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2 weeks ago
Key-reseller marketplace G2A should probably consider digging up, after a recent series of PR gaffes culminated in an apparent attempt to have media outlets publish undisclosed promotion. Thomas Faust of Indie Games Plus blew the lid off this one, sharing via Twitter an email he had received earlier today. In it, G2A push to have an "unbiased" piece that they had written be published, explicitly without…
2 years ago
G2A, the controversial marketplace for key sellers, will soon require any users hoping to shift game keys to reveal their name and address. "Starting July 1st, 2017, buyers will have access to detailed information about the sellers on G2A.com, including their names and addresses," G2A told Polygon. “This information will be included, among other places, on the bills provided to buyers, allowing them to know…
Bulletstormers Gearbox have dropped out of a deal to sell their remastered shooter on G2A.com, following a spat over the key reseller’s business practices. They were selling Bulletstorm: Full Clip [official site] and its expensive, statue-sporting collector’s editions through the site but following complaints and a backlash focusing on the reseller’s less-than-wholesome history of complaints, that has fallen apart. Last week we saw that Gearbox…
Gearbox demand G2A makes changes, after launching promotion with G2A
Days after launching an exclusive physical 'Collector's Edition' of Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition [official site] on key reseller marketplace G2A, Gearbox Software have reeled and demanded that the controversial store change its practises. Gearbox's list of demands for G2A includes stopping selling fraud protection as an extra, and letting developers find and remove fraudulently-bought keys on G2A. If not, Gearbox will... do something. The demands…
3 years ago
G2A, the game key reselling marketplace once accused of facilitating a "black market economy" partially fuelled by credit card fraud, have release the first game from their own in-house development studio. G2A Land [official site] is a BioShock Infinite-lookin' virtual theme park for Rift. It's a grab bag of VR experiences, including a roller coaster, a virtual cinema, and a pretty-looking undersea tour. G2A's move…
Last week G2A, a sort of eBay but for video games keys, and tinyBuild, the publishers of Speedrunners and others, had a bit of a tussle after tinyBuild accused G2A of facilitating the sale of $450,000 worth of fraudulent game keys. Both sides exchanged demands, and today G2A seems to have pulled back on their stance and is now rolling out a program that will,…
