Daily Briefing: Monday 15th March

EA are on the warpath over employees selling FIFA Ultimate Team cards

EA have confirmed last week's report that one of their employees was selling rare FIFA Ultimate Team cards. Following the launch of their thorough investigation, EA now believe that "one or more" players' EA accounts were used "inappropriately" by someone within EA.

• This investigation is still ongoing and EA have already confirmed that they will "take action" against whoever is responsible. EA have also temporarily suspended all content granting mechanics which, though it is primariy used for the testing of new content, was how the employee in question was adding the cards to players' accounts following payment. Wild.

Silent Hill director is collaborating with a "famous" Japanese creator

Silent Hill and Gravity Rush Director Keiichiro Toyama has caused a stir with the news that he is currently working with an unnamed Japanese creator. Toyama has confirmed that his next project will be a survival horror title currently slated to release in 2023 and the community rumour mill has already decided that this is a new Silent Hill.

• But who is this unnamed collaborator? If it is for a Silent Hill title, Akira Yamaoka would be a decent guess for who the collaborator might be - the composer certainly gets around and he recently stated that his next project is "the one you've been hoping to here about." Hideo Kojima is also reportedly working on a horror title, but he's likely just upstream doing his own thing.

Devotion is available to download again, two years after being delisted

Taiwanese studio Red Candle game has announced that horror title Devotion and its predecessor Detention are now available for direct download from the studio's own online store, which the studio hope to also use for future releases. Both titles are DRM free, too, which is neat.

• Devotion released in 2019 and is widely considered to be one of the finest horror games in recent memory, but it was unceremoniously pulled from sale after it was discovered to contain a less-than-positive reference to the president of China, Xi Jinping. It was supposed to release on GOG.com back in December but CD Projekt Red changed their minds - but it's back now and definitely well worth a play.

Techland don't think Dying Light 2 is in development hell, actually

Dying Light 2 is one of the most notorious "missing" games in the industry these days, and fans have been concerned by a series of high profile studio departures. But, while developer Techland believe that the many rumours of the game being in development hell are false, they have admitted that they announced the zombie sequel "too early."

• Responding to a fan on Twitter, the official Dying Light profile wrote that the definition of development hell requires the game to not have made any progress, and Dying Light 2 reportedly "keeps moving forward" and as such can't be in development hell. It also promised new information coming this week on March 17th, so watch this space.