Electronic Arts fell victim to hackers earlier this week, with the perpetrators managing to steal over 780 gigabytes (GB) of data, including Frostbite source code. The Frostbite game engine powers multiple EA games, including the Battlefield, FIFA, and Madden series of games, among others. The hackers also claimed to have stolen FIFA 21 dev tools and matchmaking server codes for [...]
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CD Projekt Red executives are apparently getting substantial bonuses despite the controversial Cyberpunk 2077 meme-worthy launch. For those who haven’t been following news about the now-infamous launch, the sci-fi RPG launched last year riddled with bugs and was virtually unplayable on nearly every platform, especially on last-gen consoles. The studio’s executives later released a statement apologizing for the broken game [...]
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It looks like we won’t be getting the promised Cyberpunk 2077 multiplayer mode, or at least not the one we’ve been expecting. CD Projekt Red President and Co-CEO Adam Kicinski, however, revealed during yesterday’s strategy update video that they’re now reconsidering the project. A standalone online game was originally planned for release in 2022. It would have been the next [...]
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CD Projekt Red is once again on the receiving end of a class-action lawsuit from the Polish studio’s investors over the Cyberpunk 2077 launch fiasco. The second lawsuit was filed last Friday in the Central District Court of California by a yet unnamed law firm. As with the first one that was filed in New York, the second class-action suit [...]
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With a lawsuit and a potential fine hanging over CD Projekt Red’s heads, the board members have finally released a video apologizing the dismal launch of Cyberpunk 2077 on last-gen consoles and taking responsibility for the whole affair. “I and the entire leadership team are deeply sorry for this, and this video is me publicly owning up to that,” said [...]
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After what could be one of the rockiest launches in gaming history, the pressure is steadily mounting on CD Projekt Red to deliver the promised fixes and performance improvements to the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Cyberpunk 2077. After being slapped with a lawsuit in the US, the studio is now potentially facing fines from the Polish Office [...]
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CD Projekt Red and parent-company CD Project S.A. is now facing a class-action suit for allegedly lying to investors about the state of Cyberbunk 2077 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Rosen Law Firm filed the lawsuit last week seeking to recover damages on behalf of the company’s shareholders. According to GamesIndustry.biz, the suit claims that the CD Projekt [...]
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Here we are again with your daily dose of COVID-19-related gaming news. More and more video game companies have transitioned to a remote working setup as an increasing number of countries and states are put under strict lockdown to try and put a stop to the spread of the COVID-19 virus. These companies include Hi-Rez Studios, Rockstar Games, Jagex, ZeniMax [...]
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Over the past few weeks, several big-name video game companies announced their decisions to withdraw from this weekend’s PAX East conference in Boston due to the looming threat of the COVID-19 virus. The growing list of companies that have decided to skip the convention include Capcom, Square Enix, Sony Interactive Entertainment, and more recently, CD Projekt Red and PUBG Corp. [...]
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