Multiple Dark Souls games are taken offline due to a potential security threat, while Raven Software QA developers are ending their strike as they form a union, in this week's news. Game Rant has compiled some of the biggest gaming news stories from this past week together into a concise post for fans and enthusiasts to stay up to date on the most important events in the industry per week. Highlighting the most relevant stories, this list is not inherently and totally objective, and will not contain every news story this week. Rather, this is intended for gaming fans who want a quick rundown on the largest/most impactful stories that occurred in the last week in games.
In this week's gaming news, all of the Dark Souls games PvP functionality has been taken offline on PC due to a potential vulnerability that could compromise players' PCs. Raven Software QA developers will be ending their strike as they begin to unionize, but Activision Blizzard has not recognized the union formally. Respawn Entertainment and EA have announced three new Star Wars projects are in development at the Apex Legends developer. An independent investigation into Ubisoft Singapore yielded a surprisingly positive result of the developer regarding workplace harassment. All that and more in this week's biggest news in the gaming industry.
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In the leadup to Elden Ring's release, several of the Dark Souls games' multiplayer servers had to be taken down for maintenance due to a potentially dangerous exploit discovered. As reported by Dexerto, a member of the Dark Souls community (@SkeleMann) discovered a new vulnerability that affects all Dark Souls games' online functionality. As described by
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