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A deal posted on Amazon includes a PlayStation 4 console bundled with newly-released zombie game Dying Light and a download code for The Last of Us Remastered for $430. The deal will run until 11:59PM PST on January 31.

Earlier this month Sony announced a PS4 bundled with a free copy of The Last of Us Remastered for $400. For those not interested in The Last of Us, Sony also continues to offer the $400 “Four Games. One Pick” bundle that comes with a 500 GB system and your choice of one of four games.

Dying Light was released yesterday, and our review is coming soon. If you want to know more about the game in the meantime, check out Kevin VanOrd’s thoughts on the game so far in his review-in-progress.

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While this close to release, it’s hard to think of anything for a game as a beta in the traditional sense, a leaked email sent to users of EA’s Ronku service indicates that a beta for Battlefield Hardline will go live starting on February 3.

The email, submitted by a user on Reddit, reads: “Secondly, in case you haven’t heard the beta for Battlefield Hardline goes live on February 3rd and there will be both a YouTube & Twitch assignment for this beta launch. More details on these assignments coming next week. I hope you are as excited as I am for the new Battlefield game!”

Ronku is an official EA program that sponsors some YouTube streamers by paying them for playing select games on their channels. The program made headlines when it was unveiled last year, but EA also clarified, “We explicitly state in the Terms & Conditions of the program that each video must comply with the FTC’s Guidelines concerning Use of Testimonials and Endorsements in Advertising.”

Details for the Hardline beta came out earlier this month, with developer Visceral Games general manager Steve Papoutsis saying, “To be frank, we want you to play this beta to death. We need you to.” Last week we also learned about all of the new maps and modes coming to the Hardline, including two new esports-centric match types. The shooter is set to launch on March 17 for Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PC.

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UPDATE 3PM PST: Ubisoft issued the following statement regarding the gray market games getting blocked:

“We strongly recommend that players purchase keys and downloadable games only from the Uplay Store or their trusted retailers. We regularly work with our authorized resellers to identify and deactivate fraudulently obtained and resold keys. In this case, we confirmed activation keys were recently purchased from EA’s Origin store using fraudulent credit card information and then resold online. These keys may have been deactivated. Customers who may have been impacted should contact the vendor where they purchased the key for a refund.”

The original story appears below.

Ubisoft has begun blocking access to some of its PC games having discovered they were acquired on the gray market.

A certain number of PC games reseller sites, such as G2Play and Kinguin, have come under scrutiny in recent months as they are known to sell Steam game codes at prices well below market value. It is how resellers buy these keys in the first place that many publishers and developers have scrutinized.

Now it emerges that Ubisoft commenced deactivating some PC games, such as Far Cry 4 and Assassin’s Creed Unity, having determined they were acquired by resellers.

Consumers have already raised complaints about their games being deactivated on the Ubisoft forum, but the publisher insists this is a legal matter.

“We regularly deactivate keys that were fraudulently obtained and resold,” the corporation told Eurogamer.

“In this case, we are currently investigating the origin of the fraud, and will update customers as soon as we have more information to share. In the meantime, customers should contact the vendor from whom they purchased the key.”

Ubisoft is not the first company to take measures against grey market resellers. In May last year, Hotline Miami publisher Devolver Digital declared it was “actively cancelling” Steam keys sold on the reseller website G2A.

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