Bulletstormers Gearbox have dropped out of a deal to sell their remastered shooter on G2A.com, following a spat over the key reseller s business practices. They were selling Bulletstorm: Full Clip [official site] and its expensive, statue-sporting collector s editions through the site but following complaints and a backlash focusing on the reseller s less-than-wholesome history of complaints, that has fallen apart.
Last week we saw that Gearbox seemed to listen to those complaints and had openly given G2A a list of demands, including better protection against fraud for both developers and customers. Gearbox have since decided those demands were not met and have now cut ties with the reseller completely, taking their game off the shelf. Obviously, it s more complex than all this. If you really want to dive into this slurry pit of videogame distribution, come with me and I ll try my best to explain.
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