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Saturday November 18th, 2017 day edition

Report: Electronic Arts Backed Off Battlefront II Microtransactions After Disney Put Its Foot Down
Authored by gameinformer.com
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Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Fritz has been following the twists and turns of EA's changes with Star Wars: Battlefront II, mentioning that Disney executives contacted EA to figure out the furor over Battlefront II.

The tweet points to an article Fritz wrote about the subject.

In the tweet, he clarifies that Disney’s head of consumer products and interactive media, Jimmy Pitaro, sent a letter to EA outlining Disney and chief executive officer Bob Iger's concerns with the way EA was handling the game and the public perception of it.

As mainstream media outlets began conflating the Star Wars license with gambling and outrage, it seems Disney began to take issue with Battlefront II being in the news for these reasons.

EA announced last night that they were pulling microtransactions from Battlefront II due to a wave of negative reactions due to its perceived pay-to-win progression that lead to mainstream attention from outlets like CNN.

The publisher has clarified that the removal is only temporary and will return in a different, though still progression-based, form at a later date.

Star Wars: Battlefront II released today on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. »

New York Boy Returns Crime Victim's Wallet With $1,700
Authored by time.com
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WCBS-TV reports Frankie Burns found a wallet with $1,700 inside on Saturday when he was preparing for a Gaelic football game in the Bronx.

The fourth-grader from Washingtonville in Orange County didn’t hesitate to bring the wallet to his father.

The victim had dropped his wallet after the attack and needed the cash for his rent. »

OFallon IL boy meets Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin | Belleville News-Democrat
Authored by bnd.com

Shiloh 6-year-old over the moon after meeting space hero Lukas Pilkey, 6, of Shiloh, spent quality time with his space hero, retired Air Force Col. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon.

Lukas Pilkey, 6, of Shiloh, spent quality time with his space hero, retired Air Force Col. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon.

Robyn L. Kirsch [email protected]. Lukas Pilkey, 6, of Shiloh, spent quality time with his space hero, retired Air Force Col. Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon. »

15 Black Men Arrested By a Corrupt Cop Are Cleared of All Convictions
Authored by time.com
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A Cook County judge on Thursday threw out the felony drug convictions of 15 black men who all say they were locked up for no other reason except that they refused to pay Ronald Watts.

The men described how it was common for blacks in the city’s poorest communities to be shaken down.

That’s just the way it was going,” said Leonard Gipson, 36, who had two convictions tossed out. »

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