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US Public Lands Site Fails Amid Bot Issues; Game Publishing Deal Terminated

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Recreation.gov, a US government website intended to provide equitable access to public lands, has been plagued by issues including bot activity and inequality. This has led to a situation where a government contractor profits while the site fails to meet its objectives. Separately, CI Games and Epic Games have ended their publishing deal for the game Lords of the Fallen II, which would have made the PC version exclusive to the Epic Games Store. AI

RANK_REASON The cluster contains two unrelated news items, one about a government website and another about a game publishing deal, neither of which meets the criteria for a higher newsworthiness bucket.

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US Public Lands Site Fails Amid Bot Issues; Game Publishing Deal Terminated

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COVERAGE [2]

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

    📰 The US Built a Site to Ensure Fair Access to Public Lands. Then Everything Went Wrong Recreation.gov was supposed to make access to public lands more equitabl

    📰 The US Built a Site to Ensure Fair Access to Public Lands. Then Everything Went Wrong Recreation.gov was supposed to make access to public lands more equitable and streamlined. Instead, it’s rife with bots and inequality, while a government contractor benefits. 📰 Source: Feed: …

    LINKS web.archive.org/…/the-us-built-a-site-to-… web.archive.org
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 CI Games and Epic Games terminate Lords of the Fallen II publishing deal The agreement would have seen the upcoming sequel made available on PC exclusively th

    🎮 CI Games and Epic Games terminate Lords of the Fallen II publishing deal The agreement would have seen the upcoming sequel made available on PC exclusively through the Epic Game Store. 📰 Source: gamedeveloper 🔗 Link: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ci-games-and-epic-game…

    LINKS gamedeveloper.com/…/ci-games-and-epic-gam…

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