Why does Fextralife have Path of Exile 2 already?

Should I get a refund? This sounds serious.

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Game0fJ0nes#4370 wrote:

GGG said they want reviews out there so that new players can make an informed choice about spending $30.

If you already know you want the EA, how does that affect you?

There is a massive difference between a game review video and literal guides/walk-throughs being posted days before the game even comes out based on an outdated version of the game.


Not to mention the pinnacle content being leaked by them when the GGG devs clearly stated in the PoE2 live-stream that they wanted people to experience going in blind.

What was the point of not showing the other pinnacle bosses if this dude is just going to leak everything before the game comes out.


Nobody would've cared if it was a 5-15 minute review video giving it a score and critiquing it and showing off some of the features.

I don't see why this is shocking to anyone, GGG's parent is the Chinese company Tencent, and even if they don't have any control over the major development processes, they could easily have sway in having information shared with the Chinese company Fextralife whom make a lot of money off of other Tencent holdings invested games.

If I was Fextralife, I would have been throwing kickbacks to Tencent to get in early on all they have access to. That is unless Tencent also owns them too..

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InsomniAddict#3895 wrote:

I don't see why this is shocking to anyone, GGG's parent is the Chinese company Tencent, and even if they don't have any control over the major development processes, they could easily have sway in having information shared with the Chinese company Fextralife whom make a lot of money off of other Tencent holdings invested games.

If I was Fextralife, I would have been throwing kickbacks to Tencent to get in early on all they have access to. That is unless Tencent also owns them too..

THIS right here is what i've been assuming since the drama dropped.. Posted a few comments along these lines too but damn bro.., you worded that just Perfectly so i'mma just gonna bump your quote!.

Ironic isn't it.. 2 dodgy chinese companies with a history of bad practices colluding. looking with a retrospective eye it's no surprise Fextra gets shoehorned into reviews of past title releases too... Perhaps GGG just had to 'grin and bear it' in order to keep one of thier major investors placated...

The issue is/was, is that while a lot of outlets and content creators have access to the game, myself included. We were told multiple times what we were allowed to and not do.

And one of those things was to release any content from the demo/EA we got access to until December 6, when the game releases. We were also told NOT to release anything in terms of gameplay, articles, walkthroughs, etc past Act 2. That's the beef.

Everyone else followed the guidelines. Speaking of which, it was a PR company that dished out everything, multiple times.

Also, we were told if we didn't follow the rules there could be repercussions. And then here goes Fextralife releasing all of this info ahead of when we were told we could do so.

I don't see why GGG said it was their fault when we were all told the same thing. Everyone else is following the rules.

WTF GGG YOU MAKE ME LOSE HOPE, NO MORE SUPPORT....

I get the anger about preferential treatment. And fextra is a dumbass - but it is the way of the world. Just ignore any content he puts out and stay excited about the game!

Fuck me, why give access to the one channel proven to abuse and exploit games at the cost of the community and game.

The damage they did to twitch, and twitch viewership was subtle at first, but over time it affected all channels in proximity, and the whole platform eventually. Normal streamers had to compete with "legal viewbotting", viewers came in asking questions, only to find zero stream interaction and thousands of "viewers" watching someone who doesnt pay attention to the stream at all.

Ads keep twitch alive, imagine being sold hundreds of thousands of views on your ad, only to find the vast majority cant see or hear it. The faith in twitch drops, the ads get worse, the platform cuts budget, everyone goes down a couple notches.

Who benefits from Fextralife content? Clueless gamers who want baseline information parroted back to them..... maybe. But mostly just Fex. Im not saying everything on the wiki is false/bad, but knowing the full picture i would advise anyone and everyone to find another source.

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!! video game media channel gets review copy before paying customers..... Ya know that thing that happens with every game ever

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TheGreesh#7749 wrote:

lot of anger here over something so small.

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