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New chapter in TinyBuild / G2A spat
Read More »TinyBuild CEO: Runorama is a “pure rip-off” of tinyBuild’s SpeedRunners
Alex Nichiporchik levels accusation in blog post on tinyBuild site
Read More »UKIE details its latest efforts to help devs protect their intellectual property
UKIE CEO Dr Jo Twist runs through the trade body’s new scheme to help creators fight back against piracy
Read More »Key reseller G2A agrees to pay devs auction royalties and introduce anti-fraud measures
Move follows heated criticism from studios including TinyBuild and RageSquid over sale of allegedly illegally-gained codes
Read More »RageSquid backs key reseller criticism: ‘We’d rather players pirated our game’
'Just torrent it instead of putting money in the wrong hands,' says founder Lex Decrauw
Read More »TinyBuild and G2A row escalates as both sides issue ultimatums
G2A calls for publisher to share suspicious keys, TinyBuild calls for digital retailer to offer better cuts from sales
Read More »TinyBuild: We lost $450,000 in revenue to grey market key sellers
Punch Club and SpeedRunners studio hits out at site G2A for ‘facilitating a fraud-fueled economy’ by offering Steam codes often obtained deceitfully
Read More »There’s a better solution to piracy than ‘crippling’ DRM, argues TinyBuild CEO
'We are going to look at regional pricing and more aggressive deals in lower wealth regions,' says Alex Nichiporchik after Punch Club struck by 1.6m illegal downloads
Read More »Punch Club was pirated five times more than it was purchased, dev reveals
1.6 million units downloaded illegally, with PC accounting for almost 70 per cent
Read More »Party Hard’s publishing contract was signed on a napkin
Unlikely story of how last year’s indie hit found its way to market revealed
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