Lawmakers Accuse Sony of Disrespecting Gamers; Cyberpunk 2 Developed with the Franchise’s Original Creator — Top Stories for November 4

Lawmakers Accuse Sony of Disrespecting Gamers; Cyberpunk 2 Developed with the Franchise’s Original Creator — Top Stories for November 4

A brief roundup of everything that happened across the global entertainment industry in the past day.

  • Following Concord’s collapse, British MPs accused Sony of showing disrespect toward players.
  • EA is attempting to placate activist employees by promising not to relinquish creative control to new owners.
  • “For the Greater Good!” — a model unveiled an impressive Tau cosplay from Warhammer 40,000.
  • The actress who portrayed Yennefer in The Witcher has withdrawn from social media after enduring fan abuse.
  • Streamer Asmongold disclosed his earnings and explained why he has no plans to leave Twitch.
  • A shelved real-time strategy for the Mega Drive leaked online — Mark Cerny reportedly rejected the Dark Empires developers.
  • Nintendo’s patent on character summoning prompted “serious questions” from the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  • GamesVoice weighed in on the Max Payne 3 voice-acting controversy, in which players accused localizers of siphoning off funds from payments.
  • Europa Universalis 5 launched and immediately set a new Steam record for the franchise.
  • Developers insist Andrzej Sapkowski’s mistake won’t be repeated: Cyberpunk 2 is being created in collaboration with the original universe author.

 

Source: iXBT.games