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Jacob Blazewicz, 08 October 2019, 23:15

The British Health Service has announced the opening of the country's first clinic for technology addiction. The facility will treat cases of addiction to video games, social media and the Internet in general.

Julia Dragovic, 08 October 2019, 16:38

Chung „blitzchung” Ng Wai supported the protests in Hong Kong in a recent in an interview after winning Hearthstone Grandmasters. Blizzard quickly removed Twitch streams and imposed severe penalties on the gamer - including a one-year suspension.

Bart Swiatek, 08 October 2019, 15:43

IGN conducted an analysis which shows that Steam's 30% revenue share does not differ from the industry standards. Only a few other distributors apply different rules - including, of course, Epic Games Store, which often accuses Valve of engaging in shameful practices.

Frozen, 08 October 2019, 14:14

In the latest episode of the animated series South Park Town, Trey Parker and Matt Stone have decided to address the subject of Chinese censorship. As a result, they fell victim to it themselves - the series completely disappeared from the Internet available in China within a few days.

Bart Swiatek, 07 October 2019, 12:05

A Canadian law firm accuses Epic Games of deliberately making Fornite an addictive game and not informing users of the resulting threat. Lawyers are preparing a class action lawsuit, indicating, among other things, this year's World Health Organization ruling and a similar case against a cigarette manufacturer.

Bart Swiatek, 04 October 2019, 12:06

Problems with the FIFA Global Series gameplay registration system that launched yesterday led to a serious leak of user data. The registration website has been taken offline. Electronic Arts is in the process of analyzing the situation.

Bart Swiatek, 03 October 2019, 13:20

J. Allen Brack, president of Blizzard Entertainment, reaffirmed that his company does not intend to abandon the PC market. PC remains a key platform for the developer.

Michael Kulakowski, 02 October 2019, 23:01

As it turns out, Rockstar is not the only company that avoids tax authorities in Great Britain. Using methods similar to those of the creators of GTA V, giants such as Warner, Sony and Sega earned hundreds of millions of pounds in tax credits. They were all beneficiaries of a scheme intended to support domestic video game developers.

Bart Swiatek, 02 October 2019, 11:43

French Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players now have the option - and even the obligation - to scan their equipment boxes before buying them. This feature is likely to have been implemented as a result of planned changes to the Anti-Gambling Act and its use is severely restricted.

Bart Swiatek, 02 October 2019, 09:57

The recently announced new connectivity standard called Sidewalk can enable Amazon to track millions of users of its mobile devices. This also applies to people who do not intend to use the network created by the company.

Darius Matusiak, 30 September 2019, 14:37

Activision and Infinity Ward again discuss the microtransaction formula in the upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. Recent leaks have reportedly caused a significant drop in number of pre-orders.

Jacob Blazewicz, 28 September 2019, 00:16

Mario Kart Tour's recent debut proved to be record-breaking among mobile games, easily outperforming the previously unbeatable Pokemon GO. Unfortunately, the success of the game was overshadowed by the stink raised by extremely nasty microtransactions.

Jacob Blazewicz, 27 September 2019, 14:32

FIFA 20 debuts on PC and Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch today, but not everyone is excited about the new installment of EA's footbal series. Players report significant problems in the career mode, some of which have not been resolved despite promises.

Christian Pieniazek, 26 September 2019, 22:34

Focus Home Interactive does not intend to return the rights to sell the games from the Sherlock Holmes series to their creators, i.e. the team at Frogwares. As a result, all fruits of the cooperation between the two entities are being pulled from some digital stores.

Barth Faryna, 24 September 2019, 21:21

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission calls for refraining from the use of T-51b Power Armor collector's helmets from Fallout 76 that were sold GameStop. The use of the item may pose a health hazard.

Bart Swiatek, 23 September 2019, 11:39

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested two cybercriminals from Las Vegas and New York. Suspects tricked around 7,500 people, from whom they cheated more than $10 million in total.

