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G2 Esports loses bid to join Valorant’s league thanks to the org’s CEO partying with a flagrant misogynist
If you've heard of the esports organization G2 Esports recently, it may very well be for all of the wrong reasons. The Berlin-based org...
Ubisoft offers pay raises to stanch losses as workers rally public support for change
One has to imagine that the suits at Ubisoft were secretly delighted that Blizzard's scandal this year took the public's attention away from its...
Complete coverage of Blizzard’s sexual discrimination and harassment scandal
In the summer of 2021, Activision-Blizzard made headlines when the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed a civil rights and equal pay...
Blizzard Day 9: Ubisoft stands in solidarity, Ashes of Creation buys Blizzard workers lunch
Blizzard Entertainment isn't the only video game studio experiencing backlash from its employees over sexism and abuse. The Division 2 maker Ubisoft has long...
Ubisoft doc suggests toxic management has contributed to loss of talent and image
That headline might read like "water is wet" news, but the actual statements made are part of Ubisoft's own Universal Registration Document, a mandatory...
EA admits that ‘one or more EA accounts’ is involved in FIFA 21 trading scandal
Last week our MMO business roundup report included word that there was some illicit trading going on between players and EA employees in FIFA...
MMO Business Roundup: ROBLOX’s IPO, NCsoft, Nexon’s next big thing, and FIFA’s latest scandal
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news.
ROBLOX: As planned, ROBLOX went public (publix?) this week, opening its first day of...
MMO Business Roundup: Twitch’s anti-hate policies, Cyberpunk’s concurrency, and the CASE Act
Welcome back to our irregular roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Twitch: This week, Twitch introduced yet another round of policy changes in regard...
Recapping the whole 38 Studios mess as Curt Schilling contemplates run for Congress
You folks remember 38 Studios, right? The studio at the heart of one of the most scandalous fiascos in the whole MMO genre? It's...
EVE Online controversy breaks out over new starter pack, CCP addresses the community
EVE Online has a long and complicated history when it comes to the debate surrounding microtransactions. The playerbase literally revolted against developer CCP Games...
Riot tackles toxic corporate culture with updated company values
In the wake of the gender-discrimination and sexual-harassment scandal that has plagued Riot Games for the past year -- which last month resulted in...
Riot suspends COO for gross sexual jokes involving farting and touching subordinates’ genitalia
More bad news coming out of Riot Games this week. Kotaku reports that Riot employees have been told COO Scott Gelb is being punished...
Riot Games hires former Uber exec to advise on still-raging sexism scandal
Earlier this week, League of Legends developer Riot Games announced that it has hired the services of former Senior Vice President of Leadership at...
The Daily Grind: What’s the biggest scandal the MMORPG genre has ever seen?
Over the weekend in the Guild Wars 2 spyware article comments, a commenter remarked that Blizzard's Warden spyware was "the biggest scandal in MMOs"...
FTC settles CS:GO Lotto influencer corruption complaint
It's not enough for the CS:GO community to bleed players to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds; nope, this week it's taking another blow in the form of...
Not So Massively: Path of Exile’s crafting scandal; Sins of a Dark Age’s sunset
This week in Not So Massively games, League of Legends players revealed a reproducible exploit that causes skillshot projectiles to become invisible and may...
Pro e-sports player admits using performance-enhancing drugs, says doping is widespread
Remember when it became clear that major league baseball was awash in drugs? That drugs weren't just a problem that some players had but...
Embezzlement scandal hits NCsoft
Three NCsoft employees have been caught embezzling funds from one of the company's newer titles, a multiplayer mech shooter named Project HON.
The theft, which...
Not So Massively: Hearthstone’s MagicAmy drama; Riot rules on SpectateFaker
Riot Games President Marc Merill says he regrets comments made in the heat of the moment regarding the recent SpectateFaker controversy. Riot issued its...
