Tag: G2A

G2A counteracts Subnautica devs claims, developer retracts

Posted on: August 15, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News

Earlier this week, G2A hit a bit of a snafu, again, when a variety of new forms of backlash came out against the key reseller. For one thing, their proposed key blocking tool had failed to gain any real traction, forcing them to extend the deadline for support submissions. Then another independent developer came forward

Subnautica developer wants $300,000 from G2A

Posted on: August 13, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News

G2A, the key reselling website that’s become infamous for shadiness, is not having a good few months. The company has been hit with myriad accusations of downplaying or ignoring fraud on their service, and their attempts to respond have largely been met with scorn and laughter from fans and developers impacted by the rampant problems

G2A extends deadline for key blocking tool after embarrassing lack of support

Posted on: August 13, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News, Opinion

You’re probably tired of hearing about G2A, so how about a joke? OK, not a joke really, but we can still laugh at the latest punching bag of the games industry, G2A. G2A has been the subject of much controversy lately, as a slew of criticism over their poor handling of credit card fraud, chargebacks

G2A proposes a key-blocking tool for developers

Posted on: July 12, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News, Opinion

G2A, the key reselling market for PC games, has become more and more infamous over the years as policy changes and a glut of scammers and thieves on the marketplace have made the place a nightmare. Earlier this month, G2A was subject to some pretty severe backlash over these same problems rearing their ugly heads

G2A tries to counter growing discontent, problems mount

Posted on: July 5, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News, Opinion

So the controversy surrounding game reseller G2A is mounting. Anyone who doesn’t know what I’m talking about should count themselves lucky. For those not in the know, G2A is a site infamous for reselling digital keys for PC games. The firm found itself in hot water recently as they were hit with sweeping accusations that

G2A causes controversy with sponsorships and ads

Posted on: July 2, 2019 /

Categories: General Gaming News, Opinion

A big storm of controversy is brewing for third-party software reselling company G2A, and given the other shady things they’ve done, it’s not surprising that things like this can happen. Mike Rose, an indie game developer from the UK, broke some pretty surprising information about a recent ad buy that G2A undertook with Google. It

G2A begins charging inactive accounts a fee, gamers aren’t happy

Posted on: December 22, 2018 /

Categories: General Gaming News, Opinion

Grey-market key reseller G2A is once again stirring controversy with a new policy that gamers noticed involving accounts that haven’t been used in a while. A random internet user noticed that their G2A account had been penalized a with a fee after not having logged into the account for 180 days. The fee will be

Is G2A Trying to go Straight? It Seems So. . .

Posted on: June 29, 2017 /

Categories: General Gaming News

Starting on July 1, G2A will be shifting their policies to focus on buyer protection and seller verification.The biggest change in policy will relate to seller identification. Starting in July, all sellers on G2A will have to abide by G2A terms of service, which includes supplying name and address information for all transactions on the