​​​​​​With such a broad scope on what counts as "disparagement," this has caused quite a stir among the community, with some players being banned without realizing the terms of this contract. The developers released a statement addressing these terms, with NetEase saying it is aware of the "inappropriate and misleading terms" regarding the non-disparagement clause to access Marvel Rivals' closed alpha, and apologized for any miscommunication. The developers state that they are open to both suggestions and criticisms about the game, wishing to make Marvel Rivals better and satisfy gamers.

The conditions of the contract are also going to be revised, with progress being shared with every content creator.

On today's episode of "This shouldn't be legal"...

Source: https://twitter.com/A_Seagull/status/1789468582281400792

Here's the tweet, https://nitter.poast.org/SteamDB/status/1788981898108182681

I hope more follows

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Also from Green Man Gaming:

Fuck you, monkey paw.

EA has tried this before, with predictable results. In 2020, EA Sports UFC 4 included full-screen ads for the Amazon Prime series The Boys that would appear during 'Replay' moments. These were absent from the game when it launched, with EA introducing the ads about a month later, thereby preventing them from being highlighted in reviews. It wasn't long before the backlash led to EA disabling the ads.

Source: https://twitter.com/Studio_Evil/status/1788886708064317943/photo/1

From the videos description: News on what the UK government response means on the issue of game destruction by publishers! It's not all awful, just most of it! Also, some news on how the campaign to end game destruction is going internationally. Relevant links below:

Australian Petition: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN6080

UK Petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071/

Canadian Petition: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4965

https://stopkillinggames.com

We've almost reached the end of the 1st half of 2024, and Xbox has had more studio closures than first party game releases in the year so far.