Today's News:
* Bandai Namco recently announced that a new game in the Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi is currently in development. No other details regarding the game's official title, release date, nor platforms were given.
Link:
https://twitter.com/db_eventpj_jp/st...19982478405633
* For those who currently own or are interested in buying Pokemon Scarlet / Violet, a recent update to the game was revealed to cause the possibility for game save files to become corrupted and/or erased. While the exact cause for the issue is currently known nor a work around fix currently exists, some of those affected stated that it happened after they integrated the game with Pokemon Go while at least one person stated it happened after they had purchased and installed the game's DLC.
Link:
https://www.destructoid.com/pokemon-...les-lost-news/ ,
https://kotaku.com/pokemon-scarlet-v...dlc-1850193690
* EA reportedly is currently dealing with new legal issues over their Ultimate Team mode for their FIFA series. This time it involves a class-action lawsuit that was filed in 2022 in Austria against Sony over issues with the sale of FUT packs for Ultimate Team mode on Playstation Store. The Austrian court recently ruled that due to the way its secondary market worked, EA's Ultimate Team mode violated the country's gambling laws and ordered Sony to refund everyone in the country who had purchased FUT packs on their Playstation Store.
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Originally Posted by Destructoid
The suit is directed at Sony rather than FIFA publisher Electronic Arts because the FUT packs were purchased on the PlayStation Network, which makes the sales contract with Sony, and not with EA itself.
The court decreed that players being able to sell FUT cards on a secondary market added elements of value to many randomized items. The court argued that this action gives FUT players the opportunity to access a profit margin for their randomly accessed products, which is what violates Austria’s gambling laws. As such, the court has ordered Sony to refund Austrian FIFA players who have made FUT purchases on PlayStation Network.
Padronus, a law firm specializing in recovering losses from online casinos, reports that over 1000 FIFA players have contacted them looking for compensation, with individual purchases ranging from three to five figures. It seems, however, that there is a cap on the amount Sony will have to refund any one player, and it should also be noted that Sony has the option to appeal the verdict, which it most likely will.
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Link:
https://www.destructoid.com/fifa-ult...aw-refunds-ea/ ,
https://www.gameswirtschaft.de/wirts...rreich-030323/