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G2A Factorio Dispute Reaches $40,000 Chargeback Settlement

In July of last year, grey market game key reseller G2A posted an interesting deal: they would offer up to 10x the cashback on any chargebacks to the developer over illegally-acquired keys. Now, the…

May 20, 2020 | 03:06 EDT

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Reparations Demanded of G2A By Natural Selection 2 Devs Unknown Worlds

In what has not been a great couple of weeks for G2A it seems that they're once again in the spotlight as the founder of Unknown Worlds, Charlie Cleveland, has asked that G2A reimburse them $300,000…

August 13, 2019 | 06:29 EDT

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Developers Petition G2A To Take Down Indie Games As Controversy Erupts... Again

Video game key marketplace G2A have had their dalliances with controversy in the past. From accusations of unscrupulous activity to their old (and now thankfully retired) G2A 'shield' program they're…

July 5, 2019 | 12:46 EDT

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G2A Responds To Gearbox's Demands

Last week, prominent YouTuber TotalBiscuit was contacted by Gearbox Software after he said he would no longer be covering their games after they announced a partnership with G2A, an online…

April 10, 2017 | 09:30 EDT

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Gearbox Withdrawing from G2A Partnership

Yesterday we reported on the demands Gearbox Software gave G2A that needed to be met if their partnership was to continue. You can read them in detail there, but they wanted several public pledges…

April 7, 2017 | 05:28 EDT

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[Updated] Gearbox Threatens to Pull Out of G2A Partnership for Bulletstorm; Gives Demands

UPDATE 4/7/17: Gearbox has followed through after G2A failed to meet their demands and is now in the process of pulling out of their partnership with G2A. Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition isn't coming…

April 6, 2017 | 09:50 EDT

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Indiegala Customers Automatically Signed Up for G2A Shield Due to G2A "IT Error"

A few days ago, popular subreddit r/GameDeals, a place where many deals and sales on games are posted, put out a PSA that some people who had purchased games from Indiegala noticed an email stating…

March 7, 2017 | 10:31 EST

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GreenWatch - 19/02/2017 - Legal Disputes, Asset Flips, DMCA Takedowns and More!

For those discovering GreenWatch for the first time, GreenWatch is an ongoing series held on both TechRaptor and Digital Homicides covering anything going on with developers/groups/users in the Steam…

February 19, 2017 | 01:30 EST

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G2A Begins Verification for New Sellers

In press release, G2A has announced that, effective immediately, they will begin a verification process for new sellers the platform. They say that the measures enacted will be only the beginning as…

July 9, 2016 | 02:06 EDT

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[UPDATE] Ubisoft Removes Keys from Uplay Purchased on the Grey Market

Several Ubisoft customers have been complaining that their games are no longer working through Ubisoft's official Uplay service and that their games are being removed from their Uplay library. It…

January 25, 2015 | 11:11 EST