Jacob Blazewicz, 20 September 2019, 12:18

Blizzard informed about the arrest of a person suspected of having launched DDoS attacks on the company's servers. The problems affected both World of Warcraft Classic and Overwatch players.

Julia Dragovic, 19 September 2019, 18:47

SORM, a system used to monitor the Internet and telecommunication activity of Russians, has once again become a subject of controversy. The disclosed Nokia documents show how the system helps Russia to keep track of its citizens. One might start asking some uncomfortable questions about human rights violation.

Barth Faryna, 18 September 2019, 15:35

The team responsible for creating one of the AdBlocks has recently published a text that makes it clear that two popular ad-blocking plugins do some other things as well, about which the user is not informed. The worst part, however, is that they were installed by millions of people.

Barth Faryna, 17 September 2019, 13:32

The iOS 13 system, which is due to be launched this week, offers many new measures to protect users' privacy. One of them is to notify people when applications try to secretly spy without their consent. People who downloaded early versions of the software are warned about Facebook.

Jacob Blazewicz, 13 September 2019, 15:12

Sony has withdrawn Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from the Russian version of PlayStation Store. It seems that players in Russia will have to do without it.

Jacob Blazewicz, 12 September 2019, 15:33

Nintendo has filed another lawsuit in connection with illegal sharing of games on the Internet. This time it was the RomUniverse website, from which the publisher demands substantial compensation.

Paul Wozniak, 12 September 2019, 11:14

Donald Trump's government is considering a new proposal to combat mass shootings, whereby the phones of people with mental health problems would be tracked to prevent acts of aggression.

Bart Swiatek, 11 September 2019, 12:06

In just 6 days since its launch, NBA 2K20 has become the second worst rated production on Steam. This is due to the controversial microtransaction system, which is often referred to as a gambling simulator. Players also complain about bugs and a small number of changes compared to the previous part.

Adrian Werner, 10 September 2019, 10:08

Thanks to Take-Two Interactive's intervention, work on Red Dead Redemption: Damned Enhancement Project - an unofficial remaster of the first RDR, created with PCs in mind - was suspended.

Bart Swiatek, 09 September 2019, 13:16

Facebook and Google were accused of breaking the electoral silence during the local elections held in Russia last Sunday. The companies were supposed to display advertisements and political spots in violation of the law. The Russian media supervisory authority has not informed about possible consequences for the companies.

Conrad Hazi, 07 September 2019, 20:37

Star Wars Battlefront 2 from Electronic Arts has received a mention in Guinness World Records. All thanks to the comment of one of the publisher's representatives, whose entry defending the microtransaction collected over 683 thousand downvotes on the Reddit.

Barth Faryna, 06 September 2019, 22:03

Facebook's got another big flop. A total of 419 million Facebook user phone numbers were found on a server, which could be accessed by almost anyone because it was not even password-protected.

Bart Swiatek, 06 September 2019, 21:16

Intel has prepared a marketing presentation in which it highlights the advantages of its processors in real-world applications. Slides were created on the basis of statistics that have very little relevance to the topic.

Barth Faryna, 04 September 2019, 13:03

AMD issued a statement on the latest Ryzen 3000 series processor scandal, which did not reach the declared Boost speeds. The case got so big that something had to be done about it.

Barth Faryna, 03 September 2019, 17:04

Chucklefish's response to accusations of exploitation of young programmers during the development of sandbox game Starbound has seen the light of day. Not everyone is happy with the words in the studio's statement.

Konrad Serafinski, 03 September 2019, 12:05

The Chinese application ZAO, which allows you to superimpose your face in a video or photo, breaks records of popularity. In an instant, it became the most popular downloadable program in the Chinese App Store and... a true deep-fake machine.

Jacob Blazewicz, 02 September 2019, 20:23

The European PEGI expressed its opinion on the controversy surrounding the microtransaction-filled trailer of NBA 2K20. Under the current criteria of the organization, the game does not contain gambling elements. However, discussions on the subject are ongoing.

