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Screenshot: NZXT.com After a long video published over the weekend by Gamers Nexus called NZXT’s Flex PC rental program “a scam,” the company responded Tuesday with a statement titled “Addressing Your Concerns About the Flex Subscription Program.” “I want to acknowledge that we messed up,” said NZXT CEO Johnny Hou in a video, promising changes like making the names of PCs available for rent or purchase easier to tell apart. However, what it said has not satisfied Gamers Nexus, which posted its own response, saying NZXT’s statement “not only misrepresents facts, but distorts the reality of their predatory rental computer program. The statement ignores major points and introduces several new concerns.” The post says GN is working on a new investigation into the program that “will take weeks or months to finalize.” The two main actions NZXT says it’s taking are on the PC names, like switching the name of its “Player: One” rental PC to “Flex: One Subscription PC,” and influencer campaigns “where the statements did not accurately reflect the details of our NZXT Flex program.” NZXT says it has pulled all of its “influencer-led” advertising while it updates the language and process. NZXT says it is adjusting the language in its subscriber agreement as well and will make it clear that the company doesn’t sell user data on customers’ returned PCs. “Every Flex PC that comes back is fully wiped,” Hou said. Hou also addressed the rental PC specs that Gamers Nexus said fluctuated “day-to-day,” noting that the Flex program “doesn’t give you fixed specs” due to the changing availability of components. “Sometimes we don’t have more supply coming in, so in the midst of that we actually have to change the specs of our PCs.” However, this still doesn’t explain why NZXT displayed the same estimated frames per second across builds with different components. The Verge has contacted NZXT about the program, but the company has not responded. NZXT has posted a statement which not only misrepresents facts, but distorts the reality of their predatory rental computer program. The statement ignores major points and introduces several new concerns. GamersNexus has become aware of deeper elements connected to this story…— GamersNexus (@GamersNexus) December 5, 2024

Tekken 8 will be one of the games people can compete in. Sony is building on its PlayStation esports efforts with a new series of live tournament events called PlayStation Tournaments: XP. The first event will take place on January 18th, 2025 in London and feature Tekken 8, EA Sports FC 25, Fortnite, and Astro Bot. “Qualifying players from across the globe and the competitive gaming community on PS5 will represent teams Triangle, Circle, Cross, and Square to earn points during the competition and vie for the title of champion, in addition to winning exclusive prizes,” Sony says in a blog post. Open qualifiers for Tekken 8 and EA Sports FC 25 begin today, while qualifiers for Fortnite start on December 6th and for Astro Bot on December 13th. If you qualify for the live event, Sony will cover flights and lodging. Sony has more details about the qualifying events in a separate blog post. The January event will also be live-streamed on January 18th on PlayStation’s Twitch and YouTube channels.

Image: The Verge In October, it became very clear that Microsoft and Google were at war again. After a six-year truce on legal battles ended in 2021, Google has, in recent months, been voicing its concerns about Microsoft’s cloud business. That particular dispute is at the “lobbying regulators” stage, but another disagreement between the two tech giants has slipped into the courts and the public sphere and could sway the very future of Xbox. Microsoft revealed last week that it built a new Xbox game store for Android but has been unable to launch it. The store relies on a key court ruling that would force sweeping changes to Google’s Play Store, opening it up to competition and ending the requirement for apps to use Google Play Billing. Microsoft has been desperate for regulators to act and pave the way for its ambitious Xbox mobile efforts. But after the court ruling offered a brief moment of hope, Google won a temporary administrative stay blocking the changes from coming into effect in November. Microsoft had planned to sell games directly in its Xbox app for Android and allow customers to immediately stream those games directly to their phones and tablets. These two features combined aren’t... Read the full story at The Verge.