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Reports Suggest Giant Leak of Epic Games User Data [UPDATED]
Reports that have surfaced online suggest that user data from Epicgames.com may have been leaked. The leak may include emails, account names and possibly passwords of more than 106 million people.
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Bart Swiatek
May 10, 2021
Lawsuit Against Sony Could Give Us Cheaper PS4 and PS5 Games
A class action lawsuit against Sony Interactive Entertainment could lower the prices on PlayStation Store. The lawsuit is aimed at Sony's monopoly in selling digital copies of games for PlayStation 4 and 5 consoles.
video games
May 7, 2021
Devs Have to Pay for Cross-play on PlayStation
Documents presented during the lawsuit between Epic Games and Apple have revealed details about Sony's approach to cross-play. The Japanese company requires developers to pay extra in some situations.
video games
Bart Swiatek
May 4, 2021
Jason Schreier on Controversy Surrounding Bonus Distribution at CD Projekt
In his latest article published on Bloomberg, Jason Schreier touched on the subject of bonuses received by the bosses of CD Projekt and how they compare to the amounts received by other employees. The disproportion is very large.
video games
Milosz Szubert
April 30, 2021
Doom Eternal Gets Paid Skins, Despite Promises of No Microtransactions
Cosmetic DLCs for Doom Eternal has appeared, available for purchase for real cash. It was quite an unexpected decision, because the creative director of id Software insisted before the launch that the sequel will not feature any microtransactions.
video games
April 30, 2021
Riot Games Shuts Down LoL Fan Project
League of Legends fans developing the so-called Chronoshift project were forced to abandon the work. Riot's way of handling the matter sparked controversy, specifically the way one of the studio's employees talked to a member of the project's devteam.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 29, 2021
Russian Man Arrested in US for Laundering $336 Million in Bitcoin
Roman Sterlingov allegedly laundered 1.2 million BTC, worth nearly $336 million. He was arrested in Los Angeles after 10 years of operating the Bitcoin Fog mixing service.
Tech
Angelika Kaldus
April 29, 2021
EA Denies Steering Players Into FUT
EA responds to journalist's allegations that the company is trying to convince players to only play FUT.
video games
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
April 27, 2021
Man Arrested for Attempting to Attack Creators of Genshin Impact
A few days ago, a man armed with a knife broke into the headquarters of the Chinese company miHoYo - devs of Genshin Impact, among other titles. According to media reports, his aim was to murder the studio's founders, and the motive was the changes introduced recently in one of the developer's productions.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 27, 2021
Cryptocurrency Exchange CEO Flees With $2 Billion
When it comes to stealing, there are sums worth taking risks for. This was probably the motto of the CEO of Thodex, a Turkish cryptocurrency trading platform, who fled to Albania after misappropriating $2 billion belonging to the investors.
Tech
Bartlomiej Sagan
April 26, 2021
Radeon RX 580 Recall Frauds Reported in China
Chinese retailers have started scamming customers for AMD Radeon RX 580 GPUs, all due to their desire to make money from crypto mining.
Tech
Przemyslaw Dygas
April 15, 2021
WhatsApp Has a Serious Security Problem
WhatsApp has another problem. This time it's a security vulnerability that enables someone to easily block our access to our account.
Tech
Jacob Blazewicz
April 14, 2021
Quantic Dream Acquitted of Racism and Unhealthy Culture
The Paris Court of Appeal has dismissed accusations of unhealthy atmosphere and racism at Quantic Dream. Following the verdict, the company released a statement regarding the entire case.
video games
Agnes Adamus
April 12, 2021
Dangerous CS:GO Exploit Enables Hackers to Steal Data Using Steam Invites
A dangerous exploit in CS:GO and other Source engine-based games has been revealed. The vulnerability allows for stealing passwords, skins and many other data. Valve was supposed to have known about it for two years and didn't react.
video games
Michal Ciezadlik
April 12, 2021
Jason Schreier Against Online Criticism, Claims Players are Not Objective
Jason Schreier, well-known gaming journalist who has covered many controversial issues in the past, commented on Twitter about the problem of gamer attitudes towards unpleasant information.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 12, 2021
Facebook Will Not Warn Users Affected by Data Leak
Facebook has no plans to warn users whose data got leaked online. The website believes it has done everything it can to take care of security.
Tech
Kamil Komaniecki
April 9, 2021
Availability of PC Components is so Bad It Pays Off Smuggling Them on Fishing Boats
Customs officers in Hong Kong stopped a fishing boat filled with contraband, including PC components. The shortage of computer parts is so bad that smugglers have decided to cut a slice of the pie for themselves.
Tech
Arkadiusz Strzala
April 8, 2021
Loot Boxes are Gambling and Ruin Less Well-off Players, Claim UK Researchers
Researchers from Great Britain published an extensive report on loot boxes. The authors prove that the mechanic does indeed fall under the category of gambling and, moreover, it has a tendency to become addictive for people with not very high salaries.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
April 2, 2021
CoD: Cold War Devs Send DMCA to Website That Wrote About Leaks
Activision has sent a DMCA complaint - a charge of copyright infringement - against a Twitter account belonging to Video Games Chronicle. The cause is a post regarding a leak related to Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War.
video games
Bart Swiatek
April 2, 2021
Android Sends 20 Times More of Your Data Than iPhone
Google can collect up to 20 times more data than Apple. That's according to a controversial study published by a researcher at a Dublin university.
Tech
Arkadiusz Strzala
April 1, 2021