@Dragon_Nexus: It's not about it being boring, it's about it taking time. The microtransactions aren't there to cut out boring segments. They are there for players who just want to jump straight to "I'm all powerful watch me kick ass"

Yes there is room for debate as to whether it's the appropriate way to handle the issue but the existence of microtransactions doesn't automatically mean the content itself is boring because finding it boring isn't the only reason people would want to skip past content. Some people just don't care about progression and want to get to the end game quicker and that's who the microtransactions are aimed at.

@Dragon_Nexus: That's what they were doing. Directly from the article "Shadow of War developer, Monolith, always intended "to give all profits from the DLC, worldwide to the Forgey family""

The money was never going into WB's pocket. They were only promoting it in the US but the profits from all sales were always going to go to the family.

@ghost140: Just for the record the game has an easy mode built in. So that is still an option for those who want it.

@lostn: It wasn't just about money. As the article points out the deal also involves issues of transparancy between the developers and the actors and discussions on reducing vocal stress.

Tough. You can't own exclusive rights to a game mode. If another company wants to try their hand at it or add it to their game then just suck it up and deal with it.

@cornbredx: If they were worried about saving money they wouldn't redesign the logo at all. It costs money to redesign the logo, it costs nothing to leave it the same.

Personally not a fan of the minimalist style that seems to be popping up lately. I think there previous logo looked far better.

@agrahim: Yes they own the copyright but they don't own the DMCA system and as such it is not theirs to abuse as they wish. Regardless of whether their dislike of the guy is justified DMCA claims are for when your copyright is being abused, not for when you don't happen to like a guy.

I'm not defending Pewdiepie over this, the guy is an idiot who keeps opening his mouth and getting himself in trouble and any consequences that comes to him for it are on his own head but at the same time none of what he has done has anything to do with copyright and the DMCA system is not a tool for developers to use to punish people they disagree with or don't like. It is there to protect from copyright violations, end of story. If they want to condemn him then by all means they are free to do so but they should do so without attempting to abuse the law in the process.

@agrahim: Not wanting anything to do with Pewdiepie is one thing but it isn't a reason to abuse the DMCA system. You don't get to claim copyright just because you disagree with someone.