In response to a video posted by youtuber SupMatto, in which he described an unpleasant meeting with detectives sent to him by 2K Games and Take-Two Interactive, the publishers attacked his channel using the copyright protection system. They were able to block over a hundred clips and streams of the creator.
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Michael Kulakowski
August 12, 2019
Walmart ordered its employees to remove violent video games from the display, and ESPN cancels Apex Legends tournament broadcast. Both were caused by the recent shootings in the United States.
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August 9, 2019
In connection with the tragic events in the United States, comments have been made that the responsible for them is a „culture of violence”, which is to be manifested, among other things, in video games. Scientists from the universities of Stetson and New Virginia have debunked this thesis, hard.
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Bart Swiatek
August 9, 2019
The still unconfirmed visit of Take-Two Interactive's „unofficial representatives” to youtuber SupMatto's home is related to the company's confirmed ten-month-long investigation into leaks of information about the game.
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Julia Dragovic
August 8, 2019
SupMatto, a youtuber associated with the Borderlands series, is suspending his career after a visit by detectives reportedly employed by Take-Two Interactive (owner of 2K Games). After revealing the leaks, his life on the Internet has become much more... uphill, to put it mildly.
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Julia Dragovic
August 7, 2019
Rockstar Games has offered full-time employment contracts to testers of its games and has changed some of the draconian rules that led to some very bad working conditions. According to last year's reports, those in this group were among the most exploited workers in the British studio.
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Bart Swiatek
August 7, 2019
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick referred to the words of Republicans, including Donald Trump, who after the events in El Paso and Dayton blamed video game for the shooting. In his corner of the ring, science is giving him water and tactical advice.
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Julia Dragovic
August 6, 2019
Personal data of over 2,000 E3 2019 participants leaked to the web. The list of victims include journalists, YouTubers and developers. Michal Manka, the editor of our sister website GryOnline, commented on the whole situation and its consequences.
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Konrad Serafinski
August 4, 2019
The developers of Epic Games Store are past the deadline for some of the new features that the platform was due to receive last month. The new features has been moved to August, as we know from the schedule update on Trello.
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Bart Swiatek
August 2, 2019
A group of content creators - YouTube Union has established a partnership with German trade union IG Metall. Together, two organizations have launched FairTube initiative, which calls, among other things, for greater transparency regarding the rules of video monetization.
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Bart Swiatek
July 29, 2019
It turns out that the topic of crunch touches even the most valued developer studios. This is also the case with Naughty Dog, whose former and current employees shared some information from behind the scenes.
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Konrad Serafinski
July 27, 2019
It seems that gamers from several countries can't access gambling in GTA Online. Reddit users have prepared an extensive list of countries whose laws prohibit the use of such solutions.
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Bart Swiatek
July 25, 2019
The Japanese company commented on the problem of „drifting” Joy-Con controllers for the Nintendo Switch console. However, it was not the answer the fans were hoping for.
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July 24, 2019
Wireless Lab, the owner of FaceApp, is registered in Russia, which raises some doubts among its users. The developers have already made an official statement, and in the United States, Senator Chuck Schumer has written a letter to the FBI asking for an investigation into the processing of user data.
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Julia Dragovic
July 18, 2019
Kickstarter has suspended the campaign for RAW - a GTA Online clone, which is being developed by a small, independent team. In the opinion of the platform's representative, the project did not meet the principles of transparency and honesty.
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Bart Swiatek
July 16, 2019
Ubisoft announced that the music for Watch Dogs: Legion will be created using HitRecord, a platform that allows amateurs to develop works for a given project and rewards them in proportion to their contribution if their work has been used. Many composers and developers did not like this decision.
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Bart Swiatek
July 16, 2019
The Federal Trade Commission has accepted an agreement whereby Facebook will have to pay USD 5 billion. The record amount did not deter investors, and the company's stock prices increased by almost 2%.
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Paul Wozniak
July 15, 2019
Apple is trying to figure out what could have caused the iPhone 6 to explode in the hands of an 11-year-old girl. So far, the cause of the malfunction is unknown.
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Paul Wozniak
July 15, 2019
The Coalition has announced that no cigars will appear in Gears 5 in order not to encourage players to smoke. In addition, a 25-minute gameplay from the multiplayer mode of the game was released on the web.
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Adrian Werner
July 14, 2019
G2A again addressed the controversy surrounding the sale of game keys. The platform proposes to devs to create a special tool that would allow automatic blocking of codes obtained by „unethical” methods.
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Jacob Blazewicz
July 12, 2019