Game developers promise to remove controversial analytics app

Bleeping Computer reports various game developers have promised to remove RedShell, an analytics package created by Innervate. This software development kit (SDK) is embedded in a lot of new games, it's an analytics tool that sends data to publishers about the source of a new game install. However, Reddit and Steam users discovered the app also creates fingerprints for each gamer, with details about their gaming rigs and online habits.

To aggravate matters, most game publishers provided no warning about this, and do not offer an opt-out. A list of all games that use RedShell can be found at Reddit. Here's a look at the games that will soon remove RedShell:

Games who used Redshell which removed or pledged to remove it (as of 16.06.2018):

Elder Scrolls Online (Pledged to remove it)

Conan Exiles (Pledged to remove it)

Ylands (Pledged to remove it)

Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?! (Pledged to remove it)

All Total War games, (Pledged to remove it)

Warhammer: Vermintide II, (Pledged to remove it)

Warhammer: Vermintide I, (might get removed also?)

My Time At Portia, (Pledged to remove it)

Dead by Daylight, (Pledged to remove it)

Battlerite, (Pledged to remove it)

AER Memories of Old, (Pledged to remove it)

Magic the Gathering Arena (closed beta & not on Steam), (Pledged to remove it for now)

Secret World Legends (Pledged to remove remains of it)

Hunt: Showdown (Pledged to remove it)

Escapists 2 (Pledged to remove it)

Omensight (Pledged to remove it)