Barth Faryna, 02 September 2019, 19:52

A well-known hardware reviewer and overclocking specialist, der8auer, conducted a survey which showed that a small fraction of Ryzen 9 3900X CPUs achieve the declared Boost speeds.

Bart Swiatek, 02 September 2019, 14:08

Canadian developer Alec Holowka, co-creator of Night in the Woods, has passed away on Saturday. His death was most likely the result of a suicide. Last week, the developer was accused of physical and psychological violence and blocking the careers of several women with whom he had worked in the past.

Barth Faryna, 02 September 2019, 13:00

The trade war between the USA and China has entered a new phase. On September 1, this year US President Donald Trump introduced new customs duties on Chinese goods, which could hit consumers' wallets.

Konrad Serafinski, 02 September 2019, 11:12

The Federal Trade Commission ruled that YouTube had violated the Children's Online Privacy Act by displaying advertisements personalised for children. It is said that Google may have to pay a $200 million fine. Many people think, however, that this amount is hardly enough.

Julia Dragovic, 29 August 2019, 23:25

Apple apologizes for having outsourced the listening of user conversations recorded by Siri and promises to improve. Now the company will do it by itself. And only if we want it to.

Barth Faryna, 29 August 2019, 21:02

Finally, the four-year-old case against the AMD has come to an end. It concerned misleading customers when advertising the processors of the Bulldozer family. The court ordered a $12.1 million fine.

Julia Dragovic, 29 August 2019, 20:14

Alec Holowka, co-designer of Night In The Woods, was laid off. This is Infinite Fall's reaction to Zoë Quinn's tweets in which the woman claims that the developer used psychological and physical violence against her. The studio has also cancelled one of its unannounced projects.

Barth Faryna, 29 August 2019, 18:23

Many mobile games copy ideas from the Warcraft universe, but Sina Games has gone too far. Their Glorious Saga is filled with Blizzard characters who have been impudently stolen.

Bart Swiatek, 26 August 2019, 11:55

Australian police have arrested six players suspected of fixing Counter-Strike: Global Offensive games. This is the first case of its kind in the history of this country.

Barth Faryna, 23 August 2019, 17:34

First Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon, and now it's time for Microsoft. The Redmond giant openly admitted that it eavesdropped on Xbox users and then shared these recordings with third parties. The best part, however, is that the company sees nothing wrong with it.

Christian Pieniazek, 21 August 2019, 12:25

Due to the presence of drugs, DayZ was banned in Australia. The team at Bohemia Interactive has decided to make changes that will affect players from all over the world.

Barth Faryna, 20 August 2019, 13:34

Recently Respawn Entertainment - the creators of Apex Legends - engaged in a heated, but somewhat unnecessary argument dissatisfied players on Reddit. Some unpleasant words were said, things got personal, and many people behaved unprofessionally. The only thing that was missing, was an apology.

Jacob Blazewicz, 18 August 2019, 18:48

Tim Quilty, a member of the Australian Liberal Democratic Party, spoke on the announced ban on the sale of DayZ. In his view, the decision of ACB rating organisation makes Australia the laughing stock of the world.

Jacob Blazewicz, 18 August 2019, 18:02

Respawn Entertainment has published a press release in connection with the Iron Crown event in Apex Legends. The creators apologized for the new microtransactions and announced some changes.

Conrad Hazi, 17 August 2019, 22:36

Due to death threats against its employees, the publisher has decided to cancel four Starwing Paradox tournaments, which were to be held in Japan in the near future. This is yet another incident of this type that has recently affected Square Enix.

Paul Wozniak, 15 August 2019, 20:21

Epic Games has tried to sell a new cosmetic item that resembled one previously available on season 6 battle pass, but after the players had expressed a negative opinion, the skin was completely removed from the game.

Conrad Hazi, 14 August 2019, 23:20

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.