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[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Ouch, recent reviews are harsh

Take-Two and 2K games have updated all their games Terms of Service, turning this game as well as all of their other games into literal spyware.

Important Info in Terms of Service:

  • Mods are a bannable offense
  • Display of Cheats/Exploits is bannable
  • Forced arbitration clause and a waiver of class action and jury trial rights for all users residing in the United States and any other territory other than Australia, Switzerland, The United Kingdom, or The Territories of The European Economic Area
  • You can be banned for using a VPN while connecting to online servers
  • Cannot access game content on a Virtual PC

Collected Data Types:

  • Identifiers / Contact Information: Name, user name, gamertag, postal and email address, phone number, unique IDs, mobile device ID, platform ID, gaming service ID, advertising ID (IDFA, Android ID) and IP address
  • Protected Characteristics: Age and gender
  • Commercial Information: Purchase and usage history and preferences, including gameplay information
  • Billing Information: Payment information (credit / debit card information) and shipping address
  • Internet / Electronic Activity: Web / app browsing and gameplay information related to the Services; information about your online interaction(s) with the Services or our advertising; and details about the games and platforms you use and other information related to installed applications
  • Device and Usage Data: Device type, software and hardware details, language settings, browser type and version, operating system, and information about how users use and interact with the Services (e.g., content viewed, pages visited, clicks, scrolls)
  • Profile Inferences: Inferences made from your information and web activity to help create a personalized profile so we can identify goods and services that may be of interest
  • Audio / Visual Information: Account photos, images, and avatars, audio information via chat features and functionality, and gameplay recordings and video footage (such as when you participate in playtesting)
  • Sensitive Information: Precise location information (if you allow the Services to collect your location), account credentials (user name and password), and contents of communications via chat features and functionality.
[–] ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Just another day for 2k being trash. Question: did this change happen when they made this game "free"? If so, these suckers are poisoning the well for future giveaways. One detail: you can claim this on steam, but grab a previous version from somewhere else without this trash, profit.

[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

did this change happen when they made this game "free"?

Judging based on the price history on Is There Any Deal? and the dates of negative Steam reviews mentioning the ToS changes: no. The game is "free" as of this week, but the ToS had been updated with all those negative changes in May.

[–] ZeDoTelhado@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

OK good to know. Thanks for letting us know! So that means they are making it "free" for a week to try to brush off the negative reviews, but probably also make more people accept the ToS.

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