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In a move to target unauthorized transactions in its games, publisher Electronic Arts is apparently developing a new system that would let the company track and punish accounts that buy in-game currency from third parties. This would be possible with EA's Fraud Detection System, which has recently been patented.
The maker of digital trading card game Champions of Otherworldly Magic says it has spent $90,000 on card art, the entirety of which has been paid to a single «AI artist» who receives $15,000 per month despite dedicating less than two full work days to the project each month.
A Pokemon fan has recently devised a new evolution for Exeggutor, imagining what a more powerful version of the Grass/Psychic-type creature would look like. Pokemon fans often reimagine their favorite monsters and produce amazing Pokemon fan art, and this is among the best pieces to come out recently.
A plan to bring the not-quite-dead asymmetrical survival joint Friday the 13th: The Game back to life has been abandoned just days after it was announced thanks to a cease-and-desist letter accusing the project of «cavalier disregard of copyright law.»
A recent Palworld datamine suggests that a fire-based variant for Chillet might be added to the smash survival game, potentially turning one community fantasy into a reality.
The curse of the online action RPG strikes again: real-money trading and gold exploits. Lost Ark was plagued by it and now Last Epoch is too.
While it's had several hotfixes already this year, Darktide will be getting its first significant 2024 update in late April. As developer Fatshark explains on its blog, this update—called the Path of Redemption—includes a reinvented penance system. Previously, penances were achievements that occasionally rewarded players with a cosmetic. Under the revised system, the points earned for completing them will progress you along a track of cosmetic rewards including, «frames, insignias, trinkets, emotes, end of round poses, character cosmetics, and weapon skins» as well as backpacks, titles, and cosmetics based on the outfits worn by the characters in Darktide's trailers and art.
We haven't seen much of Star Wars Outlaws since its big debut last summer, but it looks like we won't have to wait for the 2024 Summer Game Fest schedule for more. Ubisoft has just announced a big story trailer for the upcoming Star Wars game, and it's landing very, very soon.