Remember that Fallout 76 cool canvas carrying bag that Bethesda gave away as part of the game’s $200 Collector’s Edition? Nope? Well maybe it’s because instead of a canvas bag, Collector’s Edition owners got a cheap nylon knockoff instead. Unfortunately, the franchise is once again in the middle of a merch fiasco as the Consumer Product Safety Commission issues a [...]
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The Star Trek Online community held an in-game torchlight vigil at Quark’s Bar in Deep Space 9 last Saturday to pay their last respects to actor Aron Eisenberg. Eisenberg was known for his role as Nog, the first Ferengi to join Starfleet, and a recurring character in the TV series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Nog also made a number [...]
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The UK government produced a report recently on microtransactions, lootboxes, and free to play games and within that report was some interesting tidbits about Jagex (They're based in the UK, so it makes sense they were profiled in the report). The report is titled "Immersive and addictive technologies" and what I found most interesting is that 1/3 of all of [...]
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London-based games technology company Improbable announced today that it has acquired ‘Scavengers’ developer, Midwinter Entertainment. According to the press release, the recent acquisition is Imrobable’s first ever acquisition of a fully-established game development studio. “This acquisition is the culmination of a mutually beneficial partnership between Improbable and Midwinter. Midwinter brings to Improbable a high calibre of technical expertise and significant [...]
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Valve is planning to update the age-old Steam library page with a sleek new look and a number of nifty new features.
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Activision Blizzard stock jumped 5% higher today in trading after World of Warcraft Classic's strong launch last night. The 5% move higher comes during a down day in the overall market, and a flat to down day in other video game stocks, which tells us that the move higher today can be attributed almost exclusively to a stronger than expected [...]
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Last November, Tencent subsidiary Riot Games was slapped with a class-action suit filed by employees over alleged sexual harassment and gender discrimination within the Los Angeles-based studio. The lawsuit accused Riot and its mostly male employees of inappropriate behavior including “crotch-grabbing, phantom humping, and sending unsolicited and unwelcome pictures of male genitalia.” In addition, the lawsuit also alleged that the [...]
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Valve’s Steam and Epic’ Epic Games Store have been vying for dominance of the digital games distribution market for months. Now, it looks like a third company is planning to join the fray. My.Games has just announced on the company’s website that they’ll be launching their My.Games Store game distribution platform later this year as part of their global expansion [...]
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Unlike your favorite law drama series, lawsuits usually take longer than a few days before they’re settled. In the case of fantasy MMORPG ArcheAge, it’s taken nearly four years for both parties to finally decide that the lawsuit has dragged on long enough. Back in 2015, Trion Worlds was hit with a player-led class action lawsuit over a falsely advertised [...]
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Epic Games and Fortnite have been slapped with a class-action lawsuit in a North Carolina District Court over a security breach that have allowed hackers to access the personal information of over 200 million user accounts. Epic acknowledged the security flaw back in January after it was pointed out by independent cybersecurity firm Check Point. Here’s an excerpt from our [...]
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