scandals and controversies Latest news (13)

Bart Woldanski, 01 May 2020, 21:02

We learned that neither employees of Sony Interactive Entertainment nor Naughty Dog are responsible for the leak of multiple spoiler videos from The Last of Us: Part II.

Jacob Blazewicz, 24 April 2020, 18:14

Nintendo has commented on unauthorised logins to Nintendo Account. According to the company, hackers may have used data related to about 160,000 Nintendo Network accounts.

Jacob Blazewicz, 23 April 2020, 13:02

Valve commented on yesterday's leak of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 source code. We were assured that the situation does not pose any threat to users playing on official servers.

Jacob Blazewicz, 22 April 2020, 22:16

Source codes of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Team Fortress 2 have been uploaded to the Internet. The perpetrator is connected to ValveNewsNetwork's leading channel, Tyler McVicker, and the leak could potentially threaten the safety of those playing Valve games.

Mateusz Popielak, 22 April 2020, 16:42

The profiles of millions of Facebook users have leaked to the Dark Web. They could be bought in the form of a list for 500 euros.

Bart Swiatek, 17 April 2020, 11:18

Riot Games wanted a League of Legends player using the name „Corona” to change it. Nick was deemed inappropriate, even though it came from the user's actual last name.

Milosz Szubert, 14 April 2020, 19:33

The anti-cheat security in Valorant from Riot Games is very controversial. It launches when the system starts up and works at the kernel level of the operating system, which means it has extensive administrative rights. Moreover, Reddit users report that it causes some problems in other games.

Adrian Werner, 11 April 2020, 13:52

There was a lot of controversy about Animal Crossing: New Horizons in China. The game was supposed to be banned because of virtual protests, but in fact the situation turned out to be different, although the game still has problems with distribution in this country.

Jacob Blazewicz, 08 April 2020, 22:26

The Argentinean service Diário Olé reports that Electronic Arts is considering removing Ronaldinho from FUT mode in FIFA 20. The reason is the recent arrest of a footballer in Paraguay for a fake passport.

Laty, 07 April 2020, 13:09

Last week, graphic designers from the American National Institute of Health created an illustration of the novel coronavirus. The picture is available free of charge in the public domain, which does not prevent Getty Images from selling it for a lot of money.

Milosz Szubert, 06 April 2020, 12:52

Another controversy in the Call of Duty: Warzone community. Players have noticed that one of the weapons is more effective when it is wearing a skin, which can only be obtained by buying a Battle Pass.

Bart Swiatek, 06 April 2020, 10:28

The well-known streamer Dr. Disrespect recently criticized and mocked Valorant - the shooter from the creators of League of Legends several times. It seems that he did not like the new FPS from Riot Games.

Damian Gacek, 02 April 2020, 15:11

Gearbox Software employees feel cheated by their lower than promised share of profits from the sale of Borderlands 3. Their hopes for five-digit bonuses were dispelled the day before yesterday, during a meeting with Randy Pitchford, CEO of the company.

Adrian Werner, 01 April 2020, 19:51

Sony's Russian department has refused to release Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered on PlayStation Store. The reason could be the famous No Russian mission.

Bart Swiatek, 27 March 2020, 15:35

One of the features of the Android operating system enables third parties to collect information about applications installed on the users' smartphones. This is the so-called IAM - an element of the programming interface, also known by its full name - Installed Application Methods.

Jacob Blazewicz, 26 March 2020, 17:40

Edward Snowden, the protagonist of the affair with the disclosure of secret documents of the American NSA, expressed his concern about the government's moves in connection with the coronavirus epidemic. A former CIA employee believes that politicians may have a problem with giving up, among other things, surveillance of citizens with the help of artificial intelligence after dealing with the current crisis.

Bart Swiatek, 24 March 2020, 11:49

Dolby, a well-known sound technology company, has decided to correct one of Mark Cerny's statements from Road to PS5 about the capabilities of Dolby Atmos.

Milosz Szubert, 17 March 2020, 16:48

Daniel Ahmad, senior analyst at Niko Partners, gave three reasons why Ndemic Creations' Plague Inc. was removed from distribution in China. The reasons included the lack of a proper license.

Peter Doron, 17 March 2020, 13:14

Apple has been fined $1.1 billion. The French Competition Authority has reported abuses in the distribution and sale of the Californian company's products.

Jacob Blazewicz, 13 March 2020, 17:28

Another former employee of Naughty Dog spoke about working conditions in the studio. According to Jonathan Cooper, the company has many talented but inexperienced creators, which causes delays in production and crunch. He also claims that the success of the team is primarily due to Sony funding.

Bart Swiatek, 13 March 2020, 13:05

Independent scientists affiliated to the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) have concluded that, based on current scientific knowledge, the 5G communication standard does not represent a risk to human health.

Paul Wozniak, 12 March 2020, 23:34

Jason Schreier's latest text reveals that the development of the second installment of The Last of Us was burdened with a considerable crunch among Naughty Dog employees. A similar situation took place during work on previous projects of this studio.

Paul Wozniak, 12 March 2020, 20:34

Yesterday, one of the developers of Need for Speed: Heat answered to a rather aggressive Twitter post. Author of the post said the production remains „piss poor”, and EA employees should actually start working.

Laty, 12 March 2020, 19:07

There has been a change in Google's privacy regulations. Chrome browser monitors user traffic even if the user is not signed in to their account or is using a proxy server.

Jacob Blazewicz, 06 March 2020, 15:16

DuckDuckGo has released Tracker Radar - a huge database of websites that track Internet users. The company hopes that this will increase the privacy of web browser users. In addition, it was revealed which companies most often collect information about our online activities.

