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G2A introduces new seller verifications

Additional layers of security have been introduced to G2A.com, the key reseller has revealed. Effective immediately, these steps ask that sellers verify social media profiles and provide a phone number. Sellers will be limited to ten sales before further proof of ID is required. New sellers will be required to …

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G2A announces new measures to appease game developers

Key-reseller marketplace G2A has revealed some improvements to its offering to keep game companies happy. The firm has announced that studios and publishers can now make money from third-party auctions. One of the criticisms levelled at G2A by publishers was that they didn’t see a penny from some sales of …

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G2A accuses TinyBuild of ‘unjustified demands’

The war of words between TinyBuild and G2A.com has significantly intensified, with the retailer rebutting the studio’s recent accusations. TinyBuild this week claimed that it had lost in the region of $450k worth of revenue to keys illicitly sold through the G2A marketplace. Before TinyBuild reached out to G2A, we …

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SK Gaming partners with CD key reseller G2A despite continuing Riot ban

One of Europe’s oldest eSports organisations has taken up a partnership deal with prolific CD key reselling site G2A.com, which is still facing a blackout sponsorship ban by Riot Games. SK Gaming has described the deal as the first of their new partnerships in 2016, suggesting further sponsors in the …

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G2A labels Riot ban as an ‘aggressive attack’ on eSports

Riot’s decision to block advertising from select key resellers at the 2015 League of Legends World Championships has been heavily criticised by G2A. Earlier this week it was revealed that Riot had ordered teams at the event to pull all sponsored branding for the retailer. The move concerned a disagreement …

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Riot asks League of Legends teams to pull G2A branding

League of Legends developer Riot appears to be going to war with online key seller G2A.com. The Daily Dot reports that the studio recently asked teams sponsored by the retailer at the 2015 League of Legends World Championships to remove its branding from their shirts and merchandise. And the teams …

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Ubisoft reinstates deactivated PC keys and recommends gamers ‘only buy from trusted retailers’

Ubisoft has reinstated deactivated Far Cry 4 keys that were stolen from EA’s Origin website and resold to gamers. Thieves had used a stolen credit cards to buy Ubisoft PC games from EA Origin, and then sold these stolen codes via cheap key websites, such as G2A and other such …

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Deactivated Far Cry 4 keys were bought via EA Origin

Copies of Far Cry 4 that have been deactivated from gamers’ accounts were originally acquired from EA’s Origin retail platform. Over the weekend, Far Cry fans complained that their games no-longer worked after Ubisoft deactivated them. The fans accused Ubisoft of removing the games because they were bought from cheap …

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Digital Far Cry 4 copies bought from key resellers being deleted from Uplay, report claims

Some users who purchased digital copies of Far Cry 4 from certain key resellers are logging in to Uplay to discover that their game has been deleted. Destructoid reports that a number of Reddit and Ubisoft forum users are complaining that the game has simply vanished from their Uplay PC …

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