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WoW Forever player builds “IRS” add-on to audit gold buyers after Blizzard crackdown
A WoW Forever fan built an IRS add-on to audit suspicious gold, and its first big test didn’t go quietly.
Activision says cheat market is making $8.5 billion a year amid CoD crackdown
Activision have claimed that the cheating has become a “multi-billion-dollar” market as they’ve been cracking down on Call of Duty cheat sellers.
Chess players could face AI-powered biometric checks in proposed cheating crackdown
Chess players could be required to verify their identities through facial recognition under a proposed crackdown on cheating.
Pokemon TCG fans lose their orders in Pokemon Center crackdown on scalpers & bots
Pokemon Center is cancelling thousands of 30th Celebration orders, and not everyone losing out is a bot.
The adult game crackdown is "ridiculous for our art form", say Hellraiser devs, but they think they'll survive thanks to that Clive Barker association
Last year, Australian anti-porn group Collective Shout pressured payment processors , such as Mastercard, Paypal, Visa, and Paysafe Limited to withdraw their services from Steam and Itch.io if the stores didn't remove adult games from their shelves. The campaign was successful an…
GTA 6 Leak Pages Hit Amid Rockstar Crackdown
Rockstar has sent numerous DMCA takedown notices to websites and social media accounts hosting new leaked gameplay footage of GTA 6.
Blue Archive permanently bans over 122,000 global players in biggest cheater crackdown to date
The measures were taken against players who abused the game’s mechanics and used illegal programs "to gain an unfair advantage."
Japanese publishers continue legal crackdown on sites hosting “detailed summaries” of movies. New case sees prison sentences and fines of up to $6k
CODA argued that such acts reduce willingness to pay for legitimate content distribution services, “seriously impacting the content industry.”
YouTube bans lots of ASMR channels in crackdown on “sexual content”
YouTube has terminated several major ASMR channels after accusing their creators of violating its sex and nudity rules.
FBI Asking Steam Malware Victims To Contact Them After Recent Crackdown
Steam is demonstrably not a safe platform.
MMO Business Roundup: CliffyB is back, a crackdown on Steam criming, and Palworld’s 30.5M sales
Welcome back to another quick roundup of games industry news that’s relevant to MMO and multiplayer fans. Abandon hope, all ye who enter here, etc. CliffyB is back and giving interviews again ahead of an apparent comeback plan following the collapse of Boss Key and its two games,…
UK Government plans fireworks crackdown to protect pets from loud bangs
The UK government has launched a consultation that could see the loudest consumer fireworks restricted to professional displays, in a bid to reduce anti-social behavior and protect families, pets and wildlife.
Apex Legends devs dole out nearly 6,000 hardware bans in anti-cheat crackdown on "malicious bad actors"
Apex Legends' anti-cheat team has shared it's given out nearly 6,000 hardware bans since April of this year across PC and console.