Bart Swiatek, 05 March 2020, 20:53

Retired professional CS:GO player Shayene „shAy” Victorio has been sentenced to 116 years in prison for fraud committed by her and her ex-husband's company between 2013 and 2017. More than a hundred customers have never seen the goods they have ordered. The woman claims her ex-partner is to blame.

Paul Wozniak, 04 March 2020, 21:58

British police have reported the arrest of an 11-year-old boy who was driving a car in one of the car parks in Lancester. According to the information, he was allowed to do so by a relative who was fed up with the fact that the child was spending the whole day in front of a console, playing GTA.

Bart Swiatek, 03 March 2020, 14:28

Apple has reached a settlement in the trial concerning the slowing down of old iPhones - the devices from series 6 and 7. The company will spend between 310 and 500 million dollars on compensation for customers - only in USA.

Jacob Blazewicz, 02 March 2020, 23:34

PS4's Dead or Alive 6 has now a new option - we can change the character's hair colour. However, this did not please the players, because it involves a controversial system of microtransactions.

Paul Wozniak, 02 March 2020, 23:22

During FUT 20 Champions Cup qualifications two players decided to settle the match by playing „rock, paper, scissors” due to problems with the servers. In recent days, connection errors have also been reported by the players of other Electronic Arts titles.

Paul Wozniak, 02 March 2020, 19:31

Plague Inc. was removed from the Chinese App Store. The reason for this is „content that is illegal in China as determined by the Cyberspace Administration of China”. For the time being we do not know the exact reasons for such a decision, although it can be assumed that it is related to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.

Jacob Blazewicz, 28 February 2020, 14:53

Epic Games has criticized the SuperData group for reporting Fortnite's revenue. The company disputes the data provided by the analysts, even though it referred to them in the previous month.

Peter Doron, 28 February 2020, 13:07

The new refund policy at GOG.com has triggered a wave of online discussions about the validity of this solution. Developers, especially the independent ones, are mostly against. The feelings of the players are extremely mixed.

Adrian Werner, 25 February 2020, 14:55

Electronic Arts resorted to the harshest penalty in a violent conflict with the player known as Kurt0411. He got banned in all the games and services of this publisher.

Paul Wozniak, 25 February 2020, 13:46

The RDR2 mof allowing for animated sex scenes was taken offline yesterday. For now, it is not even known whether it was the creator himself who decided to remove it, or whether NexusMods, where the mod was available, did it.

Frozen, 22 February 2020, 22:01

Activision demands Reddit to disclose the private details of the person responsible for the leak of CoD: Warzone - an unannounced battle royale game from the Call of Duty franchise.

Bart Swiatek, 21 February 2020, 14:10

Red Dead Redemption 2 has recently been modified to allow for animated sex acts. The mod does not contain nudity and only uses assets that were already in the game, but the publisher and developer nevertheless requested the creator to remove it from the web.

Jacob Blazewicz, 17 February 2020, 22:33

Atlus Studio has announced changes in dialogues in the western edition of Persona 5 Royal. The devs want to modify the spoken issues of homosexual characters, which caused a storm after the release of the original Persona 5.

Bart Swiatek, 13 February 2020, 12:39

According to Tim Sweeney, games should not deal with political topics that introduce divisions. The exception is when the developers themselves want it. However, the decision should be made by them and not by the marketing department.

Julia Dragovic, 09 February 2020, 23:26

France has imposed a fine of €25 million on Apple for deceptive marketing practices. This is the result of the iOS update scandal, which began in 2017 and resulted in lawsuits in France, Italy, the USA and Israel.

Jacob Blazewicz, 07 February 2020, 22:06

Blizzard has enabled players to automatically get a refund for Warcraft III: Reforged. CEO J. Allen Brack commented on the failed attempt to refresh the iconic game, admitting that it has been a difficult week for the company.

Jacob Blazewicz, 07 February 2020, 16:57

Valve has published a summary of 2019 on Steam. In addition to data on the platform's popularity and new features, the company has also revealed how many times it was forced to intervene in connection with review-bombing.

Bart Swiatek, 04 February 2020, 13:46

Blizzard Entertainment, the studio responsible for the creation of the recently released Warcraft III: Reforged, has apologized to fans who are not satisfied with the quality of the game. The developers also announced the development plans for the game - including the missing features that will be restored.

Adrian Werner, 02 February 2020, 21:31

A few days after its launch, Warcraft III: Reforged became the worst player-rated production in Metacritic's history. Even such spectacular failures as Fallout 76 or Anthem can boast much better results.

Bart Swiatek, 31 January 2020, 13:41

Avast's CEO has apologized to his customers and informed them that the company's subsidiary, Jumpshot, has been closed. The case is related to recent controversy over the sale of user data. The information was collected by the plug-in installed with the Avast antivirus software.

Bart Swiatek, 29 January 2020, 14:51

Players criticize Battlefield V after the publication of the trailer for Chapter 6 - Into the Jungle. Interestingly, the complaints are not so much about new content as about existing problems that have still not been solved.

Bart Swiatek, 28 January 2020, 17:26

Avast, developer of the popular free Avast and AVG antivirus software, used the browser plug-in installed with them to collect private user data. The information was then sold to third parties by Avast's subsidiary Jumpshot.

Bart Swiatek, 22 January 2020, 12:58

Marty Stratton, executive producer of Doom Eternal, admitted in an interview for VG24/7 that despite postponing the release date by a few months, the game required a crunch period from the developers.

Adrian Werner, 21 January 2020, 15:54

Rockstar North refutes allegations accusing the studio of abusing game developer tax deduction program. According to the team, its success shows that the initiative works and strengthens the British economy.

Bart Swiatek, 20 January 2020, 12:28

In an interview with the New York Times, the US presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden called one of the game developers working in Sillicon Valley a „little creep” who „came up with games to teach you how to kill people.".