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ArenaNet has let go two Guild Wars 2 devs following a heated Twitter confrontation
Please note that this article has been heavily updated over the last week as this story has continued developing. New additions are at the...
Star Citizen’s Around the Verse covers character concepts and the Vulture, while CCP throws shade
Set aside the many Star Citizen dramas of the week and feast your eyeballs on the game's latest edition of Around the Verse, which...
The Star Citizen subreddit is in the middle of a massive flamewar as a big backer loses faith
Star Citizen drama on the internet - who'd have seen that coming, right? If you run a search for Star Citizen drama just on...
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"...
NeoGAF gaming forum goes offline after owner is accused of sexual harrassment
Long-running and popular video game forum NeoGAF went down virtually overnight this weekend following allegations of sexual harassment against the site's owner.
A series of...
World of Warcraft Elysium emulator disbands, reforms under cloud of corruption
The drawn-out story of Project Elysium, one of the more notable World of Warcraft emulators that rose to prominence in the wake of last...
League of Legends dev who insulted streamer is no longer with Riot Games
Two days ago, we reported that a League of Legends developer had landed himself in hot water after he went grossly overboard in insulting...
Riot apologizes for League of Legends dev who joked about streamer’s hypothetical death
Over the weekend, a Riot Games developer made a Terrible Mistake: Lead Experience Designer Aaron "RiotSanjuro" Rutledge insulted a banned streamer in League of Legends' public...
Hyperspace Beacon: An open letter to all roleplayers in MMORPGs
I really hate when non-RPers get their kicks out of making light of what roleplayers are doing to have fun. Many times, the roleplayer...
The Daily Grind: When do ‘offensive’ guild names go too far?
Oh, it just wouldn't be a week without some EVE Online drama, now would it? The latest episode revolves around an alliance whose name,...
The Elysium WoW emulator community is in total meltdown
The Elysium World of Warcraft private server community is in total meltdown, so popcorn at the ready.
Most MMORPG players would probably have never heard...
Nostalrius has decided handing its WoW emu code to Elysium wasn’t such a good idea after all
So here's a twist in the Nostalrius saga that we didn't see coming: The group has changed its mind about supporting its code on...
Leaderboard: What was the best MMO /popcorn drama of the year?
Over the weekend, we doled out our award for the best popcorn MMO -- a jump-in, jump-out game that works as a snack. A...
EVE Online player promises $75,000 reward for thwarting enemies
If yesterday's CCP crackdown on gambling and RMT in the EVE Online universe wasn't enough drama for you, order some more popcorn for this...
No Man’s Sky subreddit temporarily melts down over moderator frustration
The No Man's Sky subreddit was nuked briefly overnight thanks to the frustration of the mods, who say they debated for several hours last night over...
ArcheAge makes it (temporarily) safer to regrade gear, drama llamas come out to play
One of ArcheAge's more... interesting features is its gear upgrade system. In short, it's a risky proposition to "regrade" gear because it costs money,...
EVE Online World War Bee update: The Imperium shatters
Recently we've been following the story of the biggest war in gaming history kicking off inside EVE Online and its far-reaching consequences for the EVE...
Gabe Newell fires Dota 2 presenter, calling him ‘an ass’
Dota 2's Shanghai Major tournament got off to a shaky start this week with a slew of technical problems and controversy over presenter James...
Divergence Online has fully returned to Steam
Day six of the Divergence Online saga: The game has officially and fully returned to Steam.
Stained Glass Llama's Ethan Casner told us last night...
The Divergence Steam drama timeline: What we know
Update February 2nd: The DMCA complaint has been dropped and the store page is back online.
In the wake of Divergence Online's disappearance from the...
