General Gaming News II: Steam Helpdesk Site Leak

[Corrderio]

Wh, Sony is pretty dead to me anyway. Besides still not paying a monthly fee just to play online.

[Melena]

Wh, Sony is pretty dead to me anyway. Besides still not paying a monthly fee just to play online.

So I'm assuming PC only for you then as Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony all require a network service for online play?

[Corrderio]

More or less. To Nintendo's credit I'll at least say Splatoon 2 was worth a subscription. Sony just doesn't seem to have any exclusives that catch my interests. I don't think I've touched my PS4 in over a year.

[Ayn]

That'll change after October 21st and you know it.

[Tyrath]

Whats coming out on Oct 21?

[Ayn]

Trails of Cold Steel III.

[Corrderio]

True that. Falcom is what got me to get a Vita after all.

Though yeah I think nearly half my PS4 library is Falcom games. That's how little I touch my PS4.

[6souls]

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49933683

EA exposed the personal details of 1600 individuals in FIFA 20.

Fans signing up for the new Fifa 20 Global Series found the online registration form was already filled in with other people's information.

Popular online gaming live-streamers were among those who had their details exposed.

EA Sports, which publishes the game, apologized for the mistake.

The error meant some players' email addresses and birth dates were exposed to other gamers filling in the registration form.

The company said it had found the "root cause" and was confident that players would not see the same mistake again.

[Salodin]

Thought BG might enjoy some gaming journalism. I know we dont entertain links from the website that shall not be named, so here's a tweet promoting the article instead.

https://twitter.com/TomRMarks/status...159026688?s=09

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[Corrderio]

IIRC the 30% is the standard has been proven before.

[Krandor]

Yeah but Epic has tried to make themselves out as some kind of savior for the poor down trodden developer against the evil Valve and their 30%

[Corrderio]

And it works since fuck fact checking. Listen to one side only.

[theshun]

Even if it is the standard, the point was for Epic to entice devs/publishers to them. Epic may have spun it as "helping out the small guy," which, it does. But it also helps out the large guys, and, in turn, Epic themselves.

[Corrderio]

Which I'd be fine with if it wasn't for EGS's rushed store and demanding exclusivity. Anyway...

Blizzard bans pro Hearthstone player for a year for supporting Hong Kong's human rights movement:
https://www.cnet.com/news/blizzard-r...kong-protests/

[silverdragontyr]

Also withdrew his prize money and cancelled the contracts of the two casters present apparently.

[Corrderio]

Apparently the casters were the ones that egged him into it. But yeah seems a bit hypocritical considering how politically correct Blizzard seems to be.

[Salodin]

Yeah but Epic has tried to make themselves out as some kind of savior for the poor down trodden developer against the evil Valve and their 30%

And it works since fuck fact checking. Listen to one side only.

I mean, I found the article was a little more interesting then just listing who pays out what lol

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[Nitsuki]

Blizzard bending the knee to their investors. No surprise. More reason why i no longer support them.

[Corrderio]

Thinking about it, Stan's rant in South Park last night describes this perfectly.

[Fiye]

Man Blizzcon is in 3 weeks and they've already on track to fuck it up harder than last year's.

https://kotaku.com/college-hearthsto...-bo-1838896492

During tonight’s stream of the match between Worcester Polytechnic Institute and American University, as the game came to a close the American University team held up a banner reading “FREE HONG KONG, BOYCOTT BLIZZ”, which was visible for a few seconds before the camera hurriedly switched views and was left lingering awkwardly on the WPI players.

In addition some employees are also protesting.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/b...ional-incident

At the entrance to Blizzard’s Irvine, California campus, there’s a 12-foot tall statue of an orc. Various bronze plaques bearing inspirational inscriptions are set into the concrete around the statue. The plaques herald lofty ideals such as “Gameplay first,” “Think Globally,” and “Every Voice Matters.” Kevin Hovdestad, an esports announcer and former Activision Blizzard employee, shared a photo of “Think Globally” and “Every Voice Matters” being covered up on Twitter.

EVERY VOICE MATTERS:
Great ideas can come from anywhere. Blizzard Entertainment is what it is today because of the voices of our players and of each member of the company. Every employee is encouraged to speak up, listen, be respectful of other opinions, and embrace criticism as just another avenue for great ideas.

THINK GLOBALLY
Everywhere on the planet there are people who play Blizzard Entertainment games. While respecting the cultural diversity that makes people unique, we strive to grow and support our global gaming community. We also seek the most passionate, talented people in the world to enrich our company and help us forge the future vision of Blizzard Entertainment.