Month: September 2018

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UPDATED: ArenaNet Stops Gem Purchases in Belgium ‘In Order to Conform to Belgian Law’

UPDATED with a statement from ArenaNet on the inability of players in Belgium to purchase gems. Jump through! Belgian Guild Wars 2 players are seemingly unable to purchase the game’s premium currency, Gems. According to forum posts and Reddit, players can no longer enter Belgian addresses as part of billing options. The issue appears to have first started on September 19th when players attempting to buy Gems found an error message even when using a VPN.

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Sony Bows to Growing Pressure & Enables ‘Extended Fortnite Cross-Play Beta’

Sony has responded to increasing player unhappiness at the lack of cross play between PlayStation 4 and all of the other available Fortnite platforms. As of today an “extended Fortnite cross-play beta” has started for PlayStation 4 “following a comprehensive evaluation process”. The news came via the PlayStation Blog penned by Sony Interactive President John Kodera. Most notably, Kodera says that “this represents a major policy change for SIE” going forward.