The incidents of swatting have always been a dangerously stupid stunt, no one can really deny that. The practice involves doxxing, or personally identifying someone online, and then calling in false reports to police to hopefully illicit a militarized response against the target for the harassment. The natural conclusion of this behavior happened in 2017
Crunch and other intensely political issues have been at the forefront of the video game industry for a while now, and while the industry as a whole has tons of progress to be made, the awareness around these recurring problems has improved. And even as some companies dismiss crunch, unionization and other struggles, many more
It’s been a very emotional and traumatizing few weeks for the games industry. Night in the Woods developer, Alec Holowka was accused of a variety of abusive behaviors by fellow industry colleague, Zoë Quinn. Among the various allegations, is the claim that Holowka was extremely controlling, including a period of about a month where he
In 2017, the European Commission began an investigation into multiple major gaming publishers and various platforms, citing a need to help facilitate trade online for EU citizens. Part of this effort involved investigating the commercial practices of companies like Bandai Namco, Capcom, Focus Home, Koch Media, Valve, and ZeniMax for alleged anti-consumer practices. The findings
Another day, and sadly, that means that more stories of predatory and exploitative behavior targeting women are coming to light. And once again, the games industry is at the forefront, highlighting a desperate and long-overdue need to be better. This time, Cultist Simulator developer Alexis Kennedy has been accused of ‘exploitative’ conduct and other toxic
Voidpoint, the developers behind retro first person shooter Ion Fury, has released a joint statement with their publisher, retracting previous statements concerning homophobic content in their game. The decision comes as Voidpoint says it does not “support censorship of creative works of any kind”. The homophobic content had been discovered through a noclip cheat, showing
According to The Washington Post, the White House announced a delay in the rollout of the planned 10% tariffs on some Chinese-manufactured goods, after months of ongoing trade disputes between the US and China, sparked by the fiery ultra-nationalist rhetoric of President Donald Trump. The push to attack the Chinese economy pushed by the Trump administration
Last Friday, a 40-year-old man was arrested after threatening an arson attack upon Square Enix, provoked by frustration with one of the publisher’s mobile games (translation via Siliconera). Kenichi Hiratsuka, a Japanese man who apparently played Square Enix mobile titles consistently, was upset over money having been spent on the game, and decided to e-mail
Update: ESPN will in fact be airing the tournament, the decision has been explained as, “The decision was made out of respect for the victims and all those impacted in the immediate aftermath of the shootings and it seemed the prudent thing to do given the swirl of that moment.” Here are the rescheduled air
Once again, US President Donald Trump is scapegoating violence in entertainment and mental illness to downplay his own influence in far-right radicalization and the stochastic terrorism it often inspires. Stochastic Terrorism is often defined as “lone wolf” attacks made for a political cause, personal gain or other motivation, they often appear random, but an incredibly
Another new dev announcement for EVE Online has a lot of players worried about the future, while some are really excited about making ISK, This week has been a huge rollercoaster for New Eden residents. CCP nerfed Alpha clones and the venerable VNI cruiser. Then they removed PLEX rewards from the recruitment program, completely shutting
Ubisoft has announced a special partnership with HitRecord for Watch Dogs: Legion, and it has kicked a bit of a hornet’s nest online. The purpose of this partnership goes back to the core of HitRecord’s business model, and is simply a way for Ubisoft to crowdsource music for their new game, thereby cutting overall costs
So the controversy surrounding game reseller G2A is mounting. Anyone who doesn’t know what I’m talking about should count themselves lucky. For those not in the know, G2A is a site infamous for reselling digital keys for PC games. The firm found itself in hot water recently as they were hit with sweeping accusations that
Early in 2019, Activision Blizzard dropped more than 800 employees, despite record-breaking revenue for the year previous. The company underwent a major consolidation and restructuring effort after the profits and losses “missed expectations”, which is just corporate speak for “we’re greedy and need to stud our golden parachutes with diamonds.” Don’t believe me? The final
We’ve long harped on various political issues on this site, and long-time readers will notice a very common thread among many of our political pieces as they relate to the games industry. That thread is monetization, the ever-present specter of greed that looms over much of the games industry and its “AAA” segment. In particular,
Capcom is joining forces with police in Japan to use Street Fighter as a recruitment tool. The company is partnering with Osaka Prefectural Police in this new effort. According to the press release, the campaign is being undertaken as Japan attempts to boost “awareness of and the number of investigators specializing in cyber-crime.” According to Capcom,
A previously announced series of regulations on YouTube that are designed to protect children from being exposed to predators and dangerous or offensive content is causing uproar among some parents. Now, YouTube is improving its protections for underage users by moving content featuring children to the YouTube Kids app. Some parents of child YouTube stars
Phil Spencer and the rest of the team at Xbox recognize that gaming has a problem. In a new blog post titled “Video games: A unifying force for the world”, Spencer minces no words. As he outlined, “We will identify potentials for abuse and misuse on our platform and will fix problems quickly,” hyping up
At a recent meeting of the UK Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Electronic Arts and the rest of the AAA industry has found itself in hot water with gamers again this week. SNP’s Brendan O’ Hara posed a question to the assembled reps of the games industry and MPs concerning loot boxes and
In an interview with GamesIndustry, Take Two Interactive CEO, Strauss Zelnick was very frank about unionization in the games industry, saying, ‘hard to imagine’ it happening. The insulting part about this is the justification he gives, Zelnick elaborated by arguing that “There are 220,000 or so people employed in the US video game business,’ he said.
By now, many in the games industry and beyond are becoming increasingly more aware of issues within their various scenes involving crunch, low pay, discrimination and other forms of worker abuse. It’s no small matter when one of these problems get brought into the limelight, and this past week has seen a major player in
So YouTube appears to be cracking down pretty heavily on underaged users of their services with a new set of restrictions and policies which take effect immediately. Children will effectively be locked out of streaming on YouTube with this new policy. The announcement comes just months after multiple controversies involving the potential exploitation of underage
So the Gearbox CEO is once again in hot water over a dumb decision he’s made. This time it’s likely the worst thing he’s done strictly online. This past weekend Pitchford decided it was a good idea to retweet a disgusting video involving animal cruelty. The video itself depicts a crab attacking and wounding a
The escalating trade war between Donald Trump’s ego and Chinese manufacturing is heating up once again. and now, buried deep in the lists of thousands of product types, is a series of products that could cripple the games and tabletop industries and have major impact on console pricing in the next console generation. The US
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