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Gamers Protest Microtransactions And Saudi Arabia Outside EA

Kotaku·Kenneth Shepard·21 days ago
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Last week, Kotaku kept getting emails about a “raid” happening at the Electronic Arts Redwood City headquarters as part of a joint effort between concerned “gamers” and the Players Alliance, a group pushing back against corporate greed in the video game industry. We didn’t write anything ahead of time, but figured we’d see what happened the day of. Well, today, May 11, the group showed up and livestreamed their demonstration, and it was not so much an IRL raid of the type recently being inflicted upon the Church of Scientology so much as a modest gathering of concerned citizens with funny signs.  The protest was streamed on SlayerKase‘s Twitch channel and sought to emphasize concerns about EA’s recent layoffs , the proliferation of in-game microtransactions, and a $55 billion Saudi Arabia buyout set to finalize this summer .…

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