A number of PC developers have taken out alleged spyware Red Shell, a software designed to track player habits, of their games. Studios big and small came under fire recently after a Reddit thread ...

Forum goers and redditors have been campaigning for the removal of Red Shell from a number of major games recently, calling the program "spyware." Red Shell's data collection isn't quite the ...

PC gamers raised concerns about tracking service Red Shell and developers have taken notice. Red Shell posits itself as a marketing firm that helps video game firms improve ad targeting for potential ...

Data collection is everywhere, even in a goofy Steam indie about selling weapons to potatoes. Following an outcry from audiences across Reddit and Steam forums, multiple developers and publishers on ...

Some game developers use Red Shell to fingerprint gamers for marketing purposes, and gamers are not happy, forcing many to remove it. Red Shell logs a gamer’s fingerprint so game developers can ...

A smattering of PC games are tracking where you go and what you do on the internet when you aren't playing. Reddit sleuths have discovered that games including Civilization VI, Elder Scrolls Online, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The latest patch for Civilization VI has stripped out the game’s Red Shell software, a ...