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Rainbow Six player responsible for a swatting of Ubisoft sentenced to three years of community service
Back in 2020, the developers of Ubisoft Montreal were faced with a frightening and harrowing experience when the office building they work at was...
Stalkers harassed Destiny 2 devs with racist voice mails and doxxing, new court filings show
Earlier this week, we wrote about Destiny 2 studio Bungie's plan to reduce comms between developers and players temporarily over some extreme harassment and...
Officer involved in 2017 Call of Duty swatting death is denied qualified immunity appeal
Way back in 2017, the gaming industry was shocked by the news that a gaming-related swatting incident had actually resulted in the death of...
Fortnite pro player is swatted live on stream during a Championship Series game
Cody "Clix" Conrad, a 14-year-old professional Fortnite player, was minding his own business playing a Championships Series game over the weekend when his house...
Gamer involved in swatting murder gets 15 months in prison and a two-year gaming ban
This past August, we followed up on efforts in Wichita, Kansas, to stop swatting after one such Call of Duty-related "prank" saw 28-year-old Andrew...
2017 Call of Duty swatting murder prompts swatting target registration program
The aftermath of a "swatting" incident that saw 28-year-old Andrew Finch of Wichita, Kansas, fatally shot by police has resulted in a new program...
Fortnite hit with data breach lawsuit, Fortnite champ is swatted live on stream
Epic Games and Fortnite are not having the best week. First, according to Polygon, the company's been hit with a class-action lawsuit in North...
City of Heroes: Community harassment ramps up as Homecoming counts 91,000 players
What should have been a fun Memorial Day weekend in Paragon City turned into nightmares for some members of the City of Heroes rogue...
Call of Duty swatter slammed with 46 new charges on top of involuntary manslaughter
Wired has a big piece out on the fresh charges now lodged against the chief defendants in the Call of Duty swatting incident from...
MMO Business Roundup: FIFA lockboxes, anti-swatting policy, Fortnite on SNL, Free Guy, UO postmortem
Whenever our newsroom gets overloaded with weird industry-related articles that nobody feels like writing, another edition of the MMO Business Roundup gets its wings!
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Two teens who allegedly contributed to Call of Duty swatting murder plead not guilty
Reuters has an update on the ongoing criminal cases against the some of the defendants in the Call of Duty swatting incident from last...
Call of Duty swatting murder sees three men charged in federal court
At the end of 2017, a Call of Duty swatting incident in Kansas took the life of a completely innocent man after police killed him following...
Police who killed innocent man during Call of Duty swatting incident won’t be charged
At the tail end of 2017, a Call of Duty swatting incident in Kansas took the life of a completely innocent man after police killed him...
Pre-teen Fortnite YouTuber gets swatted after achieving a high profile
In one story here we have the best and worst of humanity on display. It all begins with 12-year-old YouTuber Peter Varady, who goes by...
Affidavit names two more gamers involved in fatal Call of Duty swatting incident
More details about the fatal Call of Duty swatting incident that took place in Kansas at the tail end of 2017 are coming to...
Accused Call of Duty swatter charged with involuntary manslaughter
Just before the new year, the gaming community was mortified to learn that an innocent Kansas man had been shot by police following a...
Call of Duty swatting incident leads to man’s death in Kansas
A case of gamer "swatting" in the U.S. has led to the death of an innocent father of two in Kansas earlier this week.
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