video game,star wars video gamesWoW Players Are Getting Banned From Pinterest For A Bizarre Reason

World of Warcraft players posting screenshots of their virtual homes on Pinterest as part of an official promotion are being banned from the social media site for spam.

Blizzard is hard at work promoting WoW's new player housing feature, and social media site Pinterest is another area where Blizzard is hoping players will find housing inspiration. Those who link their WoW account to Pinterest will unlock an achievement and receive an in-game toy, the Pin-o-Matic Camera. That camera can then be used to automatically post in-game screenshots to Pinterest.

Unfortunately, players attempting to participate are being banned or suspended for violating Pinterest's spam policies, despite players on Reddit and the WoW forums reportedly having only posted a single in-game screenshot.

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video game,star wars video gamesFormer Assassin's Creed Creative Director's Studio Has Been Shut Down

TiMi Montreal, the studio founded by former Assassin's Creed creative director Ashraf Ismail, has been shut down by its parent company Tencent. Ismail announced the studio's opening in 2021, under Tencent's TiMi Studio Group banner. Reportedly, Ismail's team was working on a new original AAA open-world game for consoles and PC. However, the shutdown means that TiMi Montreal's unannounced game will never see the light of day.

According to Game File, rumors about Timi Montreal's impending demise were circulating for weeks without confirmation. That changed when Timi Montreal developers began sharing the news online about the fate of their studio.

On his LinkedIn page, senior gameplay programmer Alvaro Fernandez Luzuriaga said, "I am genuinely heartbroken that the public will never get to experience what this team was capable of producing." Luzuriaga's message was subsequently removed from his page.

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