Blizzard Employees Organise Themselves and Demand Pay Rises
Bloomberg reports of further actions of disgruntled Blizzard employees. More than 870 people have jointly developed a list of demands from the company, including longer holidays and wage increases.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
August 6, 2020
Twitter - Phone Numbers Added for Protection Were Used to Make Money
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Twitter in connection with a case of „unintentional” selling of access to the emails and telephone numbers provided by users as part of a two-step verification, among other things, to advertisers.
Tech
Jacob Blazewicz
August 5, 2020
China Tightens Control Over Underage Gamers
The Chinese government is once again tightening control over the youngest citizens who like to spend time playing video games. Since September, all developers operating in the country must introduce a player verification system, based on their real personal data, and even a face scan.
video games
Michael Kulakowski
August 4, 2020
Scandal at Ubisoft - Another Veteran Laid Off
The Ubisoft scandal continues. Tommy Francois became another veteran of the company who was fired due to inappropriate behaviour towards the women employed by the publisher.
video games
Adrian Werner
August 4, 2020
Blizzard - Frustrated Employees Fight for Higher Wages
Employees of Blizzard Entertainment, reached by journalist Jason Schreier from Bloomberg Technology, complain about the amount of wages in the studio. A sheet is circulating around the company, in which people write their salaries anonymously. One employedd also added the remuneration the company's CEO, Bobby Kotick.
video games
Bart Swiatek
August 4, 2020
Steam and Adult Visual Novels - New Concerns About Censorship
Visual novel titled Bokuten - Why I Became an Angel has been removed from Steam. The reason for this decision is the inclusion of sexual content in the game.
video games
Karol Laska
August 1, 2020
LOL Championship and Saudi Arabia - Riot Caves in Under Community Pressure
The creators of League of Legends decided to cooperate with NEOM, the city of the future. However, fans did not like the idea. Why? There are several reasons for this.
video games
Aleksandra Dziwinska
July 30, 2020
GTA San Andreas Map on UE4 Engine Taken Down
Take-Two Interactive has shut down the fan project by the South American group ArcadiaSquad, which reproduced the map from GTA: San Andreas on Unreal Engine 4. The company invoked the copyright.
video games
Milosz Szubert
July 27, 2020
Halo Infinite Gameplay Sparks Wave of Criticism; Demo was Launched on PC
Players and industry experts have severely criticized the Halo Infinite's graphics. We also found out that yesterday's gameplay demo was running on a PC, not the Xbox Series X.
video games
Bart Swiatek
July 24, 2020
Elon Musk Warns Against AI - and Calls Many People Dumb in the Process
Once again, billionaire Elon Musk has decided to warn us of the dangers associated with the development of artificial intelligence. He did so in his characteristic style - by calling people who have trouble believing in the superiority of AI over humans „way dumber than they think they are”.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
July 23, 2020
Assassin's Creed Grows in Strength; Ubisoft With Record Quarter
Ubisoft has published its financial report for the period from April to June. The past three months turned out to be record-breaking for the publisher, thanks to the excellent results of the Assassin's Creed and Just Dance series. The company has also detailed the planned changes related to recent accusations of harassment and discrimination in the company.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 23, 2020
AC: Odyssey Was Planned to Have Only Female Protagonist
Kassandra was originally supposed to be the only playable character in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. This idea was rejected by (now former) creative director of Ubisoft.
video games
Karol Laska
July 21, 2020
Metacritic Claims The Last of Us 2 Didn't Change Website's Review System
Metacritic commented on recent changes in the user rating system. It was confirmed how long we have to wait to be able to rate a game. At the same time, it was denied that this was related to any particular game in the vein of The Last of Us: Part II.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 20, 2020
Mysterious Disappearance of Dr. Disrespect Remains Unexplained [Updated]
It's been two weeks since Dr. Disrespect's mysterious ban on Twitch and we still don't know what's going on. The popular streamer is also silent on his other social media, which gives rise to much speculation.
other
Darius Matusiak
July 16, 2020
U.S. Army Recruits Teenagers on Twitch and Goes Ban-happy About It
The official esports team of the US Army bans access to Twitch chat en masse. All because of actions read by many as „treacherous” recruitment tactics.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 16, 2020
Twitter Got Hacked; Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Co. Don't Want Your Money
Hackers attacked Twitter and took over the accounts of famous people and companies such as Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Apple. Profiles were used to scam money. The criminals managed to get over $117,000 from the victims.
Tech
Bart Swiatek
July 16, 2020
Red Dead Online Experiences Attack of Protesting Clowns
Red Dead Online players have decided to protest against the poor post-release support for this title. Users dressed up as clowns argue that their characters might as well look the way they already feel.
video games
Bart Swiatek
July 14, 2020
Oliver Stone Criticizes Hollywood
In one of his recent interviews, acclaimed American director Oliver Stone sharply criticizes the political correctness of Hollywood, strongly linked to the social changes taking place in the world.
movies & tv series
Karol Laska
July 14, 2020
The BBC Attacks Lootboxes in FIFA, Dramatic Story of Addicted Gamer
The BBC station described the story of a gamer addicted to spending money in the FIFA series. A young British man spent almost 3,000 pounds in FUT mode, wasting his parents' savings.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 10, 2020
Metacritic Battles Review Bombing - No User Scores on Launch
Metacritic has introduced a restriction on user ratings. From now on, the website does not allow users to issue notes on the day the game is released.
video games
Jacob Blazewicz
July 9, 2020