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Leaked screenshots and footage of Riot Games’ yet-to-be-released Valorant Mobile seem to be boosting interest in the hotly anticipated title. While those images and videos don’t appear to be falling to copyright complaints, a particular YouTube video posted in April has attracted direct interest from Riot Games’ legal team, and a DMCA subpoena to unmask the uploader.
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Given that the production of today’s videogames requires the involvement of a large number of people, preventing all information leaks is an impossible task.
On the flip side, today’s interconnected world has the ability to transform leaks into powerful advertising and hype, keeping message boards and social media alive with discussion of exciting new products, at zero cost to official marketing teams.
While much of this is good for business, there are people out there who simply can’t wait for a game to be officially released. But are those pre-release pirate downloads being advertised online the real deal or something much less attractive? In a case that began amid a number of prominent leaks, followed by a copyright complaint to YouTube, and then more aggressive legal action using the DMCA, we followed the crumbs to find out.
On April 7, 2022, well-known mobile gaming ‘leaker’ DannyINTEL posted an image to Twitter containing what appeared to be a screenshot of Riot Games’ upcoming title ‘Valorant Mobile’. Text in the screenshot revealed that the game was being tested in China, DannyINTEL wrote.
This and other images were reported in several gaming publications and soon after, DannyINTEL uploaded supposed game footage to YouTube.
Over the course of last month, additional ‘leaked’ videos were uploaded, with some listed via unofficial ‘leaking’ accounts on Twitter. Early May, a 13-minute gameplay video was uploaded to YouTube and other platforms in much higher quality but, as far as we can determine, none of these were taken down by Riot Games.
This suggests that the developer is happy with (or at least feels unthreatened by) the leaks. However, at least one mystery video on YouTube attracted the direct attention of Riot Games’ legal team. After being uploaded in the preceding days, on April 26 the company filed a complaint at YouTube alleging copyright infringement.
As the takedown notice shows, Riot Games demanded not only the removal of the video, but also any additional copies that may be uploaded in the future. Of course, DMCA takedowns aren’t particularly unusual but a couple of things stand out in this case.
While we can’t review the entire internet for similar removals, key sources posting ‘leaked’ content do not appear to be of interest to Riot Games since their videos remain online. Perhaps most importantly, whoever uploaded this specific video to YouTube now faces potential action after Riot’s attorneys went to court in the US to establish their identity.
In a May 6 filing at a district court in California, attorneys from Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp explained that the video previously (and quickly) taken down by YouTube back in April infringes Riot’s exclusive rights under copyright law.
“Specifically, it infringes Riot’s rights in its popular video game ‘Valorant’,” the attorneys said, noting that their client is the rightsholder of “numerous highly popular videogames.”
Even after reviewing the copyright complaint sent to YouTube and the documents filed with the court, we could find no clear indication of what the video actually contained. The video is long gone from YouTube too and as previously noted, will be taken down if it is reuploaded.
What we were able to determine is the title of the now-deleted video. It began with “Valorant Mobile IS HERE!” and promised gameplay video plus a tutorial on how to install Valorant Mobile on iOS and Android devices.
Since other gameplay videos don’t seem to be an irritant to Riot, it certainly felt like something else must be going on here, particularly given the company’s unusual interest and the fact that at least some people have been able to play an early version of the game. Did the video contain sensitive gameplay video, or did it reference a full-blown leak perhaps? Hard to say on the evidence thus far but Riot was clearly concerned about something.
“Riot is requesting the attached proposed subpoena that would order Google, LLC dba YouTube, LLC to disclose the identity, including the name(s), address(es), telephone number(s), and e-mail addresses(es) of the user(s) responsible for posting the content that appeared at the [YouTube URL],” Riot’s attorneys write in their DMCA subpoena application.
The court is yet to issue the subpoena compelling YouTube to cooperate so only time will tell how the case develops and in what direction. However, there was something else unusual about this video too.
During our research, we noticed that around April 25 the video was promoted quite aggressively on various platforms by what can be described as ‘suspicious’ social media accounts. This isn’t how straightforward videogame leaks are commonly promoted. Somewhat intrigued, we contacted Riot Games who informed us that they hadn’t used the DMCA to take down information related to any leak of Valorant Mobile, but to protect the interests of gamers.
