart Swiatek, 07 September 2020, 15:10

According to the Reuters news agency - citing several anonymous sources - U.S. Department of Justice investigators may soon be bringing several monopoly charges against Google. The accusations concern mainly two areas - web browser and contracts on the advertising market.

Fortnite's Losses on iOS; Epic Demands the Game be Returned to App Store

Jacob Blazewicz, 06 September 2020, 18:23

The removal of Fortnite from App Store and Google Play remains unresolved. However, Epic Games has filed a court order to put pressure on Apple to restore access to the popular battle royale on iOS devices. Reason: Epic Games' „irreparable damage” and a significant decline in the number of players.