Drama Gaming — Polémiques & Controverses

Les testeurs d'Activision votent la grève avant MW4

22 octobre 2026 at 10:00

Activision QA Testers Vote to Strike Before MW4

Activision QA testers voted to authorize a strike on October 15, days before Modern Warfare 4 launches on October 23. What they want, and the October 21-22 talks.

Level 5 s'excuse pour l'IA, et confirme qu'il continue

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15 septembre 2026 at 17:00

Level-5 Apologizes for AI, Doubles Down Anyway

Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino admits the September 10 showcase used generative AI, apologizes for how it landed, but confirms the studio's AI strategy is unchanged.

Fusion EA Savvy : le fonds saoudien y pense déjà

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15 septembre 2026 at 10:00

EA Savvy Merger: The Saudi Fund Is Already Weighing It

Saudi fund PIF is reportedly considering merging EA with Savvy Games Group, according to Bloomberg. No decision has been made; the plan depends on Moonton.

Crazy Taxi : mention IA réécrite, la presse regarde ailleurs

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13 septembre 2026 at 10:00

Crazy Taxi: AI Disclosure Rewritten, Press Looks Away

Crazy Taxi's AI disclosure on Steam has been rewritten, and the press is talking about it less and less.

Pourquoi Physint quitte PlayStation pour rejoindre Xbox

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11 septembre 2026 at 14:00

Physint: Why Kojima’s Game Is Leaving PlayStation for Xbox

PlayStation tried to cancel Physint, Hideo Kojima's new game. Three months later, Xbox announced it would publish it instead.

La gamescom s'excuse auprès des développeurs volés

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10 septembre 2026 at 12:00

gamescom Apologizes for Handling of Booth Thefts

A week after backlash, gamescom apologized for its handling of hardware thefts at indie booths in Cologne, promising a security overhaul and a round table with developers.

Halloween The Game retire un mini-jeu avant sa sortie

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9 septembre 2026 at 10:00

Halloween The Game Pulls a Minigame Before Launch

Halloween The Game removed its Two-Person Power-Up minigame days before launch, after players found no age check between certain characters. IllFonic called it a major oversight.

Quinze heures par mois : ce que Xbox Cloud devient en novembre

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7 septembre 2026 at 17:00

Xbox Cloud: 15 Hours a Month, Starting in November

Starting in November, Xbox Cloud caps monthly hours per tier - 15 on Ultimate, 10 on Premium, 5 on Essential - while Microsoft's '4% of subscribers' argument draws sharp pushback.

Serveurs PlayStation : onze jeux débranchés d'ici octobre

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7 septembre 2026 at 08:00

PlayStation Servers: Eleven Games Cut Off by October

Eleven PS5, PS4 and PSVR2 games lose their PlayStation servers, in-game purchases or store listings between September and October 2026 — some vanish, others survive offline.

Sony dit au juge que vous ne possédez rien, Xbox transforme vos disques en licences

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5 septembre 2026 at 20:00

Digital Ownership: Sony Fights Suit, Xbox Converts Discs

On September 1, Sony tells a California court that reasonable consumers never believed they owned digital games, while Xbox rolls out disc-to-digital, even for delisted titles.