iPhone Not So Waterproof After All? $12M Fine for Apple in Italy
The Italian consumer protection authority, AGCM, found that Apple was misleading customers about the waterproofness of its smartphones and imposed a fine of $12 million on the company.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
December 1, 2020
Football Agents Tried to Bribe Football Manager Devs
Miles Jacobson of Sports Interactive revealed that he was offered bribes in exchange for raising the statistics of players in Football Manager games.
video games
Adrian Werner
November 30, 2020
eBay Battles Offers Selling PS5 Photos
Continuation of the story about PlayStation 5 shortages. This time, unfair users are auctioning console's photos. They hope that those looking for the device will not read the description and make a impulsive purchase. eBay decided to tackle the problem.
Tech
Krzysztof Kaluzinski
November 29, 2020
Warcraft 3: Reforged Still Without Promised Features
Ten months after the release of Warcraft III: Reforged, Reddit user Angzt once again summarized the game's development so far. Unfortunately, despite the promises, many elements from the original Warcraft 3 are still missing, despite Blizzard's promises.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
November 28, 2020
EA Responds to Footballers' Accusations Aimed at FIFA 21
Electronic Arts has referred to allegations of illegal use of the image of certain players in FIFA 21. EA Sports representatives have assured that the presence of virtual image of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Gareth Bale, etc. is completely legal based on agreements signed by the publisher.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
November 25, 2020
Scalpers are Buying Up PS5s; Their Stocks Are Bigger Than in Stores
There have been reports of organized groups buying up PS5 consoles to sell them later for profit.
Tech
Tom Borys
November 24, 2020
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Angry, Footballers Sue EA for FIFA 21
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.
video games
Mikolaj Laszkiewicz
November 24, 2020
Unboxing of Pokemon Booster Packs Becomes a Hit on Twitch
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.
video games
Paul Wozniak
November 23, 2020
YouTube Will Display Ads in All Videos
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.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
November 23, 2020
Leaks Reveal Resident Evil Battle Royale Game From Capcom
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.
video games
Adrian Werner
November 16, 2020
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Possible Terrorist Attack on Ubisoft Montreal HQ [Updated]
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.
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Michael Kulakowski
November 13, 2020
EA Sued Again, This Time Concerning Changes in FUT's Difficulty
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.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
November 12, 2020
Watch Dogs Legion's Source Code Has Gone Public
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.
video games
Karol Laska
November 3, 2020
Kicinski Apologizes to CD Projekt Red Employees
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.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
October 30, 2020
Fan-made Crysis Remaster Shot Down by Crytek
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.
video games
Arkadiusz Strzala
October 29, 2020
Penalty of Up to 500,000 Euros a Week for Lootboxes in FIFA
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.
video games
Paul Wozniak
October 29, 2020
90% of Cyberpunk 2077 Team Didn't Know About the Delay
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.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
October 29, 2020
Streamers Forced to Remove Streams and Clips Due to Copyright
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.
video games
Paul Wozniak
October 26, 2020
Google's Ex-CEO on Social Media: „Amplifiers for Idiots”
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.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
October 23, 2020
Rune 2 Publisher Accuses Bethesda of Sabotage
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.
video games
Adrian Werner
October 22, 2020