Jul 14
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Several prominent members of the gaming community have come together to organize a new text-based hotline aimed at…
Jul 6
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The Last of Us Part 2 developer Naughty Dog put out a statement over the weekend condemning harassment and threats…
Jul 6
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There’s a story some people tell at Ubisoft Toronto, the studio currently finishing one of this fall’s bigger…
Jun 29
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Two people have accused Mike Zaimont, a lead designer on Skullgirls and Indivisible, of making them uncomfortable…
Jun 18
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EA says it will ratchet up efforts to crack down on harassment and toxic behavior in its game. This includes making “additional resources and tools” available to its moderation and reporting systems. The publisher says in the past few weeks over 3,500 player-made, in-game assets were removed for being inappropriate…
Apr 29
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Speaking to Kotaku, Riot has reaffirmed its commitment to snuffing out Valorant harassment issues asap, but stopped short of detailing future plans. “We know this is a hard problem to tackle, and will take time, but I’d feel irresponsible accepting this as the status quo,” executive producer Anna Donlon said in an…
Apr 27
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It is a regrettable sign of our times that women sharing videos of vocal, sustained harassment they’ve received in…
Jan 3
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Now that it’s 2020, I keep thinking about how it felt to be a woman writing about gender in video games back in 2010.
Aug 30 2019
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YouTuber Jared “ProJared” Knabenbauer has posted a video denying allegations from three months ago that he supposedly had exchanged nude photos with two underage fans. Knabenbauer acknowledged that he did exchange nude photos with other fans, clarified that this was “consensual,” although there was a “power imbalance”…
Aug 28 2019
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Two women, an independent game developer and a vocalist, on Monday night accused famed video game composer Jeremy…
Aug 20 2019
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One of the easiest bits of news to miss on Monday’s Gamescom Opening Night Live show was tucked away in an ad for…
Aug 13 2019
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Discord, the only way young people communicate via voice after we collectively agreed to stop answering phone calls…
Aug 6 2019
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The developers of cutesy Animal Crossing-Pokemon mashup Ooblets just had a weekend from hell. After trying to…
Jul 25 2019
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Make creepy comments in PaladinAmber’s Twitch chat at your own risk. “How much for a hug?” somebody asked during a…
Jul 25 2019
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74 percent of adults who play games online have experienced some form of harassment, according to a new report…
Jan 29 2019
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For the last 41 days, a Twitch user named Mosheddy has been persistently harassing a streamer named Tanya DePass.…
Jul 13 2018
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One week ago, two Guild Wars 2 narrative designers, Jessica Price and Peter Fries, were fired after Price called…
Jun 27 2018
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Overwatch players needed something to incentivize good sportsmanship and, yesterday, they got it. Blizzard’s latest O…
Jun 8 2018
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Conan Exiles officially launched last month, and was playable in early access for more than a year before that.…
Apr 16 2018
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Everybody’s fantasized about owning jerks in games so hard that they drop off the face of the internet. It’s an…