“We issued the DMCA take-down notice to YouTube for [the video] uploaded on the DaillestballerPC channel for instructing viewers on how to download a phony ‘Valorant Mobile’ app from a website called AppRocky.com,” explained Dan Nabel, Riot’s Associate General Counsel.
We couldn’t find a fake download by that name on AppRocky when we checked but Nabel told us that Riot had been dealing with “a bad-faith situation” that posed a risk to Valorant fans.
“We needed to take action to protect players from potential fraud/phishing,” Nabel explained.
Whether Riot will be able to find out who operates the DaillestballerPC YouTube channel will remain to be seen but the account is notable for a couple of reasons. Aside from generating more than 4.6 million views in its lifetime, the channel is among the oldest on YouTube, having been created just 10 months after YouTube’s 2005 launch.
As it turns out, that alone doesn’t render the channel trustworthy but with millions of gamers relying on YouTube for information, Riot’s takedown will be welcomed by those who prefer skillful gaming over identity theft.
Riot Games’ DMCA subpoena application can be found here (1,2, pdf)
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Handheld gaming PC maker AYA is expanding its product lineup. This month the company plans to launch the thin and light AYA Neo Air with an OLED display and a lower-than-usual price tag. Then the AYA Neo 2 with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor and RDNA 2 graphics is coming later this year. The […]
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Handheld gaming PC maker AYA is expanding its product lineup. This month the company plans to launch the thin and light AYA Neo Air with an OLED display and a lower-than-usual price tag. Then the AYA Neo 2 with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor and RDNA 2 graphics is coming later this year.
The company is also teasing some other upcoming products including its first handheld with a keyboard. Meet the AYA Neo Slide.
While pricing and availability haven’t been announced yet, here’s what we know about the AYA Neo Slide so far:
AYA says the slider is inspired by classic Windows handhelds (like the OQO and Sony Vaio UX series) as well as mobile phones with slider mechanisms that hide keyboards or even game controllers.
A more recent comparison is likely the GPD Win 3, another handheld gaming PC with a slide-up display and a built-in keyboard (although it’s disappointingly a capacitive touch keyboard that’s not particularly responsive or easy to type on), but GPD and AYA have a habit of not directly mentioning one another by name.
During the press event where AYA unveiled the AYA Neo Slide, the company explained that it will be a premium device that falls into a fourth product category for AYA products, which now include “mainline,” “NEXT,” “Air” and “Slide” series devices.
If you’re wondering how the lineup looks in terms of pricing, the AYA Neo Air will be an entry-level device, while the AYA Neo 2 and AYA Neo Slide are flagships with higher performance and higher price tags.
AYA has also teased a few other upcoming hardware and software announcements.
The company is developing a version of its AYA Space game launcher that can be used on non-AYA hardware. It’ll be called AYA Space Lite, but there’s no ETA on when it will be available yet.
And AYA is also planning to launch new hardware in the future that’s not designed for handheld gaming, although it’s unclear if that means the company is working on desktop PCs, laptops, accessories, or something else altogether.
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Handheld gaming PC maker AYA has announced plans to launch a new model powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor with RDNA 2 graphics later this year. The upcoming AYA Neo 2 is the latest in a line of AMD-powered handhelds from the company, but it will be by far the most powerful to date. The […]
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Handheld gaming PC maker AYA has announced plans to launch a new model powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor with RDNA 2 graphics later this year.
The upcoming AYA Neo 2 is the latest in a line of AMD-powered handhelds from the company, but it will be by far the most powerful to date.
The original AYA Neo and AYA Neo Pro shipped with Ryzen 4000U series processors with AMD Radeon Vega graphics, while the AYA Neo NEXT brought a modest upgrade with a spec bump to Ryzen 5000U chips, but which featured the same GPU architecture.
By moving to a Ryzen 7 6800U chip for its next-gen handheld, AYA is promising a big boost in graphics performance thanks to AMD’s Radeon 680M integrated graphics based on RDNA 2 architecture, along with a more modest boost in CPU horsepower.
