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GRG, 26 August 2021, 14:04

Kinguin has finally removed the ability to place preorders for Frostpunk 2 keys after a decisive intervention from 11 bit studios.

Damian Strozek, 21 May 2020, 14:12

The sales platform G2A has pledged to compensate Factorio's developers, paying almost $40,000 for illegally obtained game keys. This is a result of actions taken by G2A and Wube Software almost a year ago.

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 12 July 2019, 23:52

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.

Jacob Blazewicz, 08 July 2019, 23:10

Another affair has broken out over G2A. An e-mail from an employee of the company got leaked, in which the employee encourages a journalist to publish a G2A's article without labelling it as sponsored. The platform has dissociated itself from these allegedly unauthorized activities.

Julia Dragovic, 06 July 2019, 00:46

In the statement, G2A promised developers a 10-fold refund as soon as they prove that the inactive keys they had to give players their money for were from illegal sources.

Julia Dragovic, 02 July 2019, 13:39

Developers have just given us a written conscent. Download our games from the torrents instead of buying G2A keys - this is what Mike Rose from No More Robots and Rami Ismail from Vlambeer want the players to do.

Jacob Blazewicz, 03 May 2019, 19:51

Ubisoft and Genba Digital are working on a new digital distribution system for video games. The solution known as Silent Key Activation will eliminate the need to send activation codes to vendors, thus preventing unauthorized trading of keys.

Bart Swiatek, 04 January 2019, 13:58

An amendment in the Unfair Competition Prevention Act was passed in Japan, penalizing serial code auctions and tempering with game saves.