CDPR isn’t taking the heist lying down. The company has been using the power of DMCA notices to those trying to share the code online, a tactic that’s usually reserved for stopping Metallica from playing its own music during a BlizzCon stream. For whom the bell lols.
Ironic given that Metallica were the band that paved the way for the modern DMCA takedown. Besides, they were playing their own song! That’s the opposite of copyright infringement!
Here’s an interesting story that’s doing the rounds, as self-described hybrid FPS/RTS game Eximius: Seize the Frontline happens to have received a DMCA takedown notice. That’s not exactly unusual, with many games on Steam receiving those notices for a wide variety of reasons. What makes it odd, is that Eximius received this notice…from its own development team.
EA’s last SimCity game was…not very good. It tried to modernise the revered city-builder, but was so limited by its new features and systems that it ended up restricting city size to the point where the game just wasn’t any fun to play. Many still prefer the classic SimCity 2000 for their city building fun, which prompted the release of OpenSC2K. It’s a free, reverse-engineered open-source port of the Maxis original. EA’s had it pulled from the GitHub repository.
PiewDiePie and YouTube have accepted Campo Santo DMCA claim against his videos of Firewatch, opening up the conversations around Fair Use once again.
Fallout 4 mods on Xbox One are being stolen from PC content creators, and Bethesda wants it to stop
Techland has promised to put modding back in to Dying Light - because it was removed in error as a way to block multiplayer cheating.
Jailbreaking your phone is legal - why not your console or tablet?
It would be naive to say climate change is not real — or that …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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