That could make the AYA Neo 2 much more competitive with Valve’s Steam Deck, which is currently the only handheld with RDNA 2 graphics. Of course, the Steam Deck also has a $399 starting price, which is hard to beat – most of AYA’s handhelds tend to sell for more than twice as much.
The company says the handheld can handle AAA gaming as well as regular PC workloads.
AYA hasn’t revealed pricing for the new model yet, and we’re likely going to have to wait a while for details about things like the screen size and resolution, battery capacity, and other key specs. But the company has confirmed that the AYA Neo 2 will feature LPDDR5-6400 memory, PCIe 4.0 storage, a fingerprint reader, and USB 4.0 ports.
And we’ve got a series of images that show the design of the upcoming handheld.
The AYA Neo Air is expected to launch near the end of 2022.
It’s not the only new AYA handheld coming this year though. The company also plans to launch a lower-cost (and lower-performance) AYA Neo Air thin and light handheld gaming PC with an OLED display. It’s expected to go up for pre-order in China by the end of May ahead of a global launch.
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Handheld gaming PC maker AYA has announced plans to launch a new model powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor with RDNA 2 graphics later this year. The upcoming AYA Neo 2 is the latest in a line of AMD-powered handhelds from the company, but it will be by far the most powerful to date. The […]
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Handheld gaming PC maker AYA has announced plans to launch a new model powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U processor with RDNA 2 graphics later this year.
The upcoming AYA Neo 2 is the latest in a line of AMD-powered handhelds from the company, but it will be by far the most powerful to date.
The original AYA Neo and AYA Neo Pro shipped with Ryzen 4000U series processors with AMD Radeon Vega graphics, while the AYA Neo NEXT brought a modest upgrade with a spec bump to Ryzen 5000U chips, but which featured the same GPU architecture.
By moving to a Ryzen 7 6800U chip for its next-gen handheld, AYA is promising a big boost in graphics performance thanks to AMD’s Radeon 680M integrated graphics based on RDNA 2 architecture, along with a more modest boost in CPU horsepower.
That could make the AYA Neo 2 much more competitive with Valve’s Steam Deck, which is currently the only handheld with RDNA 2 graphics. Of course, the Steam Deck also has a $399 starting price, which is hard to beat – most of AYA’s handhelds tend to sell for more than twice as much.
The company says the handheld can handle AAA gaming as well as regular PC workloads.
AYA hasn’t revealed pricing for the new model yet, and we’re likely going to have to wait a while for details about things like the screen size and resolution, battery capacity, and other key specs. But the company has confirmed that the AYA Neo 2 will feature LPDDR5-6400 memory, PCIe 4.0 storage, a fingerprint reader, and USB 4.0 ports.
And we’ve got a series of images that show the design of the upcoming handheld.
The AYA Neo Air is expected to launch near the end of 2022.
It’s not the only new AYA handheld coming this year though. The company also plans to launch a lower-cost (and lower-performance) AYA Neo Air thin and light handheld gaming PC with an OLED display. It’s expected to go up for pre-order in China by the end of May ahead of a global launch.
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Eutelsat refused to stop Russia from broadcasting state-run programming.
Enlarge / Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the Moscow Urban Forum 2018 on July 18, 2018 in Moscow, Russia. (credit: Getty Images | Mikhail Svetlov )
Not long after Russia steamrolled into South Ossetia in 2008, effectively annexing the territory of its southern neighbor, a group of Georgians banded together to set up a new Russian-language television station, a voice independent of the Kremlin: Kanal PIK.
With the help of Georgia’s public broadcaster, they signed a five-year deal with French satellite operator Eutelsat to beam their station into the Caucasus. Just two weeks after they launched in 2010, Eutelsat notified PIK that they were dropped. Their space on the satellite had been promised to Gazprom Media Group, a chief pillar in Moscow’s tightly controlled media system.
Kanal PIK said in a statement at the time that the saga “leaves Intersputnik and Gazprom Media Group—both of which adhere to the Kremlin's editorial line—with a de facto satellite transmission monopoly over Russian-language audience.” Kanal PIK would acquire a spot on another Eutelsat a year later, but the station struggled and went dark in 2012.
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