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Pokémon Go Bans Hint at Black Market, Xbox Outage Resolved

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Reports indicate that Pokémon Go players are facing bans for acquiring rare Pokémon through unauthorized means, suggesting a black market for injecting specific quests. This has led to speculation about potential insider involvement in facilitating these illicit acquisitions. Separately, Microsoft has announced a fix for a bug that caused an Xbox outage, preventing players from accessing their games due to licensing issues. AI

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Pokémon Go Bans Hint at Black Market, Xbox Outage Resolved

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Selling Impossible Pokémon: Ban Reports Point to Long-Rumored Black Market for 'Injecting' Rare Pokémon Go Quests, Sparking Speculation of Insider Involvement

    🎮 Selling Impossible Pokémon: Ban Reports Point to Long-Rumored Black Market for 'Injecting' Rare Pokémon Go Quests, Sparking Speculation of Insider Involvement Pokémon Go players are reportedly being banned for obtaining rare creatures from questlines "in an unauthorized manner"…

    LINKS ign.com/…/selling-impossible-pokemon-ban-…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Xbox Outage Bug Has Been Fixed, Microsoft Says Xbox chief technology officer Scott Van Vliet has laid out Microsoft's response to the licensing problem that l

    🎮 Xbox Outage Bug Has Been Fixed, Microsoft Says Xbox chief technology officer Scott Van Vliet has laid out Microsoft's response to the licensing problem that left players unable to play their games 📰 Source: Polygon.com 🔗 Link: https://www.polygon.com/xbox-outage-cant-play-games…

    LINKS polygon.com/xbox-outage-cant-play-games-b…

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